US record label executive who also wrote countless liner notes, most notably for Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra; his work for the latter brought him two Grammy Awards: 1966 (Strangers in the Night album), 1967 (Sinatra at the Sands album)
American writer and host of Foreword, a podcast series where top notch thinkers take on big time ideas. Season One guests include Margaret Atwood, Walter Isaacson, BJ Novak, Jason Segel and John Cleese
American author, scholar, and literary critic. She is the book critic on the NPR radio program Fresh Air. In 2014, she wrote So We Read On, a book on the origins and power of The Great Gatsby
(May 10, 1934 - December 28, 2012) was an African-American poet, activist, small press publisher and spoken-word performance artist whose voice is celebrated for its political, surrealistic and dynamic innovations in lyricism and visceral sound
Comedian & Actor: I Spy, The Cosby Show, The Electric Company, Hickey & Boggs, Uptown Saturday Night, Let's Do It Again, A Piece of the Action, Fat Albert, The Devil and Max Devlin, Ghost Dad // In 2018 he was found guilty of aggravated indecent assault
(Shawn Andre Cosby 'Southern noir' crime fiction writer. Resides in Gloucester, Virginia, on Chesapeake Bay. Cosby published 3 crime novels: My Darkest Prayer, Blacktop Wasteland, and Razorblade Tears. A fourth novel, All the Sinners Bleed
John Coston is a veteran journalist and a former news editor on the national desk at the Wall Street Journal. He has written for the Watertown Daily Times, the Hartford Courant, and the Miami Herald. Coston is the author of two true crime books, To K
Author/A leader of 60s African-American Civil Rights Movement & member of inner-circle of one of its main organizations, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). As Director, was arguably the highest ranked female member of the organization
Veteran Broadcast Journalist: Anchor of 'The CBS Evening News', Former Co-Anchor of 'The Today Show' with Matt Lauer. Voice of Katie Current in Shark Tale .
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. Co-invented the Aqua-Lung. Hosted the tv show The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. Created the Cousteau Society for the Protection of Ocean Life. Father of Jean-Michel Cousteau
The sometimes critical judge on 'American Idol' and 'Pop Idol', author of the amusing best-seller, 'I Don't Mean To Be Rude, But...', appeared in the film, 'Scary Movie 3', veteran music producer for BMG records, played Henry in Smart And Smarter simpson
Author of 'A Day in the Night of America,' 'Domers: A Year at Notre Dame,' and the recipient of the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award for 'Marching Home: To War and Back with The Men of One American Town.' Teaches at Columbia Univ
American cartoonist and children's book illustrator best known for his syndicated newspaper comic strip Mama's Boyz and his Newberry Award-winning graphic novel New Kid
Actor - Breaking Bad (as Walter White), Malcolm In The Middle (as Hal), Seinfeld (as Dr. Tim Whatley - 5), From The Earth To The Moon (as Buzz Aldrin), The Louie Show (as Curt), King Of Queens (as Tim), Raising Miranda (as Uncle Russell), Drive
Celebrity chef. Owner of Florida?s Cuvee 30A. Author, teacher, and inventor of Grill Plus Instant Marinade. Appeared on various tv shows. Personally cooked for a slew of celebrities including Bruce Willis, Jessica Simpson and Jerry Jones
Poet and author of more than sixty books, usually associated with the Black Mountain poets, though his verse aesthetic diverged from that school. He was close with Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, John Wieners and Ed Dorn
Writer / Director / Actor: Dead Ringers, Scanners, Videodrome, The Fly, The Dead Zone, Rabid, The Brood, Crash, eXistenZ, Jason X, Naked Lunch, M. Butterfly, They Came From Within, Fast Company, A History of Violence, Eastern Promises
Actress: Wonder Woman, That's Incredible (co-host), The Laughing Policeman, The Dark, Hotel, North & South 3, Trackdown, Ablaze, A Memory in My Heart, When the Cradle Falls, Coach, Keefer
Actor - Adam-12, Hunter, Girl Happy, Mardi Gras, A Private's Affair, Battle At Bloody Beach, Two Tickets To Paris, Operation Bikini, Morituri, The Bill Dana Show. Son of singer/actor, Bing Crosby. Author
U.S. Air Force brigadier general (Ret.)& author 'Around the World with LBJ: My Wild Ride As Air Force One Pilot', White House Aide, & Personal Confidant/Military aide & chief Air Force One pilot under President Lyndon B. Johnson
Native American Historian belongs to the Crow Tribe. Became the last Crow War Chief during WWII. Grandfather was a scout for George Custer. Appeared in Ken Burns' 'The War'
Screenwriter/Director/Producer: Whispers in the Dark, Off Limits, Fear, Homeland Security, Seven Days, The Last of the Mohicans, Nightmares, Alfred Hitchcock Presents
American journalist and essayist. Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle prize for criticism and nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Received the Lillian Smith Book Award from the Southern Regional Council as well as more honors
Former Alabama football player, author of 'Bringing Out The Winner In Your Child', founder of Big Oak Ranch, father of former Alabama quarterback Brodie Croyle
Actor: Without Limits, Almost Famous, Watchmen, The Good Shepherd, Stage Beauty, Mission Impossible III, Inventing the Abbotts, Waking the Dead, Sleepers, Charlotte Gray, Public Enemies, Blood Ties, The Morning Show
Coordinator for Counterterrorism at Department of State with rank of Ambassador-at-Large on August 2, 2005. Ambassador Crumpton joined Central Intelligence Agency in 1981 and served as an operations officer both at headquarters and abroad
Chef and former host of Calorie Commando and Weighing In on the Food Network. Lost 43 lbs on Discovery Health Body Challenge. Sentenced to prison for 9 years in California for soliciting homeless people to murder his wife, Jennifer Campbell