Pierre Woodman net worth: Pierre Woodman is a French pornographic film director who has a net worth of $10 million. Pierre Woodman was born in Auvergne, France in April 1963. He has more than 240 directing credits to his name from 1994 to 2016. Woodman also has more than 75 acting credits and more than 30 producing and writing credits. He has also worked as a cinematographer, editor, and in other areas of the industry. He has won four Hot d'Or Awards including Best European Director and Platinum Movie 1997 in 1997, Best European Director in 1998, and Best Director in 2001. He also won a Special Award at the Ninfa Organization in 2003, a Ninfa Lifetime Career Award in 2004, and a Ninfa Award for Best Director in 2007. He was married to adult actress Tania Russof from 1995 to 2000. He has worked for Private Media Group, Inc. and is known for his "Castings X" productions.

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Cory Morrow net worth: Cory Morrow is an American country singer and songwriter who has a net worth of $2 million. Cory Morrow was born in Houston, Texas in May 1972. He plays guitar and released his debut EP Texas Time Travelin' and his debut album The Cory Morrow Band in 1997. Morrow released the albums The Man That I Have Been in 1998 and Double Exposure: Live in 2001. In 2001 he released the album Songs We Wish We'd Written (with Pat Green) which reached #26 on the US Country chart and #20 on the US Heatseekers chart. His album Outside the Lines was released in 2002 and reached #28 on the US Country chart. Cory Morrow has also released the albums Full Exposure Live in 2003, Nothing Left to Hide in 2005, Live From Austin TX in 2007, Ten Years in 2007, Vagrants & Kings in 2008, Ramblin' Man EP in 2010, Brand New Mile in 2010, Live at Billy Bob's Texas in 2012, and The Good Fight in 2015.

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Jim Backus net worth: Jim Backus was an American actor who had a net worth equal to $5 million at the time of his death in 1989, after adjusting for inflation. Jim Backus was born in Cleveland, Ohio in February 1913 and passed away in July 1989. He acted on radio as well as in film and television and was also a voice actor. Backus had 250 acting credits to his name. Some of his better known roles included starring as Thurston Howell III on the television series Gilligan's Island from 1964 to 1992, as Judge Bradley Stevens on the TV series I Married Joan from 1952 to 1955, and voicing the role of Mr. Magoo on various series. Jim Backus also starred in several films including Rebel Without a Cause. He hosted his own series called The Jim Backus Show and played the role of Hubert Updike III on the radio show The Alan Young Show. In 1960 he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1735 Vine Street. Jim was married to Henny Backus from 1943 until his passing. Jim Backus passed away on July 3, 1989 at 76 years old.

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Roger Miller net worth: Roger Miller was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor who had a net worth of $1 million at the time of his death in 1992. Roger Miller was born in Fort Worth, Texas in January 1936 and passed away in October 1992. He was known for his novelty songs which were influenced by honky-tonk. His debut studio album, Roger and Out, was released in 1964 and reached #3 on the US Country chart. His second album The Return of Roger Miller was released in 1965 and reached #2 on the US Country chart and #4 on the Billboard 100 chart. Miller's album The 3^rd Time Around was released in 1965 and reached #1 on the US Country chart. He would continue to release a total of 19 studio albums. His best known single "King of the Road" reached #1 on the US Country chart and on the US Adult Contemporary chart as well as in the UK. He also had #1 songs with the singles "Dang Me" and "England Swings". Miller won 11 Grammy Awards and a Tony Award and was nominated into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame. Roger Miller passed away on October 25, 1992 at 56 years old.

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Colleen McCullough net worth: Colleen McCullough was an Australian author who had a net worth of $8 million at the time of her death in 2015. Colleen McCullough was born in Wellington, New South Wales, Australia in June 1937 and passed away in January 2015. She also worked as a neuroscientist and her writing genres included fiction, fantasy, and drama. McCullough authored the novels Tim, The Thorn Birds, An Indecent Obsession, A Creed for the Third Millennium, The Ladies of Missalonghi, The Song of Troy, Morgan's Run, The Touch, Angel Puss, The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet, and Bittersweet. Colleen McCullough authored the Masters of Rome series which included The First Man in Rome, The Grass Crown, Fortune's Favorites, Caesar's Women, Caesar, The October Horse, and Antony and Cleopatra. Her Carmine Delmonico series includes On, Off, Too Many Murders, Naked Cruelty, The Prodigal Son, and Sins of the Flesh. She also authored the biography The Courage and the Will: The Life of Roden Cutler VC and her memoir Life Without the Boring Bits. Colleen McCullough passed away on January 29, 2015 at 77 years old.

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Kalabhavan Mani net worth: Kalabhavan Mani was an Indian actor and singer who had a net worth of $10 million. Kalabhavan Mani was born in Chalakudy, Kerala, India in January 1971 and passed away in March 2016. He started out as a mimicry artist performing with the Kalabhavan troupe. Mani went on to star in more than 200 films across multiple genres including Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu and often played a villain or a humorous character. Mani received Special Jury Awards from the Kerala State Film Awards in 1999 and the National Film Awards in 2000 for Vasantiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njanum. He also won a Filmfare Award and a handful of other awards. He also performed as a playback singer and a music director. Kalabhavan Mani passed away on March 6, 2016 at 45 years old from methyl alcohol poisoning from distilled liquor, Arrack, and acetaminophen. His sudden death was controversial.

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A Romanian court has made a decision involving the heirs to the fortune of billionaire Dinu Patriciu, who died back in 2014. Patriciu was survived by Ana and Maria Patriciu, his two daughters, as well as Dana Rodica Patriciu, his second wife, and now they're on the hook for about $226 million in American dollars owed to the Romanian Ministry of Public Finance, as reported by Profit.ro.

The decision, which is not final and can still be appealed by the heirs, has to do with a sum of around $58.5 million that Patriciu recovered from Libya in 2001, following a complicated series of business transactions that eventually allowed Patriciu to sell off an international oil group called Rompetrol to Kazakhstan's state oil company KazMunayGas in 2007 and become a billionaire in the process.

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It's part of a famous "Libyan unpaid claim" that reportedly goes all the way back to the 90s, but if you want more specific information on the situation you may have to ask a Romanian about it since details on it in English appears to be scarce (not to mention confusing). Suffice it to say for now, the Romanian government believes that the money should have gone into the state treasury immediately after it was recovered, but Patriciu kept it instead and used it to grow his $1.5 billion fortune. Now, Romania wants it from his heirs, and they want it with interest, which brings us to that $226 million figure.

The Romanian court ruling states that Patriciu's three heirs must pay the $226 million in proportion to their share of the inheritance. But, they still have the opportunity to appeal the decision, so it's possible that some lesser settlement will be accepted by the Romanian government. Either way, it seems that the three Patriciu heirs will have to be the ones to clear out Dad's balance with Romania.

Read more: Late Billionaire Dinu Patriciu's Heirs Owe $226M To Romanian Government

Remember Billy McFarland? He's the 26-year-old who came up with the idea for the Fyre Festival. He promised aspirational millennials a life changing music festival on the beach in the Bahamas. He teamed up with rapper Ja Rule and set out to fund and promote his big idea. We all know what happened next. Festival goers who paid thousands – $4,000 to $250,000 for a group VIP experience – were left stranded with FEMA tents as accommodations, cheese sandwiches in styrofoam containers, no water, and a festival site rife with thieves, feral dogs, and violence. To add insult to injury, all the bands scheduled to appear bailed out before the festival started.

Maybe McFarland just had dreams that were bigger than his means and things got out of control. Nope. He was found to be leading a scheme selling fake tickets to high end events like the Grammy Awards and Met Gala WHILE he was awaiting sentencing for the wire fraud conviction related to the Fyre Festival.

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In March, McFarland pled guilty to two counts of wire fraud for bilking Fyre Festival investors and vendors out of about $26 million. He has been free on pretrial release while awaiting sentencing. Instead of contemplating all the things he did wrong, he decided to launch another scam. Now he's charged with an additional charge of wire fraud for selling fake tickets as well as a charge of money laundering.

NYC VIP Access claimed to buy and sell tickets to exclusive events including Super Bowl LI, Coachella, Burning Man, and a dinner with LeBron James. When customers bought the tickets, McFarland either did not provide the tickets as advertised or didn't provide the tickets at all. One couple from Florida bought tickets to the 2018 Grammy Awards for $700 each. They flew to New York City for the event and were turned away at the door with their fraudulent tickets. McFarland reportedly set the company's bank account up in an employee's name to hide his role in the company.

McFarland ran this scam from late 2017 until March. He scammed about 15 people out of $100,000 during this time.

He was arrested on these new charges and his bail has been revoked. A judge deemed him a flight risk and a nonviolent threat to the community. He is facing up to 40 years in prison from the Fyre Festival charges and has number of civil suits filed against him. He will be sentenced July 26th. His current plea deal calls for him to spend between eight and 10 years in prison.

Read more: Fyre Festival Founder Involved In Ticket Scam While Awaiting Sentencing

Draft picks exchange hands in the NBA all the time. If a trade appears to be favoring one side, that team might throw in a future pick to even things out. Sometimes the trades have protection – it may need to fall outside the lottery to convert, for example – or maybe the pick won't happen until several years down the line. With picks moving constantly, it can be tough to keep up.

And sometimes, you just may trade for a pick you already owned.

During this year's NBA Draft, the Phoenix Suns traded Zhaire Smith (the 16th pick) and a future first-round pick in 2021 to the Philadelphia 76ers for Mikal Bridges (the 10th pick).

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But to fully understand the comedy of that trade, let's jump back to the 2015 trade deadline. The 76ers traded Brandon Knight (a player they had just acquired in a trade with the Bucks earlier that day) to the Suns for a future Lakers draft pick. The Suns had obtained that pick when Steve Nash went to the Lakers during the 2012 offseason.

The Lakers pick had protections on it through 2017. Those protections were met each of the past three years, so it finally converted to the 76ers this year.

That same day the Suns traded Goran Dragic to the Miami Heat for two future first-rounders. One was an unprotected pick in 2021 while the other had protections on it in 2017, so it also converted this year.

That means the Suns essentially made a trade for a pick they already owned. They dealt Goran Dragic and two first-round picks – in the form of Smith and the upcoming Heat pick in 2021 – to secure a player (Bridges) drafted with the Lakers pick they dealt in 2015.

If Bridges turns out to be a superstar, Suns fans will forgive this poor asset management. But this is a franchise that sold its first-round draft pick on multiple occasions to avoid paying the luxury tax. It doesn't have a great track record.

Meanwhile, the Sixers made out like bandits, getting two first-round draft picks for Brandon Knight, who's played in just 117 games since that trade and is currently recovering from ACL surgery. The NBA sure is strange sometimes.

Read more: Here's How The Suns Traded For A Draft Pick They Already Owned

Peter Sagal net worth: Peter Sagal is an American playwright, screenwriter, actor, journalist, and radio host who has a net worth of $500 thousand. Peter Sagal was born in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey in January 1965. He is also a runner who has completed more than a dozen marathons including four Chicago Marathons and four Boston Marathons. Sagal is known for hosting the National Public Radio game show Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me!. He has also hosted the PBS television series Constitution USA with Peter Sagal. He narrowly avoided the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing as he was serving as a guide for partially sighted runner William Greer. He served as a writer for the films Savage and Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights. Peter Sagal provided voice work for the 2015 film Inside Out. He has written for publications including Runner's World magazine, The New York Times Magazine, the Chicago Tribute, Time magazine, and more.

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Jesco White net worth: Jesco White is an American folk dancer and entertainer who has a net worth of $100 thousand. Jesco White was born in Bandytown, West Virginia in July 1956. He appeared in the 2017 film Logan Lucky as well as the 2009 movie It Came from Trafalgar. White provided voice work for the TV series Squidbillies from 2010 to 2017. He appeared in an episode of the television series Roseanne and in the music video "Loser" by Beck. Jesco White has appeared in the documentaries Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood in 1999, The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia in 2009, and Popcorn Sutton: A Hell of a Life in 2014. He also appeared in an episode of the TV series documentary Different Drummer in 1991 and provided voice work for the video game Grand Theft Auto V. His father was dancer Donald Ray White.

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Chris Knowings net worth: Chris Knowings is an American actor who has a net worth of $300 thousand. Chris Knowings was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York in February 1980. His twin sister is actress Christy Knowings. From 2001 to 2002 he starred as Lamar Carlos Johnson on the television series Talina. Chris Knowings has starred as Chris on the TV series Sesame Street starting in 2007. He has also starred in other films and TV series including Crooklyn, New York Undercover, Law & Order, 100 Centre Street, The Nick Cannon Show, Generation Jets, LazyTown, The Cookie Thief, Kevin Can Wait, and Nature Cat. Chris Knowings has been nominated for Daytime Emmy Awards in 2009 and 2010 for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series for Sesame Street as Chris Robinson.

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Phonte net worth: Phonte is an American rapper who has a net worth of $1 million. Phonte was born in Greensboro, North Carolina in December 1978. He is half of the duo The Foreign Exchange and was a member of the trio Little Brother. Phonte's solo debut studio album Charity Starts at Home was released in 2011 and reached #9 on the US R&B chart and #61 on the Billboard 200 chart. He also released the album No News Is Good News in 2018. The Foreign Exchange formed in 2002 and released their debut studio album Connected in 2004. They also released the album Leave It All Behind in 2008. Their album Authenticity was released in 2010 and reached #23 on the US R&B chart. The Foreign Exchange released the album Love in Flying Colors in 2013 which reached #22 on the US R&B chart and their album Tales from the Land of Milk and Honey was released in 2015 and reached #12 on the US R&B chart.

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MC Chris net worth: MC Chris is an American nerdcore rapper, voice actor, writer, and comedian who has a net worth of $600 thousand. MC Chris was born in Libertyville, Illinois in September 1975. His debut studio album Life's a Bitch and I'm Her Pimp was released in 2001 and he went on to release the albums Knowing is Half the Hassle in 2003, Eating's Not Cheating in 2004, Dungeon Master of Ceremonies in 2006, MC Chris Is Dead in 2008, MC Chris Goes To Hell in 2010, Marshmellow Playground in 2011, Race Wars in 2011, Foreverrr in 2014, MC Chris Is Dreaming in 2016, and Marshmellow Campground in 2017. He has appeared in or voiced roles for the TV series Sealab 2021, Welcome to Eltingville, The Brak Show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Fat Guy Stuck in Internet, and the movies Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters and Nerdcore for Life.

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Ladybug Mecca net worth: Ladybug Mecca is an American rapper who has a net worth of $800 thousand. Ladybug Mecca is best known for being a member of the hip hop trio Digable Planets. The group formed in 1987 and released their debut studio album Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) in 1993. Their second album Blowout Comb was released in 1994. Digable Planets also released the compilation album Beyond the Spectrum: The Creamy Spy Chronicles in 2005 and the live album Digable Planets Live in 2017. Their first single "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" reached #1 on the US Rap chart, #6 on the US R&B chart, and #15 on the US Hot 100 chart. Their single "Where I'm From" reached #7 on the US Rap chart. Ladybug Mecca released her solo album Trip the Light Fantastic in 2005. She has also been a member of the groups The Dino 5 who released their self-titled debut album in 2008 and the group BROOKZILL! which released their debut studio album Throwback to the Future in 2016.

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Mike Lindell net worth and salary: Mike Lindell is an American entrepreneur and business executive who has a net worth of $200 million. Mike Lindell is most famous for being the founder and creator of MyPillow. He was born on June 28, 1961 in Makato, Minnesota. He was then raised in Chaska and Carver, Minnesota. Before inventing MyPillow, Mike struggled with addiction. He was addicted to cocaine, alcohol and crack dating back to the early 80s. During this time, Mike dabbled with other entrepreneurial efforts that included a time raising pigs, owning a bar and operating a carpet cleaning business. He founded My Pillow, Inc in 2004. He is the inventor and patent owner behind the pillow's open-cell, poly-foam design. When the company started he had five employees. Today the company employs more than 1,500 people. He sold his first pillow at a mall kiosk. He spent the first six years of the company selling the product at malls, trade shows and state fairs. In 2011, My Pillow launched its first infomercial. The 30 minute show cost $500,000 to produce and aired an average of 200 times per day. After the commercials began airing, his business exploded. Over the next 12 months, he sold $100 million worth of pillows. Mike Lindell has been sober since 2009 and today his company generates $280 million in revenue per year. As of this writing, he has sold more than 30 million pillows at an average base price of $45. He aims to produce 85,000 pillows a day after launching a new factory in his hometown. Mike Lindell is a staunch supporter of Donald Trump. Donald reportedly sleeps on a My Pillow at the White House.

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Remember that lawsuit between Dr. Dre & Jimmy Iovine and designer Steven Lamar over the latter's headphone design for the Beats by Dre brand? Well, the verdict is in, and The Blast is reporting that the jury found in favor of Lamar, awarding him a whopping $25,247,350 in total damages stemming from unpaid royalties from sales of Beats headphones that were derived from Lamar's original design.

Iovine and Dre testified in court earlier this week that before their company was sold to Apple for $3 billion in 2016, their focus behind the scenes at Beats HQ was mostly on marketing and visual design aspects of the product, rather than on anything related to the tech that makes their headphones work. But the jury nevertheless found that the original agreement between Iovine & Dre and Lamar meant that he was owed a boatload of additional royalties (you can get the details on the lawsuit right here).

Interestingly, juries were given the opportunity to distribute damages for those unpaid royalties according to the brand's headphones. Court documents show a form was presented to jurors that asked exactly how much they thought Lamar was owed for each headphone model in question.

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The jury broke down the damages like this: $7,448,838 for the Studio 2/Remastered headphones, $14,856,721 for the Studio 2 Wireless headphones, and $2,941,791 for the Studio 3 headphones, which together is how the $25 million figure was reached. It's a lot of money, but it's actually only a fraction of the damages Lamar was seeking in court, having originally filed suit in 2016 after the company was acquired by Apple. He wanted more than $100 million in damages. Lamar's attorney Stephen E Morrissey had this to say about the decision:

"The jury really validated our theory of the case, that Mr. Lamar was involved in the founding of Beats… It's not everything we were asking for, but we're happy."

As for Dre and Iovine, they don't appear to have commented on the decision as of this writing, either for themselves or through an attorney.

Read more: Dr. Dre And Jimmy Iovine Ordered To Pay Over $25M In Beats Lawsuit

K-Pop has been a thing for awhile now. Right now, BTS, a group of young men who were assembled into a band through a studio audition process are the biggest thing in the world. They are the modern day Beatles or Backstreet Boys, drawing tons of screaming young girls wherever they go. They debuted their unique sound in December 2012 with a rap cover of Wham's "Last Christmas." Since then, they've gone on to completely change the image of boy bands in South Korea and become the biggest breakout success that country has ever seen.

Over just the past year, BTS has wormed its way onto US radios and streaming services. They are the first South Korean band to debut an album at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard chart. The new album Love Yourself: Tear is a follow up to 2017's Love Yourself: Her and sold 135,000 albums in its first week of sales. The band also announced a world tour in April that sold out nearly instantly.

Why is it BTS that finally broke through after half a decade of the increasing popularity of K-Pop as a genre? Well, it's primarily about being different and change. BTS looks different than other K-Pop bands and the band took a different approach to building its fan base and interacting with fans.

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BTS is the brainchild of a man named Bang Si-hyuk, who set out to build a different kind of studio from the standard "idol factories" that had dominated the K-Pop landscape since the genre started in 1992. In 2005, Bang, a successful song writer, formed his own studio Big Hit Entertainment. He began to assemble a group of teenagers in 2010. He called them the Bulletproof Boy Scouts, later renamed Bangtan Boys, and finally, BTS. He wanted this band to be different from the painstakingly groomed and immaculate idols K-Pop usually churned out. He wanted BTS to be real young men who projected their real personalities and talents. This was a true break from the way things were usually done in the K-Pop world. Studios trained their bands to be idols who are blank slates that fans can project their fantasies on. Bang wanted BTS to be full of artists that audiences could relate to. Unlike other K-Pop artists, BTS doesn't have a strict contract or a curfew. They are allowed to discuss how stardom affects them and what pressure it puts on them.

What BTS does, and does well, is combine a young and innocent styling of the band members with driving beats more reminiscent of old school gangster rap. This was revolutionary in 2013. Today K-Pop regularly infuses tones of hip hop into its music, but BTS was among the first to take it and run with it.

And then there are the fans – called the Army – because their fandom is so well organized and loyal. Tickets for the 2015 limited U.S. tour sold out. Tickets were reportedly being scalped for more than $10,000. Tickets for their current sold out tour are averaging $452 per ticket—the highest of any act touring this summer.

Analysts of K-Pop were surprised by the rapid rise of BTS. But if you look at their reach, its less surprising. Kids know them. Teenagers know them. Adults know them. And their fans helped make sure that happened. During 2017, BTS fans begged Walmart, Target, and Amazon to stock BTS's albums. Once the retailers did, the fans gobbled them up, pushing BTS to the top of the sales charts.

Tumblr is generally considered the unofficial home for fan communities on the internet and BTS reigns supreme there. In April. Tumblr's popular weekly Fandom Metrics, which measure the popularity of fan communities, decided to stop breaking K-Pop out as a separate category. When they merged K-Pop with English language bands something interesting happened. The first week the categories were merged BTS was number one, ahead of Beyoncé and Harry Styles.

Think about it—BTS has grabbed the attention and loyalty of fans across the globe despite language and culture barriers. That's quite a feat right there and speaks to what a phenomenon BTS is globally right now.

Read more: K-Pop Band BTS Is The Biggest Thing In The World Right Now

Philadelphia holds a special place in Mikal Bridges' heart. He played high school ball just outside the city, he won two NCAA titles with Villanova, and his mom works for the Philadelphia 76ers, serving as the VP of Human Resources. And for a brief moment, it looked like Bridges would continue being a hometown hero: the Sixers selected him with the 10th pick of the NBA Draft.

Unfortunately, Bridges quickly learned that business trumps any potential warm fuzzy feelings.

While he was still doing media interviews about joining the Sixers, news broke that the team had trade him to the Phoenix Suns for Zhaire Smith, the 16th pick in the draft. The Sixers also received a 2021 first-round pick.

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As Sixers head coach and interim GM Brett Brown explained, Bridges was the team's first choice. However, Smith was 1B. He's certainly more of a gamble than Bridges, but his potential ceiling is higher, and Smith will fit in nicely with the 76ers' offense.

When the Suns added in the unprotected 2021 pick, which initially belonged to Miami, the deal was too good to pass up. So, 2021 is looking like the year when high school players will once again be allowed to jump to the NBA, essentially doubling the league's draft class.

Of course, the Sixers may not hold onto the pick for long. They're looking to contend for a championship, and the Heat could be among the worst teams in the NBA three years from now, making the pick a huge bargaining chip.

The Sixers want to recruit another star to play alongside Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid. That pick may come in handy for landing, say, Kawhi Leonard or Paul George in a sign-and-trade.

For Bridges, he joins a rebuilding project with the Phoenix Suns. And while he won't get to play in front of his hometown fans every night, he should still see solid minutes on an exciting young roster.

And let's not forget–it's still pretty cool to make it to the NBA, regardless of where you end up.

Read more: The 76ers Made One Of The Best Trades Of The NBA Draft… They Just Had To Break A Hometown Hero's Heart

In 2008, Jared Polis won the race for Congress in Colorado's 2^nd Congressional District. At the time he was one of the few openly gay people elected to the House as a freshman politician, and the first openly gay parent in Congress. He's also worth a reported $200 million, making him one of the 10 richest members of Congress. Now, he's running for governor of Colorado after winning the Democratic Primary by beating three challengers. If he wins, he will be the first known openly gay governor in the United States. Polis is a liberal who ran on the promises of protecting residents of Colorado from efforts to end the Affordable Care Act and reiterated a pledge to create free preschool and kindergarten for all children in Colorado.

How He Got There
Polis, a five term congressman is also an entrepreneur who earned his fortune when he co-founded Internet access provider American Information Systems (AIS) while still in college. That company sold in 1998.

In 1996, he co-founded online greeting card website Bluemountain.com, which sold to Excite@Home in 1999 at the height of the dot-com bubble for $430 million in stock and $350 million in cash. In 1998, Polis founded online florist ProFlowers. The company, later renamed Provide Commerce, went public on NASDAQ as PRVD on December 17, 2003. In 2005, Provide Commerce was acquired by media conglomerate Liberty Media Corporation for $477 million. It's probably no surprise to learn that Polis was once named "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst and Young.

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Younger Years
Polis was born on May 12, 1975 in Boulder. He studied political science at Princeton, and his political career kicked off when he was elected to the Colorado State Board of Education. Close to 1.6 million votes were cast between Polis and his opponent, and he won that election by a margin of only 90 votes. He founded the Jared Polis Foundation the same year. The Foundation is dedicated to improving teacher resource support with regard to technology and community engagement. Gaining popularity over time, Polis was elected to the House of Representatives in Colorado in 2008, and re-elected in 2010.

The Detractors
Like any politician, Polis has his detractors. Despite his millions, he's been ridiculed for his fashion sense in the media, with GQwriting a piece tearing apart his choice of bowties over turtlenecks (yikes), to cite just one of his many fashion offenses. Gawker wrote an article called "Jared Polis: To Know Him Is To Loathe Him," accusing him of buying his way into politics. He wouldn't be the first.

Polis is also an avid gamer (or "gaymer" as his Twitter bio says) who plays League of Legends. He was the first member of Congress to accept bitcoin donations on the day it became legal, and an advocate for legalizing marijuana. He does, after all, represent Colorado. You can find him on Twitter, tweeting about Justin Bieber, Vail town hall meetings, and fracking.

His investment portfolio is apparently just as diverse: real estate in Japanese retirement housing, stock in businesses like an open-sea fish farm off the Panama coast, and a film production company based in Denver. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

If he wins the election in November, Polis will make history once again.

Read more: Jared Polis Is One Of The Richest Politicians In America – And He Could Become The First Gay Governor