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Shaq Once Spent $70,000 At Walmart, Claiming A Company Record

Shaq Once Spent $70,000 At Walmart, Claiming A Company Record

Apr 2, 2018

In a recent interview with HBO's Real Sports, Shaq made an impressive but completely believable claim: "I have the highest purchase in Walmart history," which he says came to around $70,000. 

The Cast Of 'Stranger Things' Are Getting Big Raises For Season 3

The Cast Of 'Stranger Things' Are Getting Big Raises For Season 3

Mar 26, 2018

In advance of production beginning on the third season of the Netflix original series Stranger Thing next month, the cast are all reportedly getting some pretty big bumps in pay.

'Fortnite' Streaming Star Ninja Is Making $500,000 A Month To Play Video Games

'Fortnite' Streaming Star Ninja Is Making $500,000 A Month To Play Video Games

Mar 25, 2018

Streaming star Tyler "Ninja" Blevins is reportedly making around half a million dollars a month just playing Fortnite (sometimes accompanied by Drake) for his millions of viewers on Twitch, YouTube, and Amazon Prime. 

Miley Cyrus Hit With $300M Copyright Lawsuit Over "We Can't Stop"

Miley Cyrus Hit With $300M Copyright Lawsuit Over "We Can't Stop"

Mar 22, 2018

May performs under the name Flourgon, and the lawsuit claims that "about 50 percent" of Cyrus' "We Run Things" is derived from his older song, for which he's seeking $300 million in damages.

Drew Brees To Sign Back On With New Orleans Saints For Two Years – $50M

Drew Brees To Sign Back On With New Orleans Saints For Two Years – $50M

Mar 22, 2018

Now, some additional details of Brees' contract with the Saints have come to light following early reports, and it turns out that it's a bit more complicated than the simple two-year, $50 million contract that was originally reported.

Lil Pump Signs Record Deal Worth $8 Million Up Front

Lil Pump Signs Record Deal Worth $8 Million Up Front

Mar 20, 2018

The bulk of Lil Pump's contract will be paid up front, with an advance of a cool eight million dollars. Then, after that, the contract has him getting "$9,000 for the first year, $12k for the second and $15k for the 3rd through 7th" year of the deal.

ESPN And Fox Are Both Trying To Get Peyton Manning As An Announcer For Unprecedentedly Big Bucks

ESPN And Fox Are Both Trying To Get Peyton Manning As An Announcer For Unprecedentedly Big Bucks

Mar 16, 2018

ESPN and Fox are both willing to pay Manning as much as $10 million a year, which would be a significant raise of the bar for what sports announcers get paid to call games on TV.

Peyton Manning Sells His Papa John's Franchises Day Before Chain's Split With NFL

Peyton Manning Sells His Papa John's Franchises Day Before Chain's Split With NFL

Mar 15, 2018

Manning may no longer be an honorary Papa John, but a Papa John's spokesman also noted that despite Manning's sale of shares, he will remain in his position as a "spokesperson and brand ambassador."

Martin Shkreli Sentenced To Seven Years! Also Ordered To Forfeit $7.36M In Assets, Including His Famous $2M Wu-Tang Album

Martin Shkreli Sentenced To Seven Years! Also Ordered To Forfeit $7.36M In Assets, Including His Famous $2M Wu-Tang Album

Mar 9, 2018

Earlier this morning pharma bro Martin Shkreli learned his fate. It's a double dose of bad news.  

Leonardo DiCaprio Donates $1 Million Towards Creating Two New Marine Reserves

Leonardo DiCaprio Donates $1 Million Towards Creating Two New Marine Reserves

Mar 6, 2018

The idea of raising money for a debt swap in order to protect vital parts of the environment is a new one, and this is the first such debt swap ever to be completed.

Michelle Obama Signs $30M Book Deal For 'Becoming' Memoir

Michelle Obama Signs $30M Book Deal For 'Becoming' Memoir

Mar 2, 2018

Michelle Obama's upcoming memoir – her first – is entitled 'Becoming,' and the figure being reported by multiple outlets is that the deal to write it is worth $30 million.

Lisa Marie Presley Is $16 Million In Debt

Lisa Marie Presley Is $16 Million In Debt

Feb 27, 2018

Lisa Marie Presley not only isn't set, but is actually more than $16 million in debt, if documents filed for her divorce from Michael Lockwood are to be believed.

Ryan Murphy Signs Five-Year, $300M Development Deal With Netflix

Ryan Murphy Signs Five-Year, $300M Development Deal With Netflix

Feb 22, 2018

Ryan Murphy has signed a five-year deal with Netflix worth a reported $300 million, to develop new shows and movies for the streaming service starting this July.

Inside Derrick Rose's "Perplexing" $185 Million Adidas Contract

Inside Derrick Rose's "Perplexing" $185 Million Adidas Contract

Feb 21, 2018

When Rose signed the Adidas contract back in 2012, he was at the top of his game, but a torn ACL just 64 days after he signed took him out of the 2012-13 season, and he remains "a shard of his former self" to this day.

Dwayne Johnson To Join The $20M-A-Picture Club For First Time

Dwayne Johnson To Join The $20M-A-Picture Club For First Time

Feb 17, 2018

Red Notice is described as belonging snugly in Johnson's action-comedy wheelhouse, and will have a budget of somewhere between $125 million and $150 million.