As the band’s primary creative force, Farner wrote many of Grand Funk’s biggest hits, including “I’m Your Captain (Closer to Home),” “Some Kind of Wonderful,” and “Bad Time.” His distinctive guitar work and powerful vocals became hallmarks of the band’s sound. Under his leadership, Grand Funk Railroad achieved 13 gold and 10 platinum records between 1969 and 1976. The band’s original run ended in 1976, though they would reunite several times in different configurations....
Fuhrman became a detective in 1989 and was a police officer for 20 years, during which time he earned over 55 commendations before retiring in 1995. He is best known for his involvement in the investigation of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman in the O.J. Simpson murder case. During the murder investigation, Mark found two blood-stained gloves and entered Simpson’s estate without a search warrant....
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Mary McDonnell grew up in upstate New York. She graduated from the State University of New York at Fredonia, and went on to join the Long Wharf Theatre Company. She remained with Long Wharf for twenty years, and appeared in multiple theater productions with other companies, as well. She won an Obie Award for her work in “Still Life” in 1980, and appeared on Broadway in productions of “The Heidi Chronicles”, “Summer and Smoke”, and “The Execution of Justice”....
Meaghan Oppenheimer grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma before relocating to Los Angeles, California. She married Tom Ellis in 2019. Oppenheimer created and executive produced the television series Queen America from 2018 to 2019. She wrote the movie We Are Your Friends in 2015. Meaghan Oppenheimer wrote and executive produced the pilot for the TV series Broken in 2016. She also wrote for an episode of the TV series Fear the Walking Dead....
Fred Olsen was born into the upper class. His great grandfather founded a shipping empire. He is named after his great-granduncle, the original Fred Olsen. His father, Thomas went to Cambridge and ascended to run the family business. And then the Nazis invaded Norway. On the same day that the Nazis arrived, April 9, 1940, 11-year old Fred and his mother skied across the Dovre Mountains to the fjords on the Atlantic....
She is most widely recognized for her co-starring role on “Everybody Hates Chris”. In 2010 she appeared in the film, “Peep Game” and shot the pilot for “Aloha”. She is next slated to appear in “Crosstown”. Between 2013 and 2017, Paige appeared in seven episodes of Hawaii: Five-O.
He served as President and COO of News Corporation from 1996-2009, during which time he headed Twentieth Century Fox Filmed Entertainment as well as Fox Broadcasting Company. During his time running Fox, the studio produced the two top-grossing movies of all time, “Titanic” and “Avatar”. Under Peter Chernin, Fox’s broadcast and cable groups experienced tremendous growth. He was instrumental in Fox’s expansion into sports broadcasting. Under his tenure, Fox’s network schedule grew from two nights of original programming per week to seven....
Rajiv Shah is the president of the Rockefeller Foundation, and in a press statement he explains the importance of going big for the cause of economic recovery in the months and years ahead: “This crisis has unwound two to two-and-a-half decades of progress against basic human development goals…You can imagine a future characterized by extreme inequity on a global scale, or you can imagine a future where sometimes steps up with a Marshall Plan for building back post-crisis....
Sam Dekker was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin in May 1994. He is a 6'8″ small forward and power forward. Dekker played for Sheboygan Lutheran High School where he was named Wisconsin Mr. Basketball and a first-team Parade All-American in 2012. Dekker played his college basketball for Wisconsin where he was named a Big Ten All-Freshman team member in 2013 and second-team All-Big Ten in 2014 and 2015. Sam Dekker was drafted #18 overall by the Houston Rockets in the 2015 NBA Draft....
Early Life Aleksander “Sasha” Vujacic was born on March 8, 1984, in Maribor, at the time part of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia. His father, Vaso, was a Serbian basketball coach and his mother, Ksenija, a Slovenian volleyball player. Ksenija was playing with the Yugoslav women’s club when she got pregnant with Sasha at the age of 19 and had to quit. His parents divorced when he was just two years old, and he lived with his mother and stepfather, Goran Bjekovic....
While sports betting can bring in millions of dollars in extra revenue for leagues, it also introduces new challenges. We saw former Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter receive a lifetime ban for his participation in an illegal sports betting scheme. And Porter might not be the only player implicated in the scheme. Federal prosecutors have an inquiry into whether longtime NBA guard Terry Rozier, now on the Miami Heat, was also involved....
The following 25 players have all made more than $100 million in their NFL careers. The list includes 17 current players, eight retired players, 17 quarterbacks, a pair of brothers, and nine Super Bowl winners. The top eight highest paid players are all quarterbacks. These are the 25 highest earning NFL players of all time: #25. Champ Bailey – $102.8 million Position: Cornerback Team: Retired, formerly Washington Redskins (1999-20o3), Denver Broncos (2004-2013) Seasons: 15 Highest Earning Season: $16....
Timothy LeRoy Lincecum, affectionately known as “The Freak,” is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher celebrated for his remarkable achievements with the San Francisco Giants. Standing at 5 feet 11 inches and weighing 170 pounds, Lincecum defied traditional expectations of a power pitcher, utilizing an unorthodox delivery and exceptional mechanics to dominate hitters. His illustrious career includes two consecutive National League Cy Young Awards, four All-Star selections, and three World Series championships with the Giants....
Johnson has starred on the reality shows “Tiny and Toya” (2009–2010), “Toya: A Family Affair” (2011), and “Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta” (2017–2018), and she was a co-executive producer on “Tiny and Toya.” As an actress, she has appeared in the 2022 TV movie “Hip Hop Family Christmas Wedding.” Johnson opened the New Orleans boutique G.A.R.B. in 2010 with singer Kandi Burruss and rapper Rasheeda. In 2017, Toya published the book “You Just Don’t Get It,” which she co-wrote with her eldest daughter, Reginae Carter....
After training under hairdresser Raymond Bessone, he went on to create many iconic hairstyles for women, including his modern take on the “bob.” His cuts were meant to be wash-and-go, which was a departure from the high-maintenance styles that were in vogue at the time. Vidal is credited with changing women’s hair trends in the Western World. By the 1980s, he had a worldwide hair care line and a chain of salons....
In television, Wallace been a recurring presence in shows like “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” (1993–1999), “Gossip Girl” (2008–2012), “Young Sheldon” (2018–2024), and “Evil” (2022–2024). Beyond acting, he’s known for his essays on politics and culture, often writing for “The Nation” and other publications. In 1975, Shawn’s play “Our Late Night” opened off-Broadway, and the production earned him an Obie Award (the Tony for off-Broadway theater) for playwriting. In 1977, Wallace made his debut as an actor, appearing in his own adaptation of Machiavelli’s “The Mandrake,” staged by the New York Public Theater....
But how did he become the largest land owner in the United States and how much land does he own to make that true? Malone was born in Milford, Connecticut on March 7, 1941. He attended the prestigious Hopkins School (founded in 1660), and graduated with a National Merit Scholarship in 1959. He enrolled at Yale and graduated in 1963 with a degree in economics and electrical engineering. He then got his master’s degree in industrial management at Johns Hopkins University in 1964....
One expert suggests that the country’s rainy summer may have ruined the thief’s own honey production and caused him or her to carry out the robbery. The thousands of bees were pilfered from Paul Williams’s hive. Beekeeping is a hobby of Williams and on one of his weekly swarm check-ins, he discovered a hive worth more than $500 and its 30,000-40,000 bees inhabitants were missing. According British Beekeepers Association’s Diane Roberts, inclement weather and the increased popularity of beekeeping has also heightened the price of a set of wooden frames plus a family of bees and a queen – known by experts as a “nucleus” – from about $66 to more than $264....
This $32 million payday bring’s Floyd Mayweather’s career earnings over the $400 million mark. $405 million to be exact. What’s especially impressive about that statistic is the fact that Mayweather has earned that massive fortune in the last 8 years alone… off of just 12 fights. His highest payday so far is a tie. He earned $50 million when he fought Robert Guerrero and Saul Alvarez. Here is a complete breakdown of Floyd’s career earnings to date:...
What makes this most recent incident especially embarrassing for Mariah is the fact that it would only take a few minutes of googling to understand that Jose Eduardo dos Santos is a really bad guy. Since becoming President of Angola in 1979, Jose has executed thousands of his own people, including rival politicians, journalists and activists. To make matters worse, the concert was supposedly a charity event to raise money for the Angolan Red Cross....
