Eggers is the founder of the independent publishing house, McSweeney’s, as well as being the co-founder of the literacy project 826 Valencia with teacher Ninive Calegari. 826 Valencia is a non-profit organization to help young people develop their writing skills and have extended this project all across the U.S. and are under the sponsorship of 826 National. In 2007 he was awarded the Heinz Award for all the contributions he has made to improve the lives of others....
Early Life and Education Donna Brazile was born on December 15, 1959 in New Orleans, Louisiana as the third of nine children of Jean and Lionel. For her higher education, she attended Louisiana State University, from which she earned her bachelor’s degree in industrial psychology in 1981. Brazile was also a fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School. Political Career, 1976-1996 As a teenager in 1976, Brazile was a volunteer worker on Jimmy Carter’s presidential campaign....
He acted on “Charmed” until 2005 and has since appeared on “The Bad Girl’s Guide”, “Getting Played”, “Las Vegas”, and “Show Stoppers”. Gregory has hosted several award shows, including the 8th Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest and the 19th Annual Soul Train Music Awards. From 2003 until 2006, Gregory hosted TV’s “Soul Train”. Gregory and his sister, Mercedes Bey, have their own singing group, MD Says. He is active in a variety of organizations, and frequently works with the Los Angeles Police Department to help troubled kids....
Early Life and Education Edie McClurg was born on July 23, 1945, in Kansas City, Missouri, to a Federal Aviation Administration secretary named Irene and a mailman named Mac. She has an older brother named Bob, who also acts. As a young adult, McClurg attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where she earned her bachelor’s degree. At the school, she served as a DJ, newswoman, and producer for KCUR-FM, an affiliate of NPR....
Early Life Eva Herzigová was born on March 10, 1973 in Litvinov, Czechoslovakia to an accountant mother and an electrician father. She was highly athletic as a youth, playing basketball and taking part in gymnastics, track, and cross-country skiing. Modeling Career At the age of 16 in 1989, Herzigová won a modeling contest organized by the French modeling agency Metropolitan Models. She subsequently moved to Paris, where she quickly gained popularity....
In pure volume, that comes to amounts of bills in the seven major denominations numbering in the billions: 11.7 billion one-dollar bills. 1.2 billion two-dollar bills. 2.8 billion five-dollar bills. 1.9 billion ten-dollar bills. 8.9 billion twenty-dollar bills. 1.7 billion fifty-dollar bills. 11.5 billion hundred-dollar bills. Two pretty striking things about these stats, apart from the sheer quantities of all US bills: One, there are almost as many hundred-dollar bills as there are one-dollar bills, and two, even a bill commonly thought of as rare, like the two-dollar bill, has 1....
Their debut studio album Use Your Fingers was released in 1995 and their second album Once Fierce Beer Coaster was released in 1996. Their 1999 album Hooray for Boobies was certified Platinum and reached #1 in Austria and Germany and #14 in the United States. The band’s latest album Hefty Fine was released in 2005. Their most popular single is “The Bad Touch” which reached #1 in Germany and Sweden and the Top 5 in Australia, Austria, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the UK....
Baumgartner gained international fame in the 1990s and 2000s for high-profile jumps off some of the world’s tallest structures. He became the first person to BASE jump from Malaysia’s Petronas Towers in 1999, Christ the Redeemer in Rio in 2000, and the Millau Viaduct in France in 2004. He also set records for jumping from the Turning Torso in Sweden and Taipei 101 in Taiwan—earning a ban from the latter country....
Early Life and Career Beginnings Gloria Loring was born Gloria Jean Goff in New York City. She began singing professionally as a teenager, gaining experience in clubs and touring throughout the 1960s. She released her first albums in the 1970s, developing an adult contemporary sound that would come to define much of her music career. During this period, she also became a familiar face on television, appearing as a musical guest on shows like “The Merv Griffin Show,” “The Carol Burnett Show,” and “The Tonight Show....
He starred as Newt in the movie Pharaoh’s Army in 1995 and as Baldy in the 1995 film Animal Room. He starred as Danny in the 1996 movie No Way Home. Huckleberry Fox has also starred in the TV movies Konrad, The Blue Yonder, A Winner Never Quits, and The Incredible Ida Early. He appeared in episodes of the TV series Tales from the Darkside and Screen Two and in the short Two Soldiers....
Pretty much any time Beto is in the news for any reason, outlets—especially conservative ones—love to mention that Beto is married to a “billionaire heiress.” The theory hinges on the fortune of Amy’s father, William Sanders, a real estate mogul who was once described by Bloomberg as “the Warren Buffett of real estate.” Some outlets have speculated that Sanders is worth as much as $20 billion. It’s a narrative that dovetails conveniently with attacks on Beto’s image....
He began working for ESPN in 2003, serving as the co-host of ESPN2’s popular morning show, “First Take”. In 2012, it was announced that he would begin hosting ESPN’s new midday SportsCenter show, when it launches in early July. While he always focused on a career in broadcasting, he also dabbled in a baseball career, and played three games as a minor league baseball pitcher in the mid-2000s, before shelving the idea and returning to broadcasting full-time....
Early Life Jeremy Shockey was born Jeremy Charles Shockey on August 18, 1980, in Ada, Oklahoma. He attended Ada High School, where he lettered in football all four seasons and mostly played the positions of wide receiver and outside linebacker. During his senior year, Jeremy caught 50 passes for more than 1,100 yards. That year he was selected for the Oklahoma All-District, All-State, and All-County teams. During his high school years, Shockey also made the honor role and played basketball....
Her career has included roles as a studio analyst, live game broadcaster, and advisor to professional baseball organizations. Beyond broadcasting, Mendoza has been an advocate for women in sports, using her platform to encourage greater diversity in broadcasting booths and front offices. Her impact extends beyond softball, as she has become a central figure in reshaping the perception of women’s roles in America’s most traditional sports. Early Life Jessica Ofelia Mendoza was born on November 11, 1980, in Camarillo, California....
What’s perhaps even crazier is the fact that Woody NEVER LIVED IN THE APARTMENT! He bought it one year ago and ended up deciding to live in another apartment that he owns nearby. Opened in 1931, 834 Fifth Avenue offers duplexes and triplexes between 4,000 and 12,000 square feet. That’s a lot of space and the units are chock full of features like private terraces, working fireplaces, huge libraries, elegant staircases and large windows....
Salmons played with the Kings in 2009 before joining the Chicago Bulls from 2009 until 2010, the Milwaukee Bucks from 2010 until 2011, the Kings a second time from 2011 until 2013, and the Toronto Raptors from 2013 until 2014. As of the beginning of the 2014 season, Salmons currently plays for the New Orleans Pelicans. The six-foot-six, 207-pound small forward/shooting guard has played in close to 900 career NBA games prior to the start of the 2014 season....
Sandford won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for his series “Life on the Land: an American farm family”, which also earned him the American Society of Newspaper Editors award for Non-Deadline Feature Writing. He is best known for his Prey series which includes Rules of Prey, Shadow Prey, Eyes of Prey, Silent Prey, Winter Prey, Night Prey, Mind Prey, Sudden Prey, Certain Prey, Easy Prey, Chosen Prey, Mortal Prey, Naked Prey, Hidden Prey, Broken Prey, Invisible Prey, Phantom Prey, Wicked Prey, Storm Prey, Buried Prey, Stolen Prey, Silken Prey, Field of Prey, Gathering Prey, Extreme Prey, and Golden Prey....
The game won the 1999 GameSpot Game of the Year and also a 2007 Technology & Engineering Emmy Award. Smedley co-founded Verant Interactive, Inc. which later became Sony Online Entertainment, Inc. after being purchased by Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2000. Smedley announced a chance in director for Sony Online Entertainment in 2007 which included a broadening of business models beyond the subscription model. It also included pursuing female consumers to balance their 85% male audience....
The company also operates a secondary school. Xiamen Hengxing Group Co., Ltd. was founded in 1994 and is based in Xiamen, China. Ke Xiping is also an active philanthropist and chairs the Xiamen Association of Industry and Commerce and has also donated more than $32 million to charity over the years.
