The scene that provoked the lawsuit features Zach Galifianakis delivering the following line: “Be careful, that is … that is a Lewis Vuitton!” Apparently this line didn’t sit well with Louis Vuitton’s executives and attorneys, who felt that the it not only confused audiences due to its comical mispronunciation of the brand name, but also because the bag that Galifianakis is referring to is NOT an actual Louis Vuitton bag....
Carnahan directed the film Mailman and wrote and directed the movie Black Circle Boys. He produced and directed the film Rudyland and produced the movie Ride. Carnahan also authored the novel Serpent Girl which was published in 2005 and later adapted into a film. He was nominated for a Prize of the City of Torino at the Torino International Festival of Young Cinema in 1996 for Mailman and for a Banff Rockie Award at the Banff Television Festival in 2007 for Dirt....
Then it kind of all went to pot, as it were. It started with marital problems, and then drinking issues, and then incredibly bizarre rants caught on tape… more than once. At one point, he was involved in a war of words with director Joe Eszterhas. Their argument, which went public after someone leaked their private correspondence to an entertainment website, stemmed from multiple anti-semitic remarks made by Gibson and Eszterhas’s frustration and anger about them....
She signed with Atlantic Records and released her first solo studio album, “Come Share My Love” in 1986. Her first single, also named, “Come Share My Love”, reached #5 on the US R&B charts. Since then, she has released eight more albums, with a ninth set for release in 2014. She has won numerous awards, and was also nominated for a Grammy for Best Traditional R&B album.
Paul Smith is a British fashion designer who revolutionized menswear by combining traditional British tailoring with unexpected splashes of color and whimsical details. Born in Nottingham in 1946, he transformed from an aspiring professional cyclist to one of fashion’s most celebrated figures after a serious accident ended his racing dreams. Starting with a tiny shop in 1970, Smith built a global fashion empire known for its signature “classics with a twist” aesthetic, featuring his iconic multicolored stripe motif....
Pax Prentiss co-founded Passages, along with his father, in response to problems he had with addiction treatment when he was attempting to beat a severe heroin addiction. He lost everything over the course of ten years, and hit rock bottom when he was standing in the street, barefoot, trying to sell his shoes to buy more heroin. He has been sober nearly two decades.
Thiel chose to sell 73 percent of his stock in Facebook, which he was an early investor in as well as serving as a member of the social media giant’s board since 2005. In more precise language, that comes to 160,805 shares, a substantial sale but dwarfed by the one he made in 2012 following the Facebook IPO. At that time, Thiel unloaded roughly 20 million Facebook shares out of the 26 million shares he had to his name....
Early Life & Career Beginnings Rachael Harris was born on January 12th, 1968, in Worthington, Ohio, the daughter of a contractor. She attended Colonial Hills Elementary School and graduated from Worthington High School. In an interview with People magazine, she stated that she grew up in a family that battled alcoholism and low self-esteem, severely impacting her confidence as a child. It was a struggle, she said, that carried into adulthood....
Li Ka-Shing was born on June 13, 1928 in Chaozhou, Guangdong, China. While Li was in elementary school, it was a common occurrence for the Japanese to drop bombs on Chaozhu, so his family took refuge in Hong Kong. Li’s father was a school principal, but tragically succumbed to tuberculosis shortly after the family arrived and settled in their new adopted home country. Li was also infected with tuberculosis. The isolation during this recovery, coupled with such extreme poverty and feelings of helplessness, had a deep impact on Li Ka-Shing....
In 2008. In 2011 Ewing had a recurring role as Derek on the TV series Good Luck Charlie. From 2009 to 2011 he had a recurring role as Charlie Punk in the series Zeke and Luther. Reid starred in his first film in the 2011 movie The Truth Below. From 2009 to 2013 he starred as Dylan in the ABC sitcom Modern Family. Ewing has also starred in the movies Fright Night, The Silent Thief, Crush, 10 Rules for Sleeping Around, South Dakota, Wingman Inc....
Robert Ballard stands as one of the most accomplished and influential ocean explorers in history. His career, spanning more than five decades, has revolutionized deep-sea exploration and dramatically advanced our understanding of marine archaeology and oceanography. Best known for discovering the wreck of the RMS Titanic in 1985, Ballard has led over 150 deep-sea expeditions, discovering numerous historically significant shipwrecks including the German battleship Bismarck, the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, and John F....
Vladimir suddenly filed for divorce in November 2013. To make matters worse, he asked the court to make the divorce retroactive to January 16, 2007. According to him, that was the exact day that he decided the marriage wasn’t going well. Of course, this was a power play to protect his assets. That date in 2007 was before Vladimir and his business partner split and divided their company. The day that Vladimir surprised Natalia with the divorce was a normal one, right up until that point....
Trey Wingo was born in Greenwich, Connecticut in September 1963. He is the son of the founding editor of People magazine Hal Wingo. Trey Wingo attended high school with Steve Young and graduated from Baylor University. He worked for NBC News at Sunrise in New York City and was a sports director at WMGC-TV in New York. Wingo then worked at WFMZ-TV in Pennsylvania and KSDK-TV in St. Louis. He became the play by play announcer for the Arena Football League on ESPN....
Early Life William Lee McGinest Jr. was born on December 11, 1971, in Long Beach, California. He attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School and garnered all-state honors in basketball and football. As a linebacker in football, McGinest received All-American recognition from several sporting magazines and all-state, all-city, and all-region honors in 1989. He amassed 18 sacks to go with 107 total tackles, an interception, and four blocked kicks as a senior....
The compound was purchased in 1933 by Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. John F. Kennedy wrote his Pulitzer Prize-winning book “Profiles in Courage” at the house when he was recovering from back surgery in 1956. The home has 11 bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, and three half bathrooms. John F. Kennedy spent the last weekend of his life at the home in 1963 before heading to Dallas, Texas, where he was assassinated on November 22, 1963, by Lee Harvey Oswald....
Christmas came early then disappeared almost instantly for a motorist in Colorado over the weekend. The motorist in question walked into his local Dodge dealer and purchased his dream car: A lime green Dodge Challenger Hellcat. The Hellcat has only been available to the general public for less than a month and this was the very first such model to be sold in Colorado. This car comes packed with 707 horsepower and races up to a top speed of 204 MPH....
Lorenzo Fertitta Net Worth: $2 Billion Lorenzo Fertitta took over Station Casinos with his brother Frank Fertitta III. Their father founded the company but the brothers developed it into an operator of several hotel-casino resorts. Lorenzo runs the family business, the publicly traded Red Rock Resorts and Chairman of Fertitta Capital. Lorenzo is also the former CEO of the UFC until he and Frank sold it to WMG-IMG for $4 billion in 2016....
Silk Road was closed down by authorities back in 2013, and its founder Ross Ulbricht sentenced to life in prison in 2015. Dr. Tom Robinson is Elliptic’s Co-founder and Chief Scientist, and in a blog post on the transfer of funds he speculated about the money’s ties to Silk Road and/or Ulbricht: “The movement of these bitcoins today, now worth around $955 million, may represent Ulbricht or a Silk Road vendor moving their funds....
Desmond Mason attended Oklahoma State University, where he majored in studio art. After the Seattle Supersonics drafted him with the 17th pick in the 2000 NBA Draft, Mason quickly gained some notoriety within the league. He became the first Seattle player to win a dunk contest after taking home the 2001 Slam Dunk trophy. That same year, he was called into Commissioner Stern’s office. No, Mason wasn’t in trouble for wearing the wrong suit....
His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, who died on February 4, 2025, at the age of 88, was the 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and a renowned humanitarian, diplomat, and advocate for pluralism and education. Ascending to the role of Imam at age 20 in 1957, he transformed the Ismaili community’s traditional leadership into a modern force for social, cultural, and economic development across the Muslim world and beyond....
