Talented & Hardworking Artists
Some of the most talented and stylish performers today work hard at what they do. Not only are they wonderful performers but wonderful people as well.
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Pentatonix is an acapella group that won The Sing-Off (2009). They have released "PTX Vol. 1" and "PTX Vol. 2", along with "PTXmas" (Deluxe Edition). The group consists of the trio (Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying and Kirstin Maldonado), the rhythm of the group comes from Avi Kaplan (Bass and overtone) and Kevin Olusola (Cello beat boxer extraordinaire).
Pentatonix released their latest EP, "PTX, Vol. III" on September 23, 2014 (U.S.).
Pentatonix has returned from a tour covering not only the United States, but Europe, Australia and Japan, as well. This gave them the confidence to record a track in French (not their native language).
On October 22, 2014, they will release another album, "What Christmas Means to Me". With the former holiday release reaching the number one sales in the Holiday category, they intend to release anther holiday album. This is two albums released within 6 weeks of each other. Most of the recording was done on the road, during the tour, as well as writing and arranging the tracks and recording new videos.Avi Kaplan
Kevin Olusola
Mitch Grassi
Kirstin Maldonado
Scott Hoying
3 Grammy Awards
2 Platinum Albums
"A Pentatonix Christmas" TV Special
"On My Way Home" Documentary- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Kevin Olusola is known for The Grinch (2018), Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) and Meet Me Next Christmas. He has been married to Leigh Weissman since 16 September 2019. They have one child.WPentatonix
Tryptk
Cellist
Beatboxer
3 Grammy Awards
"A Pentatonix Christmas" TV Special
"On My Way Home" Documentary”- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Mitch Grassi was born on 24 July 1992 in Arlington, Texas, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Grinch (2018), Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) and Meet Me Next Christmas.Pentatonix
Superfruit
3 Grammy Awards
"A Pentatonix Christmas" TV Special
"On My Way Home" Documentary”- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Scott Hoying was born on 17 September 1991 in Arlington, Texas, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Grinch (2018), Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) and Meet Me Next Christmas. He has been married to Mark Manio since 7 July 2023.Pentatonix
Superfruit
3 Grammy Awards
"A Pentatonix Christmas" TV Special
"On My Way Home" Documentary”- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Pentatonix
Avriel & the Sequoias
3 Grammy Awards
"A Pentatonix Christmas" TV Special
"On My Way Home" Documentary”- Actress
- Composer
- Script and Continuity Department
Kirstin Taylor Maldonado is best known for winning season 3 of NBC's The Sing-Off (2009), with her group, Pentatonix.
Her roots as a performer stem back to her early days as a musical theatre aficionado. Prior to moving to Los Angeles in 2011 after she attended the University of Oklahoma on a full-ride scholarship as a National Hispanic Scholar.
Kirstin prides herself as an advocate for youth and continues to inspire adolescents to never give up on their dreams. While not on tour with Pentatonix, Kirstin's solo career includes appearances in concerts and charity galas alongside some of the industry's most respected performers and composers.Pentatonix
Kirstin
3 Grammy Awards
"A Pentatonix Christmas" TV Special
"On My Way Home" Documentary”- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Todrick Hall was born on 4 April 1985 in Plainview, Texas, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Straight Outta Oz (2016), #Bandcamp (2014) and Todrick Hall: Freaks Like Me (2014)."Straight Outta Oz"
YouTube Superstar
Kinky Boots
"Todrick"
Kid's Choice Awards
"Pop Star High"
MTV
American idol- Actress
- Soundtrack
Vonzell Solomon was born on 18 March 1984 in Baxley, Georgia, USA. She is an actress, known for Cinderoncé (2013), American Idol (2002) and Shortcomings."Todrick"
American Idol
"Pop Star High- Actress
- Writer
Carlie Craig is an American musical comedy writer, performer and multi-hyphenate artist. She is most known as a cast member on the 15th season of MADtv, where she performed spot-on impressions of vocal powerhouses Ariana Grande and Kristin Chenoweth & a variety of original characters. Carlie has also appeared on the comedy competition show First Impressions with Dana Carvey, Will & Grace and Kevin Hart's The Donors.
Throughout her time in Los Angeles between television work, Carlie became a staple of cabaret venues, performing her self-produced original one-woman musical comedy shows Have Several Seats and Me! The Musical! to sold-out audiences. With this, she amassed an impressive cult following of over 145k+ between TikTok, Instagram and Youtube with videos of her live performances and original comedic music videos promoting the shows.
After nearly a decade in Hollywood actively working as an actress and producer, Carlie relocated to New York City in 2022 to shift her focus to developing musical projects across television and theatre following the viral success of her musical Emotional Rollercoaster, her one-woman show which chronicled her mental health experiences and a devastating breakup, through original music.
Since moving to New York, Carlie has begun to make a name for herself in the voiceover world; her duet "Specialer" with Kristin Chenoweth was released in March of 2024 as part of the U.G.L.Y Original Cast Recording and she will be appearing this year in the new Nickelodeon animated series Llamas as Fairy Wren, a show from the award-winning creators of WonderPets. Carlie has also established her creative banner Queen Cornelius Entertainment, under which she has created the Comedy Crew, a troupe of 16 young professional performers whom she mentors and develops original comedic material with weekly.MadTV
"Todrick"
"Pop Star High
Singer
Dancer
Comedy- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Chester Lockhart is an actor and recording artist originally from the Inland Empire in Southern California, USA. Lockhart is known for Shameless (2020), Glamorous (2019), Into The Dark: Midnight Kiss (2019) and Taylor Swift: You Need To Calm Down (2019). Their mother is South Korean and father is of Danish descent. They began acting and singing at a young age in musical theatre. Chester is gender-fluid.I am"Todrick"
"Straight Outta Oz"
"Pop Star High
YouTube- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
Stephen Tyrone Colbert (pronounced "cole-BEAR") was born on May 13, 1964 in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. He is the son of Lorna Elizabeth (Tuck) and James William Colbert, Jr., a doctor and medical school dean at Yale, Saint Louis University, and MUSC. He is the youngest of eleven children, and is of Irish Catholic background.
Stephen studied acting at Northwestern and performed with the Second City comedy troupe in Chicago before teaming up with fellow cast members Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello to create the sketch comedy Exit 57 (1995) for Comedy Central. During its two-season run in the mid-1990s, it garnered five CableACE nominations for best writing, performing, and comedy series. After the demise of Exit 57 (1995) from 1997 (until his departure in October 2005), Stephen was a correspondent on The Daily Show (1996), then hosted by Craig Kilborn. Initially billed as "The New Guy," Stephen became the show's longest-running correspondent before getting his own show, The Colbert Report (2005), which has done well in its slot following The Daily Show (1996).
At the time he left The Daily Show (1996), Stephen had been its longest-running and most diverse correspondent. In addition to his role as Senior Political Correspondent, he was one of the hosts of "Even Stepheven," a point-counterpoint assault featuring co-correspondent Steve Carell, and the host of "This Week in God," a recurring segment in which he reported on all things theological with the assistance of the "God Machine."
Stephen helped The Daily Show (1996) win numerous Emmy and Peabody Awards and contributed to "America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction" (Warner Books) which immediately topped the New York Times bestseller list and stayed there for 15 consecutive weeks.
His personality, intelligence, and leftist political satire could only have led him to The Colbert Report (2005), a half-hour nightly platform for him to give his tongue-in-cheek take on the issues of the day, and more importantly, to tell you why he thinks everyone else's take is just plain wrong.
His other notable credits include serving as both writer and cast member on The Dana Carvey Show (1996), writing for Saturday Night Live (1975), and providing the voice of Ace in Robert Smigel's "Ambiguously Gay Duo," which originated on The Dana Carvey Show (1996) and was a semi-regular feature in Smigel's "TV Funhouse" segment on SNL. He was also featured on "Mr. Goodwrench" commercials (2003-2005).
Stephen lives in northern New Jersey with his wife and three children.The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Colbert Report
Saturday Night Live
The Daily Show- Producer
- Writer
- Actor
Trevor Noah is a South African comedian, television host, actor, and political commentator. He is the host of The Daily Show, an American satirical news program on Comedy Central.
Born in Johannesburg, Noah began his career in South Africa in 2002. He had several hosting roles with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and was the runner-up in the fourth season of South Africa's iteration of Strictly Come Dancing in 2008. From 2010 to 2011, he hosted the late-night talk show Tonight with Trevor Noah, which he created and aired on M-Net and DStv.
In 2014, Noah became the Senior International Correspondent for The Daily Show, and in 2015 succeeded long-time host Jon Stewart. His autobiographical comedy book Born a Crime was published in 2016. He hosted the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2021 and the 64th Annual Grammy Awards edition in 2022.
Noah has won various awards, including an MTV Africa Music Award and a Primetime Emmy Award from eleven nominations. He was named one of "The 35 Most Powerful People in New York Media" by The Hollywood Reporter in 2017 and 2018. In 2018, Time magazine named him one of the hundred most influential people in the world.The Daily Show
Writer | Producer | Soundtrack
Trevor Noah was born on February 20, 1984 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is a writer and producer, known for The Daily Show (1996), Trevor Noah: African American (2013) and Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark (2017).- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
John Oliver was born on 23 April 1977 in Birmingham, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014), The Lion King (2019) and The Smurfs (2011). He has been married to Kate Norley since October 2011. They have two children.Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Daily Show- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
Jimmy Fallon was born in 1974 in Brooklyn, New York, to Gloria (Feeley) and Jimmy Fallon. He is of Irish, German, and Norwegian descent. He was raised in Saugerties, New York, which is in upstate New York. He has performed stand up, impressions and characters across the country, in some of the biggest comedy clubs, such as the Improv (in Los Angeles) and Caroline's Comedy Club (in New York City). He also took acting classes with The Groundlings, an LA-based breeding ground for great comedians. Jimmy joined the cast of Saturday Night Live (1975) as a featured player in September 1998. He has already been called the best SNL player since Phil Hartman, and is popular amongst SNL fans.The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Guys with Kids
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon- Producer
- Writer
- Actor
Describing himself as the "chunky unit," James Kimberley Corden was born in Hillingdon, London, England and raised in Buckinghamshire, England, the son of Margaret (Collins), a social worker, and Malcolm Corden, a musician. He studied drama at the Jackie Palmer Stage School before going on to Holmer Green Senior School, near High Wycombe. However, he admits that he had very little academic ambition and turned to acting, making his screen debut in the monochrome Shane Meadows film TwentyFourSeven (1997). After taking small roles in television drama series, he landed his first notable role as the teenage member of a slimming club in the British TV comedy-drama Fat Friends (2000). Shortly afterwards, he appeared on the London stage in Alan Bennett's play "The History Boys," taking part in its subsequent international tour, as well as the cinema adaptation. Whilst working on Fat Friends (2000), he met the Welsh actress Ruth Jones and, between them, they fashioned the sitcom (in which both also appear) Gavin & Stacey (2007), the big hit of the 2007 season, winning British Film Academy awards for them both as Best Comedy Show and for James as Best Comedy Actor. He also persuaded three of the erstwhile "History Boys" to make cameo appearances as Gavin's stag party friends. In 2011 he found fame as a stage actor in the acclaimed farce 'One Man, Two Guv'nors' transferring with it from London to Broadway, thus beginning Transatlantic success topped in 2015 when he became the host of CBS 'The Late, Late Show.'The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Wrong Mans- Music Artist
- Producer
- Actress
Kelly Brianne Clarkson was born on April 24, 1982 in Fort Worth, Texas and raised in Burleson, Texas to Jeanne Ann Taylor (née Rose), an English teacher & Stephen Michael Clarkson, an engineer. She was the first winner of the series American Idol in 2002. Kelly is also a strong believer in God.Duets
American Idol WINNER- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Colleen Ballinger is an actress, writer, and producer best known for her character Miranda Sings. She has over 22 million subscribers across her three YouTube channels and has accumulated over 3.5 billion views. Ballinger created, produced, wrote, and starred in the Netflix Original Series "Haters Back Off", and has also appeared in "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee", Season 3 of "Escape The Night", "Ralph Breaks the Internet", "Angry Birds 2", and her Netflix Comedy Special "Miranda Sings Live...Your Welcome".Haters Back Off
Miranda Sings
PsychoSoprano- Music Artist
- Actress
- Writer
Tori Kelly was born on 14 December 1992 in Wildomar, California, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Sing (2016), Sing 2 (2021) and Jerry and Marge Go Large (2022). She has been married to André Murillo since 19 May 2018.Sing
Winter Wonderland with Pentatonix- Actor
- Music Department
- Composer
Adam Lambert is a Grammy-nominated international artist, actor, philanthropist, and LGBTQ+ activist.
As the first openly gay male artist to top the Billboard album charts, Adam has released five studio albums to date, amassing more than three million album sales worldwide-all while honoring the legacy of Freddie Mercury as the frontman of the iconic band, Queen.
Adam counts the British Royal Family among his fans. A personal invitation from HRH The Princess of Wales had him performing at last year's Royals: Together At Christmas and previously for HRH Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee, opening the show alongside Brian May and Roger Taylor.
Recent highlights include the release of Adam's latest top 10 charting album, High Drama, headlining London Pride, and showcasing his acting skills in Sofia Coppola's Fairyland, as well as the five-time Academy Award-winning film Bohemian Rhapsody.
Continuing his support for the LGBTQ+ community, Adam founded the Feel Something Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting LGBTQ+ human rights. The foundation raises funds and contributes to marginalized and underrepresented groups globally.
Adam continues to gain superstar momentum worldwide. This year, he will join the judging panel of The Voice Australia, work on his highly anticipated 6th Studio Album, and embark on a stadium tour across Japan after a successful North American tour with Queen last year. In 2024, Adam will release an ITV documentary exploring the LGBTQ+ experience within the music industry, featuring interviews with iconic musicians spanning multiple decades.The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
Glee
American Idol
The Ten Commandments: The Musical
Queen: From Rags to Rhapsody- Music Artist
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis is known for Tammy (2014), Horrible Bosses 2 (2014) and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: Thrift Shop (2012).Thrift Shop
Otherside
Downtown
Todd's Pop Song Reviews- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Gabriel Iglesias is one of America's most successful stand-up comedians performing to sold-out concerts around the world. Iglesias was featured in The Hollywood Reporter's Top 40 Comedy Players of 2018 issue alongside comedy giants Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock and Lorne Michaels. Unlike many in the stand-up world, Iglesias' globally appealing comedy stays mostly clean and his non-controversial material appeals to audiences of all ages and walks of life. Iglesias has also had the distinct honor of being one of the few to headline and sell-out Madison Square Garden, Staples Center and The Sydney Opera House. He is also one of the most watched comedians on YouTube with nearly 1,000,000,000 views and has over 25 million followers across social media.
Iglesias starred in and was the executive producer of Netflix's multi-cam television series Mr. Iglesias. Iglesias plays a good-natured public high school teacher who works at his alma mater. He takes on teaching gifted but misfit kids to not only save them from being "counseled out" by a bully bureaucrat Assistant Principal, but also to help them unlock their full potential.
On the small screen, Iglesias was a recurring guest star on the ABC sitcom Cristela and guest starred in ABC's hit comedy Modern Family. Iglesias was also the star and creator of Fluffy's Food Adventures, a non-scripted comedic docu-follow series, that completed a 3 season run on Fuse TV. In addition, he hosted and starred in his hit series Stand-Up Revolution for 3 seasons on Comedy Central. Comedy Central also premiered Gabriel Iglesias: Aloha Fluffy in an unprecedented two-night comedy special to over 15 million viewers. The special was a follow-up to his previous DVD specials, Hot & Fluffy and I'm Not Fat...I'm Fluffy, which have sold millions of copies. In 2016, Iglesias released his 6th one-hour comedy special, I'm Sorry For What I Said When I Was Hungry on Netflix worldwide.
Feature film credits include co-starring roles in Magic Mike, Magic Mike XXL and A Haunted House 2. His voice can also be heard in numerous animated films including the Academy Award winning Coco, Show Dogs, Ferdinand, The Star, Smurfs: The Lost Village, Norm of the North, The Book of Life, The Nut Job and Disney's Planes. Iglesias also starred in the motion picture comedy film, The Fluffy Movie.
Just recently in 2022, Iglesias made a comeback after COVID-19, selling out the Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles. Roughly 56,000 people were watching him from the stands perform the biggest show of his career and one of the biggest show any comedian has done in the world.Untitled Gabriel Iglesias Comedy Show
Magic Mike XXL
Hey It's Fluffy
Cristella- Producer
- Actor
- Writer
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born in Concord, California, to Janet Marylyn (Frager), a hospital worker, and Amos Mefford Hanks, an itinerant cook. His mother's family, originally surnamed "Fraga", was entirely Portuguese, while his father was of mostly English ancestry. Tom grew up in what he has called a "fractured" family. He moved around a great deal after his parents' divorce, living with a succession of step-families. No problems, no alcoholism - just a confused childhood. He has no acting experience in college and credits the fact that he could not get cast in a college play with actually starting his career. He went downtown, and auditioned for a community theater play, was invited by the director of that play to go to Cleveland, and there his acting career started.
Ron Howard was working on Splash (1983), a fantasy-comedy about a mermaid who falls in love with a business executive. Howard considered Hanks for the role of the main character's wisecracking brother, which eventually went to John Candy. Instead, Hanks landed the lead role and the film went on to become a surprise box office success, grossing more than $69 million. After several flops and a moderate success with the comedy Dragnet (1987), Hanks' stature in the film industry rose. The broad success with the fantasy-comedy Big (1988) established him as a major Hollywood talent, both as a box office draw and within the film industry as an actor. For his performance in the film, Hanks earned his first Academy Award nomination as Best Actor.
Hanks climbed back to the top again with his portrayal of a washed-up baseball legend turned manager in A League of Their Own (1992). Hanks has stated that his acting in earlier roles was not great, but that he subsequently improved. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Hanks noted his "modern era of movie making ... because enough self-discovery has gone on ... My work has become less pretentiously fake and over the top". This "modern era" began for Hanks, first with Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and then with Philadelphia (1993). The former was a blockbuster success about a widower who finds true love over the radio airwaves. Richard Schickel of Time magazine called his performance "charming", and most critics agreed that Hanks' portrayal ensured him a place among the premier romantic-comedy stars of his generation.
In Philadelphia, he played a gay lawyer with AIDS who sues his firm for discrimination. Hanks lost 35 pounds and thinned his hair in order to appear sickly for the role. In a review for People, Leah Rozen stated, "Above all, credit for Philadelphia's success belongs to Hanks, who makes sure that he plays a character, not a saint. He is flat-out terrific, giving a deeply felt, carefully nuanced performance that deserves an Oscar." Hanks won the 1993 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Philadelphia. During his acceptance speech, he revealed that his high school drama teacher Rawley Farnsworth and former classmate John Gilkerson, two people with whom he was close, were gay.
Hanks followed Philadelphia with the blockbuster Forrest Gump (1994) which grossed a worldwide total of over $600 million at the box office. Hanks remarked: "When I read the script for Gump, I saw it as one of those kind of grand, hopeful movies that the audience can go to and feel ... some hope for their lot and their position in life ... I got that from the movies a hundred million times when I was a kid. I still do." Hanks won his second Best Actor Academy Award for his role in Forrest Gump, becoming only the second actor to have accomplished the feat of winning consecutive Best Actor Oscars.
Hanks' next role - astronaut and commander Jim Lovell, in the docudrama Apollo 13 (1995) - reunited him with Ron Howard. Critics generally applauded the film and the performances of the entire cast, which included actors Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, and Kathleen Quinlan. The movie also earned nine Academy Award nominations, winning two. Later that year, Hanks starred in Disney/Pixar's computer-animated film Toy Story (1995), as the voice of Sheriff Woody. A year later, he made his directing debut with the musical comedy That Thing You Do! (1996) about the rise and fall of a 1960s pop group, also playing the role of a music producer.
As of 2022, Hanks is 66-years-old. He has never retired from acting, and has remained active in the film industry for more than four decades.Saving Private Ryan
Forrest Gump
Sully
Philadelphia
Toy Story
And many more.- Actress
Best known for her performances in the MTV series Todrick, ThurZday, Is an American singer-songwriter and modern day renaissance woman. To date she has traveled the country doing concert tours, been featured in commercials, and produced entertainment events for national brands. After being under the leadership/tutelage of the likes of Todrick Hall, Debbie Allen, and esteemed Broadway director Kevin Ramsey, ThurZday has also acquired genre-crossing production credits. Some notable clients include Warner, ABC, and Discovery network. Following in the footsteps of her mentors, ThurZday is most proud of the opportunities she has been able to provide for her community in the upper/middle-class controlled industry production spaces. ThurZday is currently in pre-production for a soon to be announced Sci-Fi feature as an Executive Producer and Actress. Her start-up Production & Tech Firm with esteemed colleagues as well as National Brands is set to announce their immersive exhibit series in the trades this upcoming year.Straight Outta Oz
Todrick- Make-Up Department
Nicole Faulkner was born on 16 June 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is known for RuPaul's Drag Race (2009), Chillerama (2011) and Washed (2014).Todrick
RuPaul's Drag Race
Escape the Night- Actress
- Producer
- Composer
Jordin Brianna Sparks was born on December 22, 1989 in Phoenix, Arizona and raised in Glendale, Arizona & Ridgewood, New Jersey. She was born to Jodi Beth Wiedmann & Phillippi Sparks. She rose to fame in 2007 after winning the sixth season of American Idol at age 17, becoming the youngest winner in the series' history. Her self-titled debut studio album, released later that year, was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and has sold over two million copies worldwide. The album spawned the Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles "Tattoo" and "No Air"; the latter, a collaboration with Chris Brown, is currently the third highest-selling single by any American Idol contestant, selling over three million digital copies in the United States. The song earned Sparks her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. Sparks' second studio album, Battlefield (2009), debuted at number 7 on the Billboard 200 chart. Its title single reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, making Sparks the only American Idol contestant to have her first five singles reach the top 20 in the United States. The second single, "S.O.S. (Let the Music Play)", became Sparks's first number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. Throughout her career, Sparks has received numerous accolades, including an NAACP Image Award, a BET Award, an American Music Award, a People's Choice Award and two Teen Choice Awards. In 2009, Billboard magazine ranked her as the 91st Artist of the 2000s Decade. In 2012, Sparks was ranked at number 92 on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Women in Music". As of February 2012, she has sold 1.3 million albums and 10.2 million singles in the United States alone, making her one of the most successful American Idol contestants of all time.
Following the release of Battlefield, Sparks ventured into acting, pursuing television and Broadway. She made her stage debut as Nina Rosario in the musical In The Heights (2010), and her feature film debut as the titular character in Sparkle (2012). Sparks has also released several perfumes, including Because of You... in 2010 as well as Fascinate and Ambition in 2012. After a five-year absence from music, she released a mixtape, #ByeFelicia (2014), under a new record deal with Louder Than Life/Red Associated Labels, a joint deal with Sony Music Entertainment. Sparks' R&B-focused third studio album and most recent to date, Right Here Right Now (2015), saw smaller commercial success but received positive reviews from music critics.Straight Outta Oz
Sparkle
American Idol. WINNER- Todrick
Pitch Perfect 3 - Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Amber Riley was born on 15 February 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Glee (2009), The Wiz Live! (2015) and Glee: Director's Cut Pilot Episode (2009).Straight Outta Oz
Glee- Brandin Stennis is known for The Young and the Restless (1973), Bob Hearts Abishola (2019) and K.C. Undercover (2015).Straight Outta Oz
- Writer
- Actor
- Producer
Seth Meyers was born on 28 December 1973 in Bedford, New Hampshire, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Documentary Now! (2015), Saturday Night Live (1975) and New Year's Eve (2011). He has been married to Alexi Ashe Meyers since 1 September 2013. They have three children.Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Colbert Report- Actor
- Producer
Shemar Franklin Moore (born April 20, 1970) is an American actor and former fashion model. His notable roles are that of Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless from 1994 to 2005, Derek Morgan on CBS's Criminal Minds from 2005 to 2016, and as the third permanent host of Soul Train from 1999 to 2003.Criminal Minds
The Young and the Restless
Soul Train- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Kirsten Vangsness has been widely known as the bespectacled-brainy-tech-kitten Penelope Garcia on the CBS hit drama "Criminal Minds" (and its spin-off "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior" and "Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders"). She has long been a fan favorite, beloved for her vibrant personality and quirky style. Most recently "Criminal Minds" was re-imagined for Paramount+ and picked up for its second season on the streamer, making that a grand total of 17 seasons and counting for the iconic series. Kirsten has been a staple in homes across the world for over 18 years. Alongside starring in the series, she has co-written five episodes for the procedural series, including the series finale, alongside show runner Erica Messer.
Kirsten was selected to present her one-woman show, "MESS," and ensemble production of "Cleo, Theo and Wu" on the international stage at the prestigious 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of her FEMPIRE series. Her collection of shows cultivate power within the feminine self on a stage, and empower others to find their light and create opportunities for all women to shine.
Kirsten can be heard as part of the voice cast for the sci-fi comedy podcast, "Voyage to the Stars." Set in the year 2263, the series follows a misfit space crew tasked to investigate what lurks behind a wormhole. Kirsten voices a lesbian space alien who falls into a love triangle with members of the space crew.
In features, Kirsten has been seen at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah for the world premiere of the adventure comedy film; "Dave Made A Maze". Directed by Bill Waterson, the feature re-imagines the classic 80's adventure film, with a modern fantastical edge. Kirsten was also seen at the Film Noir festival in Paris for the premiere of the spoof "Kill Me, Deadly", a feature she both starred in and produced. Based on Bill Roben's critically acclaimed play of the same name, Kirsten plays the torch-singing femme fatale.
In September 2016, Kirsten and her two business partners opened Blinking Owl Distillery, the very first craft distillery to open in Orange County. Based in Santa Ana, Blinking Owl exploded onto the scene, receiving numerous positive reviews and accolades since the grand opening. They are now helping supply multiple businesses with their signature hand sanitizer; Dirty Bird.
She has enjoyed a long and varied career, which includes being a longtime member and former president of Hollywood's Theatre of Note's Artistic Board. Her stage work has garnered the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Natalie Schafer Award for best emerging comic actress, the 15 Minutes of Fem Best Actress Award, and a Garland Award for best actress for the West Coast premiere of Neil LaBute's Fat Pig at the Geffen Playhouse.
Kirsten is originally from Porterville, CA and graduated from California State University, Fullerton. She currently resides in Los Angeles, and can currently be seen weekly on her Youtube show; Kirsten's Agenda.Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Kill Me Deadly- Music Artist
- Actor
- Composer
Eminem was born Marshall Bruce Mathers III in St. Joseph, Missouri, to Deborah R. (Nelson) and Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr., who were in a band together, Daddy Warbucks. He is of English, as well as some German, Scottish, and Swiss-German, ancestry. Marshall spent his early childhood being shoved back and forth from Kansas City and Detroit. He settled on the Eastside of Detroit when he was 12. Switching schools every two to three months made it difficult to make friends, graduate and to stay out of trouble. Marshall attended Lincoln High School in Warren, Michigan, 1986-1989.
Being a rap fan for most of his life, Marshall began rapping at the early age of 4. Rhyming words together, battling schoolmates in the lunchroom brought joy to what was otherwise a painful existence. At the age of 14, he began to get very serious about his rapping but it wasn't until he was 17 that he actually made a name for himself, becoming M&M, which he would later respell as "Eminem". Being rejected by most fellow rappers because of his race, Marshall grew an anger that flows through his music to this day. After failing the 9th grade for three times in a row, he quit school, but has remarked that he does not consider himself stupid and does not advise that people should follow his example. He says that it just wasn't for him. Forcing himself on radio shows, freestyle battles, Marshall threw himself head first into the rap game, where he was swallowed up most of the time. His very first album was titled "Infinite" and, while the album sold less than a thousand copies, it was the gearing up stages for the rapper who became a millionaire. It was then that his daughter, Hailie Jade Scott, was born on December 25th of 1995 with long time girlfriend Kim Scott.
Having nothing to lose at all, flat broke and not knowing where he would be living the next week, Marshall set out to rant about life in general, the set quickly caught the ear of hip-hop's difficult-to-please underground. What came out of this was the Slim Shady EP, the early work for the later Dr. Dre revised Slim Shady LP. Down to nearly his last dime, he went into the 1997 Rap Olympics in Los Angeles, basically hoping to win the $1,500 cash prize which he badly needed. After battling for an hour and throwing back every race diss thrown at him, Marshall made it to second place losing in a slip up. Furious that he had lost, Marshall didn't even notice that he had been spotted. In the crowd were a few producers from Interscope, and they were handed a copy of the "Infinite" tape by way of a demo.
Dr. Dre got to hear it and eventually tracked him down. The two instantly hit it off, recording four songs in their first six hours of working - three which made it to his first LP. After the album was finished, Dr. Dre asked Marshall to come work with him on his new album. He helped produce several tracks and was on the best songs of the album. Now officially making it, Marshall and Dre set to make his second LP. The album became the Marshall Mathers LP and won 3 Grammies and was the first rap album ever to be nominated "Album of the Year", selling more than 8 million records in the United States alone. He also stunned critics when he shot down all homophobic remarks by performing "Stan" with Elton John. Eminem made a movie, 8 Mile (2002). Though 2001 was a rough year for the rapper, being charged with weapon offenses, divorcing his wife, and almost going to prison, Marshall has explained his life in one word: "Claimer".- John Newsome is known for Anandha Thandavam (2009), WW4: Rise and Fall of the New World Order (2010) and West Side Girl (2010).