Perhaps we shouldn’t be too surprised, though. After all, the Knicks have made a habit out of this sort of thing, especially when it comes to paying people to go away. The most recent example of this is Phil Jackson. Knicks owner James Dolan signed Jackson to a five-year contract that paid him $12 million per year, the most any executive has ever made. However, after about 3.25 years and a 90-171 record, Jackson and the Knicks agreed to part ways....

Early Life and Education Tulisa, whose real name is Tula Contostavlos, was born on July 13, 1988 in Camden, London, England to Irish mother Anne and Greek Cypriot father Plato, both musicians. Her mother has bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder, and was sectioned under the Mental Health Act when Tulisa was five. With support from her uncle Byron, Tulisa attended Quintin Kynaston School beginning at the age of 14. She later went to Haverstock Secondary School....

She returned to her adult film career in 2000. In addition to appearing in over 150 adult films as an actress, she has also directed 19 projects, including the series, “Black Reign”. She also directs femdom projects under the name Domina X. She also served as the host of “Private Calls” on Playboy TV and “Night Calls” on Playboy Radio. She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2013....

Vitali’s success came from a range of attributes, including a knockout percentage of 87% by the time he retired. He only suffered two losses in his entire career, and both were due to stoppages after he became too injured to continue. After retiring, he joined a very exclusive club of boxers who were never knocked down in a single fight. He is also the only heavyweight boxer to have won world championships in three different decades (the 90s, 2000s, and 2010s)....

The average baseball player will make $4.47 million this year. That’s a record, though it’s the smallest increase (1.6 percent) since 2004, when the average salary fell from $2.5 million to $2.4 million, a three percent decline. Interestingly, the team with the highest payroll is in the same state as the team with the lowest payroll. The Los Angeles Dodgers opening day payroll was $188 million, though they have $235 million in total financial commitments....

Will Champion was born in Southampton, England, and began playing piano and violin when he was in elementary school. He then added guitar to his instrumental skills when he twelve, followed by bass and tin whistle. He graduated from Peter Symonds College, and then began performing with a band called, Fat Hamster. He joined the band, Coldplay, in 1997. Though he didn’t play the drums when he joined the group, he quickly learned....

Aaron is also notable for being the father of Tori Spelling and Randy Spelling. Upon his death, Aaron’s will – which was adjusted just two months prior – revealed that he left the bulk of his fortune to widow Candy Spelling. Aaron left just $800,000 to each of his two kids. His will also included a no-contest clause, which would automatically disinherit anyone who contested his will. Finally, Aaron was known for building the largest private residence in Southern California, a mansion that became known as “Spelling Manor....

He has appeared in the films White Hot, Police Academy 6: City Under Siege, and Lifted. Hunter has also appeared in episodes of the TV series Today, The View, and Rachael Ray. In 1987 he was nominated for a CableACE Award for Music Host. He appeared in the David Bowie music video “Fashion” and was paid $50 a day. Hunter also co-founded Birmingham’s Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival and is the board’s president....

Two Door Cinema Club’s second album Beacon was released in 2012. The album reached #1 in Ireland and #2 in the UK in addition to #4 in Australia and #17 in the United States. The band also had success with their third studio album Gameshow which was released in 2016. Two Door Cinema Club’s most popular singles include “Something Good Can Work”, “Sleep Alone”, “Sun”, and “Changing of the Seasons”....

Although a London-headquartered company, ENRC operates numerous of metals assets across Kazakhstan and Africa, as well as in Eastern Europe and Africa. The company’s expansion doesn’t end here as it continues to explore the sale of international assets. In August 2010, the company acquired 50.5% of Camrose Resources Limited, while in September it obtained the outstanding 50% interest in Bahia Minerals BV. Apart from doing business, Machkevich has been active in Jewish causes....

Early Life Panayotis Alexander “Alexi” Lalas was born on June 1, 1970, in Birmingham, Michigan. He is the son of a Greek father and an American mother. Demetrios Lalas was the director of Greece’s national observatory, and Anne Harding Woodworth is a published poet. Alexi attended Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he was named the 1987 Michigan High School Player of the Year in his senior year despite not taking an interest in soccer until he was 11 years old....

She debuted in the 1999 film Sangharsh and is known for starring in the 2012 movie Student of the Year for which she was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She has become a successful Bollywood actress and has starred in films such as 2 States and Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania in 2014, Kapoor & Sons and Dear Zindagi in 2016, and Badrinath Ki Dulhania in 2017....

She has appeared in music videos for Maroon 5 and Alanis Morissette. In 2013 Anne had an uncredited role in the film A Good Day to Die Hard. She starred as Brooke in the 2014 movie Lullaby. She has also been a coach on the TV series The Face. Anne completed the New York City Marathon in 2009. She has previously dated New York Mets pitcher Matt Harvey. She has been signed with Women Model Management and The Lions agency....

One of their new weapons? Former Olympique Lionnais (Lyon) striker Alexandre Lacazette. The 26-year-old joins the Gunners after four years in Ligue 1, where he scored 113 goals in 183 appearances. The club has some lofty expectations for Lacazette. Arsenal paid a team-record $67 million to sign him away from Lyon. That surpasses the fee Arsenal paid for Mesut Özil in 2013 by more than $11 million. Lyon is having a lucrative summer....

Early Life Bas Rutten was born Sebastiaan Rutten on February 24, 1965, in Tilburg, Netherlands. He developed eczema and severe asthma as a young child. Unable to exercise, Bas was a skinny kid and bullied on a daily basis. He started training in boxing in the elementary school’s yard with a friend. At the age of 12, Rutten became interested in martial arts after going on vacation with his family to France, where the Bruce Lee movie “Enter The Dragon” was playing at a local theater....

Early Life Brandi Lynn Glanville was born on November 16, 1972, in Salinas, California. She was raised in Sacramento, California, by her parents, Judith and Guy Granville. She is the middle of three children, with an older sister (Tricia) and a younger brother (Michael). She has an older sister named Tricia and a younger brother named Michael. Her family is working class. When Brandi was 16, she signed with Elite Model Management....

Within 48 hours of release, the book sold out. Today, he is a favorite on E! Entertainment, the Style Network and Fashion File. Silver made headlines in conjunction with the 2012 Met Ball by wearing a costume Nicole Miller suit based on a 1986 Miller print with a vintage Schiaparelli sequined blowfish cane. Cameron Silver currently stars in the Bravo reality show The Dukes of Melrose with long-time business partner Christos Garkinos....

Early Life Bono was born on March 4, 1969, and given the name Chastity Sun Bono. He was born in Los Angeles, California, and is the only child of Cher and Sonny Bono, who at the time were part of the pop duo Sonny & Cher. As a child, Bono made appearances on his parents’ TV variety show. Bono attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City....

Prior to the formation of the band Dashboard Confessional, Carrabba was a special education teacher who kept a guitar in his office to write songs during his downtime at work. Carrabba started Dashboard Confessional as a side project-a side project that blossomed and won the band an MTV2 Award at the MTV Music Awards for their video Screaming Infidelities in 2002. Carrabba has made guest appearances on other artists’ albums such as Hot Rod Circuit, Say Anything, Twothirtyeight, the New Found Glory as well as Notar’s song Reach....

Early Life and Education Clark Howard was born on June 20, 1955 in Atlanta, Georgia to Jewish parents Joy and Bernard. As a youth, he attended the Westminster Schools. Howard went on to attend American University in Washington, DC, graduating in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in urban government. He subsequently earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Central Michigan University in 1977. Radio and Television While traveling between Florida and Georgia in the late 1980s, Howard was approached by an Atlanta-based radio station that offered him a job giving travel advice to its listeners....