Leon Charney was born in 1938 to a Jewish family. He grew up in Bayonne, New Jersey. His father Morris was a sewing supply salesman. He tragically passed away when Leon was young. He and his mother Sara struggled financially while Leon was growing up. He attended a Jewish elementary school and high school and was a camp counselor as a teenager. He got his undergraduate degree from Yeshiva University and his law degree from Brooklyn Law School....

during his Modern tenure, He began playing at area clubs and touring with a band that included saxophonist Maxwell Davis. At Littlefield’s first L.A. session for King’s Federal subsidiary in 1952, he cut K.C. Loving (with Davis on sax), but Littlefield did not return to the charts with this effort nor the Federal follow-ups. Other than a few 1957-1958 singles for Oakland’s Rhythm logo, little was heard from Little Willie Littlefield until the late ’70s when he began a comeback at various festivals and on the European circuit....

Unlike these other stories, Dinwiddie is coming off a season where he barely played. He tore the ACL on his right knee three games into the year, missing the rest of the season. But that’s not stopping him from taking a risk. Dinwiddie declined the $12.3 million player option for the 2021-22 season on his current contract and will be a free agent this summer. On the plus side, Dinwiddie has played well when he’s been healthy....

She qualified for LPGA Tour participation three months after turning pro. Though she played very consistently, and had multiple Top 10 finishes, including four consecutive Top 10 finishes in major tournaments between 2005 and 2006, she did not win a tour event 2007’s Evian Masters tournament. She has also won two Wendy’s Three-Tour Challenges. She released a controversial swimsuit calendar in 2005.

Nina was known for the singles “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out,” “Trouble in Mind,” “I Put a Spell on You,” “To Love Somebody,” “Ain’t Got No, I Got Life,” “My Baby Just Cares for Me,” and “Feeling Good” as well as her rendition of “I Loves You, Porgy” from the opera “Porgy and Bess.” She published the autobiography “I Put a Spell on You” in 1992, and she was the subject of the 2015 documentary “What Happened, Miss Simone?...

In a press release put out on Thursday, Papa John’s announced that John Schnatter, who founded the restaurant chain in 1984, has stepped down as the CEO of the company, effective Jan 1. Schnatter, who will remain the chairman of the company, will be replaced by Steve Ritchie, who currently serves as the company’s chief operating officer. Papa John’s gave no reason for the change in leadership in the press release, but the move comes in the wake of critical comments made by Schnatter earlier this year in which he claimed that the national anthem protests made by NFL players, combined with the NFL’s “poor leadership,” were hurting his company’s sales....

He last played with the Miami Marlins in 2013, and, as of the end of the 2014 season, remains a free agent. To date, Polanco has a 2.97 career batting average with 104 home runs, 723 runs batted in, and more than 2,000 hits. He is a two-time MLB All-Star (2007, 2011) and won the ALCS MVP Award in 2006 while with the Tigers. Polanco is also a three-time Gold Glove Award winner (2007, 2009, 2011) and a Silver Slugger Award winner (2007)....

Brian Imanuel Soewarno, better known as Rich Brian (formerly Rich Chigga), represents a new generation of global hip-hop artists who have leveraged the internet to transcend geographical and cultural boundaries. Born in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1999, he emerged as a viral sensation in 2016 with his track “Dat $tick” before evolving into a serious musical artist and one of Asian hip-hop’s most prominent figures. As a founding member of 88rising, a media company and record label focusing on Asian artists, Brian has helped pave the way for Asian representation in contemporary hip-hop while developing his own distinct artistic voice....

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But that wasn’t all the police found at Belyaninov’s mansion. They also found antiques and paintings in what must have been a humiliating moment for Belyaninov. The 59-year-old is a former colleague of Putin’s at the KGB. This raid is just the latest in a series of investigations into the President’s inner circle. The search was carried out by the Russian Investigative Committee—which is basically Russia’s FBI. However, it was started and led by Putin’s FSB....

Early Life and Celebrity Childhood Born on May 5, 1990, in Los Angeles, California, Taylor Ann Hasselhoff grew up immersed in Hollywood culture. As the eldest daughter of “Baywatch” and “Knight Rider” star David Hasselhoff and actress Pamela Bach, her childhood was far from ordinary. The Hasselhoff name carried significant weight in entertainment circles, bringing both privileges and pressures. Taylor’s early years coincided with the height of her father’s international fame, particularly in Germany where he achieved iconic status following his performance at the Berlin Wall....

A return of nearly 2000% is unlikely over the lifespan of any investment to get that much back in just one year! That just doesn’t happen. The huge jump has made the Winklevoss Twins the world’s first bitcoin billionaires, and it’s made hundreds of other people rich, too. You can imagine, then, how terrible it would be to throw all of that money away. Yet that’s exactly what James Howells did....

A little more than a month ago we posted an article about how the creator of a game called Flappy Bird had decided to shut down his app despite the fact that it was generating $50,000 a day in revenues. Before being shut down, Flappy Bird was the number one game on both the iTunes and Android platforms. It was pretty obvious that Flappy Bird had stolen the core of its game from a few competitors....

At this point, Felix’s life story is fairly well known. He’s been the subject of many articles and short documentaries about YouTube culture. In case you’re new to him, here’s a quick rundown. Felix Kjellberg, also known as Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, was born on October 24th, 1989 in Gotenburg, Sweden. He majored in Industrial Economics and Technology at Chalmers University of Technology, and played lots of video games in his spare time....

Saldana was originally focused on a career in dance and studied ballet, modern, and jazz for a number of years at a conservatory in the Dominican Republic. After returning to the United States, she shifted her focus to theater work, working with multiple youth theater companies and appearing in musicals. Her work in a small production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” netted her an agent. She made her feature film debut in the ballet movie, “Center Stage,” in 2000....

Reports seem to differ on exactly how much Khefren thought her virginity was worth to a lucky buyer, but on her listing on the Cinderella Escorts site (which I have looked up purely for research purposes), the asking price is 1 million Euros , which is just a little over a million in American dollars. In any case, the actual price would seem to be moot, since according to the Daily Mail, a winning bidder has been found, and the gentleman has put down the equivalent of $2....

JAB is backed by the Reimann family of Austria. They have put together co-branded restaurants to highlight the brands they own. Coffee & Bagels sells Caribou coffee and bagels from Einstein Bros. JAB has put together quite a profile of brands in a relatively short period of time. In addition to Einstein and Caribou, the company owns Krispy Kreme, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Noah’s Bagels, and Keurig, among others....

But now, she’s a free woman after raising nearly $70 million to post her bail, which had been set at $35 million. Rather, about 20 friends, family, and business associates helped her post bail, offering $4 million in cash and $62 million in properties as collateral. Since real estate was part of the collateral, Li needed to post twice the required $31 million remaining on her bail. After all those assets were put up, Li was released from the San Mateo County Jail....

Akon founded the company in February 2014 with co-founders Samba Battily and Thione Niang, with the goal of “bring[ing] electricity to African villages by a clean and affordable solar energy solution.” He also recently opened a Solar Academy in Bamako, Mali in order to achieve that goal. The goal of the academy is to teach African engineers and entrepreneurs how to install and maintain solar powered electricity systems and microgrids....

Gates stepped down as head of Microsoft in 2000. He remains at the top of the rich list despite his philanthropic giving thanks to his 2% ownership of the company and a portfolio of extremely diversified investments and assets.