Career/Profession: Singer, Songwriter, Producer

Age: 41

“There is a lot of reflection that goes on whenever I write a song. It’s been a wild whirlwind last couple of years and there’s a lot to talk about, and hopefully that’s evident in the music.”

                                                                                                                             -Nick Lachey

Nicholas Scott Lachey is an American singer and songwriter, who particularly became famous as the lead singer of the boy band 98 Degrees. He appeared in a television series with his ex wife Jessica Simpson and also in a recurring role in the series Charmed.

Melodious Career

Nick Lachey went to the School of Creative and Performing Arts and later to Miami University in Oxford. He started his singing career in mid 1990s with his friend at Kings Island, where he played at a park. Later they formed the boy band 98 Degrees with the members being Nick Lachey’s brother Drew Lachey, Justin Jeffre and Jeff Timons. Their debut album, called 98 Degrees, was not much of a success and did no good to the band. However, their next album, 98 Degrees and Rising was a huge success and sold over 10 million copies till date.

In 2003, Nick Lachey and his then wife Jessica Simpson appeared on the MTV reality show, Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica. This show won the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Reality Show and soon ended. They also appeared together on the Nick & Jessica Variety Hour in 2004. His album, SoulO, which was also his debut solo album, released in 2003 during his reality show. But the album failed to impress the audience.

His next solo album What’s Left of Me made up for the loss. The album released in May, 2006 and right in the first week made its way into the Billboard 200 at number 2. The album sold more than 5 lakhs copies and was certified Gold. The first single of the album which was self titled, “What’s Left of Me” was immensely popular. It reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Around this time he also recorded the song Ordinary Day for the film For One More Day, which was produced by Oprah Winfrey. Nick Lachey also appeared on the popular television series One Tree Hill in two episodes in its sixth season.

In March 2009, Nick Lachey produced a musical reality show called Taking the Stage which documented the lives of students at the School for Creative and Performing Arts, the school where Lachey himself studied. Few months later, in December 2003, Nick Lachey hosted the four part singing competition called The Sing Off for the first, second and third seasons. He also resumed hosting Big morning Buzz Life on VH1 since March 3, 2014.

Sportsmanship Spirit

Nick Lachey is a co owner of a team of the American Basketball Association called Hollywood Fame. The team began to play in 2006. He was also a part of the group that owned Tacoma Rainiers. Lachey is also a huge diehard fan of the teams Cincinnati Bengals, Cincinnati Reds and Cincinnati Bearcats. In April 2007, he threw the first pitch at the ceremony of the opening day game in Cincinnati in Ohio. Nick Lachey, the singer also sang the National Anthem for America at the inaugural of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in Kentucky.

His Assets

So you think you already know enough about him? Not till you get a glance of his lifestyle and the assets he proudly possesses. Let me give u short trip of Nick Lachey’s assets.

1. Encino House

This posh 8, 134 sq. ft. house belonging to Nick Lachey royally stands on an area of 0.5 acre. The house has 6 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms and is nicely located in front of the Encino Reservoir. The house is built in a Rustic Tuscan theme. It has a master suite, a huge swimming pool, a fire pit, multi camera security system like every other celebrity house has, sound system and a wine cellar.

2. BMW 654

This is one of Nick Lachey’s favorite possessions. This black BMW car of the 6 series was bought by Nick Lachey several years ago and since then he has been seen driving around in this car on many occasions.

Charity

Feeding America in the States is a non profit organization that has a nationwide network which consists of more than 200 food banks and food rescue organizations that serve every country in the United States in times of crisis by providing food to the distressed. Nick Lachey, well, is a part of the Entertainment Council of Feeding America.

Nick Lachey’s wedding

After getting separated from Jessica Simpson, Nick Lachey married the VJ Vanessa Minnillo. The entire wedding was a four day affair and it took place on Sir Richard Branson’s private island, the Necker Island. The entire venue was beautifully decorated with flowers and there was a rehearsal dinner before the wedding day. The entire wedding venue was decorated with roses, cockscombs, tulips, dianthus and air plants. The long stretch of the tables, which were ready with placemats and napkins, were lined with lanterns all through, making the illumination look breathtaking. Vanessa Minnillio’s wedding dress was particularly an attraction of the wedding. It was designed by Monique Lhuillier and was a two piece dress unlike most other wedding gowns. It featured a delicately and finely embellished lace corset which was finely detailed with rose and crystal. The skirt was made of silk faille and the dress got a complete look with a bow belt.

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Melissa Arnette Elliott, popularly known as Missy Elliot is an American rapper, record producer , singer and song writer. She has an estimated net worth of over $50 million.

Early Life and Career

Missy was born in Portsmouth Virginia. As a kid she often sang for her relatives and neighbors. from the very young age, Missy was sure that she wanted to become a star. Missy’s childhood was traumatized as she was regularly raped by her cousin for a year till a relative found what was happening. She also witnessed her parent’s abusive relationship. During this Missy sent several letters to Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson asking for help. When she was a teenager Missy and her mother left her father. Missy was now free from worries about her mother getting physically abused by her father. Missy focused on her career and formed a hip hop group called sista, however due to lack of financial support the group split up. Missy doesn’t look like a beautiful Hip- hop star however she got a chance to make her own label called ” The goldmind inc” with Elektra Records. Missy released her first album in 1997. The album was entitled Supa Dupa Fly. The album went platinum. The success of the album made Missy appear as the Rap artist of the year on Rolling stone magazine. Two of her next album also went platinum. Missy’s album released in 2002 entitled “under construction” set record of selling 2.1 million copies in United States alone. Missy won two Grammy awards in 2002. two Grammy for her song “Get ur freak on” . she also won two Grammy for “work it” and “scream”. Apart from her music career Missy appeared in several TV series, ad campaigns and films. Missy has worked with several big names like Timberland, Ciara, Jodeci, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Jay-z, Madonna to name a few.
There were talks about a Biographical film about Missy’s life produced by Robert DE Niro in 2005. Missy has also appeared in several TV series like “MTV cribs”, “I love the 90′s”, ” Oprah Winfrey’s Legends Ball” to name a few. She has also worked in films like Potties Tang, Fade to Black and Honey. After her album release in 2005, Missy worked behind the camera as a producer. She earned a huge chunk of wealth by producing music videos like Cole’s “Let it go”,Jennifer Hudson’s “i m his only women, and many more. Currently Missy is enjoying her Career and her life to the fullest exactly like she imagined since childhood. Currently she is on break from her career as she is recovering from Hyperthyroid disorder called Graves’ disease. She is expected to return to her music career in Mid 2014.

Relationships

Missy Elliot had a troubled childhood. After leaving his father she stays with her mother. She share a very special and close relationship with her mother.
It is been said that Missy is a Bisexual. she has been in relationship with several beautiful lasses and handsome lads. During the start her career she was in relationship with Karrine Steffans, Da Brat, and Tim Mosley. She was also romantically linked with Jay-z. But all the rumors were at rest after Missy started dating Nicole Wray in 1996. The couple stayed in a happy relationship for a year and decided to part ways in early 1998. While Missy was dating Nicole she had an affair with Trina. In 1999, Missy started dating Faith Evans but the couple broke up the same. In 1999 Missy started dating American R&b singer Tweet. The beautiful ladies stayed together for 3 years. The couple separated in 2002. Soon in mid 2002, Missy started dating Singer Olivia Longoot. The couple maintained relationship for 2 years, but soon things went sore and they broke up in 2004. Currently a report from MTO suggest that Missy is in relationship with Sharaya J, an aspiring rapper from Hawaii.

Wealth

Missy Elliot earns her exceptional high wealth from singing, production and song writing. She has an estimated net worth of over $50 million as of 2013.
Missy loves to live her life like a dream. She loves to flaunt everything she has and is very much in love with her cars and home.
Missy owns a huge 13000 square feet house in Virginia Beach USA. The center of the house has a huge slab of glass with her signature engraved in it. According to he, the signature engraved marked her territory in the house. Apart from this the interiors has modern Touch to it. The home features a classic american office, a conference room along side the office, a personal gym which Missy hardly uses, a huge white Ball room with white flowers and white piano, an gigantic indoor pool, gourmet kitchen, in house elevator, film theater, two master bedrooms, 3 guest rooms and 7 baths. Missy’s exceptionally beautiful home is worth over $10 Million.
Since her childhood Missy always loved cars. As a kid she use to dream about driving the luxurious wheels. Her dream has now come true. she owns a Bentley, Lamborghini, a Ferrari, one Porsche 911. These luxurious beauties has a combined worth of over $900,000.
Apart from spending her wealth on luxuries, Missy is closely associated with several charitable organisations. She is closely associated with PETA. She also promotes MAC Glam V lipstick from which 100% of sales go to MAC AIDS funds. She also appeared on Extreme Makeover and gave four scholarships for weight loss program.

Quote : My Struggles is a record close to me. It’s about what I went through at home living with an abusive father.

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Profession: Model, Actress

Kate Noelle Holmes was born in 1978 Ohio, United States. Initially, she had little interest in becoming an actor. Her mother enrolled Katie in Margaret O’Brien’s modeling school. After she attended a national modeling and talent convention in New York, Katie Holmes was signed by an agent and this marked the beginning of her career in the entertainment industry. She made her debute in the movie ‘The ice Storm’. She played the role of Libbets Casey in this critically acclaimed movie. Katie earned a lot of fame and admiration for playing Joey Potter in “Dawson’s Creek”, a television teen drama series.

Katie has worked in a number of movies including “Disturbing Behavior”, “Teaching Mrs. Tingle, “Pieces of April” among others. She has also been a part of several high profile films like “Thank You for Smoking” and “Batman Begins”.

In the year 2011, Katie won the “Face of the Future” award. She was in the headlines for her relationship with Tom Cruise. The couple got married in 2006 and finally went their separate ways in 2012. From Tom’s proposal at the  ‘Eiffel tower’, to claiming his love for Katie on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ and finally the controversial divorce in 2012, “TomKat” remained one of the most talked about celebrity couples in the industry. Katie Holmes has a net worth of $25 million.

How did she get so rich?

Katie’s main source of income is her acting career. Dawson’s Creek ran from the year 1997 to 2003. Although the show received mixed reviews, it helped Holmes establish herself in the entertainment industry.

She made it to the covers of popular magazines such as Rolling Stone, TV Guide and Seventeen. Her first leading role was in the movie “Disturbing Behavior” in 1998. After that she appeared in the movie “Go” which received good reviews and was pretty successful. Next, she starred in movies like “Teaching Mrs Tingle, “Wonder Boys” and “The gift” (for which she received $200,000).

Home earned $1,000,000 for her role in the movie Abandon (2002). Other films which have added to the net worth of this sensational celebrity include “Phone Booth” for which she received $500,000 and “Batman Begins” for which her salary was $1,000,000. After the birth of her daughter Suri in 2006, Holmes took a little break from her acting career. .She played the role of Jackie Kennedy in “The Kennedys” a Television mini  series (2011).

Other movies which Holmes has been a part of include “Pieces of April” (2003), “First Daughter” (2004), “Thank You for Smoking”, and “Mad Money”. Katie Holmes had done modeling for a number of fashion lines. She has been associated with several brands like Holmes & Yang, Miu Miu, Ann Taylor and Bobbi Brown.

 Relationships

Holmes has dated her co-star from Dawson’s Creek, Joshua Jackson. In 2000, she met Chris Klein and they got engaged in 2003. However, the relationship came to an end in 2005.

After Holmes and Klein broke up, Holmes began dating actor Tom Cruise. Tom and Katie got engaged in 2005 and in 2006 the couple got married. Katie gave birth to her daughter (Suri) in April 2006. However, the ‘TomKat’ union did not last long and the couple got divorced in 2012.

Katie’s Luxurious life!

Breaking up with Tom Cruise was not really a ‘poor deal’ (at least financially) for Katie after all. She lives a lavish life in her palatial apartment. Back in the year 2012, it was reported that Katie Holmes will be moving to a lavish apartment in Chelsea for which she signed $12000 monthly lease in 2012. This condo is worth $23 million. She owns an expensive black Mercedes Benz CLK. This luxurious ride is worth $65,000 approximately. Katie also owns a mini cooper.

Celebrity with a big heart!

Katie Holmes is one of the founders of the “Dizzy Feet Foundation”. This foundation funds dance education for kids who belong to the low income groups. It also aims at improving dance in United States by providing scholarships and endeavors. Katie Holmes has supported several parties and events and has helped in ‘raising Malawi’. Malawi lacks facilities such as education, food etc and is one among the poorest country of the world.

Love our Children USA awarded Katie the ‘Mothers who make a difference’ award in the year 2009.

Controversies

Holmes filed a $50 million libel lawsuit in March 2011 against the magazine “Star” following a cover story that suggested (falsely) that she is addicted to drugs. The magazine had to write a public apologize as well as donate an undisclosed substantial amount to ‘Dizzy Feet Foundation’ of which Holmes is a co-founder. Katie Holmes’s divorce with former husband Tom Cruise was also quite controversial. Those close to this celebrity believed that she feared intimidation by the Church of Scientology, of which Tom is a firm believer.

Katie Holmes is a promising actor who has a long way to go!

Quote: “My family always keeps me in check. I I have three older sisters and they work their butts off. They are all very supportive of my career, but I know what is really important is kids and family.”

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SOURCE OF EARNINGS:

Gayle King has earned her wealth as a news anchor, talk show host and as the editor of O, The Oprah Magazine. She is also a frequent correspondent for The Oprah Winfrey Show and CBS This Morning.

EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION:

Gayle was born on 28th of December 1954, in Chevy Chase in Maryland and raised in Bethesda, Maryland. She was born to a family of an electrical engineer (her father “Scott”) and a homemaker (her mother “Peggy”). Gayle was the oldest of the four daughters of Peggy and Scott. During her early childhood her father was offered a job in Turkey and thus the whole family shifted temporarily over there. Galye spent several years of her early childhood in Turkey and also attended an American school at that time. There she spent her most of the time with fellow US citizens. Her father was considerably a wealthy and highly respected person in his professional circle.

Later, the family returned back to Maryland, started living as if they had never moved to Turkey and Gayle joined the University of Maryland to study psychology and sociology. She then graduated with a double degree in her subjects in the year 1976.

CAREER:

In 1976, Gayle was employed by Baltimore’s WJZ-TV as a production assistant. Gayle then was offered a job on WDAF-TV to work as a reporter and weekend anchor. Thus, she moved on to Kansas City, Missouri. In 1981, she was hired as a news anchors for WFSB in Hartford, Connecticut. She worked there for the next 18 years. During this period she used to live in Glastonbury. She then co-hosted an NBC daytime talk show with Robin Wagner in 1991, called Cover to Cover. Then, she was offered her own half-hour syndicated television show which lasted one season titled “The Gayle King Show” in 1997.

She then joined O, The Oprah Magazine as an editor in 1999. She even worked as a special correspondent for The Oprah Winfrey Show and Good Morning America. Later, during September 2006, Gayle again started hosted The Gayle King Show but this time it was on XM Satellite Radio. Later on, once again, she started her show with the regular title “The Gayle King Show” on OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) and it was broadcast from January 3rd of 2011 to November 17th of 2011. She had to end the show on OWN due to her deal with CBS as a co-anchor for CBS This Morning from January 9th 2012.

GROWTH IN WEALTH:

Gayle net worth grew higher and higher in the early 1980s during her work as an anchor for WFSB.

RUMORS:

Some rumors were spread that Gayle was considered as a replacement for Star Jones Reynolds in 2006 and Rosie O’ Donnell in 2007 as a host on The View. It again was a rumor in 2009 that she would be a replacement again if Elisabeth Hasselbeck had left The View. But these rumors were left rumors and never came true.

FRIENDSHIP WITH OPRAH WINFREY:

Gayle during her tenure at Baltimore’s WJZ-TV as a production assistant, met a news anchor who was still unknown at that time and her name was Oprah Winfrey. One evening a particularly bad snowstorm had hit Baltimore. Oprah Winfrey suggested that Gayle King stay with her instead of tackling a long, slow, treacherous drive home (Gayle was still living with her parents at the time). They were up for hours, laughing, giggling, talking about everything and gossiping about co-workers. Their lasting friendship had begun.

MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN:

Gayle dated and later married Bill Bumpus, a local police officer in the Kansas City area in the year 1982. They moved to Hartford, Connecticut when Gayle King was hired to work for a local TV station. Bumpus graduated from nearby Yale University Law School. Gayle King and Bill divorced in 1993. The couple have 2 children (a boy and a girl) born in the 80s. Gayle’s daughter’s name is Kirby, and son’s William.

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Gayle loves music and she is a very big fan of Jay-Z and Carrie Underwood. She usually sleeps for just 4 to 5 hours every night and a workaholic kind of person. She gets nervous soon. She loves spending time with her son, William (25 years) and daughter, Kirby (24 years). A very unique thing is that she has TV sets in every room of her house, including the bathroom!

She is a pet lover, especially dogs and she always keeps mentioning that if ever she had more time at home, she would love to get a labradoodle. The spelling of her name was ‘Gail’ when she was born but during her seventh grade she got changed to ‘Gayle’. Her son lives in Shanghai presently!

When ever Gayle feels like supporting any film starring the actors she likes, she immediately buys tickets in bulk even if she can’t make it to the cinema hall! She never drinks alcohol and not even coffee! She wakes up daily at 3.30 early in the morning. She likes basketball a lot! She lived in Turkey during her age 6 to 11. She loves the color ‘Yellow’ a lot!

$ 7 MILLIONS WORTH PENTHOUSE:

Gayle resides in her penthouse located on East 57th Street. It is 2,530 square-foot apartment worth $ 7 millions. Ceilings of each and every room are painted with different colors. She has a custom wallpaper in her kitchen.

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Career/Profession: Film Actress

Lupita Amondi Nyong’o is an eminent music director with a marvelous personality. She is an amazing actor who has attained all her fame because of her skills and talent. She is a mix of different originality i.e. Kenyan and Mexican. She has a net worth of about $500 thousand.

Migration from Mexico to Kenya:

Lupita Nyong’o original name was Lupita Amondi Nyong’o and was born on March 1^st, 1983. She was born in Mexico City, Mexico to Peter Anyang Nyong’o and Dorothy. Her father was a Kenyan politician and previously worked in Medical Services as Minister. When Lupita was born, he was working at El Colegio de Mexico as a lecturer in political science. She passed her childhood in Nairobi, Kenya along with her parents. At the age of 16 she was sent to Mexico completed her high schooling there by studying Spanish. For about seven months she lived in Taxco, Mexico and her source of income became the tuition classes that she took in Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Centre.

Fame she got was as a good speaker:

At present she is living in Brooklyn. She is fluent in various languages such as Luo, English, Swahili and Spanish. She is a very good speaker and gave a speech in Essence Black Women in Hollywood luncheon in Beverly Hills on black beauty. In this speech she talked mostly about the letter that she got from her young fan that showed how much she was impressed with her black beauty and after seeing her photo on the cover page of the magazine she started loving her beauty too. She also talked about her teenager time when she had insecurities about herself because of her black beauty. Her views got transformed when she came into contact with a successful supermodel Alek Wek.

Socialize family helped her:

Nyong’s belongs to a very social family. Her family often used to have a get-together and dinner parties which included performances and plays by the children. She studied in girls’ school in Keny. In this school, she gets to know about her acting skills and became a part of a school group that actively took part in plays. Her career as an actress started with a small role in Oliver Twist. Professionally, she started her career by collaborating with Kenya based company Phoenix Players in Romeo and Juliet where she was starring as Juliet. Being the member of the Phoenix Player she also got the opportunity to work in the plays ‘There goes the Bride’ and ‘On the Razzle’. She was very inspired by the performance of Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple.

Beginning her career:

After completing graduation in theatre and film studies from Hampshire College she joined many productions of several films such as Mira Nair’s The Namesake etc. She played a lead role in East River, which was directed by Marc Gray and released in 2008. She again planned to return to Kenya and there she started working for the Television series saga and also in one of the MTV Base dramas based on HIV/AIDS prevention. In 2009, she tried her hands on directing and producing too. She directed In My Genes which a short documentary was demonstrating the treatment of albino’s population who were living with Kenyans. This documentary won many awards at Film Festivals. She also directed a music video ‘The little things you do’ and this got nominated for the Best Video Award at the MTV Africa Music Awards in 2009.

She was very passionate about becoming an actress and to pursue her career, she attended Yale School of Drama. There she took part in many stage performances, including Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, The Winter’s Tale, and Shakespeare’s The Taming. At Yale, she was also awarded with Herschel Williams Prize for her outstanding ability as an actress during 2011-2012. In 2014 she starred in Liam Neeson’s film i.e. Nonstop and for this she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. After this she became sixth black beauty to win this award.

12 Years a Slave:

12 Years a Slave, her first movie after Yale Drama School, which gave her a major break in the industry. This movie was released in 2013. She was critically applauded for her role in the movie. This was from Brad-Pitt production and story line was written by Solomon Northup. In this a free man was kidnapped and put down into slave for 12 years. Lupita in this movie played a part of young enslaved woman Patsey who befriends Northup even though she was abused by plantation master. Her role in the film was so amazing that she was nominated for various big awards like Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actor Guild Awards etc.

Always maintained her image:

Her black beauty never led her down. She always maintained her image and remained on the cover page of several magazines such as New York’s Spring 2014 etc. She was also amongst those lucky faces who were chosen for Miu Miu’s Spring 2014 Campaign along with Elizabeth Olsen. She has maintained her fashion icon image and remained regular on Derek’s Blasberg’s Best Dressed list in 2013.

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PROFESSION: Fashion Stylist

Rachel Zoe Rosenzweig was born in 1971. She is a famous American fashion stylist known for the show The Rachel Zoe Project. Zoe has a glamorous life where she works with celebrities, fashion houses, beauty firms, advertising agencies, and magazine editors. Zoe has been a part of the fashion industry for over two decades now. Her career screams success and she has become a renowned stylist and designer now. Zoe tied the knot with Rodger Berman, President of Rachel Zoe, Inc. The beautiful couple has been bestowed with two lovely sons.

CHILDHOOD

Rachel Zoe Rosenzweig was born in the greatest city in the world, New York City, to parents Leslie and Ron Rosenzweig. Zoe studied psychology and sociology at George Washington University where she met her future husband, Rodger Berman.

CAREER

Stylist Rachel Zoe began her career as an editor and worked her way up, swiftly becoming one of the most influential people in the fashion industry. Zoe paved her own path in the industry, working with many high profile clients that like Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Garner, Kate Hudson, Debra Messing, Demi Moore, Liv Tylor, Joy Bryant, Molly Sims, Eva Mendes, Paula Patton, Anne Hathaway, Miley Cyrus and Pauly Shore. Freelance really opened a lot of working opportunities for Zoe.

Zoe, with the help of Nicole Richie, became the pioneer of the ‘boho-chic’ look. It is a rage on the runway even today. This look is exhibited by oversized jewelry, loose fitting dresses and shirts, paired with a slim frame.”

As of April 2013, Zoe’s rapidly multiplying audience includes 1.5MM+ Twitter followers and 435,000+ Instagram followers.

Evidently, Zoe has no formal fashion training. She just goes by her instinct and the result is well appreciated. In 2014, Zoe will publish her second book, “Living in Style: Inspiration and Advice for Everyday Glamour.”

REALITY SHOW

The Rachel Zoe Project basically shows Zoe’s life, her marriage, collection associates, pregnancy and so on. The fifth season aired during Spring of 2013, focusing on the development of her collection and other special projects like blowout salon DreamDry and the preparation for the release of her second book entitled “Living in Style: Inspiration and Advice for Everyday Glamour”.

THE ZOE PROJECT

Zoe founded this free daily newspaper called “The Zoe Project” in August 2009. The fabulous newspaper gathered a lot of attention and popularity quickly. In 2011, she launched Zoe Beautiful focusing on all things of beauty. The Zoe Report has 68,000+ Facebook Fans as of 2014.

CLOTHING LINE

In 2011, Zoe released her first collection of separated, footwear and handbags that are all vintage-inspired. In 2012, Zoe expanded the collection, adding jewelry and accessories. It is an extravagant line that starts at around one hundred dollars.

PERSONAL LIFE

Zoe met her future husband, Rodger Berman, while studying in George Washington University, in 1991. They tied the knot in 1996. They have had a strong marriage and have been blessed with two lovely sons, named Skyler Morrison Berman, and Kaius “Kai” Jagger Berman.

ASSETS

- Beverly Hills Home

- Range Rover

PHILANTHROPY

- Artists for Peace and Justice, that encourages peace and social justice and addresses issues of poverty and enfranchisement in communities all around the world.

- Breast Cancer Research Foundation, providing funding which has led to major accomplishments in breast cancer research, and increasing public awareness.

- Children’s Miracle Network is dedicated to saving and improving the lives of children by raising funds for children’s hospitals across North America.

- DoSomething.org aims at inspiring, supporting, and celebrating of doers.

- Make It Right is a charity set up to build homes for those affected by Hurrican Katrina in New Orleans.

FUN FACTS

- Her first salary as a fashion assistantat YM magazine was $18,000 a year.

- She still thinks of LA as a second rate fashion city.

- She has Johnny Depp fantasies.

- Zoe relies on her style intuition.

- Rachel admires women like Oprah Winfrey and Martha Stewart.

- Rachel is not driven by money.

- Her ultimate dream is to live in France.

FUN QUOTES

- “All of my clients have athletic or curvy, healthy bodies.”

- “I’m a textbook definition of that perfectionist girl who has huge expectations of herself.”

- “As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend more, buy fewer items and have them forever.”

- “Celebrities are just like us and like any of your friends. I love working with people.”

- “Every other day there’s something- I’m dealing drugs, I’m starving people. I have never done a drug in my life.”

- “Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over’ I’ve had long hair my entire life.”

- “I always carry a Tom Ford lipstick and Tachta face blotters to get me through the day.”

- “I did not have a van, or wear Birkenstocks and tie-dyes.”

- “I don’t deal in pretentious kids’ parties.”

- “I don’t come from a family of slackers, but I do come from a family of doers.”

- “I think people should look cute all the time.”

- “I think that sexiness should be in subtleties.”

- “I think, in spring, we don’t want to wear makeup, we don’t want to wear a ton of clothes, we just want everything to be easier.”

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Introduction

Tony Robbins was born on 29^th February in year 1960. North Hollywood California is United States is the birth place of Tony Robbins. He is a multitalented personality. He is not just a peak performance coach but is also a self help author, professional speaker and an actor. He is the man with pride. He started his career in year 1978. He is a good looking personality with an approximate height of 6 feet and 7 inches. He is an expert in all of his professions. He is a motivational speaker. People get highly motivated by the content of his speech. He has written very popular books like Awaken the Giant within and unlimited power. His writing skills are incredible. He writes in very different categories like energy and health, building wealth, overcoming fears, enhancing relationship and persuasive communication. His career is deeply influenced by other people. He learned from those different motivational speakers. Jim Rohn is the personal mentor of Tony Robbins. His work got publicised through many Medias like Fortune, Tycoon, Forbes, the Oprah Winfrey show, Fox news, CNN, Business week, Success magazine, Internet media worldwide, Time, Newsweek, Life, Vanity Fair, and GQ. The programs of Tony Robbins are viewed by around 4 million people. He was placed in the list of top 100 celebrities by a magazine named Forbes.

Early life

Tony Robbins belongs to the Croatian Origin. Previously his surname was Mohorovic. His surname Robbins is given by his step father to him. He completed his schooling from Glendora High School which is located in Azusa, California.

Career

In the beginning of his career he promoted seminar for his mentor named Jim Rohn. Jim taught him many things which helped him a lot. Initially he git trained by the NLP co founder named John Grinder. After completing his training he used to train people for Ericksonian Hypnosis and Neuro-linguistic programming.  In year 1993 he got himself trained for fire-walks. He completed this training from Tolly Burkan. After specialising in Fire-walks he incorporated them in his training program as well. His seminars are popularly known as Unleash the Power within, Business Mastery and Mastery University. He has a very different and unique style for training people. According to Robbins every human being has six basic necessities. The six things are Certainty, uncertainty, significance, love, growth, contribution. He promotes his programs by making use of used infomercials. He has also instigated an Anthony Robbins Foundation. The foundation aims to educate students and prisoners.

Television and films

Apart from bring a trainer and a writer, Tony Robbins is also an actor. He has worked in several movies like Shallow Hal, Reality Bites, and The Singularity Is Near: A True Story about the Future. He has even worked in many television series like The Roseanne Show, The Sopranos, Family Guy, Men in Black. After some time he even started as a host and hosted a very popular show named as Oprah’s Life-class.

Personal Life

Robbins had a girlfriend named Liz Acosta in year 1984. After his relationship he first got married to a woman named Becky Jenkins. Becky Jenkins was a divorce. Before he got married to Robbins she was divorced twice. She had three children from her previous husbands. Robbins accepted all the three children and treated them as their own children. But unfortunately this relationship didn’t work out and they got divorced in year 2001. After his divorce he got married to Bonnie Humphrey. Bonnie Humphrey is also known as Sage Robbins. In year 1994 he came to know that he is suffering from Brain Tumour.

Achievements

In year 2002 he was given 45^th position in the list of top Business intellect in the world. He was given this honour by Accenture Institute of strategic change. Robbins has given a seminar in Harvard Business School. The Harvard Business School ranked him among the top 200 business Gurus. He is a very popular speaker of (TED) Technology and Entertainment. In year 2012 his TED presentation was considered to be the best TED talk of the year. He is also an active member of Robbins Madanes Centre for Strategic Intervention. This is a social organisation and it aims to help people with their family and psychological problems.

Richness

Tony Robbins is a very rich personality. He lives a very lavish lifestyle. It is said that he earns around $30 million per year. He has a house of net worth $ 24.75 Million. It is a beach house and the presence of beach in front of the house further enhances the beauty of the house. The house covers the total area of 12, 124 square feet. The house encompasses six beautiful and luxurious bedrooms. It has seven full bathrooms and around four half bathrooms. Apart from these basic things the house has several other facilities. It has a pool at its backyard. There are many other things like media room, club room, and wine cellar. His wedding was great hit. He has so many sources to earn money. Since he is a multi talented personality and so he has more than one profession. All these professions together make good money for him. His net worth is said to be $480 million.

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PROFESSION / CAREER: HOST

Stand-up comedian turns into a talk show host

Starting from stand-up comedy and travelling a long road of success, David Letterman has made quite a stand in his long term television career. Born in the city of Indianapolis on April 12^th 1947, David was a son to Harry Joseph Letterman and Dorothy Letterman. His father was a florist. From his childhood days, David was very passionate about cars. He inherited the good sense of humor from his father. He grabs 20 million dollars for his show.

Career graph

He led his first stone of his career with the television show in 70s with Starland Vocal Band. He also appeared in the game shows like Pyramid, Password Plus. But before tasting success David too had a bitter phase in career when after his series of comedy show, he came up with his own show in the morning slot. But the show did not add stars to David’s career and soon flopped. However, he soon found himself a night slot and started afresh. Climbing up the ladder of success step by step he soon made deep roots in the television industry and was made the host of The David Letterman Show when he shook hands with the NBC. The show is seeing its 31^st season and the popularity of David is increasing each day by leaps and bounds. His work is appreciated by the critics as well as his friends.

Worthy possessions

David has a huge network of properties and mansions accredited to him. He has an estate of 108 acre in the Westchester, New York City.  The 88 acre property cost him 5 million dollars and the rest of it was bought in 2007 and also cost 5 million dollars. He also owns a ranch (2700 acre) near Chateau, property in Martha’s Vineyard. He also has a place in St. Barth’s. He is a co-partner of Rahal Letterman Racing team. He also has donated a large sum of his money to charity for the betterment of other people.

Something went wrong with the host’s HEART

The comedian who was responsible for millions of smiles lost his own smile when he was diagnosed with a major heart ailment during one of the regular checkup.He immediately underwent the quintuple bypass surgery. When he recovered from the surgery, he invited the entire health care team and thanked them in the show. Meantime his show was hosted by many of friends and well-wishers in the industry. Later in the year, he was diagnosed with the shingles diseases and took the temporary off from the show.

Marital status: Married

He was married for the first time in in 1969 with Michelle Cook. However the marriage could not go long and the couple divorced in 1977. He then had a long affair with Merrill Markoe who was with him in the Late Night Show.

He then married Regina Lasko in the year 2009. The two also have a son from the marriage, Harry Joseph Letterman. The child was also kidnapped once by some Kelly Frank for 5 million dollars.

Big mouth always creates controversies

Because of his big mouth, Letterman has always been in the center of some or the other controversies. He has a serious feud with Sarah Palin’s daughter when he made fun of her in his shows. He was even called “disgusting” by her.

He also had a mild dispute with Oprah Winfrey when he tricked the waiter that his bill will be paid by Oprah. However, in 2005 Oprah was a guest in his show and the two from then have appeared together in many other talk shows. He has always received many life threats, on even from Al-Qaeda for making fun of their departed member but David has always mocked these warnings.

Man of many honors

David was the recipient of the famous Emmy awards for being an Outstanding Host in Variety Series in 1981 for his show The David Letterman Show. He also received the Emmy in the Outstanding Individual achievement Writers category. He also won the American Comedy Awards for the Funniest Male Performer in a TV Special in the years 1989, 1994, 1995, 2001. He was also awarded the Kennedy Center Honors for being the most influential personality in TV history.

He was ranked 38^th in Celebrity 100,45^thin Money, 17^thin TV/Radio, 35^th in Press, 77^th in Social, 41^th in Marketability and 41^th in Forbes 2012 list.

So he said and as I quote:

• There’s only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous. Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior. And, I believe – because I’ve done a little of this myself – pretending to be courageous is just as good as the real thing.
• People say New Yorkers can’t get along. Not true. I saw two New Yorkers, complete strangers, sharing a cab. One guy took the tires and the radio; the other guy took the engine.
• Experts say that Iraq may have nuclear weapons. That’s bad news – they may have a nuclear bomb. Now the good news is that they have to drop it with a camel.
• Don’t forget it’s daylight savings time. You spring forward, then you fall back. It’s like Robert Downey Jr. getting out of bed.

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Net Worth: $350 Million

With so much of ongoing discussions about his replacement with Jimmy Fallon in one of the NBC’s marquee television programme called The Tonight Show with Jay Leno; Jay Leno is still one of the richest celebrities with an estimated net worth of a whooping $350 million and an annual salary of $15 million. Let us have an insight about the man, his life, works and his achievements.

 His personal life:

Born on April 28, 1950 in New Rochelle, New York, U.S.; James Douglas Muir Leno, popularly known as Jay Leno, is an American comedian, actor, voice actor, writer, producer and a television host. His mother Catherine was a homemaker and father Angelo was an insurance salesman. His Grandfather had immigrated from Flumeri, Italy. He grew up in Massachusetts and obtained a Bachelor’s degree in speech therapy from Emerson’s College. He has been married since 1980 to Mavis Leno and has no children by mutual agreement. He is known for his prominent jaw described as mandibular prognathism. He is also dyslexic. He is also the co author of his biography titled Leading with My Chin. Apart from television, he spends most of his time working in his private garage owing to his passion for cars.

 Career:

Leno was the host of NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno from 1992- 2009. Beginning in September 2009, he started a talk show , titled The Jay Leno Show and after this show was cancelled due to controversy,  he returned to host the Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2010. Leno hosted his last episode of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on February 6, 2014. Apart from these, he has also appeared in minor roles in several television series and movies like Silver Bears(1978), Polyester(1981), The Flintstones(1994), Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King(2008) and many more. On April 3, 2013 NBC announced Jimmy Fallon as his designated successor in the Tonight Show.

Automobiles- his passion:

Jay Leno has a passion for everything automotive and he owns a private garage in south California where his car collection spans two centuries from 19^th century’s steam cars to 21^st century’s Porsche, Jaguar etc. He is a car enthusiast and a big fan of long gone engineering marvels- Howards Hughes’ Doble steam car. The list includes Baker Electric car, the Chrysler Turbine car etc. They are not supposed to exist anymore but he has an undying wish to share them with others. When not found in garage, he is at Pebble beach or someplace alike where he can celebrate engineering ingenuity.

His assets, associations and worth:

Estates and homes:

Beverly Hills Home: It is spread in 6399 square foot. It is a single family home with five bedrooms and six bathroom located in 1151 Tower Rd Beverly Hills. Jay bought it in May, 1987.

Autos and Cars:

Jaguar CX75: It is one of the most luxurious cars he owns.

Lamborghini Countach: Rosewood colored Lamborghini is another feather in his cap to his car collections.

Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren: Leno is the very first customer in the United States to receive this limited production super car. He retailed it for $450,000.

McLaren MP4 12C: Leno believes that this car can compete with Ferrari.

2011 Chevrolet Volt: This car has the achievement of passing 10000 electric miles.

Eco Jet Car:It runs on biodiesel and at the same time has 750 horse power from its Honeywell LT 101 jet turbine engine.

V12 Jaguar KKE: He owns a brick red colored Jaguar and this is one of the most beautiful cars ever manufactured by Jaguar. Leno has extensively modified it and given it the look of series1 sports car.

His causes and charity works:

Lance Armstrong Foundation: He is associated with the Armstrong’s foundation that supports people with cancer through education, advocacy, public health and research programmes.

Starkey Hearing Foundation: he is associated with this organization that delivers 50000 hearing aids annually through hearing missions in 86 countries.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital: This is America’s third largest charity that raises fund for seriously ill children.

Apart from these associations, in 2001, he donated $100,000 to the Feminist majority’s campaign to stop gender apartheid in Afghanistan. In 2009, he donated $100,000 to a scholarship fund at Salem State University in the honor of Lennie Sogoloff, who gave Leno his start at his jazz club. In August 2012, he auctioned his Fiat 500 which was sold for $385,000 which was given to charity. Apart from this since 1985, he has been the marshal for the Love Ride, a motorcycle charity event which raises nearly $14 million for charities benefitting autism, muscular dystrophy.

His collectibles:

Exotic cars- Situated in Southern California; Leno owns a 17000 square feet Big Dog garage. He has a collection of cars, bikes and on weekends he is seen picking up some random people and offering them free rides in his limited edition possessions. His most special one is 1955 Buick which is the first car he purchased and was his apartment on wheels during his struggling days.

All said and done, it has been estimated that his car collections solely costs US $15 million which is more than what most Hollywood stars make in their lifetime. He once quoted that since his childhood he used to spend the money from his one job and used to save the money from the other one similarly now as well he spends only the money which he earns from his stand up comedy show and “have never spent a dime of TV money ever.” Also, he had received a sign off bonus of $15 million from NBC to cut the contract short from its original September, 2014. Normally, NBC has average viewers of 3.9 million but his last episode of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno aired on February 6, 2014 drew an average of 5 million viewers. Celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Charlie Sheen, Jim parson, Kim Kardashian, President Obama bade him farewell. He was associated with this show for the last 22 years.

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Profession: Talk show host, Media proprietor, Actress

From Rags to Riches:

Oprah Winfrey, the richest African-American of the 20^th century, is a proud owner of a multifaceted personality. She was born on was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. She is not only a very popular television personality, but also involved in writing, production, philanthropy and acting. But the journey to the good times was not as easy as it seems. She was born in a poor family and faced many hardships including child abuse. But she stayed strong and rose to become one of the most influential women on the planet as well as the richest self mad woman in America.

She was a very dedicated scholar, excellent at studies and got admission in Tennessee State University on scholarship. She began working at an early age and her career in media began when she was hired by a local radio station to read news. She then moved to television with the Oprah Winfrey Show in the year 1984 and the show quickly rose to number one talk show in Chicago, displacing Phil Donahue. She became a millionaire at the age of 32. And today, she has grown to earn as much as $ 315 million annually and is the only African-American among the 400 wealthiest people in the country.

Oprah’s Promised Land:  

Oprah is a self-made mogul and owns a giant 23, 000 square foot home she calls the ‘Promise Land’. She purchased this estate in 2001 for $50 million. When she bought the house, renovations were underway and so she altered the plans to ensure they matched her lifestyle. The estate has got a picturesque view of mountain and ocean. She fist eyed this piece of property when she was in a photo shoot at a nearby location. It is where she currently resides and the Promise Land houses 14 bathrooms and 10 exquisite fireplaces.

She also owns a beautiful apartment in Chicago, an estate in Florida, a big house in New Jersey, a ski house in Colorado and also houses at Douglasville, Georgia and land on Maui, Hawaii and Antigua.

An Expert Interviewer:

In 1993, Oprah hosted an interview with Michael Jackson which came to be the fourth most watched event in American television history and also the most watched interview ever, with 36.5 million people watching the interview. On December 1, 2005 Winfrey was seen on the Late Show with David Letterman to promote the musical The Color Purple. This Broadway musical was from Oprah’s production house and the promotional show helped Letterman attract his largest audience in 11 years, 13.45 million users. It was hailed as the ‘television event of the decade’.

However, as with all big personalities, she too faced criticism. In September 2008, Winfrey was criticised for refusing to have Sarah Palin on her show as she supported Obama. Winfrey, however, disagreed with this statement and Sarah made it to the show in 2009. Also, in 2009, she was criticised for following actress Suzanne Somers to appear on her show to discuss hormone treatments which are unacceptable to the mainstream medicine. Some critics also believe that she is not tough enough when questioning celebrity guests whom she appears to like.

Money-making:

In 2011, Winfrey launched a new channel of her own called OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. OWN’s recent success has been due to a series of exclusive television interviews with personalities like the disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, the party girl Rihanna, the troubled starlet Lindasay Lohan and the out gay NBA player Jason Collins. The original series of the network helped OWN to score its highest rating in a short time.

Though OWN is now generating cash, but it is not the prime source of money for Oprah. The bulk of her money comes from the profitable day time talk show which she has been hosting for 25 years. Also, her Harpo production company, which has a hand in the Dr. Phil, Rachael Ray and Dr. Oz shows, is significant source of her income. Besides, she also earns from her O Magazine and a network on SiriusXM satellite radio. The money she makes has helped her rise to the top of Forbes’ 2013 list of the Most Powerful Celebrities.

She also generated Oscar buzz for her performance in Lee Daniel’s ‘The Butler’ which made it to the top of US box office following its release in August. She also has a keen interest in real estate investment and has mixed bag of properties in Chicago, New York, Montecito, California etc. For all of this, she earns more than $225 million a year.

Charity and Social Work:

In 1998, Winfrey created the Oprah’s Angel Network, a network that supported charitable projects and provided funds to non-profit organizations around the globe. This network alone raised more than $80, 000, 000 dollars. Oprah herself monitored all the funds and so 100% of all funds raised went to charity. The charity stopped taking donations in 2010 and was dissolved later.

In 2004, she went to South Africa to film an episode of her show called Oprah’s Christmas Kindness. She wanted to bring attention to the plight of children affected by AIDS and poverty. She has supported various educational causes and has spent more than $100 million on the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy, a boarding school for poverty stricken girls, in South Africa (2007).

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