In 2007, Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham, served as the UK Minister of State for Trade & Investment accepting a lifetime peerage in the House of Lords. Forthright and as ever loyal to British business he spent his 15 months in the position promoting Britain across the world, making 45 overseas visits, travelling to 31 different countries and meeting with... read full bio
Many people consider sports speaker Joan Laporta to be the best FC Barcelona president in history. A lot of people believe that Joan was the one who improved the club. He managed the team's victories in four Spanish leagues, a FIFA Club World Cup, and two UEFA Champions Leagues. In addition, the team won three Spanish Super Cups, a UEFA... read full bio
She gained notoriety for her work on E! Entertainment, where she hosted a number of network specials and contributed to E! News, E! News Weekend, Daily Pop, and Live From E! for over ten years. She has also become a mainstay on the red carpet, interviewing celebrities and covering events of the highest class during awards season. For the... read full bio
Vijay Amritraj is a former Indian tennis player, sports commentator and actor. Vijay was born in Chennai, India to Maggie Dhairyam and Robert Amritraj. He and his brothers, Anand Amritraj and Ashok Amritraj, were the successors of Ramanathan Krishnan in top-flight international tour tennis. They did their schooling in Don Bosco Egmore, Chennai, and later graduated from Loyola College, Chennai.... read full bio
Vali Nasr is an American academic and author specializing in the Middle East and the Islamic world. He is currently Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. and a Senior Fellow in foreign policy at Brookings Institution. His book Forces of Fortune focused on the importance of a new middle class to future of... read full bio
Tim Flannery is on a mission. He believes that human activity is drastically altering the earth's climate, and that before too long these changes will have a devastating effect on life on this planet. He wants to mobilize the social and political will to address this problem before it's too late. That's why Tim Flannery wrote The Weather Makers: How... read full bio
Brian Littrell is most known as a member the ultra popular boy band The Backstreet Boys. He reached heartthrob status in the mid to late ‘90s during the band’s peek. The band released four majorly successful albums before the boy band movement began to give way. Littrell then turned his attention to producing Christian music – a dream he’d always... read full bio
Pierre serves as chairman of eBay, a trustee of Tufts University, Santa Fe Institute and Punahou School; and as a commissioner for President Barack Obamas Commission on White House Fellowships. Pierre is also CEO and publisher of Honolulu Civil Beat, a local news service in Hawaii that encourages greater civic participation through media. He lives in Honolulu, Hawaii, with his... read full bio
Michael Chasen is a businessman and entrepreneur from Cheshire, Connecticut. While attending American University, Chasen befriended future co-founder Matthew Pittinsky in his dorms. Blackboard Inc. was founded by the duo in 1999. Chasen became CEO of the company. He became one of the youngest CEO’s of a publicly traded company. Blackboard Inc. is a technology company that developed educational software,... read full bio
For 26 years, shes played one of the ultimate survivors of daytime television Nikki Newman on The Young and the Restless.In real life, actress Melody Thomas Scott has endured her own personal drama, dealing with the painful bladder condition, interstitial cystitis or IC. Melodys story is filled with the pain and frustration shared by millions of other IC sufferers,... read full bio
Dambisa Moyo is a renowned Zambian-born author and international economist, known for her expertise in macroeconomics and international affairs. Her ability to translate complex market, economic, and political trends into their future impact on global business has earned her numerous accolades and recognition from esteemed institutions. Moyo's extensive education includes a Bachelor's and Master's degree from American University, a Master's in... read full bio
For Jon and Michael Galluccio, the most difficult aspect of accepting their homosexuality was abandoning dreams of fatherhood and a family. Jon and Michael always knew they wanted more, so they began a life together with little support and no role models. Throughout their relationship they gained the tools necessary to take on their biggest challenge, the adoption of Adam,... read full bio
As host of her own Lifetime TV show, Katie Brown provides easy and affordable advice on casual entertaining. Her enthusiasm for entertaining, gardening and cooking inspired her to open her own store called Goat. Located in Los Angeles and Mackinac Island, Michigan, Goat quickly became a popular antique store and cafe. Katie has been serving up dime-store domesticity on Lifetime's... read full bio
Marcus Samuelsson is an internationally acclaimed chef who has thrilled the food scene with a blend of culture and artistic excellence. Marcus caught the attention of the culinary world as the head chef at Aquavit. During his tenure as executive chef, he received an impressive three-star rating from the New York Times, the youngest person ever to receive such an... read full bio
Ian Somerhalder is best known for his role on CW’s The Vampire Diaries. He is also known for his work on the show Lost on ABC. The actor is passionate about global conservation and green energy. He has started his own foundation eponymously called the Ian Somerhalder Foundation. His foundation seeks to end animal cruelty, as well as help with... read full bio
Henry Rollins started out as a musician and singer in hardcore punk bands. He eventually gained the position of frontman for Black Flag by entering the stage mid-performance and assuming control of the microphone. By the time the band disbanded in 1986, he had already established himself as one of the leading figures in the field. He thereafter pursued a... read full bio
Jason Blum is an American film producer who specializes in horror films. He is also the founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions which is made especially for horror movies.He is the winner of a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie for producing a film called The Normal Heart. He was also nominated for an academy award in 2014... read full bio
Tan Le is a Vietnamese-Australian telecommunications entrepreneur, and co-Founder of Emotiv, a bio-informatics company which strives to discover biomarkers in the brain for mental and other neurological conditions using EEG. Le champions efforts to cure and treat various neurological disorders. Her family fled war-torn Vietnam when she was four years old- an experience she shares with audiences in one of... read full bio
With an impressive body of work that encompasses television, film, and theater, Tava Smiley is quickly emerging as one of Hollywood's most versatile talents. Shes the new host of HGTVs I Want That! Kitchens and is the sideline reporter for VERSUS PBR. She can also currently be seen on the red carpet hosting Foxs movie premieres for Fox Movie Channel.... read full bio
David Hyde Pierce has received three Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, seven American Comedy Awards and five Viewers for Quality Television Awards for his portrayal of the snobbish psychiatrist Niles Crane, brother to the title character on Frasier. Pierces big break came when he appeared on Broadway for six months in The Heidi... read full bio
