Wyclef Jean Provided a helping hand to the Haiti’s Earthquake
Jan 24th
Wyclef Jean performs at “Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief”, on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 in New York. Wyclef Jean, a native son lift Friday evening’s despairing tone to one of hope and even revival.”Enough of this moping, man, let’s rebuild Haiti, let’s show ‘em how we do it where we come from!” Wyclef Jean, the singer and producer, shouted after singing the downbeat “Rivers of Babylon,” with a Haitian flag around his neck. Jean showcased the resilient spirit of a nation in the midst of catastrophe. On Jan. 12, a powerful earthquake struck the already impoverished country, killing an estimated 200,000 people, displacing many more and reducing much of Haiti to ruins.
Some facts about Jean Wyclef: The son of a Nazarene pastor,Wyclef briefly attended Eastern Nazarene College, where his younger brother Sam graduated with a degree in history.
Wyclef moved with his family to Brooklyn, New York, when he was thirteen, before moving again to northern New Jersey. He worked briefly as a Burger King crew employee as a teenager, before he was fired. Jean has been a resident of Saddle River and South Orange, New Jersey. Jean, who regrets dropping out of college, has announced plans to attend Boston’s Berklee College of Music.
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Loading ...Being Bad Doesn’t affect the rich – It’s a new trend
Jan 24th
Bad news always travel faster than good news. Some celebrities create endless bad behaviors on the news, and these acts seem to help their popularity. Although actresses have a hard time being taken seriously following their tabloid woes, the misdemeanors of female stars in other fields seem to increase their popularity.
Supermodel Kate Moss was pictured snorting cocaine in 2005, but although fashion houses Chanel, Burberry and H&M cancelled their contracts with her in the wake of the revelations, a couple of years later Moss had featured in even more ad campaigns, her clothing line for Topshop was a best-seller and her earnings had tripled.
Soul singer Amy Winehouse’s notorious drug use hasn’t done badly for her profile either. Since releasing her Back to Black album in 2006, Winehouse’s drug binges, arrests, near overdoses, violent confrontations with fans and increasingly emaciated figure have filled tabloids, yet she won five Grammys, three Ivor Novellos and one Brit award despite her garbled acceptance speeches and increasingly lackluster performances.
Britney Spears’ personal woes have been well documented. The 27 year old Baby One More Time singer and twice divorced mother of two had a meltdown in front of the cameras, and pictures of her shaving her own head, attacking photographers and driving erratically with her son on her lap raised concerns, yet her comeback album Circus sold over 4 million copies and the accompanying world tour was well received.
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Young Rich Couple – Jay-z and Beyonce Knowles
Jan 24th
If you could only have source of this couple income, you would be happy. What happens when you marry an $82 million hip-hop brand and an $80 million R&B empire? You get Hollywood’s best-paid power couple.Thanks to a monster year filled with music, movies, fashion and endorsement deals, Jay-Z and his new bride, Beyonce Knowles, collectively raked in $162 million between June 1, 2007 and June 1, 2008. The jaw-dropping sum garners them bragging rights atop our first annual ranking of Hollywood’s Top-Earning Couples, a list that also includes A-list pairings Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman, David and Victoria Beckham, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, and Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, among others.
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...How to become a Young And Rich Poker Player – Joe Cada
Jan 24th
Like many young aspiring poker pros, Joe Cada realized that college wasn’t for him. The Shelby Township, MI native took the leap toward becoming a professional poker player shortly after beginning classes at Macomb Community College. And while most dropouts find the transition difficult, Cada’s decision to leave school turned out to be the most lucrative of his young life: a short time later he became a member of the 2009 World Series of Poker November Nine.
On July 15, Joe Cada earned a spot at the final table of the WSOP Main Event, which resumed on November 7, as he outlasted a field of 6,494 players to guarantee himself a payday of at least $1,263,602. He had his eyes set on the first-place prize of $8,546,435 and a gold bracelet when the tournament wrapped up on Monday, November 10th.
Although he spends most of his time on the felts playing cash games, Cada took a stab at his first ever World Series of Poker in 2009 after turning 21 last year. He cashed twice before the Main Event, taking 64th in Event #13 ($2,500 No Limit Hold’em) for $6,681, and then 17th in Event #34 ($1,500 No Limit Hold’em) for $21,533. Once among the chip leaders of Event #34, Joe Cada was eliminated by PokerStars Team Pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier when Grospellier hit a two-outer on the river against him.
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