Soon, we might be adding the Toronto Raptors’ DeMar DeRozan to that list! The mid-range jump shot, while quickly falling out of favor with today’s NBA stars, remains a valuable weapon for those who perfect it. DeRozan may be making it his calling card. The All-Star Raptor signed a five-year, $139 million deal this past off-season, making him one of the highest-paid players in the league. Though DeRozan averaged 23....

He co-created D&D with Dave Arneson in 1974 and founded the magazine The Dragon. He designed several manuals for the game system and started working on Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in 1977. Gygax licensed the game into the cartoon series in 1983. He would go on to create games like Dangerous Journeys in 1992, the gaming system Lejendary Adventure in 1999, and Castles & Crusades in 2005. Gary Gygax passed away on March 4, 2008 at 69 from an abdominal aortic aneurysm....

Kenneth Gorelick was born June 5, 1956, in Seattle, Washington. He landed his first professional gig at the age of 17 as a musician for Barry White’s Love Unlimited Orchestra. He attended the University of Washington, where he majored in accounting so he’d have a career to fall back on if the music thing didn’t work out. Fortunately for him, it did. After his time with Barry White, Kenny G recorded with the Seattle funk band Cold, Bold & Together before becoming a credited member of The Jeff Lorber Fusion....

Nico Hülkenberg: $10 Million Per Year The first of many Formula 1 drivers on this list, Hülkenberg’s biggest accomplishment in racing so far is probably his 2015 Le Mans victory along with fellow racers Earl Bamber and Nick Tandy. Kyle Larson: $10.1 Million Per Year Larson’s most glorious year on the NASCAR circuit came in 2017, when he took home first prize in four races. This year, he recently finished first in the All-Star race, his only victory so far as of this writing....

Bono was born Paul David Hewson in Dublin, Ireland in 1960. He joined U2 when he was a 16-year-old high school student. He was dubbed “Bono Vox,” which means good voice, and has gone by Bono ever since. U2 began touring pretty much immediately and released their first album, Boy, in 1980. In 1981 the band released October followed by War and Under a Blood Red Sky in 1983 then The Unforgettable Fire in 1984 was released....

They also appeared in the video short J Views: Don’t Pull Away – ft Milosh in 2017. Indya Moore appeared in the TV series Quotidien in 2019 and in the TV series short Red Carpet Report in 2019. They were nominated for a GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics Dorian Award for We’re Wilde About You! Rising Star of the Year in 2019. Moore started modeling at 15 and worked on shoots for Dior and Gucci among others....

Early Life Irina Valeryevna Shaykhlislamova was born on January 6, 1986, in Yemanzhelinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Her father was a coal miner, and her mother was a kindergarten teacher. Raised alongside one sister, Irina became interested in music at an early age. She started playing piano at the age of six and subsequently enrolled in a music school where she sang in a choir. Although her mother wanted her to study music, circumstances changed when Irina was 14, as her father passed away from pneumonia....

In 2015 she launched her own talent agency called Society 15 and she also owns her product company Lust Army Productions which released its first film in 2016. Kendra Lust has more than 120 acting credits to her name and has won several awards including AVN Awards for MILF Performer of the Year and Hottest MILF in both 2016 and 2017. She has also won other MILF awards from the NightMoves Awards, XBIZ Awards, XRCO Awards, and Urban X Awards....

He had his first album titled Guitarist released on Elektra and has since gone on to appear on over 100 albums. He started his own label Insoul Music in 2001. He taught in Canada and Italy, as well as Rutgers University. He started playing with The Tonight Show Band in 1992 and composed the show’s closing theme song. He took over as band leader in 1995 when Branford Marsalis left....

Earlier this morning it was announced that Kylie Jenner had inked a deal with cosmetics conglomerate, Coty Inc., to sell 51% of her company, Kylie Cosmetics, for $600 million. The deal values the newly dubbed “Kylie Beauty” at $1.2 billion. Kylie retains a 49% stake that on paper today is worth $588 million. The structure of the deal is not clear yet. We do not know if the deal is cash and stock, all stock, or all cash....

Calvin Spalding in the television series MAS*H from 1974 to 1975. Wainwright starred as Hal Karp in the TV series Undeclared from 2001 to 2002. He has also starred in the films Big Fish, The Aviator, The 40 Year-Old Virgin, Elizabethtown, For Your Consideration, Knocked Up, G-Force, and more. Wainwright won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album in 2010 for High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project....

He is most widely recognized as the winner of “Rock Star: Supernova”, a reality talent competition show, in which a lead singer was selected for a band composed of rock veterans Tommy Lee, Jason Newsted, and Gilby Clark. He toured with the super-group throughout 2007, and then continued touring as a solo artist throughout the next year. Most recently, he has begun recording with a group of musicians under the name, The Halo Project....

Baldry starred as Stepan in the movie Mr. Bean’s Holiday in 2007. He had a recurring role as Caesarion in the TV series Rome in 2007 and appeared in episodes of the TV series Sadie J and Skins. In 2008 Baldry was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor – Comedy or Musical for Mr. Bean’s Holiday.

Her young adult series’ include the Mediator series, The All-American Girl series, the Avalon High series, The Airhead trilogy, and The Abandon trilogy. She has also published children’s novels including Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls. Her adult novels include the Boy series, Heather Wells series, Queen of Babble series, Insatiable series, and a line of romance novels. Cabot has been awarded with the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for Best British Isles Historical Romance as well as earning an Edgar Allen Poe Award nomination and a nomination for Teen Choice Book of the Year....

The IRS and the estate are engaged in a court battle in U.S. Tax Court over Jackson’s worth at the time of his death. The IRS first claimed back in 2013 that the Jackson estate had undervalued assets at the time of his death, and are now looking for their cut of the pie in court. But according to an investment banker who testified in the tax trial, Jackson wasn’t worth anything near what the IRS is claiming in court....

Career Earnings During his career, Orel Hershiser earned a total of $37,582,001 in salary. Key Contract Highlights: 1989: Became the first $3 million player in MLB history with a three-year, $7.9 million extension with the Dodgers. 1987: Took a pay cut of 20% from his previous season’s salary due to arbitration, showing his confidence in his own abilities. 1998: Signed a one-year, $3.45 million contract with the San Francisco Giants....

Paul has more than 160 acting credits to his name, including the films “Run Ronnie Run!” (2002), “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” (2004), “Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny” (2006), “There Will Be Blood” (2007), “The Informant!” (2009), and “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” (2022) and the television series “Tenacious D” (1997), “DAG” (2000–2001), “Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show” (2005), “The Sarah Silverman Program” (2007), “The L....

He is married to actress Cara Buono. He founded the non profit Giving Water in 2008 and the brand Fonderie 47 in 2009 which he is also the president of. Thum launched Liberty United in 2013. He has served on many boards including The Starbucks Foundation, The Center for Human Rights at Claremont McKenna College, The Fund for Global Human Rights, and more. He also advises companies and non profits about strategic issues including marketing, growth, and more....

Howard Schultz is one of the most impressive rags to riches stories we’ve ever covered on CelebrityNetWorth. He was literally raised DIRT POOR in a New York City housing project. In order to distract himself from the poverty at home, Howard escaped through sports. He played high school baseball, football, and basketball. He was eventually awarded a football scholarship to Northern Michigan University—his ticket out of his impoverished childhood. He was the first person in his family to go to college....

Quan’s unique melodic flow and introspective lyrics set him apart from his contemporaries. He collaborated with various artists, notably as part of the Rich Gang trio with Birdman and Young Thug, producing the hit “Lifestyle.” Despite legal issues and label conflicts, Quan continued to release music independently. His debut studio album, “Rich as in Spirit,” arrived in 2018, showcasing his growth as an artist. Tragically, Rich Home Quan died of an accidental drug overdose on September 5, 2024, at the age of 34....