With the season in the rearview mirror, Chargers owner Dean Spanos and his family have kept up the drama. First, he was sued by his nephews while the playoffs were still going on. Then, in June, his sister (and mother of those nephews) filed a lawsuit that could lead to the potential sale of the Chargers. The parents of Spanos and his sister, Dea Spanos Berberian, died in 2018. That moved more than a third of the Chargers into a family trust, one that controls 36% of the team.
She has released more than 30 studio albums including her self-titled debut in 1965, Cute ’n’ Country, and Born to Sing in 1966 which all reached #1 on the US Country chart. Her first single “Once a Day” also reached #1 on the US Country chart. Smith has been praised by artists including Dolly Parton and George Jones and is considered to be one of the best female vocalists in the history of country music.
David served as a writer and producer on “The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show” as well as HBO’s “Funny or Die Presents…” (2010–2011) and the web series “Full on Koechner” (2013), and he has also written for “The Armando Diaz Experience, Theatrical Movement and Hootenanny” (1995), “Head Case” (2009), and “This Is Not Happening” (2013).
Early Life David Koechner was born David Michael Koechner on August 24, 1962, in Tipton, Missouri.
His strong coaching skills have attracted attention from big Division I schools. That attention is about to pay off. The Colorado Buffaloes just offered Sanders a $29.5 million deal over five seasons to become their football coach. That works out to $5.9 million per season. It’s the most the school has ever paid for a football coach by $2 million annually. But maybe Sanders shouldn’t make plans to move to Boulder quite yet.
Eddie has lent her voice to numerous animated projects, such as “The Wild” (2006), “Igor” (2008), “Cars 2” (2011), “Rock Dog” (2016), “The Lego Batman Movie” (2017), “Abominable” (2019), “The Simpsons” (2010), and “Green Eggs and Ham” (2019). She has produced most of her comedy specials, and she directed 2002’s “Eddie Izzard: Dress to Circle,” a rough-cut of “Dress to Kill” in Paris that was performed in French. Izzard also produced “The Riches” and the films “Lost Christmas” (2011), “Get Duked!
Early Life El Alfa was born Emanuel Herrera Batista on December 18, 1990, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. During his childhood, El Alfa wanted to be a barber when he grew up. At the age of 17, he became independent, and he began his music career in 2008.
Career In 2008, El Alfa formed a musical duo with fellow Dominican Dembow artist Eddy Wilson. They released songs such as “Conmigo No” and “El Fogon” before breaking up in 2009 to pursue solo careers.
Garou has since released “Garou” in 2006, “Piece of My Soul” in 2008, “Gentleman cambrioleur” in 2009, “Version integrale” in 2010, “Rhythm and Blues” in 2012, and “Au milieu de ma vie” in 2013. “Piece of My Soul” was the singer’s first English album. He is one of France and French Canada’s biggest pop idols. Garou appeared with Celine Dion to celebrate Quebec’s 400th anniversary. He has performed at several charity events, including 13 straight years at Les Enfoires.
Gene Gene The Dancing Machine was an American stagehand and game show performer who had a net worth of $200 thousand dollars. Gene Gene The Dancing Machine, also known as Eugene Patton, was born in Berkeley, California. He rose to national recognition as a stagehand for “The Gong Show” on NBC. He was the first African-American member of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees, Local 33, and while serving as a stagehand for “The Gong Show”, he would often help to entertain and warm-up the audience before broadcasts.
He is most widely recognized as the former husband of Jillian Barberie Reynolds, the former co-host of “Good Day L.A.” The couple announced their split officially in March of 2013 after six years of marriage. Their split is notable because it became very obvious that the marriage was not working when the couple was featured on the reality show, “Interior Therapy”. Jillian Barberie Reynolds sought full custody of their two children.
So that’s $323 million from salary and $350 million from endorsements, over a 20 year career. Impressive numbers. What’s more impressive? Thanks to a single deal he struck after taking ONE SIP of a new sports drink, Kobe Bryant’s estate wound up making money than he ever earned during his lifetime from either salary or endorsements, respectively…
BodyArmor Back in March 2014 Kobe decided to invest in the sports beverage company BodyArmor after taking just one sip of the drink.
Early Life İlkay Gündoğan was born on October 24, 1990 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany to Turkish parents. His paternal grandfather had moved from Turkey to Germany’s Ruhr region to work as a miner, while his paternal grandmother stayed in Turkey. In 1979, Gündoğan’s father moved to Germany.
Career Beginnings Gündoğan started playing football early on. From 1993 to 1998, he began his youth career with SV Gelsenkirchen-Hessler 06. Following this, he spent a year with Schalke 04.
Since his retirement from professional basketball, Jay has worked for ESPN as an NBA analyst, and in 2019, he was assigned to the network’s NBA Countdown program. He has served as a producer on “SportsCenter” (2020), “Get Up” (2020–2021), “ESPN NBA Countdown” (2020–2021), “Keyshawn, JWill and Zubin” (2020–2022), “ESPN First Take” (2020–2022), and “NBA on ESPN” (2021), and he published the book “Life Is Not an Accident: A Memoir of Reinvention” in 2016.
Early Life Jena Malone was born Jena Laine Malone on November 21, 1984, in Sparks, Nevada. According to Jena, her mother, Deborah Malone, got pregnant with her after a one-night stand with Edward Berge, who was married at the time. Malone was raised by Deborah and her girlfriend, and she told “The Daily Beast” in 2014, “They were lovers. I had two moms, and it was awesome. Double the pleasure! The more love you have as a child, the better.
His other notable television credits have included “The Great Indoors,” “Stargirl,” and the reboot of the game show “Card Sharks,” which he hosts. On the big screen, McHale has appeared in such films as “The Informant!,” “The Big Year,” “Ted,” “Adult Beginners,” and “Happily.”
Early Life Joel McHale was born November 20, 1971 in Rome, Italy. The family was living in Italy while his father Jack worked as the Dean of Students at Loyola University Rome Center.
Karen Austin was born in Welch, West Virginia in October 1950. She has more than 100 acting credits to her name starting in 1974. Austin starred as Lana Wanger on the television series Night Court in 1984. She has had recurring roles on the TV series The Quest as Carrie Welby in 1982, Celebrity as Ceil Shannon in 1984, St. Elsewhere as Dr. Mary Woodley in 1985, L.A. Law as Hillary Mishkin in 1986, The Trials of Rosie O’Neill as Sheila Crane from 1991 to 1992, Live Shot as Helen Forbes in 1995, Murder One as Lynette Parker in 1997, Girlfriends as Sindy Bickle from 2002 to 2004, Rodney as Patsy from 2004 to 2008, Fresh Hell as Valerie from 2011 to 2012, and Whole Day Down as DeWitt from 2011 to 2015.
Founded in 2005, Megaupload allowed users to upload any video they found to be viewed and shared by anyone in the world. Think of it like a YoutTube for pirated videos. Those pirated videos cost movie studios a reported $500 million in damages. At the peak of Megaupload’s success, Kim Dotcom was personally earning $150,000 a day in profits.
Early Life Kim Dotcom was born as Kim Schmitz on January 21, 1974 in Kiel, West Germany.
Early Life and Education Lena Nersesian was born on June 1, 1991 in Glendale, California. She is of Armenian descent, and was raised Christian. For her higher education, Nersesian went to the University of California, Santa Cruz, from which she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology.
YouTube Nersesian launched her YouTube channel, Lena the Plug, in 2016. The name of the channel is the nickname she was given by coworkers at her previous company, Arsenic.
Jackson’s debut single When You Believe, a cover of a song performed by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey and composed and written by Stephen Schwartz, was the 92nd best-selling single of the 2000s in the U.K. and was the third best-selling of 2007. Leon Jackson had the best-selling single from a British Male Artist in 2007, beating the likes of Mika, Take That and Mark Ronson in the best-selling male category but being beaten by Leona Lewis’ Bleeding Love and Rihanna’s Umbrella to the No.