
Rich
..
. and Famous 161
In 2000, he cofounded 2929
Entertainment-a
media holding
company
-and
he's chairman of
HDNet,
a high-definition cable
station. In 2007, he joined the cast of
Dancing with the
Stars-a
real-
ity show pairing D-list celebrities with professional ballroom danc-
ers for a weekly dance battle.
This
qualifies him as talent as much
as
other
celebrities who've appeared on the show. (Though he's
a bit of a cheater. At one point, he made a living as a disco-dance
instructor.)
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My editor feared I sounded too mean-spirited in describing
Cuban-particu
larly my last few sentences that don't make him
sound like a great ta
lent-and
that you wouldn't like that. And it's
true-I
really haven't said anything really laudatory about him.
Well,
I'm
pretty sure it's the other way around and that I haven't
said anything sufficiently nasty about Cuban to make him really like
it.
For
him to love it, I'd have to rag on him pretty heavily. And I
like him. Ok, Mark, this is just for you: You're a dirty rotten blah,
blah, blah. Feel better?
For
the rest of you readers, my point is that
if you've made a bundle as a mogul and you know how, you can go
from the
rich to the famous as a celebrity, just like
Mark
Cuban did.
THE
TALENT
SHOW
So how do you become a rock star,
NFL
pro, or Cameron Diaz?
Thi
s road's journey starts young. If you're past age 15 and starting
football, you won't ever go pro. Sorry. For acting maybe you can
start a bit lat ...