The Bartley household was then faced with a classic “good news, bad news” scenario – the good news was Rasheemah’s $2 buy was valued at $48,000, while the bad news was that all of the work that somehow ended up at this garage sale are listed in a database as having been reported missing from the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport a couple of months back. The work itself includes various pieces of original art from EC Comics and Warren Publishing, famous for their horror work in the 50s and 70s, respectively, but the highlight of the garage sale haul is unarguably the original artwork for the first page of the first issue of Marvel’s The Avengers, drawn by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers....

Early Life: One of his first jobs was as a mill worker in Grangville, Idaho. A back injury put him out of work and ended his ability to work as a laborer. He earned an accounting degree and then got a job working as a bookkeeper while his new wife Georgia waited tables at the local Denny’s. Amway: Ron and Georgia first learned about Amway in 1971. Amway is the exclusive distributor of Alticor products in the United States and Canada with products including Nutrilite dietary supplements, XS Energy Drinks, personal care, home care, air and water purifiers, and Artistry cosmetics....

During this time, he also starred in several made-for-TV movies like Smart House, The Luck of the Irish and Lansky. From 2010 to 2012, Merriman portrayed Ian Thomas on ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars and in 2012 he also starred on an episode of Hawaii Five-0. In 2004, Ryman Merriman married a woman named Micol Duncan, but the couple divorced after seven years of marriage in 2011. In 2013, Ryan Merriman announced his engagement to fellow Pretty Little Liars star, Kristen McMullen....

The front porch of the home is barn-shaped and clad in reclaimed wood for the charcoal grey mansion. The living room has a vaulted ceiling that is also clad in wood and a huge fireplace surrounded by lightly veined white marble. The large dining room features a wall of glass with three full-sized wine fridges in a wood-paneled accent wall. The kitchen is a chef’s dream with pale wood cabinetry and marble countertops with waterfall edges....

Phillips played for The Who during their 1989 American reunion tour. He has also released his own albums Protocol in 1988, Force Majeure in 1992, Symbiosis in 1995, Another Lifetime in 1997, Vantage Point in 2000, Protocol II in 2013, Protocol III in 2015, and Protocol IV in 2017. Phillips took over for Jeff Porcaro in Toto when he passed away and then left the band to focus on his own music....

One of their first stunts was a Disco Demolition night at Comiskey Park in 1979. In 1981, they were fired for violating community language standards and moved on to take over the afternoon shift at WLS-FM. Despite the change, Dahl and Meier continued to face opposition. When transferred to WLS-AM in 1984, the duo missed numerous shows and it took legal litigation and suspension before they agreed to finish out their contract....

More about the Movie A lesson in hip-hop history, the movie details not only the roller coaster ride in association with the creation and subsequent takeover of super group N.W.A., but it also gives a fairly historically accurate overview of the creation and evolution of so-called “gangster rap” as a whole. While the overall level of truth contained within the film remains arguable, this musical biopic ranks Universal’s 6th top opening of the year and also represents the best R-rated August film opening ever!...

The Dodgers agreed to a three-year, $102 million deal with Trevor Bauer. He’ll make $40 million in 2021, making him the highest-paid player in the major leagues this upcoming season. The deal, which includes opt-outs after the first two seasons, will pay Bauer $45 million in 2022. In an unusual move, Bauer announced the deal on his YouTube channel. Then again, Bauer has always been a bit of an oddball, so it’s not totally out of character....

Since 1977, the 49ers have been majority-owned by branches of the York and DeBartolo families. Today, 45-year-old Jed York is the CEO and public face of the family ownership group. Jed’s mother is Denise Debartolo York. For reasons we’ll explain in a moment, Denise took over as majority owner from her brother, Eddie DeBartolo Jr., in 2000, amid the brother’s legal problems. The extended family controls 97% of the 49ers today....

Restaurant Business magazine’s annual list of the Top 100 Independent Restaurants ranks the individual restaurants – no more than five company-owned locations – that bring in the most revenue in a single location. To accomplish this, the restaurant must pull off a delicate balance of location, popularity, capacity, and pricing. Tao Las Vegas has accomplished that feat for the fourth year in a row. Tao Asian Bistro in the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas has been the highest-grossing independent restaurant in the United States since 2013....

Rinaldi joined ESPN in 2003 after working for CNN/SI from 1998 to 2002. Before that he worked in South bend, Indiana from 1993 to 1996 and in Portland, Oregon from 1996 to 1998. Rinaldi has been the lead interviewer and feature reporter for golf coverage on ESPN and ABC for many years starting in 2006. Tom was famously the first person to interview Tiger Woods after his public disclosure of extra-marital affairs....

For Acton, it all came down to a clear difference of opinion. Facebook wanted to monetize WhatsApp. Acton and Koum were not opposed to that general concept, but they had a very different way of going about it. Acton and Koum built the end to end encryption for WhatsApp and stood by it. Facebook started to question the encryption and how it might affect showing targeted ads to users or inserting commercial messaging....

Takemitsu Takizaki $32 billion Takemitsu Takizaki is the founder of Keyence, a company that creates sensors, bar-code readers, vision systems, digital microscopes, and other electronic components for factory automation systems. Keyence specializes solely in product planning and development and does not manufacture the final products. Takizaki founded the company in 1974 and since then, Keyence has developed and built up a substantial pool of technology patents from its large investments in R&D....

Through Will Packer Productions and his earlier company Rainforest Films, Packer has produced numerous box office hits including “Stomp the Yard,” “Think Like a Man,” “Ride Along,” “Girls Trip,” and “Night School.” His films have grossed over $1 billion worldwide, with several opening at number one at the box office. Beyond theatrical releases, Packer has also made significant strides in television production. His company has produced series and special events, including being selected to produce the 94th Academy Awards in 2022, making him the first Black producer to lead the production of the Oscars ceremony....

The Wrigley Company went on to become one of the most successful candy companies in the world. William Wrigley, Jr. II began working for the family company in 1985. He worked his way up the ladder, eventually serving as CEO until 2006. After selling the company to the Mars Corporation in 2008 for $23 billion, he stayed on as Chairman until 2011. He then left the company to focus on philanthropic work....

Actual history was not quite so… Disney. In reality, life in the time of piracy was violent and unforgiving. If a ship wasn’t getting attacked by pirates, it was just trying to survive crossing extremely harsh oceans for months at a time with a starving crew. When a ship did come under attack by pirates, it wasn’t a fun day of swashbuckling and swinging on ropes. People were murdered up close and personally....

Perhaps no winner is more impressive than Damon G., a 32-year-old Starbucks barista. After an initial $3,000 investment, he won $907,699.38 in the contest. The rules are simple: for $1,500, participants pick five NFL games each week against the Westgate’s contest spread. A maximum of two entries are allowed, and whoever finishes with the best record takes home the grand prize. The top 50 entrants receive money. Damon’s winning entry, which went by the name “pops2008,” finished 54-28-3 overall, a 65....

It turns out he’s going even further down the political route—though he’s not fully leaving ESPN. Smith inked a new deal with the network to continue headlining “First Take.” The deal, worth at least $100 million over five seasons, would remove him as a regular from ESPN’s NBA pregame show “Countdown.” He’ll also appear less frequently on other programs, giving him more time to talk about politics. Earlier this year, Smith said he’s considering the idea of running for president....

Early Life and Career Beginnings Adam West was born William West Anderson on September 19, 1928, in Walla Walla, Washington. His mother, Audrey, was an opera singer and concert pianist, while his father, Otto, was a farmer of Swedish descent. Following the divorce of his parents, West moved to Seattle with his mother at the age of 15. There, he completed his high school education at Lakeside School. Adam subsequently went back to Walla Walla to attend Whitman College, from which he graduated with a BA in literature....