Dave Attell, who was born in Queens and raised on Long Island, began performing stand-up comedy in the late 1980s after earning a degree in film and television from New York University. Attell used this esteemed degree to get fantastic waiter employment in the restaurant service business. He would frequent Manhattan's open mic scene at night. After several years, Attell... read full bio
Originally from Aurora, Colorado, Dan Soder started doing stand up at the age of 21 while he was attending the University of Arizona. After two years of playing clubs and casinos all over the southwest, Dan decided he'd had enough of extreme heat and venomous animals, so he moved to New York to get serious about a career in stand-up... read full bio
Desree, born Desiree Weeks on November 30, 1968 in London, England was one of Britains most successful pop/soul vocalists throughout the 1990s. She changed her name from Desiree Weeks because she preferred a two-syllable name. In 1994 the hit single, You Gotta Be, hit Billboard Top 5 and was a hit in the UK three times, as well as very... read full bio
Longtime Philadelphia Phillies player, Doug Glanville is now an ESPN MLB analyst. He was considered an outstanding fielder, achieving double-digit outfield assist on three different occasions. While with the Chicago Cubs, he hit the game-winning triple in the 11th inning in game 3 of the NL Championship Series. Glanville ended his career going 292 consecutive games without a fielding error,... read full bio
Professional football running back, Darren Sproles currently plays for the Philadelphia Eagles. He attended Kansas State, where he is the all-time leading rusher, and was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the fourth round of the NFL Draft. Sproles was named as a kick returner on the Chargers 50th Anniversary Team. Following five years with the Chargers, he joined... read full bio
Named among DJ Mags Top 100 DJs, Dannic is most well known for his collaborations with Hardwell, Dyro, and Sick Individuals. For over three years, he has had a radio show called Front of House. Dannic established his own label, Fonk Recordings, to support up and coming artists with their works, and has plans for 2016 to release tracks... read full bio
Rolling Stone just deemed them “a band you need to know” and compared their stomping, hard-rock sound to the likes of Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin and Black Sabbath. Rolling Stone also listed Dorothy #14 on their 50 Best New Artist list. The band formed in 2013 and shortly there after their hard-hitting debut single “After Midnight” was released. The... read full bio
Day Wave is a 2014-founded American indie rock band from Oakland, California. The Jackson Phillips-led band, which features additional musicians for live performances, published its first EP, Headcase, in 2015. Day Wave has been highlighted in Billboard and LA Mag. During Blonde Redhead's fall 2016 tour, they served as the opener. Day Wave joined Harvest Records in November 2016 and... read full bio
*Creator and writer of HBO's award-winning series The Wire *Author of the narrative non-fiction books Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets an The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood *Co-created the HBO series Treme and is the writer and producer of the HBO miniseries Generation Kill and Show Me A Hero *Does prose work for... read full bio
Dan Lin is a prolific film producer, including the LEGO movie series. Honored as one of Varietys 10 producers to watch, he is the CEO of Lin Pictures, a film production company that he formed eight years ago. Lin also currently serves on the board of directors for the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment and is a mentor for... read full bio
Dennis Eckersley is a retired MLB pitcher, who played for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals throughout his twenty-three years career. Although a successful starter as well, “Eck” is most celebrated as a closer, becoming the first of two pitchers in MLB history to have both a 20-win season and a 50-save... read full bio
Deb Talan is one-half of the husband/ wife folk duo, The Weepies. With over a million records sold as The Weepies, Deb released her solo record, Lucky Girl. After battling cancer and fully recovering, she wanted to make something that was all her own. The thirteen tracks that make up Lucky Girl display Debs inclination towards pop, her signature confessional... read full bio
David Hearn is a Canadian PGA player, who has finished runner-up in the John Deere Classic and the Greenbrier Classic. He has represented Canada twice at the World Cup, finishing 5th overall at his first one. While attending the University of Wyoming, he helped lead the Canadian team to victory at the Four Nations Cup tournament. During his first professional... read full bio
Deap Vally is the rock-centered musical duo of Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards. Both members of Deap Vally have a background in music, having played in other bands prior, but they happened to met in a crochet class in L.A. They started creating music together and were signed with Ark Recordings; they released their first single entitled “Gonna Make My... read full bio
As an actor, dancer, and voice actor, Dante Basco certainly proves himself to be a versatile performer. Born and rasied in California, Dante’s career started off strong. Early on he was part of the breakdancing crew called Streat Freaks. Once he started to dabble in acting, he landed a few small television roles. His first more notable performance was as... read full bio
Dr. Daniel Kraft is the Faculty Chair for Medicine & Neuroscience at Singularity University, as well as Founder and Chair of Exponential Medicine, which studies convergent, rapidly developing technologies and their future in biomedicine and healthcare. A Stanford and Harvard trained physician-scientist, inventor and entrepreneur; Dr. Kraft has more than 25 years under his belt working in clinical practice, biomedical... read full bio
Deerhunter is a band with a wide range of sound, constantly reinventing themselves. In that sense, you can compare them to Radiohead or Beck. Beyond, there’s no comparing Deerhunter to anyone else. Their sound is a combination of indie rock, psychedelic rock, garage rock, noise rock, pop, experimental, and art rock. The band currently consists of Bradford Cox (who also... read full bio
Diane Ravitch is a historian, research professor, and educational policy analyst who works for the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University. Born in Houston, Texas, Diane graduated from Wellesley College, and she also earned her Ph.D from Columbia University. Early on in her career, she worked as an editorial assistant at New Leader magazine,... read full bio
Drew Parker has been able to do things in Nashville, Tennessee, in the short three years he has resided there. Parker started singing in front of small church congregations when he was 3 years old. He is from the unincorporated little town of Stewart, Georgia, which is situated near Covington, Georgia. He gradually gained confidence, and at the age of... read full bio
The Descendents is an American punk rock group that was founded in 1977 by drummer Bill Stevenson, bassist Tony Lombardo, and guitarist Frank Navetta in Manhattan Beach, California. They reemerged as a punk rock band in 1979 after recruiting Stevenson's former classmate Milo Aukerman as a singer, and they quickly rose to prominence in the hardcore punk scene that was... read full bio
