Curated playlist
People named in the Panama Papers
- Stanley KubrickAfter copycat crimes and death threats, Stanley Kubrick pulled A Clockwork Orange from release in the United Kingdom.
- Tina TurnerTina Turner crossed a Texas freeway on foot on the 1st of July 1976 with 36 cents and a Mobil credit card in her pocket. She had slipped out of a hotel suite in Dallas after a fight, while her husband slept. Her destination was a nearby…
- Lionel MessiLionel Messi's first Barcelona contract was written on a paper napkin. He was 13 at the time.
- Gianni InfantinoOn the 19th of November 2022, just before the World Cup opened in Qatar, Gianni Infantino told reporters that he “felt Qatari, Arab, African, gay, disabled, and like a migrant worker”. Infantino is the president of FIFA, the organisation…
- Jérôme ValckeJérôme Valcke was released by FIFA in 2006, then made its Secretary General seven months later.
- Emma WatsonEmma Watson was nine years old when she attended the first of eight auditions for the role of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films. Her only acting experience came from school plays, and she had no experience in front of a film…
- Petro PoroshenkoPetro Poroshenko, a chocolate maker, won Ukraine's presidency in 2014 without a runoff. He took 54.7% of the vote.
- Diego ForlánDiego Forlán was 45 years old when he received a wildcard into the main doubles draw of the 2024 Uruguay Open in Montevideo. It was his first professional ATP tournament. The man walking onto the court had spent two decades as one of the…
- Michel PlatiniMichel Platini scored nine goals in five matches at the 1984 European Championship. That record stood for 37 years.
- Rafael Caro QuinteroRafael Caro Quintero is a Mexican former drug lord whose capture the United States once valued at 20 million dollars, the highest reward on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. He co-founded the Guadalajara Cartel in the late 1970s…
- Jackie ChanOn the 25th of June 2013, Jackie Chan had to announce that he was still alive. A hoax Facebook page, created a few days earlier, had claimed that he was dead. Several people contacted him to congratulate him on a recent engagement. Soon…