Craig made a significant contribution to the United States Olympic hockey team in 1980 that will go down in sports history as a major player in their successful quest for the gold medal in Lake Placid, New York. In the semi-finals, the American team shocked the widely favored Soviet Union 4-3 thanks to the resilient goaltender's astounding 39 saves. Craig's... read full bio
Recognized as one of the best investigative journalists of the current era, Gabe Pressman is known in the broadcast journalism community as the reporters reporter and for his hard-hitting pieces. He is a New York insider with contacts in high places. He was known for his exclusive stories covering the Middle Eastern crises, conflicts and for his other ground breaking... read full bio
Carl Quintanilla is the Emmy award-winning co-anchor of SQUAWK BOX, CNBC's signature morning program. He also appears on NBC's Today show and NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. Prior to joining Squawk Box, Quintanilla was an NBC News correspondent based in New York and Chicago. In 2005, he spent weeks in New Orleans as part of the Nightly News team... read full bio
Diana Nyad is an author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer, who caught the nation's attention when she swam around Manhattan . At the age of sixty-four, Diana Nyad emerged onto the sands of Key West after swimming 111 miles, nation to nation, Cuba to Florida, in an epic feat of both endurance and human will, in fifty-three hours. Diana... read full bio
Kongos is a South African rock band that consists of four brothers, Johnny, Jesse, Dylan and Danny Kongos. Sons of multi-million-seller British singer-songwriter John Kongos, they grew up in London and South Africa, and are now based in Phoenix, AZ. They currently have four studio albums, Kongos, Lunatic, Egomaniac, and 1929, Pt. 1. They are best known for their single... read full bio
Nia Vardalos, an actress, screenwriter, director, and producer, and the star of the hilarious film My Big Fat Greek Wedding was the definition of the independent sleeper that came from virtually nowhere to become an Oscar nominated breakout hit. Nia Vardalos’ love of performing led her to begin her professional career at the Rainbow Stage, a theater company that eventually... read full bio
American actor and comedian Maziyar Jobrani was a member of the "Axis of Evil" comedy troupe. The foursome made an appearance on a Comedy Central comedy special. Jobrani has additionally made appearances on radio, at comedy clubs, and in a number of films and television programs, including Better Off Ted. He has appeared in The Interpreter, Friday After Next, Dragonfly,... read full bio
Comedian, actor, musician and writer Brian Posehn is most well known for his roles as Brian Spukowski on Comedy Central’s popular show, “The Sarah Silverman Program”, as the voice of Jim Kuback in The WB's “Mission Hill”, Bert Kibbler in “The Big Bang Theory”, and as one of the original members of the “Comedians of Comedy”. Besides writing and performing... read full bio
Lea Salonga is a multi-awarded Filipino singer and actress who is best known for originating the role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon. In the field of musical theatre, she is recognized for having won the Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, and Theatre World Awards, the first to win various international awards for a single role. She was... read full bio
A pioneer in the industry, she opened the door for future female hip-hop artists by daring to do what had never been done. MC Lyte is the first rap artist ever to perform at New York’s historic Carnegie hall, the first female rapper to ever receive a gold single for ""Ruffneck"", which also gave her her first Grammy nomination, and... read full bio
Doug E. Fresh is a rapper, record producer, and pioneer of 20th century beatboxing. He and his former tag team partner MC Ricky D (aka Slick Rick) made a big splash in the hip-hop world when they emerged with their party rhymes - Rick with his unique style of speak and Doug with the human beatbox. Doug is able to... read full bio
In 1498, half a millennium ago, Emperor Maximilian I of Austria moved his court and his court musicians from Innsbruck to Vienna. He gave specific instructions that there were to be six boys among his musicians. For want of a foundation charter, historians have settled on 1498 as the official foundation date of the Vienna Hofmusikkapelle and - in consequence... read full bio
Rev. Al Sharpton is the founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), a not-for-profit civil rights organization headquartered in Harlem, New York, with over 47 Chapters nationwide. As one of the nation's most-renowned civil rights leaders, Rev. Sharpton has been praised by President Barack Obama as ""the voice of the voiceless and a champion for the downtrodden,"" and... read full bio
David Bromstad, the season one winner of HGTV Design Star and the finalists' mentor in the new season of the series, is known for his endless energy and out-of-the-box thinking. David creates awe-inspiring works on many platforms, including custom art, furniture building and interior design. David says he ""blends styles that incorporate realism and fantasy."" He combines this approach with... read full bio
"HGTV Design Star judge and host of HGTV's Candice Tells All, Candice Olson, a leading designer in the United States and Canada, began her career in commercial and residential design after graduating from the School of Interior Design at Ryerson University in Toronto. Candice received accolades and media attention for her distinctive and exceptional work before moving her design career... read full bio
Scott Adams is best known as the creator of the Dilbert comic strip, the immensely popular comic creation launched in 1989. The strip is enjoyed daily by 150 million people in 1,900 newspapers, in 56 countries. Adams has a unique track record of creating success in a variety of diverse businesses. The Dilbert comic strip was Adams’ first attempt at... read full bio
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Born in southern China, John Woo grew up in Hong Kong, where he began his film career as an assistant director in 1969, working for Shaw Brothers Studios. He directed his first feature in 1973 and has been a prolific director ever since, working in a wide variety of genres before A Better Tomorrow (1986) (aka A Better Tomorrow") established... read full bio
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On March 17, 2009, journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling were apprehended by North Korean soldiers while filming a documentary along the China-North Korea border. The two women were charged with illegal entry for crossing into North Korea — and after several months of interrogation by North Korean officials, sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in one of North... read full bio
