For Chris Blackwell, the founder of Island Records, his magic moment was anything but small. In fact, his magic moment was nearly the moment that ended his life. Believe it or not, Blackwell owes his entire career to a shipwreck. Coming within an inch of dying on a boat would eventually help earn this ordinary British kid into one of the most successful individuals in the history of the music business, with a net worth of $300 million....

Some of their films include; Scary Movie, Spy Hard, Date Movie, Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans, Disaster Movie and Vampires Suck. In 2008 The Times newspaper rated Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans as the two worst films of the year. In addition, the internet site Rotten Tomatoes has voted every single one of their films into their “Worst of the Worst” for the 2000s, section. They have been named by The British film magazine Empire’s fan voted top 50 worst movies of all time; this is more often than any other person....

The show chronicled the birth of their children, as well as multiple family vacations. Recently, while Arnold and her husband made final arrangements to get their new daughter, Zoey, home from India, Arnold experienced bleeding and was later diagnosed with a rare cancer that grew from her pregnancy loss. She went through months of intensive chemotherapy treatments and is now in remission. The couple said that the cancer diagnosis was not something they expected nor foresaw, but unfortunately they had to deal with it....

After Junior’s father was brought down by the FBI and incarcerated, Junior took a more cautious and secretive approach to conducting his father’s business, including “walk-talks” or conversations held while walking alongside trusted capos (higher-ranking members of a crime family). According to federal prosecutors, Junior was inducted into the Gambino crime family in 1988 and named a caporegime (captain) in 1990—reportedly the youngest capo in the Gambino family’s history. Junior was a defendant in four racketeering trials, but all ended in mistrials, earning Junior yet another nickname, Teflon Jr....

He was born Julius Winfield Erving II on February 22, 1950, in Nassau County, New York. A high school and college basketball star, Erving got his nickname “The Doctor” and “Dr. J” thanks to his flamboyance and skill on the court. After two successful varsity college basketball seasons, he left college to play in the now-defunct American Basketball Association (ABA). He joined the league in 1971 as an undrafted free agent with the Virginia Squires....

West first talked about the idea on his recent interview with Joe Rogan, which you’ve probably already seen clips from if you spend any time on the internet at all. In the interview, he mentioned a recent trip to Haiti and claimed to have been “given” an island by President Jovenel Moïse to develop it. That raised quite a few eyebrows on its own, so West tweeted a clarification of what he’s trying to do: “Just to be CLEAR: WE ARE IN ENGAGED WITH HAITI’s GOVERNMENT to make a transformational INVESTMENT to bring JOBS, DEVELOPMENT, HELP SUPPORT LOCAL FARMERS and FISHERMEN and Build a new « CITY OF THE FUTURE » in a very beautiful country....

Kate is somewhat notorious for her association with the drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. In 2012, Kate tweeted that she trusted El Chapo more than the Mexican government. After she posted the tweet, a representative of El Chapo sent her flowers and a thank-you note. That interaction apparently kicked off a friendship. In January 2016, it was revealed that Kate helped arrange a meeting between Sean Penn and the escaped billionaire drug lord that took place in October 2015....

Leonard Ellerbe was born in Washington, D.C. in September 1965. He serves as the CEO of Mayweather Productions and is the financial manager of boxer Floyd Mayweather. Ellerbe is credited with helping boxers keep more of their fight proceeds than they could in the past. He was an amateur boxer who met the Mayweather family in Las Vegas, Nevada. Leonard Ellerbe set up appearances for Mayweather on the TV series Dancing with the Stars as well as on WWE broadcasts....

In November 2019 he released a second studio album. The album, Certified Hitmaker, reached #12 on Billboard.

She has also appeared on “Pair of Kings” and the cult hit series, “The Secret Circle”. She has also appeared in music videos for Prima J and Dijon Taton. She is currently co-starring on the new VH1 drama, “Hit the Floor”, about the behind-the-scenes world of professional cheerleading. She is next slated to appear in the feature film, “Breaking at the Edge”.

Luc Plamondon was born in Saint-Raymond, Quebec, Canada in March 1942. His brother is Louis Plamondon who is a long serving member of the House of Commons of Canada. Luc Plamondon is known for his stance of being opposed to internet music piracy. He has received honors in Canada is a francophone nationalist and Quebec sovereigntist. Celine Dion recorded a tribute album of his songs and he has been inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame....

The LykanHypersport, which is being built by a Beirut-based company called W Motors, represents the first real attempt by an Arab auto manufacturer to compete on the world’s stage of exotic super cars. When the LykanHypersport debuts later this month, it’s expected to come with a base price tag of $3.5 million! That’s a full $1.1 million more than the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, the current most expensive car in the world....

Mac Davis was born in Lubbock, Texas in January 1942. His debut studio album Song Painter was released in 1970 on Columbia Records. Davis has released a total of 19 studio albums including Baby, Don’t Get Hooked on Me in 1972 which was certified Platinum and reached #11 on the Billboard 200 chart, Stop and Smell the Roses in 1974, which was certified Platinum and reached #13 on the Billboard 200 chart and #2 on the US Country chart, and It’s Hard to Be Humble in 1980, which was certified Gold and reached #3 on the US Country chart....

Martin Barre was born in Kings Heath, Birmingham, England in November 1946. He plays guitar, mandolin, flute, saxophone, and bouzouki. Jethro Tull formed in 1967 and Barre joined in 1968. The band has released more than 20 albums and their album Stand Up was released in 1969 and reached #1 in the UK. Jethro Tull’s albums Thick as A Brick in 1972 and A Passion Play in 1973 both reached #1 in the US....

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When Obi Okeke first came to the United States, he was a 5 year old refugee escaping the Nigerian Civil War. Obi and his mother moved to Ohio, while his father stayed behind in Nigeria to continue fighting. After the war was over, his family returned to Nigeria where his family’s circumstances had improved significantly. Okeke was even able to attend a private high school in Switzerland where he discovered his love of European cars....

The Southern Soul singer sailed through the competition. But it was his heart-felt performance of “When a Man Loves a Woman” (dedicated to his girlfriend) that made him a worthy winner of America’s Got Talent 2010, and securing a $1 million contract. He used some of his winnings to buy his grandparents a new house. After becoming the winner of America’s Got Talent, Grimm was the headliner of the American Got Talent tour shows He’s soon signed to Epic Records in 2011 he release his self-titled debut album....

Contracts, Salary & Career Earnings After being drafted as the #7 overall pick in the 2014 NFL draft, Mike signed a 4-year, $14.6 million contract with Tampa Bay. The deal came with an $8.96 million signing bonus. In 2018, he signed a 5-year, $82.5 million extension with Tampa that came with $55 million guaranteed money. Between 2014 and 2025, Mike earned $150 million in NFL salary. $3 Million Bonus On January 4, 2024, Tampa Bay faced off against the New Orleans Saints....

Mike Patton was born on January 27, 1968 in Eureka, California. Mike Patton’s big early break happened in 1989 when he joined Faith No More as a replacement for lead singer Chuck Mosley, who had recently left the group to join the band Cement. Faith No More’s first album with Patton, entitled The Real Thing, was a huge success, due in part to the success of the music video for the album track “Epic,” which got heavy exposure on MTV....