Spike Lee is an award-winning writer, director, actor, producer and author who revolutionized the role of Black talent in cinema. Widely regarded as a premiere African-American filmmaker, Lee is a forerunner in the do it yourself school of independent film. He is the founder of the production company 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, which has produced over 35 films... read full bio
Known as an actress and an activist, Susan Sarandon has shared with the world her dramatic talents and personal convictions. Receiving four Academy Award nominations, for Atlantic City, Thelma and Louise, Lorenzo’s Oil and The Client. Susan Sarandon won her first Academy Award for her performance in the gritty and powerful capital punishment drama Dead Man Walking. Outspoken on many... read full bio
As a bestseller cookbook author, renowned Food Network television personality, and editor-in-chief of her own lifestyle magazine, Rachael has turned her love into a lucrative business. She started the wildly popular syndicated daytime show Rachael Ray in the fall of 2007. In addition to being nominated for six other awards, including Outstanding Talk Show and Outstanding Talk Show Host, Rachael Ray... read full bio
Award-winning comedian and actress, Whoopi Goldberg is one of Americas most cherished entertainers. She is one of only a handful to win four of the most prestigious honors in the business: an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and a Tony award. When she won an acting Oscar, she was only the second black woman in the history of the Academy Awards to... read full bio
Tracy Morgan is a well-known actor, comedian, and former cast member of the blockbuster shows Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock. For his performances in both shows, he has received nominations for two Emmy Awards and two Image Awards. Along with his career on television, Morgan has also acted in a number of films, including First Sunday, Cop Out, and Death... read full bio
One of the top female comics touring today, Wanda Sykes was listed among Entertainment Weekly's ""25 Funniest People in America"" and included on Comedy Central's ""100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time”; the only black female to make the list. She also won the American Comedy Award for ""Outstanding Female Stand Up Comic."" Her smart-witted stand-up has sent her career in... read full bio
All he ever wanted was to just ride around and sing country music. Jamey Johnson is a lover of classic country sounds and regularly performs oldies in his stage shows. Like so many fellow musicians, Jamey began performing gospel music in churches. However, unlike most, he also became a formally trained musician. Besides performing his country music across the nation,... read full bio
Kristin Chenoweth effortlessly transitions between stage, television and film with the captivating grace that only she can project. An Oklahoma native, Chenoweth sang gospel music as a child and studied opera before deciding to pursue a career in musical theatre. She made her Broadway debut in Steel Pier. She won a Tony Award for her performance as Sally Brown in... read full bio
At just 11 months old, Brooke Shields started her modeling career. By the time she was 12, she had already appeared on the covers of several fashion publications. Her breakout performance as the controversial adolescent Emmeline Lestrange in the coming-of-age movie "The Blue Lagoon" occurred in 1978. She gained widespread recognition and cemented her image as a sex icon thanks... read full bio
Born Daniel Lawrence Whitney, but more famously known for his character Larry the Cable Guy. The southern redneck character is also known for his signature catchphrase ""Git-R-Done."" Larry The Cable Guy is one of the country’s top comedians. He is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and former radio personality. His radio career began in the early 1990’s on various shows... read full bio
Sarah Brightman is a world-renowned soprano singer and concert artist whose incomparable voice has captivated audiences around the globe. With more than 180 gold and platinum awards in 40 countries and a reputation as one of the best-selling classical artists of the millennium, according to Billboard, Sarah's talent and success are unparalleled. From a young age, Sarah was driven by a... read full bio
Tori Amos is a pianist and singer-songwriter of dual British and American citizenship. Amos was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument. She is known for her emotionally intense songs that... read full bio
Chelsea Handler is an accomplished stand up comic making appearances all across the country. Chelsea was born in Livingston, New Jersey, and has toured the country doing stand-up. Now settled in Los Angeles, she can be seen at the Comedy Store, the Improv and the Laugh Factory, and as one of the stars on Oxygen's Girls Behaving Badly. Chelsea recently... read full bio
Salt-n-Pepa are an iconic all-female rap group who rose to fame in the 1980s and went on to sell over 10 million albums worldwide. Their debut album, "Hot, Cool & Vicious" was released in 1986 and received some airplay on R&B stations due to popular tracks such as "My Mic Sound Nice" and "Tramp." However, it was the remix of... read full bio
Natalie Merchant first achieved success as the leader of the well-liked folk-rock group 10,000 Maniacs, but she later saw even greater success as a solo performer as her literate, socially concerned compositions made her one of the leading female artists in modern pop. Being a well-known social crusader, Merchant frequently runs campaigns in support of contentious subjects including animal rights,... read full bio
Lauryn Hill is a very popular singer/songwriter from South Orange, New Jersey. The natural born singer and performer, Hill released her debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill; her album was received with massive acclaim, both from critics and commercially. Some of her hit singles from the album include, “Lost Ones”, “Doo Wop”, “Ex Factor,” and “Everything Is Everything.” In... read full bio
Kansas is one of the most highly successful American bands in history. Kansas’s music style combines both British progressive rock with their elements of heavy metal and classical music. They are well known for maintaining a hard rock edge throughout. Instrumentally, the music of Kansas is noted for the ubiquitous presence of violin as a lead instrument, dual lead guitars,... read full bio
Hailing from Seneca, South Carolina and led by brothers Bear and Bo Rinehart, Needtobreathe has earned a fervent following since signing with Atlantic/Lava Records and the release of their debut full-length album, Daylight, one year later. Tours with Train, Collective Soul, Will Hoge, and Taylor Swift followed the release. The album's first radio single, You Are Here, was released. The... read full bio
Seth Meyers graduated from Northwestern University and soon joined the improv/sketch comedy group Boom Chicago, which performed in Chicago, London, Amsterdam, Edinburgh and Singapore. Meyers also performed with Chicago's Improv Olympic, which has been used as a springboard by many other SNL cast members and writers. During a performance at the Chicago Improv Festival, he caught the eye of SNL... read full bio
Toby McKeehan better known by his stage name tobyMac, is a Christian recording artist, music producer, hip-hop/pop artist, singer-songwriter, and author. He was first known for being a member of the Christian singing trio DC Talk, staying with them from 1987 until their announced hiatus in 2000. He has since continued a successful solo career with the release of four... read full bio
