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Who Inherited Selena's Money, Royalties, And Copyrights? Inside The Multi-Decade Family Battle Over Her Never-Ending Posthumous Fortune
Three decades after her death, Selena Quintanilla-Perez's estate remains one of the most profitable, complex, and tightly controlled empires in modern music history.
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Jim Carrey Was So Miserable In "The Grinch" Makeup He Offered To Give Back His $20 Million Salary After One Day Of Filming
Jim Carrey's $20 million "Grinch" paycheck should have been a dream come true. Instead, the role pushed a former homeless janitor's son to the brink, triggering panic attacks so severe he offered to give every dollar back after just one day of filming.
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Put Some Respect On His Name! How Birdman Parlayed $100k Worth Of (Alleged) Drug Money Into The Billion-Dollar Cash Money Empire
From the gritty streets of New Orleans to the pinnacle of hip-hop wealth. Put some respect on Birdman's name for parlaying $100k into a billion-dollar Cash Money empire.
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In 2005, A Graffiti Artist Asked To Be Paid In Stock Instead Of Cash To Paint Pre-IPO Facebook's Offices… That Was A Wise Choice.
In 2005 David Choe was approached by Facebook President Sean Parker with an offer to paint the interior walls of the company's corporate offices. Choe declined the cash and instead requested stock…
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How Ja Rule Blew His Shot (And A Fortune) To Stay In The $7+ Billion "Fast And Furious" Franchise
After appearing in 2001's "The Fast and the Furious," Ja Rule could have signed on to make a fortune from all of the multi-billion dollar sequels. Unfortunately, he blew off a very important meeting…
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The Newhouse Family Made A Catastrophic Mistake With Their Warner Bros. Shares Just Four Months Ago (But David Zaslav And John Malone Are Sitting Pretty)
Out of all the winners and losers in the Warner Bros. Discovery bidding war, no one will win more than the Newhouse family. But they are also the biggest losers thanks to a catastrophic decision just four months ago.
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Watch Auction Puts $11 Million Dent In Francis Ford Coppola's Massive "Megalopolis" Losses… Only $109 Million To Go
After the enormous box office failure of "Megalopolis," Francis Ford Coppola is selling personal items to "keep the ship afloat." First up on the auction block? His watch collection.
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Netflix Gave A Guy $61 Million to Make a Sci-Fi Series. He Spent It On Cars, Jewelry, $700 Thousand Worth Of Mattresses, 480 Takeout Orders…
Netflix gave Carl Erik Rinsch $61 million to make a sci-fi series — he delivered zero episodes and allegedly spent the money on crypto, luxury cars, and $638,000 worth of mattresses. Now he's being tried in what might be the most outrageous Hollywood hustle of all time.
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"All of it is gone"… Mike Lindell Went From $300 Million Pillow Empire To Losing "Every Dime" Of Former $100 Million+ Fortune
At his peak, Mike Lindell was easily worth an estimated $100 million. Perhaps $200-300 million. According to Mike, "every dime" is gone.
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How Jon Peters Rose From Rodeo Drive Hairdresser To Hollywood Film Mogul Who Made A Fortune Off Superman Without Lifting A Finger
Jon Peters, Barbra Streisand, Peter Guber, Sony Pictures, Batman 1989, Superman Returns, Man of Steel, A Star Is Born 1976, Hollywood producers, superhero franchise history
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How Much Does Mariah Carey Make Off "All I Want For Christmas" Every December?
How much does Mariah Carey make every year off "All I Want for Christmas"? And how much has the song generated in royalties over the last three decades? A lot. And a whole lot.
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Boom! How John Madden Parlayed His "Perpetual" Name Rights Into One of the Biggest Endorsement Paydays Ever
What started as a simple simulation project in the 1980s exploded into one of the most lucrative endorsement deals in history, earning John Madden a nine-figure windfall and reshaping the entire gaming industry in the process.
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A Teacher Predicted He'd End Up A Criminal Or A Millionaire. Instead Richard Branson Became An Intergalactic Multi-Billionaire
Sir Richard Branson's story proves that a high-school dropout's commitment to success can create a global empire, though his latest ventures, from luxury cruises to space tourism, show that even a billionaire faces massive setbacks.
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Would A Billionaire Or Super-Rich Celebrity Take The Time To Deposit A Teeny Tiny Paper Check? There's Only One Way To Find Out…
If you received a teeny tiny check in the mail and had to actually go to the bank to deposit it, would you? What if you were a super-rich celebrity or billionaire business tycoon???
The Original Ghostbusters Actors Earned Paranormally-Large Paydays Thanks To A Shrewd Business Decision
Back in 1984, the three main Ghostbusters actors – Bill Murray, Dan Aykrod and Harold Ramis – opted to take modest salaries for their work in exchange for backend points. That was a wise move.