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As a songwriter he has written #1 singles for Garth Brooks and Clint Black. Wariner has also written songs for Keith Urban, Bryan White, Glen Campbell, and Brad Paisley. He has won three Grammy Awards for Best Country Instrumental and one for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. He is one of only six guitar players in the world given the Certified Guitar Player award by Chet Atkins. In 1996 Wariner became a member of the Grand Ole Opry and he was inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame in 2008 and the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame in 2011....

Between 1962 and 1964, Ferrari produced a grand total of thirty-six 250 GTOs. They were originally built to compete at the 24-Hour Le Mans and other high-profile European races. Subsequent models were sold to consumers with a base price of $18,500. That’s the equivalent of $145,000 today. Over the next several decades, GTO prices fluctuated from an all-time low of $2500 in 1969 to $48k in 1975, $180k in 1980, $300k in 1983, $500k in 1984, and to $650k in 1985....

Thomas Siebel worked for Oracle from 1984 to 1990. In 1993 he co-founded Siebel Systems, a software company that designed, developed, marketed, and supported customer relationship management (CRM) applications. Oracle bought Siebel Systems in January 2006 for $5.8 billion. For many years Thomas famously had a bitter rivalry with Oracle founder Larry Ellison. Thomas’ second cousin is an investment banker named Kenneth Siebel. Kenneth’s daughter Jennifer Siebel is married to Gavin Newsom, the Governor of California....

Bergeron became a household name as the host of ABC’s “America’s Funniest Home Videos” from 2001 to 2015, where his affable personality and dry humor helped revitalize the long-running clip show. In 2005, he was tapped to host “Dancing with the Stars,” which became one of the most-watched shows on television. He remained with the program for 28 seasons, from 2005 until his departure in 2020, earning multiple Emmy nominations and a win for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program....

Early Life Tony Shalhoub was born Anthony Marc Shalhoub on October 9, 1953, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. His father, Joseph, emigrated to the US from Lebanon as a child and worked as a meat peddler. Tony’s mother, Helen, was a second-generation Lebanese-American. One of Shalhoub’s grandparents was killed in the Hamidian massacres, which were mass killings perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenians. Tony was the second youngest of 10 children, and he attended Green Bay East High School....

Tricia won Ford Models’ Supermodel of the World contest in 1992 and signed with Elite Model Management. She modeled for 10 years, retiring in 2002 after appearing in campaigns for Chanel, Ralph Lauren, Versace, and Giorgio Armani; walking in fashion shows for Carolina Herrera, Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, and others. Early Life Tricia Helfer was born on April 11, 1974, in Donalda, Alberta, Canada. She is the daughter of Elaine and Dennis Helfer....

He went undrafted in the 2009 NBA Draft and signed as a free agent with the Utah Jazz where he played from 2009 to 2010. Mathews played for the Portland Trail Blazers from 2010 to 2015 and signed with the Dallas Mavericks in 2015. In 2010 he signed a five year deal with the Blazers for $34 million. His father Wes Mathews also played in the NBA.

A. Benckiser s.à.r.l (JAB), based in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Since five of the heirs divested their shares, Wolfgang and three of his siblings were left now sharing a 95% interest in the company. Ever since, JAB has been constantly investing in luxury goods as well as coffee and tea. One of its most notable acquisitions is perfume maker Coty Inc., which JAB acquired in 1992 and still owns 70% in the company after its IPO in June 2013....

The company’s mine in Sandaozhuang has one of the largest molybdenum reserves and the second largest tungsten reserve in the world. Cathay Fortune has branches in New York and Beijing and operates as a subsidiary of China-Africa Development Fund. Yong is married and lives in Shanghai, China.

Zhang Yong was born in Jianyang, Sichuan, China. He did not eat in any restaurant until he was 19 years old. Yong opened up a restaurant in 1994 and his first Hai Di Lao restaurant was cofounded by him and his wife along with another couple. Zhang Yong founded the Haidilao International Holding Ltd restaurant group which includes more than 400 Hai De Lao hot pot restaurants in more than 100 cities....

Alexander Lukashenko has served as the leader of Belarus since 1994. As the head of an authoritarian government, he has called himself Europe’s “last dictator,” and has become notorious for rigging his country’s elections and violently suppressing dissidents. As a result, Lukashenko is not recognized as the legitimate Belarusian president by the US, UK, or EU. Early Life and Education Alexander Lukashenko was born on August 31, 1954, in the Kopys settlement of what was then the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic....

Early Life and Education Alysa Liu was born on August 8, 2005 in Clovis, California as the eldest child of Arthur, an attorney originally from a small village in China who had left the country as a political refugee in the 1990s. Her siblings are Selina and triplets Joshua, Justin, and Julia; all the kids were conceived via an anonymous egg donor and a surrogate mother. However, Arthur’s ex-wife Mary acts as their legal guardian....

First, there is the marketing deal recently signed with popular energy drink, Monster. The details of the deal have not been disclosed, but it has been described as the most lucrative single horse sponsorship deals in racing history. “We can’t wait to be a part of possibly going down in history with our name attached to a fine American icon,” Mitch Covington, vice president of sports marketing for Monster, said....

Together the group also sold more than 20 million records, before joining, however, she had already released four full-length studio albums. As a solo artist, she sold 5 million copies, bringing her career a significant upgrade once she joined the group. She first got her start as a toddler, when she appeared on a TV show, and then continued to act in commercials and various guest appearances. Anahí has been in a very public battle with anorexia throughout her career, at one time weighing as low as 75 pounds....

In addition to his sculpture work, his “organic abstractions” paintings have also received critical acclaim. Levitas wrote and directed the films “Lullaby” (2014) and “Minamata” (2020), and he also wrote the 2021 film “The Gateway.” He played Marco Romero on The WB sitcom “Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher” from 1997 to 1998, and he had a recurring role as Cameron Welcott on the Fox series “Party of Five” in 1999. Andrew has appeared in the films “In & Out” (1997), “Hellbent” (2004), “Beauty Shop” (2005), “The Box” (2009), “The Art of Getting By” (2011), and “Bad Actress” (2011) and the television series “The Nanny” (1998–1999), “Boy Meets World” (1999), “It’s All Relative” (2003), “North Shore” (2004), and “Entourage” (2009)....

Anthony Horowitz has also authored works or adults including the Sherlock Holmes novels The House of Silk in 2011 and Moriarty in 2014 as well as Mindgame in 2001, Magpie Murders in 2016, and The World is Murder in 2017. Horowitz wrote the James Bond novel Trigger Mortis in 2015. He is also a television writer and created the TV series Foyle’s War, Injustice, Collision, and New Blood. In 1996 he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Single Drama for The Last Englishman with Sue Vertue and John Henderson....

He created the series House of Cards which is also writes for and serves as executive producer since 2013. Willimon also wrote and produced the 2011 film The Ideas of March and executive produced the 2013 movie A Master Builder. He won a Writers Guild of America Award for House of Cards in 2014. Willimon has been nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for The Ideas of March and three Primetime Emmy Awards for House of Cards....

Early Life and Education Ben Whishaw was born on October 14, 1980, in Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, and grew up in the nearby village of Langford. He is a fraternal twin; his brother’s name is James. His mother, Linda, worked in cosmetics, while his father, Jose, has a heritage that includes French, German, and Russian roots. Whishaw’s paternal grandfather, born Jean Vladimir Stellmacher, served as a soldier in World War II before being recruited as a British spy, later changing his name and settling permanently in the United Kingdom....

Birdman’s Cash Money Records is suing Jay Z’s music streaming company, Tidal, for streaming songs from Lil Wayne’s Free Weezy album. The grand total that Birdman seeks in the lawsuit? A cool $50 MILLION. $20 million of that amount is for compensatory damages and $30 million is for punitive damages. Interestingly enough, that amount is roughly the same amount that Wayne is suing Birdman for in a separate lawsuit. The Cash Money lawsuit includes a claim by the label that they hold the exclusive rights to all of Weezy’s music, meaning that Tidal’s streaming of the album is illegal....