Early Life Kerkor “Kirk” Kerkorian was born on June 6, 1917, in Fresno, California. His parents were dirt-poor Armenian immigrant farmers trying to survive the Great Depression. When Kirk was three years old, the family lost their land. They moved to Los Angeles to seek better prospects. His father eventually operated a fruit stand. The family was so poor that Kirk was forced to drop out of school in the 8th grade to get a job....

A few hours outside of Jackson, Mississippi lies the small town of Columbus. In the town is a factory that was once at the cutting edge of the biofuel revolution. It was able to turn wood chips into fuel that could power vehicles. This fuel would be cleaner than oil and better for the environment. It was a brand new technology that amazed everyone, from investors, to engineers, to politicians....

The discovery was made by Grosvenor under the auspices of BBC’s Britain’s Lost Masterpieces series, the whole purpose of which is to find secretly priceless art within publicly maintained art collections. The Virgin Mary was found at Scotland’s Haddo House collection, where it had previously thought to have been painted by a much less well-known artist named Innocenzo da Imola. After suspecting that the painting, dating from somewhere between 1505 and 1510, was actually a Raphael, Grosvenor secured permission to have the painting cleaned and investigated to find whether his suspicion was correct....

When Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter in April 2022, Jack Dorsey owned around 18 million shares, roughly 2% of Twitter’s total outstanding shares. So, at the $54.20 acquisition price per share, Jack’s 18 million shares were cashed out at around $974 million. As of this writing, Jack Dorsey owns around 43 million shares of Square, which was renamed Block Inc. As of this writing, those shares are worth around $2....

He then went on to play for the Memphis Grizzlies in 2008, and was then traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves remaining with the team through 2009. He has since played for the Atlanta Hawks, the Boston Celtics, and the Washington Wizards. He currently plays for the Brooklyn Nets. In May of 2013, Jason Collins came out as a homosexual in a Sports Illustrated article written by Jason himself. That made Jason the first active male athlete in any of the major American sports leagues to publicly come out as gay....

He is frequently given a hard time for being a big guy. Soon after joining the crew, Phil Robertson nicknamed Justin “Friar Tuck”. When he isn’t making duck calls, you can find Justin hunting ducks with the family. On these outings, Martin is usually responsible for the less desirable tasks like cutting brush and hauling heavy gear. Duck Dynasty debuted on A&E in 2012 and ran for 11 seasons and 130 episodes before ending in 2017....

With a career spanning over two decades, Lil Ronnie, born Ronald Felder, has established himself as one of the industry’s most reliable hitmakers, working alongside some of music’s biggest names. Rising to prominence in the early 2000s, Lil Ronnie first gained attention for his distinctive production style that blends soulful samples with contemporary beats. His breakthrough came when he produced tracks for Ciara’s debut album “Goodies” (2004), including work on the hit single “Oh” featuring Ludacris....

His debut single “Red Roses” reached #69 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Lil Skies released the single “Nowadays” featuring Landon Cube which reached #55 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. His debut studio album Life of a Dark Rose was released in 2018 and reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart. His styles include hip hop and trap and he has been signed to All We Got. Lil Skies studied at Shippenburg University but dropped out to focus on his music career....

She signed with Vision Models in 2009 and went to New York and found favor with Marilyn Agency. She made her runway debut at New York Fashion Week for Cynthia Steffe in Spring 2010. She opened the Spring 2010 Prada show in Milan and then closed for Miu Miu in Paris. Her first major magazine cover came for i-D in the Fall of 2010.Wixson has modeled for John Galliano, Jill Stuart, Alexander McQueen, Versace Vanitas, Barney’s, Chanel, and Mulberry....

In America, the nitty-gritty details of superstar mega sports contracts are made extremely public when the ink is barely dry. In Europe, superstar soccer contracts are frequently kept confidential. Prior to El Mundo’s bombshell reports, most outlets (including CelebrityNetWorth) estimated that after signing a new contract with FC Barcelona in 2017 Lionel Messi’s base salary jumped from $44 million to $80 million. That made him the highest-paid soccer player in the world, topping the $70 million Cristiano Ronaldo earns each year from Juventus....

He later joined the School of Arts at the New York University. It was here where he honed his abilities as a director and writer. Shortly afterwards, he went on to make a short film version of his documentary the Morningside Prep. The short film version won him several awards, including two that were from the Black Filmmaker’s Hall of Fame. In 1997, he made his television debut with Showtime Networks....

When the tournament was canceled in 2020 for the first time in its 81-year history, it cut the NCAA’s 2020 revenue in half to just under $520 million. However, the NCAA took out a $270 million insurance policy just in case of the cancelation of the tournament. The NCAA also took some extreme cost-cutting measures that meant college sports’ governing body posted a net loss of just $56 million in 2020....

He has also hosted and appeared on several radio programs. Watson has authored the novels Bullet Points in 2004, A Light-Hearted Look At Murder in 2007, Eleven in 2011, The Knot in 2012, Hotel Alpha in 2015, and The Place That Didn’t Exist in 2016. He also authored the book Crap at the Environment in 2008 and the graphic novel Dan and Sam in 2015. He has released the stand-up DVDs Mark Watson Live in 2011 and Flaws in 2014....

Unfortunately, in recent years, Stahl’s reputation was marred by legal troubles, such as his December 2012 arrest in Los Angeles for allegedly committing a lewd act. He was charged with a misdemeanor for ’lewd conduct’ while watching a movie in a supposedly private booth. Stahl was seen earlier that same year intoxicated at a bar in downtown Los Angeles on May 2, 2012, reportedly following his separation from then-wife Rose Murphy....

That $3.26 million sum makes the Laws of Base Ball the third-most valuable piece of sports memorabilia ever sold. The only two pieces of sports history to earn more are the Naismith Rules of Basketball, which was purchased back in 2013 for $4.33 million, and a 1920 jersey worn by Babe Ruth with the New York Yankees, which went for $4.4 million in 2012. The documents also stack up well against other valuable baseball documents, easily beating the $1....

Federal prosecutors in California want to hear about all the wealth and adoration Holmes had at the height of Theranos’ success. Prosecutors want to hear from Theranos patients who received inaccurate results from their tests. They also want to expose internal Theranos emails that allegedly prove the company was actively trying to evade laboratory inspectors. In June 2018, the Northern District of California’s U.S. attorney’s office accused Holmes and former president and COO of Theranos, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, of misleading investors and patients about the technology behind Theranos’ blood test....

Salomon first entered public consciousness in 2003 when a private sex tape featuring him and Paris Hilton was leaked and widely distributed as “1 Night in Paris.” This scandal brought him significant media attention and established his name in celebrity circles. His personal life continued to generate headlines through his marriages to celebrities. He married actress Shannen Doherty in 2002 (though the marriage was annulled after nine months), and had a particularly tumultuous relationship with Pamela Anderson, whom he married twice – first in 2007 (annulled after two months) and again in 2014 (divorced after six months)....

Langsford became a regular panelist on the TV series Loose Women in 1999 and left in 2002. From 2010 to 2013 she returned to the series as a stand-in anchor and joined as a regular anchor in January 2014. She was a stand-in presenter for This Morning from 2000 to 2006 before becoming co-presenter in 2006. Langsford has also appeared on the TV series GMTV with Lorraine, Gift Wrapped, Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, Odd One In, Born to Shine, Celebrity Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?...

At 25, she was creating and teaching college courses and although she was raised in nearby Ft. Lauderdale, she quickly made a name for herself working in hospitality for the Miami nightlife scene. In addition to her thriving career in real estate, she also reports for various television shows as a real estate expert and is a weekly real estate advice columnist for the South Florida Sun Sentinel newspaper. She has a boyfriend, Jeff, who she spends a lot of her downtime with and is still active in the Miami social scene....

Stitch Fix’s stock price has skyrocketed during the pandemic as people went online looking for safe ways to shop. In October 2020, Lake’s net worth was just $360 million. Shares in her company have almost tripled in the last three months, making Lake’s just over 10% share in Stitch Fix worth $1.1 billion. Lake is one of 19 self-made female billionaires in the U.S. Katrina Lake was born on Christmas Eve 1982 in San Francisco....