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Russell Westbrook’s Wife Nina Earl – Wiki, Children, Height, Wealth

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Nina Earl is a professional basketball player, entrepreneur, and licensed therapist, also known for being the wife of NBA player Russell Westbrook from the Washington Wizards.

Early Life

Nina Ann-Marie Earl was born on 16 January 1989 in Upland, California USA, to parents Jennifer Lyons and Michael Earl. Her father was a famous puppeteer with four Emmy awards, known and loved particularly for the character Mr. Snuffleupagus on the kid’s show “Sesame Street.” Nina has three brothers named Jonathan, Benjamin, and Michael Jr.

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One can say that sport runs in her blood, as Nina is the cousin of UCLA American Football star Kenny Easley, who played seven seasons for the Seattle Seahawks.

Education and Personal Interests

Nina matriculated from Diamond Ranch High School, located in Pomona, California. Her love of basketball started here, and her impressive talents are proven by her stats. She was also very smart and got good grades, plus participating in other extra-curricular activities such as track and field. She also enjoyed listening to music, shopping, and baking, and also studied American Sign Language.

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After high school, Nina attended the University of California in Los Angeles, UCLA, graduated with a degree in psychology and English literature. Nina went on to earn a Master’s degree in clinical psychology from the same university. She continued playing basketball too.

Career

High School Basketball

In Diamon Ranch High School, she started off 27 games averaging15 points in her first season. In her sophomore year, she improved and made 20 points with 9.8 rebounds overall. She continued to have a passion for the sport in her junior year, and started gaining popularity for her talent, mentioned as a great player in the magazines “Street & Smith’s” and “Rise Magazine’s All-America.”

In 2003, she and her team made it to the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) 3AA championship and won. She has mentioned that this was the highlight of her basketball activities in high school. By the time of her matriculation, she had earned the title of most valuable player (MVP) of the CIF league thrice, and the title player of the year twice.

College Basketball

After high school, Nina played forward for the UCLA Bruins female basketball team. Even in her freshman year, she started over half of the 31 games and scored double-digit points in 11 of the games. By the end of the season, she had a average of 23 points and 10 rebounds including a double-double.

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In her sophomore and junior years, she continued to start the majority of games and earn impressive double-digit scores. As a junior, she achieved her best scoring percentage of .512. At the end of her bachelor studies, she had played a total of 124 games and scored over 600 points which is an impressive feat. Unlike her peers, Nina didn’t wish to continue pursuing basketball after graduating from college, instead focusing on her master’s studies in psychology.

Therapy

Nina is a licensed therapist who now specializes in family and marital life, hosting mental health and wellness workshops, and running a blog entitled “Bene by Nina.” She strives to help erase the stigma around mental health by supporting people on their journey to wellness.

Her important mission has been featured by well-known outlets like the New York Times, Goop, BET and ABC13. She posts about her work, daily life, and family on her Instagram page.

Relationship with Russel Westbrook

Nina and her NBA All-Star beau were college sweethearts at UCLA, while playing in the men’s and women’s basketball teams. Not a lot is known about the celebrity couple’s relationship in college, but when asked about what he liked about Nina in 2013, Russel said, ‘She’s a smart girl. She’s in school right now, trying to get her master’s in psychology. She knows what she wants to do in life, which is great.’ He also answered ‘we shall see’ and smiled when the interviewer mentioned marriage.

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The romantic couple married in August of 2015, at The Beverly Hills Hotel, and their first dance was to the song “Nothing Even Matters” by D’Angelo and Lauryn Hill. Artist Miguel showed up later in the day for a special surprise performance. Musical star Keri Hilson was also at the wedding, as were many famous names from the basketball hall of fame, including Serge Ibaka and Kevin Durant, who both played on Russel’s team at the time. Kevin Love was also there as he and Russel were teammates in the UCLA Bruins. The Houston Rockets player James Harden came with his date Khloe Kardashian.

Children

The couple had their first child Noah, in May of 2017, then a year later, they announced that they were pregnant with twins in a YouTube video on the Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team’s page. Their girls, Jordyn and Skye, were born in November 2018. Unlike Nina’s previous birth, this one led to unexpected issues and complications, which made the whole process more difficult. About these health issues, Nina wrote, ‘I feel so fortunate that we had the care that we had, but it pains me to know that a woman dies from pregnancy-related causes every 12 hours and that 60% of those deaths are preventable.’

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The family later joined a campaign by March of Dimes aimed at raising awareness about the discriminatory healthcare system in the US, stating that access available to good maternal and infant healthcare is limited for black mothers. Fortunately, Nina, Russell and their three children are doing well now, and apparently happily living their life together.

Nina is now 6ft 1in (1.85m) tall, and weighs 175lbs (80kgs). As of early 2022, her net worth is estimated at $1.5 million, earned from her professional career. Husband Russell’s wealth is estimated at an impressive $170 million, which Nina no doubt shares.

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Peter Palandjian Net Worth, First Wife, Age, Children, Biography

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Who is Peter Palandjian?

Peter is a former tennis player, a businessman and an entrepreneur, perhaps best recognized as the CEO of Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation. He was born under the Zodiac sign Aquarius on 12 February 1964, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, of part Armenian descent, As of 2022, he is 58 years old and holds American nationality.

Early life and Family

Peter’s father was Petros A. Palandjian, an Armenian immigrant from Iran who founded Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation in 1959; he unfortunately died in 1996 from gastric cancer. His mother is Sheila Kelly Palandjian, and Peter has one sibling, a brother named Paul, who is the Managing Director of Trinity Group Ltd.

When it comes to his education, Peter matriculated from the Philips Academy Andover and enrolled at Harvard University’s Business School, where he launched a varsity tennis career.

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Reportedly he was quite successful, and even twice captained the team and competed in the NCAA championships, defeating Pat McEnroe. He graduated in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and American literature.

Tennis Career

Given his talent and athletic proficiency, after graduation Peter focused on his career as a professional tennis player, obtaining notable achievements in doubles. He competed in the ATP tour Challenger, winning five titles all in doubles, playing with Bud Shultz, Jeff Klaparda and Luke Jensen. During his brief tennis career, he obtained victories against various known players, including Jay Lapidus, Ricardo Acuna and Mark Dickson, among others. In 1998, Peter competed at the US Pro Tennis Championship with Jim Courier, who later became the world No.1 player.

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During the same year, he featured at the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open, again in the men’s doubles. In 1999, Peter played in men’s doubles at the French Open, and mixed doubles at Wimbledon. Interestingly, his brother Paul also displayed a knack for playing tennis, and they both competed at Grand Prix in Boston during the same year.

Despite promising prospects in doubles, Peter didn’t have much success in singles, and in 1989 he officially retired from tennis.

Business career

Following his sudden retirement, he found employment as an associate at Bain &Company, the Boston-based management and consulting firm where he stayed for two years.

Peter then began working as an assistant to the CEO at Staples, simultaneously studying to obtain his Master of Business Administration degree at Harvard Business School. Since 1993, he’s been serving as the CEO of the Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation. Initially launched as a construction firm, the company manages real estate investment, and provides services for domestic and foreign clients. Since its founding, the company has owned, managed, and acquired more than $10 billion of real estate assets of all sorts.

Personal Life

While not much is known about his dating history, he was previously married to the designer Marie-Louise Panadjian, with whom he welcomed three daughters and a son: Manon, Petros, Margot and Madelon Palandjian.

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According to reports, his daughter Manon is working at her father’s company as a manager, overseeing marketing and communications.

Not much information is available about his ex-wife Marie-Louise, and even though she was married to a billionaire, she has managed to stay away from the public eye. The exact date of Peter and Marie-Louise’s divorce remains a mystery, as does their wedding date.

In 2016, Peter began dating the actress Eliza Dushku, whom he married in August 2018. In February 2019, the couple happily announced that they were expecting their first child, and in August of the same year, Eliza gave birth to a child they named Phillip Bourne Palandjian. In August 2021, they welcomed their second child, Bodan.

What is his net worth?

As of 2022, his estimated net worth is around $6 billion, which he has earned through his career as a CEO at Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation. His wife’s wealth is around $20 million, which she has acquired through her career as an actress and producer.

Physical stats

Peter is 6ftt 1ins tall (187cm) and weighs around 180lbs (82kgs). His hair is currently medium-length and gray, further adorned with brown eyes.

Is he active on social media?

Peter has a private Instagram account with over 100 followers. He is also active on Twitter and has nearly 300 followers. His wife, Eliza, is very popular on Instagram, with nearly 700,000 followers.

Briefly about Eliza Dushku

Boston native Eliza made her movie debut at the age of twelve, portraying the lead role of Alice Bloom in the 1992 coming-of-age drama “That Night”.

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The following year, she had a notable part in the biographical film “This Boy’s Life”, sharing the screen with Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. Eliza continued building her career, starring in movies such as “True Lies”, “Bye Bye Love”, and “Journey”. In 1998 she landed one of her most notable roles, as Faith in the iconic supernatural drama series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, which ran for seven seasons. Given the show’s enormous commercial success and critical acclaim, the show spawned several spin-offs, including “Angel”, in which Eliza reprised her role as Faith.

She kicked off the new millennium with several other roles in movies, such as “Bring It On”, “Soul Survivors”, and “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back”.

The year 2003 was very successful for Eliza, who starred in the world-known horror movie “Wrong Turn”, and also landed a recurring role in the supernatural drama series “Tru Calling”.

The show ran for two seasons, and was then canceled due to low ratings. Eliza then appeared in a number of movies such as “On Broadway” (2007), “Sex and Breakfast” (2007), and “Alphabet Killer” (2008). In 2009 she was cast as Caroline Farrell in the sci-fi series “Dollhouse”. This show also didn’t attain the success of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, and was canceled due to mixed reviews and underwhelmingly low ratings.

Over the years, she appeared in several popular TV series and movies, including “The Big Bang Theory”, “Open Graves”, and “Locked In”. In 2013, she switched from her usual roles and began voicing Jennifer Walters /She-Hulk in the animated series “Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.“ and “Ultimate Spider-Man”.

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After lending her voice to Lipstick Lesbian in the animated film “Jay & Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie”, Eliza starred in “The Scribbler” (2014), “Jane Wants a Boyfriend”(2015) and “Eloise”(2016).  Her last roles were in 2017, starring in three episodes of the legal drama “Bull”, and the made-for-TV  action movie “The Saint”, alongside James Remar and Adam Rayner.

Besides her prolific acting career, she has also been a topic of numerous media for various reasons. Eliza is a philanthropist and activist, and over the years, has been involved in several charities, causes, and organizations, including the THRIVE-Gulu organization, which helps survivors of war.

In 2018 she publicly accused the stunt co-ordinator Joel Kramer of sexual assault while they were working on the “True Lies” film in 1993. In 2019, she received a $9.5 million settlement after informing the producers about Michael Weatherly’s inappropriate behavior on the set of the TV series “Bull”.

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Herschel Walker’s ex-wife Cindy DeAngelis Grossman, net worth

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Who is Cindy DeAgelis Grossman?

Cindy DeAngelis Grossman is a former athlete, a businesswoman and an entrepreneur, but probably best recognized as the ex-wife of the former professional American Football star Herschel Walker. She was born under the Zodiac sign Capricorn on 6 January 1962, in Georgia, Florida, USA. As of 2021, Cindy is 60 years old, and holds American nationality.

Early life and Family

Her father was Thomas DeAngelis, a real estate agent from Cocoa Beach, Florida; the name of her mother remains unknown, however, her parents lived in Saddle River, New Jersey. Cindy never disclosed any information about siblings.

During her high school days, she was very involved in various sports activities, such as cheerleading and track running.

After matriculating, she enrolled at the University in Cocoa Beach, and graduated with a degree in business.

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Career

Given that after divorcing Herchel Walker she went under the radar, not much is known about her and the type of business she is running today. According to reports, it’s believed that she’s doing well.

How did she meet Herschel Walker?

Cindy met Herschel through his sister, Veronica, who was at the time friends with Cindy as they were also on the same team. Reportedly, they first locked eyes in a training room when they were both participating in track events, and were being treated for their injuries. Talking to a media outlet, Cindy later disclosed details about their first encounter, revealing: ‘I remember how he acted when we met. I thought he was really weird. He had never dated a girl in his life. They would ask him out, and he wouldn’t go. And he`d never asked anyone out himself.’

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Cindy added that he would often visit her, but was very shy to make a move, disclosing: ‘He used to come over to my room and just sit there for two hours, doodling on a piece of paper, not saying a word.’ Later they began a romantic relationship and dated for a couple of years before tying the knot.

Marriage to Herschel Walker

They walked down the aisle on 31 March 1983, and welcomed their only child, son Christian Walker on 30 September 1999. Even though it seemed that they led a very happy life, in 2002 Cindy shocked the public, announcing that after nearly 20 years of marriage, they chose to part ways for officially unexplained reasons. She reportedly got custody of Christian, and they tried to stay on good terms for the sake of their child.

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However, for years, Herschel battled dissociative identity disorder (D.I.D), a mental illness usually caused by a past drama, and characterized by the presence of multiple personalities. This sickness is known to distress relationships, and given that a person suffering from D.I.D. switches between different personalities with different behavior, it’s hard to form a stable connection. Herschel was officially diagnosed in 1997, four years before they divorced.

However, Cindy couldn’t cope with his mood swings and various personalities taking him over, and also raise a child in that situation. Later, she revealed: ‘Now it makes sense because each personality had different interests. It’s hard to explain, but even his physical countenance would change. There was also a very sweet, lovable [personality]. That’s the one he told me I married. He told me I didn’t marry Herschel.’

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Interestingly, D.I.D. often causes memory loss, and in an interview, he disclosed that he doesn’t remember some of the major happenings and accomplishments in his career, such as winning the Heisman Trophy in 1982.

Several years after the divorce, Herschel gave an inside scoop of his struggles with the psychological disorder in the book “Breaking Free: My Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder, which was published in 2008.

Herschel attacked Cindy

The mental instability caused by D.I.D caused Hershel to physically attack Cindy on several occasions, and even try to kill her. In an interview, Cindy recalled the dreadful incidents, saying: ‘We were talking, and the next thing I knew, he just kind of raged and he got a gun and put it to my temple.”

Herschel displayed similar behavior while in a therapy session – becoming aggressive and threatening to kill Cindy, her friend, and the therapist.

Despite several incidents and rage outbursts, with regular therapy, Herschel received the help he needed. Later, he even began advocating and raising awareness for mental illnesses.

What is her son Christian doing today?

Christian launched his career as a conservative internet personality and is also known as a Trump supporter. Openly gay Christian is very active and popular on his Instagram account, which boasts nearly 500,000 followers. He also considers himself a ‘free-speech radicalist’, and a Christian ‘conservative populist’.

Christian has been very vocal and outspoken about racism, and claims that black people are ‘more racist’ than white people. Additionally, he supports the idea of building a wall between the US and Mexico.

He’s amassed a large following on his other social media platforms, especially TikTok, on which he rose to the limelight by making political commentary videos in a Starbuck drive-through.

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He had over 400,000 followers on TikTok, but his account was suspended, although he’s returned to the platforms, and has over 40,000 followers.

Regarding his education, he attended the Southern Methodist University, but later transferred to the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). In 2020, he was criticized by the Dean of the University after receiving a surge of emails regarding Christian’s behavior and language on social media, and how it reflected on the University.

The Dean made a public announcement on the UCLA Twitter account, saying:’ UCLA’s Dean of Students is aware of remarks in which a student uses hurtful language on social media.’ Later Christian defended himself in a video, claiming that UCLA was prosecuting him for not falling into the category of their totalitarian politics.

Would you like to know her net worth?

As of 2022, Cindy’s estimated net worth is around $200,000. On the other hand, her ex-husband’s wealth is in the range of $12 million, earned largely through his prolific career as a football player, sprinter, and bobsledder.

Is she active on social media?

It appears that Cindy is not a fan of social platforms, and doesn’t use Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.

Physical stats

Cindy is 5ft 5ins tall (165) and weighs around 130lbs (60kgs9. Her natural hair is dark brown and curly, further adorned with blue eyes.

Briefly about Herschel Walker

Georgia native Herschel Walker is also a political candidate, sprinter, bobsledder, and mixed martial artist. He began his career as an athlete while attending Johnson County High School, excelling as a football and basketball player, and track runner.

Herschel graduated top of his class, and then resumed his sporting career at the University of Georgia, competing both in American Football and track running for the university’s team.

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In 1980 he led the Bulldogs to win the national championship, and also receiving All-American honors three times in a row in football and track & field. During his career, he set 10 NCAA and 15 SEC records, and won the 1982 Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award.

In 1999 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, and chosen as the greatest player in college football in the last half-century. In his 15-years of football career in the United States Football League and National Football League, he played for several teams, including New Jersey General, Minnesota Vikings, and New York Giants. Herschel set the rushing record of 2,411 yards, gaining more yards than anyone in the history of football at that time.

Having been diagnosed with D.I.D, he retired after the 1997 season. Besides his prolific career as a professional football player, he also achieved notable success as a bobsledder, ballet dancer, and mixed martial arts fighter.

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