Mars was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis in his late teens, and it has led to many health-related issues that have made it difficult for him to tour with the band over the last several years. Mick has also collaborated with a number of other artists throughout his career, including John LeCompt, Crashdïet, Hinder, and Black Smoke Trigger. Early Life and Career Beginnings Mick Mars was born Robert Alan Deal on May 4, 1951, in Terre Haute, Indiana....
His stance is orthodox, and his professional boxing records consists of 37 total fights, 34 wins, 23 wins by knockout, three losses, and zero draws. His nickname is “Mile High,” and he began boxing in college after pursuing wrestling in high school. He served a five-month prison sentence before returning to the ropes to knockout Lenin Arroyo in the second ring.
Mike Vernon was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in February 1963. He won more than 300 NHL games and is a two time Stanley Cup champion. Vernon was drafted #56 overall by the Calgary Flames in the 1981 National Hockey League draft. Before joining the NHL he played for the Calgary Canucks, Calgary Wranglers, Portland Winter Hawks, Oklahoma City Stars, and Colorado Flames. Vernon played for the Calgary Flames from 1982 to 1994....
He began his professional career fighting as a light middleweight competitor, and then moved up to middleweight. He has since gone on to fight, primarily, in super middleweight, but has also fought at light heavyweight. He has won 46 of his 49 bouts as a professional boxer, 35 of them via knockout. He is a five-time world champion, with multiple WBA and WBC Championship wins.
Over time, Russ Gremel’s four-figure investment multiplied, and by the time the Chicagoan neared his late-90s, the untouched sum was valued at more than $2 million. “I’m a very simple man,” Gremel, who is now 98, told The Chicago Tribune. “I never let anybody know I had that kind of money.” In 2015, Gremel approached the Illinois Audubon Society about a possible donation, and the timing was right. The wildlife charity had their eye on the 395-acre property near Amboy and Dixon....
As part of Black History Month, the company is aiming to start savings accounts for one million Black and Brown children. Athletes will each “draft” (or select) 100 kids and deposit $40 in savings accounts set up by Goalsetter. NBA players like Chris Paul and Harrison Barnes are joining in to help support the cause, as are WNBA, MLB, and NHL players. Paul is drafting kids from the 61 Leadership Alliance in Winston-Salem, North Carolina....
You can find more about the Houston and Baylor matchup here. On the other side of the bracket, we’ve got a battle between the currently undefeated Gonzaga Bulldogs and the First Four to Final Four UCLA Bruins. The Gonzaga Bulldogs have gone from mid-major darling to a routine powerhouse. The Bulldogs have reached at least the Elite Eight three times since 2015, and have received a one-seed in the tournament three times since 2017....
Early Life and Career Beginnings Pia Zadora was born Pia Alfreda Schipani on May 4, 1954, in Hoboken, New Jersey. Her mother, Saturnina, was a Polish-American wardrobe supervisor for major theatrical and music productions, while her father, Alphonse, was an Italian-American violinist. Taking part of her mother’s maiden name as her stage name, Zadora appeared as a child actress in “Midgie Purvis” alongside Tallulah Bankhead. She was also in the shows “A Gift of Time” and “We Take the Town....
The Kwok brothers are the 3rd wealthiest people in Hong Kong and the Greater Chain Region. They inherited SHK Properties in 1990 after their father Kwok Tak Seng passed away. Raymond earned a law degree from Cambridge University and an MBA from Harvard University. He has also received honorary Doctorate degrees from the Open University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Raymond and his brother Thomas were arrested on bribery charges in March 2012....
Early Life and Education Richard Thomas was born on June 13, 1951 in New York City to dancers and educators Barbara Fallis and Richard Scott Thomas, founders of the New York School of Ballet. As a young adult, he went to Columbia University, where he first majored in Chinese before switching to English. Thomas ultimately dropped out of Columbia after landing his role on “The Waltons.” Television in the 50s and 60s Thomas made his television debut as a child in 1959, appearing in the TV movie “A Doll’s House....
He starred in and produced the comedy specials “You Can’t Fix Stupid” and “Behavioral Problems” as well as “They Call Me Tater Salad” (2004), “Ron White’s Comedy Salute to the Troops” (2011 and 2015), and “A Little Unprofessional” (2012). White played Phil Valentine on the Showtime series “Roadies” in 2016, and he has appeared in the films “Sex and the City 2” (2010), “Demoted” (2011), and “Horrible Bosses” (2011). Ron published “The New York Times” bestseller “I Had the Right to Remain Silent…But I Didn’t Have the Ability” in 2006....
Early Life and Family Background Sami Sheen was born on March 9, 2004, in Los Angeles, California, to celebrity parents Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards. As the daughter of two high-profile Hollywood figures, Sami was thrust into the public eye from birth, though her parents initially tried to provide her with a semblance of a normal childhood despite their tumultuous relationship. Sami is the first child born to Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards, who married in 2002....
Born in Harbin, China, and raised in Ontario, Canada, Liu began his career as an accountant before pursuing acting. He started with small roles and worked as a stock photo model, gradually building his resume with appearances in shows like “Blood and Water” and “Taken.” His role in “Kim’s Convenience” brought him recognition in Canada and helped establish him as a rising talent. Following the success of “Shang-Chi,” Liu has expanded his presence in Hollywood, appearing in films like “Barbie” (2023) and publishing a memoir titled “We Were Dreamers” in 2022....
The beneficiary of the $300 million is a retired Sotheby’s executive named Rudolf Staechelin, who lives in Basel, Switzerland. Staechelin owns over 20 pieces of artwork through his family trust. Gauguin’s “When Will You Marry?” has been on loan to the Kunstmuseum Basel for almost 50 years. While the buyer of the painting is unknown, sources say it was purchased by someone in Qatar. The Qatar Museum did not comment on the purchase of the artwork....
Unsurprisingly, the New York Yankees are far and away the most valuable baseball team in the world. The Yankees are worth $5.25 billion, which is up 5% from last year. The Yankees now join the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys and the NBA’s New York Knicks as sports teams worth $5 billion or more. Another reason the value of MLB teams is on the rise is simply the public’s demand for baseball....
Often, these mishaps are the fault of the Browns themselves. Perhaps there’s no greater example of that than the debacle the team has had with Deshaun Watson. In 2022, after the team made it clear it was parting ways with Mayfield, it traded for Watson, then the quarterback of the Houston Texans. The trade itself was already pretty rough. Cleveland gave up six draft picks, including its first-round picks in 2022, 2023, and 2024, in exchange for Watson and a lone sixth-rounder....
Terius Gesteelde-Diamant, professionally known as The-Dream, has established himself as one of R&B and pop music’s most influential songwriter-producers while maintaining a successful solo career. After getting his breakthrough co-writing Rihanna’s massive 2007 hit “Umbrella,” he quickly became an in-demand hitmaker in the industry. As a solo artist, The-Dream released his debut album “Love Hate” (2007), which featured the successful singles “Shawty Is a 10” and “Falsetto.” He followed with “Love vs....
Chan Hoi Wan is married to property mogul Joseph Lau. Lau may be familiar to readers, as he made headlines in late 2015 for purchasing a nearly $50 million diamond for his seven-year-old daughter. Lau is also the charming guy who placed full-page ads in the papers to announce that he had broken up with his girlfriend and given her nearly $250 million to hit the road. Chan received the billions in various forms....
Now, full disclosure – the trailer park that Hsieh calls home (or, more specifically, “Llamapolis”) is actually owned by Hsieh, as opposed to the usual arrangement favored by trailer park residents, who generally just own the trailer and the stuff inside it. But still, the fact remains that Hsieh, who has enough money to afford all manner of lavish vestibules beyond most people’s wildest imaginations, lives in a relatively tiny Airstream trailer, with only a pet alpaca to keep him company....
He began working as an anchor with a Fox affiliate in Florida, and also worked as a correspondent for “Entertainment Tonight” and “The Insider”. In 2001, he was hired to work for CNN in Atlanta, Georgia. He co-anchored CNN’s “Headline News” until 2007, when he relocated to Washington. After working as a reporter in Washington for a few years, he was hired by MSNBC, and was quickly promoted to a full anchor position....
