Macaulay Culkin is experiencing a bit of a resurgence in popularity of late thanks to his recent Google commercial that plays on his fame as the star of the holiday classic Home Alone. An inside source tells CNW that he made at least a million bucks to star in the ad, but that pales in comparison to what he was making in movies during his days as a young leading man.

His first major movie was in Uncle Buck in 1989, for which he made $40,000. But only a year later, he got his big break into stardom in Home Alone, for which he was paid $100,000 but which made him a household name, and for the next four years he was a seven figure movie star at just 11 years old.

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First up was My Girl in 1991, which made him a cool million. But the really big bucks came in 1992, when his reprisal of his Home Alone character in the sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York was worth $4.5 million. Then he took a role in a thriller, The Good Son, in 1993, which paid $1.5 million.

Then, 1994 came, and with it the peak of Culkin's earning power as a movie star. First was the film Getting Even with Dad, which earned him $8 million, a sum he earned again for the live action cartoon adaptation Richie Rich.

Altogether, those seven films between 1989 and 1994 earned Culkin a total of $23.5 million, which with inflation is comparable to $40 million or so today. After Richie Rich, he took some time off out of the spotlight, but since his adolescence he's been content with the occasional role in a TV show or independent film (or Google commercial), enjoying his $15 million fortune and mostly staying away from the Hollywood stardom grind. He also recently made headlines for letting the public vote on his new, legal middle name, so now he can be completely addressed as "Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin."

Read more: Macaulay Culkin Net Worth And Salary Per Movie

There are many factors that go into a person achieving truly independent wealth. Luck is one, experience another, innovation still one more. But a recent book from Sarah Stanley Fallaw of the Affluent Market Institute narrows down two personal qualities that virtually all millionaires seem to share in their roads to success: Resilience and perseverance.

The book is The Next Millionaire Next Door: Enduring Strategies for Building Wealth, a followup to the 1988 book by Fallaw's father Thomas J. Stanley The Millionaire Next Door. It's based on extensive surveys of over 600 millionaires conducted between 2015 and 2016. Here's Fallaw:

"Millionaires and other economically successful Americans who pursue self-employment, decide to climb the corporate ladder, or strive to create a financial independence lifestyle early do so by perpetually pushing on."

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Ideally, anyone with an interest in building a successful business would be able to cultivate perseverance and resilience in themselves. But Fallaw says these qualities aren't always "for the faint of heart," and it can require a lot of discipline to condition yourself not to give up at major setbacks, and to keep persevering until your goals are met. As she puts it:

"To build wealth, to build one's own business, to ignore critics and media and neighbors, you must have the resolve to keep pursuing your goals past rejection and pain… Millionaires and other economically successful Americans who pursue self-employment, decide to climb the corporate ladder, or strive to create a financial independence lifestyle early do so by perpetually pushing on."

And even then, you can't do it alone. As Fallaw writes:

"Those who pursue this path to economic freedom meet daily hurdles to becoming so in thanks in part to their neighbors, community (both in-person and virtual), and companies pursuing them for their financial and cognitive resources."

So if you're looking for any particular avenues of personal improvement, you may want to focus on these two qualities for greater financial and personal growth.

Read more: These Are The Two Qualities A Researcher Found Most Millionaires Used To Get Rich

Dick Wolf is the enormously successful creator of a bunch of popular TV shows that you've definitely watched at some point. His two biggest creations are the "Law & Order" and "Chicago" television franchises (Chicago Fire/Med/P.D. etc). As of this writing, more than 1,500 episodes have been produced between the two franchises, with several more churned out basically every week. The shows have been syndicated and replicated globally to immense success for nearly two decades. Some American networks have been known to show six hours of Law & Order content every day (looking at you USA and TNT). Wolf also created the series "FBI" that premiered in 2018 and was recently renewed for another season.

As you might imagine, Dick Wolf is rich. Extremely rich. Whenever you are the creator of a popular TV show that sells into syndication, it's like winning the lottery. By my count, Wolf has hit the lottery at least 4 times with several more tickets to be cashed down the road.

But exactly how rich is Dick Wolf? How much does he make in a given year or month? Thanks to a recent divorce court filing, we know the answer!

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Dick Wolf started his career working as an advertising copywriter. He wrote screenplays in his free time with the hope he might someday break into the film industry. He moved to Los Angeles a few years after meeting struggling screenwriter Oliver Stone, and subsequently had three of his screenplays produced. One of these, Masquerade, starring Rob Lowe, was particularly well received. He also held a position as a staff writer on the television series Hill Street Blues, for which he received his first Emmy nomination.

From Hill Street Blues, Dick moved to Miami Vice, where he served as supervising producer. Miami Vice brought him great success, but nothing like that of his future series Law & Order which debuted in 1990.

The original Law & Order (duh duh), would eventually go on to air 456 episodes over 20 seasons between 1990 and 2010 and spawn an empire for Mr. Wolf.

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Dick has been married three times. His second marriage to Christine Marburg, which lasted from 1983 to 2005, ended with a divorce battle that dragged on bitterly for 12 years. He married Noelle Lippman in 2006. It was revealed on TMZ today that Wolf and Lippman are currently divorcing. More on that in a minute.

Even though Dick and Christine's marriage legally ended in 2005, they began divorce proceedings in the early 2000s. They reached a settlement in 2003 that resulted in Dick forking over a one-time lump sum of $17.5 million plus $2 million a year for eight years. Not surprisingly, a big part of their settlement talks was the value of Law & Order. Since it was created during their marriage, Christine was legally entitled to half the value of the show.

During negotiations, financial advisors estimated that the total value of Law & Order was a meager $8 million. Part of the reason the show was valued so low was because years earlier Dick had taken out loans against future profits of the show to buy the family multiple homes around the country, including their $15 million primary residence in Santa Barbara. As a result, at the time of their divorce negotiations Dick technically owed NBC as much as $40 million. Furthermore, the neutral party financial firm that was hired to do the valuation claimed that Law & Order's future profit prospects were "uncertain".

As such, $4 million of the $17.5 million lump sum was attributable to 50% of the value of Law & Order.

So, you can imagine Christine's shock when, just a few months after signing the settlement deal, she read in the LA Times that claimed Dick was finalizing a new production deal with NBC that valued Law & Order at $1.6 billion. Literally just a few months after everyone agreed it was worth $8 million. It was described at the time as the most lucrative deal in TV history, and might still hold that record.

Christine sued to overturn their settlement alleging that Dick misled the court and her lawyers about the value of Law & Order. Early on, a Santa Barbara judge disagreed, stating that Christine and her legal team agreed to follow the valuation provided by the financial firm and had plenty of time to dispute.

Christine's lawsuits went on for years up and down California's court system. She even sued the financial firm claiming they delivered a low valuation in order to win Dick's as a client. She demanded to see internal email to see if she could prove that the firm knew of Dick's impending deal. Unfortunately she lost. In 2016 a judge essentially dismissed all of Christine's claims.

In 2016 Dick signed a new deal that kept Wolf Entertainment at NBCUniversal through 2020. That's the deal will be exhibit A in his current divorce from wife #3 Noelle.

Perhaps learned Dick learned his lesson from the previous divorce because, according to TMZ, he has a fairly rock solid prenup with Noelle this time around. A prenup will likely protect his TV empire since it existed before their marriage. In other words, this time Dick will not have to fork over 50% of the value of his TV shows. However, even with a prenup he will still need to fork over half the value of the assets (houses, stock, bank accounts, cars, jets, art, jewelry…) that the couple acquired during their marriage. He'll also likely have to pay ongoing spousal support based on his most-recent monthly income which is substantial!

According to a recent court filing from Noelle's legal team, Dick Wolf's current income fluctuates between $10 and $15 million PER MONTH. Also known as $120 – $180 million per year!

Now you can understand how Dick Wolf has earned a net worth that we currently (pre-divorce settlement) estimate at $550 million.

So even if Noelle doesn't get half the value of his TV shows, she'll still likely get millions in monthly support for many years. She'll also get child support for their two children who are aged 8 and 11.

We'll keep you posted as we learn more about what is sure to be a fascinating courtroom drama. Speaking of which, I need to get back to writing my courtroom TV series.

Read more: Dick Wolf Net Worth: Divorce Documents Reveal Law & Order Creator's Ridiculous Monthly Income

Lindsay Lohan has seen a lot of ups and downs over the course of her career in show business, and it's natural to wonder how those ups and downs translate into dollars and cents. Here's an overview of how much Lohan has made at the various points of her career, starting as a child actor before moving on to more mature film roles.

Lohan's career in show business began at just three years old, when she was discovered and signed by Ford Models. She modeled in advertising campaigns for brands like Abercrombie Kids and Calvin Klein Kids in addition to acting in commercials for Wendy's and Jell-O. Eventually she landed a role on the soap opera Another World in 1996, but that role was cut short after a year for what would be her really big break in the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap. At that point, she became part of the Disney machine, starring in two television movies before starring in another remake for the studio, Freaky Friday, alongside Jamie Lee Curtis, for which she pulled in $550,000 in 2003.

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It was there that Lohan's career as a movie star really began in earnest. Her first seven figure salary came for starring in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen in 2004, as well as Mean Girls that same year – both parts earning her a cool million bucks each. Just a year later, her earning power increased drastically, with a $7.5 million paycheck for yet another Disney remake, this one 2005's Herbie: Fully Loaded. While her movie career hit its peak she also continued modeling and even released a solo album entitled Speak at the tail end of 2004.

Lohan was able to secure two more $7.5 million movie star gigs: Just My Luck in 2006 and Georgia Rule in 2007. And this was when things started to go downhill for the multi-talented artist, with myriad financial, legal, and personal problems conspiring to eat away at her fortune and leave her close to bankruptcy. In 2011, she scored a high paying gig of another kind when she did a nude pictorial for Playboy magazine, for which she earned a million dollars, but the following year the IRS came down hard on her bank accounts owing to $233,000 in back taxes. That same year (2012), she was in another movie, Liz & Dick, for which she made $300,000 – a tidy sum but nowhere near her standard fee from just a few years before. Her highest paying job in 2012, in fact, turned out to be a multi-part interview series with Oprah Winfrey, for which she made a reported $2 million (much of which went straight to the IRS as well as her high rehab fees and other debts).

In 2013 she filmed a cameo for the spoof comedy Scary Movie 5, but work is work and she got $200,000 for the part. That same year, she did a much more artistic, independent film project with director Paul Schrader, The Canyons, for which she earned a very artistic and independent $6,480.

Her latest project is a new MTV reality show entitled Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club. 

Here's a rundown of Lohan's film career and notable movie salaries:

Freaky Friday (2003): $550,000
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004): $1,000,000
Mean Girls (2004): $1,000,000
Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005): $7,500,000
Just My Luck (2006): $7,500,000
Georgia Rule (2007): $7,500,000
Liz & Dick (2012): $300,000
Scary Movie 5 (2013): $200,000
The Canyons (2013): $6,480
Lindsay (2014): $2,000,000

Total: $27,556,480

Read more: Lindsay Lohan Net Worth And Salary Per Movie

Who holds the record for the most expensive divorce of all time? If you had asked me yesterday, I probably would have said Rupert Murdoch. Back in 1999, Rupert paid his ex-wife of 32 years, Anna, a settlement valued at $1.7 billion. But I wouldn't have been 100% certain that Rupert's settlement was actually the largest of all time because we never found out the exact final amount that Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev paid to his ex-wife Elena. At one point a Swiss court ordered Dmitry to pay Elana $4.5 billion, which was 50% of the value of his fertilizer business. After seven years of fighting, Dmitry and Elena ultimately settled on undisclosed terms, likely far less than $4.5 billion. Was it more than $1.7 billion? Enough to claim the record for most expensive in history? We may never know. But thanks to some news today, Dmitry's settlement amount doesn't matter in terms of records. Jeff Bezos is about to absolutely obliterate all divorce settlement records probably for the rest of history.

Jeff Bezos is the richest person on the planet with a net worth of $136 billion. This morning Jeff and his wife of 25 years MacKenzie announced that they are getting divorced. In a shared statement, the couple explained:

"We want to make people aware of a development in our lives. As our family and close friends know, after a long period of loving exploration and trial separation, we have decided to divorce and continue our shared lives as friends…"

It's not totally clear how much this is going to cost Mr. Bezos, but it certainly will not be cheap and it almost certainly will obliterate all divorce records.

They have been married for 25 years, since 1993. Crucially, that's one year BEFORE Jeff founded Amazon. As such, it's basically inarguable that MacKenzie is entitled to 50% of Jeff's Amazon stake and everything else they have acquired as a couple over the last two decades. Jeff's 16% stake in Amazon comprises roughly 95% of his $136 billion net worth. The remaining 5% comes from stakes in other companies, including an early stake in Google that is worth around $1 billion.

***Update*** 

Later in the afternoon on January 9, it was revealed that Jeff allegedly revealed the divorce after learning that the National Enquirer was about to release a story detailing his ongoing relationship with another woman. That woman is former LA news anchor Lauren Sanchez. Lauren married to super agent Patrick Whitesell of William Morris Endeavor back in 2005. Lauren and Patrick apparently broke up in late 2018 after she informed him of her relationship with Bezos. The National Enquirer reportedly has photos of the secret couple that were taken over a four month investigation.

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Had Jeff founded Amazon 10 years before he met MacKenzie, perhaps he would have been able to make the case that she would not be entitled to half of his empire. But even if that were true, she would still be entitled to half the value of any assets and income that were earned and acquired during their marriage as a result of that empire. For example under this scenario if Jeff sold a billion dollars worth of stock to buy homes and jets and other businesses, MacKenzie would be entitled to half the value of those assets. Just not half the value of Jeff's Amazon stake. But that's clearly not the case here!

For example, when TV super-producer Dick Wolf divorced his second wife Christine, he had to pay her half the value of Law & Order because the show was created during their marriage. Fast forward two decades and Dick is now divorcing his third wife Noelle. Dick and Noelle married after his TV career was launched so she is definitely not be entitled to half the value of the TV empire. She'll still get tons and tons of money. Just not insane mega money.

MacKenzie Bezos will get insane mega bananas bonkers ridiculous money. Potentially $60 – 70 billion. If she gets exactly half of Jeff's current $136 billion net worth, $68 billion, she'll instantly rank as the 5th richest person on the planet.

An interesting similar divorce case is that of casino mogul Steve Wynn. Steve and Elaine Wynn were married from 1991 to 2010. When they divorced, Elaine agreed to take a 10% stake in the company as opposed to forcing Steve to sell shares and pay her a cash settlement. She also agreed not to sell her shares and would instead live off the company's annual 3% dividend. A 3% dividend on a $2 billion stake typically equated to around $60 million in income per year for Elaine.

This arrangement was golden for many years. It allowed Steve to continue running the business without losing his majority stake and without the threat that some major rival investor would gather up a 10% stake and start bossing him around. Elaine lived off the clip and would go about her life.

According to legend, the Wynn's arrangement turned sour in 2014 after Elaine reportedly went to Steve and asked permission to sell around half her stake. Why was she looking to sell? Again, according to legend, she was looking to make a bid to buy the LA Clippers which were for sale after owner-at-the-time Donald Sterling's racist tapes were made public. Elaine was supposedly putting together an all-female team of investors that included Oprah Winfrey to buy the NBA franchise.

When Elaine approached Steve, he reportedly denied her request.

Elaine was not happy. She sued the company and Steve. She accused both of reckless spending and covering up years of sexual harassment allegations against Steve. She was ultimately successful in ousting Steve from the company when the harassment allegations hit the front page of every newspaper in America.

Steve was forced to liquidate his entire stake in Wynn which left Elaine as the company's largest individual shareholder . She hasn't sold her stake, though she could if she wanted to now.

Hopefully that won't happen with Jeff and MacKenzie, but I do foresee them pursuing a similar arrangement where MacKenzie is given an enormous stake in Amazon but maybe without voting power. If I'm Jeff Bezos, I'm happy to give my ex-wife half my equity, I just don't want her calling the shots and approving/disapproving every decision I make for the company.

But who knows! Maybe MacKenzie wants full voting power and input! I personally can't wait to see how they figure this all out!

Read more: Jeff Bezos – The Richest Person In The World With A Net Worth Of $136 Billion – Is Getting Divorced From His Wife Of 25 Years

Earlier today we reported about Jeff Bezos' surprise announcement that he and wife MacKenzie Bezos were divorcing after 25 years of marriage. If that wasn't shocking enough, we're now learning that Jeff may have been secretly dating TV host Lauren Sanchez for several months. Lauren is still legally married to Hollywood talent mogul Patick Whitesell. Apparently the whole sordid affair was exposed by The National Enquirer which, if you'll recall, is owned by one-time Trump ally David Pecker. Apparently Jeff and MacKenzie have known Patrick and Lauren for 10 years.

The Enquirer just revealed that its been conducting a 4-month covert investigation into Jeff and Lauren's relationship. The Enquirer followed the couple "across five states and 40,000 miles, tailed them in private jets, swanky limos, helicopter rides, romantic hikes, five-star hotel hideaways, intimate dinner dates and 'quality time' in hidden love nests."

The Enquirer reportedly has photos and texts sent between Jeff and Lauren that are described as "raunchy".

Lauren Sanchez married Hollywood talent mogul Patrick Whitesell in 2005. Their Santa Barbara wedding, which cost $2 million, was attended by basically every celebrity under the sun. Patrick is the co-CEO of talent agency William Morris Endeavor (WME). He represents stars such as Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale, Ellen Page, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Garner, Denzel Washington, Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson, and Matt Damon, among many, many others.

If you'll recall, WME purchased the UFC back in 2013 for $2.4 billion. It's generally believed that Patrick's co-CEO partner Ari Emmanuel owns around 15% of the company and Patrick owns 10%. The estimated current value of WME is conservatively $4 billion. At that valuation, Patrick's 10% equity alone is worth $400 million before taxes. When Silver Lake invested, Ari and Patrick were also given 10-year employment contracts that pay annual base salaries of $10 million.

We currently estimate Patrick Whitesell's net worth to be $300 million. A tidy sum, but literally just 0.2% of Jeff Bezos' $136 billion net worth.

There's actually a photo of Jeff, Lauren and Patrick together at a party in December 2016 celebrating the release of the (Amazon produced) movie "Manchester by the Sea". I'd show it to you but it would cost me $500 in Getty Images, so instead here's a photo of Patrick and Lauren in better times:

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This is truly a shocking turn of events. I think most people assumed Jeff and MacKenzie's divorce would settle quietly and amicably. This relationship adds a whole new layer of crazy and awkward.

Does it mean that MacKenzie is not divorcing amicably afterall, and will take Jeff for every penny she rightfully deserves… which would be $60 – $70 billion worth of full voting Amazon shares?

Is it going to be awkward from now on when one of Patrick's clients is up for a role in an Amazon show or movie?

Read more: Jeff Bezos Is Reportedly Dating TV Host Lauren Sanchez – The Former Wife Of Hollywood Talent Mogul Patrick Whitesell

Austin Rivers net worth: Austin Rivers is an American professional basketball player who has a net worth of $13 million. Austin Rivers was born in Santa Monica, California in August 1992. He is the son of professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player Doc Rivers. In 2015 Austin Rivers became the first NBA player in history to play for his father. Austin Rivers played at Winter Park High School where he was named Florida Mr. Basketball and was a McDonald's All-American, a first-team Parade All-American, and the Naismith Prep Player of the Year. Rivers played his college basketball at Duke where he was the ACC Rookie of the Year and made first-team All-ACC, third-team All-American – NABC, and ACC All-freshman team in 2012. He was drafted #10 overall by the New Orleans Hornets in the 2012 NBA Draft. Rivers played for the Hornets / Pelicans from 2012 to 2015. He played for the Los Angeles Clippers from 2015 to 2018. In 2018 he played for the Washington Wizards and Houston Rockets. Austin Rivers also won a Gold medal for the United States at the FIBA Americas U-18 Championship in 2010.

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Angelo Dundee net worth: Angelo Dundee was an American boxing trainer and cornerman who had a net worth of $3 million at the time of his death. Angelo Dundee was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in August 1921 and passed away in February 2012. He was best known for working with Muhammad Ali from 1960 to 1981. Dundee worked with 15 other world boxing champions including George Foreman, Sugar Ray Leonard, George Scott, Jose Napoles, Jimmy Ellis, Luis Manuel Rodriguez, Carmen Basilio, and Willie Pastrano. Dundee served as an airplane mechanic during World War II and then studied boxing in New York and Miami. He was the cornerman for Carmen Basilio when he won the world championship from Tony DeMarco in 1955. Angelo Dundee traveled the world with Ali and was his cornerman in all but two fights. The pair reunited in 1998 in a Super Bowl commercial. Dundee was a special consultant for Oscar De La Hoya for his fight with Manny Pacquiao in 2008. In 1992 Dundee was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and he was played by actor Ron Silver in the movie Ali in 2001 and Ernest Borgnine in the movie The Greatest in 1977. Angelo Dundee passed away on February 1, 2002 at 90 years old.

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C. C. Catch net worth: C. C. Catch is a Dutch born German pop singer who has a net worth of $8 million. C. C. Catch was born in Oss, Netherlands in July 1964. She is best known for collaborating with Dieter Bohlen. Her debut studio album Catch the Catch was released in 1986 and reached #6 in Germany and Norway and #8 in Switzerland. C. C. Catch released the album Welcome to the Heartbreak Hotel in 1986 which was certified Gold in Spain where it reached #22. She released the album Like a Hurricane in 1987 which reached #25 in Spain and her album Big Fun was released in 1988 and reached #22 in Spain where it was certified Platinum. C. C. Catch released the album Hear What I Say in 1989. Her single "Soul Survivor" reached #1 in Spain and she had success with the single "I Can Lose My Heart Tonight".

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Buster Keaton net worth: Buster Keaton was an American actor, comedian, director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer who had a net worth equal to $10 million at the time of his death in 1970 (after adjusting for inflation). Buster Keaton was born in Piqua, Kansas in October 1895 and passed away in February 1966. He was known for starring in silent films and known as "The Great Stone Face". Keaton worked without interruption from 1920 to 1929 and critic Roger Ebert called him "the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies". Some of his best known films include Sherlock Jr. in 1924, The General in 1926, and The Cameraman in 1928. Keaton had nearly 150 acting credits to his name and another 40 in both writing and directing. He received an Honorary Academy Award in 1960 for his unique talents which brought immortal comedies to the screen. He also received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture and Television. His parents were Joe and Myra Keaton and he was married three times including to Natalie Talmadge. Buster Keaton passed away on February 1, 1966 at 70 years old.

Earning and losing a fortune: At the peak of his career in the 1920s, Buster earned a fortune. He was earning $3500 per week, the same as around $44k per week after adjusting for inflation. He spent $300,000, or $4.5 million in today's money, building a home in Beverly Hills. That was an unimaginable amount at the time. Unfortunately the good times did not last and Buster was forced to file for bankruptcy in 1934. His career eventually rebounded. Towards the end of his life he could reliable earn $100,000 per year filming commercials.

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Paul Lynde net worth: Paul Lynde was an American comedian, voice artist, actor, and game show panelist who had a net worth equal to $7 million at the time of his death. Paul Lynde was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio in June 1926 and passed away in January 1982. He starred on Broadway and had a recurring role on the television series Bewitched. He starred as Paul Simms on the TV series The Paul Lynde Show from 1972 to 1973 and starred as Dr. Paul Mercy on the series The New Temperatures Rising Show from 1973 to 1974. Lynde appeared in more than 850 episodes of the game show The Hollywood Squares from 1966 to 1979. He also appeared in episodes of the TV series Donny and Marie, The Mike Douglas Show, The Dean Martin Show, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers, and more. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Daytime Emmy Awards. Paul Lynde passed away on January 11, 1982 at 55 years old from a heart attack.

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Sheldon Leonard net worth: Sheldon Leonard was an American actor, producer, director, and writer who had a net worth equal to $10 million at the time of his death (after adjusting for inflation). Sheldon Leonard was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York in February 1907 and passed away in January 1997. He had more than 100 acting credits to his name starting in 1934. In 1954 Leonard starred as Sam Marco on the television series The Duke. He also starred in other TV series including Make Room for Daddy, The Jack Benny Program, Big Eddie, and more. Leonard also starred in several films including The People's Enemy, Private Nurse, Rise and Shine, Tortilla Flat, Captain Kidd, It's a Wonderful Life, Sinbad the Sailor, Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man, Guys and Dolls, and more. He directed and/or produced The Danny Thomas Show, The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Gomer Pyle, USMC, I Spy, and more. He won three Primetime Emmy Awards. Sheldon Leonard passed away on January 11, 1997 at 89 years old.

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Henry Fonda net worth: Henry Fonda was an American actor who has a net worth equal to $20 million at the time of his death (after adjusting for inflation). Henry Fonda was born in Grand Island, Nebraska in May 1905 and passed away in August 1982. He was a film and stage actor who appeared on Broadway. Fonda was nominated for an Academy Award for starring as Tom Joad in the movie The Grapes of Wrath in 1940. He starred in several movies including The Ox-Bow Incident, Mister Roberts, 12 Angry Men, Once Upon a Time in the West, Yours, Mine and Ours, On Golden Pond, and more. Fonda won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his final film role in On Golden Pond. His acting family includes daughter Jane Fonda and son Peter Fonda and grandchildren Bridget Fonda and Troy Garity. He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 for Motion Picture at 1601 Vine Street. He was married five times including to Margaret Sullivan, Frances Seymour Brokaw, Susan Blanchard, and Afdera Franchetti. Henry Fonda passed away on August 12, 1982 at 77 years old.

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Dennis Weaver net worth: Dennis Weaver was an American actor who had a net worth of $16 million at the time of his death in 2006. Dennis Weaver was born in Joplin, Missouri in June 1924 and passed away in February 2006. He had just under 100 acting credits to his name and starred as Chester on the television series Gunsmoke from 1955 to 1964. Weaver starred as Kentucky Jones on the TV series of the same name from 1964 to 1965. From 1967 to 1969 he starred as Tom Wedloe on the series Gentle Ben. Dennis Weaver starred as Sam McCloud on the television series McCloud from 1970 to 1977. He starred as R.J. Poteet on the TV mini-series Centennial from 1978 to 1979 and as Daniel Stone on the series Stone from 1979 to 1980. From 1983 to 1984 he starred as Rear Adm. Thomas Mallory on the television series Emerald Point N.A.S. and he starred as Dr. Buck James on the TV series Buck James from 1987 to 1988. Weaver starred in Steve Spielberg's first film Duel in 1971 and also starred in the Orson Welles movie Touch of Evil in 1958. He won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Weaver served as President of the Screen Actors Guild from 1973 to 1975. Dennis Weaver passed away on February 24, 2006 at 81 years old. A year before his death, Dennis sold a property in Colorado for $4.5 million and a property in Malibu for $5 million.

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Professional modeling remains a pretty good gig if you can get it, and for these ten models, the work was especially good. These are the ten highest-paid models of 2018, based on earnings from June, 2017 to June, 2018. Altogether, these ten models pulled in a collective  $113 million – here are the individual models on the list:

1. Kendall Jenner: $22.5 Million

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Kendall Jenner isn't the top earning Kardashian of 2018, but she is the top earning model, which is almost as good.

2. Karlie Kloss: $13 Million

Karlie Kloss was able to pull in an annual $13 million – reportedly the most she's ever made in a year – thanks in part to a massive social media presence.

3. (tie) Chrissy Teigen: $11.5 Million

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Teigen is another model that's extremely popular on social media, particularly Twitter and Instagram. She released her second cookbook, continued her gig on Lip Sync Battle, and has her own line of signature cookware.

3. (tie) Rosie Huntington-Whitely: $11.5 Million

Rosie Huntington-Whitley has her own line of products as well, both at British retail chain Marks & Spencer and through her own company Rose Inc.

5. (tie) Gisele Bundchen: $10 Million

Bundchen is, technically speaking, retired as a model, but she still had a pretty good year with a $10 million haul.

5. (tie) Cara Delevingne: $10 million

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Delevingne is a classic model-turned-actor, and even though her big starring role in the film Valerian ended up being a flop she's pulled in a healthy $10 million and will next be seen on the Amazon Prime original series Carnival Row.

7. Gigi Hadid: $9.5 million

Another instance of sibling rivalry enters the list with the first of two Hadid sisters. Gigi came up on top this time, with $9.5 million in earnings.

8. (tie) Bella Hadid: $8.5 million

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Hadid number two earned a flat million bucks less than her sister, which is still good enough to tie for eighth place on this list.

8. (tie) Joan Smalls: $8.5 million

Bella's eighth-place slot is shared by Joan Smalls, who's been in the business since 2007.

10. Doutzen Kroes: $8 million

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Big contracts with brands like L'Oréal, Piaget, and others propelled Kroes to $8 million and the tenth-highest yearly income in her industry.

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Jay-Z has been called the greatest rapper alive, the best rapper in the game, and one of the richest people in rap, but the financial figures for 2018 are in and he's now not just one of the official holders of the latter title, but an even more impressive one: With a net worth of $930 million, he's the richest musician of any kind, in any genre, in the entire United States, period.

Previously, fellow rapper Sean Combs held the slot of richest rapper, but with Jay's recording career still at a high level of prominence (his collaborative album with wife Beyoncé was one of the highlights of 2018), the fit for "richest musician" is a more comfortable one for him.

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Jay has multiple revenue streams taking him to this point, though. He and Beyoncé pulled in a reported $235 million in profit from their On the Run II world tour. Then there was the ten year, $200 million deal he signed with Live Nation reported back at the beginning of 2018. And then there's his $20 million investment in JetSmarter, a startup that lets wealthy individuals order up private jets the way you or I can call up a rideshare. All of these and more added up to a very lucrative year for Jay-Z, making him the richest musician in the country.

It also makes him among the richest celebrities of any kind, barring people like Warren Buffett or Jeff Bezos whose celebrity actually comes from their wealth. Individuals like Oprah, Steven Spielberg, and Michael Jordan are among the very select group of celebs who have earned more than the Black Album and American Gangster auteur. You might notice that none of those are fellow musicians, which means that Jay's current spot as the reigning richest person in music is probably secure for the time being.

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It's been a little over a year since rap mogul Birdman first tried to get rid of his Miami mansion. At the time, he was asking $20 million, but it's now been long enough with no takers that he's lowered the price by almost $5 million, now listing the home for $15.5 million.

Casa Birdman measures nearly 20,000 square feet, with ten bedrooms, multiple suites for guests, not just one but two wine cellars, a private home movie theater, and a full chef's kitchen complete with pizza oven. Outdoors, you'll find a "private beach volleyball court," one hundred feet along the water for oceanfront views, a large outdoor party area with bungalows, and a dock big enough to accommodate a large yacht.

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The house has something of an interesting recent history over the last few years. Birdman bought it in 2012 for $14.5 million from a man named Russell Weiner, whom you may know as the Rockstar Energy drink billionaire. Weiner purchased the house about two years before that from another rap industry figure, Scott Storch – more accurately, he bought the house after it had been foreclosed on thanks to Storch's financial issues stemming from a ruinous cocaine addiction. Weiner thus got the house at a deep discount, paying just $6.75 million, significantly less than the $10 million Storch paid for it in 2010.

Just so you don't have to draw a diagram to sort all that out, I'll sum it up: Weiner sold the house to Birdman six years ago for $14.5 million, only a million bucks short of what Birdman's asking for now, even though he paid just $6.75 million for it himself. That translates to a profit of more than $7 million for Weiner, who made off even more like a bandit when you find out that he reportedly made no major changes to the house during his 24 months of ownership – not a bad way to clear $7 million in the real estate game.

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Last week, Tesla made some big changes when it appointed Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison to the company's board of directors. Ellison is one of two independent directors that are required to be added to the board of Tesla as part of the settlement with U.S. regulators, who demanded more oversight of mercurial CEO Elon Musk in the wake of the Twitter storm he caused in August when he tweeted that he had secured funding to take Tesla private for $420 per share. As a result of that Tweet, shares shot up 11%. They fell again once it was clear that Musk's claim had no substance. Kathleen Wilson-Thompson was also added to Tesla's board. She is the head of human resources at Walgreens Boots Alliance.

After the Twitter gaffe that caught the attention of the SEC, Musk was charged with fraud. He never admitted guilt though. As part of the settlement, Tesla was required to add two independent directors, replace Musk as chairman, and oversee all of Musk's public communications. Robyn Denholm, a board member who is an Australian telecommunications executive, was named chairman in November.

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Ellison, 74, is one of Musk's strongest and most vocal supporters. He has described him as a "very close friend." This leads us to the question of whether or not Ellison will stand up to Musk and challenge him. At a conference with financial analysts this fall, Ellison criticized people who complained about Musk smoking marijuana on live Internet TV. Ellison was also vocal about his displeasure with people who don't approve of Musk's controversial behavior on Twitter. At the time, Ellison said:

"This guy is landing rockets. You know, he's landing rockets on robot drone rafts in the ocean. And you're saying he doesn't know what he's doing. Well, who else is landing rockets? You ever land a rocket on a robot drone? Who are you?"

Ellison built Oracle from the ground up. The company's infamously aggressive sales force turned the company into the world's largest provider of back office software and services as well as corporate databases. With a net worth of $51 billion, Ellison is one of the richest people in the world. Ellison owns three million shares of Tesla, representing about 1.7% of the company. His shares are worth about $1 billion.

Ellison's friendship with Musk has some corporate governance experts wondering how much true oversight investors can expect from him. Ellison criticized the SEC's charges against Musk. Basically, with the appointment of Ellison, Tesla has complied with the letter of the SEC settlement without even making an attempt to comply with the spirit of the settlement.

Ellison famously was an investor and adviser in the fraudulent blood testing company Theranos and its founder Elizabeth Holmes. Ellison and Holmes were so close, she called him "Uncle Larry." The connection to Theranos shows that Ellison is attracted to bold personalities, which is not unusual for an entrepreneur of his caliber.

As of lunchtime Friday, December 28^th, Tesla's stock was up about 5% when news of the appointments broke.

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As you may have heard, Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie are divorcing after 25 years of marriage. This by no means the first time a billionaire has gotten divorced, but it is definitely the first time the first time the richest person on the planet, with a current net worth of $136 billion, has gotten divorced. To make matters extra-complicated, Jeff and MacKenzie married in 1993. That's one year before he founded Amazon. By all accounts, MacKenzie was extremely supportive in Jeff's ambitions to found what would eventually grow into one of the largest companies on the planet. She literally drove him across country as they moved to Seattle from Boston. Jeff wrote Amazon's business plan in the passenger seat. MacKenzie has been by Jeff's side from well before he was a billionaire or even a millionaire. There is no prenup. Not that a prenup would even matter in a situation where the wealth and assets were all acquired after the marriage.

So what happens when a billionaire gets divorced without a prenup? Here are two examples that illustrate what Jeff is potentially about to experience:

Example 1: Harold Hamm

In 2012, Harold's wife Sue Ann filed for divorce after 25 years of marriage. At the time of the filing Harold's 76% stake in a company called Continental Oil gave him a paper net worth of $20 billion. When they first married, Harold was worth around $50 million. Since there was no prenup, early speculation predicted that Sue Ann would be entitled to $8-9 billion.

The divorce raged for 2.5 years. Harold's lawyers argued that he was already a wealthy and successful businessman before marrying Sue Ann and would have earned the $20 billion even if they had never met. Sue Ann's lawyers argued that the $20 billion fortune Harold eventually earned was the result of his "active efforts" and only happened because of his active hard work that she supported and nurtured. Had Harold slipped into a coma back in 1988, would he still be worth $20 billion in 2012? That was the central question of the case.

Then there was the question of whether or not the company Continental would be secure with a large portion of its stock going to Harold's ex-wife. If she was awarded $8-9 billion, there's no way Harold could pay that in cash. He would have been forced to transfer half of his shares in the company to Sue Ann, around 38% of the total shares. Harold desperately wanted to keep his 76% majority so he could maintain control of the company's operations and decisions.

In the end, an Oklahoma judge ordered Harold to pay Sue Ann $1 billion. It was probably a fair compromise and an amount "low" enough that Harold could liquidate a billion dollars worth of his shares while staying will above 51% majority. The judge gave Harold two months to pay Sue Ann $300 million. The remaining balance of $627 million could have been paid in monthly installments with interest.

Harold did not go with the payment plan option. In January of 2015, just three months after the settlement was reached, Harold decided he wanted to pay the full amount immediately. How did he make payment? By check of course! Here is a copy of said check for your enjoyment:

Example 2: Steve Wynn

Steve and Elaine Wynn loved each other so much they decided to marry not once, but twice! Unfortunately they also divorced twice. Their first stretch of marriage lasted from 1963 – 1986. The second stretch lasted from 1991 – 2010. By the time they divorced the second time, Steve's public company Wynn resorts was extremely successful and had turned the couple into multi-billionaires. Complicating matters, they did not have prenup and Elaine was actually considered a co-founder of the company. Steve was the technical "holder" of 20% of the company's shares at the time of the divorce.

Similar to Harold Hamm, Steve did not want to liquidate a huge portion of his own equity to pay Elaine a multi-billion dollar cash settlement. He was fine with giving her half of his equity, 10% of Wynn's total shares, but he wanted to ensure Elaine never dumped her stake all at once or sold to a rival. He also didn't love the idea of giving her an equal vote in the daily operations of his company.

Somehow Steve got Elaine to agree to never sell her shares and to have less voting power. Elaine would own roughly $2 billion worth Wynn stock.

For income she would live off the company's annual 3% dividend which, in typical year, resulted in a $60 million payday for the former Mrs. Wynn.

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According to legend, the Wynn's arrangement turned sour in 2014 after Elaine went to Steve and asked permission to sell around half her stake. Why was she looking to sell? According to rumor, she wanted to buy the LA Clippers which was for sale after owner-at-the-time Donald Sterling's racist tapes were made public. Elaine, who is a basketball fanatic, was supposedly putting together an all-female team of investors, that included Oprah Winfrey, to buy the NBA franchise.

When Elaine approached Steve, he supposedly denied her request.

Elaine was not happy. She sued the company and Steve. She accused both of reckless spending and covering up years of sexual harassment allegations against Steve. Elaine was ultimately successful in ousting Steve from the company when the harassment allegations hit the front page of every newspaper in America.

Steve was forced to liquidate his entire stake in Wynn which left Elaine as the company's largest individual shareholder. She hasn't sold her stake, though she could if she wanted to now. Unfortunately she never got her NBA team. The Clippers went to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

What About Jeff and MacKenzie?

It's very possible that all of these questions have already been hashed out by an army of lawyers. Or maybe not? Because we're talking about so much money and such a large stake in a public company, we're almost certainly going to learn the very gory details of how Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos plan to divide their empire. Will she end up with an 8% stake in Amazon (half of Jeff's 16%)? Will she have full voting power? How much of the settlement will be cash to satisfy the value of their shared assets? Who gets which house? Will MacKenzie get her own $65 million private jet or just full access to Jeff's?

We will certainly keep you posted as we go forward!

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William Hopper net worth: William Hopper was an American actor who had a net worth equal to $4 million at the time of his death in 1970 (adjusting for inflation). William Hopper was born in New York City, New York in January 1915 and passed away in March 1970. He acted on stage as well as in films and on television. He was the only child of actor DeWolf Hopper and columnist Hedda Hopper. William Hopper had more than 130 acting credits to his name including starring as Paul Drake on the television series Perry Mason from 1957 to 1966. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. Hopper appeared on Broadway and won a contract at Paramount Pictures. He played the leading many in the movies Public Wedding and Over the Goal and starred in the films The Footloose Heiress and Mystery House. After returning to acting from the military he went on to star in a number of films including The High and the Mighty, Rebel Without a Cause, The Bad Seed, and more. In 1959 he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series for Perry Mason. William Hopper passed away on March 6, 1970 at 55 years old of a stroke.

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