In 1998, Susan owned a home in Menlo Park, California. In September 1998, to earn extra income, she decided to rent her garage out to two Stanford PhD students who needed space to manage their newly-launched web business. Those students were Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Their company was Google. Soon thereafter Wojcicki became the 16th employee of Google. Susan’s sister Anne Wojcicki is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of genetics company 23andMe.
Nobel Prizes have been awarded every year since 1901 to honor people who have made significant cultural and/or scientific advances in the fields of Peace, Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature. Notable recipients of the Peace Prize include Barack Obama, Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King, Jr, and now Malala Yousafzai. So who was Alfred Nobel, and how did he come to have the most venerated international prize on the planet named in his honor?
Some of his other narration credits include; Ice Road Truckers aired on the History Channel, Ax Men and in 2010 he became the executive producer and narrator of Storage Wars on A&E. He is also the narrator for truTV’s “dangerous occupation” series: which includes; Black Gold, which is a documentary about oil drillers, as well as the executive producer and narrator for Tornado Road, a mini-series which airs on The Weather Channel.
Early Life Cochrane was born on May 14, 1953, in Lynn Lake, Manitoba, Canada. When he was still very young, his family moved to Ontario. His father was a bush pilot in various parts of Canada. Cochrane was interested in music and began writing songs from a young age. and wrote his first song at the age of 11. Soon afterward, he got his first guitar, and by the time he was in his teens, he was playing at a variety of local bars and clubs.
Selleck’s rugged looks and charismatic screen presence led him to a variety of roles both in television and film. He starred in several successful movies, including “Three Men and a Baby,” “Quigley Down Under,” and “Mr. Baseball.” His versatility as an actor allowed him to effortlessly transition between genres, from action and adventure to comedy and drama. Aside from his film career, Selleck continued to make significant impacts on television.
Early Life Tommy Wiseau’s personal life and background are notoriously mysterious. He may have been born in the US, Poland, or France. Nobody, not even those close to him, actually knows. He allegedly spent most of his formative years in New Orleans, Louisiana, but has traveled back and forth between Louisiana and France for most of his life. His birthday is generally believed to be October 3, 1955, although, in a 2010 interview with “Crikey,” he gave an age that would indicate he may have actually been born in 1968 or 1969.
Early Life and Education William Daniels was born on March 31, 1927 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City to telephone operator Irene and bricklayer David. He has two sisters named Jacqueline and Carol. In 1945, Daniels was drafted into the U.S. Army and was stationed in Italy, where he served as a DJ at an Army radio station. After the war, he attended Northwestern University on the G.I. Bill.
Jocelyn Wildenstein Jocelyn is a Swiss socialite who was introduced to billionaire art heir Alec Wildenstein by Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi on his 60,000-acre ranch in Kenya. During their marriage, Jocelyn underwent millions of dollars worth of plastic surgery to transform her features into a cat-like appearance. This was reportedly to please her husband’s tastes. Before the cosmetic surgeries Jocelyn was a great beauty. After the surgeries, she barely looks human.
Al Cardenas was born in Havana, Cuba in January 1948. He graduated from Miami Dade Community College, Florida Atlantic University, and earned his JD from Seton Hall University. Cardenas is a Republican. He served as the Chairman of the Florida Republican Party from 1999 to 2003. He also served as Chairman of the American Conservative Union from 2011 to 2014. Cardenas is a partner in the law firm Squire Patton Boggs.
Britain’s Got Talent Salary For a number of years, Amanda Holden’s Britain’s Got Talent salary was 700,000 pounds per season. That’s the same as a little more than $1 million USD. In 2020, Amanda and her female co-host, Alesha Dixon, were stunned to learn that their male co-host, David Walliams, was earning 1.5 million pounds per season: more than double Amanda’s salary and nearly 4x Alesha’s salary. Upon learning of the pay discrepancy, Amanda and Alesha demanded equal pay.
In recent years, Amber has earned a level of infamy thanks to her association with her former husband, Johnny Depp. Though they divorced in 2016, Heard and Depp would go on to spend the next several years fighting in courtrooms and in the press. In 2019, Depp filed a $50 million defamation suit against Heard in Virginia related to a Washington Post Op-ed she penned the previous year. Heard subsequently filed a $100 million counter-defamation suit related to comments made by a Depp attorney.
Two and a Half Men Salary At the peak of his career on “Two and a Half Men,” Angus earned a whopping $350,000 per episode, approximately $9-10 million per year when syndication points were taken into account. Jones was the highest-paid child star on television for many years.
Early Life and Career Angus T. Jones was born on October 8, 1993, in Austin, Texas. He is the older of two brothers.
Early Life and Education Barbara Hershey was born as Barbara Herzstein on February 5, 1948 in Los Angeles, California as the youngest of three children of Melrose and Arnold. She is of Hungarian and Russian Jewish descent on her father’s side, and of Scots-Irish Presbyterian descent on her mother’s side. Hershey attended Hollywood High School, and dreamed of becoming an actress.
Film Career, 1968-1989 In 1968, Hershey made her film debut in the romantic comedy “With Six You Get Eggroll.
Brian Benben is probably best known for his role as Martin Tupper in the HBO comedy television series “Dream On” in the early to mid-1990s. He also has appeared in the medical drama “Private Practice” and had roles in “Roadies,” “Imposters,” and “I Come in Peace,” among other films and television series.
Early Life Brian Edward Benben was born on June 18, 1956, in Winchester, Virginia. He is the son of Gloria and Peter Benben Sr.
Hume was hired by ABC News in 1973 and became a correspondent three years later. He became ABC’s White House correspondent in 1989 and the managing editor of Washington news for Fox News in 1996. He was one of the first reporters to cover the Monica Lewinsky scandal when Fox decided to push the launch of his news program, “Special Report with Brit Hume” up in order to cover the debacle.
Early Life Brock Pierce was born in Minnesota on November 4, 1980. He started appearing in commercials as a toddler. His first major film roll was as Gordon in the 1992 Disney film “The Mighty Ducks.” Pierce reprised the role in the 1994 follow up “D2: The Mighty Ducks.” That same year he starred as Sidney in “Little Big League” and a year later he played Kevin in “Ripper Man.” Also in 1995 he appeared in the TV movie “Problem Child 3: Junior in Love.
Early Life and Career Beginnings Christina María Aguilera was born in Staten Island, New York City, on December 18, 1980. Her father is Ecuadorian, and her mother has German, Irish, Welsh, and Dutch ancestry. Due to her father’s work as a soldier in the United States Army, Aguilera moved frequently during her early life before settling in Rochester, a Pittsburgh suburb, after her parents’ divorce when she was six years old.
Early Life D.L. Hughley was born Darryl Lynn Hughley on March 6, 1963, in Portsmouth, Virginia. He is the son of Audrey and Charles Hughley, a Delta Air Lines maintenance worker. The family only lived in Portsmouth for two months after D.L. was born before they moved to California. He was raised in South Central Los Angeles, where he had a troubled time as a teenager when he became a member of the street gang The Bloods.
Early Life Dadju Alimasi Nsungula was born on May 2, 1991 in Melun, France, located on the southeastern outskirts of Paris. He comes from a musical family, with his father, Djanana Djuna, being a well-known Congolese vocalist who performed with Papa Wemba’s band. Meanwhile, Dadju’s half-brother Gims is a singer-songwriter, rapper, and producer who was a member of the successful French hip hop group Sexion d’Assaut. His other brothers, Bedjik and Xgangs, are also rappers.
Early Life David Chang was born on August 5, 1977, in Washington, D.C. He grew up in Arlington, Virginia, with two brothers and one sister. Chang’s parents immigrated from Korea as adults in the ’60s, his mother from South Korea and his father from North Korea. His family owned a golfing goods warehouse and two restaurants. Growing up, Chang was a competitive golfer and participated in numerous junior tournaments. David studied at Georgetown Prep and Trinity College, majoring in religious studies.