Ponti graduated from the University of Southern California and the University of Southern California School of Cinema & Television. His first feature film he directed was 2002’s Between Strangers which starred his mother Sophia Loren, Mira Sorvino, and Gerard Depardieu. The film earned five Genie Nominations and won the best first time filmmaker award at the Newport Beach Film Festival and an award of merit at the Los Angeles Italian Film Festival....
Since 2003, when they bought a house in the Hollywood Hills for $6 million, Ellen and Portia have bought and sold more than 20 properties. In 2019 alone the couple sold three properties. The property we’re talking about today was originally bought in May 2019 for $42.5 million. The seller was musician Adam Levine. The Maroon 5 singer had the home listed for $47.5. He paid $35.5 million for it (and reportedly sunk $7 million for renovations) and flipped it to DeGeneres a year later....
She began to gain wider notice when she was cast on the comedy, “Smart Guy”, and then went on to appear in television movies and films throughout the late 90s, including “Love Song”, “How High”, and “Deliver Us from Eva”. She became a household name with her role on “Half and Half”, and has since gone on to split her time between film and television work. She currently stars on the show, “Mr....
The Fertitta donation is the largest donation in the history of UNLV athletics. The previous largest donation was $7.2 million to build a new men’s basketball training facility. That was donated by the Mendenhall family in 2012. Frank Fertitta previously donated $15 million to his alma mater, the USC Marshall School of Business, in 2012. The new football training facility will be named the Fertitta Football Complex. The Fertittas released a statement regarding their donation that said: “…will become the day-to-day home of the program and include an academic center, locker rooms, offices, meeting rooms, strength and conditioning center, media room, training table and nutrition bar, athletic training center and player lounge....
George Will was born in Champaign, Illinois in May 1941. George received his MA and PhD degrees in politics at Princeton University. He served on the staff of Senator Gordon Allott from 1970 to 1972. He taught at the James Madison College of Michigan State University, the University of Toronto, and Harvard University. He was an editor for National Review from 1972 to 1978 and joined the Washington Post Writers Group in 1974....
From 2003 to 2004 he starred as Michael Amador on the series 24. Ellis starred as Specter on the TV series short Ape Escape in 2009. From 2010 to 2011 he starred as Ryan Katins on the series Gigantic. Ellis starred on the soap opera Days of Our Lives as Agent Spencer in 2012. In 2013 he starred as Trevor Wilcox on the television series Touch. Ellis has won Behind the Voice Actors Awards for Batman: Assault on Arkham and Dragon Age: Inquisition in 2015....
Those two earthquakes caused catastrophic disaster. In the ensuing months, there have been hundreds of aftershocks. Nepal is a nation in shock. And the coming monsoon season promises to threaten an even bigger part of this nation’s foundation and leave thousands of citizens vulnerable. Chaudhary is Nepal’s most famous businessman. He is the founder of the massively successful Chaudhary Group, which owns interests in everything from banking, cement, real estate, hotels, power, retail, biotech, and electronics....
Update April 5, 2013 Earlier this week a NYC judge dismissed most of the criminal charges against the Ferrari owner Julien Chabbott. The judge dismissed the major assualt charges because the officer apparently did not suffer serious long term injuries. Chabbott will have to perform five days of community service and pay a small fine. In the trial, Chabbott claimed that the Ferrari was parked in a valet zone by the hotel’s own valet and therefore the entire incident was not his fault....
Early Life and Education Born on November 29, 1932, in Paris, Jacques Chirac grew up in a middle-class family. His father, Abel François Chirac, worked as an executive for an aircraft company, while his mother, Marie-Louise Valette, was a housewife. Chirac’s academic journey took him through prestigious institutions, including the Lycée Carnot and the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, before he entered the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) in 1951. After completing his studies at Sciences Po, Chirac attended the École Nationale d’Administration (ENA), France’s elite training ground for civil servants and future political leaders....
It was in 2010, when JCDecaux became the world’s largest outdoor advertising company with more than 10,300 employees worldwide in more than 55 countries. Two years later, Decaux made a deal with the city of Sao Paulo, granting his company a 25-year contract to design, manufacture, install and maintain the advertising faces on 1,000 digital clocks. Currently, Decaux serves as a chairman of the company’s supervisory board, because in 2000, he handed over his CEO role to his two sons Jean-Francois and Jean-Charles....
John Malone is the Chairman and largest shareholder of multiple conglomerates, including Liberty Media, Liberty Global, and Qurate Retail Group. Liberty Global generated around $7.5 billion in revenue in 2023. Through his conglomerate, he owns large stakes in Warner Bros. Discovery and Formula 1. Malone is the second largest private landowner in the United States, owning 2.2 million acres (more than twice the size of Rhode Island). Many know John for his intelligent use of scale economics, one of the top strategies he used to achieve financial success....
John Weiner was born in Port Washington, New York in July 1972. He graduated from Clark University where he played lacrosse and was named to the All-Star team and set school records. Weiner was an intern for Madison Square Garden and worked with the New York Knicks and New York Rangers. He then moved to Florida and was an intern for the Miami Marlins and Miami Dolphins. He worked for 790 The Ticket....
Plans for the park, which were proposed two years ago, show a rolling landscape mounted on 547 concrete columns above the Hudson River. There are small groves, grass fields, and spots for lounging. A large amphitheater will host art events and performances under the direction of a team headed by Oscar-winning producer, Scott Rudin. According to the New York Post, most of these programs will be free or low-cost....
Davis has been nominated for close to a dozen Emmy Awards for her TV work. She has appeared on “One Against the Wind”, “Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story”, “The Echo of Thunder”, “Dash and Lilly”, “A Cooler Climate”, “Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows”, “The Reagans”, “A Little Thing Called Murder”, “The Starter Wife”, “Diamonds”, and “Page Eight”. Davis has also appeared in several stage productions, including 1980’s “Piaf”, 1986’s “Hedda Gabler”, and 2004’s “Victory”....
At her peak, Judy Garland was one of the most successful actresses in the world, and she was also an accomplished singer. Garland came from an era when actresses were expected to know how to sing and dance, and she was one of the few who was able to carry out all of these tasks with equal proficiency. As a result of her achievements, Judy won a number of awards and honors....
She has been featured as a singer on several songs, including “Vision of Love” off the “American Idol” album. Her other musical credits are “Big Spender”, “Goddess”, “Bow to Your Princess”, and “Chamber of My Own”. Darrell, who is of Italian, French, Indian, and Spanish descent, formerly worked as a Hooters girl before breaking into the entertainment industry. In 2012, she was arrested on suspicion of DUI after hitting another car while running a red light as she was driving her mother to the hospital....
Early Life and Career Beginnings Kevin David Sorbo was born on September 24, 1958, in Mound, Minnesota. He comes from a Lutheran family and is of Norwegian ancestry. For his higher education, Kevin went to Minnesota State University Moorhead, where he majored in advertising and marketing. To help pay for his tuition, Sorbo did some work as a model for television and print advertisements. By the mid-1980s, he was traveling around Europe and Australia appearing in television commercials....
He has also starred in several films including The Stepmother, Earth Girls Are Easy, Rock ’n’ Roll High School Forever, West from North Goes South, and more. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and also acted on stage. He was married five times and had one child. Larry Linville passed away on April 10, 2000 at 60 years old from pneumonia complicated by cancer surgery after having part of his lung removed....
She starred as Riley Dawson in the TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles from 2008 to 2009. From 2009 to 2010 Rambin starred as Sloan Riley in the TV series Grey’s Anatomy. She starred as Heather West in the series Scoundrels in 2010. In 2011 she had recurring roles on the TV series CSI: Miami and Wizards of Waverly Place. Rambin has also starred as Glimmer in the 2012 movie The Hunger Games and as Clarisse La Rue in the 2013 film Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters....
