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Mindy Robinson is a Las Vegas based actress, TV personality, and political commentator from Fall River, MA. She is an improv/character actor with over 200 appearances on TV, film, radio, and reality TV. She speaks nationally at events as a pro-constitutionalist, and is also a 2022 congressional candidate in southern Nevada as an Independent. She's known for her past recurring TV roles on TBS's King of the Nerds (2013), and FOX's Take Me Out (2012), with George Lopez and for her lead roles in the films Range 15, Check Point, Christmas Cars, and Stand On It.

Nancy Sorel is an award winning American and Canadian actor and voice artist known for Less Than Kind (2008), Heaven Is for Real (2014), Breakthrough (2019), How It Ends (2018), The Grudge (2019), Once Upon a Christmas Miracle (2018), The Man in the High Castle (2015) & Barbie: Fairytopia (2005).

Nancy Sorel was born on May 14, in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. The third child of tool maker, Alphonse J Weglowski and R.N. Diane Sorel Weglowski. She attended B.M.C. Durfee High School of Fall River and then went on to receive a degree in Theatre and Film from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. While at U Mass Amherst, she booked her first professional acting gig at the University Playwrights festival with guest artist, Bill Pullman. He inspired her to move to New York City pursue acting professionally. After earning her degree and moving to New York City, she began acting Off Broadway at the Ernie Martin and Intar Theaters. During this time she also worked in commercials, print and after a few months in New York, won the the role of Coco, on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. Shortly thereafter, Nancy relocated to Los Angeles to star in the NBC daytime series Generations (1989). During that time she also guest-starred in Prime Time shows, Movies of the Week and Pilots including Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990), Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989), Murder, She Wrote (1984), Empty Nest (1988), The X-Files (1993) and The Outer Limits (1995). She then went on to play the role of Sammy, on Fox's sitcom Down the Shore (1992).

After shooting numerous projects in Vancouver and spending her early 20's filming back and forth between LA and Vancouver, she eventually called Canada home, where she continued to worked on numerous television projects such as Hope Island (1999), Beggars and Choosers (1999), Seven Days (1998), First Wave (1998), The Twilight Zone (2002), Stargate SG-1 (1997), Tru Calling (2003), The 4400 (2004), and many MOW's.

It was in Canada that Nancy met and married her husband, manufacturer and actor, Paul Magel. They have two children. Nancy is most well known for her more recent projects including playing Clara Fine, on the HBO critically acclaimed and multi award winning series, Less Than Kind, for which she won 2 Canadian Comedy Awards ( 2009 & 2010), and an ACTRA Award (2014) and was also nominated for a Canadian Screen Award in 2014, for her role on the series. The following year she was nominated for 2 more ACTRA Awards, for her performances in the Sony feature film (with Greg Kinnear) Heaven is for Real, in which she played Dr. Charlotte Slater, and for her portrayal of Marm McGoldrick, the 1860's New York City mob boss on the series The Pinkertons.

Whether she is playing a Hallmark mom (Kathy Krueger, in Once Upon A Christmas Miracle 2018), an FBI Agent ( Agent Cole Grudge 2019) a recently widowed school teacher grappling with her faith ("Mrs Abbott" Fox 2000's Breakthrough 2019) or a 1960's socialite of the Third Reich ( Mary Dawson, Man In The High Castle, season 2 & 3, 2017-2018) Nancy has enjoyed becoming a sought after veteran of both the US and Canadian film & television industries.

Jennifer Holmes was born on 23 August 1955 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress, known for Misfits of Science (1985), The Fall Guy (1981) and Newhart (1982).

George Stephanopoulos was born on 10 February 1961 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for House of Cards (2013), Spin City (1996) and The War Room (1993). He has been married to Alexandra Wentworth since 20 November 2001. They have two children.

Tenea Intriago is a Portuguese-American character actor. Tenea's career began in New Orleans, La in 2012.

Tenea's television appearances include starring on Overthinking With Kat & June on AwesomenessTV, Claws on TNT, Castle Rock Season 2 on HULU, Law & Order: SVU, FBI, and most recently on DAVE (Season 3) on FX.

Spike Feresten was raised in West Bridgewater, MA, where he attended public school and got his first job as a bag boy at the local supermarket. With a dream to be the next Jimi Hendrix, Feresten attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. One night, disillusioned with his career choice, Feresten thought he might feel better if he dropped four-foot fluorescent light bulbs out the window of his dorm room - just to watch them shatter on the sidewalk eight stories below. He got caught and was evicted. Soon after, Feresten saw David Letterman performing the exact same stunt on his late-night talk show, and a real light bulb went on: If network television encouraged this sort of behavior, he might have a future after all. Thus, a career in TV comedy was born. Feresten came up through the ranks of television, working first as an intern at NBC in New York. His career took on a Hollywood fable quality when his job as the receptionist for "Saturday Night Live" led him to pass jokes he had written to "Weekend Update's" Dennis Miller. Eventually, Feresten's full-time job at SNL led to a staff-writing position in 1990 at "Late Night with David Letterman," where he wrote for five years and earned five Emmy nominations. In 1995, Feresten left the late-night realm to join the writing staff of the groundbreaking sitcom "Seinfeld," where he wrote for three seasons, becoming supervising producer in 1998. During his "Seinfeld" tenure, Feresten garnered an additional three Emmy nominations, including one for his famed "Soup Nazi" episode, which remains part of the pop-culture vernacular. In 2006 FOX selected Feresten to host his own Late Night series, Talkshow with Spike Feresten which Feresten also executive produced and co-wrote. Several of the show's many viral videos made HULU's all-time most viewed list beating out Family Guy and Tina Fey's Sarah Palin sketches. In addition to "Seinfeld" and "Letterman," Feresten has written and developed other television comedy, penning episodes of The Simpsons, "Space Ghost Coast to Coast" and "The Jamie Kennedy Experiment." Continuing to work with Jerry Seinfeld, Feresten co-wrote the screenplay for the animated feature "Beemovie," and the 2012 Acura NSX Superbowl Commercial. In October 2014 he launched his new cars and comedy show Car Matchmaker with Spike Feresten on the Esquire Network. Feresten also co-wrote and produced the 2024 Netflix feature film Unfrosted: The Pop Tart Story starring Jerry Seinfeld and hosts one of the top automotive / comedy podcasts in the world, Spike Car Radio.

Kurt Long was born on 2 July 1973 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Liv and Maddie (2013), Nancy Drew (2019) and Woke (2020).

Chef Emeril Lagasse's passion for food was ignited as a young boy growing up in the small town of Fall River, Massachusetts, where he spent time in the kitchen with his mother, Hilda. As a teenager, he worked at a Portuguese bakery where he mastered the art of bread and pastry baking. Upon high school graduation, Lagasse turned down a full scholarship to the New England Conservatory of Music to pursue his dream of becoming a chef. He earned a degree from the respected culinary fortress, Johnson and Wales University, and later received an honorary doctorate degree from the university.

Wanting to broaden his culinary horizons, Lagasse then traveled to Paris and Lyon, France, where he honed his skills and learned the art of classic French cuisine. Returning to the United States, Lagasse practiced his art in fine restaurants in New York, Boston and Philadelphia until a job offer from Dick and Ella Brennan lured the young chef to New Orleans, where Lagasse helmed the kitchen for nearly eight years at their legendary restaurant, "Commander's Palace".

As a national TV personality, he has hosted more than 2,000 shows on the Food Network, and is the food correspondent for ABC's "Good Morning America." Lagasse has appeared as a guest judge in four seasons of Bravo's hit food series, "Top Chef," served as co-host for TNT's first cooking series, "On the Menu," and the tenth season of the "Rachael Ray Show." In January 2016, Lagasse entered his fourth season of "Emeril's Florida" on the Cooking Channel.

AWARDS:

2013 - Humanitarian of the Year by the James Beard Foundation for his dedicated efforts to further the culinary arts in America, as well as his philanthropic work supporting children's educational programs through the Emeril Lagasse Foundation.

1991 - Emeril's Restaurant wins Wine Spectator "Grand Award"

2007 - "Restaurateur of the Year" by New Orleans City Business

2006 - inducted into the Menu Masters Hall of Fame by Nation's Restaurant News

2005 - "Distinguished Service Award" from Wine Spectator for his significant and long-lasting contributions to the wine industry.

2004 - "Executive of the Year" by Restaurants & Institutions magazine

2004 - Delmonico Steakhouse received the Grand Award from Wine Spectator magazine, and has continued each year since.

2002 - Delmonico Steakhouse was named "Best Steakhouse" by Las Vegas Life magazine

1999 - One of People magazine's "25 Most Intriguing People of the Year."

1998 - "Chef of the Year" by GQ magazine

1993 - NOLA received "Best New Restaurant" by Esquire magazine.

1991 - Emeril named "Best Southeast Regional Chef" by James Beard Foundation

Glen Vernon was born on 27 October 1923 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993), Impact (1949) and Ding Dong Williams (1946). He was married to Joy Rogers. He died on 27 October 1999 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Joe Raposo was born on 8 February 1937 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Sesame Street (1969), The Great Muppet Caper (1981) and The Incredible Hulk (2008). He was married to Pat Collins. He died on 5 February 1989 in Bronxville, New York, USA.

Henry Nasiff, better known as Hank The Angry Drunken Dwarf, was a unique man from Massachusetts who was best known for his many appearances on The Howard Stern Radio Show. The diminutive performer got his break back in August 1996, when he and a friend from Boston dinner theater drove to New York City and decided to try to get on the Howard Stern show. Hank got to be interviewed on the show, and Howard liked him right away. Soon after, Hank quickly became one of Howard's favorite guests, and he started appearing on the show whenever he could make it. Hank would always show up to the studio drunk, usually carrying around a green soda bottle full of vodka. It seemed impossible that a man who was only 4-foot-1 and weighed only 95 lbs. could drink so much. One time, while on the show, Hank scored an incredible .375 when he was given a breathalyzer test. Hank appeared on Howard's show more than 2 dozen times, and he was always entertaining. His nickname may have been "Angry," but Hank's greatest strength was his ability to keep everyone smiling. Hank's regular appearances on Howard's show made him a semi-celebrity which lead to him doing many public appearances for his fans. In November 2000, during an appearance in a Los Angeles bar for a J&B Scotch promotion, Hank gave everyone a scare when he went into seizures. He recovered very quickly, but he went back to drinking just a few weeks later. Sadly, on September 4, 2001, Hank passed away at the age of only 39. Even behind his tough-as-nails public persona, his good nature always shone through, and that's why he'll be remembered and missed by so many people. He may have been a little man, but he had a really giant soul. Rest in peace Hank.

Ethan Banville is an accomplished writer, producer, creator, show-runner and author known for his work in the tween and kids' space. A lifelong skateboarder, he began his writing career in Action Sports programming, on a dream job where he got to work with some of his childhood skateboarding heroes. From there he began receiving freelance opportunities on comedies in prime time and eventually landed in the kids and teen space where he's worked since 2005. Since then, Ethan has gone on to write for a long list of programs in both the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands including animation, live action, and feature film.

The first show he co-created, Oddballs, is available for streaming on Netflix.

He is a proud member of both the WGA's Disabled Writers committee and LGBTQ+ committee and embraces being able to openly write characters based off his disabilities and sexual preference experiences.

Due to his diverse background, Ethan has a passion for helping underrepresented voices find a foothold in Hollywood so they can share their stories on a global stage and is often teaming up with unrepresented writers whose stories need to be heard by networks and studios.

He is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada and loves working on both sides of the border.

Eryk started his career with Lorne Michaels' Broadway Video, where he produced Sharon, Lois and Bram's CANDLES, SNOW and MISTLETOE for CBC, LASSIE'S 40TH TV ANNIVERY SPECIAL and the long-running hit FROSTY RETURNS, now in its 24th year on CBS.

Casemiro left Broadway Video in 1996 to serve as SVP of Creative Affairs at Klasky-Csupo Productions where he was responsible for the development and production of television series such as RUGRATS, THE WILD THORNBERRYS, ROCKET POWER, AS TOLD BY GINGER, and ALL GROWN UP, earning the studio three Ark Trust Awards, Four Humanitas Awards, 10 Emmy nominations, and one Emmy Award. In this role he also led the development and production of feature films for Paramount Pictures including RUGRATS GO WILD and THE WILD THORNBERRYS MOVIE, which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Song, RUGRATS IN PARIS, and THE RUGRATS MOVIE, which when released was the first animated film outside of Disney to earn more than $100,000,000.

For the next nine years, Eryk worked as a writer/producer on OLIVIA, based on Ian Falconer's award-winning book; POPPY CAT, adapted from illustrator Lara Jones' picture book series and currently seen in 170 across the globe; and THE MR. MEN SHOW, adapted from Roger Hargreaves' Little Miss and Mr. Men book series, for which Eryk received his 11th Emmy nomination, this time for Best Writing in a Children's Series.

In November of 2012, Eryk accepted the newly-created role of Chief Creative Officer for Marathon Media, overseeing the production of GET BLAKE for Nickelodeon Global and LOLIROCK, a co-production with Disney and France Televisions and now a massive hit in China. Months later, he assumed the role of Chief Creative Officer for the newly amalgamated Zodiak Kids Studios, comprised of Marathon Media and Tele-Image in Paris, and the Foundation in London. In this capacity, Eryk produced KODY KAPOW for Sprout NBC/ Universal; LILYBUDS for France Televisions and Discovery Kids Latin America; MAGIKI for DeA Kids and Planeta.

Ralph S. Singleton was born on 22 March 1940 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. He is a production manager and producer, known for Cagney & Lacey (1981), Murder at 1600 (1997) and Last Man Standing (1996).

Roland Dupree was born on 20 September 1925 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Peter Pan (1953), Miss Annie Rooney (1942) and Hell to Eternity (1960). He died on 21 June 2015 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

Lizzie Borden has mystified and fascinated crime buffs for over a century. Few cases in American history have attracted as much attention as the hatchet murders and the unlikely defendant: a church-going, respectable "spinster" daughter charged with parricide, a crime worthy of Classical Greek tragedy. On August 4, 1892, a heavy, hot summer day in Massachusetts, a maid discovered the bodies of Andrew Borden, 70, a wealthy developer, and his second wife Abby, a short obese woman of 64. Mr. Borden's face had been struck 11 times while he slept on the couch; Mrs. Borden had been struck 19 times from the back. A broken hatchet was found in the basement. The day after the Bordens' funeral, a neighbor observed Lizzie burning a stained dress in the kitchen stove. The neighbor's testimony prompted Lizzie to be charged with the murders. The chaotic and stumbling murder investigation against Lizzie was circumstantial, without incriminating physical evidence or clear motive. After a trial in June 1893 and one hour of jury deliberations, Lizzie was found not guilty on all charges. Lizzie and her sister Emma moved into a 13-room stone Victorian house named Maplecroft. In 1904, she met actress Nance O'Neil, and the two became inseparable, prompting rumors of a romantic relationship. Lizzie died at age 67, after a long illness. Emma coincidentally died nine days later, after a fall down the stairs of her house. They were buried together in the family plot, along with their mother, stepmother, and father. Despite popular belief of Lizzie's guilt, it remains technically an unsolved crime.

Walt La Rue was born on 8 August 1918 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Blues Brothers (1980), The Rookie (1990) and The Dead Pool (1988). He died on 12 June 2010 in Burbank, California, USA.

Wally Feresten was born on 24 August 1965 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Celebrity Deathmatch (1998), Saturday Night Live (1975) and 30 Rock (2006).

Paul Geary was born in 1940 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Long, Hot Summer (1965), Slattery's People (1964) and Wild Wild Winter (1966). He died in 1987 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.

Michael DeMello was born on 13 February 1974 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor, known for Surrogates (2009), Joy (2015) and Sneaky Pete (2015).

Alfred Wilde was born on 13 August 1908 in Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Jaws 2 (1978). He was married to Evelyn May Waddington. He died on 12 April 1998 in Cape Coral, Florida, USA.

John Killoran was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. John is a writer and producer, known for Minutemen (2008). John has been married to Michelle Killoran since 2017. John was previously married to Jennifer Davisson.

Winston Sharples was born on 1 March 1909 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. He was a composer, known for 48 Hrs. (1982), Training Day (2001) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). He died on 3 April 1978 in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA.

Dan Morgan was born on 18 December 1906 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Dark Shadows (1966), Lux Video Theatre (1950) and Charly (1968). He died on 4 March 1975 in Flushing, New York, USA.

Chris Herren was born on 27 September 1975 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor, known for If Only (2015), The Anonymous People (2013) and 60 Minutes (1968).