The term "renaissance man" describes someone who has many talents and success. Mark Wahlberg is absolutely a true renaissance man. He's an actor. A producer. A scratch golfer. A burger chain entrepreneur. A guy who wants you to say hello to your mother for him. Oh. And he literally co-starred in the 1994 Danny Devito movie "Renaissance Man."

Put it all together and Mark Wahlberg has a net worth approaching $400 million, by our count.

Mark is also an investor in a chain of fitness franchises called F45. I've walked by a few F45s. I get the impression the classes are CrossFit + kickboxing with a live DJ… or something like that.

F45 was started in Sydney, Australia, by a guy named Rob Deutsch. Deutsch teamed up with a guy named Adam Gilchrist, who had experience in franchising businesses. By the end of 2014, there were 15 F45s in Sydney alone. Today, there are over 2,800 F45 franchises in 60+ countries.

In 2019, actor/producer/golfer/burger entrepreneur Mark Wahlberg teamed up with a Florida-based venture capital company called FOD Capital to buy a stake in F45. When Mark and FOD invested, F45 was valued at $450 million.

On July 15, 2021, F45 went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol: FXLV.

F45's stock price ended its first day of trading with at $16.20. That officially gave the company a market cap of $1.6 billion. The next year was not kind to F45's stock price. By July 2022, FXLV's stock price had sunk just to $4.00, a 70% decline from its debut IPO price. At that point, F45's market cap was $400 million. As you may have noticed, that was $50 million LESS than the price when Mark invested back in 2019. And even though that was a 70% drop from its IPO price, the next 12 months would be much, much, much worse.

To reiterate, in July 2021, F45's $16 stock price gave the company a market cap of $1.6 billion. By July 2022, the company's $4 stock price meant its market cap sunk to $400 million. By July 2023, F45's stock price had sunk all the way down to… $0.50 per share. At that level, the entire company was worth just $50 million. And it actually got worse. With rumors swirling that the company's viability may not have been… viable… in August 2023 the stock sunk to $0.10. That's a dime per share. At that point, the company's market cap was $10 million. That same month, the company was de-listed from the New York Stock Exchange. Today, it trades on the so-called over-the-counter "OTS" exchange at $0.15 a share, at a market cap of $14.6 million. That's a 99% drop peak to trough.

So, how much of F45 does Mark Wahlberg own? What was his stake worth at its peak, and what's it worth today? These answers were actually somewhat difficult to figure out, keep reading if you'd like the know all the math and research. But! If you're busy and just want a quick answer, here it is:

At his absolute peak, Mark's stake in F45 was worth $136 million. Today, after a 99% decline, his stake is worth $1.2 million.

Keep scrolling for the more complete answer. You know you want to… Btw, here's Mark and Adam Gilchrist on the floor of the NYSE on the day of the IPO to ring the market's opening bell:

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How much of F45 Does Mark Own?

When you look at a list of F45's largest shareholders, at the very top is Adam Gilchrist with 23 million shares, roughly 24% of the company. As of this writing, Adam's stake is worth $3.5 million. FYI, I do not see F45's original creator, Rob Deutsch, anywhere in the top 20 of company shareholders. He must have been diluted way way down or bought out entirely. Lucky move, in retrospect!

As for Mark, at #8 on the list of the largest shareholders, you'll find the following listing:

#8: Wahlberg, Mark

Total position: 2,194,871 shares (2.32% of total)

At $0.15 a share, Mark's stake would presumably be worth around…

$330 thousand

But, as it turns out, that's not the full picture! My eagle eye noticed that F45's second-largest shareholder is something called:

#2: MWIG LLC

Total position: 22,396,924 (23.64% of total)

What is MWIG LLC? Does "MW" mean "Mark Wahlberg? Yes and no.

Thanks to a little more SEC form digging I was able to learn that MWIG is a "Special Purpose Vehicle" that is co-owned by Mark Wahlberg and FOD Capital. Thanks to another SEC filing, I was able to learn that FOD Capital owns 65% of MWIG and Mark owns 26%. I'm not sure who owns the remaining 9%.

Using this new info, we can compute that Mark owns 26% of those 22,396,924 shares. That's 5,823,200 shares.

At $0.15 a share, 5,823,200 shares are worth…

$873,000

Put together, Mark effectively owns 8,018,071 total shares of F45. At $0.15 a share, his total stake as of this writing is worth:

$1.2 million

How much has that dropped? Well, when F45's stock price briefly hit an all-time high of $17 a share last year, Mark's stake was worth…

$136 million

Ouch. Ouch. Ouch.

Read more: At Its Peak, Mark Wahlberg's Stake In F45 Was Worth A Fortune. Then The Stock Dropped 99%…

Tax season in the United States has come and gone, and most of us would probably rather forget all about it if we can. For the second year in a row, on tax day (April 15), President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, plus Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff, released their own joint tax return to the public.

According to their filing, the Bidens earned a combined $619,976 in 2023.

They paid nearly $150,000 in taxes. More precisely, the Bidens paid $146,629 in federal income tax, with another $30,908 going to the state of Delaware. Jill Biden also owed some money to Virginia, paying $3,549 to that state due to her teaching position at Northern Virginia Community College.

Here's how much the Bidens have earned dating back to 2016:

• 2016: $400,000
• 2017: $11 million
• 2018: $4.6 million
• 2019: $944,737
• 2020: $607,336
• 2021: $610,702
• 2022: $579,514
• 2023: $619,976

Total: $19,362,265

As you can see, the Bidens earned a little more in 2023 than they earned in 2022, but their income is down significantly from the roughly $16 million they made combined in 2017 and 2018. How did they make $16 million over those two years? Book advances. Book royalties. And paid speeches.

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How did the Bidens earn $619,976? Well, Joe earned $400,000 as president, while Jill took home $85,985 for teaching. Other sources of income include various pensions and Social Security payments.

Approximately 3.3% of the Bidens' joint income went towards charitable contributions, totaling $20,477 across 17 different organizations, including their own Beau Biden Foundation, named after their late son and devoted to the cause of fighting domestic child abuse. Some of the other organizations reported to have received donations from the Bidens in 2023 include Philadelphia's Women's Wellness Space, founded by daughter Ashley Biden, the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors for military families, the Fraternal Order of Police Foundation, and Biden's favored Catholic church St. Joseph on the Brandywine in Wilmington, Delaware.

As for Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff, they earned $450,299. They paid $88,570 in federal income tax, plus additional sums to California and Washington, DC. They also declared a comparable but somewhat higher amount of charitable contributions than the Bidens, at $23,026, which was about five percent of their income for the year.

Read more: Here's How Much Joe And Jill Biden Made In 2023

Back in 2014, the NBA agreed to a partnership with FanDuel, the daily fantasy sports betting company. People had certainly been gambling on games long before that, but it marked a turning point in how the league approached it. Now, it seemed to be encouraging betting, from which team would win to over/under props to individual bets on how players perform.

Of course, by welcoming gambling with open arms, the NBA also opened the door to make it easier for players to place bets. And it just cost one player his NBA career.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver and the league banned Toronto Raptors center Jontay Porter for life after investigating "gambling irregularities." From January 26 to March 20, Porter made at least 13 bets, including some against his own team, ranging between $5 and $22,000.

In total, Porter placed $54,094 in bets. He won $76,059, a net profit that wouldn't even cover his most expensive bet. Now, his career will end with 37 games played over the course of four seasons.

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The final straw came on March 20, when the Raptors played the Sacramento Kings. Porter "disclosed confidential information about his own health status to an individual known to be an NBA bettor," and an associate of Porter placed an $80,000 parlay on several unders for Porter's individual prop bets. That bet would have paid out $1.1 million — an absurd amount of money for a fringe player.

Porter, who had logged at least 20 minutes during the previous four games, played only two minutes and 43 seconds before sitting the rest of the game. He claimed an illness prevented him from getting back on the court. The curious decision caused the NBA to investigate further — and that $1.1 million payout? It never got paid.

Like his older brother, Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr., Jontay had a tumultuous start to his NBA career. While the elder Porter had multiple back surgeries, the younger Porter tore his knee twice—including once during a scrimmage before he was cleared to play—and looked like he might not stick in the NBA at all.

Porter made $2,397,933 during three seasons with the Memphis Grizzlies. He played in only 11 NBA games, all during the 2020-21 season, and considered quitting basketball entirely.

Then, the Toronto Raptors signed him to a two-way contract, meaning he could play both for the NBA's Raptors and the G League's Raptors 905. His salary for the year was about $410,000, and he appeared in 26 NBA games.

Porter was probably never going to be a superstar, but he showed flashes of potential this season. He had a nearly 3:1 assist-to-turnover ratio and shot 33% on 60 three-point attempts, both solid numbers for a big man. And for the first time in his career, he was healthy.

That's all gone now, though. In the short term, the Raptors might be able to recoup some of the salary from Porter's contract, so he could potentially lose a portion of that $410,000. He likely could have made the Raptors' roster next season, which would have netted him a minimum salary north of $2 million.

And what if he played well enough to earn a long-term deal during the 2025 free agency period? His brother is currently on a five-year, $179 million contract. Jontay likely wouldn't have reached that level, but something like a three-year deal worth $20 to $30 million? Certainly not out of the question for a solid backup center.

Instead, Porter will never find out what could have been.

Read more: How Much Money Will Jontay Porter's Lifetime Ban For Betting Cost Him?

What Is Mary Stuart Masterson's Net Worth?

Mary Stuart Masterson is an American actress, producer, and director who has a net worth of $2 million. Mary Stuart Masterson began acting when she was in elementary school. She has more than 60 acting credits to her name, including the films "The Stepford Wives" (1975), "Some Kind of Wonderful" (1987), "Fried Green Tomatoes" (1991), "Benny & Joon" (1993), "Digging to China" (1997), and "Five Nights at Freddy's" (2023), the TV movies "Love Lives On" (1985), "Lily Dale" (1996), and "Something the Lord Made" (2004), and the television series "Kate Brasher" (2001), "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2004–2007), "Waterfront" (2006), "Mercy" (2010), "NCIS" (2017), "Blindspot" (2017–2019), and "For Life" (2020). Mary was a producer on "Kate Brasher" as well as the films "Last Man Running" (2003), "Tickling Leo" (2009), "The Rest of Us" (2019), and "Adopting Audrey" (2021). She directed and produced the 2007 film "The Cake Eaters," which won several awards. Masterson has performed on Broadway in "Alice in Wonderland" (1982) and "Nine" (2003). For "Nine," she won a Theatre World Award and earned nominations from the Tony Awards, Drama Desk Awards, and Outer Critics Circle awards.

Early Life

Mary Stuart Masterson was born on June 28, 1966, in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of singer/actress Carlin Glynn and actor/filmmaker Peter Masterson, and she has a sister named Alexandra and a brother named Peter Jr. During her teenage years, Mary studied acting at upstate New York's Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center alongside future Oscar-winner Robert Downey Jr. and future Emmy-winner Jon Cryer. Masterson later spent eight months at New York University, where she studied anthropology.

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Career

Mary's first film was 1975's "The Stepford Wives," which starred her father, and she followed it with the TV movies "City in Fear" (1980) and "Love Lives On" (1985). She appeared in the films "Heaven Help Us" (1985), "At Close Range" (1986), "Some Kind of Wonderful" (1987), "My Little Girl" (1987), "Mr. North" (1988), "Chances Are" (1989), and "Immediate Family" (1989), and she co-starred with her parents in the 1987 Francis Ford Coppola-directed drama "Gardens of Stone." Masterson co-starred with Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary-Louise Parker, and Cicely Tyson in 1991's "Fried Green Tomatoes," and the following year, she hosted "Saturday Night Live." She appeared in the films "Mad at the Moon" (1992), "Married to It" (1993), "Bad Girls" (1994), "Radioland Murders" (1994), "Bed of Roses" (1996), "Heaven's Prisoners" (1996), "Dogtown" (1997), "Digging to China" (1997), and "The Book of Stars" (1999) and the TV movies "Lily Dale" (1996), "On the 2nd Day of Christmas" (1997), and "Black and Blue" (1999), and she co-starred with Johnny Depp, Aidan Quinn, Julianne Moore, and Oliver Platt in 1993's "Benny & Joon."

In the 2000s, Mary began focusing more on television work. In 2001, she starred as the title character on the CBS series " Kate Brasher," which she also produced. That year she also directed "The Other Side" segment in the TV movie "On the Edge" and starred in the CBS movie "Three Blind Mice." In 2002, Masterson appeared in the films "West of Here" and "Leo," and in 2004, she guest-starred as Cinderella in an episode of "Blue's Clues" and played Dr. Helen Taussig in the Emmy-winning HBO movie "Something the Lord Made." Mary had recurring roles as Dr. Rebecca Hendrix on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2004–2007) and Heather Centrella on "Waterfront" (2006), and around this time, she appeared in the films "The Sisters" (2005), "Whiskey School" (2005), and "The Insurgents" (2006) and directed "The Cake Eaters" (2007). She guest-starred on "Cupid" (2009), "Touch" (2012), "The Good Wife" (2013), and "Blue Bloods" (2015), and she had recurring roles as Dr. Denise Cabe on "Mercy" (2010), Congresswoman Jenna Flemming on "NCIS" (2017), and FBI Director Eleanor Hirst on "Blindspot" (2017–2019). Mary appeared in the films "As You Are" (2017), "Skin" (2018), "Daniel Isn't Real" (2019), "Isle of Hope" (2022), "Sid Is Dead" (2023), and "Five Nights at Freddy's" (2023), and in 2020, she starred as Anya Harrison on the ABC legal drama "For Life." She has also narrated audiobooks such as Lisa Scottoline's "Look Again," James Patterson's "The Quickie," and Julia Glass' "I See You Everywhere."

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Personal Life

Mary wed George Carl Francisco IV on May 25, 1990. After they divorced in 1992, Masterson married filmmaker Damon Santostefano on May 20, 2000. Mary and Damon divorced in 2004, then she married actor Jeremy Davidson, who she co-starred with in a 2004 production of the Tennessee Williams play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." The couple has welcomed four children together.

Awards and Nominations

For "The Cake Eaters," Masterson won a People's Choice Award for Best American Indie at the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival, a Discovery Award at the Sedona International Film Festival, a Best Feature award at the Stony Brook Film Festival, and an Audience Award for Dramatic Feature at the Ashland Independent Film Festival. In 1989, she won a National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for "Immediate Family," and in 1997, she earned a Lone Star Film & Television Award for Best TV Actress for "Lily Dale." In 1994, Mary shared an MTV Movie Award nomination for Best On-Screen Duo with her "Benny & Joon" co-star Johnny Depp. In 2005, she received a Satellite Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for "Something the Lord Made." In 2001, she earned a Best Actress nomination for "The Book of Stars" at the DVD Exclusive Awards.

Real Estate

In June 2007 Mary paid $1.275 million for a town home in Brooklyn. She sold it a year later for $1.305 million. In 2013 she sold a 5-acre farm property in Kinderhook, New York.

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What Is Colin Morgan's Net Worth?

Colin Morgan is a Northern Irish actor who has a net worth of $4 million. Colin Morgan is one of Ireland's most promising actors, winning several awards to date. Morgan started out in stage productions, including an adaptation of DBC Pierre's "Vernon God Little" and Thomas Babe's "A Prayer For My Daughter" at London's Old Vic theater. Colin had a minor role on "The Catherine Tate Show" in 2007 and "Doctor Who" in 2008 before landing his most memorable role to date on the BBC series "Merlin," which aired from 2008 to 2012. Morgan has more than 30 acting credits to his name, including the films "Parked" (2010), "Testament of Youth" (2014), "The Huntsman: Winter's War" (2016), "Benjamin" (2018), "Belfast" (2021), and "Dead Shot" (2023) and the television series "The Fall" (2014–2016), "Humans" (2015–2018), "The Living and the Dead" (2016), "We Hunt Together" (2022), "Mammals" (2022), and "The Killing Kind" (2023). In 2008, Colin was named a "Star of Tomorrow" by "Screen International."

Early Life

Colin Morgan was born on January 1, 1986, in Armagh, Northern Ireland. He is the son of decorator Bernadette Morgan and painter Bernard Morgan, who raised Colin and his older brother in a Roman Catholic household. In 1997, Morgan enrolled at Integrated College Dungannon, and he appeared in school productions such as "Bad Day at Black Frog Creek" and "Surgical Sensations at St. Senapods." In 2004, the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education awarded Colin a National Diploma in Performing Arts. In 2007, he graduated from Glasgow's Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. During Morgan's final year as an undergraduate, theatre director Rufus Norris discovered him, prompting Colin to leave school to star as Vernon God Little in the play of the same name at London's Young Vic Theatre. His award-nominated performance was assessed as part of his final grade. In 2010, Morgan was honored with Belfast Metropolitan College's Award of Distinction.

Career

Colin made his onscreen debut in a 2007 episode of "The Catherine Tate Show," and in 2008, he guest-starred on the popular series "Doctor Who." From 2008 to 2012, he starred in the title role on the BBC series "Merlin," which aired 65 episodes over five seasons and earned Morgan several awards and nominations. He also appeared in the docuseries "Merlin: Secrets and Magic" and the TV documentary "The Real Merlin and Arthur" in 2009. Colin's first film was 2010's "Parked," and he followed it with "Island" in 2011. In 2014, he appeared in the miniseries "Quirke" and the film "Testament of Youth" and began starring as Tom Anderson on "The Fall" alongside Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan. From 2015 to 2018, Morgan played Leo Elster on the science-fiction series "Humans," and in 2016, he starred as Nathan Appleby on the supernatural series "The Living and the Dead." Around this time, he also appeared in the films "Legend" (2015), "Waiting for You" (2017), "The Happy Prince" (2018), and "Benjamin" (2018), and he co-starred with Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, and Emily Blunt in 2016's "The Huntsman: Winter's War."

Colin guest-starred on "The Crown" in 2019, and in 2021, he appeared in the miniseries "Three Families." That year he also starred in the Kenneth Branagh-directed film "Belfast," which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture – Drama, and a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Film. Next, Morgan appeared in the films "Corsage" (2022), "Dead Shot" (2023), and "The Dead Don't Hurt" (2023). In 2022, he played Liam Gates on the British crime drama "We Hunt Together" and Jeff Wilson on Amazon Prime Video's "Mammals." In 2023, Colin starred as John Webster on the Paramount+ legal thriller "The Killing Kind."

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Personal Life

Colin follows a vegetarian diet and is lactose intolerant. He is an advocate of ethical consumerism, and he enjoys yoga. Morgan is a critic of celebrity culture, telling "Hunger" magazine in 2014, "If I could change anything about the entertainment industry it would be the 'celebrity culture.' Something has been lost somewhere along the way with the craft of story-telling and I agree with Paul Newman when he said something along the lines of 'people don't shoot movies now, they shoot schedules, they shoot budgets.' There are of course exceptions but when the creativity is overshadowed by 'the business' I often feeling disappointed by that. We have some amazing film makers who are keeping the spirit of the craft alive and that's a hub of excitement I want to be in."

From 2009 to 2011, Colin served as an ambassador for "A Night Less Ordinary," which involved Arts Council England offering free theatre tickets to individuals under the age of 26. In 2010, he donated a painting from the web series "Colin & Bradley's Merlin Quest" to the BBC Children in Need auction, and it brought in £620. In late 2012, he took part in "24 Hour Musicals," which brought more than 30 actors, writers, directors, and composers together at the Old Vic Theatre to create four short musicals. The musicals were subsequently performed in front of over 1,000 audience members and raised £182,000 to go toward the work the Old Vic does with schools, the community, and emerging talent.

Awards and Nominations

In 2008, Morgan won a Variety Club Showbiz Award for Caron Keating Outstanding Newcomer for "Merlin" and a Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Award nomination for  London Newcomer of the Year for "Vernon God Little" and "All About My Mother." "Merlin" also earned him a Virgin Media TV Award for Best Actor (2012), a National Television Award for Drama Performance: Male (2013), and an SFX Award for Best Actor (2013) as well as nominations from the Monte Carlo TV Festival Awards, Seoul International Drama Awards, and TV Quick Awards. In 2013, Colin won a Broadway World West End Award for Best Featured Actor in a New Production of a Play for "The Tempest," and in 2018, he received an "Evening Standard" Theatre Award nomination for Best Actor for "Translations." He earned a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for "All My Sons" in 2020. In 2021, Colin and his "Belfast" co-stars won a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble and earned a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

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What Is Matt Sorum's Net Worth?

Matt Sorum is an American drummer who has a net worth of $10 million. Matt Sorum is best known as the former drummer for the rock band Guns N' Roses. Sorum's career with Guns N' Roses began after guitarist Slash saw him drumming with rock band The Cult. After that, he was recruited to replace the band's former drummer, Steven Adler.

Sorum's drumming can be heard on the Guns N' Roses albums "Use Your Illusion I" (1991), "Use Your Illusion II" (1991), and "The Spaghetti Incident?" (1993), as well as on a variety of live recordings, including the band's cover of the Rolling Stones song "Sympathy for the Devil." In 2002, Sorum found a home with the supergroup Velvet Revolver, which also counts Slash among its members. Matt has also gotten work as an endorser of various drumming related products, including Yamaha Drums, Mapex, Drum Workshop, and Ludwig. Sorum has released the solo albums "Hollywood Zen" (2004) and "Stratosphere" (2014), and he published the autobiography "Double Talkin' Jive: True Rock 'n' Roll Stories from the Drummer of Guns N' Roses, the Cult, and Velvet Revolver" in 2020.

Early Life

Matt Sorum was born Matthew William Sorum on November 19, 1960, in Mission Viejo, California. Matt learned to play the drums after he saw Ringo Starr during the Beatles' 1964 appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show." His later influences included Keith Moon, John Bonham, Neil Peart, Buddy Rich, and Roger Taylor. Sorum attended Mission Viejo High School, where he was a member of the marching band, jazz band, and wind ensemble. As a teenager, he was in a band called Prophecy, and they played at the West Hollywood nightclub The Starwood on amateur nights.

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Career

After Matt left Mission Viejo for Hollywood, he played with bands such as Hawk and Population Five before going on tour with a blues guitarist. In 1988, he played drums for Tori Amos on her band Y Kant Tori Read's debut album. Sorum then joined The Cult for their 1989/1990 tour. In 1989, Slash, Guns N' Roses' lead guitarist, saw Matt on that tour was impressed with his drumming. Sorum soon replaced Steven Adler in Guns N' Roses. He played on the band's cover of Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (1990) and their cover of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" (1994), as well as the studio albums "Use Your Illusion I" (1991), "Use Your Illusion II" (1991), and "The Spaghetti Incident?" (1993) and the live album "Live Era: '87-'93" (1999). "Use Your Illusion I" reached  the top 10 on the charts in more than 15 countries (including #2 on the "Billboard" 200 chart), and it was certified 7× Platinum in the U.S., 5× Platinum in Argentina, 4× Platinum in Australia, and Diamond in Canada. "Use Your Illusion II" topped the charts in five countries and went Platinum or higher in nearly 20 countries. "The Spaghetti Incident?" reached the top 10 in 11 countries and was certified Platinum or higher in 10 countries. Sorum drummed during all 194 concerts of the "Use Your Illusion Tour," which lasted from January 1991 to July 1993.

In 1994, Matt, Slash, and Gilby Clarke formed the band Slash's Snakepit and released the album "Five O'Clock Somewhere." Sorum played drums on the theme song for 1995's "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie." That year Matt and his Guns N' Roses bandmate Duff McKagan formed a supergroup called Neurotic Outsiders, and they released a self-titled album in 1996.

In 1997, Axl Rose fired Sorum from Guns N' Roses after an argument. In 1998, Matt released the instructional drum video "Drum Licks and Tricks from the Rock n Roll Jungle," and the following year, he rejoined The Cult for their album "Beyond Good and Evil" and their subsequent tour. He teamed up with Slash and McKagan in 1999 to promote a concert for the film "Soundman" at the Slamdance Film Festival. Sorum was a composer on the film. The three then formed the supergroup Velvet Revolver with Scott Weiland and Dave Kushner, and they released the albums "Contraband" (2004) and "Libertad" (2007). "Contraband" topped the charts in the U.S. and Canada, and it was certified 2× Platinum in those countries. "Libertad" reached the top 10 in eight countries and went Gold in Canada and New Zealand. Matt has also released the solo albums "Hollywood Zen" (2004) and "Stratosphere" (2014), and he played drums on Hollywood Vampires' 2015 debut self-titled album.

Personal Life

Matt married fashion designer Ace Harper on October 12, 2013, in Palm Springs, California. The couple welcomed daughter Lou Ellington on June 11, 2021. In 2014, Sorum revealed in an interview that he had become a vegetarian.

Awards and Nominations

Sorum was nominated for three Grammys with Velvet Revolver in 2005, winning Best Hard Rock Performance for "Slither." Their other nominations were for Best Rock Album for "Contraband" and Best Rock Song for "Fall to Pieces." Matt had previously earned a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance With Vocal for "Use Your Illusion I" with Guns N' Roses. Velvet Revolver also won a "Kerrang!" Award for Best International Newcomer (2004) and received a "Billboard" Music Award nomination for Rock Artist of the Year (2005).

Real Estate

In 2021, Matt and Ace sold their 3,966-square-foot home in Los Angeles for $3 million. The renovated home was built in 1929, and it includes six bedrooms and four bedrooms. The property also features a guest house that Sorum converted into a music studio, as well as a koi pond.

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On March 26, not quite a month ago, the technology firm that owns Donald Trump's social media company, Truth Social, went public via SPAC merger. If you have not read our previous coverage on this or other SPAC mergers, all you need to know is that Truth Social went public without having to do an expensive and drawn-out IPO campaign. Instead it became a public company in an instant by combining with an already-public shell company called DWAC. The resulting company is listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "DJT."

DJT ended its first day as a public company with a price per share of $58. The next day, it ended with a price per share of $66. At that point, the company's market cap was $9 billion. That is a truly stunning number when you consider the fact that in 2023, Truth Social earned a total of $4.1 million in revenue. For perspective, in 2023 Snapchat earned $4.6 billion in revenue. Snapchat's market cap is around $18 billion. So, twice the market cap with a thousand times the revenue.

And while DJT's value has dropped in half since its IPO, the stock price is still high enough that Donald Trump will almost certainly unlock a $1.3 BILLION "Earnout Bonus" on Tuesday afternoon when the market closes.

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Heading into Tuesday, Donald Trump already owned around 79 million shares of DJT, roughly 60% of the total shares outstanding. When the company was worth $9 billion, his shares were worth around $5.4 BILLION on paper. At that point, Donald Trump's net worth hit an all-time high of $7 billion, which briefly made him one of the 500 richest people in the world for the first time in his life.

As we mentioned a moment ago, DJT's stock price has cooled in the last month. After topping out at $66 per share on March 27, it dropped down to $23 on April 16. It closed at $35.50 on Monday (the day I'm writing this article), giving the company a market cap of $4.85 billion. At today's price, Donald's 79 million shares are worth around $2.8 billion. Enough to give him an overall net worth of $4.4 billion – a very respectable number, but not quite enough to maintain his rank as one of the world's 500 richest humans.

But there's some very good news happening imminently for Mr. Trump!

According to the terms of his deal that was forged prior to the SPAC merger, if DJT's stock price closes above $17.50 for any 20 days in a 30-day period, Donald Trump will receive 36 million additional shares as an "earnout bonus." Closing at $35.50 on Monday was day #19.

As long as DJT's share price closes above $17.50 on Tuesday, which appears very likely, Donald will unlock his 36 million share bonus when the markets close. If DJT closes at around $35.50, those 36 million new shares will be worth $1.3 billion.

Assuming this all happens, on Tuesday afternoon, Donald Trump will own 115 million shares of DJT. At $35.50 per share, Donald's 115 million shares would be worth $4.1 billion, bringing his net worth up to $6 billion. That SHOULD be enough to reclaim his spot as one of the world's 500 richest people.

There are a few caveats. First off, from what I am able to ascertain, DJT will need to issue 36 million new shares to cover this earnout bonus. That is in line with an SEC filing last week, which stated the company planned to do just that. That news is what sent the share price sinking to $22 on April 16. Is the news of this bonus fully baked in, or will a further drop happen when the shares are actually created? Perhaps most importantly to Mr. Trump, unless he receives a special dispensation from the company, these new 36 million shares will be subject to a six-month lockup period, just like his current 79 million shares. In other words, he can't actually turn any of these shares into cash until sometime in late September or October.

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David Beckham's net worth is $450 million. Mark Wahlberg's net worth is $400 million.

You would think two guys who sport $850 million in combined personal wealth would find a way to privately settle a "measly" little $10.5 million failed endorsement partnership. Unfortunately, that's not what happened.

Over the weekend it was revealed that Beckham is suing Wahlberg over an endorsement in the latter's F45 fitness chain. Here's what you need to know:

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Former Neighbors

David and wife, Victoria Beckham, first moved to Los Angeles in 2007 after he signed a 5-year, $250 million contract with the LA Galaxy. To make themselves home, they bought… a home. Specifically, a $19 million, 13,000-square-foot mansion in Beverly Hills. They lived in this house (when they were in LA) for the next 11 years until October 2018, when they sold it for $33 million.

During that decade, David and Victoria befriend Mark Wahlberg, whose massive mansion in the gated community of Beverly Park, was just a few minutes away.

F45

In 2019, Mark teamed up with a venture capital company called FOD Capital to invest in a fitness chain called F45.

Founded in Australia by Rob Deutsch, F45 went from 14 locations in 2014 to more than 3,000 by 2021. That growth was driven by franchising expert Adam Gilchrist, who appears to have bought out founder Rob Deutsch at some point.

On July 15, 2021, F45 went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol: FXLV. F45's stock price ended its first day of trading with at $16.20. That officially gave the company a market cap of $1.6 billion.

Unfortunately, that period right after going public would prove to be the high point for F45. A year later, the stock was trading at $4 a share. Two years after going public, in July 2023, the stock had sunk all the way down to $0.10 per share. At that level, F45's market cap was just $10 million. The company was actually de-listed from the New York Stock Exchange in August 2023.

Directly and through a partnership, Mark Wahlberg owned a little more than 8 million shares of FXLV when it went public. When the company was trading at $16 a share, his stake was worth $130 million. Right before the company was de-listed, his stake was worth about $800,000.

Beckham Endorsement

In 2020, Mark convinced his friend David Beckham to become a global ambassador for F45. David posted some photos of himself doing an F45 workout to social media, stating:

"I've been a fan of the F45 franchise and training model since being introduced by my friend, Mark Wahlberg."

Beckham was reportedly promised an equity stake in the company that should have been worth tens of millions of dollars. According to his lawsuit, David claims he was supposed to receive the shares in 2022, at which point the shares would have been worth $10.5 million based on a price per share of $12. Unfortunately, Beckham claims he was not issued the shares until 2023, by which point the shares had sunk to $3 and not long before they sunk into the pennies-per-share territory. David has since deleted the social media posts.

In response, Mark and his co-defendants called the lawsuit"fraudulent."

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What Is Ben Vereen's Net Worth?

Ben Vereen is an American actor, dancer, and singer who has a net worth of $2 million. Ben Vereen shot to Broadway stardom when he won the 1973 Tony Award for his starring role in Bob Fosse's "Pippin." The previous year, he had been nominated for a Tony Award for "Jesus Christ Superstar." Ben became a famously versatile song-and-dance man, a stage star who also appeared in feature films and on television. His most famous roles on TV include African slave Chicken George in the miniseries "Roots" (1977), Jeff Goldblum's partner on the cop show "Tenspeed and Brown Shoe" (1980), and the grumpy police captain on "Silk Stalkings" (1991–1993). He received an Emmy nomination in 1977 for Alex Haley's landmark TV miniseries "Roots."

Numerous offers of work followed on the heels of Vereen's success in "Roots." In addition to an already dizzying schedule, he developed a live stage act that he performed in nightclubs all over the world. In the 1990s, he guest-starred on TV's "Star Trek: The Next Generation" as the father of engineer Geordi LaForge, played by LeVar Burton. In "Roots," he had played the grandson of another Burton character, Kunta Kinte. In 2005, Ben appeared in the Broadway musical "Wicked" as the Wizard of Oz. He was a recreational drug user for years, and he became seriously addicted to cocaine after his daughter was killed in a 1987 automobile accident. He made up for those lost opportunities by founding Celebrities for a Drug-Free America, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating young people about the dangers of drugs. In recent years, Vereen has had recurring role on the Fox series "Star" (2018–2019) and the CBS sitcom "B Positive" (2021–2022).

Early Life

Ben Vereen was born Benjamin Augustus Middleton on October 10, 1946, in Laurinburg, North Carolina. His family moved to Brooklyn, New York City, when he was a baby, and they lived in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. Ben was adopted by paint-factory worker James Vereen and theatre wardrobe mistress/maid Pauline Vereen, and he found out that he was adopted when he applied for a passport in his twenties. Vereen's family followed the Pentecostal religion, a form of Protestant Charismatic Christianity. As a preteen, Ben showed a talent for acting and dance, and he began performing in variety shows. When he was 14 years old, he started studying under choreographers George Balanchine, Martha Graham, and Jerome Robbins at the High School of Performing Arts. After graduation, Vereen had a difficult time finding suitable stage work and often took odd jobs to make extra money.

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Career

At the age of 18, Ben appeared in the off-off Broadway play "The Prodigal Son," then he traveled to Las Vegas to perform in a Bob Fosse-directed production of "Sweet Charity." He toured with the show from 1967 to 1968. After returning to New York City, Vereen made his Broadway debut in "Hair" in 1968, and he followed it with Broadway productions of "Jesus Christ Superstar" (1971–1973), "Pippin" (1972–1977), "Grind" (1985), "Jelly's Last Jam" (1992–1993), "Fosse" (1999–2001), "I'm Not Rappaport" (2002), and "Wicked" (2005–2006). In 1969, he appeared in the film adaptation of "Sweet Charity" as an ensemble dancer. Next, Ben appeared in the films "Gas-s-s-s" (1970), "Funny Lady" (1975), and "All That Jazz" (1979), guest-starred on "The Muppet Show" (1976) and "The Carol Burnett Show" (1977), and hosted "Ben Vereen… Comin' at Ya" (1975). He starred in the title role in the 1976 TV movie "Louis Armstrong – Chicago Style," and he played Chicken George Moore in the 1977 Emmy-winning miniseries "Roots." In 1980, he starred as E.L. 'Tenspeed' Turner on the ABC detective series "Tenspeed and Brown Shoe" alongside Jeff Goldblum. Vereen starred as The Leading Player in the 1981 TV movie "Pippin: His Life and Times," then he guest-starred on "The Love Boat" (1982–1984), had a recurring role as Uncle Philip Long on "Webster" (1983–1985), and appeared in the films "This Boxer Wears a Shirt" (1980), "Sabine" (1982), "The Zoo Gang" (1985), and "Buy & Cell" (1988).

In the '90s Ben appeared in the films "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (1998) and "I'll Take You There" (1999) and guest-starred on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1993), "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1994), "The Nanny" (1994), "New York Undercover" (1995), "Touched by an Angel" (1996), "Promised Land" (1999), and "Jamie Foxx Show" (1999). From 1991 to 1993, he had a recurring role as Capt. Ben Hutchinson on the CBS crime drama "Silk Stalkings." Vereen began the 2000s with roles in the 2001 film "The Painting" and the TV movie "The Feast of All Saints." He then guest-starred on "Oz" (2002), "Grey's Anatomy" (2007), "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2007), "House of Payne" (2010), "NCIS" (2013), "Hot in Cleveland" (2015), "Magnum P.I." (2018), and "The Good Fight" (2021) and had recurring roles as Sam Gibbs on "How I Met Your Mother" (2010–2014), Porter on "Sneaky Pete" (2017–2018), Calvin on "Star" (2018–2019), and Peter Morgan on "B Positive" (2021–2022). Ben appeared in the films "Idlewild" (2006), "And Then Came Love" (2007), "Mama, I Want to Sing!" (2011), and "Time Out of Mind" (2014), and he co-starred with Chris Rock in 2014's "Top Five," which was also written and directed by Rock. In 2016, Vereen played Dr. Everett von Scott in the Fox special "The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again."

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Personal Life

Ben married Andrea Townsley on February 10, 1965, and they welcomed son Benjamin Jr. ("Benji") before divorcing in August 1974. Benji, a dancer and a choreographer, was found dead at the age of 55 in August 2020, about two weeks after going missing. Vereen wed Nancy Karen Bruner on July 15, 1976, and they had four children together. His daughter Naja died in a car accident in 1987 at the age of 16.

Ben filed for divorce from Nancy in September 2012, and the divorce was finalized in July 2013. R&B singer Usher is Vereen's godson, and Shane Vereen, a former NFL running back, is a first cousin once removed of Ben's.

In 1992, Ben got into three accidents on the same day: he hit his head on the roof of his car when his vehicle ran into a tree, he subsequently had a stroke while he was walking on the highway, and after veering into the road, he was hit by a car (record producer David Foster was behind the wheel). Vereen suffered a broken leg and other injuries and had to undergo physical rehabilitation as a result. He told "Broadway World" in 2007, "I had to learn how to walk again and move again. My right side was completely numb. I had to learn how to feed myself. I had to learn how to bathe myself." Ben was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2007, and he launched a website on which he shared his personal experiences with the disease as well as advice from medical experts.

In early 2018, four actresses who starred in a production of "Hair" Vereen directed in Florida in 2015 alleged that Ben had sexually harassed them on the production. The "New York Daily News" reported that the women said that Vereen "forced unwanted kisses, hugged them aggressively, stripped naked during an acting exercise and made degrading comments about their weight, sex appeal and personal lives." "Variety" stated, "While directing the 2015 production of the musical at the Venice Theatre in Florida, Vereen is alleged to have invited female cast members back to his apartment and goaded them into sex acts. He's also accused of inappropriate talk and conduct during rehearsals that involved cast members stripping naked, ostensibly as preparation for a show that has, since its original 1967 production, been associated with a famous, full-cast nude scene." Ben released a statement in which he apologized for his "inappropriate conduct" shortly after the allegations were reported.

Awards and Nominations

Vereen has received three Primetime Emmy nominations: Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series for "Roots" (1977), Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music for "The Bell Telephone Jubilee" (1977), and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for "Intruders" (1992). He earned Golden Globe nominations for Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture – Male for "Funny Lady" (1976) and Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for "Ellis Island" (1985), and he received a CableACE Award nomination for Actor in a Theatrical or Musical Program for "Pippin: His Life and Times" in 1983. In 1977, Ben won a Television Critics Circle Award for Lead Actor for "Roots," and in 2007, the miniseries was honored with the Anniversary Award at the TV Land Awards in celebration of its 30th anniversary. In 2008, Vereen won a Prism Award for Performance in a Drama Series Episode for "Grey's Anatomy," and the following year, he earned an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special for "Accidental Friendship." For his stage work, Ben won a Theatre World Award and received a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for "Jesus Christ Superstar" in 1972. In 1973, he won a Tony for Best Actor in a Musical and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance for "Pippin," and in 2006, he earned a Broadway.com Audience Award for Favorite Male Replacement for "Wicked."

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What Is Mean Joe Greene's Net Worth?

Mean Joe Greene is an American retired professional football player and coach who has a net worth of $2 million. Mean Joe Greene was drafted #4 by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1969 NFL Draft. His position was defensive tackle, and he played his entire career with the Steelers from 1969 to 1981. During his illustrious career, Greene was selected to the Pro Bowl 10 times. He was also a five-time First-team All-Pro and three-time Second-team All-Pro. He was named to the First-team All-AFC 11 times. Joe won four Super Bowl Championships with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, two-time AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year, two-time KCC 101 AFC Defensive Player of the Year, and two-time NEA NFL Defensive MVP winner. Greene has been named to the NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team, NFL 1970s All-Decade Team, and Pittsburgh Steelers All-Time Team. Joe's #75 jersey was retired by the Steelers, and he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987. He has been ranked by NFL.com as the 13th best NFL Player of All-Time.

Greene has also served as a defensive line coach for the Steelers (1987–1991) and the Miami Dolphins (1991–1995) and an assistant coach for the Arizona Cardinals (1996–2003). He was well known for his role in the Coca-Cola "Hey Kid, Catch!" commercial in 1979. Joe appeared as himself in the 1980 film "Smokey and the Bandit II," and he had a cameo in 1995's "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls." In 2017, he published the autobiography "Mean Joe Greene: Built by Football."

Early Life

Joe Greene was born Charles Edward Greene on September 24, 1946, in Temple, Texas. Greene has said that an aunt started calling him "Joe" because she thought he resembled boxing champion Joe Louis. Greene attended Dunbar High School, where he was a member of the football team. He earned a football scholarship to North Texas State University (which was later renamed the University of North Texas), and from 1966 to 1968, he played on the school's varsity team. Joe was selected for the All-Missouri Valley Conference three times, and during his senior year, he received first-team honors from the Newspaper Enterprise Association, United Press International, and "The Sporting News" and was named to the 1968 All-America team.

Career

In the 1969 NFL Draft, Greene was the fourth overall pick, and he was chosen by the struggling Pittsburgh Steelers. Within a few months of making his NFL debut, Joe had proven himself to be one of the league's most dominant defensive tackles. Though the Steelers finished the season with a record of 1–13, Greene was named the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press (AP), and he was selected for the Pro Bowl. Joe's former teammate Andy Russell stated that Greene was "unquestionably the NFL's best player in the seventies," adding, "No player had a greater impact or did more for his team." The Steelers had a 5–9 record in 1970 and a 6–8 record in 1971, and Joe was chosen for the Pro Bowl both seasons. The team finished with an 11–3 record in 1972 and won its first-ever division title as well as its first playoff game, and Greene was named AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year. Joe was selected for the Pro Bowl again every year from 1973 to 1976 and in 1978 and 1979, and he earned his second AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award in 1974. The Steelers won the Super Bowl for the first time on January 12, 1975, and they followed it with three more wins during Greene's time on the team (January 18, 1976, January 21, 1979, and January 20, 1980). After the 1974 season, the "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" honored Joe as the city's outstanding sports figure of the year.

In 1975, Greene missed four games because of a pinched nerve, and he graced the cover of "Time" magazine with some of his teammates. He missed several games in 1976 after injuring his back. By the following year, Joe had become the captain of the team's defense. In 1979, the Steelers had a 12–4 record and were ranked #2 in total defense and #5 in scoring defense. "Pro Football Weekly" and the Pro Football Writers Association named Greene a first-team All-Pro, and he was chosen to play in what would be his last Pro Bowl. He won the NFL's Man of the Year award as well. Joe retired after the 1981 season and became a defensive line coach for the team in 1987. In 1991, he left his coaching position with the Steelers to take the same position with the Miami Dolphins, who he stayed with until 1995. From 1996 to 2003, Greene was an assistant coach for the Arizona Cardinals.

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Personal Life

Joe married Agnes Craft, who he met in college, on January 28, 1968, and they welcomed three children together. Sadly, Agnes passed away in 2015 at the age of 67. In 2018, Joe and his children established the Agnes Lucille Craft Greene Memorial Scholarship, which is awarded to Texas students with parents who have fought cancer. After Agnes' death, Joe married a woman named Charlotte.

Honors

Joe has been inducted into the UNT Hall of Fame (1981), the College Football Hall of Fame (1984), and the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1987), and his #75 jersey was retired by the University of North Texas. He was selected for the NFL 1970s All-Decade Team by the Hall of Fame Selection Committee. In 1994, Greene was named to the NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team, which celebrated the best players in the 75-year history of the league. In 1999, "The Sporting News" ranked Joe #14 on its list of the "Top 100 Football Players," and in 2010, he was ranked #13 on the NFL Network's "The Top 100: NFL's Greatest Players." In 2014, his #75 jersey was retired by the Steelers, and in 2017, the Mean Joe Greene Community Football Field opened in his hometown, Temple, Texas. In 2018, the University of North Texas erected a statue of Greene outside of Apogee Stadium, and the following year, he was chosen for the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team.

Real Estate

In 2004, Greene paid $760,000 for a 5,101 square foot home in Flower Mound, Texas. The home includes four bedrooms and five bathrooms.

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What is Ashley Judd's Net Worth and Salary?

Ashley Judd is an American television and film actress and political activist who has a net worth of $14 million. Although Ashley Judd is probably best known for her various acting roles, she has also embarked on an impressive career as a political activist in recent years. On numerous occasions, it was rumored that Ashley was considering a political career herself, although this never actually materialized.

Her best-known films include "Ruby in Paradise," "Heat," "A Time to Kill," "Kiss the Girls," "Dolphin Tale," "Olympus Has Fallen," "Divergent," and "A Dog's Way Home." She is also known for appearing in shows like "Missing," and her performance in this series earned her a Primetime Emmy Award.

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Early Life

Ashley Tyler Ciminella was born on April 19, 1968, in Los Angeles, California. She was initially raised in Granada Hills by country singer Naomi Judd and a marketing analyst, but her parents discovered when she was four years old. It wasn't until the 80s that Ashley's mother became a successful country singer. She was raised alongside a sister, Wynonna, who also became a country singer.

After her mother divorced, she took Ashley and her sister to Kentucky, which is her home state. During this period, Judd attended 13 different schools in Lexington, Ashland, and Tennessee. After graduating from high school, she briefly became a model in Japan before continuing with her studies at the University of Kentucky. During her college years, she studied French, anthropology, art history, theater, and women's studies. After graduating, she drove to Hollywood and studied acting while working at a restaurant. Eventually, she moved back to Tennessee to be closer to her mother and sister.

Many years later, Judd would return to the University of Kentucky to earn a Bachelor's degree and was subsequently awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Union College.

Career

Ashley Judd's first major role was in "Star Trek: The Next Generation." She appeared in two episodes of the series in the early 90s. She then booked a recurring role on the NBC drama "Sisters." Her first film role also came around this time, and it was a brief appearance in "Kuffs." She then booked a starring role in the independent film "Ruby in Paradise." This led to further roles in films like "Natural Born Killers," "Smoke," and "Heat." Another notable role in the 90s came with "Norma Jean and Marilyn," in which she played Marilyn Monroe.

During the 2000s, she appeared in movies like "Where the Heart Is," "Someone Like You," "High Crimes," "Frida," "De-Lovely," and "Twisted." During this period, she also performed in a Broadway revival of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." During the 2010s, she became known for her roles in films like "Flypaper," "Divergent," and "Insurgent." She also spent this period starring as Rebecca Winstone in ABC's "Missing." Following these roles, Judd began to focus more on political activism.

A supporting role then came with "A Time to Kill," which received positive reviews while performing well at the box office. By this point, she was a major actress and was offered starring roles in movies like "Kiss the Girls" and "Double Jeopardy."

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Brand Endorsements

In 2004, Ashley became the new face of American Beauty, a cosmetics brand. In 2007, Judd partnered with Goody's Family Clothing to release three new fashion lines, including the "Ashley Judd Plus" line.

Politics

Judd has been an outspoken political figure over the years. She has criticized Republican politicians like Sarah Palin repeatedly while supporting mainstream Democrats such as Barack Obama. She has engaged in a number of humanitarian missions to nations like the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 2013, she announced that she might run for Senate, although she eventually backed out. She is also a proud feminist who has participated in many Women's Marches and other events over the years. In 2020, she endorsed Elizabeth Warren for the presidential election.

Personal Life

In 1999, Judd began a relationship with Dario Franchitti, a racing driver based in Scotland. In 2001, the pair were married. Twelve years later, they obtained a divorce. They had no children during the relationship because Ashley is an antinatalist, which means she believes bringing children into the world is morally wrong.

In February 2022, Judd was hiking in the jungle of the Democratic Republic of the Congo when she shattered her leg. African porters carried her for 55 hours to get her to a hospital for surgery in South Africa. She returned to Congo one year later on another mission trip.

Ashley's mother, Naomi Judd, died by suicide in April 2022.

Harvey Weinstein

In 2015, Ashley Judd revealed that she had been sexually harassed by a powerful figure within the entertainment industry. Two years later, she revealed the name of this individual: Harvey Weinstein. She reported that the harassment occurred during the filming of "Kiss the Girls." In 2018, Ashley took things one step further, filing a defamation lawsuit against Weinstein. This lawsuit and public acknowledgment of Weinstein was one of the major dominoes that finally began to fall and eventually morph into the #MeToo movement.

She claimed that after she had rejected his sexual advances, he spread rumors about her that damaged her career. While a federal judge dismissed Judd's claims of sexual harassment against Harvey, they allowed her to continue with her defamation lawsuit. In 2019, Ashley admitted that she had been raped three times over the course of her life.

Real Estate

In 2013, it was reported that Judd had purchased a home in Kentucky. This was definitely on the low end of the spectrum as far as celebrity house purchases go, as the home in Ashland only cost Ashley $120,000. However, she probably snatched up this residence for sentimental reasons rather than anything else, as it was the same house that her father once owned. Judd herself spent many years growing up in this residence. Spanning 1,400 square feet, the property features three bedrooms and one bathroom.

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What is Dadju's Net Worth?

Dadju is a Congolese-French singer who has a net worth of $10 million. Dadju began his career in 2012 as one half of the hip hop fusion duo the Shin Sekaï, alongside rapper Abou Tall. Signed to the independent label Wati B, the duo released two mixtapes and an album before separating in 2017. Dadju went on to launch his solo recording career with his 2017 album "Gentleman 2.0."

Early Life

Dadju Alimasi Nsungula was born on May 2, 1991 in Melun, France, located on the southeastern outskirts of Paris. He comes from a musical family, with his father, Djanana Djuna, being a well-known Congolese vocalist who performed with Papa Wemba's band. Meanwhile, Dadju's half-brother Gims is a singer-songwriter, rapper, and producer who was a member of the successful French hip hop group Sexion d'Assaut. His other brothers, Bedjik and Xgangs, are also rappers.

The Shin Sekaï

In 2012, Dadju formed the hip hop fusion duo the Shin Sekaï with rapper Abou Tall. The name of the duo, which means "New World" in Japanese, was taken from a fictional place in the popular manga series "One Piece." Signed to the French independent label Wati B, the Shin Sekaï released its self-titled debut mixtape in 2013. That was followed by another mixtape in 2014. Singles from the mixtapes included "Je reviendrai," "Rêver," and "Du berceau au linceul." In 2016, the Shin Sekaï released its first and only album, "Indéfini," which reached number eight on the French albums chart.

Solo Albums and Singles

Following the breakup of the Shin Sekaï in 2017, Dadju signed to Universal Music Group and released his debut solo album, "Gentleman 2.0." A major commercial hit, the album reached number one on the French albums chart and was eventually certified Diamond by the SNEP. "Gentleman 2.0" spawned a number of hit singles, including "Reine," "Django," and "Christina." Dadju had further hits with his non-album singles "Bob Marley" and "Jaloux," the latter of which became his first number-one song on the SNEP chart. He continued his success in 2019 with the double album "Poison ou Antidote," both parts of which went to number one on the French albums chart. The album launched the hit singles "Compliqué," "Ma vie," and "Mon soleil," the lattermost featuring Brazilian singer Anitta.

In 2020, Dadju had his second number-one song on the SNEP chart with the non-album single "Grand bain," featuring rapper Ninho. Also that year, he released the single "Dieu merci," featuring Tiakola. In 2021, Dadju collaborated with his half-brother Gims and singer-songwriter Slimane on the single "Belle," and collaborated with Kendji Girac on the single "Dans mes bras." Dadju went on to release his album "Cullinan" in 2022; it was his fourth-straight album to make it to number one in France. The following year, he collaborated with Tayc on the singles "Makila: Wablé" and "I Love You." Dadju subsequently collaborated with Tayc on the 2024 album "Héritage," which became his fifth consecutive album to reach number one in France.

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Featured Appearances

Dadju has been featured on a myriad of songs by other artists. As part of the Shin Sekaï, he was featured on Gims's "Ça marche," Maska's "Loin des ennuis," and Black M's "Je ne dirai rien" between 2013 and 2014. After the Shin Sekaï split up, Dadju was featured as a solo artist on such songs as "La paix n'a pas de prix," by Alonzo; "Fuego," by Aya Nakamura; "C'est pas bon," by Abou Debeing; and "Tant pis," by Dry.

Dadju had two of his biggest hits in 2018 as a featured artist on Naestro's "Bella ciao," which reached number two on the SNEP chart, and MHD's "Bébé," which reached number six. In 2019, he was featured on Landy's hit song "Muerte" and Ninho's hit song "Jamais." His biggest hit as a featured artist in 2020 was Soolking's song "Meleğim," which made it to number two on the SNEP chart. Dadju has since been featured on songs by Kaaris, Rohff, and Pedro Sampaio, among other artists.

Personal Life

In 2016, Dadju got married. He had a son in 2020.

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What is Jacob Collier's Net Worth?

Jacob Collier is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer who has a net worth of $5 million. After going viral for his covers of popular songs on YouTube in 2013, he signed with Quincy Jones's management company and released his debut album, "In My Room," in 2016. Collier has since released the four-volume "Djesse" series of albums, for which he won multiple Grammy Awards.

Early Life and Education

Jacob Collier was born on August 2, 1994 in London, England. He has two younger sisters. Growing up, he was immersed in music thanks to his mother Suzie, a violinist, conductor, and professor at the Royal Academy of Music. When he was 10, Collier played Tiny Tim in the 2004 television adaptation of "A Christmas Carol: The Musical." He also performed in stage productions of "The Magic Flute" and "The Turn of the Screw." For his formal education, Collier went to Mill Hill County High School and the Purcell School for Young Musicians. He also briefly studied jazz piano at the Royal Academy.

YouTube

In 2011, Collier began uploading videos to YouTube in which he performed multi-instrumental renditions of popular songs. Presented in split-screen, the videos showed Collier singing each different harmony of a given arrangement. The videos ended up going viral, with Collier's cover of Stevie Wonder's "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" attracting particular recognition. Music mogul Quincy Jones was so impressed that he flew Collier to the Montreux Jazz Festival and signed him to his label Qwest.

Career Beginnings

After his YouTube success, Collier embarked on a tour of Europe and the United States in 2015. For his live show, he played several instruments in front of a screen showing synced real-time 3D-captured video loops. Using a custom-built vocal harmonizer, Collier was able to sing multi-voice harmonies in real-time. Also in 2015, he recorded an a cappella version of the hymn "Jerusalem" for England's Rugby World Cup campaign commercial.

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Studio Albums

In 2016, Collier released his debut studio album, "In My Room." Featuring both covers and original songs, the album was recorded and produced in the music room of Collier's family home. "In My Room" was a big hit, and earned Collier two Grammy Awards: Best Arrangement, Instrument or A Cappella for his cover of Stevie Wonder's "You and I," and Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals for his cover of the "Flintstones" theme song. In 2018, Collier announced a four-volume, 50-song album called "Djesse." The first volume, released that December, won Collier his third Grammy Award, for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals for his cover of Lionel Richie's "All Night Long (All Night)." For the second volume of "Djesse," Collier won a Grammy for his cover of "Moon River," and from the third "Djesse" volume he won a Grammy for his original song "He Won't Hold You." Additionally, the third volume was nominated for Album of the Year. Collier released the fourth and final volume in the "Djesse" series in early 2024.

Other Musical Ventures

Among his other notable musical ventures, Collier collaborated with 150 students at MIT in late 2016 to produce a live concert in the school's Kresge Auditorium. The concert, called "Imagination Off the Charts," was the subject of a television documentary film. In 2017, Collier collaborated with Hans Zimmer and Steve Mazzaro on the soundtrack for the DreamWorks animated film "The Boss Baby." Meanwhile, he toured internationally and hosted masterclasses and performances with various orchestras and big bands, including the Netherlands' Metropole Orkest. In the summer of 2018, Collier performed as part of the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

In late 2019, Collier appeared on Coldplay's album "Everyday Life," providing backing vocals to three tracks. The next year, he released the book "Songs of Jacob Collier" and co-wrote and sang on SZA's song "Good Days." Collier went on to provide backing vocals to the hit 2021 song "My Universe," by Coldplay and BTS; he also contributed substantially to the album the song appeared on, "Music of the Spheres." In 2022, Collier collaborated with British rapper Stormzy on the rapper's album "This is What I Mean," co-writing several tracks and singing on one of them. A couple of years later, he won his sixth Grammy Award, for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals, for "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning."

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Caitlin Clark is having a phenomenal month of April. Her Iowa Hawkeyes reached the Final Four and advanced to the women's NCAA Tournament championship game for the second year in a row. She made an SNL appearance on Weekend Update, showcasing her wit and charm. The Indiana Fever selected her as the first pick in the WNBA Draft. Almost immediately, Nike announced it had signed Clark to a multi-year, eight-figure deal that includes her own signature shoe line.

More information has come out on that deal, and it's even bigger than initial reports suggested. Initial reports estimated that Caitlin had signed a three-year, $20 million. It is now all but officially confirmed that  Clark's Nike contract is worth $28 million over eight years.

It's an impressive amount of money for a women's basketball player. The WNBA players who get shoe deals (many do not) typically sign offers in the mid-six figures. But Clark is a generational basketball player who's bringing new attention to the women's game — and she and her agents know it. Clark's asking price was at least $3 million per season. And Nike gave it to her. But not after some other companies did their best to poach the superstar!

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Nike had previously signed Clark to a name, image, and likeness (NIL) deal in 2022. That was before she became a household name, though she was already showing flashes of greatness on the court. The first contract expired after this past NCAA season, so as Clark's popularity grew, just about every shoe company tried to compete for the top pick, according to new reporting from the Wall Street Journal.

Puma, which works with several WNBA players, including reigning MVP Breanna Stewart, decided to bow out after hearing how much Clark wanted. Adidas seemed to be a good fit, but their offer was for $6 million over four years — half the annual amount Clark's team was seeking.

Under Armour, the brand Steph Curry has been with during his NBA career, put forth a competitive offer: four years, $16 million, with a signature shoe included. The company, which also made a push to get Sabrina Ionescu four years ago, once again fell short against Nike.

Ionescu's deal was worth a potential $24 million and included a "Sabrina 1" signature shoe. Though she's made bonuses through the shoe line, some of her earnings were tied to on-court performances and incentives. With the pandemic and injuries limiting potential game time, it's also limited her total money made.

Clark's contract will include $3.5 million annually and the signature shoe, making it the largest shoe deal in women's basketball. She'll represent Nike both with the Fever and the U.S. Olympics roster, starting with this summer's games in Paris.

Maybe we shouldn't be surprised. Clark's been at the top of the game in just about every other scoring statistic. Why not make history with shoes, too?

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We've written about how lucrative a career an NFL backup quarterback can be, and golf caddies have the potential for similar payouts. Both roles require skill, of course. A backup QB has to learn plays and tendencies while helping coach the starter and other players; a caddie has to know how a particular course will play, plus the strengths and weaknesses of the golfer they're caddying for. However, backup quarterbacks may go an entire season without throwing a pass, just like caddies go an entire season without hitting a golf ball during a PGA Tour event.

While quarterbacks are paid a salary, caddies earn a percentage of what their golfers earn. If the golfer plays particularly well, it can amount to a lot of money.

Ted Scott, who caddies for Scottie Scheffler, is seeing this unfold firsthand. As Scottie has unfolded a truly magnificent year so far. In just 43 days alone, Scottie has earned $18.7 million in tournament prizes. As a result, Red Scott has earned roughly $1.9 million already this year. If Ted was a player, he would rank #41 on the list of the highest earners on the PGA Tour, just outside the top 40. And he's doing it as a caddie.

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For further context, Ted Scott has earned more money than 183 PGA Tour golfers have earned so far this year. And that INCLUDES former world #1, Rory McIlroy. As of this writing, Rory has earned $1.6 million in 2024.

Obviously, Ted Scott owes his success entirely to Scottie Scheffler. Scheffler, the current world No. 1, has won four of the past five events he's started. He made $3.5 million for winning the Masters and then followed it up with first place at the RBC Heritage, collecting $3.6 million in winnings. Scheffler also won the Arnold Palmer Invitational and Players Championship earlier this season.

Scheffler's dominant performance has led to $18,693,236 in earnings. He's made more than double what second-place Wyndham Clark has earned and nearly triple what third-place Sahith Theegala has made.

Scheffler also made $14 million during the 2021-22 season and $21 million in 2022-23, meaning Scott has earned north of $5 million over the past three seasons combined.

The caddie has no doubt contributed to Scheffler's success. Still, it must feel amazing to make millions while watching a legend hit golf balls!

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What is Dan Le Batard's net worth and salary?

Dan Le Batard is an American sportswriter, radio host, and television personality who has a net worth of $25 million. Dan is probably best-known for formerly an ESPN talk show. He parted ways from ESPN in December 2020. Six months later it was revealed that Dan had signed a 3-year, $50 million deal to host a podcast for Draftkings. He also wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 25 years.

Meadowlark Media

After leaving ESPN in early 2021, Le Batard founded the production company Meadowlark Media with some friends, including former ESPN President John Skipper. The company went on to sign a first-look deal with Apple TV+ to produce unscripted series and documentaries, as well as a deal with Skydance Sports to produce unscripted sports media. Among Meadowlark's projects are the soccer docuseries "Good Rivals" and the documentary film "Mighty Penguins," about a London-based amateur football team consisting of players with Down syndrome. The company raised $12.6 million in 2021 to produce content aside from Dan's podcast.

DraftKings Podcast

In April 2021, DraftKings announced that it had agreed to pay Dan/Meadowlark $50 million over three years to distribute a revived version of his show as a podcast. At the time the deal was announced his podcast attracted 10-12 million monthly downloads.

Early Life

Dan Le Batard was born on December 16, 1968 in Jersey City, New Jersey to Cuban exile parents Lourdes and Gonzalo. The family moved to Central Islip, New York before settling in Miramar, Florida. Le Batard had a younger brother who passed away in 2023. For his higher education, Le Batard attended the University of Miami.

Miami Herald

Le Batard began his career in 1990 writing columns for the sports section of the Miami Herald. Among his notable columns were investigations of the Hurricanes football team at his alma mater, the University of Miami. Le Batard wrote for the Herald until 2016.

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

In 2004, Le Batard began co-hosting the syndicated radio sports talk show "The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz" on the Miami station WAXY. After nine years of airing on local radio, the show debuted on ESPN Radio in 2013. On the program, Le Batard and Stugotz discuss the day's sports news as well as other news stories, and conduct interviews with sports analysts and athletes. They also interact with the show's various producers, including Roy Bellamy, Chris Cote, and Lucy Rohden. After leaving ESPN in early 2021, "The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz" was broadcast independently for five months before being acquired by DraftKings.

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Highly Questionable

In 2011, Le Batard was given his own sports talk television show, "Highly Questionable," on ESPN2. Each episode was divided into four segments, with each segment using a question-and-answer format. Until 2019, Le Batard was joined on "Highly Questionable" by his father, known on the show as 'Papi,' who served as his daily co-host. A number of other people served as guest co-hosts over the years, including Bomani Jones, Pablo S. Torre, and Katie Nolan. In 2021, "Highly Questionable" was canceled and replaced by "This Just in with Max Kellerman."

Other ESPN Shows

Beyond his two main talk shows on ESPN, Le Batard frequently contributed to other ESPN programs. He was a recurring guest on "Outside the Lines," "The Sports Reporters," and "College GameDay," and served as a regular guest host on "Pardon the Interruption," where he was notorious for his often controversial opinions. Le Batard has also hosted a number of original podcasts for ESPN's "The Le Batard and Friends Podcast Network," which launched in 2019. Among them is the long-form interview podcast "South Beach Sessions."

Baseball Hall of Fame Vote Controversy

In early 2014, Le Batard was banned for a year from the Baseball Writers' Association of America after it was found that he had given his Baseball Hall of Fame vote away to the sports website Deadspin to be used in a public opinion poll. Moreover, he was stripped of his Hall of Fame voting privileges for life.

Personal Life

In 2018, Miami Herald reporter and Le Batard's longtime friend Greg Cote published an article announcing Le Batard's engagement to his girlfriend Valerie Scheide. He published the piece without the couple's consent, causing some consternation. Le Batard and Scheide married in late 2019 in Miami.

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What is Crystal Hefner's Net Worth?

Crystal Hefner, also known as Crystal Harris, is an American glamor model, singer and television personality who has a net worth of $4 million Crystal Hefner was the third and final wife of Playboy magazine publisher Hugh Hefner. Among her many notable modeling appearances, she was Playboy Playmate of the Month for December 2009. Hefner gained renewed attention in early 2024 with the release of her tell-all memoir, "Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself," which details her experiences of misogyny and sexual abuse within the Playboy Mansion.

Los Angeles Home

In April 2013, Hugh Hefner paid $5 million for a home in Los Angeles. Hefner left this home to Crystal upon his death. Crystal listed the home for sale in January 2018 for $7.2 million, but ultimately sold it for $5 million in January 2019.

Early Life and Education

Crystal Hefner was born as Crystal Harris on April 29, 1986 in Lake Havasu, Arizona to British parents Lee and Ray, the latter of whom was a singer-songwriter. Originally raised near Birmingham in England, she moved to San Diego, California with her parents when she was seven. For her higher education, Harris studied psychology at San Diego State University.

Modeling and Television Career

Hefner joined Playboy in the late '00s. In 2008, she appeared as "Co-ed of the Week" on the Playboy website, and in 2009 she was Playboy Playmate of the Month for December. Also in 2009, she was featured in the sixth and final season of the E! reality television series "The Girls Next Door," about the lives of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends living with him in the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles.

Other Ventures

In the spring of 2010, Hefner signed a recording contract with Organica Music Group, a division of Universal Music Group. A couple of years later, she co-designed a swimwear line with Australian designer and Veve Glamor Swimwear owner Vanessa Bryce. Hefner went on to co-design a line of intimates and loungewear with Rhonda Shear. In other activities, she reportedly buys and sells rental properties.

Relationship with Hugh Hefner

Hefner began dating Playboy magazine publisher Hugh Hefner in early 2009, becoming one of his girlfriends alongside twin sisters and porn stars Kristina and Karissa Shannon. Hugh Hefner was 60 years her senior. The pair got engaged on Christmas Eve in 2010, but broke off the engagement five days before their planned wedding in mid-2011. They ultimately reconciled and got married on New Year's Eve, 2012, with Crystal becoming the Playboy legend's third wife. The couple remained together until Hugh Hefner's death in 2017.

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Health Issues

In 2016, Hefner announced on social media that she had been diagnosed with Lyme disease and toxic mold. However, she later discovered that her illness was brought on by her toxic breast implants, which reportedly gave her chronic fatigue and brain fog. She subsequently had the implants removed, allaying some of her symptoms. Later, in 2020, Hefner claimed that she almost died due to a fat transfer procedure that was part of her plastic surgery.

Memoir

Hefner gained renewed attention in early 2024 when she published her tell-all memoir, "Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself." In the book, she corroborates allegations that the Playboy Mansion was a toxic environment rife with misogyny and sexual abuse. Hefner claimed that she was "imprisoned" during her time in the Mansion; in an interview with the Guardian, she further claimed that she was always playing "mind games" to survive. Although "Only Say Good Things" was a New York Times Bestseller, it was marked with a dagger symbol due to the Times' belief that the book had become a bestseller by suspect means, such as bulk purchases.

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What is Ian Eagle's Net Worth and Salary?

Ian Eagle is an American sports announcer who has a net worth of $20 million. Ian Eagle calls NBA, NFL, and college basketball games for the networks CBS, TNT, and TBS. He also calls Brooklyn Nets games for the YES Network and French Open tennis matches for the Tennis Channel. Among his other announcing gigs, Eagle has covered boxing and NCAA track and field events.

Contracts & Salary

In late 2020, Ian's fellow CBS broadcasters Tony Romo and Jim Nantz were angling to sign new massive long-term deals to stay with the network. Nantz had been earning a salary of $6.5 million heading into his final year of the contract. Tony Romo subsequently signed a 10-year, $180 million contract that was the largest commentator contract of all time up to that point. Ian Eagle's salary prior to signing an extension in 2021 was believed to be in the $2-3 million range. On February 1, 2021 it was announced that he had re-signed with a long-term contract. The exact details of the contract were not revealed, but based on Jim Nantz's $6.5 million previous salary, it's likely that Ian signed something along the lines of a 10-year $70-80 million deal, giving him an average estimated annual salary of $70-80 million.

Early Life and Education

Ian Eagle was born on February 9, 1969 in Miami, Florida to singer Monica Maris and actor Jack Eagle. His father was well-known for playing Brother Dominic in a popular Super Bowl commercial for Xerox. As a young adult, Eagle went to Syracuse University, graduating from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1990.

Career Beginnings

Eagle got his start in sports announcing while at Syracuse. During his freshman year, he joined the radio station WJPZ and announced women's basketball games at the Carrier Dome. As a sophomore, Eagle called high-profile Syracuse Orange games on the student-run radio station WAER. Meanwhile, he interned at WTVH for three years, where he gained on-camera experience.

After graduating from Syracuse in 1990, Eagle started working as a producer at WFAN in New York City. The station eventually gave him his own show, "Bagels and Baseball." In 1993, Eagle took on pregame and postgame duties for the NFL's New York Jets. The following year, he began doing play-by-play radio announcing for the NBA's Brooklyn Nets. Eagle went on to become an announcer on SportsChannel, which later became Fox Sports Net.

CBS

After leaving WFAN, Eagle joined CBS in 1998 as an announcer for NCAA basketball and NFL games. Later, in 2010, he joined Dan Fouts as part of the network's number-three broadcast team for NFL coverage. The pair became the number-two team on CBS during the 2014 season. In 2020, Eagle was paired with former Fox analyst Charles Davis following the departure of Fouts. Four years later, he became the lead play-by-play announcer for CBS's March Madness coverage. Beyond football and basketball, Eagle has covered boxing, tennis, and NCAA track and field for CBS.

Other Television Networks

In 2002, Eagle joined the YES Network as play-by-play announcer for the Brooklyn Nets. After Marv Albert joined the network for the 2005-06 NBA season, games were split between the two men. Eagle became the primary announcer again starting in the 2011-12 NBA season after Albert left the network. During that time, he also began calling NBA playoff games for TNT. Elsewhere, on Westwood One, he does play-by-play for "Thursday Night Football," and on Sirius, he has a daily talk show. Among his myriad other announcing gigs, Eagle has covered the French Open for the Tennis Channel and the Summer Olympics for Westwood One.

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Video Games and Commercials

Eagle has lent his voice to some video games and commercials. For the PSP console, he voiced the announcer in the 2007, 2008, and 2009 "NBA" games. Eagle later lent his voice to Saber Interactive's 2017 game "NBA Playgrounds," on which he was also a playable character. On the radio, he provided the voiceover for Modell's commercials.

Honors and Awards

While still at Syracuse, Eagle won the Bob Costas Award for Outstanding Sportscasting. He later won multiple Sports Emmy Awards for his play-by-play announcing. In 2022, Eagle was named Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sports Media Association.

Personal Life & Real Estate

With his wife Alisa, Eagle has two children named Noah and Erin. A Syracuse alum like his father, Noah serves as a play-by-play announcer for college football and basketball on NBC networks, as well as for Brooklyn Nets games on the YES Network. He has also done announcing for the Tennis Channel, Nickelodeon, CBS, and Fox.

Ian and his wife live in Essex Fells, New Jersey, in a home they bought in 1998 for $677,000. Today their home is worth around $2 million.

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A French chateau just outside Paris could become the most expensive single residence on the planet if it finds a buyer anywhere close to its recently unveiled asking price. Chateau d'Armainvilliers, which has a fascinating history that includes stints of ownership by the Rothschild banking family and the King of Morocco, has been placed on the market with an asking price of $455 million.

The Chateau d'Armainvilliers, 30 miles outside Paris, sits on a beautiful expanse of almost 2,500 acres and dates all the way back to the 12th century when it was constructed as a stronghold. Centuries later, it was partially destroyed during the French Revolution, and eventually, it was brought to much of its current state by the Rothschilds. Then, in the 1980s, it was purchased from that famous family by King Hassan II of Morocco. After King Hassan II's death in 1999, it stayed with his son until 2008, when it was sold to its present owners for €200 million, less than half of the €425 million it's being listed for now.

It's an incredible piece of property that has to be seen to be appreciated, but some of the chateau's most striking features among its 100 rooms and three levels include three elevators and 17 bedroom suites, each with their own individual themes. The grounds are also home to other structures, including a hair salon, car park, stables for horses, staff quarters, and more. There are also significant underground facilities underneath the chateau, which were installed by King Hassan II.

As for the title of the most expensive home in the world, it may be some time before we know for sure, as sales of properties like this tend to be private and confidential. However, it could be secured for significantly less than its asking price and still beat out the Chateau Louis XIV, which currently holds the top spot. Chateau Louis XIV sold in 2015 for $300 million. The buyer was Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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Ever since its launch in 2021, LIV Golf has looked to poach golfers from the PGA Tour. Even as the two sides agreed to a merger, there was still a disconnect between the leagues. In December, LIV Golf paid Masters winner Jon Rahm more than a quarter of a billion dollars to join the LIV circuit. It seems like just about every golfer has gotten a lucrative offer at some point.

Rory McIlroy might be one of the lone exceptions.

London newspaper City A.M. published a story earlier this month alleging LIV offered McIlroy $850 million and an equity stake in the league worth about 2% to leave the PGA Tour. The newspaper said it had heard from two separate sources about the possible deal.

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However, McIlroy is denying these claims, saying his loyalty remains with the PGA Tour.

"I've never been offered a number from LIV, and I've never contemplated going to LIV," McIlroy told the Golf Channel during a practice round before the RBC Heritage. "For me, my future is here on the PGA Tour, and it's never been any different."

McIlroy has been one of the most outspoken golfers against LIV, believing those who left to play for the league shouldn't be allowed back on the PGA Tour. While McIlroy has eased up on that position, he's still continued to oppose LIV and its events.

LIV is backed by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, an entity that has been involved in numerous human rights violations. But with virtually limitless coffers, the PIF can offer exorbitant amounts of money to golfers to join LIV. The PIF has already extended more than $1 billion to its golf roster.

For those who have participated, LIV events provide a less strenuous environment compared to PGA Tour events. LIV only does three rounds for a total of 54 holes, compared to the PGA Tour's 72. With team matchups, music, and private jets, LIV sometimes feels a bit more like a party.

That doesn't sit well with some PGA Tour golfers, and McIlroy is perhaps at the top of the list. $850 million is absurd—and even if LIV did put forward such an offer, McIlroy would quickly turn it down.

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