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Know Katy Mixon Better!

Katy Mixon is a renowned American film and television actress known for her role on the HBO series Eastbound & Down where she portrayed April Buchanon. Mixon is best recognized for her role on the CBS comedy ‘Mike and Molly’ in which she essayed the role of Victoria Flynn, the sister of Melissa McCarthy’s character Molly Flynn, that proved to be her biggest role till date. In 2016, Mixon started starring in the ABC comedy ‘American Housewife’ playing the lead role of Katie Otto.

In the early days of her career, Mixon appeared in several movies in supporting roles, some of which were ‘The Quiet’ in 2005, ‘Four Christmases’ in 2008, ‘All About Steve’ and ‘State of Play’ in 2009. She also appeared in hit television series’ like ‘Two and a Half Men’ and ‘My Name is Earl’. Mixon also played a role in the Oscar nominated film ‘Hell or High Water’ in 2016 and voiced the character of Tina Nelson in the 2015 film ‘Minions’.

Early Life and Education

Mixon was born on 30 March 1981 in Pensacola, Florida, as one of the seven children of her parents, mother Donna and father Fred Mixon, where she was also raised. Her siblings include 3 sisters named Sarah, Emily and Laura Mixon. She is of White Ethnicity.

Mixon completed her primary and high school education from Pensacola. She is a graduate of the Pensacola Private School of Liberal Arts. Mixon moved to Alabama to study fine arts at the Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, Alabama. She later attended Carnegie Mellon University’s School Of Drama, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and in 2003, moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting professionally.

Career Rise

Mixon debuted on the silver screen with the 2005 thriller movie ‘The Quiet’ in which she portrayed the role of Michelle Fell, sharing screen space with Camilla Bell and Elisha Cuthbert. She portrayed the supporting character of Suzie in the 2006 rom-com ‘Blind Dating’. Her next role was in the 2008 comedy ‘Four Christmases’ in which she played Susan, the young wife of Jon Favreau. Mixon made her television debut in an episode of the show ‘My Name is Earl’. She continued to make appearances in both films and TV, appearing in movies like ‘The Informers’, ‘State of Play’, ‘All About Steve’, ‘Drive Angry’, ‘Take Shelter’, ‘Hell and High Water’ etc. She voiced Tina Nelson in ‘Minions’.

Mixon became a prominent face on television after being cast in Chuck Lorre’s comedy series ‘Mike and Molly’, in which she essayed the character of Victoria Flynn, with co-stars Mellisa McCarthy, Billy Gardell, Swoosie Kurtz and Reno Wilson. Mixon was labelled as “the funniest part” of the show. The show aired on CBS for six seasons from 2010-2016. Mixon also gained recognition for her work on the HBO series ‘Eastbound & Down’, appearing in 20 episodes between 2009 and 2013. Some of her other television roles include, ‘Two and a Half Men’, ‘Wilfred’, ‘Psych’ and ‘The Looney Tunes Show’. Mixon currently appears in the lead role of Katie Otto in the ABC comedy ‘American Housewife’.

Personal Life

Mixon was formerly involved in a romantic relationship with Bobby Deen, who is the son of celebrity chef Paula Deen. The couple dated for 3 years from 2010-2013 until they announced their breakup.

After splitting from Deen in 2013, Mixon entered into a relationship with American javelin thrower Breaux Greer in the same year. The couple got engaged in May 2017, after the birth of their son Kingston Saint Greer, who Mixon gave birth to at the age of 36.

Net Worth

Mixon has an estimated net worth of approximately $2 Million.

The Rise of Michelle Fields

Michelle Fields is a renowned American political journalist best known for her association with ‘The Huffington Post’ the politically liberal, news and website opinion in America. Fields also served in the capacity of a reporter for the Briebart News and was also a contributor at Fox News. Fields was featured in the list of ‘Details’ magazine’s “the next wave of political pundits”.

Fields started her career when she was hired by The Daily Caller as a news reporter and went on to work with several reputed broadcast media houses including the Fox network and CNBC making television appearances on several shows on the networks. Fields became a known face in USA in 2016 when she accused Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump’s campaign manager of allegedly grabbing her arm during a press conference, while she was a Briebart News reporter. She is also a TEDx speaker.

Early Life and Education

Fields was born on 10 January 1988 in Los Angeles, California, where she was also raised by her parents, mother Xiomara Fields and film and television writer Greg Fields. Field is of Hispanic descent, having ancestors from Honduras in Central America.

As a young girl, Fields attended Calabasas High School in the Calabasas area of Los Angeles, California, from where she graduated. She later enrolled into Pepperdine University to study political science, where she was named the president of the University’s ‘Students for Liberty’ chapter, which was a libertarian student organization. Fields graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Political science in 2011.

Career Rise

Fields came into the limelight soon after her graduation when she confronted actor Matt Demon over the teacher tenure reform. She made appearances on channels like CNBC, Fox News and Sky News and featured on several shows for the networks including ‘Hannity’, ‘Fox and Friends’, ‘Fox and Friends First’, ‘The O’Reilly Factor’, ‘Your World with Neil Cavuto’, ‘America Live with Megyn Kelly’, ‘America’s Newsroom’, ‘Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld’ and ‘Stossel’ and was named in Details magazine’s list of one of America’s “the next wave of political pundits.”

Fields worked with the ‘Daily Caller’ as a reporter in 2011 and alleged that she and her colleague were struck by officers of NYPD while covering a protest on Occupy Wall Street. She left the ‘Daily Caller’ and became a correspondent with PJ Media. In 2012, Fields was invited to deliver a TEDx talk where she spoke about Internet Journalism and its future. Fields was hired by Fox News in the capacity of a contributor in September 2014 and a year later, in November 2015, Fields became a political reporter for Breitbart News, resigning from the organization in March 2016. She joined ‘The Huffington Post’ as a reporter in May 2016. She also formerly served as a panellist on ‘Cashin’ In. on Fox News.

Michelle Fields – Husband

Fields dated American political journalist, commentator and ‘The Daily Caller’ editor Jamie Weinstein for several years and announced her engagement to him May 2016. The couple got married after being engaged for a year on 24 June 2017.

Journalistic Style

Fields describes her journalism style like that of ‘Citizen Journalism’. Fields, who was serving with Breitbart News during the controversy with Corey Lewandowski resigned from the organization when she failed to receive support from the management in the aftermath of the Lewandowski incident, which Fields maintained was not justly handled.

Michelle Fields – Net Worth

There is no account of Fields’ salary. She has an estimated net worth of approximately $1.5 Million.

Maria Bartiromo – Know her Better!

Maria Sara Bartiromo is a famous American television journalist and a magazine columnist. She is also an author and has written three books. She mainly works with the FOX network, hosting ‘Mornings with Maria’ and ‘Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo’ on the Fox Business Network and the Fox Channel respectively. She is also at Global Market editor at the Fox Business Network, where see also hosts the segment on Business Global Power Players.

Maria started out as an intern at CNN, before she joined CNBC. During her stint at CNBC, she anchored the Closing Bell program and hosted the ‘On the Money with Maria Bartiromo’ show, on which she was also credited as a managing editor. She is also famous for being the first reporter ever, who broadcasted the New York Stock Exchange Floor, live. Bartiramo has received several journalism awards. In November 2013, Bartiramo left CNBC, after 20 years at the network, to join the FOX Network.

Early Life and Education

Born on September 11, 1967 in Brooklyn, New York to Vincent and Josephine Bartiromo, she is the third and the youngest child of her parents. She is of Italian-American Ethnicity. Her father owned an Italian Restaurant called Rex Manor where she worked as a coat girl in her teenage years. As a child she considered different careers ranging from being a nurse, an interior decorator and even a pharmacist, but decided she wanted a career in journalism after stumbling upon it.

Bartiromo grew up in South Brooklyn’s Dyker Heights section and attended the Fontbonne Hall Academy, which was an an all-girls Catholic school. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University with Majors in both Journalism and Economics.

Career Rise

Bartiramo started off an off-camera intern with CNN in 1988. After 5 years at the network, she offered a position at CNBC in August 1993, by Network President Roger Ailes. She got her first big break when she replaced Roy Blumberg in 1995 and was made an analyst and also given the opportunity to report live from the floor of the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange), making her the first person in history to ever report live from the NYSE floor. During the 90’s Bartiramo regularly contributed on the ‘Squawk Box’ and ‘Market Watch’ segments and from 1997-1999, she anchored ‘Business Center’ with Tyler Mathisen, on CNBC’s flagship primetime show. Though she had a prolific career throughout, she gained nation-wide recognition after she was named the original host of ‘Closing Bell’, a news program on CNBC that discussed the ‘end of trading session’ at NYSE. In 2004, Bartiramo replaced Consuelo Mack as the anchor of ‘The Wall Street Journal Report’.

Bartimaro has been felicitated with 2 Emmy Awards, the received the first one in 2008 in the category ‘Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story’ and the second one in 2006 for ‘Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting’.

Personal Life

Bartiramo married Jonathan Steinberg, the CEO of ‘Wisdom Tree Investments’ in 1999. He is the son of New York financier Saul Steinberg. The couple do not have any children.

Bartiramo has also written three books; her first one is called “Use the News: How to Separate the Noise from the Investment Nuggets and Make Money in Any Economy” featured on the The New York Times, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal’s bestseller lists. Her other books are titled ‘The 10 Laws of Enduring Success’, and ‘The Weekend That Changed Wall Street’ which released in 2010 and 2011 respectively.

Maria Bartiromo – Salary and Net Worth

Bartimaro draws an average salary of $3 Million and has an estimated net worth of $22 Million.

Kirk Herbstreit – What separates him from the Rest!

Kirk Herbstreit is a College Football analyst in America, known widely for his television show on ESPN called ‘College GameDay’ on which he covers college football. He also provides color commentary on the sport on both ESPN and ABC. He also appeared annually on EA Sports Network’s NCAA football, as a commentator until the series was put on hold after the NCAA Football 14.

Herbstreit claims to be an ardent lover of football and was a player of the game himself. He played on the Ohio State football team in the capacity of a quarterback. While he was applauded for his contribution to the game in his junior season, he was named the starting quarterback in most games in his senior season.

Early life and Education

Kirk Herbstreit was born on 19 August 1969 to Jim and Judy Herbstreit in Centerville city, Ohio. He grew up in a family that was passionate about football with his father Jim who played the game in college. Kirk claims that he draws his passion for football from his father and was very impressed with his achievements from his college football days.

Herbstriet attended Centerville High School in Ohio in the Dayton suburb. He played both football and baseball, but his role as quarterback of the Elks at his high school earned him the title of Ohio’s Gatorade player of the year in his senior year. He went to college at Ohio State and graduated with a Business Administration degree in 1993.

Career

Kirk had a shining football career in his high school days. In 1989, He joined Ohio State University. Under Head coach John Cooper, he committed himself to Ohio State Buckeyes and was the first player to do so. In 1992, he co-captained the team along with Steve Tovar, a line-backer. He was also voted the ‘Most Valuable Player’ on the team. After Graduating from Ohio State, Herbstriet started a career in sports broadcasting. He was nominated for a Sports Emmy award in 1997 in the TV’s top studio analyst category.

On the College Gameday Program on ESPN, he discusses the various college football games while also analyzing the players and predicting different games. He visits various colleges across the country as a part of the show.

He is also an analyst on ABC Sports, where he partners with either Brent Musberger or Terry Gannon and is responsible for Saturday night football games. Herbstreit also regularly contributes to ESPN on two platforms; the magazine and the website. Additionally he works for 97.1 The Fan, which is an FM station affiliated to ESPN Radio.

Kirk Herbstreit – Wife

In 1998, Kirk got married to Alison Butler who was his high school sweet-heart. While he played football, Alison was a cheerleader. Together the couple have four boys; identical twins Tye and Jake, Zack and the youngest son is named Chase.

The couple went through a period of turmoil when reports of Kirk’s extramarital affair surfaced in 2007. Kirk was said to be in an adulterous relationship with the wife of Jerry Dunlaw, a police officer from Columbus. Dunlaw apparently divorced his wife Tracy citing adultery. He was also involved in another relationship with a woman named Erin Andrews. However, neither Kirk nor his wife has ever addressed the matter publicly.

Philanthropy

Herbstreit has associated with a couple of worthy-causes and charities including ‘The Make A Wish Foundation’ and the 2012 ‘Buckeye Cruise for Cancer.’

Kirk Herbstreit – Net worth and Salary

Herbstreit has an estimated net worth of $4 million with an annual salary of $450,000.

House

He lives in Nashville, Tennessee since 2011. He presently resided in Ohio but had to vacate the place, after pressure and intimidation from fans of Ohio state, because they found his criticism of the university he attended, in poor state.

Scott Van Pelt – Know him Better!

Scott Van Pelt is a reputed American sports caster as well as a sports talk show host. Van Pelt is mostly known for his work at the ESPN network, co-anchoring on ‘SportsCentre’ on the 11 p.m. slot. While at the network, he has also been known for his duties as a co-host of the radio show SVP and Russillo (a sports talk show) along with Ryen Russillo on the radio network of ESPN and also for hosting several golf events at the radio network.

Van Pelt started his career in 1990 as a sports caster at WTTG-TV, affiliated to FOX Network in Washington, D.C. He later moved to the Golf Channel and spent five years as a studio host from 1995-2000, for some of the signature programs of the network. He however, found fame and recognition with his stint at ESPN Network and continues to be an integral part of the core Sports team there.

Early Life and Education

Van Pelt was born was born on 4 August 1966 to Cathie Mathis and Sam Van Pelt in the city of Brookeville, Maryland. He was raised in an area near Washington D.C. along with his three siblings, brothers Mark, Matt and Mike Van Pelt. As a child, he attended Rockville, Maryland’s Flower Valley Elementary School.

Van Pelt completed his graduation from Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring, Maryland, before enrolling into University of Maryland from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Radio, Television & Film, in 1988. As a student of Maryland University, Van Pelt was offered a walk-on position by coach Lefty Driesell, on the basketball squad. However, in spite of being 6.6 feet tall, Van Pelt never officially played for his team ‘The Terrapins’ as Coach Driesell resigned after the death of Len Bias in 1986.

Career Rise

Van Pelt worked for the FOX network, before starting his career at ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2001 and has been serving the role of a presenter for the network’s flagship ‘SportsCenter’ show, and also remains one of the most proficient golf correspondents, covering the prestigious ‘Masters Tournament’ among others. He is also a celebrated radio personality for ESPN’s Radio network. On ESPN Radio, he co-hosted the ‘Tirico and Van Pelt’ show with Mike Tirico until the program was taken off air in 2009. As a replacement for the show, Van Pelt was given the same slot for his own three-hour long program titled ‘The Scott Van Pelt Show’. In October 2012, the show was renamed SVP & Russillo.

Van Pelt is currently a studio presenter for College Football on Friday Nights, as part of the college football games covered by ESPN. Before he was made a solo anchor for SportsCenter, he co-anchored the show along with Late Stuart Scott as well as Steve Levy from 2012 – 2015. Van Pelt was made a solo anchor for SportsCenter’s midnight edition in June 2015, in the wake of which he decided to quit his radio show.

Scott Van Pelt – Wife

Van Pelt is known to be a recluse in the media when it comes to sharing details of his personal life. He was rumored to be dating his current wife Stephanie, until the couple tied the knot in the year 2011. Currently, the couple do not have any children.

The 1. 98 meter tall Van Pelt is an ardent fan of the Maryland Terrapins, his University Basketball league as well as the Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Redskins. He also has an active social media presence with approximately 1.74 Million followers on the micro-blogging site twitter.

Scott Van Pelt – Salary and Net Worth

One of the wealthiest in the business, Van Pelt draws an annual salary of $4 Million and has an approximate net worth of $16 Million.

Know Michelle Wie Better!

Michelle Sung Wie is a famous Korean American professional golfer who is known for playing the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tours. Wei became the youngest golfer qualifying for the United States Golf Association amateur championship when she was just 10. She is also the youngest qualifier of the LPGA tour events and was named the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links’ youngest champion.

Wie started playing Golf professionally in 2005, shortly after she turned sixteen and was deemed as the next big thing in golf. She earned tremendous amounts of publicity and endorsements. We has also competed against male golf players at the ‘Sony Open’ event which is a part of the PGA tours and reached second position, defeating 46 male players. Wei also played at the 2004 Curtis Cup event as a member of the winning team. In 2014, Wei won her first major game at the U.S. Women’s open.

Early Life and Education

Wie was born on 11 November 1989 in Honolulu, Hawaii to a South Korean immigrant father Wie Byung-wook and his wife Bo Wei. Her parents immigrated to U.S.A in the 1980’s. Wei’s father served as a professor at the University of Hawaii, and her mother was an amateur golf Champion, winning the 1985 title in South Korea and a former beauty queen.

Wie attended the Punahou School in Honolulu from where she graduated in 2007. She later attended Stanford University after enrolling in September 2007 in the capacity of a freshman and professional golfer which although allowed her to get leaves of absence to participate in golf tournaments, meant that she could not play on the University’s golf team as per NCAA guidelines. Wie could attend college only from September to march, owing to her golfing career and ultimately graduated in 2012 earning a majors in communications.

Career Rise

Although, the 1.85 meter tall Wie started playing golf professionally in 2005, she did not receive much success until the 2006 LPGA tournament season where she had top 5 finishes. She participated in the Kraft Nabisco Championship of 2006 and was tied in the third place with Natalie Gublis. She also earned third position at U.S. Women’s open, once again tying with Stacy Prammanasudh and Se Ri Pak. In the same year Wie competed in the men’s tournament, becoming the second female to do so in South Korea. She finished in the first position at a local qualifying tournament meant for Men’s U.S. Open. 2008 proved to be a better year for Wie with her finishing the Ladies German Open in sixth position.

Wei won the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, Guadalajara, Mexico in November 2009 which became her first professional individual victory at a tournament. She also finished second at the Ladies European Tour season that ended at the Dubai Ladies Masters tournament in December 2009. In the August of the following year, Wei earned her career’s second professional victory at the Canadian Women’s Open in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She finished second in her next LPGA event at the NW Arkansas Championship. Wei became the winner of her third LPGA tour in April 2014, the LPGA Lotte Championship, which was her first one in USA and in the June of the same year earned her fourth win and first major championship at U.S. Women’s Open.

Boyfriend

Wei was reported to be dating Robin Lopez of the Portland Trail Blazers. She was also said to be in a relationship with Adam Zahn, a former pro Hoopster in the year 2014. Since splitting with Zahn, Wei has preferred to keep her personal life private and low profile.

Wei had dual, American and South Korean citizenship until 2013 when she opted to remain an American citizen.

Michelle Wie- Salary and Net Worth

Wei has an estimated net worth of approximately $12 Million. Her annual salary account to an estimated $5 million.

Roman Abramovich – The Billionaire who never gave up!

Roman Abramovich is a Russian billionaire, investor, politician and entrepreneur. He is the owner of the private investment company, Millhouse LLC and the Chelsea Football Club.

Success Story

Roman Abramovich was born on 24^th October 1966 to a Jewish family in Taurage, Lithuania. Abromovic’s father, Arkady was a state office manager.

Roman Abramovich dabbled in a plethora of things before making it big. He started his career with the Soviet Army. He then worked as a street trader and opened a mechanic shop near a local factory. During the perestroika, Abramovich sold runner ducks from his apartment and even sold retreaded car tires. With opportunities for privatization thanks to the perestroika, Roman Abramovich legitimized his small business. He opened a doll making company with his first wife, Olga. He soon went on to invest in oil conglomeration, pig farms, and other businesses.

Between 1992 and 1995 he founded five different companies that produced consumer goods, acted as intermediaries and carried out resales. He finally settled for oil products. It was during this time that he was arrested for making fake agreements and theft of government property. The case was closed once proper compensation was met.

By the age of 30, Roman Abramovich was well-connected politically and developed close ties with the President, Boris Yeltsin. He was elected governor of Chukotka and even moved to a new apartment in the Kremlin on the insistence of the First family. Reports suggest that it was Abramovich who suggested Vladimir Putin’s name as a successor to Yeltsin. Abramovich had interviewed each candidate for the cabinet position, and Putin shared a close friendship with Abramovich.

2003 made Roman Abramovich a well-known figure in the world since he acquired the ownership of the companies that owned and controlled the Chelsea Football Club. Ken Bates, who previously owned Chelsea went on to buy Leeds United. Roman Abramovich made sure that Chelsea became a football club that shared the same leverage as clubs like Manchester United and Real Madrid. He even announced that they would build a new state-of-the-art training complex in Cobham for the team. Roman Abramovich in his second season, replaced Claudio Ranieri for Jose Mourinho as the manager for the team.

Chelsea ended their 2004-05 season as a league champion. This was their first victory in 50 years and their second one in the history of the football club. They have since then gone on to win the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, and the Premier League.

Following his success with Chelsea, Roman Abramovich went on to procure CSKA which is a Russian football team. However, he had to forego the rights on the team since UEFA regulations don’t allow the same person to own more than one competing UEFA team. Roman Abramovich made his lawyer, Alexandere Garese his partner in CSKA and controlled the team through him.

Roman Abramovich – Wife and Children

Abramovich first married Olga Yurevan Lysova in 1987, but they divorced in 1990. He went on to marry stewardess, Irina Vyacheslavovna Maladina in 1991, but the marriage ended in 2007. Reports suggested that Roman Abramovich was cheating on Irina with Dasha Zhukova, who was the former girlfriend of Marat Safin and the daughter of Alexander Radkin Zhukov, who was a Russian oligarch. He went on to marry Zhukova in 2008.

Abramovich has five children from Irina and two children from Zhukova. It is believed that the divorce settlement of Abramovich with Irina for £5.5 billion, was the highest one on-record.

Roman Abramovich – Yachts

Abramovich has the most luxurious yachts in the world. He has a 162.5 meters Eclipse, which was once the largest privately owned yacht. The other yachts include Sussurro, Ecstasea and Luna His luxury yachts are referred to in media as ‘Abramovich’s Navy’

Aircrafts

Roman Abramovich also owns the Boeing 767-33A/ER. The aircraft was ordered by Hawaiian Airlines but was canceled, and Abramovich ended up purchasing it and refitted it according to his requirements. He is the proud owner of A Dassault Falcon 7X as well.

Roman Abramovich – Car Collection

Abramovich recently showed off his car collection at the Nürburgring race track in Germany, in 2016. Roman Abramovich hasn’t showcased his car collection before this and experts claim that his car collection would amount to a staggering £8.5 million. He raced his Ferrari along with his friend Viktor Kharitonin. He displayed his Ferrari 488 GT3 and the rare Pagani Zonda R. The car is extremely rare since only 15 of them had been made and was priced at £2.5million.

Roman Abramovich showed off his Bugatti Veyron Ferrari FXX, Lamborghini Reventon, Mercedes-Benz AMG GT3, and Aston Martin Vulcan to name a few of the cars that he displayed.

The Nürburgring race track is owned by Roman Abramovich’s friend, Viktor Kharitonin in 2014. The race track was closed to the public for the two-day event where Roman Abramovich displayed his car collection so that the two friends could race their cars without any disturbance.

Roman Abramovich – Net worth

Roman Abramovich has a net worth of $9.1 billion. He is the 13^th richest billionaire in Russia and 139^th richest person in the world.

Know Arundhati Roy Better!

Suzanna Arundhati Roy is an Indian novelist, fiction and non-fiction writer as well as an essayist. She has written at least six books and innumerable articles and Essays. Roy is renowned for her Man Booker Prize winning Novel ‘The God of Small Things’ released in 1997. The novel became the biggest best-sellers ever written by any non expatriate Indian author.

Roy has a very strong voice and is known for never shying away from giving her opinion, whether it is about the political climate in a country or any thing that matters on a large scale. She is also known for her political activism and is involved in matters of concern such as environmental issues and human rights. Roy was also awarded the Sydney Peace Prize in 2004.

Early Life

Roy was born on 24 November 1961, in the Indian city of Shillong in Meghalaya to Mary Roy, a Keralite Christian and Rajib Roy, an Indian Bengali Hindu from Kolkata. (Then Calcutta) While her mother was a women’s rights activist, her father managed a tea plantation. She has one sibling, a brother. When she was just two years old, her parents divorced, which resulted in Roy and her brother moving to Kerala, her mother’s hometown. When she was five years old, Roy’s mother started a school in Kerala.

Roy had a privileged up-bringing, having attending the Corpus Christi school in Kottayam and later The Lawrence School, Lovedale in the Nilgiris of Tamil Nadu. She was also a student of architecture at ‘The School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi’.

Career Rise

Roy enjoyed success briefly when she wrote and acted in ‘In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones’. The movie won the National Award for best Screenplay. But she attracted nation-wide attention when she criticized Shekhar Kapoor’s biopic on Phoolan Devi, ‘Bandit Queen’, by calling it “The Great Indian Rape trick”.

Roy achieved world-wide recognition with her novel, ‘The God of Small Things’. She took four years the complete the book, between 1992 and 1996, and gives semi-autobiographical accounts of her life and childhood experiences in Kerala. The novel won Roy the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and was an international best seller, selling in 18 countries around the world. Roy was said to have received half a Million pounds as an advance for the book. It was recognized in the Top five books of 1997 by Time Magazine.

Roy has written several other novels and won many awards. She is the winner of the ‘Lannan Foundation’s Cultural Freedom Award’, ‘The Sydney Peace Prize’ and the ‘Norman Mailer Prize’ among others.

Roy has met with harsh criticisms and death threats due to her extremely vocal opinions, but continues on the path of activism, calling it her right as an Indian, thinking citizen.

Arundhati Roy – Fiction Books

Though she has written a lot of non-fiction, her fiction book ‘The God of Small Things’ made her a household name. She released another fiction book in 2017, known as ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’.

Personal Life

Roy was first married to Gerard Da Cunha, a fellow student at the ‘The School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi’. The marriage was short lived, lasting only four years. Following an unsuccessful career in architecture and a monotonous marriage, Roy split with Da Cunha.

In 1984, Roy met Pradip Krishen, an independent filmmaker, when she moved back to Delhi. Krishnen offered her a role in his award-winning film ‘Massey Sahib’. She soon married Krishen but the marriage did not last either as Roy soon became disillusioned with the movie business. The couple split up eventually.

Arundhati Roy – Net worth

As of 2017, Roy has an estimated Net Worth of $3 Million.

What makes Hoda Kotb so Special!

Hoda Kotb is a famous American television news personality. She is a news anchor as well as a TV host and co-hosts the popular Today Show in the fourth hour on NBC along with Kathie Lee Gifford. Kotb is an Egyptian American, with her family having ancestral roots in Egypt. She, along with her team members on the Today Show, won a daytime Emmy in the year 2010. Kotb also functions as a correspondent on Dateline NBC.

Kotb started her career in CBS News in Cairo, Egypt, as a news assistant. After working at many big and small networks in a bid to establish herself, Kotb’s first prominent role was that of an anchor and reporter at WWL-TV, a top news station in New Orleans, Louisiana. Although she has had a very long career in the field of broadcast Journalism, she only became a household name after she joined the Today Show.

Early life and Education

Kotb was born on 9th August 1964 in Norman, Oklahoma to Sameha and A.K. Kotb. Both her parents are from Egypt. She also has two siblings; a sister named Hala and a brother named Adel Kotb. Although she was born in the United States, she and her family lived for a year in Egypt and Nigeria.

Kotb was raised in Morgantown, West Virginia and in Alexandria, Virginia. Throughout the 1990’s, she lived in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. She attended Fort Hunt High School from where she graduated in 1982. Kotb was named Homecoming Queen and was also selected as Graduating class speaker at its Baccalaureate service. Kotab went to college at Virginia Tech and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in the field of broadcast journalism. In 2010 she was elected on the Board of Directors for the Virginia Tech Alumni Association for a period of three years.

Career Rise

Kotb has had an active career since 1986. Kotb has been a correspondent on Dateline NBC since 1998, a role she still fulfils till date. In 2008, she was added as the fourth hour co-anchor for NBC’s Today Show that she co-hosts along with Kathie Lee Gifford. It was at the Today Show that she received nation-wide prominence. She also fills in for Savannah Guthrie and Matt Lauer as a co-anchor on the network. Since March 2017, Kotb acts as the third co-anchor on the Today Show, although she doesn’t appear in the first hour.

Kotb is also a best-selling author, having written ‘Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee’. The book was released in October 2010. Other books she wrote include ‘Ten Years Later: Six People Who Faced Adversity and Transformed Their Lives’ released in 2013 and ‘Where They Belong: The Best Decisions People Almost Never Made’ released in 2016.

As part of the Today Show, Kotb and her cast-mates won a Daytime Emmy in 2010.

Personal Life

Kotb was married to Burzis Kanga, a former tennis coach at the University of New Orleans from 2005-2007. She was diagnosed of Breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy and reconstructive surgery in March 2007.

Since her diagnosis, she has been an active advocate of breast cancer awareness. Throughout her battle with cancer, she allowed the cameras of Today Show to follow her. Her story was documented and aired after she announced that she was cancer-free. As of January 2015, she has been in a relationship with Joel Schiffman, a New York financier. Kotb adopted a baby girl called Haley Joy Kotb in Early 2017.

Hoda Kotb – Net worth and Salary

Hoba Kotb has an estimated net worth of $12 million and draws an annual salary of $2 million

The Remarkable Kathie Lee Gifford

Kathryn Lee Gifford/Kathie Lee Gifford is an American television host, comedian, actress, singer, and songwriter. She became famous as the co-host of ‘Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee,’ a talk show on WABC-TV. She remained the co-host of the show for 15 years, from 1985 to 2000.

Gifford has been nominated for Daytime Emmy awards 11 times. She won her first Daytime Emmy award in 2010 as a member of the program ‘Today.’

Early Life

Kathie was born on 16^th August 1953 as Kathryn Lee Epstein in Paris, France. Her father, Aaron Epstein was working as a US Navy Chief Petty Officer and stationed in the country during the time of her birth. Her mother Joan Epstein was a singer. The family lived in Bowie, Maryland after returning to America.

Kathie attended Bowie High School. At school, she was a singer in a folk band named Pennsylvania Next Right. She later went to Oral Roberts University at Tulsa, Oklahoma and graduated in music and drama.

Career

Gifford’s first job was as a secretary and babysitter for Anita Bryant. Kathie used to live and work at her Miami home.

In 1974, she got work as a singer, vocalist, and sidekick on Tom Kennedy’s game show ‘Name That Tune.’ Thus began her career in TV. She worked as a cast member on a short-lived show called ‘Hee Haw spinoff, Hee Haw Honeys’ in 1978. She started doing TV ads for Carnival Cruise Lines from 1984.

In 1985, Gifford was offered a co-host slot for a show called ‘The Morning Show with Regis Philbin’ telecast on WABC-TV. She replaced former co-host Ann Abernathy. The show went national after 3 years and was renamed as “Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee.” The show was very popular and brought a lot of attention and fame to Kathie.

While co-hosting the talk show, Gifford also worked as a musical contributor and writer for musical theater shows in the 1990s. After leaving the talk show, she appeared in varied films and TV programs. She also independently released many CD albums.

In Sep 2005, the 1. 65 meter tall Kathie worked for the show ‘The Insider’ as a special correspondent. In 2008, she left this job and began co-hosting the fourth hour of Today show with Hoda Kotb. Gifford also makes occasional appearances during the initial three hours of the show. Additionally, she works as an NBC News contributing correspondent.

Personal Life

Gifford married Paul Johnson, a Christian composer, publisher, arranger, and producer, in 1976. They divorced after 7 years.
Kathie married Frank Gifford, a sports commentator in 1986. The couple have two children Cassidy and Cody. Frank died in 2015.

Trivia

In 1996, Gifford was accused by social and human rights activists of using child labor in sweatshops that made apparels for her clothing line sold at Wal-Mart. She subsequently took the help of Federal authorities to protect children from child labor.
Even though Kathie was brought up as a Jew, she became a born-again Christian at age 12 after watching producer Billy Graham’s film called ‘The Restless Ones.’

Kathie Lee Gifford – Salary and Net Worth

Her net worth is estimated to be about $20 million. Kathie Lee Gifford earns an estimated salary of $2 million per year.