Professor Alain Enthoven is a distinguished professor at Stanford, who has been published in the subjects of Economics, organization, management and public policy of health care. He studies the causes of unsustainable growth in national health expenditures and the costs of health insurance, and possible strategies for moderating this growth while improving quality of care. His recent work is focused... read full bio
Amanda grew up in a house that loved music. Her life took a new direction when she walked into a local Toronto jazz club and asked if she could audition. The owner gave her a chance to sing with the house band and she landed her first weekly gig - Martinez Martini Mondays. She started getting referrals through word of... read full bio
Specializing in custom acts and shows to fit your needs, American Acrobats provide theatrical Cirque" style circus acts and are the only company in this industry that maintains over 13 different acts all in house. American Acrobats create the acts, make the costumes, do the choreography and choose the music. This way they can control the quality of... read full bio
The Abaca String Band is a string quintet that began by performing for membership events at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. While a group that is centered in the New York metropolitan area is also privy to playing and arranging mountains of different kinds of music, the concert for the Abaca String Band is quite the experience.... read full bio
Andrea Echeverri is a singer in the Columbian group Aterciopelados. She also plays the guitar and cowrites the songs for the group. Her first solo album focused on her alternative feminist rock style. . The pierced and tattooed Echeverri stunned her conservative country by singing a song about her unwillingness to ruin her silhouette by having children her... read full bio
Former football player Andre Ware was the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy as a quarterback for the University of Houston. The Texas native is also the first star from the Southwest Conference to win the Heisman Trophy since Earl Campbell of University of Texas. As a sophomore, Ware gave an early indication of just how good he... read full bio
Albert Lee Toon, Jr. is a former professional American football player. In high school Toon was one of three Newport News Peninsula District athletes to exceed 50 feet in the triple jump, which he did three times. Toon played football and ran track at the University of WisconsinMadison. Albert was selected by the New York Jets in the 1st round... read full bio
Alexandra Nechita is a renowned cubist painter, born in Romania and raised in the United States. Recognized as a child prodigy until her late teens, she began drawing at the age of two. On her seventh birthday, her parents gave her oil and acrylics. Alexandra had her first solo exhibition at the age of eight at the public library in... read full bio
Al Joyner is a former professional athlete who was an Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump. With a leap of 17.26 m (56'-7.5), he became the first American in 80 years to win a gold medal in this event. Al was also honored with the 1984 Jim Thorpe Award, given annually to the top American male in the field... read full bio
Al Kaline is a former Major League Baseball right fielder. A member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Kaline played his entire 22-year baseball career with the Detroit Tigers. Kaline still works for the Tigers as a front office official. Because of his lengthy career and longtime association with the Tigers organization, Kaline's nickname is Mr. Tiger." For most of... read full bio
Anna Trebunskaya is a professional dancerbest known for her performances on Dancing With The Stars. Anna started dancing at age six, and won her first dance competition by age 7. She has been winning awards and accolades as an amateur and pro ever since. Anna moved to the U.S. with her parents when she was 17. In Season... read full bio
Alberta Cross is a Brooklyn based, Eat London formed band best known for the song Money For The Weekend featured in Ketel One commercials and on the soundtrack for Madden NFL. Additionally, their work has been used on the television shows Californication and Longmire. The blues and country influenced band draw their sound from the foundation built by the Band... read full bio
Alex Mazo is a professional dancer, best known for winning the first mirror ball on Dancing with the Stars with Kelly Monaco. He is a five time US National Finalist. Alec has been in the movies Dance With Me and Curious Case of Benjamin Button and performed in commercials for Kay Jewelers and iPod. He was featured in the new... read full bio
Avalon is Christian musics premier rock band. Together for over 15 years, sold more than three million albums, charted 20 number 1 singles, and won an American Music Award. Among other miscellaneous awards, the group has received three Grammy nominations and taken home six Dove Awards, the highest award for a Christian artist. They have released 12 projects, including one... read full bio
Art Metrano is an American actor and comedian of Greek-Turkish-Jewish-Sephardic ancestry. Metrano may be best known for his role as Capt. Mauser in Police Academy 2 and Police Academy 3. He left the series due to a serious fall at home that seriously injured his spinal cord and left him disabled. Also known for his frequent appearances on The Tonight... read full bio
With a diverse culinary background and a passion for sharing her knowledge with food enthusiasts, cooking expert Aida Mollenkamp prepared delicious dishes while providing answers to questions submitted by Food Network viewers in her first interactive cooking show, Ask Aida. She currently hosts FoodCrafters, on the Cooking Channel, in which she leaves the kitchen to uncover handmade food finds from... read full bio
Ann Magnuson is an actress, performance artist, singer, writer, and one half of the former psychedelic rock group Bongwater. She had a brother, Bobby, who died in 1998 of complications from AIDS. After graduating from Denison University in 1978, she moved to New York City and was a DJ and performer at Club 57 and the Mudd Club in Manhattan... read full bio
Ann Louise Bardach is the author of Cuba Confidential: Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana, which was a finalist for the New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism and the PEN USA Award for Best Non-fiction. She is also the editor of The Prison Letters of Fidel Castro as well as Cuba: A Travelers Literary... read full bio
Amanda de Cadenet is a television personality and renowned photographer. She started her career at the young age of eighteen, as a co-presenter for The Word, a late-night Channel 4 magazine show. She is best known for the series The Conversation, airing on Lifetime. The show features interviews with internationally famous women, as well as lesser-known figures, and includes topics... read full bio
Adrian Belew is simply one of the most innovative electric guitarists of all time. His guitar sound is actually his own, instantly recognizable as only he can play it. He is one of the true creators of the palette of electric guitar sounds that define and continue to inspire two generations of guitar players. Spending time in bands with Frank... read full bio
