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Kansas City Chiefs players will see a league minimum salary of $1.125 million for those with four or more accrued seasons in 2024. This figure rises to $1.21 million for players with seven accrued seasons. The Veteran Salary Benefit (VSB) enables these players to earn their minimum base salary.

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As expected, the Kansas City Chiefs have not been active in free agency after a monster contract to keep defensive tackle Chris Jones with the team, likely for the remainder of the star’s career.The Chiefs did retain linebacker Drue Tranquill’s services with a moderate, multiyear contract. General manager Brett Veach’s highest profile signing from outside the organization has been giving former Arizona Cardinals and Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown a one-year deal worth up to $11 million.

 

 

All of Kansas City’s other signings of the new league year, however, have came with a league minimum base salary. Veach has, as usual, tapped into the veteran salary benefit to fill the roster. Like most years, the Chiefs also will designate a Four-Year Qualifying Player to keep a familiar face in Kansas City.Let’s look at what these signings might say about the roster security of some recently signed players.

 

The 2024 league minimum salary will be $1.125 million for players with four or more accrued seasons. It increases to $1.21 million at seven accrued seasons. The Veteran Salary Benefit (VSB) allows such players to earn their minimum base salary — at either qualifying amount — and only count against the salary cap at the minimum salary for players with two credited seasons ($985,000 for the 2024 league year). Players can receive a bonus of up to $167,500 without losing the benefit.

 

 

Since the start of free agency, the Chiefs have signed these players to VSB contracts: tight end Irv Smith Jr., defensive tackle Mike Pennel and safety Deon Bush.While we do not yet have terms of defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi’s new contract with the Chiefs, it is likely he has signed a VSB contract for the second consecutive season

 

the past, the Chiefs have generally given the extra compensation as a signing bonus. Per Spotrac, however, none of these players have a signing bonus listed. Bush and Smith have the $167,500 listed as a roster bonus — meaning they must actually make the team out of training camp to see the money. Pennel appears to have received no bonus money.

 

 

All players have some guaranteed salary of their veteran minimum, led by Bush’s $500,000. However, the veteran had a $350,000 guarantee last offseason and still was cut out of training camp. He would later rejoin the active roster after spending most of the year on the Chiefs’ practice squad. Pennel and Smith each have slightly less than $400,000 guaranteed. While we do not know the specifics of individual contracts, it is likely that money potentially earned on the practice squad, if cut, would negate the small salary guarantees.

 

As shown with Bush last season, a small salary guarantee on a VSB contract likely secures a place on the practice squad — but not necessarily the active roster. With the Chiefs reportedly talking to multiple tight ends earlier this month at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Smith’s presence will likely not affect Kansas City’s draft plans at the position.

 

 

Defensive tackle will be interesting to watch in training camp with Pennel and Nnadi likely on similar contracts. In addition, veteran defensive tackle Isiah Buggs — who signed a reserve/future contract with the Chiefs last month after joining their practice squad for the postseason — also received a small bonus and salary guarantee. Depending on what happens with next month’s draft, Buggs, Nnadi, and Pennel possibly will compete in training camp for one or two spots in the defensive line rotation.

 

Last week, we learned that defensive tackle Tershawn Wharton would be returning to Kansas City on a fully guaranteed one-year contract. As the terms became available, we learned that Wharton would be receiving the Chiefs’ Four-Year Qualifying Player funds. This designation gives teams an uncapped allowance ($1.45 million for 2024) in order to retain one or two players who have been with a team uninterrupted for four consecutive seasons.

 

The Chiefs are giving Wharton the entire amount, which added to his $1.125 million minimum base, and a $167,500 signing bonus allows him to earn $2.74 million in the upcoming season. His cap hit, however, will only be $1.29 million.The Chiefs use this cap-saving technique almost annually, with guard Nick Allegretti receiving the funds in 2023. It has also generally meant a swan song in Kansas City. Wide receiver Demarcus Robinson—2020’s Four-Year Qualifying Player—is the last recipient to return to the Chiefs in the following season. With his compensation guaranteed, we can put Wharton firmly onto roster projections, barring health.

 

While the Chiefs carry cornerback L’Jarius Sneed’s $19.8 million franchise tag number (very possibly into the season), spending will likely be limited. The Chiefs may add a bigger name as free agency drags on and prices drop, but most remaining moves will likely be VSB contracts.Veach’s contract structures of this offseason show that such players will need to stay hungry and compete to be a part of the Chiefs’ upcoming “three-peat” bid

CELEBRITY

Elvira, 73, exposes Ariana Grande, 31, and says she was her worst and rudest Celeb encounter for what she did to her and Ari was quick to clap back but fans negatively react “Anxiety is not an excuse!”

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During a recent conversation with her fans, Cassandra Peterson — better known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark — revealed she had a bad interaction with a celebrity whose name “rhymes with Pariana Mande.” She then doubled down, reposting an article about her remarks on Instagram and hash-tagging Ariana Grande’s name.

It was this post that caught Ariana Grande’s eye. “I’m so disheartened to see this,” the Wicked star commented on Elvira’s post. “I actually don’t even remember getting the chance to meet you because I had an anxiety attack and to my memory, left before the rest of my family.”

In parentheses, Grande explained that she went to Elvira’s show “around 7 years ago,” when she was “really not great with being in public crowds or loud places.” She went on to apologize, and to praise Elvira. “If I’m misremembering this moment, I sincerely apologize for offending you so,” she wrote. “Thank you for being so nice to my mom, she told me how lovely you were (she might have different feelings about that now but I’ll talk to her… clearly, we all have our days!)”

Elvira and Ariana Grande

What Happened Between Ariana & Elvira?

Elvira told fans about her encounter with Grande during a Q&A at Knott’s Berry Farm in California, claiming that the pop star requested 20 tickets to her show for her family and friends, but refused to take a picture with her in return.

“We gave her the tickets and she comes backstage and she asks if I can take pictures with all of her friends and relatives she brought,” she recalled, as seen in a viral video. “I take a picture with every single one of them, I sign autographs for every single one of them. Then I say to her, ‘Can we take a photo together?’ And she goes, ‘No, I don’t really do that.’”

Elvira also remembered that Grande left before the show began, which aligns with Grande’s memory of the night. “All her relatives stayed, and she took off,” Elvira said.

 

Here’s Ariana’s response:

Ariana Grande’s response to Elvira

After a round of boos from the Q&A audience, someone on stage with Elvira quipped, “she’s playing the wrong witch,” nodding to Grande’s role in Wicked as Glinda the Good Witch.

There seem to be no hard feelings on Grande’s side, as she ended her comment by writing “sending love always” and declaring that Elvira will “always be our queen of halloween.” Elvira has yet to respond to Grande’s apology.

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Keanu Reeves, 60, finally Confirmed Marriage to Winona Ryder, 52, after 30 years, reacting to the viral marriage rumors between him and Alexandra Grant “I want to clear all doubts and make things clear that…” See more

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Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder and Alexandra Grant

Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves are still madly in (platonic) love with each other.

The former “Dracula” costars have known each other since the 1980s and, as they divulged during a 2018 press tour for “Destination Wedding,” their onscreen nuptials in the 1992 Bram Stoker adaptation might’ve been legally binding.

On the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast Monday, host Josh Horowitz asked Ryder how “the two biggest luddites on the planet” even keep in touch.

“I know,” said Ryder. “But we do text, and we always say who it is, even though it says it on the text … On his birthday, when I’m like, ‘Happy Birthday, my husband!’ and I put ‘Noni,’ he’s like, ‘Hey, wife! Love you, KR 57.’ On each birthday he’s like, ‘KR 57’ or whatever his age is.”

“He’s always done that,” she explained.

Ryder and Reeves were familiar with each other long before they were cast in “Dracula.”

Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder

“We met in the late ’80s, like ’87, ’88, at one of the early Independent Spirit Awards at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel,” she told People in 2018. “It wasn’t televised. Buck Henry was the emcee, and we gave out Best Supporting Actor.”

Ryder also explained to the outlet that she had initiated their “Destination Wedding” collaboration.

Keanu Reeves and Alexandra Grant

“I emailed him,” she said, adding: “I was so happy because he responded.”

During an Entertainment Weekly interview with Reeves in 2018, Ryder revealed that director Francis Ford Coppola had used “a real Romanian priest” for their “Dracula” wedding scene.

“We said yes?” Reeves asked Ryder, who confirmed as much. “Oh my gosh, we’re married,” he joked.

The Romanian nuptials presumably didn’t hold, however, as Reeves and Ryder have both pursued various other romantic interests over the years.

They’re each currently in relationships with other people: Reeves has been dating artist Alexandra Grant since 2019, and Ryder’s longtime partner is fashion designer Scott Mackinlay Hahn. However, neither actor has ever tied the knot — except, of course, (potentially) with each other.

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Rihanna, 36, shockingly announce SPLIT with rapper ASAP Rocky, 36, after 4 years of relationship with 2 kids and another on the way… “After finding out his huge secret, it broke my heart into many pieces, so we decided to go our separate ways“ – See Full details

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Rihanna and Asap Rocky

In a stunning turn of events, pop icon Rihanna and rapper ASAP Rocky have announced their separation after a four-year relationship.

The couple, who have a two-year-old son together and are expecting their second child, have revealed that the decision was made after a significant revelation that shattered their bond.

In a heartfelt statement released today, Rihanna expressed her deep sadness and heartbreak over the split. “After discovering a truth that I never thought I would have to confront, my heart was irrevocably broken,” she said.

“Despite our love for each other and the beautiful family we’ve built together, I believe it is best for both of us to move forward separately.”

Rihanna and Asap Rocky

The exact nature of the revelation that led to the breakup remains a mystery, but rumors have been swirling in the entertainment industry for weeks.

Speculation has ranged from infidelity to personal differences that proved insurmountable.

ASAP Rocky, who has been relatively quiet since the news broke, has yet to issue a public statement.

However, sources close to the couple have confirmed that the split was amicable and that the two remain committed to co-parenting their children.

The news of Rihanna and ASAP Rocky’s separation has sent shockwaves through the music industry and beyond.

The couple, who have been considered one of the most stylish and influential pairs in recent years, have a massive global following.

Their unexpected breakup has left fans devastated and wondering what the future holds for both of them.

While the information presented in this article is based on current online reports, this is a rumor.

No official confirmation has been provided by either Rihanna or ASAP Rocky, and the accuracy of the details cannot be verified at this time.

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