Aron Ralston is an American outdoorsman, engineer and motivational speaker. He survived a canyoneering accident, during which he amputated his own right forearm with a dull multi-tool in order dislodged himself from a boulder, underneath which he had been trapped for five days and seven hours. After he freed himself, he had to rappel down a 65 foot sheer cliff... read full bio
Alexa Chung is a versatile media personality, known for her charming wit and lively commentary on pop culture. She first rose to prominence as the host of the live, daily show It's On with Alexa Chung, a popular program that featured celebrity talk, live music, and interactive online content. Since then, she has made a name for herself as a... read full bio
American music producer and disc jockey Jimir Davis goes by the stage name Amorphous. His mashups, which usually blend modern hip hop and R&B with vintage soul and pop music, are what made him most famous. His widely shared cover of Luther Vandross's "Never Too Much" and Rihanna's "Kiss It Better" may be heard on the Fat Joe song "Sunshine... read full bio
Stansfield Turner is a former United States Navy admiral and former Director of Central Intelligence and President of the Naval War College. He was formerly a senior research scholar at the University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Policy. Under Turner's direction, the CIA emphasized technical intelligence and signal intelligence. Reform and simplification of the intelligence community's multilayered secrecy... read full bio
Apollo Robbins, otherwise known as The Gentleman Thief, is a performer, speaker, consultant and one of the world's leading experts on pickpockets, confidence crimes and deception. A pioneer in the application of deception to operational environments, Robbins uses pick-pocketing and sleight-of-hand to demonstrate perception management, diversion techniques and self-deception. Drawing from his twenty-plus years of experience as an entertainer and... read full bio
Ali Landry was the first former Miss Teen USA delegate to win the Miss USA crown, as well as the first to compete at Miss Universe. Her most recognized moment in her modeling career was her three year run as the Doritos Girl in the Super Bowl commercial. Also an actress, Landry portrayed the character Rita Lefleur on the UPN... read full bio
Andy Richter is an American actor, writer, comedian, and late night talk show announcer who is best known for appearing as Conan OBriens sidekick on his late night talk shows. He started his career working as a production assistant in Chicago and from there started taking comedy classes at Chicagos Improv Olympic. He became the star there within a year... read full bio
A Great Big World is the American singer-songwriter duo made up of Ian Axel and Chad Vaccarino behind the immensely moving and chart-topping single “Say Something”. They met at New York University, where they were attending The Steinhardt Music Program. The groups first single “This Is The New Year” was featured in several TV shows including The Amazing Race, One... read full bio
Allison Janney is a multi-award winning stage and screen actress, known for her versatile roles and natural wit. Her first huge role came with The West Wing, for which she won her first three Emmys. She has since held supporting roles in many films, notably 10 Things I Hate About You, Juno, The Help, and Hairspray. She earned two more... read full bio
American Authors is a pop rock band, based in New York City, who are signed to The Island Def Jam Music Group. They are best known for their singles “Best Day of My Life” and “Believer” from their album Oh, What a Life. Their debut single, “Believer”, earned great popularity through alternative rock radio. Their second single, “Best Day of... read full bio
Ani is a punk folksinger who writes songs that can appeal to old folkies and simultaneously climb the college radio charts. She tours on the acoustic, college, and rock club circuits, shattering stereotypes and winning over unsuspecting fans everywhere. But of course, like all overnight success stories that were ten years in the making, the beginnings were much more humble.... read full bio
Celebrity chef, restaurateur, TV personality, author, and well-known figure in the food industry is Aarón Sánchez. He serves as the chef and business partner for Johnny Sánchez, which has locations in New Orleans and Baltimore. Aarón is best known as the co-star of the popular Food Network series Chopped and the host of the Emmy-nominated Taco Trip on the Cooking... read full bio
Aparna Nancherla is a comedic light entity who emits both writing and performance. She wrote for and sometimes appeared on the late, great Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, on FX-then-FXX. Other credits include appearances on @midnight, Conan, Comedy Central's Adam Devine's House Party, VH1's I Love the 2000s"", and TruTV's ""Friends of the People"". Aparna has been included on... read full bio
Teen pop sensation Austin Mahone was catapulted into stardom with his viral YouTube videos, which have racked of hundreds of millions of views and counting. He established such a strong online fanbase, that he took up homeschooling to focus on his flourishing pop career. After signing to Chase/ Universal Republic Records, he recorded the singles “11:11” and “Say You’re Just... read full bio
Multi-platinum recording artist Al McKay provides the Earth, Wind, and Fire Experience, as the original guitarist and composer of some of the funk bands greatest hits. He teamed with group founder Maurice White to create iconic singles such as September and Sing A Song. While with EWF, McKay also worked with artists like The Temptations (Truly for You- Motown), A... read full bio
Aaron Taylor-Johnson is an English actor, best known for his roles in ‘Kick-Ass’, ‘Godzilla’, and ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’. Taylor-Johnson began his acting career at age six, appearing on stage in productions of ‘Macbeth’ and ‘All My Sons’. Later in his career, he starred in films like ‘Shanghai Knights’, ‘The Illusionist’, and ‘Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging’. Taylor-Johnson was nominated... read full bio
Aidy Bryant is a comedian and writer. She is best known for being on Saturday Night Live. Bryant is from Phoenix, Arizona and graduated from Columbia College in Chicago. She has acted with The Second City and the Annoyance Theatre. She also was a writer and ensemble member for the Second City Stage. Bryant is a featured member on Saturday... read full bio
A Classic Rock Christmas features current members of Boston, The Sammy Hagar Band, The Tubes, and the Greg Kihn Band. Robert Berry created the A Classic Rock Christmas concept to make Holiday music hip and relevant for today's listeners and to have a way to give back to each community through Food Bank donations. Robert has performed with some of... read full bio
Anderson East is an American R&B artist from Athens, Alabama, who began his musical career with his self-released album, titled Closing Credits for a Fire, under the name Mike Anderson. Shortly after, he began releasing music under the name Anderson East with the release of an EP titled Fire Demos. He recorded his self-released debut album as Anderson East, titled... read full bio
Alfie Allen is most well known for his role as Theon Greyjoy in today’s most prominent TV series, Game of Thrones. He began his career appearing in movies like Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London, Atonement, Flashbacks of a Fool, and The Other Boleyn Girl. He also played Nobby Clark in the BBC1 historical hospital drama Casualty 1907, and shortly... read full bio
