CAREER/ PROFESSION: TELEVISION HOST, AUTHOR

“Here you are, you’re a liberal, probably define peace as the absence of conflict. I define peace as the ability to defend yourself and blow your enemies into smithereens.”- Sean Hannity

Versatile personality

Sean Hannity, a popular host in an American television show, a prolific author, an active commentator on politicians was born on 30 December, 1961 in the beautiful city of New York. He is world widely known for his famous television show “Sean Hannity show” which is hosted by himself. He was the host of two other popular American television shows, namely “Hannity America” and “Hannity and Colmes” To add further to his credit, he is also the author of three bestseller books focused on politics. He is skilled host and had been interviewing famous Politian’s and actors from a long time. He achieved such a promising career both in television and radio. His radio career started back in 1989 in his college days in the city of Santa Barbara in California. He was the receiver of very many awards from his radio career, National Talk Show Host of the Year. He was also ranked 2^nd in the list of “100 most important talk show hosts” by the Talkers magazine in the year 2009.

Family Background:

Son of Hugh J. and Lillian F. Hannity, Sean Hannity had two sisters. His grandparents were the immigrants of Ireland. He was born and brought up in New York. He did his schooling from Sacred Heart Seminary in Hempstead, New York and St. Pius X Preparatory Seminary high school, Uniondale in New York. Hannity went to Adelphi University of New York from where he later dropped out.

Show me the money!

Mr. Sean Hannity is a well-established television host “The Sean Hannity Show” which is aired on America’s prime channel – Fox. Sean Hannity makes around $35 million dollars from his shows on television and radio.

How much does Sean Hannity make?

Radio career:

Being a popular host on radio, Sean Hannity makes millions of dollars from his show on radio. His radio shows air his ideas and notion on the politics of the country. It began in the year2001 and was aired by 500 stations! In year 2004, he was signed for $25 million deal! And in 2008 he signed a deal worth $100 dollars for five year.

Television host:

He joined the television world with the show “Hannity and Colmes” which was based on political grounds; he co-hosted the show with Alan Colmes. The show had a conservative viewpoint on political matters. The show catered a lot of critics, indeed! People like Fr. Thomas had serious issues with Hannity during the show.

Later their came two more shows which were hosted by Hannity- Hannity’s America and The Hannity Show which had similar grounds like Hannity and Colmes.

His writings:

• Let freedom ring: winning the war of liberty over liberalism(2002)
• Conservative’s victory: defeating Obama’s radical idea(2010)
• Deliver Us from Evil: Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism(2004)

His books reached the status of best-selling books in just 5 weeks after their launch.

Relationship status: Married

Sean Hannity is married to Jill Rhodes since ‘93. The happily married couple also has two kids from the marriage, Merry and Patrick.

Philanthropy:

Sean Hannity is a great philanthropist. He has been arranging “Freedom Concerts” from 2003. These concerts have been based on country music and the money so generated is given to charity. According to the reports in 2009, around $9 million have been generated from these freedom concerts. The concerts have had great guests like Charlie Daniels, Billy Ray Cyrus, Hank Williams, Jr., Ted Nugent, Martina McBride, Buddy Jewell, LeAnn Rimes, and Lee Greenwood. Also many political speakers like Oliver North, G. Gordon Liddy, Mark Levin, Newt Gingrich, Jon Voight, and Rudy Giuliani have headed these concerts.

Awards and honors

• He was awarded with an honorary degree in 2005 by Jerry Falwell who is chancellor of the Liberty University.
• He was also honored with “National talk show host of the year award” for three years, consecutively.
• Over the years, Sean Hannity has received Marconi Awards twice in the year 2003 and 2007 by the National Association of Broadcasters.

Controversies:

Sean Hannity was caught up in a serious controversy when his right hand man Bill Cunningham, pointed out at and told a woman guest to shut up. Later apologies were made and the matter was resolved peacefully.

He also had a serious verbal dispute with Michael Savage who is also a popular political commenter. The matter hiked a little and gave a little to chat to the audience of both the speakers.

Fun Quotes:

Being a popular and rude speaker, Hannity over years has commented about many politicians and other popular personalities. Some of his quotes are:

• “Halloween is a liberal holiday because we’re teaching our children to beg for something for free. … We’re teaching kids to knock on other people’s doors and ask for a handout.” —Fox News host Sean Hannity (October 31, 2007)”

• “Now is so over the top, it’s so vicious, it’s so mean, it’s so cruel, and I don’t hear this coming from conservatives about liberals.” —Fox News host Sean Hannity, with a straight face.”

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Gwyneth Paltrow, One of the well-known actresses in Hollywood is also an occasional singer and food writer too. Combinations of these three factors add up to her net worth of $140 million. On account of money and success she has enjoyed since the beginning of her career, one can easily say that Gwyneth Paltrow is a very wealthy woman. Her singing talent has only added to her income. According to a recent report, she reportedly charges 16 million USD per movie appearance. She also makes a lot by endorsing brands.

When it all started

She was born in LA, California to a film producer and director Bruce Paltrow and an actress mother Blythe Danner. It was only natural that she took up acing as her career. Her first stage debut was in 1990 and followed with a movie ‘Shout’ in the next year. ‘Emma’ and ‘Seven’ were amongst her first few movies which made her a recognizable face. 1998 came as a turning point when she starred in three notable movies (“A Perfect Murder”,”Shakespeare in Love”, Sliding Doors”) adding to her financial fame and success. She portrayed the character of Viola in Shakespeare in Love for which she won the Academy Award for best actress, a Golden Globe Award and two more awards for outstanding cast and outstanding lead actress at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

For her guest performance in the Fox TV Series “Glee’, she won an Emmy award. People’s Magazine honored her with the title of “Most Beautiful Woman” in April 2013. She is also well known for her performances in Iron Man (2008) Emma (1996), Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and The Avengers (2012).

Family Matters

Before getting hitched to Chris Martin, she dated a few Hollywood actors. One of them was actor Brad Pitt, who she dated for 3 years and they became engaged. But it was called off by Paltrow after six months due to her personal issues. She then dated actor Ben Affleck in the same year but the couple parted ways after three years of dating. She then found her prince charming in Chris Martin (the lead singer of Coldplay) and the couple got married in 2003. They now have two kids ‘Apple’ and ‘Moses’- an 8 year old girl and a six year old boy. She has also expressed a desire to cut down on acting so that she can spend more time with her family.

Endorsements and Writing

She is a very talented business woman as well. An Important part of her net worth is her endorsement assignments. She has signed one such deal with a fashion brand of the US called ‘Coach’. Being a businesswoman, she is the founder of Goop.com which is a lifestyle company. She has also made a mark as a writer by publishing two books on cooking, one is titled “It’s all good”, and the other one is called by the name “My Father’s Daughter: Delicious Easy Recipes Celebrating Family and Togetherness”.

Living it up

Gwyneth Paltrow lives life queen size. Along with her husband, she is the proud owner of several properties in the US. She is the owner of a $5.4 million home in Long Island. She also owns a few properties in the UK. She bought three separate co-located houses in London and now they are being constructed as to merge them all together into one home. The total cost of the entire purchase in expected to be about 5 million USD.

Estate and Homes

1. Hampton’s Home ($5.4 million)

Gwyneth Paltrow along with her husband Chris Martin purchased this summer home in 2006 for which they reportedly shelled out $5.5 million. The beautiful house of theirs has been featured in leading lifestyle and entertainment magazines.  It is located in the East End of Long Islands.

2. London Home ($5 million)

Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin also own a property in North of London. Well, whoever said that you just need a house for comfortable home to live wasn’t clearly talking about Paltrow and family. The three connected houses look like a massive property.

3. Manhattan Apartment ($5.1 million)

The American actress has paid something close to $5.1 million for this Tribeca penthouse in Manhattan. It has been designed by Roman & Williams, NY based firm.

4. Los Angeles Home ($10.45 million)

Adding up to another prices property to their share, Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow bought another swanky apartment in LA for $10.45 million.

Life in the Fast Lane

She also has a taste for luxury cars and in addition to a BMW she can be seen driving a Toyota Prius. Reportedly, she also owns a private jet.

1. BMW X5

Gwyneth Paltrow has been driving a BMW X5 for a fairly long time. The car is pretty comfy but the sheer size of the car may look imposing to anyone.

2. Toyota Prius

A celebrity who doesn’t own a Toyota Prius is quite like a nail without hammer. Paltrow has been often spotted driving around in her hatchback.

Philanthropist Paltrow

She has been helping various charitable and philanthropic organizations like UNICEF, the American Cancer Society, Keep a Child Alive, White Ribbon Alliances, Act Green, The Lunchbox Fund, Prince’s Trust, Hoping Foundation, Food Bank for NEW York City, Environmental Media Association, Healthy Child Healthy Society and National women’s History Museum. As it looks, she supports many causes at once.

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