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“The idea of working five days a week with two day weekends and a few weeks of holiday each year has become ingrained in society. But it wasn’t always the case, and it won’t be in the future.” Branson’s reasoning in this prediction isn’t knew, and involves our old friend automation. As computers and machines get more and more adept at jobs that used to be held by humans, fewer and fewer jobs will need to be held by people....

Early Life and Education Robert Townsend was born on February 6, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois as the second of four children of Ed and Shirley. He was raised by his mother on the city’s West Side, where he went to Austin High School as a teenager. It was during that time Townsend developed his interest in acting. He soon caught the attention of Chicago’s Experimental Black Actors Guild, for which he did a number of auditions....

Sacha Baron Cohen currently hosts a show called “Who Is America?” on Showtime. According to a recently-filed lawsuit, Moore is claiming he was duped into appearing on the show and participating in a fake “pedophile detector” test. Moore and his wife Kayla filed legal papers claiming that Cohen “falsely painted, portrayed, mocked and with malice defamed Moore as a sex offender, which he is not.” He is suing for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress....

Alexie received an American Book Award in 1996 for his first novel Reservation Blues. He won a U.S. National Book Award for Young People’s Literature in 2007 and an Odyssey Award for best audiobook for young people in 2008 for his first young adult novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. He also won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2010 for his collection of poems and short stories titled War Dances....

Building on this success, Crow’s self-titled second album, released in 1996, spawned hits like “If It Makes You Happy” and “Everyday Is a Winding Road,” cementing her status as a mainstay in the rock genre. The album showcased Crow’s songwriting prowess and earned her another Grammy for Best Rock Album. Her subsequent releases, such as “The Globe Sessions” in 1998 and “C’mon, C’mon” in 2002, further expanded her musical range and continued to top the charts with singles like “My Favorite Mistake” and “Soak Up the Sun....

They even performed at the 2007 and 2008 Edinburgh Festivals. He made his big breakthrough with the E4’s teen comedy “The Inbetweeners” for which he received the 2008 British Comedy Award for Best Male Newcomer as well as the 2009 award for Best Actor. Subsequently, he also starred in “The Inbetweeners Movie” (2011), as well as in its sequel “The Inbetweeners 2” set for release in 2014. His other big screen projects are the 2013 productions, “The Look of Love” and “The Harry Hill Movie”....

In all seriousness, though, despite the fact that more than 90% of ultra high net worth people are married, there are a number of eligible, single billionaires of both sexes and a wide range of ages out there. Of the five women, four of them are billionaires. All but one of the men are billionaires and that one is Jack Dorsey. And let’s face it, Dorsey could be back in the billionaire game at any time....

Tran first began making homemade chili sauce in the 1970s in Vietnam. He filled recycled glass baby food jars with his first successful hot sauce, Pepper Sa-te, and with the help of family members, delivered the sauce to local restaurants via bicycle. However, after North Vietnam took power in the late 1970s, Tran fled with his family to the U.S., finally settling in Los Angeles to start their lives over....

Stepping inside the five-story penthouse’s gold entryway is “like stepping back in time to the 1980s,” the heyday of her marriage to former President Donald Trump. The residence’s unique style “is reflective of the glamorous, over-the-top aesthetic that helped define that era and the Trump real-estate portfolio.” Ivana purchase the townhome in 1992 for $2.5 million after completing divorce proceedings with her famous/infamous ex-husband. Standing outside the limestone townhouse, you might never guess that the inside is such a borderline garish display of over-the-top luxury, with plenty of room for however many swanky parties the home’s next owner might want to throw....

Neil Patrick Harris – Magic Man Cave Neil Patrick Harris has a California home that is valued at $2.99 million. In an attempt to satisfy his fondness for magic, Harris built a unique room called the “magic man cave,” which is a place for entertainment with magic trick items and other accessories. Of course, he also has the typical theater and backyard pizza over in his home. Michael Jordan – Basketball Court As expected, the Chicago Bulls legend reportedly has the most expensive home in Chicago, Illinois, located in the exclusive Highland Park neighborhood....

The Edison Electric Light Company eventually merged to form what we know today as General Electric. Thomas was forced out of the company before it became GE. Had Edison not been forced out and not sold off his entire stake in the company to pay for another venture, he would have owned around $30 million worth of GE at the time of his death. That stake would have been worth the modern equivalent of $500 million....

Early Life The twins were born on July 6, 1978, in Gelnhausen, West Germany. They began their entertainment industry careers as kids. They appeared in beauty pageants and convinced their mother to move the family to California before their 13th birthdays to pursue acting. Their mother agreed but only on the condition that they get an acting gig within the first month of moving there. Tia is the youngest of the twins, born two minutes after Tamera....

Ancestry and Origin of The Name “Beyoncé” You may be surprised to learn that Tina Knowles’ maiden name is actually “Beyonce” (without an accent on the “e” at the end). Tina was born Célestine Ann Beyonce on January 4th, 1954, in Galveston, Texas. She is of Black American of Louisiana Creole heritage. Her parents’ last name was “Beyincé.” Unfortunately, on the day of Celestine’s birth, a hospital staffer accidentally wrote the last name on the birth certificate as “Beyonce” (misspelled and with no accent on the e)....

Tom soon found himself designing for brands such as Cathy Hardwick and then Perry Ellis. In 1990 he was hired-away by Gucci to be their head of women’s fashion. As impressive as that may sound today, Gucci was in the gutter in 1990. It was not a dream job for a hot, young designer. But it was an amazing growth opportunity. And grow is exactly what Tom Ford did over the next 15 years at the venerated label....

The calculations are in and Taylor Swift reigns supreme both in music and on the Celebrity 100. She grabbed the #1 spot with her $185 million in earnings over the past year. Kanye West grabbed the #3 spot with $150 million, but we have to put an asterisk on that, as a majority of Kanye’s pay comes from his Adidas partnership on his Yeezy sneakers, which pays him a per-shoe royalty of 15% on wholesale....

Early Life Ty Dolla Sign was born Tyrone William Griffin Jr. on April 13, 1982, in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of musician Tyrone Griffin, who is a member of the band Lakeside. Ty has said that, through his dad’s involvement with Lakeside, he was able to meet singers like Prince and Earth, Wind & Fire as a child, which led to his interest in and love for soul music....

Nugent Walker, Bolt’s manager, told Jamaican newspaper The Gleaner that the police have also been called and an investigation is underway: “All the relevant steps have been taken to come to the bottom of this…He’s been with this entity over 10 years…His entire portfolio is being reviewed.” Walker isn’t disclosing the precise sum of money involved, but the report says it’s somewhere in the “millions” of dollars. One early lead in the investigation is said to be a former SSL employee that’s been accused of widespread fraud....

As the court hearing was live-Tweeted, the world was gobsmocked when the judge set SBF’s bail at… $250 million That amount is believed to be the largest pre-trial bail in US legal history. For perspective, Bernie Madoff’s bail back in 2008 was $10 million. And let’s all recall that there was a time not long ago when a quarter billion dollars would have been essentially a really bad parking ticket to Sam Bankman-Fried....

Early Life Will Poulter was born William Jack Poulter on January 28, 1993, in Hammersmith, London, England. His father, Neil, is Professor of Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine at Imperial College London, and his mother, Caroline, grew up in Kenya and was formerly a nurse. Will attended Harrodian School, where he struggled with his studies as a result of developmental coordination disorder and dyslexia. In a 2013 interview with “The Independent,” Poulter stated, “It felt like it didn’t matter how hard I tried, I wasn’t getting anywhere....