Tamron hall – Beyond News

Tamron hall is a correspondent for the NBC News. She hosts the program of “MSNBC Live with Tamron Hall”. ‘Today’s Take’ is hosted by her and she is currently hosting the Deadline: Crime on the Investigation Discovery Channel. She has been associated with networks like KTVT Network, KBTX Network, MSNBC and WFLD network.

Early life and background

Born on 16th September, 1970, in Lulling, Texas, Tamron was brought up by mother Mary Newton and her step-father. Her step father was a very caring and loving man. He inspired Hall to become a journalist. Post her schooling, she got admitted to Temple University where she studiedBroadcasting Journalism through Bachelors of Art degree.

Career

She started her career through KTVT, situated in Fort Worth, Texas. 1997-2007 was the period where she served under WFLD-TV. This was in Chicago, Illinois. Being a past resident of Chicago, she covered in details issues and topics related to Chicago politics. She has worked at different positions while working for WFLD, as a consumer reporter, general project reporter and s the anchor of a 3 hour episode in Fox News.

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Tamron Hall has covered many stories and news while being at WFLD.  One of them was a story of the most horrifying accidents concerning Amtrak in Illinois. Before Barack Obama announced his presidential run for 2008, Hall got the opportunity to interview him personally. She then joined MSNBC in the year 2007. Tamron worked as a fill-in anchor and general reporter at MSNBC.

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From the time of 2010, she has been a part of “NewsNation with Tamron Hall” on MSNBC as an anchor. It does the reporting of entertainment news, prestigious celebrity interviews and global US news. It has covered major news of American events including Osama Bin Laden’s death, 2011 Launch of Space shuttle, Hurricane Isaac that occurred in 2012, etc.

July 2013 was the year, it was publically announced that Tamron Hall will start hosting a show called “Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall” on Investigation Discovery. The program focuses on precise information of all the stories from valid sources.

Tamron was nominated for an Emmy Award for her segment, “The Bottom Line,” aired in 1999. She also writes for major publications and websites like Forbes, Huffington Post; etc.

Impact of sister’s death

In the year 2014,Tamron Hall got a call from police officers that her sister was found dead in a pool faced down. Reportedly this was a culmination of domestic violence. However, till this date, her murderer has not been found as yet.  Because of this issue, a movement was started to fight domestic violence. The name of that movement is ‘Shine A light’.

Boyfriend

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The 1.75 meter tall dusky anchor is known to have a boyfriend in the form of Lawrence O’Donnell; a journalist, political analyst, actor, writer and producer.

Controversy

She was in a controversial stir when the media questioned her relationship with a noted singer Prince in 2014, to which she denied saying they were just best friends.

Tamron Hall – Net Worth and Salary

Hall’s net worth is supposedly $5 million and an annual salary of $700,000 on an average.

House

She has a house in a posh locality of Manhattan, New York.

Know Vijay Mallya better!

Vijay Mallya is a popular Indian businessman and a politician. Owing to his lavish lifestyle, he was once called the “King of Good Times”. He is the ex-chairman of United Spirits Ltd which is the largest spirit company of India.  He also served as a member of Rajya Sabha twice. He received several awards in his career which include the 2010 “Entrepreneur of the Year” at the Asian Awards, “Global leader for tomorrow” by World economic forum,”Officier de la Légion d’Honneur” by Government of France.

Early Life and Background

Vijay Mallya was born on 18th December 1955 in Kolkata, West Bengal. His father, Vittal Mallya, was the chairman of United Breweries Group. His mother, Lalitha Ramaiah, was a home maker. Vijay attended the prestigious La Martinière Calcutta. After completing his school education he enrolled in St Xavier’s College, Calcutta and earned his graduation degree in commerce in the year 1976.  Thereafter, he went to United States and joined an internship program in the American division of Hoechst AG. In 1997, the Southern California University for Professional Studies conferred upon an “Honorary degree of Doctorate of Philosophy” in Business Administration

Career

After the death of his father in the year 1983, Vijay became the chairman of United Breweries Group. He was only 28 years old then. With his able leadership, the company witnessed spectacular growth. It expanded to over 60 countries across the globe with a growth rate of 64%.  In subsequent years,  he acquired various brands like the  Berger Paints, Best and Crompton, Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers, The Asian Age newspaper  etc. He brought all these companies under one roof and renamed the brand as the “UB Group”.

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Under the chairmanship of Vijay Mallya, the United spirit Ltd became the second largest spirit company in the world by selling 10 crore cases. The Kingfisher beer brand under the UB group became one of leading Indian beer brands in the global market and is sold over 52 counties in the world.

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In March 2005, Vijay Mallya established the Kingfisher Airlines which was one of his most ambitious projects. But this airlines business did not run as per his expectations. It suffered huge losses and had to be closed down.  The amount of money that he owed to banks became almost $1.35 billion by November 2015. Case was filed against Vijay Mallya and under Indian Law he was accused of being a “willful defaulter”.

A consortium of banks appealed to Supreme Court in March 2016 to stop Mallya from leaving the country. However, by that time he already left the country. On 18th April 2016, a non- bailable warrant was also issued by a special court of Mumbai against him. There were also allegations that he transferred Rs 4000 crores to tax haven.  Apart from this, he was also the director of Royal Challengers Sports Pvt Ltd under which IPL team Royals Challengers Bangalore operates.

Vijay Mallya – Wife

Vijay was married Sameera Tyabjee in the year 1986. She was an airhostess of Air India. The couple has a son named Siddharth. But they got divorced in subsequent years.

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Thereafter, in June 1993, he married his long time friend Rekha. They are blessed with two daughters namely Leanna and Tanya.

Vijay Mallya – Net Worth

Vijay Mallya has a net worth of $1.2 billion. He has 32 percent share in United Breweries (maker of Kingfisher) and holds Rs. 150 crores worth USL shares.He is the 84th richest person in India.

Vijay Mallya – House, Properties and Islands

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One of the biggest properties of Vijay Mallya is the ‘White House in the Sky’.  It is in the form of a tower that has 82 homes, of which 72 are given to billionaires and millionaires, with ten retained for family members.  The penthouse on the 32 and 33rd floor is the pad of Vijay Mallya.

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The other homes of Vijay Mallya include a sprawling mansion in Sausalito (France) which he bought for $1.2 million in 1984, huge penthouse in Trump Towers for $2.4 million,  a beach face property in Nettleton Road (South Africa),  a 90-crore worth vacation home in Goa known as ‘Kingfisher Villa’ , few castles in Scotlands and some farmhouses in London. He also has a palatial property called ‘Le Grande Jardin’ in France for $55 million.

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Vijay Mallya owns Mabula Game Lodge in South Africa, which spans across 12,000 hectares of land. He also owns the island of Sainte- Marguerite in Lerin Islands, located near French Riveira (Cannes). He also owns a few islands properties in Monte Carlo, sprawling across 800 acres. Vijay Mally also owns few thousand acres of land in the Himalayan range.

 Jet Planes

He uses Airbus 319 CJ, leased from Bank of London, and Hawker 700, owned by Shaw Wallace. Mallya holds 54 percent share in Shaw Wallace.

Vijay Mallya – Yacht

He makes use of the ‘Indian Empress’ a 95 m long yacht with a helipad. He sold it off in 2011 and is believed to be chartering it whenever he wants it. He owns a smaller yacht, a motor-based one, which  dates back to 1906.

Matt Lauer – Highest Paid News Anchor ‘Today’

Mathew Todd “Matt” Lauer is a skilled television journalist from America. He is best known for his works as the host of The Today Show on NBC. One of the biggest names in the TV industry, he has been working with Today since 1997. He contributed in for NBC program ‘Dateline NBC’ as well. Prior to this he was a news anchor for WNBC in New York, The Today Show in 1994. Matt hosted sections of HBO Entertainment News as well.

Early Life and Background

Born on 30th December, 1957, in New York City, Matt is the son of Jay Robert Lauer, a bicycle-company owner and Marilyn Kolmer, a boutique owner.  His parents got a divorce in his youth years and his father expired in 1997. Jay Robert Lauer, Matt’s father was a Romanian Jewish descent. He wasn’t raised to any particular religion and probably that’s why he desired to know something spiritual.

Lauer had graduated from the School of Media Arts and Studies (the school of telecommunication formerly) of Ohio University. He got his undergraduate degree from Ohio University at 39 years of age. In 1979, he had dropped out of the Ohio University’s School of Telecommunications in the springtime.

 

Career achievements

Matt began his career in television in 1979. He was the producer for WOWK-TV of 12 o’clock news in Huffington, West Virginia. He had become a reporter on-air by 1980. He was the reporter for the 6 o’clock and 11 o’clock newscast. He later began to move around the country and hosted many weekly talk programs and informative shows. He touched Philadelphia, Boston, Richmond and Providence. PM Magazine had him as a host in Providence. Later, he was the host at WNEW-TV in 1984, in New York City till the show got cancelled in 1986. He then co-hosted WNYW-TV in 1986 in a show called Made In New York alongside Jill Rappaport. He had also worked for ESPN during the 1980s. He hosted Talk of the Town of WNEV-TV as well, in 1988.

For around two years, from 1989-1991, Matt Lauren anchored a 3-hour long live interview event on WWOR-TV called 9 Broadcast Plaza. He was hired by Kushner-Locke Company in 1990.

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From 1992 to 1993, he was a newsreader on The Today Show in place of Margeret Larson when required. He was officially named the anchor of Today Show after Bryant Gumbel exited. In addition to these responsibilities, he was also hosting programs on MSNBC and Discovery Channel.

Apart from works in NBC he has also appeared in a movie called Sharknado 2: The Second One and Sharknado the third edition. In 2015, he had interviewed Charlie Sheen where the actor  disclosed that he had HIV.

 

Wife and Children

Nancy Alspaugh is the girl whom he married and divorced. Matt then married Annette Roque. He has two sons and a daughter named Jack, Matthew and Thijs.

Matt Lauer  –  divorce news

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There was a rumor about Matt’s wife Annette filing for divorce. This was in 2006. He has also been linked with several reporters. Despite all this, the couple is together going strong.

Matt Lauer – affair news

The prolific news anchor has not been immune to reports of affairs. He has been linked with TV journalist Lara Spencer. He was also alleged by media for having an affair with chef Giada De Laurentiis.  There were a few reports that Matt Lauer was in a relationship with NBC anchor Natalie Morales, including father one of her kids. He has also been romantically linked with Savannah Guthrie, his co-anchor with Today.

Matt Lauer – Net Worth and Salary

He is the highest paid news anchor in the world with a  salary of $25 million. Matt Lauer’s  net worth is close to $70 million.

House

Matt Lauer’s beautiful water-front cottage is situated in Southampton, New York.  The 1500 square-feet property is worth $2.15 million

Andrea Tantaros -The Success Story

Andrea Tantaros is an eminent American television personality, political analyst and commentator. She was best known as a host for the shows like “Outnumbered” and “The Five” which are broadcasted by the Fox News Channel. She also wrote a book called “Tied Up in Knots: How Getting What We Wanted Made Women Miserable”. She quit Fox News, alleging sexual harassment.

Early life and background

Andrea Tantaros was born on December 30, 1978 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Her family ran a restaurant business. They owned a Greek restaurant named Pied Piper Diner. Andrea spent her childhood in Allentown. She used to help her family in running her business.

For her school education, Andrea attended the Parkland High School in Allentown, Pennsylvania and graduated from there in the year 1997. Thereafter, she enrolled in Lehigh University and earned her graduation degree in French and journalism in 2001. During her college days she used to write political commentaries.  After gaining her graduation degree she went to France and enrolled herself in “the Sorbonne” which is also known as the “University of Paris” to pursue her post graduates degree.  After gaining her master’s degree she shifted her base to Washington DC in 2003 to fulfill he dreams and make her career.

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Career 

Tantaros started her career as a spokes person for the Governor William Weld of Massachusetts. She also served as the spokesperson for the then Congressmen Pat Toomey and for Thomas Reynolds, the former National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman. In subsequent years she established her own firm called “Andrea Tantaros Media”. Her firm used to provide assistance to fortune 500 companies to tackle issues like crisis management and also helped them to prepare effective media strategy. It also created political campaigns.

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In April 2010, the 1.63 meter tall Andrea got the chance to join the Fox News Channel as a political contributor.  In the following year she was selected as a co-host of the show “The Five”.  Her anchoring skills made the show one of most popular programs in American television beating all its competitors in MSNBC and CNN.  In the year 2013, “The Five” became the second most watched show in all American cable news.  This shows focuses on diverse issues like the current stories, political issues, and pop culture. It made her one of the most sought after television personalities in the American media world.  Due to her tremendous popularity, she became one of the hosts of the show called “Outnumbered” in the year 2014. This show too earned her name and fame. But on 26th April 2016, the channel dropped her from the show. This incident created lots of media uproar. The channel cited the reason behind such drastic step was contractual issues.

Boyfriend

Andrea tantaros boyfriend Dave Navarro

As per media reports, Andrea is in a relationship with Dave Navarro. He is an American singer, actor guitarist and a song writer. He is best known as a founder member of the rock band “Jane’s Addiction”. The couple met each other through a mutual friend.

Lawsuit Controversy against Fox News

She sued Fox News, ex-CEO Roger Ailes and five key executives including Bill O’Reilly for sexual harassment.  She went on to say in her lawsuit that Fox News “masquerades as defender of traditional family values, but behind the scenes, it operates like a se*-fueled, Playboy Mansion-like cult, steeped in intimidation, indecency, and misogyny.” She went on to say that she was discouraged to complain against some of the top male executives and specially against Roger Ailes, as he was a  ‘very powerful man’.  The lawsuit came one month after Gretchen Carlson’s lawsuit against Roger Ailes.

 

Andrea Tantaros – Salary and Net Worth

Andrea Tantaros has a net worth of $1.5 million. She earns an annual salary in between $150,000 – $200,000.

 

Sheena Parveen – The Girl for All Seasons

Sheena Parveen is a dynamic American television personality. She is currently serving as a meteorologist and reporter in the popular news channel called NBC-10. She has been associated with the channel since December 2011. With her are talent and charisma she has already carved a niche for herself in the American media world.

Early Life and background

Sheena was born on 23rd September 1987 in India to father Mark, a computer programmer and mother, a German working for the US. . Sheena spent her childhood in the gulf coast of Florida. She was an active child .She used to take part in volleyball and represented her school in various events. From her school days, Sheena had deep interest in space and weather science. After completing her school education she enrolled in Florida State University and earned a degree in Meteorology. She also studied mathematics as her minor subject during graduation.

Career

Sheena started her career as an intern in Tallahassee News. It is the fourth largest channel in American television market. Due her satisfactory performance as an intern, she was awarded a job offer to work for the channel. It was a dream come true experience for her. She accepted the offer and joined as a reporter and meteorologist in WCTV in Tallahassee, Florida. She also used to work as a columnist for the weekend shows that were broadcasted during the morning hours. Apart from this, she used to report on news that deals with the environmental issues.

On November 2009, Sheena left WCTV after serving the company for few years. Thereafter, she joined the WTVT as a meteorologist and columnist. She served as a host of a morning show called “Pet Adoption” for the channel. After serving the channel for two years she resigned from the post. In December 2011, she shifted her base to Philadelphia to join the network NBC 10. She is currently associated with the channel as a weather forecaster.

With her intelligence and sound presentation skills, she has become one of the most sought after weather forecasters and meteorologists in American media world as well as among the masses. She can be regarded as a role model in the American Broadcast Weather Journalism sector. Her talent won her the “American Meteorologist Society’s seal of Certified Broadcast Meteorologist” in 2011.

 

Sheena Parveen – Boyfriend

The 5 feet 2 petite Sheena is known to be a very private person. There have been several rumors regarding her relationship status. As per some media reports, she has dated many eminent personalities like William Green , Hugh Jackson, Scott Hartnell etc. But she rubbished all these rumors.

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Some of the media reports also reported that she has secretly tied the knot with Jamison Uhler, a former anchor of NBC 10. There are other reports that state that Sheena Parveen is dating Scott Harnel, the NHL swap captain for Philadelphia Flyers.

 

Sheena Parveen – Net Worth and Salary

She has a net worth of $3 million and earn an annual salary of $1.6 million.

Sheena Parveen – Pictures

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Vanna White – How the Wheel Turned Her Fortunes

Vanna White is a popular American television personality and an actress.She is  the long term host of the show ,” Wheel of Fortune”. Before joining the show  as the co-host in the year 1982, she worked as a model.

Early life and background

Vanna White was born on 18th February 1957 in Conway , South Carolina. She was born as Vanna Marie Rosich. She is the daughter of Miguel Angel Rosich and Joan Marie. As per the reports, her father  was a  Puerto Rican and a Croatian descent. After her father abandoned the family, Vanna was raised by her mother and stepfather, Herbert Stackley White Jr, a former real estate. After completing her high school education, Vanna shifted to Atlanta, Georgia and enrolled in the Atlanta School of Fashion

 Career

Vanna White started her career as a model, but later in the 1979 she went to Los Angles to pursue a career in acting.She has acted in several popular movies which includes Gypsy Angels (1980), Looker (1981) ect. In the year 1988, she played the character of “Venus” in the NBC television film “Goddess Of Love”. Apart from this, she has also made cameo appearances in several television shows and movies which includes L.A Law,227, Super Mario Bros Super Show, Simon and Simon,The King of Queens, Full House , Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult, Graduation Day etc. She has also acted in “ Married….With Children”, the parody of the  film “ Indecent Proposal”. In the year 1987, she featured in a Playboy pictorial.

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She touched the pinnacle of success in the year 1982, when she became the host of the show “The Wheel of Fortune”. The show witnessed tremendous success and she became a popular television personality.In the  year 1999, the show “ The Wheel of Fortune” was viewed by over 40 million people. White has also been recognized in “The Guinness Book of World Records” in the year 1992. She holds the record of television’s most frequent clapper with approximately 720 claps per show.

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Apart from this , in 1996 Vanna became the narrator and singer in the CD release of Leslie Bricusse’s “ Santa’s Last Ride”. She has also lent her voice to Canadian and American animated television shows which includes The Real Story of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and Captain Planet and the Planeteers.

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On 20th April, 2006, the 1.67 meter tall Vanna White was honoured with a star in Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her autobiography ,” Vanna Speaks” which was published in the year  1987 was a best seller. Apart from this Vanna runs a line of yarns called “Vanna’s Choice” through Lion Brand Yarns.

Controversy

Vanna White filed a legal suit against the popular brand “Samsung Electronics” for a television ad which showed a robot turning letters on a game show. White alleged that the ad violated her personality rights. The brand later paid   $403,000 to Vanna as compensation.

 

Vanna White – Husband and Children

Vanna White had a long term relationship with dancer- turned- actor John Gibson, but he died in a plane crash in 1986. Later she married George San Pietro,a restaurant owner in December 1990. The couple has a son and a daughter ,but they got divorced in 2002.

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White was engaged to businessman Michael Kaye from 2004 to 2006 but they never got married.

Vanna White – Net Worth and Salary

Vanna White has a net worth of $ 30 million and earns a salary of $ 8 million annually.

Bill O’ Reilly – The Highest Paid News Anchor in the World

William James “Bill” O’Reilly is a popular American television personality, host, author and a political commentator. He is best known for his show “The O’Reilly Factor” which is broadcasted by the Fox News Channel. Towards the beginning of 2009 he hosted a popular radio program called “The Radio Factor”. In addition to this, he also wrote several popular books.

Early Life and Background

Bill O’Reilly was born on 10th September 1949 in New York City, United States of America. He was born to William James Sr and Winifred Angela. He has a younger sister named Janet. In the year 1951, his family shifted from New Jersey to Levittown, Long Island.

Bill completed his school education from St. Brigid parochial school in Westbury, and Chaminade High School. After graduating from school, he joined Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1967 and earned his graduation degree in history in 1971. In the year 1973, Bill acquired his master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University. He got the chance to study at John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and attained the master of public administration degree in 1996

Career

Bill O’ Reilly started his career as a reporter and anchor at WNEP-TV in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He later joined the WFAA-TV in Dallas ,where he got the Dallas Press Club Award for his excellent investigative reporting skills. He then shifted his base to Denver and joined the KMGH-TV where he earned a local EMMY. In subsequent years he was associated with many channels which include the KATU in Portland, Oregon, WFSB in Hartford, WNEV-TV in Boston etc.

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In the year 1986, Bill got the opportunity to join the ABC News as a correspondent. Later on he started hosting many daytime briefs for the channel. He also served as a general assignment reporter for various popular shows of the channel like the Good Morning America, Nightline and World News Tonight. In 1989, Bill became the part of a tabloid gossip television program called Inside Edition. After expressing his desire to quit the show in 1994, Deborah Norville replaced him in the show in the year 1995.

In October 1996, Bill was hired by the CEO of Fox News Channel Roger Ailes as the host of the show O’Reilly Report. This program was later renamed as the “The O’Reilly Factor”. The show became very popular in the American media world and helped him to earn huge popularity.

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Apart from this, he has authored several books to his credit, which include the “Those Who Trespass”, “Who’s Looking Out For You?”, “Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency”, The Last Days of Jesus: His Life and Times,” The Day the President Was Shot” and many more. He also wrote weekly columns which appeared in various popular newspapers like the New York Post and Chicago Sun-Times. He also appeared in movies in cameo roles ,which include “An American Carol”, “Iron Man 2” and “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”. He is also the recipient of the 2008 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Governors’ Award .

Controversies

Bill O’ Reilly has been a part of several controversies. On 13th October 2004, Bill sued the former producer of The O’Reilly Factor, Andrea Mackris for extortion charges. He was also accused by the Gawker.com for physically assaulting his ex-wife Maureen McPhilmy. Bill also appealed to American citizens to boycott products of Pepsi on 27th August 2002. Bill was sent a letter by the Anti-Defamation League on 8th December 2004 criticizing his remarks that he expressed about Jews in his radio talk show called “The Radio Factor”.

As per the current media reports, Bill has decided to sue his ex-wife for $ 10 million for cheating him. He has further alleged that his ex wife has misled him in relation to the terms and conditions of their divorce in order to support her extramarital affair.

Bil O’ Relly- Wife and Children

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Bill O’ Reilly married Maureen E. McPhilmy on November 2, 1996. She is a public relations executive. They have two kids- a son and a daughter. They got divorced 1st September 2011.

Bill O’ Reilly – Net Worth and Salary

He is one of the highest paid news personalities. Bill O’ Reilly’s annual salary is an average of $19 million. He has also earned about $30 million for his book royalties. Bill O’ Reily’s net worth is close to $80 million.

Ousting from Fox News

There were emerging allegations from various sections of media about Reilly’s involvement in s**ual harassment against women working for Fox. A detailed report in New York Times in April 2017 showed that Fox and he had paid close to $13 million to five women who had leveled charges against him.  Finally, following a detailed investigation from Murdoch Family (owners of 21st Century Fox), it was clear on November 19, 2017, that O’Reilly will not be a part of the Fox Network anymore.

 

What is Deepika Padukone’s Net Worth?

Deepika Padukone is a model and actress from India. She is one of the highest paid celebrities in India. She won several awards for her films and is an established person in Bollywood.

Early Life and Background

Deepika was born on 5th January, 1986, in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was raised in Bangalore, India. Her parents, Prakash Padukone, an eminent badminton player and mother Ujjala, a travel agent have another daughter Anisha, who is a golfer. She did her schooling from Sophia High School and completed her pre-university education from Mount Caramel College. She had applied for Bachelors of Arts in Sociology at IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University) but later quit it because of her conflicts in schedule of modeling career.

Career Achievements

Prasad Bipada was the man who guided Deepika during her full-time modeling career. She started her career with an advertisement for Liril soap. She modeled for several products and in 2005 made a runaway in Lakme Fashion Week. She was also selected for the Kingfisher Calendar in 2006. Deepika relocated in Mumbai at the age of 21 and appeared in a musical video of Himmesh Reshammiya’s Naam Hai Tera. Faraah Khan later noticed her in the video and cast her in the film Happy New Year.

A film called Aishwarya in Kannada was her debut movie. On 2006, Happy New Year got shelved but she was cast in a 2007 released film Om Shanti Om. This was her first Bollywood movie.  She then did Bachna Ae Haseeno in 2008. Chandni Chowk to China failed in the box-office in 2009, but she re-established her success through Cocktail which released in 2012. This film gave her best actress nomination in many award ceremonies. She then went on to do Race 2 in 2013 and later gave two hits, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and Chennai Express.

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Deepika got several awards by doing Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela. She did a Tamil film Kochadaiiyaan and Happy New Year later. She also appeared in a video on Feminism called My Choice that received mixed reaction amongst everyone but mostly positive. Her role as Piku in the movie Piku with Amitabh Bachchan was a career changer. Deepika appeared in Tamasha which received poor financial returns but her character was praised by critics. Bajirao Mastani is her last movie where she received the best actress’ award.

She will soon be appearing in her first Hollywood film opposite Vin Diesel, xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, an action movie.

Apart from movies, she endorses several brands like Lux, Neutrogena, Tissot, Fiama Di Wills, Yamaha etc.

Relationships

Deepika was in a relationship with Ranbir Kapoor initially, but they broke up within a year. She then dated Siddharth Mallya, Kingfisher owner Vijay Mallya’s son. Since 2013, she has been in relationship with Bollywood actor, Ranveer Singh.

Deepika Padukone – Net Worth and Salary

Deepika’s net worth is estimated to be $10 million with an annual income of $2.5 milloin.  Due to her success string of movies which include Chennai Express, Piku and Bajirao Mastani, Deepika Padukone’s salary has been hiked to Rs.15 crore. Besides in 2012, she signed an endorsement deal with Garnier for $890,000 making it the highest ad remuneration for a Bollywood actress.

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House

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The 1.74 meter tall (5 feet 8.5 inch tall) actress lives in the 26th floor of a sky-scrapping BeauMonde Towers in  Prabhadevi, Mumbai. This complex has a badminton, tennis and squash courts. It costs Rs 16 crore which was bought with joint ownership of her father. It is 2,776 sq ft and has a mixture of western and Indian designs.  She also has another house in Pali Hill, Bandra

Anderson Cooper – The Blue-Eyed Boy of CNN

Anderson Cooper is a famous journalist hailing from United States of America. He is best known for hosting the show “Anderson Cooper 360” which is broadcasted by CNN News. Apart from this, he is an active correspondent for “60 Minutes”. He also hosted the daytime show “Anderson Live” from September 2011 to May 2013.

Early Life and background

Anderson Cooper was born on 3rd June 1967 in New York City, United States. He has a very well to do background. His father, Wyatt Emory Cooper, was a writer. Her mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, is an artist, actress, writer, socialite and an heiress. His maternal grandparents were multi millionaire while his maternal great-great-great-grandfather was a business tycoon. He had an elder brother who committed suicide at the age of 23. His father died at the age of 50 after suffering from a series of heart attacks while he was undergoing an open heart surgery.

Anderson attended the Dalton School for his school education. Thereafter, he joined Yale University and earned his graduation degree in political science in the year 1989.

Career

After earning his graduation degree, Anderson tried to get an entry level job position in ABC but failed in his attempts. After that he took the help of one of his friends to get fake press pass. He started working as a fact checker for a small news agency called Channel One. He then entered Burma and covered the news of the agitation of students with Burmese Government.

In the year 1995, Anderson finally got the chance to work for ABC News. He joined the network as a correspondent but in subsequent years he became a co-host of the show “World News Now”. In the year 2000, he started working as a host for the reality show called “The Mole”.

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Anderson left the reality show after its second season and again moved his focus to broadcasting news. He then joined the CNN network in 2001 as a co-anchor of the show “American Morning”. Later he became a primetime news anchor. On 8th September 2003, Anderson started anchoring the show Anderson Cooper 360°. He has covered many significant events for the channel like aftermath of hurricane Katrina, Pope John Paul II’s death, wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker and many more. Apart from this he hosted shows like Planet in Peril, CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute, Anderson Live etc. In addition to this, he also serves as a regular correspondent of 60 minutes which is broadcasted by the CBS news.

Cooper is also a freelance writer and has written many articles for different magazines like the “Details”. He also released a memoir for Harper Collins called “Dispatches from the Edge” in May 2006. On 18th June 2006, it gained the top spot in the list of New York Times bestseller.

In his glorious career, he has won many awards and accolades which include Bronze Telly, Emmy Awards, GLAAD Media Award, Peabody award and many more. He also appeared in movies like the Chappie (2005) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).

Anderson Cooper – Boyfriend

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Anderson Cooper is  gay and has been in a relationship with Benjamin Maisani, a gay bar owner, since 2009. The couple purchased a Rye House in Connecticut.

Anderson Cooper – Net Worth and Salary

Anderson Cooper has a net worth of $100 million and earns a salary of $11 million.

The Rise of Sundar Pichai!

Pichai Sundararajan or more precisely Sundar Pichai is an eminent Indian born American business executive.  He is currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Google Inc. He has been holding the position since 2nd October 2015. Prior to this, he was the product chief of Google.

Early life and Background

Sundar Pichai was born on 12th July 1972 in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. His father, Regunatha Pichai, was a senior electrical engineer in General Electric (GE) while his mother, Lakshmi, was a stenographer turned homemaker. Sundar comes of a very humble background devoid of any luxuries. He spent his childhood in Chennai in a two roomed apartment. He has a younger brother as well.

Pichai did his schooling from Jawahar Vidyalaya and Vana Vani school.Thereafter, he joined Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and earned his bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering.  After completing his graduation, he enrolled in Stanford University and acquired a M.S. degree in Material Sciences and Engineering. In addition to this, he holds an MBA degree from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Due to his talent he earned titles like Seibel Scholar and Palmer Scholar.

Career Achievements

Sundar started his career with McKinsey & Company. In the year 2004, he joined Google. Under his able leadership, Google has launched many successful products in the market which include the Google Chrome, Google Drive etc.  He also contributed largely in development of many apps like Gmail and Google Maps. He announced the open-sourcing of latest video codec VP8 by Google on 10th May 2010.  He also introduced the new video format WebM.  Sundar has also contributed towards development of chrome operating system for laptops. The speciality of this operating system is that data can be stored in the cloud rather than in the laptop drives. Chrome laptops are extensively used in schools and colleges in USA due to its affordability and cloud data storage facility.

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Sundar Pichai is also known for adding Android in the Google product list.  He made this announcement on 13th March 2013. Android was previously managed by Andy Rubin. Also, he held the position of director of Jive Software from April 2011 to 30th July 2013.On 10th August 2015, Google announced Sundar Pichai as the new CEO of the company. He officially took up the responsibility on 2nd October 2015, after the formation of Alphabet Inc.

 

Sundar Pichai-  Wife

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Sundar Pichai is married to Anjali Pichai. She is a chemical engineer from IIT Kharagpur. They met each other during their college days. As per media reports, Sundar proposed Anjali during his final year of engineering. After completing his studies in US, they got married. The couple is blessed with a son and a daughter.

It is often said that the credit of the spectacular rise in his career goes to Anjali. It was Anjali who suggested him not to quit Google after getting offers from Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo!

Sundar Pichai – Net Worth and Salary

Sundar Pichai has a net worth of approximately $150 Million.

His annual salary  in 2015 was $652,500 . The other compensations to his kitty come to $22,935. In early 2015, he received $99.8 million in restricted stocks., taking his overall income to more than $100.5 million.   He received $199 million in restricted stock in February 2016.

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He stays with his family in his home in Brooklyn which he purchased for $6.8 million from Boyd Coddington in Jan 2015.