Bill Harmer is an accomplished and motivating professional speaker who with his Irish sense of humor brings to his audiences, content, enthusiasm and credibility. For more than 35 years, he held senior management and technical positions with several international corporations and has consulted in the U.S., Europe and Japan. He is a past national director of the Canadian Information Processing... read full bio

Exciting musical collaboration of Rita Coolidge, her sister Priscilla Coolidge, and Priscilla's daughter Laura Satterfield. Named for the Cherokee word for hummingbird these three women blend pop, folk, gospel and Native American influences to create a unique and unforgettable sound. Their debut CD won them Best New Group Record Of The Year and Best Song Of The Year honors at... read full bio

Walker Hayes had no business being in Nashville, yet here he is. He may have moved to Music City on a lark, but his determination-and a loving and supportive wife-helped him develop talents he didn't know he had. Perhaps not surprisingly given his quick learning curve, Walker's debut album, Reason To Rhyme, doesn't sound like a debut at all. It... read full bio

American hip-hop project, Wallpaper., is a breath of fresh air in the music industry. Formed by multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songerwriter, Ricky Reed, Wallpaper started by him messing with computer programs like autotune to experiment with different sounds. In 2009, Reed released his debut albumb, Doodoo Face, with strong songwriting and production qualities. Reed released a singled titled,... read full bio

As founder of Famous Amos Cookies and father of the gourmet chocolate chip cookie industry, Wally Amos has used his fame to support educational causes. Wally Amos founded the Chip & Cookie Read Aloud Foundation, urging parents and caregivers to read aloud to children for at least 10 minutes each day. Ten percent of the net profits realized by... read full bio

Walter Clyde" Frazier is a retired American basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Blessed with a unique combination of court vision, quickness, and size (he stands 6'4") for a guard. As their floor general, he led the New York Knicks to the franchise's only two NBA Championships (1970 & 1973), and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball... read full bio

Prominent American novelist Walter Mosley is best known for his crime fiction featuring the hard-boiled detective Easy Rawlins, yet his work transcends the conventional bounds of fiction writing. Examining ways that we can contribute to political, economic and social progress in America, Mosley writes Ten Things," a monthly column for The Nation, and is a commentator on contemporary America,... read full bio

Multi-platinum selling rock band WARRANT, best known for classic MTV staples' Cherry Pie," "Heaven," and rock anthem "The Down Boys." It's been nearly 20 years and eight albums later, but the buzz surrounding Warrant remains. The band has seen many changes since their first taste of success in the late 80s/early 90s, but have always remained a key cog... read full bio

An insatiable passion for music gained Warren Hill early recognition as a true virtuoso and lead to his fronting various Toronto high school rock bands as a multi instrumentalist as well as a singer/guitarist. Expanding his musical horizons and satisfying a growing passion for saxophone eventually landed him a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music, where his graduation performance... read full bio

In April 1997 Warren Macdonald was climbing on Hinchinbrook Island, Northern Australia when a large rock fell on his legs. Warren survived the accident thanks to Geert van Keulen, a Dutch traveler Warren had met the day before, who raced down the mountain for help. He spent two days out in the open and both his legs were amputated at... read full bio

After being drafted to the NFL by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1997, Warrick Dunn established a program called "Homes for the Holidays" in an effort to keep his mother's dream of homeownership alive for other single parents working hard to provide for their families. Warrick Dunn joined the Atlanta Falcons in 2002 and established the Warrick Dunn Foundation in... read full bio

Was (Not Was), the seminal, indestructible art-funk collective from Detroit, is back from hibernation and ready to ensnare the innocent with its snaky beats and brain-virus lyrics. Semi-dormant since 1992, when they opened a four-month tour for Dire Straits across Europe, Don and David Was are again ready to rumble and are planning an endless series of live dates accompanied... read full bio

Wayland Pickard is an Award-Winning Instrumentalist, Singer, Entertainer, Humorist, and a true "Renaissance Man: Piano Recording Artist, Stage Performer, Songwriter, Composer, Actor, Author, Lecturer and Film Maker. This multi-talent from Hollywood has done it all. His unique versatility of combining comedy, music and impressions has made him a hit around the country. Wayland has been described by Jay Leno as... read full bio

Wayne Chrebet is a former professional football wide receiver who played 11 seasons with the New York Jets, from 1995 to 2005. Although he went undrafted in the 1995 NFL Draft, Chrebet earned a walk-on opportunity with the New York Jets. He worked his way up the depth chart to make the team, and was the first Hofstra football player... read full bio

Wayne Cotter is one of the top stand up comics working the circuit today. Variety magazine has called him notably original and spectacularly funnyuthe funniest stand up to come along in quite some time, and that's no joke." Wayne is a frequent guest of both David Letterman and Jay Leno, and appearing in a recurring role as a roving reporter... read full bio

As a winner of the Johnny Walker Comedy Competition semifinals in Boston, Wendy Liebman went to Los Angeles to compete in the finals. That unforgettable evening at the famous Improv, she was discovered by the talent coordinator of The Tonight Show with Johhny Carson. The effectiveness of her technique lies greatly in the unexpectedness of her timing and audience. The... read full bio

Wendy Williams burst onto the national talk show scene with the launch of her daily, syndicated program, The Wendy Williams Show. Her hit show appears on FOX Network and BET throughout the United States and airs internationally in the United Kingdom, Africa and Middle East. People Magazine named The Wendy Williams Show one of the Best Shows of 2009" and... read full bio

In the late 1980s, former world champion bareback rider, turned country singer, Chris LeDoux, was preparing to throw everything into a music career, which had long played a distant second to his love of rodeo, and those bareback horses. His search for a full time touring band that could help to create his new musical vision, produced a unique group... read full bio

With four graduate degrees and two decades as a stand-up comedian, Will Miller entertains and enlightens as he shows us how to how and appreciate the meaning of life in our work and relationships.... read full bio

William Kennedy, author, screenwriter and playwright, was born and raised in Albany, New York. William Kennedy brought his native city to literary life in many of his works. The Albany cycle, includes Legs, Billy Phelan's Greatest Game, and the Pulitzer Prize winning Ironweed. The versatile William Kennedy wrote the screenplay for Ironweed, the play Grand View, and cowrote the screenplay... read full bio