Early Life Marie Kondo was born on October 9, 1984 in Osaka, Japan. She has an older brother and a younger sister. As a youth, Kondo attended the Chūō Ward Hisamatsu Elementary School, and then Friends Girls Junior & Senior High School in Mita. At the latter, she would run into the classroom to tidy up bookshelves while her classmates were busy in physical education class. Kondo said she had a breakthrough one day while organizing her school’s bookshelves; after fainting and lying unconscious for two hours, she realized her tidying strategy should be focused more on keeping things than throwing them away....

True to form, Zuckerberg didn’t use the occasion for a lavish celebration, either of the beginning of his 31st year or his estimated $35 billion net worth. In what probably won’t come as a surprise to anyone with even a cursory familiarity with Zuckerberg’s personality, he told reporters that he’s not a big birthday person, and that he planned to spend the evening quietly at home with his wife. Last year, he even attempted to evade a celebration of his 30th birthday by arranging a cross-country flight on the day in question....

He was born Matthew Lon Keough on July 3, 1955 in Pomona, California. Matt was a high school student at the Corona del Mar High School when he was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in 1973. Five years later, Keough turned pro and pursued a nine-season career, in which he set a 58-84 record with 590 strikeouts and a 4.17 ERA in 1190 innings pitched, along with seven shutouts and 57complete games....

So how exactly do modern rock bands really earn money these days in an evolving music industry, according to Mr. Mensch? Mensch, also known for managing massive tours with Madonna and The Rolling Stones, recently appeared on BBC Radio’s ‘Today’ program and gave insight into the new trends for rock bands to make money in the music industry. Peter simply stated that touring is the main source of income for rock bands because they don’t make that much money anymore from music sales alone, such as physical or digital formats....

At CAA, Ovitz represented elite talent, including Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman, and Steven Spielberg, while pioneering the practice of helping corporate clients with entertainment strategies. He was known for his aggressive negotiating style and innovative deal-making, which helped CAA become the industry’s dominant agency. In 1995, Ovitz left CAA to become President of The Walt Disney Company. When he left CAA, he sold his stake to his partners for $200 million, paid without interest over five years....

Stoute was the one to train Kribensis, the horse who is the only winner of Triple Crown of Hurdling, a feat completed in the 1989/90 racing season. Whereas Shergar, arguably Stoute’s most famous horse, is the horse that won the 1981 Epsom Derby, after which he was stolen. His achievements go further as three horses trained by Stoute took home $1,787,000 of the $2,008,945 prize money in Britain’s richest horserace, i....

Early Life and Education Simon Minter was born on September 7, 1992 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. He has two older brothers named Nick and Johnny. As a youth, Minter attended Berkhamsted School, where he met his friend and future YouTube collaborator Olajide Olatunji. After taking a gap year, during which he taught football to locals in Ghana and traveled the United States, Minter began studying criminology at the University of Hull....

She repeatedly served as a guest on “The Today Show”, and also developed strategic marketing plans for multiple companies, including ESPN, Spike TV, and General Motors. She launched her own production company, Monica Taylor Enterprises, which has produced programs for Lifetime, Spike TV, WE, and the Fox Movie Channel, among other channels. She recently split from her husband, musician Aston “Funkmaster Flex” Taylor, and is currently shooting the new TLC reality series, “Starter Wives”, about women who are no longer in high-profile relationships....

To make our hypothetical question a bit more real, let’s say the evil person was Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. In case you’re not aware, Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s right-hand man, wasn’t just a Nazi politician; he was the architect of their hate. A gifted speaker and media manipulator, he used radio, film, and rallies to weave a web of lies, demonizing Jews and fueling Nazi fanaticism. He whipped Germans into war fervor, then spun wartime defeats as glorious sacrifices....

Why am I talking about Hot Pockets? Recently, I was doing some research on the largest home in one of the wealthiest zip codes in America, the Orange County enclave of Newport Coast. Who was the person who could afford to pay $15 million for two undeveloped plots of land in Newport’s most expensive gated community and then proceed to build a White House-sized mansion on a hilltop overlooking the ocean?...

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....

From 1988 to 1999 he was writer for the TV series The World’s Funniest!. From 2001 to 2002 he wrote for the game show Weakest Link. Rosner wrote for the TV series Jimmy Kimmel Live! from 2003 to 2010. He has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and five Writers Guild of America Awards for Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Rosner sued the game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire regarding an allegedly flawed question that he missed when he was a contestant in 2000....

Early Life and Education Roger Penske was born on February 20, 1937, in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He first caught the entrepreneurial bug from his father, Jay, who served as a corporate executive for a metal company. As a teen, Penske purchased old cars, fixed them up, and sold them at a profit from his family’s house. After graduating from Shaker Heights High in 1955, he attended Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania....

Louis Cardinals. Finally, in 2009, Villone found a home with the Washington Nationals, but was cut before the season started, playing in the independent AA Atlantic League for the Somerset Patriots. Villone is also recognized by some for his entrance music, which is the song “Bodies” by the heavy metal rock band Drowning Pool. Villone’s wife Brooke Villone starred in the VH1 reality show Baseball Wives. Baseball Wives follows wealthy girlfriends and wives of major league baseball players living in Arizona....

Early Life and Education Rory Kinnear was born on February 17, 1978 in London, England to actors Carmel Cryan and Roy Kinnear. He has two older sisters. Kinnear was educated at Tower House School and St Paul’s School before attending Balliol College, Oxford. He went on to study acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Television Career In 2001, Kinnear made his television debut in an episode of the BBC legal drama “Judge John Deed....

Rulli married his longtime girlfriend Cecilia Galeano on December 31, 2007 in a small ceremony attended by about thirty friends and family. They have son, Santiago, born January 15, 2010. The couple separated in 2011. He was then reportedly in a relationship with Mexican actress Aracely Arámbula. In July of 2013 he confirmed the end of a 16-month relationship with Aracely Arambula and was reportedly dating his Lo Que La Vida Me Robo costar Angelique Boyer....

In 1999, he was cast in the role that would bring him wider recognition, as Robbie Hansen on “Providence”. He then went on to appear in such projects as “Hard Ground”, “Charmed”, “Hate Crime”, “Deadwood”, “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”, “The Shield”, “CSI: NY”, “Undercovers”, “Lie to Me”, “Sedona”, “NCIS”, and “We’re Alive”. He is most widely recognized for his work as Nate Westen on “Burn Notice”. He published his first book of poetry, “#Eclection” in early 2013....

Her next book, Guardian, was written to honor her now elderly aunt, Pearl, and in 2007 she started her own publishing company. Adams has produced roughly two-dozen metaphysical books, as well as astrology calendars and a tarot card set marketed under the Goddessy brand. Early in her career, Adams married an Italian investment banker, but the couple later divorced. ln a 2003 She Magazine story, Adams came out as a lesbian; at the time she was the first Playmate to do so....

Stephen began his entertainment career in the early 2000s, building a modest résumé of credits as a producer and director. His earliest notable work includes the 2004 crime film “Never Die Alone” and the dark comedy “Thank You for Smoking” in 2005, both of which he served as an associate producer. He produced the 2004 documentary “Prison Ball,” co-produced “The Crow: Wicked Prayer,” and served as executive producer on the 2006 thriller “Sisters....