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So, in practice, every month over the lifetime of that agreement someone from the NBA’s finance department accumulated the disbursement and divided it up to be sent out to 31 recipients. But wait, there are only 30 NBA teams. Why was the NBA sending out 31 checks??? That extra check went to a pair of brothers named Ozzie and Daniel Silna. The Silna brothers did not own an NBA team....

Soon after, Arnott landed a five-year, $22.5 million contract with the Nashville Predators. He rejoined the Devils during the summer of 2010 after a trade; the Devils then shipped Arnott to the Washington Capitals a year later. During the summer of 2011, Arnott was traded once more to the St. Louis Blues. He didn’t land a new deal with the Blues, and signed a one-year contract with the New York Rangers in early 2013, though he failed the physical and has not played since....

The band followed with multi-platinum albums including “New Jersey,” “Keep the Faith,” and “Crush,” maintaining relevance well into the 2000s with chart-toppers like “It’s My Life.” As a frontman, Jon Bon Jovi became known for his charismatic stage presence, gravelly vocals, and enduring appeal across rock and pop audiences. Over the decades, Bon Jovi has sold over 130 million records worldwide and performed in more than 50 countries. Outside of music, Jon Bon Jovi has enjoyed success as an actor in films and television, and he’s also a noted philanthropist....

Bridges has appeared on episodes of several TV series including 8 Out of 10 Cats, You Have Been Watching, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Breakfast, Mock the Week, That Sunday Night Show, Stand Up for the Week, My Favourite Joke, Chris Moyles Quiz Night, Epic Win, Would I Lie to You?, The One Show, Kevin Bridges: What’s the Story?, Live at the Apollo, That Puppet Game Show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Spicks and Specks, Dara O Briain: School of Hard Sums, Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live, A League of Their Own, Alan Carr: Chatty Man, Loose Women, The Graham Norton Show, The Jonathan Ross Show, Have I Got News for You, The Last Leg, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, and more....

Bochco purchased the property in 1997, but he’s not the biggest name to be associated with it since its construction in 1937. Back in the 1970s, Sylvester Stallone reportedly occupied the mansion at some point early in his film stardom. As for the property itself, it’s certainly worthy of movie stars and TV royalty, as its official listing helps make clear: “The Steven Bochco Estate by famed architect Paul Williams, situated on a double lot comprised of nearly 1....

He made his first appearance in 1974 in the TV series Z Cars, Marked Professional, Village Hall, Crown Court, and Warship, and the TV movie They Disappear When You Lie Down. From 1975 to 1977 Collins starred as Gavin Rumsey in the TV series The Cuckoo Waltz. His best known role was starring as Bodie on the series The Professionals from 1977 to 1983. He went on to star in the series Cluedo from 1991 to 1992....

Malcolm Young founded AC/DC in November 1973 when he was just 20 years old. He soon asked his 18 year old brother Angus to join the group as well. As the rhythm guitarist, Malcolm was responsible for the broad sweep of the band’s sound, developing many of the band’s guitar riffs and co-writing the band’s material with Angus. They began national touring in 1974 with singer Dave Evans. AC/DC relocated to the UK in 1976 and began a heavy schedule of international touring and recording....

She has more than 130 acting credits to her name, such as the films “The 24 Hour Woman” (1999), “21 Grams” (2003), “Frozen River” (2008), “Righteous Kill” (2008), “The Fighter” (2010), “Red State” (2011), “Olympus Has Fallen” (2013), “The Equalizer” (2014), “The Big Short” (2015), “Novitiate” (2017), and “The Most Hated Woman in America” (2017) and the television series “The Young Riders” (1989–1990), “Homicide: Life on the Street” (1993–1997), “Treme” (2010–2013), “Wayward Pines” (2015–2016), and “I’m Dying Up Here” (2017–2018)....

Contracts, Salary & Career Earnings In 2008, Miguel Cabrera signed an eight-year, $150-million contract, a deal that equated to an average annual salary of $21 million. He eventually signed a contract extension worth $248 million over the following eight years. Between June 2017 and June 2018, Miguel earned $30 million between salary and endorsements, making him one of the highest-paid athletes on the planet. In total, Miguel Cabrera has earned more than $330 million in salary alone....

May performs under the name Flourgon, and the lawsuit claims that “about 50 percent” of Cyrus’ “We Can’t Stop” is derived from his older song. The suit goes on to allege that the 2013 hit “owes the basis of its chart-topping popularity to and its highly-lucrative success to plaintiff May’s protected, unique, creative and original content.” Specifically, May cites his song’s line “We run things / Things no run we,” which he alleges Cyrus lifted and turned into “We run things / Things don’t run we” for the chorus to her song, as well as other “musical elements” that the suit claims as similar....

Mohamed Al-Fayed owned multiple properties throughout Europe, particularly in the United Kingdom. Among his notable business interests, he owned the Ritz Paris and formerly owned Harrods and the Premier League football club Fulham. In 2010 he sold Harrods to Qatar Holding for a reported $2.4 billion. Fayed is also known for his first son, Dodi Al-Fayed, who dated Princess Diana and was killed alongside her in the infamous 1997 car crash in Paris....

According to reports, the brothers withdrew $282 million from their company’s bank, Genesis, a few months before Gemini froze around $900 million in customer deposits. Gemini had to suspend any withdrawal activity after the Sam Bankman-Fried FTX fiasco last November. Billionaire Barry Silbert runs Digital Currency Group, which owns Genesis. And he thinks something’s fishy with the timing of how these trades went down. A balance sheet showed a $176 million decline between August 5 and August 10, 2022....

Comăneci returned to the Olympics in 1980 in Moscow, where she added two more gold medals and two silver medals to her total. By the end of her competitive career, she had earned nine Olympic medals, five of them gold. Known for her poise, precision, and grace, she helped elevate gymnastics to a premier Olympic sport and inspired generations of young athletes worldwide. After retiring in 1981, Comăneci faced political pressure in communist Romania and eventually defected to the United States in 1989....

Romero has worked with several other artists and DJs including Tiesto, David Guetta, Fedde le Grand, Armand Van Helden, Calvin Harris, Hardwell, and Avicii. He has remixed songs for several artists including Taio Cruz, Usher, Daft Punk, Flo Rida, Enrique Iglesias, Sia, Kelly Clarkson, Madonna, Ludacris, Zedd, R3hab, and One Direction. Romero founded the electric music record label Protocol Recordings in 2012 and the label has had five releases reach #1 on the Beatport Top 100 chart....

Early Life Nicole Ronnette Mitchell was born on January 5, 1968, in Sacramento, California. Her mother, Ellen, was a British homemaker, and her father, Eddie “Mitch” Mitchell, was an African American United States Air Force pilot. After her parents separated during her childhood, Nicole and her three brothers were raised by their mother, although her parents later reunited. Modeling and Entertainment Career Nicole began modeling at the age of 13, signing with Ford Models after winning an international modeling competition....

Early Life and Education Noel Biderman was born in 1971 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada into a Jewish family. His grandparents were Holocaust survivors. As a teenager, Biderman was educated at the York Mills Collegiate Institute. He went on to study economics at the University of California, Berkeley. After that, Biderman returned to Canada and attended York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School, from which he graduated in 1996. Career Beginnings Biderman began his career as a lawyer and sports agent....

Olivia Wilde began her acting career in the early 2000s, with appearances in television series like “Skin” and “The O.C.” However, it was her role as Dr. Remy “Thirteen” Hadley on the hit medical drama “House M.D.” that catapulted her to fame. Her portrayal of the enigmatic and fiercely intelligent doctor earned her critical acclaim and a loyal fan base. Olivia Wilde has also been involved in numerous film projects....

Success at other competitions followed quickly; she was a semi-finalist in the Lion City Championships in Singapore and was a finalist in the Australian Open Championships. Murgatroyd joined the cast of Dancing with the Stars in 2011 as one of the troupe members in the 12th season. She became a regular member of the professional cast as of the 13th season, won Season 14, and was a part of the 15th season, the all-star version of the show....

Early Life and Education Piper Kerman was born on September 28, 1969 in Boston, Massachusetts. After graduating from Swampscott High School in 1987, she went to Smith College in Northampton. Kerman graduated from Smith in 1992. Criminal Conviction and Imprisonment In 1993, Kerman became romantically involved with a heroin dealer named Catherine Wolters, and subsequently began laundering money for her international drug operation. Five years later, Kerman was indicted on charges of money laundering and drug trafficking, charges to which she pled guilty....

In June 1991, Shear posed in Playboy magazine’s Funny Girls pictorial and in October 1993, she appeared in her own Playboy pictorial entitled Rhonda Is Up All Night. Shear also costarred in numerous sitcoms from playing The Fonz’s girlfriend on Happy Days to the sexy neighbor on Married… with Children before making her mark as a comedian in Las Vegas, New York and Los Angeles. In 2001, Rhonda Shear, along with husband Van Fagan, started a new career as designer and entrepreneur behind Shear Enterprises, LLC and Rhonda Shear Intimates....