Sports broadcasting legend Bob Costas has an illustrious career spanning decades of compelling play-by-play, smart reporting, and entertaining hosting. When he joined NBC in 1980, he rapidly established himself as a versatile asset, lending his skills to a wide range of projects. Costas shown a tremendous range of abilities throughout his time there, including his knowledge of collegiate basketball, Major League... read full bio
A true dramatic soprano with a majestic stage presence, Jessye Norman is associated in particular with the roles of Aïda, Cassandre, Alceste, and Leonora. Norman is known for the direct and emotionally expressive qualities of her singing and for her formidable intellectual understanding of the music and its style, as well as first-rate musicianship. According to Curt Sanburn in Life,... read full bio
Adored as an actress, Valerie Bertinellis long and celebrated resume has expanded to include equally beloved TV personality, spokesperson and bestselling author, woman with her skill set do not come about often. She realized new and remarkable success as the face of Jenny Craig Weight Loss Program, authored the NY Times #1 bestseller, Losing It and inspired millions of people... read full bio
Robin Wright first became famous on television, playing Kelly Capwell on the soap opera Santa Barbara, which earned her three Daytime Emmy nominations. She shot to stardom after her roles as Buttercup in The Princess Bride and Jenny Curran in Forrest Gump, the latter role garnering her Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild nominations for Best Supporting Actress. Other... read full bio
Lupe Fiasco is a rapper, producer and CEO of 1st & 15th Entertainment. He rose to fame following the success of his critically-acclaimed debut album, Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor. Raised in Chicago, Fiasco developed an interest in hip hop after initially disliking the genre for its use of vulgarity. Fiasco met rapper Jay-Z who helped him sign a record... read full bio
In the great Philadelphia R&B tradition, The Stylistics emerged to record an unbelievable seven Platinum Albums, producing several Billboard Top 40 hits, including ""You'll Never Get To Heaven If You Break My Heart,"" ""Rockin' Roll Baby,"" and ""Let's Put It All Together."" Russell Thompkins, Jr.'s soaring falsetto voice and the lush productions of Thom Bell helped make the Stylistics one... read full bio
As one of the world’s leading inventors, thinkers, and futurists, Ray Kurzweil genius is certainly impressive, with a thirty-year track record of accurate predictions. Ray is the Director of Engineering at Google, heading up a team developing machine intelligence and natural language understanding. Kurzweil was the principal inventor of the first CCD flat-bed scanner, the first omni-font optical character recognition,... read full bio
Seether—vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Shaun Morgan, bassist Dale Stewart, and drummer John Humphrey—has toured the world on the basis of five Gold and Platinum albums, constantly building a committed fan base while pushing creative boundaries. Morgan believes evolution is essential to survival and success, both for himself and his band. "Holding onto Strings Better Left to Fray," Seether's fifth studio... read full bio
Faith Evans moved to Los Angeles in 1991 to pursue a career in the music industry after being born in Lakeland, Florida, and having grown up in New Jersey. She began her career as a backup singer for Christopher Williams and Al B. Sure! before signing a deal with Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs' Bad Boy Records in 1994 when she was... read full bio
Adam Hills is an Australian comedian, writer, presenter, and talk show host known for his work on the popular Australian shows Spicks and Specks and the Adam Hills Tonight Show. Dubbed by some of the toughest critics as the nicest man in comedy, he recently introduced his highly anticipated new stand-up show Clown Heart at the 2015 Melbourne International Comedy... read full bio
The solo career of Ana Torroja always been characterized by the search for the concern of not sticking to what has been done, by the need to surprise. ""There has to be something you know I'll enjoy, have fun, let me hope,"" she says. ""I do not like the obvious, I need to have a point of originality. I like... read full bio
In Big Band history, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra is recognized as one of the best all-around dance bands. It could swing with the best of them, and no other band could come close to Tommy's when it came to playing ballads. Tommy Dorsey, ""The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing"", was a master at creating warm, sentimental, and always musical moods –... read full bio
Rhys Darby is an actor and comedian from New Zealand who gained fame playing Murray Hewitt in the BBC radio version and HBO television series of “Flight of the Conchords”. Other notable roles for Darby include, Norman in the film “Yes Man”, Steve in series “Wrecked”, Bibbly in film “Trolls”, Nigel in film “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle”, and Coran... read full bio
Ashley Tisdale is an American actress, singer, and producer, who gained popularity for her role as Sharpay Evans in the Disney “High School Musical” franchise and as Maddie Fitzpatrick in the Disney series “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody”. From there, Tisdale turned to music and released her debut album, “Headstrong”, which earned RIAA certified Gld and IRMA certified... read full bio
Sol3 Mio is a musical trio from New Zealand that consists of brothers Pene Pati and Amitai Pati and their cousin Moses Mackay. They are a group of classically trained Samoans. Their self-titled debut album was full of opera style music mixed with traditional and popular songs. This album was the biggest selling album in New Zealand in 2013. Their... read full bio
Pierce the Veil was birthed out of the tail end of the unique San Diego punk rock scene that spawned such legends as Blink-182. They have released three full studio albums and have a fourth set for late 2015. Their unusual song structures provide the foundation for complex guitar lines and contrasting beautiful and abrasive vocals, wrapped in a memorable... read full bio
Tony Award winner (The King and I) Kelli O'Hara is a fifteen year Broadway veteran. She has performed in such legendary productions as The King and I, South Pacific, The Light in the Piazza, Dracula, Sweet Smell of Success, Jekyll & Hyde, and many more. Her off-broadway resume includes Far From Heaven, Bells Are Ringing, The Light in the Albertine,... read full bio
August Alsina, is an American recording artist from New Orleans signed to Def Jam Recordings. He is best known for his single ""I Luv This Shit"" with Trinidad James. His debut studio album is titled Testimony. He has worked with some of the biggest names in the hip hop industry including B.o.B., Young Jeezy, Rick Ross, Flo Rida, Kid Ink,... read full bio
Fakear, the stage name of Théo Le Vigoreux, is a producer from France. He began his musical career at a young age, heavily influenced by his parents’ backgrounds, Daft Punk, and ska-punk. With these influences supporting him, Fakear started to produce electronic music. He found success, and soon was performing shows from London to Tokyo, being recruited by the likes... read full bio
Jameela Jamil is a British television presenter, radio presenter, model, and actress. She is best known for working with BBC as the host on ‘The Official Chart’. She also had presented for T4 until it ended. Most recently, she started her first acting role playing Tahani Al-Jamil on NBC’s “The Good Place”. Since then she has started voicing Gandra Dee... read full bio
