Tom Dumont, born on January 11, 1968, in Los Angeles, California, is an American guitarist and producer best known for his work with the iconic ska-punk band No Doubt. Joining the group in 1988, Dumont’s distinctive guitar work and musical versatility have been instrumental in shaping the band’s unique sound, contributing to their rise to international fame in the 1990s and beyond. Early Life and Musical Beginnings Adopted into a family with two siblings, Dumont was raised in Irvine, California....

Kyle Green, a 23-year-old who attended Travis Scott’s show in New York’s Terminal 5 on April 30, claims that he was paralyzed after being pushed off a third-story balcony during the show, and now has to use a wheelchair. As a result, Green filed a lawsuit against Scott, Scott’s manager David Stromberg, concert promoter the Bowery Presents, and the security company, Strike Force Protective Services, seeking undisclosed damages. According to Green’s lawyer, he is suing for “negligence, carelessness, and recklessness....

Vivek Ranadivé is best known for founding TIBCO Software and serving as the majority owner of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings. As a pioneering figure in real-time computing, he revolutionized Wall Street in the 1980s by digitizing trading floors with his first company, Teknekron Software Systems. Ranadivé is credited with creating the “Information Bus” technology that helped automate financial trading and later became the foundation for TIBCO, which grew into a billion-dollar enterprise serving major corporations worldwide....

This all went down in Brentwood, California which you might recognized because it’s where OJ killed his wife (allegedly). In fact this story takes place just a two minute drive from the condo where Nicole was killed. Earlier today I walked to a place called the Brentwood Country Mart for lunch. The Brentwood Country Mart is a quaint open-air shopping area with lots of little expensive boutiques and a great food area....

Jennifer’s kidneys failed in 2011 and doctors deemed her ineligible for a transplant because she had previously been diagnosed with a form of skin cancer. With the hope of a new kidney gone, Vasilakos now spends fourteen hours per week in dialysis. There is, however, one slimmer of hope for Jennifer, who happens to be an expert in Chinese and Western forms of herbal medicine. There is a potentially life saving treatment for people with Jennifer’s kidney situation that is not available in the United States....

Smith is probably best known to the public for promising to pay off the student loans of the entire 2019 Morehouse College graduating class last year, and tax authorities are reportedly interested in some $200 million in assets “moved through offshore structures” linked to the billionaire. Investigators have never charged Smith in those four years of investigations, and prosecutors may yet decide that he doesn’t owe any tax on these assets at all....

That comes from a statement made by Spears’s attorney Samuel D. Ingham III in court. Ingham laid out the situation from Spears’s point of view to the presiding judge: “My client has informed me that she is afraid of her father…She will not perform again if her father is in charge of her career.” Spears’s father, Jamie Spears, has been her legal guardian since 2008, but the two haven’t even spoken to each other in some time, according again to Ingham in court....

After leaving NBC, Gumbel moved to CBS, where he hosted “The Early Show” from 1999 to 2002. However, his most enduring contribution may be his work with HBO Sports, where he has hosted the investigative sports journalism program “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” since 1995. The show has won multiple Peabody Awards and is renowned for its hard-hitting coverage of controversial issues in sports. Earlier in his career, Bryant worked as a sports announcer, covering major events for NBC Sports including the NFL, MLB, and college basketball....

He took over the family business after the passing of his father, Bill Cook, in 2011. Under Carl’s leadership, Cook Group has expanded its reach in the healthcare industry while remaining a privately held, family-oriented enterprise. Founded in 1963 in his parents’ apartment, the company has grown into a global leader in minimally invasive medical devices and life sciences solutions. Carl Cook has been instrumental in maintaining the legacy of innovation and patient care that his parents established while also modernizing the business for long-term success....

Charles Ingram was born in Derbyshire, United Kingdom on August 6, 1963. He went on to attend Oswestry School. He joined the Army in 1986, and was promoted to captain four years later. He became a major in 1995, and worked as a NATO peacekeeper in Bosnia in 1999. Along the way, he also earned a BSc in Civil Engineering from Kingston Polytechnic and an MSc in Corporate Management from Cranfield University....

On one of their first American tours, Led Zeppelin opened for a California group called Spirit. Spirit had a song called “Taurus” that a mainstay in their standard repertoire. “Taurus” also featured an arpeggiated guitar riff played over flutes that inarguably bears at least a very strong resemblance to Led Zeppelin’s biggest hit. Here’s a Youtube clip that plays the riffs back to back so you can hear for yourself....

Erik Stolhanske was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in August 1968. He graduated from Colgate University where he met his fellow members of the Broken Lizard comedy group. After graduating they reunited in New York City where they formed under the new name “Broken Lizard”. They performed at various comedy clubs and improv theaters while writing in their free time. In 1996 they made the self-funded short film Puddle Cruiser which was accepted at the Sundance Film Festival the following year....

By 2005, Verdasco was ranked number 32 in the world, after defeating tennis heavyweights Andy Roddick (twice) and Novak Djokovic. His Wimbledon Championship performance pushed his world ranking to number 13 in 2008. In the same year, Verdasco joined Andre Agassi’s team, winning three Davies Cup titles in 2008, 2009 and 2011. Arguably Verdasco’s best performance to date is making the semi-finals of the 2009 Australian Open, where he lost to current number five, Rafael Nadal....

The mansion sprawls across a little over 5,400 square feet of one of the most enviable spots in the country, in the Lakeview neighborhood of Miami Beach. It has six bedrooms and seven baths, and one of its most striking features is its “floating” glass and wood staircase. Here’s more from the home’s official listing: “Soaring ceilings, a floating staircase, and waterfront lounges define the social areas. A contemporary chef’s kitchen features an impressive aquarium....

Now he is doing his best to sack the Vermont Teddy Bear Company in court for $2 million. What sort of issue could a former NFL linebacker and all-around tough guy have with a company that makes cute little teddy bears? He says they are guilty of trademark infringement, unfair competition, and false endorsement right of publicity. The Vermont Teddy Bear company started using the phrase “Lights Out” on products in 2015....

He was featured on the single “Only One Woman” by The Marbles which reached #5 in the UK. Bonnett’s single “Warm Ride” reached #1 in Australia. With the band Rainbow the single “Since You Been Gone” reached #6 in the UK and the song “All Night Long” reached #5. Bonnett has been featured on several albums starting with The Marbles in 1970 and continuing into 2017 with albums by Ezoo as well as the Graham Bonnet Band....

You are probably already familiar with the basic premise of “Duck Dynasty”, even if you do not watch the show. When the program first launched in March of 2012, the story was that Phil Robertson, the head of the Robertson family, was struggling financially in the early 70s, and needed a way to earn money for his family. He, his wife, and their four children, were based in Louisiana. They were a family of avid hunters and fishers and lived off the land....

Yet as the draft went on, nobody selected VanVleet. The six-footer was projected to be a second-round draft pick, though he was hoping to either rise up to the late first round or at least the early second. By the middle of the second round, VanVleet made a decision that ultimately may earn him a nine-digit contract. He started telling teams not to draft him. Mid-to-late second-round picks tend to have tough paths toward the NBA....

Even if you’re not a fan of Breaking Bad, you probably at some point have wondered exactly how much money someone can make as a drug kingpin. Throughout the past seasons of Breaking Bad, we have been given quick glimpses into the fictional financial world of meth producers. For example, at one point Walt is offered $3 million for three month’s worth of meth cooking. That breaks down to $250,000 per week, $33,000 per day, $1388 per hour....

Out of the 10 most expensive cars ever sold at auction, three of the auctions were handled by a firm called Gooding & Company. Gooding & Company is the exclusive auction house of the annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Just two months ago at this year’s Concours, Gooding helped sell a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider for $15.18 million. That’s the fifth most expensive car ever sold at auction....