Profession: Actor, Author and Producer

The actual name of Ted Danson is Edward Bridge Danson III. He was born on 29^th December 1947. San Diego in California is the birth place of Ted Danson. He is a multi talented personality. He is not just an actor but is also a producer and an author. He started his career from year 1975. He has done remarkable job in Cheers and Becker. He had worked in many other popular dramas like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Curb your Enthusiasm, Damages, and Bored to Death. He has worked quite well in his career. His success can be tracked by the number of awards he has won. He has been nominated 15 times for Primetime Emmy Awards. He won this award two times in his career. He was nominated ten times of Golden Globe Awards. Thrice he won Golden Globe Awards. He has been nominated in many other popular awards like Screen Actor Guild awards, American Comedy Awards and Hollywood’s Walk of fame. He was placed on the second position in the list of top twenty five stars by TV Guide. He is a very good author too. His first book was published in March 2011. The name of his book is Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do. He wrote his book with the journalist named Michael D’Orso. He contributed a lot in environment issues. He even wrote a book for environment. He further supported many campaigns like American Ocean Campaigns. He is a politically active personality. He has friendly relation with the president of United States named Bill Clinton. He donated around $8500 to democratic candidates like John Edwards and John Kerry.

Early Life

Danson is the son of Edward Bridge Danson and Jess Danson. His father was a well known archaeologist and a museum director. He completed his schooling from Kent School. In his school days he used to play basketball a lot. He was a champion in playing basketball. He went to Stanford University for his graduation. While pursuing graduation he developed his interest in drama. After Stanford University he moved to Carnegie Mellon University which is located in Pittsburgh. He completed his graduation in year 1972 and received bachelors of fine arts degree.

Career

He started his career with a daily soap named Somerset. He worked for one year in that daily soap and then he moved to another series named The Doctors. He made guest appearances in many television shows like Laverne and Shirley, Family, Benson, CSI: NY, Tim and Eric  Awesome Show, Great Job, King of the Hill, Heist, Help me Help You, Knights of South Bronx, Our Fathers, It Must Be love, Living with the Dead, Search for Atlantis, Thanks for a grateful nation, Veronica’s Closet, Gulliver’s Travel, Ink, The Simpsons, Challenge of the Seas, We are the Children, When the Bough Breaks, Something about Amelia, Cowboy, The Amazing Spiderman, Colombo, Trapper John, M.D, The French Atlantic Affair, Taxi, B.J. and the Bear, Magnum P.I. and Tucker’s Witch. He has worked in many films like Three Men and s Baby, Three men and a Little Lady, Cousins, The Onion Filed, Body Heat, Creep show, Just between Friends, Little Treasure, A fine Mess, Dad Made in America, Saving Private Ryan and Getting Even with Dad.

Personal life

The first wife of Ted Danson is Randall. Randall is a very famous actress. He got married in year 1970. But unfortunately their marriage didn’t work well and they got divorced in year 1975. After two years of his divorced, Danson got married to Cassandra Casey Coates. His second wife was a producer. After their marriage his wife gave birth to a daughter. They named their daughter as Kate. After giving birth to Kate, his wife suffered from strokes. For many years he cared for his wife. He helped her to recover from the disease. After sometime they adopted a daughter and name her as Alexis. Danson had an affair with an actress named Whoopi Goldberg. His affair with the actress became the reason for his second divorce. This was the costliest divorce. The divorce was worth $30 Million. In year 1993 he met Mary Steenburgen on the set of a movie. The couple fell in love with each other and got married in year 1995.

Richness

He is a very rich personality. His leads a very luxurious and lavish lifestyle. His profession has made a lot of money for him. His estimated net worth is said to be $80 Million. He takes a lot of money for each episode. Initially he was paid $250,000 per episode. And when his career was on hike he charged $500,000 per episode. He owns a very beautiful and luxurious house in Los Angeles. The house encompasses four beautiful bedrooms which are equipped with all the facilities. The interior of the house is outstanding. It has a well furnished kitchen. The presence of garden outside the house further enhances the beauty of the house. He is very fond of pets also. He has two dogs as pets. The breed of the dog is very unique and expensive. The dogs are the miniature of Australian Shepherd.

The post Ted Danson Net Worth Money ans More appeared first on Rich Glare.

PROFESSION / CAREER: ACTRESS

Beauty with a lot of brains

It would not be wrong to say that Kim Kardashian (also known as Kimberly Noel) is a great mix of beauty and brain. Born on October 21, 1980, Kim is a famous fashion designer, television personality, model, and an actress. Raised in the city of Los Angeles by father, Robert Kardashian, she first created a buzz in industry when her sex tape with boyfriend  which Paris Hilton was leaked. She was paid a compensation of 6 million dollar for the damage to her image because of the leak. Her father was also a defense attorney general during Simpson’s murder trial. She is also involved in retail marketing and fashion outlets with her sisters Khloé and Kourtney. They launch clothing designs and a wide range of fragrances.

Marital status: Single

At the early age of 20, Kim was married to producer Damon Thomas. But the marriage was short lived and after the demise of her father, Kim decided to stand on her own feet and filed a divorce in the year 2004. Back in 2011, she married player Kris Humphries but just after 72 days of enjoying marriage life Kim filed for divorce complaining about huge difference in views of the two. In the same year, she also got pregnant with baby of Kanye West. In 2012, she became a proud mother of a baby girl whom she named North West.

Career

Model, entrepreneur, actress, socialite and a known television personality, Kim Kardashian has reached heights of success in her professional life. She was starred in numerous movies including Thnks fr th Mmrs, Disaster Movie, CSI: NY, Beyond the Break, Deep in the Valley, Drop Dead Diva, Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor, American Dad!, The Simple Life, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Dancing with the Stars, Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami, America’s Next Top Model, How I Met Your Mother, Khloé & Lamar, Kourtney and Kim Take New York, America’s Next Top Model, Last Man Standing and 30 Rock.

Extravagant life style

Kim Kardashian lives a very rich lifestyle. She is a lover of cars.

Beverly Hills mansion: 5 million dollars

Kim is the proud owner of a giant mansion 6,700 sq. ft. in one of the most post area of Beverly Hills, CA, USA. She also rented four bedrooms of her mansion for $40,000 per month. The mansion is surrounded by mesmerizing tropical landscape and lavish greenery. The mansion has 4 bedrooms, a swimming pool, 6 bathrooms, a media room, a dining room, multiple living rooms, a spa, and multiple fireplaces. The place is well decorated with grand entrances and chandelier.

Bel Air Mansion: 11 million dollar

Kim also owns a 14,000 sq. ft. mansion designed by the famous architect Ron Firestone in Los Angeles, California. This mansion is also Kim’s permanent home. The space has a master bedroom, a living room having two floors, library, kitchen,spa, massage room, steam shower and bathroom. It is also equipped with a large swimming pool and lush green gardens. It will also be featuring basketball court, salon, bowling alley, baby nursery, movie-theater, fitness center, and indoor swimming pool. The place also has a renowned neighborhood of famous stars like Sarah Michelle Gellar and Jennifer Aniston

Range Rover

Kim has a redesigned 2010 model Range Rover. The car is painted black and has new headlights and Agetro wheels. Adding more to her status symbol, the car has an iconic design and a powerful engine. The interiors of the car are also well furnished.

Rolls Royce Ghost

Actress is a proud owner of white Rolls Royce Ghost which enthralls the looker by its seductive view. The car has got a great bonnet finishing and lavish interiors. The car has also got two V12 engine and offers a great speed of 155 mph.

Ferrari 458 Italia: $325,000

Being fond of expensive cars,its not wrong to say that  Kim has a huge crush on cars. She even owns a Ferrari 458 Italia. Powered with V8 engine and offering a speed of 202 mph, it has white sparkling interiors and comfortable seats to relax.

 Maserati GranTurismo

Kim also has a Maserati GranTurismo convertible model 2010 which is equipped with V8 engine offering a speed of 176 mph. It also has re-usable rear seats, six airbags, 11-speaker sound system and rear park sensors.

Philanthropist

Kim also has noble heart. She is a great supporter of “Skin Cancer Foundation”, the “Mattel Children’s Hospital” and “Diamond Empowerment Fund”.

Awards and nominations

• She was nominated for Teen Choice Award Choice TV Female Reality/Variety Star in 2008, Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress and Teen Choice Award Choice TV: Female Reality/Variety Star in 2009, Teen Choice Award Choice Female Hottie and Teen Choice Award Choice Twit in 2010 and 2011,
• She won the Teen Choice Award Choice Female Reality/Variety Star (shared with Kourtney, Khloe, Rob, and Kris) in 2010 and 2011, Favorite TV Celeb Reality Star in 2012
• 

Kim Kardashian’s net can buy:

• 1,282 2013 model BMW 1-Series 128i Couple worth $31,200 each.
• 1,773,049 Jello-O Instant Pudding & Pie Filling Packs of 24 worth $22.56 each.
• 67,226 BB Patent Pointed Toe Pumps from Manolo Blahnik worth $595.00 per pair.

Kim Kardashian has enough money to give every citizen of Argentina 1 Dollar.

The post Kim Kardashian – Net Worth, Money and More appeared first on Rich Glare.

ANNUAL SALARY: $115 Million

PROFESSION: Film and Television Producer

Jerry Bruckheimer is famously known for the amazing series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Without a Trace, Cold Case. Bruckheimer has an innovative mind and all of his series are always scintillating. He is best known for movies that include Top gun, Con Air, Pearl Harbor, Pirate of the Caribbean and the National Treasure franchise. Many of the films were produced by Disney and Paramount.

Jerome Leon “Jerry” Bruckheimer was born in 1943 in Detriot, Michigan. He is the son of German Jewish immigrants. Jerry passed out of University of Arizona with a degree in Psychology. He has always been a “movie person” and has had an avid interest in photography. After graduating, Bruckheimer worked in advertising and produced award-winning commercial.

PRODUCTION VENTURES

Bruckheimer has produced over 40 feature films as of 2010. He is one of the most successful film producers in the industry. Jerry ventured into film production in 1970s. He produced movies like The Culpepper Cattle Company, Farewell, My Lovely and March or Die with director, Dick Richards. He started being recognised in the Hollywood industry after producing films American Gigolo and Cat people. Bruckheimer has given a series of successful films for Paramount Pictures.

Bruckheimer has produced a lot of successful films like Top Gun, Pirates of the Caribbean series and Black Hawk Don.

Television Production

Bruckheimer, initially, started producing advertisements before stepping into film production. Since 1997, he produced a lot of police dramas that have been really successful.

Bruckheimer’s recorded flop series was a drama called Skin, which cancelled only after three of its episodes were aired.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Entertainment Weekly named Bruckheimer the No. 1 most-powerful person in Hollywood, in 2003. He has also won six Academy Awards, five Grammy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, nine Emmy Awards, four People’s Choice Awards and numerous MTV Awards.

In 2013, Bruckheimer received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, right next to E! Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard.

PERSONAL LIFE

Bruckheimer lives with his second wife, Linda Sue (Cobb) Balahoutis Bruckheimer. He has a step daughter too. The couple own a farm in Kentucky and Ojai. Linda has a big heart and believes in giving back to the community. She regularly spends time as a preservation activist, restoring and preserving historic buildings in small rural U.S. towns.

Bruckheimer’s film company, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, is located in California.

SPORTS OWNERSHIP

Bruckheimer is also known to have invested in a new sports arena in Las Vegas. He is also rumored to be the leading choice by the National Hockey League to own an expansion hockey team that would play in the above mentioned area.

POLITICAL CAUSES

Bruckheimer is known to have donated funds to John McCain’s 2008 presidential election campaign. He donated $25,000 to the 2012 Mitt Romney Victory Fund among a long list of other things.

PHILANTHROPY

Bruskheimer, through the Nancy Davis Foundation for MS, has publicly supported the fight against multiple sclerosis. He has also established the Jerry Bruchheimer Foundation to help various other causes though the last record of the said Foundation making a contribution was in 1995. Bruckheimer has aided in the repair and restoration of the historic clipper ship Cutty Sark.

VIDEO GAMES

Bruskheimer, in 2007, announced his plans of entering into a partnership with MTV to create a new game studio. There were rumors of work going on in this regard but in 2013, Jerry Bruckheimer Games was declared closed.

VIEWS ON CINEMA

Bruckheimer says “We are in the transportation business. We transport audiences from one place to another”. He is of the views that “If I made films for the critics, or for someone else, I’d probably be living in some small Hollywood studio apartment”. Going by this, one can infer that according to the producer, it is difficult to satisfy both the audience and the critics. His job, as a creator, is to transport the audiences into a totally different universe which is much more exciting and normally, different from the lives of the common people in the real world.

SOME NOTABLE BOX-OFFICE HITS

- Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.

*Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

*Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

*Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

*Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

- Beverly Hills Cop

Bruskheimer’s list of favorite films include The Godfather, The French Connection, and Good Will Hunting, The 400 Blows.

ASSETS

- Los Angeles Home

- Malibu Home. He bought the house in 1987 for $2.4 Million.

- Gulfstream IV

- Shelby Mustang GT500 Eleanor

- Ferrari 348 TS

- Rolex Yacht-Master II

FUN FACT

- Jerry Bruckheimer himself handpicked every single song that plays in the Jerry Bruckheimer Films Official office and also all the hold music for company calls.

FUN QUOTES

- ” I mean if you put all of your eggs in one basket, boy, and that thing blows up you’ve got a real problem”.

- “Because you can’t do anything halfway, you’ve got to go all the way in anything you do.”

- “Dramatics are what keep you in the seats”.

- “We need a very strong military to protect the freedoms we do have.”

- “If you have a crisis, whether on a ship or wherever, there are heroes who rise above it”.

The post Jerry Bruckheimer – Net Worth, Money and More appeared first on Rich Glare.

nelly

Net worth – $ 60 million

The American rapper. The singer. The songwriter. The entrepreneur. Nelly began his career as a solo rapper in 2000 with his album Country Grammar selling over 8.4 million copies in the United States, and is one of his best-selling albums till date. He is ranked 17 among the richest 20 rappers of the world. Also, Billboard’s chart ranked him the Third top Artist in December, 2009. The 39 year old Artist’s business interests are not limited to music only. He is also an occasional actor and an investor. He has been titled by Shapiro as “one of the biggest stars of the new millennium”.

EARLY LIFE

Nelly’s real name is Cornell Iral Haynes, Junior. He was born in Austin, Texas where his father served in military.  His parents divorced, when he was seven. He moved with his mother to University City, Missouri. As a teenager his interests moved from baseball to rap. At high school, Nelly formed a musical group St. Lunatics with his high school friends, which became locally much popular but it failed to grab attention of record companies. The St. Lunatics self-produced single “Gimme What You Got” became an overnight sensation locally. But, after failure to bag any major deal, Nelly and St. Lunatics decided to make Nelly go solo. He was signed by universal music group, as he was from Midwest. They branded him as the star of the Midwest, hoping to incorporate pride in people of Midwest.

The Established Rapper

Kevin Law and Country from Fo’Reel Entertainment decided to do a solo record with Nelly and thus his first solo album Country Grammar was released in 2000. This album debuted as number Three in Billboard top 200. In 2002, Nelly’s second album was released which became highly successful and was awarded at Grammy’s as “the best male solo rap” in 2003. Nelly’s another single “shake ya tail feather” brought him another Grammy in 2004. Nelly released two albums Sweat and Suit in September 2004, these were ranked first and second respectively on Billboard’s list. Nelly also performed for Tsunami Aid: A Concert for Hope to help the Tsunami affected areas.

Shapiro has described Nelly rapping style as the one using “unforgettable hooks based on schoolyard songs, double-dutch chants, and nonsense rhymes”. Nelly’s describes his style of rap as a Jazz form of hip hop.

The American rapper has done seven studio albums, two compilation albums, two extended plays and more than 40 singles and 50 music videos. The most famous in Nelly’s career are:

·         Country Grammar (2000), which made the rapper an overnight sensation.

·         Free City (2001) with St. Lunatics.

·         Nelly Ville (2002) which made to number 1 at Billboard’s top 200.

·         Sweat (2004)

·         Suit (2004)

·         Who’s the Boss (2006) with St. Lunatics

·         Brass Knuckles (2008) which reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

·         5.0 (2010) featuring the hits “Just a Dream” (No. 3), “Move That Body” and “Gone”

·         M.O. (2013)

AWARDS

For his music skill, Nelly got numerous awards- the first award being of “Best new artist” at BET awards of 2001. The following year he also got awards titled “The Favorite Male Artist” and “The Favorite Rap/Hip-hop Artist”. He has won two Grammy and has also been nominated for many awards under different banners.

OTHER VENTURES:

·         Nelly signed a one year deal with Nike for a limited-edition sneaker in 2003.

·         Nelly also advertised for Reebok, Got Milk and Ford Motor Company.

·         His energy drink Pimp Juice sold 1 million cans but it was highly criticized for its name by Black Consumer activists.

·         Nelly owns Apple Bottoms a female clothing venture, and also Vokal which is exclusively for men.

·         He also released a fitness DVD entitled Celebrity Sweat which contains various exercises and weight training techniques.

·         Nelly also appeared in the Main Event at 2007 World Series of Poker.

·         Nelly runs the non-profit organization 4Sho4Kids Foundation which raises funds for needy children.

·         Nelly has authored a book titled “How To Rap”  in which he described how he first writes lyrics in freestyle mode and then makes them a little tighter

AS AN ACTOR

Nelly debuted as an actor in 2001 film “Snipes” in which he played role of famous rapper, Prolific. He also acted in a 2005 remake of “The Longest Yard”. During an interview in 2008, nelly said that he did not want to carry his acting career further, saying that he does not want to “take away from the culture of acting”. Later he appeared in CBS crime drama CSI: NY and a 2013 film Reach Me. He also appeared in a reality television show “The Next: Fame Is at Your Doorstep”.

PERSONAL LIFE

Nelly has fathered one daughter born in 1994 and one son born in 1999. He was also suspected of being in relationship with the star friend Ashanti ,in 2013 –although none of them confirmed their relationship.

WEALTH

Nelly, is extremely wealthy, he  just doesn’t flaunt his wealth. Nelly has various holdings, including a small stake in NASCAR and he purchased an expensive home for the mother of his two kids with cash. Nelly owns Apple Bottoms, a female clothing line, and Vokal, which caters to men. He was one of the owners of the Charlotte Bobcats, along with Robert L. Johnson and Michael Jordan until Jordan became the new owner in March 2010. In 2011, Nelly made headlines when his former manager told media that Nelly has lost much of his fortune in gambling. However, Nelly insisted that all these stories are wrong.

SOCIAL WORK

Nelly and his sister Jackie Donahue started Jess Us 4 Jackie campaign in 2003 when his sister was diagnosed with leukaemia. The campaign was started to educate African Americans and other minorities about the bone marrow transplants and for the need of donors. In 2010, Nelly endorsed Do Something’s Hunger fighting campaign.

The post Nelly – Net worth, Money and More appeared first on Rich Glare.