Career / Profession: Screenwriter, actor

Each flick I’ve done is kind of a snapshot of where I was in my life when I wrote it; Clerks II (2006) really speaks to where I am in life at the moment. You don’t have to be an analyst to look at the movie and go, “The Quick Stop means a little more than the Quick Stop, and Florida represents something more than just going to Florida”. That’s kind of where I am. There’s definitely something bittersweet about arriving at Clerks II (2006).”

-Kevin Smith

Born on 2nd Aug 70 in United States, Kevin Patrick Smith has a net worth of 25 million dollars. Kevin Smith is a man of many talents. He has performed well as a film producer, director, a good comic book writer, prolific author, comedian and a successful podcaster. He stepped in the focus with a comedy series in 1994 with the name Clerks. He was in New Jersey during his initial films. He played the role of Silent Bob in one of his movies. He also directed and produced many action and horror movies like Cop Out and Red State. He was also a host on many podcasts. They were broadcasted on SModcast Internet Radio. He was also a part of funny and witty Q & A series which came on different DVDs. They came with names like An Evening with Kevin Smith. His list of films include Mall Rats, Dogma, Chasing Amy, Jersey Girl, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, and also Silent Bob Strike Back. It also has a comic book store with the name Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash in New Jersey.

Marital Status: Married

He is married to Jennifer Schwalbach Smith. The two met during one of the interviews of Kevin Smith. She was also then Protoghraphed by him for the magazine Playboy. They also hosted a show together with the name “Plus One”. The two have a daughter from the marriage, Harley Quinn (born on June 26, 1999). She was named after a character in the animated series of Batman which was created by one of Kevin’s friend, Paul Dini. The couple lives in house in Hollywood Hills. He was raised by Catholic tradition however he is not that religious. He was also not a smoker until the movie Clerks where he acted to smoke but did not inhale it. He finally quitted smoking in the year 2008. He used to smoke marijuana when he came in contact with Seth Rogen. He is huge hockey fan and a strong supporter of New Jersey Devils. He once said, “I was a fan of the Daredevil and Green Arrow characters, so it seemed logical to write them. Now I’m kind of interested in taking obscure characters and seeing if we can turn them into top ten books. I mean, DD and GA had somewhat built-in audiences, so there was a basis to work from. But could we take a Doctor Strange book and put that in the top ten? That’d be a fun challenge.” He also admires Edmonton Oilers.

Richly Possession:

Estates and Homes: Kevin Smith Home

Kevin has a home in Hollywood Hills which he had purchased from his friend, Ben Affleck in the year 2003. The house is painted light brown is made in such a way that it offers ample amount of light. The two- storey building also offers the street view. The house is surrounded by lavish greenery. It also has many balconies to offer a cool and a calm place for relaxing.

Causes he works for
1.    Declare Yourself

Declare Yourself is a non-profit campaign which was started in 2004 to help and encourage the youth to participate actively in elections.
2.     Food Bank For New York City

Smith is actively involved with Food Bank For New York City. Food Bank For New York City is a part of America’s Second Harvest which aims to provide food donations from various strata of the society from manufacturers to wholesalers to retailers to government agencies. It aims to culminate city’s hunger. It has Stanley Tucci as its member of board.
3.    Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)

Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) is the largest running organization which works to promote anti-sexual activities and events. It educates the people against sexual violence and helps the victims of sexual abuse. Smith is an active member of this association. It also encourages justice for the wrong doers. It was also in top 100 charitable organizations in America.

4.    The Lunchbox Fund  

The Lunchbox Fund was founded in ’04 when a teacher noticed that the students had no food to eat. It aims to provide food to the needy children so that they don’t have to gaze at other students eating food. It helps then to receive proper nutritional diets, helping them to grow properly. Other than Smith, other famous dignitaries associated with this organization are Salman Rushdie and June Sarpong.
5.    The Wayne Foundation

The Wayne Foundation promotes empowerment of women in United States. It provides opportunities to the young women to become self-dependent. It also works to help the victims of sexual crimes. Kevin Smith is the co-founder of this organization. He is also the vice President of the organization.

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Born as Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie on 19^th June 1947, he was the fourth child of Anis Ahmed Rushdie and Negin Bhatt who were kashmiri descendents settled in Bombay. Salman Rushdie completed his schooling from John Connon School and Rugby school in Mumbai and did his graduation from the famous King’s college, University of Cambridge, where he majored in history. He started his career as a copywriter working for an advertising company namely Ogilvy and Mather and later at Ayer Barker before he became a full-time writer.

Career Earning’s and Net-worth:

Salman Rushdie is one of the most controversial yet acclaimed novelists of the world best-known for his glittering novels that are a mix of startling imagination, exuberance and fantasy he is full of intellectual resources and brilliance. Salman Rushdie with a net worth of $ 20 million is one of the leading novelists of the modern world but unlike others celebrity authors he made his money only from the books that he wrote not even a penny of his worth comes from endorsements deals. Salman Rushdie started his career as a author with his first novel, Grimus in 1975 which was a part scientific fiction tale that failed to make its presence felt, but his next novel, Midnights Children published and released in the year 1981 caught the worlds imagination by winning the Booker prize in 1981. Salman Rushdie’s Midnights Children is a masterpiece as well as an epochal work of fiction and this book is what made him one of the greatest literary voices of our present generation. The magic in the book refused to die and even after 25 years of its release the book went on to win Best of the Bookers and Booker of Bookers in the year 2008. Salman Rushdie’s other works include Shame, The Moor’s Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fury, Shalimar The Clown, East West, Imaginary Homelands, Haroun And The Sea Of Stories, The Jaguar Smile, Mirrorwork, Step Across The Line, The Enchantress of Florence, Luka and the Fire of Life, Joseph Anton- A Memoir and The Satanic Verses.

Salman Rushdie House, Indian link-delinked:

Salman Rushdie was a proud owner of a high-profile bungalow in the posh Flagstaff Road in Civil Lines in Delhi till the year 2012 before a supreme court the apex court of India passed a order that led to Salman Rushdie losing the 100 crore bungalow. Salman Rushdie’s father Anis Ahmed Rushdie entered into an agreement with the then Congress leader Bhiku Ram Jain and sold his house at an estimated amount of 3.75 lakh with an advance payment of Rs 50,000   but later the deal failed to materialize and the Rushdie’s staked their claim over the property and the Jain’s moved to court filing a suit which gave a decision in favor of them and the Rushdie’s then again moved to Delhi High Court who gave a decision in favor of the Rushdie’s. In the process both the elder Rushdie and Jain passed away but the Jain’s determined not to let go of the property moved to Supreme Court the apex court of India which directed the Rushdie’s that is the present owner Salman Rushdie to hand over the Bungalow whose present market value accounts for around 80-100 crore to the Jain’s at a throw away price of just 6 crore. Salman Rushdie will surely be a sad man but more will be his Indian fans as this was his last ancestral link with India which is lost for the good.

Salman Rushdie Controversies:

Salman Rushdie and controversies walk hand in hand but the biggest controversy that he faced is that associated with his book The Satanic Verses that was first published in the year 1988 in UK. The book initially received critical acclaim from almost all British book reviewers and it also won the Whitbread Award for novel of the year that carried prize money of £20,000. Before the publication, both the editors and publishers received warnings that the book may be controversial but Salman Rushdie turned a blind eye to them and moved on with the book and soon after its release the book garnered wide spread criticism, heated and violent reactions from the Muslim sections of the world. They accused Salman Rushdie of blasphemy and unbelief and in the year 1989 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme leader of Iran issued a Fatwa against Salman Rushdie and urged the Muslims around the world to kill Rushdie. Rushdie later tried to apologies and disown the book but his apology was squarely rejected the Imam Khomeini. The Fatwa received support and criticism from around the world and the UK urged the Iranian government to revoke the Fatwa which they rejected which resulted in social and political fallout of the western and Islamic relations.  Salman Rushdie had to stay indoors for years guarded by armed security personnel 24X7 and he had to constantly change his location to stay safe. The Fatwa affected his personal life and his 2^nd wife Marianne Wiggins divorced him, he married Elizabeth West during his sad times and she supported him well but he dumped her for the ambitious and beautiful Indian-born Padma Lakshmi who was 23-year his junior and after four years of relationship his fourth wife Padma Lakshmi dumped him and moved on.

“Sir” Salman Rushdie, Knighted by the Queen:

In the year 2007 on 16^th June Salman Rushdie was created a Knight Bachelor by Queen Elizabeth-II in honor of his services to literature. The knighthood for Salman Rushdie resulted in much controversy around the world with Muslim populated countries openly criticizing the act.

Millions from the book of his life:

Salman Rushdie already immensely rich made a lucrative deal with the highly rich Emory University in Atlanta for an eye-popping amount of £1 million which will take the possession of all his papers, archives of journals and manuscripts that also includes the original 1,600 page controversial manuscript of The Satanic Verses.

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