Under the AFL's collective bargaining agreement, players make $830 per game, meaning members of the Power earn $14,940, before taxes, in an 18-game regular season that spans four months. They also have the option to rent a subsidized apartment for $150 a month, an amenity that used to be free.
As a director, Stone achieved prominence as director/writer of the war drama Platoon (1986), for which Stone won the Academy Award for Best Director; the film was awarded Best Picture.
Al Gore and his then-wife, Tipper, arriving at the Academy Awards in Hollywood, Calif., in 2007. An Inconvenient Truth, featuring Mr. Gore, won an Oscar for best documentary. Credit Timothy A. Clary/Agence France-Presse â Getty Images.