Being J.K. Rowling, and Coping with Fame?

How many of us would NOT like to be a famous billionaire? I don’t see any hands up, and that’s expected.

Should your dream come true, you might also need to be prepared for some tough times.

Tough times, did I say? Yes, I did. Read about the trauma of JK Rowling just so that you are prepared

JK Rowling has revealed that she felt ‘under siege’ in her own home and had to ‘cover her children in blankets’ to hide them from photographers and journalists, who constantly hounded her after the success of ‘Harry Potter’ books.

The 46-year-old author told the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics that she had to fight a fierce battle to protect her children from the consequences of her fame.

Rowling also said that the paparazzi unceasingly targeted her family and one incident that left her really infuriated was when one of the journalists slipped a letter into her five-year-old daughter’s schoolbag.

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Larry Ellison sets sights on promoting sailing

Larry Ellison’s team had just won another sailing race. His gear was still damp from the salt spray and the Champagne, and he was wearing a gold medal around his neck.

“The gold medalist passenger,” Ellison said mockingly of himself as he sat for an interview.

A self-made billionaire who co-founded Oracle Corp. and is one of the world’s wealthiest men, he remains a conspicuous consumer in a nasty economy: A collector of trophy properties and, after quite a chase on the water and in the New York courts, the America’s Cup trophy, too.

Ellison, an accomplished sailor, hopes to take a more active role when the real America’s Cup is raced in a 72-foot version of these catamarans in 2013 on San Francisco Bay.

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Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson Morally Opposed to Online Poker

If that title shocked you, it did what it was supposed to.

According to a recent report from the Las Vegas Sun, the efforts to legalize and regulate online poker in the United States has a new and very powerful opponent, Las Vegas Sands CEO Steve Adelson.

The report says that Adelson met with American Gaming Association CEO Frank Fahrenkopf to discuss his concerns about online poker regulation, including age monitoring soft.  In the past few months, the AGA has come out in support of regulating online poker, and Fahrenkopf was one of the witnesses in the most recent House Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Commerce, and Trade’s hearing on online poker regulation.

Though the Sands are members of the AGA, Adelson still voiced his “moral opposition” to poker regulation. Though Fahrenkopf disagrees on Adelson’s stance, he told the Sands the mogul is welcome to his opinion.

Hmmm…

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Gisele Bundchen closer to becoming world’s first model billionaire with launch of THIRD collection for C&A

As the world’s highest-earning model, Gisele Bundchen is clearly financially savvy as she is beautiful.

Now the 31-year-old mother-of-one has proved she has staying-power as a fashion designer too, with the launch of her third collection for C&A.

Gisele, who is believed to be on track to becoming the world’s first model billionaire, made $45million last year alone, according to Forbes.

It estimates that she has made $250million over the past 10 years, but the launch of her own skincare and lingerie lines now look set to push her earnings into the stratosphere.

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