He helped form the band Spectrum in 1981 before joining New Grass Revival. In 1987 he recorded the solo album Drive which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. In 1988 Bela Fleck and the Flecktones were formed and their second album Flight of the Cosmic Hippo reached #1 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. He has released a total of 12 solo studio albums, nine with New Grass Revival, and 14 with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones....
Catalog Sale In 2019, Benny sold 93 songs from his catalog to Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited for an undisclosed amount. Comparable sales have been in the $40-50 million range. A few months after selling his catalog, Benny paid $9.2 million for a mansion in Los Angeles. So the undisclosed amount was, presumably, a lot. Early Life Benny Blanco was born Benjamin Levin on March 8, 1988, in Reston, Virginia. He got into music production early on in life, recording hip-hop instrumentals on his boombox in his bedroom....
Boi-1da has produced the #1 hit songs “Best I Ever Had” by Drake, “Forever” by Drake featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem, “Over” by Drake, “Not Afraid” by Eminem, and “Headlines” by Drake. He has also produced hit songs like “Miss Me” by Drake featuring Lil Wayne and “0 to 100” by Drake. Early Life and Education Boi-1da, whose real name is Matthew Samuels, was born on October 12, 1986 in Kingston, Jamaica....
In June 2019, Ithaca/Braun infamously paid around $300 million for the rights to Taylor Swift’s first five albums, against her will. In November 2020, he flipped the catalog to an investment fund called Shamrock Capital. Shamrock was founded by Walt Disney’s late nephew Roy Disney back in 2009. So, Bang will NOT control Swift’s old master recordings as part of this recent deal. Big Hit Entertainment, which was founded by Bang in 2005, will change its name to HYBE....
Rose, who was accused back in August of gang raping a woman in 2013, is being sued for $21.5 million. His accuser is seeking $6 million in compensatory damages and $11.5 in punitive damages. The woman, only identified as Jane Doe, claims she dated Rose from 2011 to 2013. She also says Rose and two other men broke into her L.A. apartment in 2013 and raped her while she was incapacitated....
Sandra Bullock was born on July 26, 1964 in Arlington, Virginia to John, a Pentagon employee from Alabama and Helga, an opera singer from Germany. John met Helga when he was stationed in Nuremberg. They married in Germany and moved to Arlington where John worked as a contractor at the Pentagon. Bullock also has a younger sister named Gesine. She spent the first 12 years of her life in Nuremberg, Germany and Vienna and Salzburg Austria....
From 1970 to 1971 he starred as Jonathon Croft in the TV series The Most Deadly Game. Maharis also had recurring roles in the TV series Naked City, The Bionic Woman, Switch, and Fantasy Island. He also starred in the movies The Mugger, Exodus, Quick Before It Melts, Sylvia, The Happening, The Desperados, Land Raiders, The Last Day of the War, The Sword and the Sorcerer, and Doppelganger. Maharis won a Laurel Award in 1965 for New Face, Male, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Route 66 in 1962....
Gregg Allman died on May 27, 2017, at the age of 69. His Allman Brothers bandmate (and brother) Duane Allman died in a motorcycle accident in Macon, Georgia, in 1971. Early Life and Career Beginnings Gregory LeNoir Allman was born on December 8, 1947, in Nashville, Tennessee. He was the son of Geraldine and Willis Allman. His brother, Duane, was born one year earlier. In 1949, Willis was killed in Norfolk, Virginia, after offering a ride to a hitchhiker....
Wouk was born in New York, New York in May 1915. Wouk graduated from Columbia University in 1934. He worked in David Freedman’s Joke Factory and worked with Fred Allen. Wouk worked for the U.S. government as a writer of radio spots to sell war bonds. He served in the Pacific Theater with the United States Navy. During his off-duty hours he started writing the novel Aurora Dawn and a publisher sent him a contract....
Over the last two decades, the position has been held by some of the most high-profile figures in modern politics. Hillary Clinton served under President Barack Obama, navigating the Arab Spring and the killing of Osama bin Laden. John Kerry followed, helping broker the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Rex Tillerson, the former ExxonMobil CEO, served under President Donald Trump before being replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo, who took a more hardline stance on China and Iran....
Jacob has been featured in nearly 200 episodes of Little People, Big World since 2006. In 2012 he was featured in the spin-off series Little People, Big World: Wedding Farm. He has also appeared twice on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Jacob and family friend Mike Detjen were injured in 2006 on the family farm when a pumpkin catapult prematurely launched. He underwent surgery due to a small piece of his skull pushing into his brain....
She has appeared on the soap opera since then, which makes her the longest continuous cast member. She also played the role of Marge Cotrook over the course of four seasons of the show. In addition to her work on “Y&R”, she has also guest-starred on such television shows as, “Daniel Boone”, “Perry Mason”, “The Untouchables”, “Guiding Light”, and “The Nanny”.
Joe Diffie was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on December 28, 1958. He attended Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma before dropping out to pursue a music career. He played in a gospel choir group called Higher Purpose and a bluegrass group called Special Edition. He began working at the Gibson Guitar Corporation around 1986 and shortly after began contacting industry reps about demo tapes. In 1990 Joe reached Epic Records executive Bob Montgomery, who quickly signed him to a contract....
He began acting in the early 90s with a role in “Money for Nothing”. From there, he went on to appear in such projects as, “Ed Wood”, “Submission”, “Basquiat”, “Blowfish”, “Mickey Blue Eyes”, and “Meet the Mobsters”. He is most widely recognized for his work as Vito Spatafore on “The Sopranos”. In addition to his acting work, he is also a published author, and created and licensed a 5-gallon cooler system to multiple professional sports leagues....
He also won the lead role of Nick Powell in the 2007 thriller The Invisible. Justin Chatwin has also appeared in the family comedy Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 as Zack in 2004. That same year, he had a part in Taking Lives, alongside Angelina Jolie. In the following year, Justin Chatwin portrayed Billy in the independent film The Chumscrubber. In the live action film Dragonball by 20th Century Fox, he was cast as Goku....
He became the 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in October 2011 and is the highest ranking military officer in all of the United States Armed Forces. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and has Master’s degrees from Duke University, United States Army Command and General Staff College, and National War College. Dempsey has served in the Persian Gulf War and Iraq War....
Timmons also played the role of Woody Fink in an episode of the TV series Yay Me! Starring London Tipton in 2007 and in the TV movie The Suite Life Movie in 2011. He also appeared in an episode of the TV series Jessie in 2013.
In an interview with CNBC, Platt said the business was initially his father’s dream. His father wanted to launch a new professional trampoline sport – a combination of the traditional four sports and quidditch, the fictional game played in the Harry Potter books. The Platts raised $2.5 million to open the first Sky Zone park in 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada. They fielded teams and even held a championship, but they weren’t getting a lot of traction....
Following “Friday Night Lights,” Kelly continued to showcase her versatility by delving into different genres. She appeared in the horror movie “The Roommate” (2011), and the action-packed “Charlie’s Angels” television reboot (2011). Over the years, she has consistently secured roles in both TV shows and movies, demonstrating her adaptability and range as an actress. Early Life and Career Beginnings Minka Kelly was born Minka Dumont Dufay on June 24, 1980, in Los Angeles, California....
She lives with her family at Roloff Farms near Portland, Oregon. She has been featured in nearly 200 episodes of Little People, Big World since 2006. In 2012 she was featured in the spin-off series Little People, Big World: Wedding Farm. Molly also appeared twice on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She started studying at Whitworth University in 2012 after graduating in the top of her high school class.
