Early Life Fred Willard was born Frederic Charles Willard on September 18, 1933, in Cleveland, Ohio. Fred grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, with his mother, Ruth (a housewife), and sadly, his father, Frederick, died when Willard was just 12 years old. Fred attended the Kentucky Military Institute, then he graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1955. He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany.
Career In the late ’50s, Fred moved to New York and met Vic Grecco, his future comedy partner.
As you might imagine, David was one of the most senior employees and one of the highest-paid people at Google. In 2018 he was the second highest paid person at Google behind CFO Ruth Porat, who made roughly $100,000 more. That year David received $47 million in total compensation. His base salary was $650,000 and he received $46.6 million in equity grants. Between 2011 and his retirement in 2020, Drummond was awarded roughly $190 million in stock options.
Grimes is also known for having a child with billionaire Elon Musk. The two began dating in May 2018 and welcomed a child in May 2020. They reportedly named the boy X Æ A-12 Musk. They broke up in 2021.
Early Life and Education Grimes, whose real name is Claire Elise Boucher, was born on March 17, 1988 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is of French-Canadian, Ukrainian, Italian, and Indigenous Métis ancestry, and was raised Roman Catholic.
Even as they began to gain notice, the band kept splitting up, and then acquiring new members. Their name also changed multiple times, and Wang Chung finally became the name that stuck, in 1983. Jack Hues went on to record a number of hit songs with the group before they disbanded in 1991. Since then, he has worked primarily as a composer for film.
Early Life Jackie Shroff was born Jaikishan Kakubhai Shroff on February 1, 1957, in Bombay (now known as Mumbai), India. He was born to a Gujarati father (Kakubhai Haribhai Shroff) and a Uyghur mother, and his mother fled the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic during a coup, along with her mother and six sisters. Jackie’s father came from a family of traders and merchants who lost their money in “some share thing.
Unfortunately, that decade of prosperity ended in late 2022 with a flurry of lawsuits. The lawsuits centered around the overall valuation of D’Ussé. Bacardi wanted to buy controlling ownership of D’Ussé, and Jay was totally open to that concept… but they were very far apart on how much the brand was worth. According to court filings that were made public last month, at some point in 2022 Jay offered to sell his entire 50% stake to Bacardi at a $3 billion valuation.
Vitale was drafted #195 by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. He then played for the Northeastern University Huskies and was named Hockey East Rookie of the Week and won the Ed Arrington Memorial Rookie of the Year Award. Vitale signed a one year deal with the Penguins in 2009 and made his NHL debut in 2011. He was re-signed for a two year deal worth $1.
Landgraf has been called the “Mayor of TV” for his contributions to format, primarily at FX. He served as Vice President of Primetime for NBC from 1994 to 1999 and oversaw the development of TV series including “The West Wing,” “Friends,” and “JAG.” Under John Landgraf’s leadership at FX Networks, several shows gained popularity and critical acclaim, reshaping the television landscape. Some of the notable series that became popular during his tenure include:
Early Life Joseph Simmons was born Joseph Ward Simmons on November 14, 1964, in Queens, New York. His mother, Evelyn, worked as a park administrator for the New York City Parks and Recreation Department, and his father, Daniel, taught black history and worked as a school attendance supervisor. Joseph’s older brothers are artist Danny Simmons and Def Jam records co-founder Russell Simmons.
Career Before he co-founded Run-D.M.C. with Darryl McDaniels (“D.
Baumgartner’s refusal to vacate has a chance to be resolved. She has agreed to leave their 17-acre, $145 million beachfront property property outside Santa Barbara, California, but not until Costner agrees to regular financial support to be determined by the court. The two have already disputed the amount that Costner would be paying Baumgartner and their three kids in the wake of their divorce, with Baumgartner requesting $248,000 per month and Costner filing legal documents to get that significantly lowered.
During his life, Adulyadej was the longest-reigning monarch in Thailand’s history and the longest-serving current monarch/head of state in the world. He reigned 70 consecutive years after being crowned on June 9, 1946. He is the ninth consecutive monarch in the Chakri Dynasty, which dates back to 1782. As a ruler, Bhumibol earned praise for a social-economic theory of self-sufficiency, and he gave numerous donations to various projects in Thailand, in areas including agriculture, environment, public health, occupational promotion, water resources, communications, and public welfare.
King Philippe was born in Belvedere Castle, Laeken, Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium in April 1960. He is the son of King Albert II of Belgium and Queen Paola Ruffo di Calabria. King Philippe married Countess Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz in 1999. He took the throne in July 2013 after his father abdicated it. King Philippe and Countess Mathilde have four children and their eldest daughter Princess Elisabeth is the first in line of succession and expected to become the country’s first queen regnant.
Briggs made a combined $9.25 million over the past two seasons, but when his contract was up last year, the Bears never offered him an extension. There were rumors that Briggs would join his old coach Lovie Smith in Tampa Bay, but… well, he’d probably be a Buccaneer already if that were the case. Briggs does think he could still contribute to a team, but has said he plans to join Comcast SportsNet as a Bears analyst.
Lil Wayne has listed his 10,600 square-foot waterfront home in Miami for $29.5 million. He is the first owner, having bought the home after it was constructed on spec in 2017. The spec builder paid $4.4 million for the lot back in 2013, then spent untold millions on construction costs over roughly four years before the project was complete. Lil Wayne closed on the property in December 2018, paying $16.
MacKenzie Scott has been unusually committed to giving huge amounts of that fortune away. Just last week she donated $122 million to Big Brothers 0f America. With that donation, her total giving topped $12 billion in grants to various philanthropic causes. To put that in perspective, her ex-husband Jeff Bezos’s big philanthropic project is a $10 billion climate change pledge, of which he’s paid out an estimated $2.1 billion. Any way you slice it, Scott has given away more money in the last three years alone than most billionaires – including those who are far wealthier than her – give away over the course of their entire lives.
Early Life Matt L. Jones was born Matthew Lee Jones on November 1, 1981, in Sacramento, California. He grew up in Pomona with his mother, stepfather, and nine siblings and stepsiblings. Matt attended Claremont High School, graduating in 2000. As a teenager, Jones got involved with ComedySportz, the school’s “competitive improvisational theatre,” as well as Westwood’s Ultimate Improv. He later auditioned for Boom Chicago, a sketch and improv comedy group based in Amsterdam, and spent three years with the group.
If you haven’t been living under a rock for the last couple months, you’ve probably heard Ryn Weaver’s two breakout tracks, “OctaHate” and “Promises”. “OctaHate” was released first, and quickly became the song to love if you were a major label artist who wanted to show off your knowledge of the indie music world. Musicians like Jessie Ware and Hayley Williams tweeted their love for the track, and it racked up an impressive 200,000 plays in 48 hours on SoundCloud.
Mike Francesa is known for co-hosting the New York City WFAN sports-talk program “Mike and the Mad Dog” with Chris Russo which ran from 1989 until 2008. Following that, he hosted “Mike’s On: Francesa on the FAN” and created content for the Radio.com platform. Francesa has retired from broadcasting multiple times over the years, with his third retirement announced in the summer of 2020. His career started at College and Pro Football Newsweekly.