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Game of Thrones author and four-time Emmy winner George R.R. Martin has signed a five-year overall deal with HBO, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The massive deal, which is reported to be worth somewhere in the mid-eight figure range, will see Martin develop programming for HBO and its streaming service HBO Max. There are currently several Game of Thrones […]
A Georgia man was subjected to an enviable level of pettiness when he was given his long-awaited final payment of $915 from a former employee entirely in pennies, along with a note that simply read, “Fuck you,” HuffPost reports. Over 90,000 oil-soaked pennies were dumped in the driveway of Andreas Flaten earlier this month, four months after […]
A major paparazzi agency is facing serious financial issues. According to E! Online, Splash News and Picture Agency filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday, citing the global pandemic as a contributing factors as well as the mounting costs of “two ongoing litigation cases”; one of which involves Meghan Markle. The Duchess of Sussex had sued the company […]
An original painting, commissioned by Ja Rule, has been sold at auction for around $122,000 through the rapper’s NFT venture KickFlip, which offers established and up-and-coming artists, and holders of valuable art the opportunity to monetize their work with non-fungible tokens. The portrait of the Fyre Media logo was created by Tripp Derrick Barnes, and once hung in […]
Instagram star “Jay Mazini” is facing years behind bars. The 25-year-old influencer—legal name Jebara Igbara—has been charged with wire fraud for allegedly cheating his followers out of $2.5 million worth of Bitcoin. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced the charges in a press release Wednesday, claiming Mazini had tricked the victims into sending […]
At just 23-years-old, Lil Yachty is already a vet in the game, and based on his recent revelation that he pays over $50,000 a month in bills, he has the bank account to prove it. That might explain why a fan was so surprised to see Yachty asleep on a commercialplane, they decided to film […]
Do guaranteed income programs live up to all the hype? Oakland is looking to find out. The city’s mayor, Libby Schaaf, took to Twitter on Tuesday to announce the launch of “Oakland Resilient Families”—a pilot program that will provide $500 a month in guaranteed income to 600 families. Schaaf said the experiment will span 18 months and benefit Black, Indigenous, and other people of […]
Nick Slatten is a lucky man. After getting off of work on March 10, the Tennessee resident went to a grocery store to purchase a beverage and Tennessee Cash ticket before heading home. Slatten checked the winning numbers the following morning and discovered he was holding a winning ticket worth $1,178,746. “I was stunned. I couldn’t believe it,” […]
Travis Scott, like anyone, has a “holy grail” car that he’s hoping to someday buy. But for the exorbitant price of the car itself, he says there’s a lot better uses for the money. On Tuesday, the Houston rapper graced the Spring 2021 cover of L’Officiel Hommes’ for a chat about cars – the ones he has, the […]
On Monday, Kylie Jenner responded to backlash that came her way after she promoted a GoFundMe drive on her Instagram Stories to raise money for celebrity makeup artist Samuel Rauda. The contention coming from the people that were upset was that Jenner’s own $5,000 donation was insufficient, given her alleged net worth. And that she shouldn’t be asking fans to cover […]
