David Choe, the graffiti artist worth $$200 million (£130m) from Facebook stock, has revealed that he has been offered a lifetime of sexual favours for $$2m (£1.3m). The 35-year-old man took stock as payment for painting the Facebook offices in 2005 instead of accepting $$60,000 (£38,000) up front. Choe recalled to Good Morning America: "I got a text from a woman I hadn't spoken to in five years and she offered me oral sex every day for the rest of my life for $$2 million. Just out of the blue. "It was out of nowhere, and I was (more)...
- 2/15/2012
- by By Ben Lee
- Digital Spy
Getty Images South Korean girl group Girls’ Generation perform on stage during the 21st High1 Seoul Music Awards at Olympic gymnasium on January 19, 2012 in Seoul, South Korea.
Last week, K-pop supergroup Girls’ Generation got an unprecedented U.S. television showcase on “Live! With Kelly,” the Reegeless morning show currently featuring Kelly Ripa and a revolving-door series of daily guest hosts. For those who caught it, the segment offered up one of television’s rare magic moments — not during the musical performance itself,...
Last week, K-pop supergroup Girls’ Generation got an unprecedented U.S. television showcase on “Live! With Kelly,” the Reegeless morning show currently featuring Kelly Ripa and a revolving-door series of daily guest hosts. For those who caught it, the segment offered up one of television’s rare magic moments — not during the musical performance itself,...
- 2/6/2012
- by Jeff Yang
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
If for some reason AMC ever offers you money or stock options for your Mad Men ad tagging, word to the wise: Take the stock. Yesterday we asked how the staggering $5 billion Facebook Ipo could affect you, but there’s no question on how well it will work out for famous muralist and graffiti artist David Choe (pictured.) According to The New York Times, Choe, who was hired back in 2005 by the social networking site to paint murals for the company’s first corporate headquarters, “will reportedly be worth some $200 million when Facebook begins trading publicly later this year.”
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- 2/3/2012
- by Aly Semigran
- EW.com - PopWatch
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