Early Life Ramón Martínez was born on March 22, 1968 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to Leopoldina and Pablo. He has five siblings, including brothers Pedro, Nelson, and Jesus. Los Angeles Dodgers In 1984, Martínez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Los Angeles Dodgers. He made his MLB debut in the summer of 1988 as the youngest player in the National League, at 20 years old. In Martínez’s first game, the Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants in 11 innings....

Ronnie Hawkins was born in Huntsville, Arkansas on January 10, 1935. He started out in Arkansas before finding success in Canada and becoming an influential figure in the country’s evolution of rock music. Hawkins has recorded more than 25 albums during his career. He has also served as a talent scout and mentor for other musicians. Some of the musicians he influenced formed The Band, Robbie Lane and the Disciples, Janis Joplin’s Full Tilt Boogie Band, Crowbar, Skylark, and Bearfoot....

Malakar became the most popular contestant of the season and Simon Cowell later remarked that he would’ve quit the program had Malakar been crowned the next American Idol. He was part of the 2007 American Idol Concert Tour, singing “The Way You Make Me Feel”. Malakar was a guest of “People” magazine at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner and was featured in several different magazines following his “Idol” elimination....

He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs three times, from October 1986 to December 1988, from July 1992 to November 1995, and from March 2001 to November 2002. Peres also served three times as Prime Minister of Israel, from April 1977 to June 1977, from September 1984 to October 1986, and from November 1995 to June 1996. Peres became the 9th President of Israel in July 2007 and served until July 2014 when he was succeeded by Reuven Rivlin....

Shoe companies generally have to overpay to secure their star spokespeople, but the general mindset is the same: get the big names, and the big sales will follow. Believing in this mantra, Under Armour just announced it has extended Curry’s contract through the 2023-24 season. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but you can bet it’s going to be a bit more than the $2.5 million Curry turned down from Nike two years ago....

It took the Bradshaws decades to build up those 744 acres, located near the border between Oklahoma and Texas and familiar to viewers of the E! reality show “The Bradshaw Bunch.” But they’ve actually been trying to sell the property for some time now, having first listed it in 2014 with an asking price of $10.8 million. That deal never happened, and in the years since Bradshaw has listed the property at various points, always with prices in the neighborhood of $10 million to $12 million....

The minimum net worth required to be one of the richest celebrities on the planet this year was $600 million. Believe it or not, there are TWELVE celebrity billionaires in the world today. Before we dive into this list of the top 30-richest celebs, a quick clarification/point of consideration – We very recently published a list of the richest athletes in the world. With a net worth of $2.2 billion, Michael Jordan took the crown....

While you’re browsing the list, keep this fact in mind: The average artist earns $2 off every album sold. Obviously some artists will have slightly better or worse per-album deals, but $2 is a pretty safe number for the average major label act of the last 30 years. When you multiply $2 by the the sales figures below, you really start to understand how successful musicians make so much freaking money....

Charles Michael Schwab was born in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania on February 18, 1862 to John and Pauline Schwab. All four of his grandparents were Roman Catholic immigrants from Germany. Schwab grew up in Loretto, Pennsylvania and attended Saint Francis College for two years before leaving school to find work in Pittsburgh. The young Schwab landed a job working for Andrew Carnegie’s steelworks. It turned out he had a knack for the business....

After the Super Bowl victory, Kelce and Swift spent some time in the Bahamas. There was plenty to celebrate then, and there’s more to celebrate now. Kelce just signed a contract extension with the Chiefs that makes him the highest-paid tight end in the NFL. Kelce’s new deal is worth $34.25 million over two seasons, an average of $17.125 million. Kelce has earned a shade under $77 million to this point in his career....

In the rest of this article we tell the story of how Masayoshi Son lost a record-setting amount of money back in the early 2000s… Masayoshi Son is the founder and CEO of Japanese telecommunications conglomerate SoftBank. Back in 2000, as the dotcom bubble swelled, Masayoshi Son’s net worth peaked at $78 billion. Then the bubble burst. Exploded might actually be a better word. As Softbank’s share price plummeted, Masayoshi Son experienced the single largest loss of personal net worth in human history....

He was born in Highland Park, New Jersey on February 20, 1964. Garson attended Highland Park High School, Wesleyan University for theater, and later went to Yale Drama School. Willie Garson was active in the entertainment industry from 1986 until his death in 2021. He was best known for his appearances on such television shows as Sex and the City, White Collar, My Two Dads, Monk, Boy Meets World, Ally McBeal, Star Trek: Voyager, The X Files, and several more....

“Franchisees don’t believe in this leadership, don’t believe in this management team and I don’t believe this board has the oversight or the confidence to help steer the company in the right direction.” That includes Papa John’s new CEO Steve Ritchie, who took over the position in January, even though Ritchie was handpicked by Schnatter as his successor following his exit as CEO in November. Now, Schnatter says that was a mistake, and that Ritchie has been promoted over his head: “I like Steve as a person....

The couple became engaged in 2010 at the Funk Fest in Jacksonville, Florida. In June 2012 Brown married Etheridge in Hawaii. Alicia also serves as Brown’s manager.

While the power couple is definitely living the dream, it appears that they are no longer interested in living in a place they once called Dreamland. For $3.85 million, you can take Dreamland off their hands. Why call it Dreamland? The couple told the Arizona Republic it is because, “It’s open and light, equipped with all modern amenities… It has the most beautiful views and everyone who comes is always so moved by how it feels in the house....

It was at this point that she decided to move to New York City, where she recorded Party to Damascus with Wyclef Jean. She then went on to appear in a number of TV shows, including Veronica Mars and Supernatural; both of which were recurring roles. She appeared in the series finale of Monk, USA’s quirky comedy, in which she was the title character’s stepdaughter. Then in 2010 she took on the voice role of Kat, or Catherine-B320 in the video game Halo: Reach....

Sawiris is one step closer to buying and creating a homeland for refugees fleeing war and moving into Europe. The telecom billionaire has already offered to buy a Greek island for the refugees to inhabit. He told CNN that he’d would build a small port, employ the people to build their own homes, schools, hospitals, hotels, and even a university. Sawiris believes he could employ up to 200,000 of the nearly four million refugees....

Record prices were set for a Bugatti EB110, a Lamborghini Countach LP500, A Ferrari F40, a Ferrari F512M and, a personal favorite, a Ferrari F50. If you’re a guy between the ages of 35 and 45, there’s a very good chance you grew up absolutely drooling over the Ferrari F50. You may have had an F50 poster on the wall or a model F50 on your desk. I had both....

Unfortunately for Mr. Kiedis, a good chunk of time between purchase in 2005 and completion in 2008 was not actually spent constructing. Anthony and his neighbor, who also owned an undeveloped plot of land and had, faced off against dozens of locals who were upset that their planned homes would be constructed on ancient burial grounds. Archeologists did indeed find around 30 graves in the immediate area of Kiedis’ property....

Early Life Moreno was born on December 7, 1993, in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. He was raised in a lower-middle-class family who owned a pinata business. At the age of 12, Moreno decided he would like to lose some weight, so his mother enrolled him in the local Entram Gym, and he started training in mixed martial arts. While he had originally had plans to go to college and then law school to become a lawyer, he realized soon after beginning his training that he wanted to pursue a career in mixed martial arts....