Pop quiz: Pretend you own a Veyron. One day, you’re driving along a highway at a reasonable speed, when all of a sudden, a pelican jumps in front of the car. What do you do? Would you run right over the dumb bird or would you swerve off onto the side of the road, potentially putting your precious vehicle in harm’s way? Follow up pop quiz: What if swerving to avoid the pelican meant that you would be forced to drive straight into a nearby lake which would almost certainly total the car, while also putting your own life in grave danger?...

In June 2023, Williams became the highest-paid coach in the NBA thanks to a six-year $78 million contract signed with the Detroit Pistons. However, a month later, he lost the title after the Spurs gave Gregg Popovich a five-year $80 million deal. In June 2024, Monty was fired from the Pistons. There is more on his contracts in the next section below. Pistons Contract In June 2023, Monty Williams and the Detroit Pistons agreed to the largest coaching deal in NBA history....

Jean Babette Stein was a child of Hollywood royalty. She was born in Chicago in 1934, the daughter of Jules Stein and Doris Jones. Her father founded MCA, which was once the largest talent agency in the world. He eventually took over Universal and founded the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA. She grew up on an estate in Beverly Hills called Misty Mountain that once belonged to Katharine Hepburn....

On July 2, 2023, Phil won a record-breaking 17th World Series of Poker bracelet. With the win, his career earnings topped $29 million. Early Life Phillip “Phil” Jerome Hellmuth Jr. was born on July 16, 1964, in Madison, Wisconsin. He attended Madison West High School and had trouble with grades and friends throughout school as the “ugly duckling” of his family. He moved on to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for three years but then dropped out to become a full-time poker player....

Related Post: Lil Wayne Net Worth The Maybach Exelero was originally built as a concept vehicle to showcase a new line of high-end tires called Exelero. The Fulda Reifenwerke tire company in collaboration with the Pfrzheim Polytechnic Department of Transport Design held a contest for their students to design the car. 24 year old Fredrik Burchhardt won and he got to work with the Maybach design center in Sindelfingen to bring it to life....

Early Life Rita Hayworth was born Margarita Carmen Cansino on October 17, 1918, in Brooklyn, New York. Rita’s parents, Volga Hayworth and Eduardo Cansino, were dancers, and she had two younger brothers, Eduardo Jr. and Vernon. Both of Hayworth’s brothers served in World War II, and Eduardo Jr. later became an actor. Rita began taking dance lessons at an early age, learning from her uncle, Angel Cansino. As a child, she performed in “The Greenwich Village Follies” on Broadway, and at the age of 8, she appeared in the 1926 short film “La Fiesta....

Early Life and Education Robert Davi was born on June 26, 1951 in the Queens borough of New York City to Maria and Sal. He is of Italian descent, and has two sisters named Michelle and Yvonne. As a teenager, Davi went to Seton Hall High School. He went on to attend Hofstra University. After moving to Manhattan, Davi studied under renowned acting coaches Stella Adler and Lee Strasburg. Film Career In the early 2000s, Davi appeared in such films as “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” “The 4th Tenor,” “The Hot Chick,” and “One Last Ride....

Scott Van Pelt is one of ESPN’s most prominent personalities, known for his distinctive style and engaging sports commentary. He joined ESPN in 2001 as a lead professional golf reporter for SportsCenter and quickly became a regular anchor for the network’s flagship program. Van Pelt gained particular recognition for his work on “SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt,” the midnight edition of SportsCenter that launched in 2015. This show features his unique blend of sports coverage, humor, and personal commentary, including popular segments like “Bad Beats” and “One Big Thing....

The richest soccer players at the 2014 World Cup would give any American athlete a literal run for their money. Last year, the second highest paid athlete in the world was Cristiano Ronaldo, who brought home $80 million. Of that $80 million, $52 million was base SALARY! By comparison, the highest base salary earned by any American athlete last year was Kobe Bryant, who earned $30.5 million from The Lakers....

And now, they’re rewarding him with a new contract. The Spurs and Aldridge agreed to a three-year, $72.3 million contract extension. Under his previous contract, Aldridge had a $22.3 million player option for the 2018-19 season. This new deal also includes that option – Aldridge will opt in next season, with his contract lasting through the 2020-21 campaign. It seems the Spurs couldn’t find anyone better than Aldridge on the free agent market....

In 1958, during the second semester of his junior year of high school, a booking agent from Las Vegas saw Newton and his brother perform and invited them to audition for him. Wayne and Jerry ended up performing six shows a day for five years. In September 1962, they made the first of their 12 appearances over two years on the popular “Jackie Gleason Show.” In the early 1960s, Wayne dived into acting, appearing as Andy on “Bonanza....

The $52 million loss came after a profit warning from Playtech. The company’s shares lost a fifth of their values due to a slow down in business in Asia. Sagi’s losses could have been worse because he’s been selling his shares in the company steadily over the last year. He still owns 6.3% of Playtech, a reduction of about 28% over the past year. The last unloading of his shares was in June, well before Playtech’s current issues started....

Thomas Mars was born in Versailles, France in November 1976. He plays keyboards, guitars, and drums. The band Phoenix formed in 1997 and released their debut studio album United in 2000. Phoenix released the albums Alphabetical in 2004 and It’s Never Been Like That in 2006. The band released the album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix in 2009 which was certified gold in the US, Canada, and Australia. Phoenix released the album Bankrupt!...

Early Life Thomas Peterffy was born on September 30, 1944 in Budapest, Hungary in a hospital basement during a Russian air raid. After the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1956, his father immigrated to the United States. Peterffy followed suit in 1965, joining his father in New York City. However, unable to secure accommodations with his father, who was living with his second wife at the time, Peterffy was given $100 from his father and told to “make something of himself....

Early Life Thomas Richard Coughlin was born on August 31, 1946, in Waterloo, New York. He played football and basketball in high school. He once played against Jim Boeheim of Lyons High School in a basketball game. Tom idolized Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis and followed in his footsteps to Syracuse University. Coughlin was a three-year letter-winner on the football team under Hall of Fame coach Ben Schwartzwalder as the team’s halfback....

Early Life Tori Black was born Michelle Chapman on August 26, 1998, in Seattle, Washington. Tori took an interest in dancing at the age of seven, along with playing football and participating in boxing while growing up. While on summer vacation in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at 18 years old, Black saw an advertisement for an adult talent agency and sent in her pictures. She majored in Journalism and minored in Sociology-Women’s Studies as an undergraduate at Western Washington University, and her parents insisted on her getting a job while in school....

Unlike most other gangsters, Al Capone came from a relatively respectable, lower-middle-class Italian family. So, how did a fairly ordinary boy from Brooklyn become the liquor smuggling, gun running, prostitute abusing, cocaine addict that was Chicago’s most feared man? And how did he lose everything almost as quickly as he gained it? Well… that’s a surprisingly modern story. Early Years Alphonse Gabriel “Al” Capone was born on January 17, 1899, in Brooklyn, New York, to Italian immigrants....

Whitey Ford was born in New York City, New York in October 1928. He was a pitcher who batted and threw left handed. Ford made his MLB debut for the New York Yankees in 1950 and played for the Yankees in 1950 and from 1953 to 1967. During his career he had a win-loss record of 236-106 with 1,956 strikeouts and an ERA of 2.75. Whitey Ford was a 10 time MLB All-Star and a six time World Series champion....

The transaction in question was for 92,857 bitcoins, which came to well over $1 billion in US dollars, transferred from one anonymous Bitcoin wallet to another. The transfer fee was for just four dollars, but even more surprising than that is the fact that in point of fact Bitcoin transfer fees have gone way up by several orders of magnitude just in the last few weeks. For a bit of context on that increase, we can take a look at another recent transfer of a comparable amount: 101,857 BTC transferred towards the end of June, which had a total transaction fee of less than 50 cents!...

For Richard Berry, an R&B artist who wrote and performed tracks for decades, his amazing creation would eventually generate millions of dollars worth of royalties. Unfortunately, thanks to one REALLY BAD business decision and some scummy record execs, Richard never saw a penny. Here’s the story of the man who wrote the massively successful song “Louie Louie” and how it took a random commercial for him to finally get his due....