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Athan Kaliakmanis went from Minnesota and Rutgers to the last pick of Washington's 2026 draft, then debuted at quarterback in London after two injuries.
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SportsAthan Kaliakmanis went from Minnesota and Rutgers to the last pick of Washington's 2026 draft, then debuted at quarterback in London after two injuries.
EntertainmentDakota Johnson grew up in an acting family, broke out in Fifty Shades, co-founded TeaTime Pictures, and turned 37 the week Verity opened at No. 1.
EntertainmentDaryl Hall sang six Hot 100 number ones with John Oates, started Live from Daryl's House in 2007, fought Oates in court, and reaches 80 after a transplant.
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EntertainmentJohn Prine went from Army mechanic and Maywood mailman to a 1971 debut, founded Oh Boy Records in 1981, and is honored in Chicago on his 80th birthday.
EntertainmentBella Ramsey was cast in Game of Thrones at 11, earned two Emmy nominations as Ellie in The Last of Us, and is the youngest player on The Celebrity Traitors.
EntertainmentJohn Mellencamp went from Johnny Cougar to the Rock Hall writing about small-town Indiana. At 75 he has a 50-year songbook and a stage musical, Small Town.
EntertainmentMartin Kemp played bass in Spandau Ballet, starred in The Krays and EastEnders, and turns 65 with a new thriller, Doctor Plague, and his Back to the 80s shows.
EntertainmentRichard E. Grant grew up in Swaziland, broke through in Withnail and I, earned an Oscar nomination at 61, and is now a Traitor on BBC's Celebrity Traitors.
Technology$3.2 BillionAlexandr Wang left MIT after one year to start Scale AI, sold Meta a 49% stake for $14.3 billion in 2025, and now runs Meta Superintelligence Labs.
Christa Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 killing of Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville. Her lethal injection failed on September 30, 2026.
Technology$15.5 BillionDario Amodei trained as a biophysicist, ran research at OpenAI, then co-founded Anthropic in 2021. How the company reached a $965 billion valuation.
Chad Lowe won a 1993 Emmy for Life Goes On, directed Beautiful Ohio, and now directs and produces 9-1-1: Nashville. His roles, marriages and family, sourced.