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Matt Cassel Has Won Just 36 Games In His Career But Will Surpass $65 Million In Total Earnings This Year

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In the Detroit Lions' Week 1 48-17 blowout loss to the New York Jets, Lions backup Matt Cassel got to come in for a few snaps. He finished 2 for 6 for 14 yards and an interception, a far cry from the peak of his career.

But don't feel too bad for Cassel's limited play. By Week 9 of this season, he'll pass $65 million in career earnings.

The former Patriots backup has been a journeyman throughout his career, never spending more than four seasons on the same team. After one season as a Tom Brady replacement in New England, Cassel has had stints on the Chiefs, Vikings, Bills, Cowboys, Titans, and now the Lions.

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It hasn't always been pretty. Cassel finished 10-5 that year in New England, and 10-5 his second year in Kansas City. Aside from those two seasons, Cassel's career record as a starter is 16-35.

For his career, Cassel has completed less than 59 percent of his passes for 2,680 yards, 104 touchdowns and 82 interceptions.

Now in his 14th season, Cassel will make a shade over $1.1 million this year. But that's enough to bump him over $65 million for his career. While his starting days are likely over, he's still done quite well for himself.

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Ousted CBS CEO Les Moonves Felt "Vengeful" Towards Janet Jackson, Sought To Ruin Her Career

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If you're old enough to have been watching the Super Bowl halftime show in 2004, you undoubtedly remember the retrospectively quaint national scandal referred to as "Nipplegate," when a "wardrobe malfunction" during a performance by Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson caused a split-second of quasi-nudity to be broadcast over the airwaves. You also might remember that Timberlake's career recovered from the incident much more quickly and readily than Jackson's did, and now the ongoing saga of former CBS CEO Les Moonves reveals a concrete reason for why that was: Moonves had a personal vendetta against Jackson following the scandal, and talked for years after about his desire to ruin her career.

The story was originally reported by the Huffington Post, and says that Moonves took offense to the fact that Jackson failed to have "tearfully apologized" for the incident, like Timberlake did. Timberlake's apology came after Moonves banned both he and Jackson from performing at the 2004 Grammys, which aired on CBS the week after the Super Bowl show – Timberlake was thus allowed back into the Grammys fold, while Jackson was not. But the consequences for Timberlake's apology and Jackson's lack of one went much farther than a spot on the Grammys:

"Moonves ordered Viacom properties VH1 and MTV, and all Viacom-owned radio stations, to stop playing Jackson's songs and music videos. The move had a huge impact on sales of her album 'Damita Jo,' which was released in March 2004, just a month after the Super Bowl."

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Even now, one can see how Timberlake and Jackson's careers seem to have been on divergent paths ever since the Super Bowl performance scandal, and now it seems we have one objective explanation for exactly why that was the case. Moonves reportedly held onto his grudge for years, and it surfaced again in 2011, when Jackson signed a publishing deal with Simon & Schuster, which is owned by the CBS Corporation. According to multiple sources, when Moonves found out about the publication of Jackson's book True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself, his response was an angry question: "How the f*ck did she slip through?"

At this time, it isn't known whether Moonves took any action against anyone at Simon & Schuster after the book was published, but now it appears that he will no longer be in a position to do so.

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Matthew Stafford Has Made An INSANE Amount Of Money Over The Past 13 Months

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Matthew Stafford is, without question, the best quarterback the Detroit Lions have ever had. He's the franchise's leader in touchdowns, wins, and passing yards by nearly 20,000 yards. And it's helped him earn a huge amount of money throughout his career, and particularly over the past 13 months.

Stafford has made more than $58 million since August 2017, good for about $154,000 PER DAY.

During the 2017 season, Stafford threw for 4,446 yards, 29 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. The Lions went 9-7 and missed the playoffs.

Since entering the league in 2009, the Lions have still yet to win a playoff game under Stafford. And while he technically has a 5-46 record against winning teams, it's hard to pin all of the team's faults on Stafford. Of course, there are 21 other players on the field that are also losing those games.

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As we noted earlier, Stafford is the Lions' franchise career leader in a ton of major statistical categories. And the team has certainly put him to work – Stafford has surpassed 592 passes (37 attempts per game) six times in his career.

The Lions have rewarded their quarterback, too. Stafford signed a then-record $135 million deal last summer. The new contract will pay him an average of $27 million through 2022, though obviously the deal is front-loaded, with a signing bonus included in Stafford's guarantees.

It just goes to show how critical it is to earn guaranteed money in the NFL. Stafford had a clunker in Week 1 this year, but he still got paid. He's likely to bounce back, though it's comforting to know he'll be earning a ton of money no matter what happens.

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A Giant Quartz Rock Containing A Record 70kg Of Gold Found, Valued At $3 Million

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Canadian mining company RNC Minerals has (literally) struck gold in Australia. The company says it's found a very rich vein of gold-bearing rocks from its Beta Hunt Mine in the Goldfields of Western Australia. The most eye-popping product of this find is the 95kg quartz rock containing a record estimated gold content of 2,440 ounces, which is also estimated to be worth some $3 million.

That rock has a little brother, a 63kg hunk of quartz that contains about 1,620 ounces of gold, which makes it worth about $1.9 million. Altogether, the RNC find has produced a total of 9,250 ounces of "high grade gold" from 130 metric tons of rock, all dug from deep under the ground over the course of just one week.

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Generally speaking, gold is usually found by mining operations in small, practically invisible flakes within quartz as seen in the photo above. Mark Selby is the President and CEO of RNC Minerals, and in an official press release on the find, he talks about its significance in the gold mining field:

"Recovering 9,250 ounces of high grade coarse gold from a single cut on the 15 level at our Beta Hunt mine, including specimens which could rank among the largest ever discovered, underlines the importance of this discovery. Just 8 weeks earlier, at the end of June 2018, 1,500 ounces of high grade gold were recovered from other sediment structures on the 14 and 15 levels. These discoveries highlight the high-grade gold potential of Beta Hunt."

All of the high grade coarse gold included in the find is "hand picked, direct ship ore" and sent from the mining site to the Perth Mint. Altogether, it's estimated to be worth some $11.4 million in American dollars (and "in cash," according to the press release). The final, precise value of the find will be determined once the gold is processed and, as the case may be, sold, which is expected to take about a week.

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Former Billionaire Kept Violent Rape Conviction A Secret So He Could Travel Around The World

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Simon Halabi is a former billionaire who lied to keep his rape conviction secret for two decades so that he could travel around the world unchecked, including trips in and out of the United States. Halabi, a Syrian born businessman, inherited his wealth from his father. His father backed him on a number of speculative property development deals, allowing Halabi to amass a large fortune for himself. In 2007, he was the 14th richest person in the U.K with a net worth of $4.3 billion. His downfall began when Esporta, a large chain of gyms he owned was forced into administration. From there the hits kept on coming. Property he owned he had to sell for far less than he purchased it for during the global financial crisis of 2008. He defaulted on $1.9 billion in bonds. In April 2010 the High Court of London declared him bankrupt.

In 1998, Halabi was convicted of a violent rape and attacked a woman in her 20s at his home in France. According to police records, he "slapped, punched, and attempted to strangle" the woman before grabbing her by her hair and dragging her to his bed. He threatened to kill her if she reported the rape to authorities. He was given a three year prison sentence, suspended for five years. He was put on France's sex offender list under the name Mohammed Halabi. Despite this conviction, Halabi was able to travel around the world on his British passport under his birth name Simon as he did not declare his conviction.

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Recently, a judge in Westminster magistrates' court approved a motion for Halabi to be subjected to public notification as a convicted sex offender. The detective on the case revealed that Halabi has traveled to the U.S. frequently and owns property in Florida. On customs forms he routinely checked the box that indicated he'd never been arrested or convicted of any crimes.

Authorities in the U.K. first learned of Halabi's rape conviction in 2012 but did not link it to him due to him using the name Simon on his British passport. The police only figured out that Mohammed Halabi and Simon Halabi were the same person in November 2017.

Halabi's attorney lost his fight to keep the court hearing confidential. He argued that reporting the conviction could ruin Halabi's life, saying that Halabi "doesn't accept the legitimacy of the conviction in France and is seeking to have it struck out."

Halabi intends to appeal the ruling of the court in Westminster.

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Les Moonves Has Made $650M Working For CBS, Could Be Out With No Severance Now

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If nothing else, disgraced ex-head of CBS Les Moonves had a good run with the company, financially speaking. CNBC reports that his career earnings since CBS split off from Viacom in 2006 comes to more than $650 million, but now he's in danger of leaving without any kind of financial severance package at all.

Before his resignation from CBS in the wake of wide-ranging accusations of sexual misconduct, Moonves was reported to be in the process of negotiating a very generous exit package from CBS, said to be somewhere between $100 million and $125 million. But now, things have changed, and depending on the results of an internal investigation into the matter by CBS he might be out with nothing.

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Moonves served as president and CEO of the CBS Corporation since it was founded in 2006, having been with the network in various executive capacities going back all the way to 1995. In 2014, he was named executive chairman of CBS, and in the last 12 years various SEC filings by the company show his total annual compensation to be $650.2 million.

CBS has reportedly put away about $120 million in a trust in case of a financial settlement with any of Moonves' accusers, which is likely where his severance package will go in the event that CBS determines that they're accurate. In addition, CBS made the announcement recently that a $20 million donation to multiple organizations that support the "Me Too" cause and women's equality in the workplace that will supposedly come out of funds for a Moonves severance package as well.

Moonves has also agreed to stay on with CBS Corporation in an advisory capacity to help switch over to whoever ends up serving as his indefinite replacement. But that gig, scheduled to last up to a year, would also come to an end if CBS finds Moonves acted inappropriately during his tenure.

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Cryptocurrency In "Wipeout" With Decline At 80 Percent, Worse Than Dot Com Bubble

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The heady days of record highs and constant growth for digital cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are farther away than ever. Bloomberg reports that the market is in the midst of a total crypto "wipeout," following a couple of temporary suspensions in trading handed out by the Securities and Exchange Commission. And cryptocurrencies in general have plunged some 80 percent since their January highs.

Ethereum, Bitcoin's biggest competitor in the cryptocurrency field, recently saw an 11 percent slump in value on the day of the article. Bitcoin itself saw a one-day slump of its own of about 2.4 percent, and crypto tracker CoinMarketCap.com shows a total market capitalization of the digital currencies in its sphere of $187 billion, a figure that represents a sharp decrease from January of this year, when those same digital assets were valued at almost $650 billion more than that.

The crypto market has been in decline "for five of the past six weeks," owing to factors like the aforementioned SEC decision as well as concern that it's taking longer than predicted for cryptocurrencies to be more broadly adopted. Ryan Rabaglia is the head of trading at OSL, a crypto trading firm located in Hong Kong, who characterizes the situation like this:

"The temporary suspension of these products led to an initial knee-jerk reaction … But ultimately, it's just another obstacle for the market to overcome."

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Ether reportedly continues to feel the most financial pressure, and Rabaglia also commented on speculation that investors will soon have to sell off holdings acquired in Ether's initial coin offerings (ICOs) in order to cover business expenses and salaries, which would of course lead to even more declines in its overall value:

"The rhetoric around ICOs continuing to unload their raise proceeds on the market remains valid."

And unfortunately for anyone hoping for a second wind from Ether and other digital currencies, his outlook on its future prospects doesn't seem too optimistic:

 "It's hard to see how that story will go away any time soon."

The most recent developments in the crypto market appear to have vindicated its biggest pessimists. With the aforementioned slump of 80 percent, the so-called cryptocurrency bubble is even bigger than the infamous dot com bubble that took place in 2000, which at its worst saw a decline of 78 percent in the crash.

Optimism persists, however, and some point to Bitcoin's bounces from similar crashes in the past as evidence that the market could pick up again.

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Novak Djokovic Has Beaten Out Roger Federer In Total On-Court Career Earnings

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The tennis world has a new top man in the field of career prize earnings with Novak Djokovic's recent 2018 US Open win. The victory added $3.8 million to Djokovic's total career earnings on the court, bringing his total to $119.1 million, which is enough to put him ahead of the previous biggest on-court earner in tennis, Roger Federer.

Federer has earned $117.51 million on the court, which even though it's no longer the most anyone's ever earned, is still obviously a healthy sum. As a sort of consolation prize, while Djokovic has earned more in prize money he still hasn't earned more actual trophies than Federer. However, the bulk of Djokovic's 14 grand slam titles were won after 2010, while 75 percent of Federer's major victories happened before that point in time, and as prizes in tennis have continued to go up since then, the financial advantage is Djokovic's. Association of Tennis Professionals spokesperson Simon Higson told the BBC why that is:

"The players have played a key role in driving that growth … The sport has seen significant increases in prize money levels over the past 10 years which have seen the players share in the overall commercial growth in the sport."

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You might have noticed that this article has been singularly focused on on-court earnings, as opposed to income from stuff like endorsement deals. In that arena, Federer is still far ahead of Djokovic, with an estimated $65 million a year from his endorsement deals alone. Companies Federer is affiliated with include Credit Suisse, Rolex, Moet & Chandon, and more, and earlier this year he made a much publicized switch from Nike to Uniqlo, grossing some $30 million a year in the process. As for Djokovic, he's said to earn about $22 million a year from his own personal endorsements, the biggest being his deal with clothing company Lacoste.

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'Cosby Show' Star Geoffrey Owens Started Trader Joe's Job After The Show's Syndication Stopped

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When it was recently reported that actor Geoffrey Owens, who played Elvin on all but the first season of The Cosby Show, had taken a job at Trader Joe's, many who remembered the show's former blockbuster status and its ubiquitous presence on cable were shocked. But in an interview with People, Owens confirmed the speculation of many when he admitted that his own financial situation took a significant hit when Cosby's sexual misconduct conviction caused reruns of the show to be pulled from many of its former homes in syndication:

"At the time that the show was pulled, that did make a difference in our income. That was one of the elements that led to my getting to the place where I said to myself, 'I have to do something' and I was thinking, 'What can I do?' and the answer ended up being Trader Joe's, which is actually a wonderful situation for me in many ways. But I got to the point, I just had to do something to support myself and my family."

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Owens has worked regularly since The Cosby Show ended in 1992, but he hasn't gotten a regular job on a series, instead continuing to work in various TV series in bit parts as well as teaching acting and performing in theater, which he says has always been his true passion. Despite his eventually needing to take the Trader Joe's job in order to make ends meet, he says he's never really been an out of work actor, despite the conclusions people might have drawn from seeing the photos of him at work:

"The funny thing is, I never go too long without booking something, which is not a surprise, the only issue is, the things that I book last one day or two days at the most … I'll book something for one day but then not work three or four months."

Owens had to quit his Trader Joe's job after the story broke that he was working there due to so many gawkers coming into the store to see him, but as it turns out the extra exposure was just what the doctor ordered. He's reportedly managed to score a role on Tyler Perry's upcoming OWN series The Haves and the Have Nots, as well as a guest spot on NCIS: New Orleans.

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Twitch Co-Founder Has Already Founded And Sold A Billion Dollar Company. Is He On Track To Do The Same Thing With A New Startup?

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About a decade ago, Justin Kan could not get Andreessen Horowitz, one of the most powerful venture capital firms around, to buy into his startup Justin.tv. He couldn't even get a meeting with the firm. Fast forward to 2014, and Kan sold Justin.tv – renamed Twitch – to Amazon for $970 million. Today, Kan is leading a $65 million round of financing for his latest start up. Atrium is a legal tech company that builds software tools for an in-house law firm whose attorneys focus on helping startups raise funding, issue stock options, and create contracts. In the future, Atrium could bundle these tools and license them out to law firms. Oh, and by the way, Marc Andreessen sits on Atrium's board of directors. Other members of the startup's board are Ashton Kutcher's Sound Ventures, Y Combinator, General Catalyst, and Andreessen Horowitz's Andrew Chen.

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Chen and Kan met about 10 years ago when Kan had an idea for a live video platform that would stream his life 24/7, "Truman Show" style. Kan attached a camera to his baseball hat and put a bunch of cellular data cards into a backpack. Everything he saw was broadcast on the web. It was a crazy idea that even Kan can admit to today. Justin.tv then changed tracks and became the world's largest live video platform. Chen credits Kan with inventing modern live streaming. Justin, 35, launched Twitch while he was a physics and psychology student at Yale.

In 2017, Chen and roughly 100 investors provided Atrium with $10.5 million in Series A funding. When it came time to seed Series B, Chen convinced Andreessen Horowitz to put up more than half of the $65 million round.

Atrium has offered its legal services to more than 250 startups who combined have raised $500 million in funding over the past year. Atrium's client roster includes scooter sharing firm Bird and the digital pharmacy startup Alto.

Read more: Twitch Co-Founder Has Already Founded And Sold A Billion Dollar Company. Is He On Track To Do The Same Thing With A New Startup?

Tsuyoshi Matsushita Became A Billionaire By Convincing Madonna And Cristiano Ronaldo To Endorse His Products

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In the business world, a good endorsement deal can spell the difference between success and failure. In Tsuyoshi Matsushita's case, he was able to build his MTG Co. into a $2.3 billion example of the former, in part because he decided to go out on a limb and try to get luminaries like Madonna and Cristiano Ronaldo to endorse two of his corporation's products. And as a recent Bloomberg profile on the man points out, he didn't know either of them at the time. When asked how he explains this seeming masterstroke, he credits it to that all powerful factor in the world of fortune: Luck. Here he is:

"Most people wouldn't even try to get Ronaldo or Madonna because they think it's such a slim chance … I've been thriving on that 1 percent chance since birth. And I've gotten lucky."

MTG Co. has a "kaleidoscope" of products under its purview, two of which are the MDNA SKIN skincare line developed in conjunction with Madonna and SIXPAD, an abdominal muscle-training gadget released with Ronaldo's endorsement. The company was listed on the Japanese stock market for the first time in July, and experienced a surge of 27 percent on its very first day. That was very good news for all of the company's shareholders, Matsushita chief among them, who owns a 72 percent stake in the company.

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Matsushita says he got started in business when he was still a student in grade school. He discovered some Dutch rabbits that resembled pandas while traveling to Nagasaki, bought some, and sold the novelty bunnies to fellow denizens of the small Japanese island where he grew up.

Then in 1994, he started a used car business, but quickly determined that his true calling was to design products of his own. Two years later, he started what would become the predecessor to MTG, and in 2009 he had a big breakthrough with the success of an electronic massager called the ReFa massage roller, which purportedly improves circulation.

It was around this time that he got it into his head that he wanted to work with Madonna. So he put the squeeze on the advertising agencies he worked with and managed to get her interested in collaborating:

"I started asking those around me if they knew Madonna … They looked at me like I was crazy. But eventually someone knew someone and after a while, we were finally able to reach her."

In February of 2014, the MDNA SKIN line was born. Only a few months later, in July of that same year, he took a similar approach with Ronaldo, and yet another high-profile partnership began.

Now, Matsushita wants to expand his SIXPAD fitness brand into additional gyms. Right now, there's only one "SIXPAD STATION" in Tokyo, but he wants to take the brand worldwide, with 500 more locations in Japan and another 4,500 all over the world.

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Melhig Melhig Wins Canadian Lotto Twice In Five Months

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I'm not a statistician, but I know that the odds against winning a big lottery jackpot are more or less astronomical. And it follows that the odds of doing so twice in one lifetime, let alone in a span of less than six months, would be exponentially longer. Enter Melhig Melhig, a 28-year-old African immigrant and Canadian Lotto winner who took home big million-dollar-plus prizes in just five months, according to the Western Canada Lottery Corporation.

The first win happened at an RN Convenience Store in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where Melhig plunked down $20 on an instant lottery ticket in April. It ended up being worth $1.2 million, and at the time he said his first move was to move himself and his family to a nicer home:

"Everything is new … We have a nice yard, good schools. We love it."

That would have normally been the happy ending, but a few months later in August he found himself at a Giant Tiger store to buy a game for his kids. The old itch must have crept up on him, because he bought another $20 ticket, this one a Scratch 'N Win game. Incredibly, it ended up being worth even more: $2 million. He summed up his feelings more or less as you would expect:

"It's amazing! I feel so happy."

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Melhig says he's considering opening up a small business, such as a car wash or convenience store, but his more immediate goal is to improve his education:

"But my main goal is to go to school. I want to improve my English and communication. And I want to learn something useful, like carpentry … "I'm young. You always need to think about how to grow."

There's no word on whether he plans to keep spending money on lottery tickets, possibly with an eye towards going for a third win in 2018.

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Naomi Osaka Net Worth

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Naomi Osaka net worth: Naomi Osaka is a Japanese American professional tennis player who has a net worth of $8 million. Naomi Osaka was born in Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan in October 1997. She turned professional in 2013 and has won more than $7 million in prize money. Osaka's biggest win was winning the US Open in 2018 by defeating Serena Williams. She has won a total of two WTA titles and achieved her highest ranking after winning the US Open in September 2018 at #7. Naomi Osaka reached the 4th round of the Australian Open in 2018 and the 3rd rounds of the French Open and Wimbledon in 2016 and 2018 (French) and 2017 and 2018 (Wimbledon). Her first win was at the 2018 Indian Wells Open. She won $3.8 million for winning the US Open and signed an endorsement deal with Nissan. Osaka resides in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Her mother is Japanese and her father is Haitian.

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Bizarre Net Worth

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Bizarre net worth: Bizarre is an American rapper who has a net worth of $3 million. Bizarre was born in Detroit, Michigan in July 1976. He is best known for his work with the hip hop group D12. The group formed in 1996 and disbanded in 2018. Their debut studio album Devil's Night was released in 2001 and reached #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and in Canada and the Top 5 in Australia, Belgium, Germany, New Zealand, and the UK. They released the album D12 World in 2004 which reached #1 on the Billboard 200 and in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK. D12's single "My Band" reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 in Australia and New Zealand. They also had success with the singles "Shit on You", "Purple Pills", "Fight Music", and "How Come". Bizarre released his debut solo studio album Hannicap Circus in 2005 which reached #26 on the US R&B chart. He also released the albums Blue Cheese & Coney Island in 2007 and Friday Night at St. Andrews in 2010.

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Kuniva Net Worth

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Kuniva net worth: Kuniva is an American rapper who has a net worth of $3 million. Kuniva was born in Detroit, Michigan in December 1976. He is best known for being a member of the hip hop group D12. The group formed in 1996 and disbanded in 2018. Kuniva is the only member of the group that was with them the whole time. Their debut studio album Devil's Night was released in 2001 and reached #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and in Canada and the Top 5 in Australia, Belgium, Germany, New Zealand, and the UK. They released the album D12 World in 2004 which reached #1 on the Billboard 200 and in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK. D12's single "My Band" reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 in Australia and New Zealand. They also had success with the singles "Shit on You", "Purple Pills", "Fight Music", and "How Come".

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Sal Stowers Net Worth

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Sal Stowers net worth: Sal Stowers is an American actress and model who has a net worth of $1 million. Sal Stowers was born in Los Angeles, California in January 1986. She was the winner of season 9 of the reality television series America's Next Top Model from 2007 to 2008. As an actress she starred as Cassandra Foster on the soap opera All My Children in 2013. Sal Stowers starred as Lani Price on the soap opera Days of Our Lives from 2015 to 2018. In 2016 she starred as Shawna Carson on the TV series Caged. Stowers has also appeared in episodes of the TV series Ugly Betty, The Exes, Mr. Box Office, New Girl, Switched at Birth, Major Crimes, Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special, and The Fosters. She appeared in a Wendy's commercial and has been signed with modeling agencies including Elite Model Management and has walked in several fashion weeks.

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Brooklyn Sudano Net Worth

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Brooklyn Sudano net worth: Brooklyn Sudano is an American actress, singer, and dancer who has a net worth of $3 million. Brooklyn Sudano was born in Los Angeles, California in January 1981. Her first acting role came starring as Vanessa Scott on the television series My Wife and Kids from 2003 to 2005. In 2017 she starred as Asha Flynn on the TV series Taken. Sudan has had recurring roles on the TV series Cuts, Reed Between the Lines, 11.22.63, and Ballers. She has appeared in the movies Rain, 5 Star Day, and Crew 2 Crew. Brooklyn Sudano has also appeared in episodes of the TV series CSI: NY, Fear Itself, 90210, Without a Trace, The Unit, Friends with Benefits, Body of Proof, and more. She is the daughter of disco singer Donna Summer and songwriter Bruce Sudano. Brooklyn Sudano is also the older sister of the music duo Johnnyswim and was featured on her mother's song "Brooklyn".

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Ed Speleers Net Worth

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Ed Speleers net worth and salary: Ed Speleers is an English actor and producer who has a net worth of $4 million. Ed Speleers was born in Chichester, Sussex, England in April 1988. His acting career began in 2006 when he played the title character in the movie Eragon. Speleers starred as Jimmy Penwarden on the television series Echo Beach in 2008. One of his best known roles came starring as Jimmy Kent on the TV series Downton Abbey from 2012 to 2014. In 2016 he starred as Slean on the TV mini-series Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands. Ed Speleers also had recurring roles on the TV mini-series Wolf Hall as Edward Seymour in 2015 and on the TV mini-series Partners in Crime as Carl Denim in 2015. He has also starred in the films A Lonely Place to Die, Love Bite, Plastic, Howl, Remainder, Alice Through the Looking Glass, and Breathe. Ed Speleers won a Golden Globe Award in 2012 and an Emmy Award in 2014 for Downton Abbey.

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Floyd Mayweather And Manny Pacquiao Will Fight Again – Hoping For Another Enormous Payday

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Floyd Mayweather just revealed his intention to fight Manny Pacquiao again. The 41-year-old boxer made the announcement over instagram exclaiming that "another 9 figure pay day [is] on the way".  If you'll recall, the fighters faced each other for the first time, after many years of anticipation and buildup, in 2015. Mayweather ended up winning the fight by unanimous decision. It was a controversial fight because the action was somewhat disappointing and it was eventually revealed that Manny was fighting with an injured shoulder. Nevertheless, the fight produced a record 4.6 million pay-per-view buys which allowed Floyd and Manny to earn enormous paydays.

For the fight, Floyd earned a total of $250 million (pre-taxes) fighting Manny back in 2015. Before the fight even occurred, he paid himself a $100 million guarantee. Manny ended up earning $130 million.

No other details about the future fight were given, though it's been implied that Floyd intends for the fight to happen in December. I'm frankly not sure if he means December 2018 or 2019. Would he be able to get into fight shape and make a full comeback in around 3 months? Unlikely.

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Floyd fought twice more after defeating Manny in 2015. His total career earnings as of this writing are $1.1 billion. Floyd Mayweather's current net worth is $560 million.

Manny's total career earnings are a shade over $400 million as of this writing and his net worth is $190 million.

Included in Floyd's instagram post was a video in which the fighters appear together at a music festival in Tokyo. They trade some verbal jabs. Manny tells Floyd that HE has the belt right now. Floyd responds:

"I'm going to take it from you like I did before."

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China's Most Famous Actress, Fan Bingbing, Reported To Be "Under Control" By Chinese Government

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In July, Fan Bingbing, who appeared in the film X-Men: Days of Future Past as Blink, disappeared from the public eye. She had not posted on social media since June 2. People speculated that the Chinese government was holding her on allegations of tax evasion. The Chinese government has put a limit on how much actors and actresses can get paid in an effort to take a hard line on tax evasion, enormous salaries, and what the government calls "money worship" in the entertainment industry. The salaries of all actors and actresses in every movie or television series cannot exceed 40% of the total production cost. Leading actors and actresses will have their salaries capped at 70% of total wages for the entire cast. The order comes after a number of tax evasion allegations against Chinese celebrities. The law also takes aim at "yin-yang contracts" – a Chinese expression that refers to real and fake contracts that operate side by side to hide the real salaries of top Chinese stars. The smaller contract is used when actors and actresses report their income to tax authorities. This practice is tax evasion.

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Fan Bingbing has been the highest-paid actress in China since 2013. She was the fifth highest paid actress in 2016 with $17 million – that put her ahead of Charlize Theron and Julia Roberts. Fan is one of the celebrities who allegedly used the double contract ploy to evade taxes.

Her disappearance in July came after Cui Yongyuan, a former TV host, posted screenshots of Fan's employment contracts. One showed an income of 10 million yuan ($1.5 million). The other showed income of 50 million yuan ($7.5 million).

Now, the Chinese state media reported than Bingbing is "under control" and will accept the legal decision. According to Taiwan News, the actress has been arrested and is in jail. The scandal of signing multiple employment contracts to avoid paying higher taxes is reportedly only the "tip of the iceberg" of her case.

Since her disappearance in July, rumors have been making the rounds that Bingbing was under house arrest. He fiancée, Li Chen, last posted on his social media accounts in early July. It was also reported than Bingbing and her brother were not permitted to leave the country.

It is believed that the Chinese government is censoring news about Fan Bingbing and her whereabouts. Posts about it have been removed from social media.  Comments from Fan's supporters expressing concern over her disappearance also appeared to have been deleted.

Read more: China's Most Famous Actress, Fan Bingbing, Reported To Be "Under Control" By Chinese Government

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