Early Life Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal was born on November 16, 1977 into an acting and filmmaking family – her father being poet and director Stephen Gyllenhaal and mother Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, a director and screenwriter. A native of Los Angeles, she attended Harvard-Westlake prep school, followed by Columbia University in New York and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Her first step into the entertainment world was appearing in several of her father’s films, including “A Dangerous Woman” (1993) and “Homegrown” (1998).

In 2012, she became CEO of Yahoo, aiming for a revival. While she acquired assets and revamped products, Yahoo’s decline continued. Security breaches added pressure, and Mayer stepped down in 2017 after Yahoo’s acquisition by Verizon. Undeterred, Mayer co-founded Sunshine, a startup focused on automating everyday tasks. She also serves on the board of directors at Walmart. Mayer’s career reflects both the highs of innovation and the challenges of navigating a competitive tech landscape.

However, it’s Damon’s latest project that will likely be his most lucrative one yet. Someone who just about everyone in those four quadrants is familiar with? Michael Jordan. AKA, one of the greatest basketball players ever (or the greatest, depending on who you ask). And Salke believed Air, the movie about Jordan’s deal with Nike that stars Damon and Ben Affleck was—pardon the pun—a slam dunk. According to an executive at a competing service, Salke merely heard the pitch for the movie and bought it for…

Matthew Koma was born in Seaford, New York in June 1987. He released the extended plays Parachute in 2012 and The Cherrytree Sessions in 2013. Koma’s single “Kisses Back” reached #1 in Romania and #10 in Poland. Matthew Koma was featured in the #1 songs on the US Dance chart “Spectrum” by Zedd and “Find You” by Zedd featuring Miriam Bryant. He has collaborated with several artists including Alesso, Hardwell, Showtek, Justin Prime, Tiesto, Far East Movement, Afrojack, Steve Aoki, Giorgio Moroder, Flux Pavilion, and more.

Early Life and Education Mircea Monroe was born on March 11, 1982 in St. Louis, Missouri. She was named Mircea, a traditionally male name in Romania, after her father’s beloved former college professor Mircea Eliade. For her higher education, Monroe went to Virginia Commonwealth University. Film Career Monroe made her feature film debut with a brief role in the 2004 action thriller “Cellular.” She subsequently appeared in the horror films “All Souls Day” and “House of the Dead 2” in 2005.

Early Life and Education Nicolle Wallace was born as Nicolle Devenish on February 4, 1972 in Orange County, California to Veronica, a third-grade teacher’s assistant, and Clive, an antiques dealer. She has three younger siblings named Zachary, Courtney, and Ashley, with whom she grew up in Orinda, California. There, Wallace attended Miramonte High School, graduating in 1990. She subsequently attended the University of California, Berkeley, from which she earned her BA in mass communications in 1994.

Her other TV and film credits include “Ciranda de Pedra”, “Carna de Gato”, “Malhacao”, “Os Amadores”, “Faca Sua Historia”, “Casos e Acasos”, “Tapas & Beijos”, “Trinta”, “An Extremely Nutty Teacher”, “Rinha”, “Budapeste”, and “Uma Professora Mutio Maluquinha”. Oliveira competed on Brazil’s version of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” (“Danca dos Famosos”) in 2009. She and her partner, Atila Amaral, won the competition. She is thought of as one of the most beautiful women to come from Brazil.

Buchheit worked for Intel, maker of the world’s largest and highest valued semiconductor chip, and went on to be Google’s 23rd employee. He was the co-founder of FriendFeed, a real-time feed aggregator which consolidates updates from social media and networking, but soon after FriendFeed was acquired by Facebook Buchheit left to become a partner in the investment firm Y Combinator, a venture capital company. In 2011, Buccheit won the Economist Innovation Award for the Computing and Telecommunications field.

During his time as mayor, Buttigieg became known for his progressive policies, including efforts to revitalize South Bend’s downtown area and improve public transportation. He also gained national attention for his 2020 presidential campaign, which made him the first openly gay person to win delegates in a major US presidential primary. In February 2021, Buttigieg was confirmed as the United States Secretary of Transportation under President Joe Biden’s administration, making him the first openly gay person to serve in a Cabinet-level position.

Contracts & Career Earnings During his NFL career, Pierre Garçon earned a total of $67 million in salary. The majority of his earnings came from a 5-year, $42.5 million deal signed in 2012. Early Life and High School Pierre Garçon was born on August 8, 1986 in West Palm Beach, Florida. He is of Haitian descent, and is bilingual. As a teenager, Garçon attended John I. Leonard Community High School in Greenacres, Florida, where he played both football and soccer.

Ralph Lauren began collecting cars back in the early 1970s, when his fashion fortunes first started rising. Among his earliest acquisitions, listed in a Forbes feature on Lauren’s car habit, include a 1971 Mercedes 280SE 4.5 convertible, a 1979 Porsche 930, and a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing coupe that he bought in the early 80s. Since then, Lauren’s passion for cars has allowed his collection to balloon to more than 70 cars.

In 2007, Ray J gained widespread recognition but not for his music or acting career. Instead, it was his sex tape, recorded with then-girlfriend Kim Kardashian, that made him a household name. The release of the tape and the subsequent fallout made Ray J a hot commodity. He signed with Shaquille O’Neal’s label in 2007 and released a successful album in 2008. In 2009, he began appearing in the first of many reality shows featuring members of the Norwood family.

Early Life Rohan Marley was born Rohan Anthony Marley on May 19, 1972, in Kingston, Jamaica. His father was reggae artist Bob Marley, and his mother, Janet Hunt, was 16 years old when Rohan was born. From the age of 4, Marley lived with his mother on and off, and after Bob died of cancer in 1981, he moved in with his paternal grandmother, Cedella Booker, in Miami, Florida. Rohan attended Miami Palmetto Senior High School, and after graduating in 1991, he enrolled at the University of Miami School of Business.

Early Life and Education Rosalía was born as Rosalia Vila Tobella on September 25, 1992 in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain, the youngest daughter of Pilar and José. She was raised in Sant Esteve Sesrovires with her sister Pili. Passionate about the performing arts as a child, Rosalía started her musical education at the Taller de Músics academy. She went on to attend the Raval school before transferring to the Catalonia College of Music.

Early Life Sandra Bullock was born Sandra Annette Bullock on July 26, 1964, in Arlington, Virginia. She is the daughter of an American voice coach and Army employee, John W. Bullock, and a German opera singer, Helga Mathilde Meyer. Sandra spent a good portion of her youth singing in a choir in Nuremberg, Germany, where her father was stationed and in charge of the Army’s Military Postal Service. This is where her father and mother met and got married.

Early Life Ali Hassan was born on May 10, 1996 in Austin, Texas. He is of Palestinian descent, and has two younger brothers named Junior and Otto. Internet Career Hassan launched his YouTube channel, SypherPK, in 2011. Four years later, he launched his Twitch channel and began gaming full-time. Hassan has done gaming streams and videos of such games as “RuneScape,” “Call of Duty: Warzone,” “Fall Guys,” and “Among Us,” but is best known for playing the popular battle royale game “Fortnite.

Note that these are only players whose contracts expired with their current teams (or they opted out) and signed new deals. We’re not counting minor leaguers who signed with their MLB teams or players who still had time left on their contracts and signed an extension. Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers: 10 Years, $700 Million This wasn’t only the biggest contract given out this offseason; it’s the largest deal in MLB history.

When publishers buy a book from an author, the advance isn’t free money –its value is a prediction of how well the publishers think a book might do. An advance is just that—an advance of the future royalties earned. If a book doesn’t make as much as the advance is, the author could end up owing their publisher. With books written by public figures, politicians, and celebrities, the built-in audience and curiosity make publishers more confident that the book will sell so many copies that it will surpass the amount of the advance.