Dr. Joy Buolamwini is a pioneering MIT researcher, model, artist, and founder of the Algorithmic Justice League. She counsels world leaders on averting AI harm and is the author of the national bestseller Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines. Her work on facial recognition technology revolutionized AI auditing. More than 1.7 million... read full bio
The founder of Boston Dynamics, a world leader in mobile robotics, Marc Raibert is a robotics visionary. Raibert, who is renowned for his ground-breaking inventions, has created robots that integrate dynamic control, balance, and skills including intellect, dexterity, agility, and perception. Boston Dynamics has developed sophisticated robots under his direction, including BigDog, Atlas, Spot, and Handle, which are renowned for... read full bio
Amy Manford, an Australian-American soprano, gained international recognition for her enthralling performance as Christine Daaé in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, which she performed in both Athens, Greece, and London's West End. Amy is thrilled to play this part again in the renowned Sydney Opera House and Arts Centre in Melbourne, Australia. Before making her West End... read full bio
Jon Gruden is a former football head coach, most recently with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL. Prior to taking over as coach of Tampa Bay, he was the head coach of the Oakland Raiders for 4 years. The Buccaneers won Super Bowl XXXVII in the team's first year under Gruden's tenure, making him the youngest head coach ever... read full bio
Los Invasores de Nuevo León is a traditional Mexican sextet who became stars of the Latin music scene. They started in the city of Monterrey where they uphold the tradition of keeping accordion music. Los Invasores are Grammy nominated artists whose music revolves around political themes including the US involvement in Latin America. Los Invasores de Nuevo Leon signed with... read full bio
For over twenty years, Bianca Jagger has campaigned for human rights, social and economic justice and environmental protection throughout the world. Ms. Jagger has spent much of her life visiting war zones and refugee camps and denouncing human rights violations. She has provided a voice to the voiceless and hope to the hopeless. A strong advocate for human and women's... read full bio
Yngwie Malmsteen is one of rock's premiere virtuoso guitarists. Along with Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Eddie Van Halen, and a handful of others, Yngwie has dominated the world of solo guitar for two decades. When he was barely 20, Yngwie exploded onto the music scene with his jaw-dropping technique of lightning fast harmonic minor scalar riffing. His 1984 album, ""Yngwie... read full bio
La Trakalosa is a band from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. Almost immediately after their formation, they met great success in both Mexico and the U.S. La Trakalosa have released many chart-topping hits, including ""Después de ti no hay nada"", ""San Lunes"", ""Concha del alma"", ""Mi padrino el Diablo"", ""Tres disparos"", ""Tatuado hasta los huesos"", ""Un par de cerdos"", ""Borracho de amor"",... read full bio
Happy Together is a new touring act that features some of the best bands from the 60’s to the 70’s. Happy Together consists of artists, The Turtles, Chuck Negron, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, The Buckinghams, The Classics IV, and The Cowsills. The Turtles currently consists of members Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman and they are best known for... read full bio
Ed Mylett is one of the Top 50 Wealthiest Under 50, and the youngest person to be named on the Presidents National Leadership Advisory Board. At a young age, Mylett decided he would be in charge of his destiny. Inspired by his father, Mylett set off in pursuit of business success. He is now a keynote motivational speaker and a... read full bio
Dave Koz came out of nowhere after he made it onto the Billboard contemporary jazz charts, and stayed there for several weeks. Koz played on Arsenio Hall's show and pop audiences. Koz plays instrumental pop covers and some upbeat tunes, and generally sticks to the fusion production formula. His sessions are available on CD and have been regularly released since... read full bio
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
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
