Live! with Regis and Kelly (season 24)
LIVE ! with Regis and Kelly -- October 2011
Table:
Date

Co-Hosts

"Host Chat"[1]

Guests/Segments[2]

"Regis and Kelly Inbox"[3]

October 3

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Tim McGraw, Dana Delany

October 4

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Hugh Jackman, Kaley Cuoco, Scotty McCreery

October 5

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Simon Cowell, Sugar Ray Leonard, Dr. Greg Yapalater

October 6

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

George Clooney, Rachel Bilson

October 7

Kelly Ripa & Carson Kressley

Madeleine Stowe, Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen

October 10

Kelly Ripa & Larry the Cable Guy

Evan Rachel Wood, "The Situation", Co-Host Cook-Off Week

October 11

Kelly Ripa & Katie Couric

Dylan McDermott, Anna Torv, Co-Host Cook-Off Week

October 12

Kelly Ripa & Michael Strahan

Chace Crawford, Jewel, Co-Host Cook-Off Week

October 13

Kelly Ripa & Jerry O'Connell

Taylor Swift, Lauren Alaina, Co-Host Cook-Off Week

October 14

Kelly Ripa & Mark Feuerstein

David Boreanaz, Zachary Quinto, Co-Host Cook-Off Week

October 17

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Simon Baker, Jessica Capshaw

October 18

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Kevin Spacey, Disney FamilyFun Magazine: Top Toys

October 19

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Ricky Gervais, Penn Badgley

October 20

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Kelsey Grammer, Carrot Top

October 21

Kelly Ripa & Josh Groban

Orlando Bloom, Ginnifer Goodwin, Largest Pumpkin

October 24

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Matthew Broderick, LeAnn Rimes, Halloween Flashback

October 25

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Téa Leoni, Halloween Creatures

October 26

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Salma Hayek, Kids of LIVE Halloween Fashion Show

October 27

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Eva Longoria, Nicole Polizzi

October 28

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Nightmares Fear Factory, Judge Judy

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Regis Francis Xavier Philbin ( /ˈriːdʒɪs ˈfɪlbɪn/ ; born August 25 , 1931 ) is an American media personality , actor , and singer , known for hosting talk and game shows since the 1960s . After graduating from the University of Notre Dame , he served in the Navy and got his television start serving as a page for the Tonight Show in the 1950s . Philbin gained his first network TV exposure in 1967 as Joey Bishop 's sidekick on The Joey Bishop Show . Sometimes called ( alternatively attributed to James Brown ) the hardest working man in show business , Philbin holds the Guinness World Record for the most time spent in front of a television camera . His trademarks include his excited manner , his New York accent , his wit , and his irreverent ad-libs . Philbin is most widely known as the host of the New York City-based nationally syndicated talk show Live ! with Regis and Kathie Lee starting in 1988 , which became Live ! with Regis and Kelly starting in 2001 , and continued on with former football player Michael Strahan after Philbin 's departure in 2011 . Philbin debuted and hosted Who Wants to Be a Millionaire , Million Dollar Password , and the first season of America 's Got Talent .
Kelly Maria Ripa ( born October 2 , 1970 ) is an American actress , dancer , talk show hostess , and television producer . Ripa portrayed Hayley Vaughan on the ABC daytime soap opera , All My Children , between 1990 and 2002 . She is the co-host of the syndicated morning talk show , Live ! with Kelly and Ryan , in various formats since 2001 . She also played Faith Fairfield on the ABC sitcom , Hope & Faith , from 2003 to 2006 . Ripa and her husband , Mark Consuelos , own a New York-based production company , Milojo . In 2014 , The Hollywood Reporter named her one of the Most Powerful People in Media .
Samuel Timothy McGraw ( born May 1 , 1967 ) is an American singer , actor , and record producer . McGraw has released fifteen studio albums ( eleven for Curb Records , three for Big Machine Records and one for Arista Nashville ) . 10 of those albums have reached number 1 on the Top Country Albums charts , with his 1994 breakthrough album Not a Moment Too Soon being the top country album of 1994 . All of these albums have produced 65 singles , 25 of which have reached number 1 on the Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay charts . Three of these singles - It 's Your Love , Just to See You Smile , and Live Like You Were Dying - were the top country songs of 1997 , 1998 , and 2004 according to Billboard Year-End . He has also won three Grammy Awards , 14 Academy of Country Music awards , 11 Country Music Association ( CMA ) awards , 10 American Music Awards , and three People 's Choice Awards . His Soul2Soul II Tour is one of the highest-grossing tours in country music history , and one of the top 5 among all genres of music . He has sold more than 80 million records worldwide , making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time . McGraw has ventured into acting , with supporting roles in The Blind Side ( with Sandra Bullock ) , Friday Night Lights , The Kingdom , Tomorrowland , and Four Christmases ( with Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon ) , and The Shack , and lead roles in Flicka ( 2006 ) and Country Strong ( 2010 ) . He was a minority owner of the Arena Football League 's Nashville Kats . In acknowledgement of his grandfather 's Italian heritage , McGraw was honored by the National Italian American Foundation ( NIAF ) in 2004 , receiving the NIAF Special Achievement Award in Music during the Foundation 's 29th Anniversary Gala . He has been married to singer Faith Hill since 1996 , and is a son of baseball player Tug McGraw .
Dana Welles Delany ( born March 13 , 1956 ) is an American actress , producer , and activist . After appearing in small roles early in her career , Delany received her breakthrough role as Colleen McMurphy on the ABC television drama China Beach ( 1988-1991 ) , for which she twice received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1989 and 1992 . She received further recognition for her appearances in the films Light Sleeper ( 1992 ) , Tombstone ( 1993 ) , Exit to Eden ( 1994 ) , The Margaret Sanger Story ( 1995 ) , Fly Away Home ( 1996 ) , True Women ( 1997 ) , and Wide Awake ( 1998 ) . In the 2000s , Delany appeared in main roles on several short-lived television series , including Pasadena ( 2001 ) , Presidio Med ( 2002-2003 ) , and Kidnapped ( 2006-2007 ) . From 2007 to 2010 , she starred as Katherine Mayfair on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives , for which she received a Prism Award in 2009 . Delany then starred as Megan Hunt on the ABC medical drama Body of Proof ( 2011-2013 ) , and as Crystal Harris on the Amazon drama series Hand of God ( 2014-2017 ) .
Hugh Michael Jackman AC ( born 12 October 1968 ) is an Australian actor , singer , and producer . He is best known for playing Wolverine in the X-Men film series from 2000 to 2018 , a role for which he holds the Guinness World Record for longest career as a live-action Marvel superhero . Jackman is also recognised for his lead roles in films such as the romantic comedy Kate & Leopold ( 2001 ) , the action film Van Helsing ( 2004 ) , the drama The Prestige ( 2006 ) , the fantasy drama The Fountain ( 2006 ) , the period romance Australia ( 2008 ) , the film version of Les Misérables ( 2012 ) , the thriller Prisoners ( 2013 ) , and the musical The Greatest Showman ( 2017 ) , for which he received a Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album . For playing Jean Valjean in Les Misérables , he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy . In Broadway theatre , Jackman won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role in The Boy from Oz . A four-time host of the Tony Awards , he won an Emmy Award for hosting the 2005 ceremony . He also hosted the 81st Academy Awards in 2009 . Jackman was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Queen 's Birthday Honours for services to performing arts and to the global community .
Kaley Christine Cuoco ( /ˈkwoʊkoʊ/ KWOH-koh ; Italian : [ ˈkwɔːko ] ; born November 30 , 1985 ) is an American actress and producer . After a series of supporting film and television roles in the late 1990s , she landed her breakthrough role as Bridget Hennessy on the ABC sitcom 8 Simple Rules , on which she starred from 2002 to 2005 . Thereafter , Cuoco appeared as Billie Jenkins on the final season of the television series Charmed ( 2005-2006 ) . She has also starred as Penny on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory ( 2007-2019 ) , for which she has received Satellite , Critics ' Choice , and People 's Choice awards . Cuoco 's film work includes roles in To Be Fat like Me ( 2007 ) , Hop ( 2011 ) and Authors Anonymous ( 2014 ) . She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2014 . In October 2017 , Cuoco founded Yes , Norman Productions .
Scott Cooke McCreery ( born October 9 , 1993 ) is an American country music singer . He won the tenth season of American Idol on May 25 , 2011 . His debut studio album , Clear as Day , was released in October 2011 and was certified platinum in the United States . The album includes the top 20 country songs , I Love You This Big and The Trouble with Girls . McCreery released a Christmas album , Christmas with Scotty McCreery , in October 2012 and it has been certified gold . He released his third album , See You Tonight , in October 2013 . The first single from the album , also called See You Tonight , became his first song to reach the top ten on Billboard 's Country charts . Setting a new record in July 2017 with his single Five More Minutes , McCreery became the only country music artist in Country Aircheck/Mediabase history to chart a song without the backing of a record label ; it topped Billboard in February 2018 . His most recent album , Seasons Change , was released in March 2018 which became McCreery 's fourth top 10 album in the United States .
Simon Phillip Cowell ( /ˈkaʊəl/ ; born 7 October 1959 ) is an English television personality , businessman and record executive . He has judged on the British television talent competition series Pop Idol ( 2001-2003 ) , The X Factor ( 2004-2010 , 2014-present ) and Britain 's Got Talent ( 2007-present ) , and the American television talent competition series American Idol ( 2002-2010 ) , The X Factor ( 2011-2013 ) , and America 's Got Talent ( 2016-present ) . Cowell is the principal , founder and chief executive of the British entertainment company Syco . After some success in the 1980s and 1990s as a record producer , talent scout and a consultant in the UK music industry , Cowell came to public prominence in 2001 as a judge on Pop Idol , a show which he and its creator Simon Fuller successfully pitched to ITV Controller of Entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz . Cowell subsequently created The X Factor ( in 2004 ) and Got Talent ( in 2006 ) , shows which have been sold around the world . In 2004 and 2010 , Time named Cowell one of the 100 most influential people in the world . In 2008 , The Daily Telegraph ranked him sixth in their list of the 100 most powerful people in British culture . The same year he received the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards . At the 2010 British Academy Television Awards he received the BAFTA Special Award for his outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry and for his development of new talent . In 2018 , he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the television category . Cowell often makes blunt and controversial comments as a television music and talent show judge , including insults and wisecracks about contestants and their singing abilities . He combines activities in both the television and music industries .
Ray Charles Leonard ( born May 17 , 1956 ) , best known as Sugar Ray Leonard , is an American former professional boxer , motivational speaker , and occasional actor . Often regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time , he competed from 1977 to 1997 , winning world titles in five weight divisions ; the lineal championship in three weight divisions ; as well as the undisputed welterweight title . Leonard was part of The Fabulous Four , a group of boxers who all fought each other throughout the 1980s , consisting of himself , Roberto Durán , Thomas Hearns and Marvin Hagler . The Fabulous Four created a wave of popularity in the lower weight classes that kept boxing relevant in the post-Muhammad Ali era , during which Leonard defeated future fellow International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees Hearns , Durán , Hagler , and Wilfred Benítez . Leonard was also the first boxer to earn more than $ 100 million in purses , and was named Boxer of the Decade in the 1980s . The Ring magazine named him Fighter of the Year in 1979 and 1981 , while the Boxing Writers Association of America ( BWAA ) named him Fighter of the Year in 1976 , 1979 , and 1981 . In 2002 , Leonard was voted by The Ring as the ninth greatest fighter of the last 80 years ; BoxRec ranks him as the 14th greatest boxer of all time , pound for pound .
George Timothy Clooney ( born May 6 , 1961 ) is an American actor , director , producer and filmmaker . He is the recipient of three Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards , one for acting in Syriana ( 2006 ) and the other for co-producing Argo ( 2012 ) . In 2018 , he was the recipient of the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award . Clooney made his acting debut on television in 1978 , and later gained wide recognition in his role as Dr. Doug Ross on the medical drama ER from 1994 to 1999 , for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations . While working on ER , he began attracting a variety of leading roles in films , with his breakthrough role in From Dusk till Dawn ( 1996 ) , and the crime comedy Out of Sight ( 1998 ) , in which he first worked with director Steven Soderbergh , who would become a long-time collaborator . In 1999 , he took the lead role in Three Kings , a well-received war satire set during the Gulf War . In 2001 , Clooney 's fame widened with the release of his biggest commercial success , the heist comedy remake Ocean 's Eleven , the first of what became a trilogy , starring Clooney . He made his directorial debut a year later with the biographical spy comedy Confessions of a Dangerous Mind , and has since directed the historical drama Good Night , and Good Luck ( 2005 ) , the sports comedy Leatherheads ( 2008 ) , the political drama The Ides of March ( 2011 ) , and the war film The Monuments Men ( 2014 ) . Clooney won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the Middle East thriller Syriana ( 2005 ) , and subsequently earned Best Actor nominations for the legal thriller Michael Clayton ( 2007 ) and the comedy-dramas Up in the Air ( 2009 ) and The Descendants ( 2011 ) . In 2013 , he received the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the political thriller Argo . He has been nominated for Oscars in six different categories , a record he shares with Walt Disney . In 2009 , Clooney was included in Time 's annual Time 100 as one of the Most Influential People in the World .
Rachel Bilson ( born August 25 , 1981 ) is an American actress . Born to a California show business family , Bilson made her television debut in 2003 , and then landed the role of Summer Roberts on the prime-time drama series The O.C . Bilson made her movie debut in The Last Kiss ( 2006 ) and starred in the science-fiction-action film Jumper ( 2008 ) . From 2011 to 2015 , she starred as Dr. Zoe Hart on The CW series Hart of Dixie .
Carson Lee Kressley ( born November 11 , 1969 ) is an American television personality , actor and designer . He was the fashion expert on the American television program Queer Eye , where he was one of the show 's Fab Five . He was also the motivational host of the TV show How to Look Good Naked and OWN 's Carson Nation , as well as a contestant on season 13 of Dancing with the Stars . Since 2015 , Kressley has been a judge on RuPaul 's Drag Race . Beginning in October , 2018 , he teamed up with his old Queer Eye alum Thom Filicia for a new series called Get a Room on Bravo . The series follows the two as Thom mentors Carson in the interior design business , and features two clients in each episode .
Madeleine Marie Stowe Mora ( born August 18 , 1958 ) is a Costa Rican-American actress . She appeared mostly on television before her breakthrough role in the 1987 crime-comedy film Stakeout . She went on to star in the films Revenge ( 1990 ) , Unlawful Entry ( 1992 ) , The Last of the Mohicans ( 1992 ) , Blink ( 1993 ) , Bad Girls ( 1994 ) , China Moon ( 1994 ) , 12 Monkeys ( 1995 ) , The General 's Daughter ( 1999 ) , and We Were Soldiers ( 2002 ) . For her role in the 1993 independent film Short Cuts , she won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress . From 2011 to 2015 , she starred as Victoria Grayson , the main antagonist of the ABC drama series Revenge . For this role , she was nominated for the 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama . In 2019-2020 Stowe-Mora starred in the Netflix television drama Soundtrack .
Emilio Estevez ( /ɛˈmɪlioʊ ɛˈstɛvəs/ ; born May 12 , 1962 ) is an American actor , director , and writer . He is the brother of actor Charlie Sheen and the son of actor Martin Sheen . Estevez started his career as an actor and is well known for being a member of the acting Brat Pack of the 1980s , starring in The Breakfast Club , St. Elmo 's Fire , and acting in the 1983 hit movie The Outsiders . He is also known for Repo Man , The Mighty Ducks and its sequels , Stakeout and Another Stakeout , Maximum Overdrive , Bobby ( which he also wrote and directed ) , and his performances in Western films such as Young Guns and its sequel .
Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez ( born August 3 , 1940 ) , known professionally as Martin Sheen , is an American actor who first became known for his roles in the films The Subject Was Roses ( 1968 ) and Badlands ( 1973 ) , and later achieved wide recognition for his leading role in Apocalypse Now ( 1979 ) , as President Josiah Bartlet in the television series The West Wing ( 1999-2006 ) , and recently as Robert Hanson in the Netflix television series Grace and Frankie ( 2015-present ) . In film , Sheen has won the Best Actor award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival for his performance as Kit Carruthers in Badlands . Sheen 's portrayal of Capt . Willard in Apocalypse Now earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor . Sheen has worked with a wide variety of film directors , including Richard Attenborough , Francis Ford Coppola , Terrence Malick , David Cronenberg , Mike Nichols , Martin Scorsese , Steven Spielberg , and Oliver Stone . Sheen received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989 . In television , Sheen has won a Golden Globe and two Screen Actors Guild awards for playing the role of President Josiah Bartlet in The West Wing , and an Emmy for guest starring in the sitcom Murphy Brown . In 2012 , he portrayed Uncle Ben in The Amazing Spider-Man directed by Marc Webb . Born and raised in the United States by immigrant parents , he adopted the stage name Martin Sheen to help him gain acting parts . He is the father of four children , all of whom are actors . Sheen has directed one film , Cadence ( 1990 ) , in which he appears alongside his sons Charlie and Ramón . He has narrated , produced , and directed documentary television , earning two Daytime Emmy awards in the 1980s , and has been active in liberal politics .
Daniel Lawrence Whitney ( born February 17 , 1963 ) , known professionally by his stage name Larry the Cable Guy , is an American stand-up comedian , actor , producer , singer and radio personality , with a career spanning over 30 years . He was one of the members of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour , a comedy troupe which included Bill Engvall , Ron White , and Jeff Foxworthy ( with whom he has starred on Blue Collar TV ) .
Evan Rachel Wood ( born September 7 , 1987 ) is an American actress , model , and musician . She began acting in the 1990s , appearing in several television series , including American Gothic ( 1995-96 ) and Once and Again ( 1999-2002 ) . Wood made her debut as a leading film actress at the age of nine in Digging to China ( 1997 ) and garnered acclaim for her Golden Globe-nominated role as the troubled teenager Tracy Freeland in the teen drama film Thirteen ( 2003 ) . Wood continued acting mostly in independent films , including Pretty Persuasion ( 2005 ) , Down in the Valley ( 2005 ) , Running with Scissors ( 2006 ) , and in the big studio production Across the Universe ( 2007 ) . Since 2008 , Wood has appeared in more mainstream films , including The Wrestler ( 2008 ) , Whatever Works ( 2009 ) and The Ides of March ( 2011 ) . She also returned to television , playing the supporting role of Queen Sophie-Anne on True Blood from 2009 to 2011 and playing the daughter of Mildred Pierce in the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce ( 2011 ) , for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe and Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress . She currently plays the sapient android Dolores Abernathy in the HBO series Westworld , for which she won a Critics ' Choice Award and earned Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations .
Michael Sorrentino ( born July 4 , 1982 ) , also known as The Situation , is an American television personality . He appeared on all six seasons of the MTV reality show Jersey Shore , from 2009 through 2012 . In September 2019 , Sorrentino completed an eight-month prison sentence related to his felony conviction for tax evasion , and then resumed his reality-TV role with MTV 's Jersey Shore . Although currently on probation , he is allowed to participate in Jersey Shore Family Vacation as a reality TV star representing himself . In his series , on social media and in the mainstream media , he often openly talks about his felony conviction .
Katherine Anne Couric ( /ˈkɜːrɪk/ KURR-ik ; born January 7 , 1957 ) is an American television personality , journalist , and author . From 2013 to 2017 , she was Yahoo 's Global News Anchor . Couric has been a television host on all Big Three television networks in the United States , and in her early career she was an Assignment Editor for CNN . She worked for NBC News from 1989 to 2006 , CBS News from 2006 to 2011 , and ABC News from 2011 to 2014 . In addition to her television news roles , she hosted Katie , a syndicated daytime talk show produced by Disney-ABC Domestic Television from September 10 , 2012 , to June 9 , 2014 . Some of her most important notable roles include co-host of Today , anchor of the CBS Evening News , and correspondent for 60 Minutes . She also reported for nearly every television news broadcast across ABC , CBS , and NBC . Couric 's 2011 book , The Best Advice I Ever Got : Lessons from Extraordinary Lives , was a New York Times best-seller . In 2004 , Couric was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame .
Dylan McDermott ( born Mark Anthony McDermott ; October 26 , 1961 ) is an American actor . He is best known for his role as lawyer and law firm head Bobby Donnell on the legal drama series The Practice , which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series . McDermott is also known for his roles in the first two seasons of FX horror anthology series American Horror Story , entitled American Horror Story : Murder House and American Horror Story : Asylum , portraying Ben Harmon and Johnny Morgan , respectively . He reprised his role as Ben Harmon in American Horror Story : Apocalypse , the eighth season of the series . He appeared as Bruce in American Horror Story : 1984 , the ninth season of the series . He also starred as Lt. Carter Shaw on the TNT series Dark Blue and starred in two short-lived CBS dramas , Hostages and Stalker .
Anna Torv ( born 7 June 1979 ) is an Australian actress . She is best known for her role as FBI agent Olivia Dunham on the Fox science fiction series Fringe ( 2008-2013 ) , for which she was nominated for the Critics ' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series and received four Saturn Awards for Best Actress on Television . She also starred as Dr. Wendy Carr in the Netflix crime thriller series Mindhunter ( 2017-present ) .
Michael Anthony Strahan ( /ˈstreɪhæn/ ; born November 21 , 1971 ) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end and spent his entire 15-year career with the New York Giants of the National Football League ( NFL ) . Strahan set a record for the most sacks in a season in 2001 , and helped the Giants win Super Bowl XLII over the New England Patriots in his final season in 2007 . After retiring from the NFL , he became a media personality . He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014 . Strahan is a football analyst on Fox NFL Sunday , and co-host of ABC 's Good Morning America and its spinoff Strahan , Sara and Keke . He co-hosted the syndicated daytime talk show Live ! with Kelly and Michael with Kelly Ripa from 2012 to 2016 , for which he won two Daytime Emmy Awards . In 2014 , he became a regular contributor on Good Morning America , and in 2016 the network announced that Strahan would be leaving Live ! to join GMA full-time .
Chace Crawford ( born July 18 , 1985 ) is an American actor , known for his portrayal of Nate Archibald on The CW 's teen drama series Gossip Girl . He is also known for starring in the films The Covenant ( 2006 ) , The Haunting of Molly Hartley ( 2008 ) , Twelve ( 2010 ) , and What to Expect When You 're Expecting ( 2012 ) . In 2015 , he portrayed Billy LeFever in ABC 's short-lived drama series Blood & Oil . In 2019 , he appeared as a member of the main cast of the Amazon Prime Video original series , The Boys , is based on the comic book series of the same name , portraying the Deep .
Jewel Kilcher ( born May 23 , 1974 ) is an American singer-songwriter , musician , producer , actress , author , and poet . She has received four Grammy Award nominations and , as of 2015 , has sold over 30 million albums worldwide . Jewel was raised in Homer , Alaska , where she grew up singing and yodeling as a duo with her father , a local musician . At age fifteen , she received a partial scholarship at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan , where she studied operatic voice . After graduating , she began writing and performing at clubs and coffeehouses in San Diego , California . Based on local media attention , she was offered a recording contract with Atlantic Records , who released her debut album , Pieces of You , in 1995 ; it went on to become one of the best-selling debut albums of all time , going 12-times platinum . The debut single from the album , Who Will Save Your Soul , peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 ; two others , You Were Meant for Me and Foolish Games , reached number two on the Hot 100 , and were listed on Billboard 's 1997 year-end singles chart , as well as Billboard 's 1998 year-end singles chart . Her subsequent album , Spirit , was released in 1998 , followed by This Way ( 2001 ) . In 2003 , she released 0304 , which marked a departure from her previous folk-oriented records , featuring electronic arrangements and elements of dance-pop . In 2008 , she released Perfectly Clear , her first country album ; it debuted atop Billboard 's Top Country Albums chart and featured three singles , Stronger Woman , I Do , and 'Til It Feels Like Cheating . Jewel released her first independent album , Lullaby , in 2009 . Jewel has also had endeavors in writing and acting ; in 1998 she released a collection of poetry , and the following year appeared in a supporting role in Ang Lee 's Western film Ride with the Devil ( 1999 ) which earned her critical acclaim .
Jeremiah O'Connell ( born February 17 , 1974 ) is an American actor , director and talk show host , known for his roles as Quinn Mallory in the television series Sliders , Andrew Clements in My Secret Identity , Vern Tessio in the film Stand by Me ( 1986 ) , Joe in Joe 's Apartment ( 1996 ) , Frank Cushman in Jerry Maguire ( 1996 ) , Derek in Scream 2 ( 1997 ) , Charlie Carbone in Kangaroo Jack ( 2003 ) , and Detective Woody Hoyt on the drama Crossing Jordan . He starred as Pete Kaczmarek in the single 2010-11 season of The Defenders . He also had a starring role in the comedy horror film Piranha 3D ( 2010 ) .
Taylor Alison Swift ( born December 13 , 1989 ) is an American singer-songwriter . She is known for narrative songs about her personal life , which have received widespread media coverage . At age 14 , Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and , at age 15 , she signed her first record deal . Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US . Its third single , Our Song , made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart . Swift 's second album , Fearless , was released in 2008 . Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles Love Story and You Belong with Me , it became the US 's best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US . The album won four Grammy Awards , and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner . Swift was the sole writer of her 2010 album Speak Now , which won two Grammy Awards and was her first to debut with over a million copies sold in the first week in the US . Her fourth album , Red ( 2012 ) , yielded her first Billboard Hot 100 number-one single , We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together . For her fifth album and first all-pop project , 1989 ( 2014 ) , she won three Grammy Awards , including Album of the Year , and became the first woman to replace herself at number one on the Hot 100 , with the singles Shake It Off and Blank Space . Her sixth album , Reputation ( 2017 ) , made her the only act to have four consecutive albums each sell one million copies in their first week in the US , while yielding her fifth Hot 100 number-one song , with Look What You Made Me Do .
Lauren Alaina ( born Lauren Alaina Kristine Suddeth on November 8 , 1994 ) is an American singer , songwriter , and actress from Rossville , Georgia . She was the runner-up on the tenth season of American Idol . Her debut studio album , Wildflower , was released on October 11 , 2011 . Her second album , Road Less Traveled , was released January 27 , 2017 . Alaina later achieved her first number one on the Country Airplay chart with the album 's title track . Her second number one came later that year when she simultaneously topped five Billboard charts with her friend and former classmate Kane Brown on their duet What Ifs . She was on Dancing with the Stars and placed 4th alongside her partner Gleb Savchenko .
Mark Feuerstein ( /ˈfɔɪ.ərstiːn/ ; born June 8 , 1971 ) is an American actor . He first came to public notice in a guest appearance in an episode of Season 2 of Sex and the City and went on to appear in TV series The West Wing ( 2001-2005 ) , Royal Pains ( 2009-2016 ) and Prison Break ( 2017 ) . He co-wrote , co-produced as well as starred in the short-lived CBS sitcom 9JKL .
David Boreanaz ( /bɔːriˈɑːnəs/ ; born May 16 , 1969 ) is an American actor , television producer , and director , known for playing the roles of vampire-turned-private investigator Angel on Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( 1997-2003 ) and its spinoff Angel ( 1999-2004 ) ; FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth on the television crime procedural comedy-drama series Bones ( 2005-2017 ) ; and Jason Hayes in the military drama series SEAL Team ( 2017-present ) .
Zachary John Quinto ( /ˈkwɪntoʊ/ ; born June 2 , 1977 ) is an American actor and film producer . He is known for his roles as Charlie Manx in NOS4A2 , as Sylar on the science fiction drama series Heroes ( 2006-2010 ) , Spock in the reboot Star Trek ( 2009 ) and its sequels Star Trek Into Darkness ( 2013 ) and Star Trek Beyond ( 2016 ) , as well as his Emmy nominated performance in American Horror Story : Asylum . His other film roles include Margin Call , What 's Your Number ? , Hitman : Agent 47 , Snowden , and Hotel Artemis . He also appeared in smaller roles on television series such as So NoTORIous , The Slap , and 24 , and on stage in Angels in America .
Simon Lucas Baker ( born 30 July 1969 ) is an Australian actor in television and film , and director . He is known for his lead roles in the CBS television series The Mentalist ( as Patrick Jane ) and The Guardian ( as Nicholas Fallin ) and starred in several Hollywood films .
Jessica Brooke Capshaw ( born August 9 , 1976 ) is an American actress . She is known for her role as Jamie Stringer in The Practice and Arizona Robbins on the ABC medical drama Grey 's Anatomy . She was introduced in Grey 's Anatomy 's fifth season as an attending surgeon and the new head of pediatric surgery . Originally contracted to appear in three episodes , Capshaw 's contract was extended to the remainder of the fifth season , with her becoming a series regular in the sixth season .
Kevin Spacey Fowler KBE ( born July 26 , 1959 ) is an American actor , producer , and singer . Spacey began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s , obtaining supporting roles in film and television . He gained critical acclaim in the 1990s that culminated in his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the neo-noir crime thriller The Usual Suspects ( 1995 ) and an Academy Award for Best Actor for the midlife crisis-themed drama American Beauty ( 1999 ) . Spacey 's other starring roles have included the comedy-drama film Swimming with Sharks ( 1994 ) , the psychological thriller Seven ( 1995 ) , the neo-noir crime film L.A . Confidential ( 1997 ) , the drama Pay It Forward ( 2000 ) , the science fiction-mystery film K-PAX ( 2001 ) , the musical biopic Beyond the Sea ( 2004 ) , the superhero film Superman Returns ( 2006 ) , and the action film Baby Driver ( 2017 ) . In Broadway theatre , Spacey won a Tony Award in 1991 for his role in Lost in Yonkers . In 2017 , he hosted the 71st Tony Awards . He was the artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London from 2004 until stepping down in mid-2015 . From 2013 to 2017 , he played Frank Underwood in the Netflix political drama series House of Cards , which won him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Television Series Drama and two consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series . In October 2017 , actor Anthony Rapp accused Spacey of making a sexual advance toward him in 1986 , when Rapp was 14 . Numerous other men subsequently came forward alleging that Spacey had sexually harassed or assaulted them . In December 2018 , Spacey was charged with indecent assault and battery in relation to an accusation by anchorwoman Heather Unruh that he sexually assaulted her 18-year-old son , but by July 2019 , the criminal charge had been dropped .
The Walt Disney Company , commonly known as Disney ( /ˈdɪzni/ ) , is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank , California . Disney was originally founded on October 16 , 1923 , by brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio ; it also operated under the names The Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before officially changing its name to The Walt Disney Company in 1986 . The company established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production , television , and theme parks . Since the 1980s , Disney has created and acquired corporate divisions in order to market more mature content than is typically associated with its flagship family-oriented brands . The company is known for its film studio division , The Walt Disney Studios , which includes Walt Disney Pictures , Walt Disney Animation Studios , Pixar , Marvel Studios , Lucasfilm , 20th Century Studios , Searchlight Pictures , and Blue Sky Studios . Disney 's other main units and reporting segments are Disney Media Networks , Disney Parks , Experiences and Products , and Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International . Through these segments , Disney owns and operates the ABC broadcast network ; cable television networks such as Disney Channel , ESPN , Freeform , FX , and National Geographic ; publishing , merchandising , music , and theater divisions ; and Disney Parks , Experiences and Products , a group of 14 theme parks around the world . The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since 1991 . Cartoon character Mickey Mouse , created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks , is one of the world 's most recognizable characters and serves as the company 's official mascot .
Ricky Dene Gervais ( /dʒərˈveɪz/ jer-VAYS ; born 25 June 1961 ) is an English stand-up comedian , actor , writer , film producer , director , and musician . He is perhaps best known for co-creating , writing , and acting in the British television series The Office ( 2001-2003 ) . He has won seven BAFTA Awards , five British Comedy Awards , two Emmy Awards , three Golden Globe Awards , and the Rose d'Or twice ( 2006 and 2019 ) , as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination . In 2007 , he was placed at No . 11 on Channel 4 's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups and at No . 3 on the updated 2010 list . In 2010 , he was named on the Time 100 list of the world 's most influential people . Gervais initially worked in the music industry , attempting a career as a pop star in the 1980s as the singer of the new-wave act Seona Dancing and working as the manager of the then unknown band Suede before turning to comedy . Gervais appeared on The 11 O'Clock Show on Channel 4 between 1998 and 2000 , garnering a reputation as a blunt and often controversial social critic . In 2000 , he was given a Channel 4 spoof talk show , Meet Ricky Gervais . He achieved greater mainstream fame the following year with his BBC television mock documentary series The Office . It was followed by Extras in 2005 .
Penn Dayton Badgley ( born November 1 , 1986 ) is an American actor and musician . He is best known for his role as Dan Humphrey in The CW teen drama series Gossip Girl ( 2007-12 ) and as Joe Goldberg in the Netflix thriller series You ( 2018-present ) . Badgley has appeared in a number of films , including John Tucker Must Die ( 2006 ) , The Stepfather ( 2009 ) , Easy A ( 2010 ) , Margin Call ( 2011 ) , and Greetings from Tim Buckley ( 2012 ) . He is also the lead singer for Brooklyn-based indie band MOTHXR . Their studio album Centerfold was released in 2016 .
Allen Kelsey Grammer ( born February 21 , 1955 ) is an American actor , voice actor , comedian , singer , producer , director , writer and activist , best known for his two-decade-long portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcoms Cheers and Frasier . He also produced the sitcom Girlfriends , which aired on UPN and The CW . Grammer has won five Primetime Emmy Awards , three Golden Globe Awards , one Daytime Emmy Award and one Tony Award ; additionally , he has also worked as a television producer , director , and writer .
Scott Thompson ( born February 25 , 1965 ) , known professionally as Carrot Top , is an American stand-up comedian and actor .
Joshua Winslow Groban ( born February 27 , 1981 ) is an American singer , songwriter , actor , and record producer , who is known for his unusually dusky tenor voice . His first four solo albums have been certified multi-platinum , and he was charted in 2007 as the number-one best selling artist in the United States , with over 22.3 million records . As of 2012 [ update ] , he had sold over 25 million records worldwide . Groban originally studied acting , but moved to singing as his voice developed . Groban attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts , a free public school on the campus of California State University , Los Angeles , where students receive a conservatory-style education . David Foster called Groban to stand in for an ailing Andrea Bocelli to rehearse a duet , The Prayer , with Celine Dion at the rehearsal for the 1998 Grammy Awards . Rosie O'Donnell immediately invited him to appear on her talk show . Foster asked him to sing at the California Governor 's Gray Davis ' 1999 inauguration . He was cast on Ally McBeal by the show 's creator , David E. Kelley , performing You 're Still You for the 2001 season four finale . In 2017 , he made his Broadway debut as Pierre Bezukhov in Natasha , Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 , to critical acclaim and a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical nomination . His performance at the 72nd Tony Awards earned him two Primetime Emmy nominations , one for Outstanding Live Variety Special and one for Original Music and Lyrics for the song This One 's for You . Groban co-starred as Tony Caruso Jr. in the Netflix original series , The Good Cop .
Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom ( born 13 January 1977 ) is an English actor . He made his breakthrough as Legolas in The Lord of the Rings film series and rose to fame by appearing in epic fantasy , historical , and adventure films , most notably as Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series . Bloom subsequently established himself as a leading man in Hollywood films , with roles such as Paris in Troy ( 2004 ) and Balian de Ibelin in Kingdom of Heaven ( 2005 ) . He later reprised his role as Legolas in The Hobbit film series and currently stars in the Amazon Prime Video series Carnival Row ( 2019-present ) . He made his professional stage debut in West End 's In Celebration at the Duke of York 's Theatre in London in 2007 and starred in a Broadway adaption of Romeo and Juliet in 2013 . In 2009 , Bloom was named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador . In 2015 he received the BAFTA Britannia Humanitarian Award .
Jennifer Michelle Ginnifer Goodwin ( born May 22 , 1978 ) is an American actress . She is known for her starring role as Margene Heffman in the HBO drama series Big Love ( 2006-2011 ) and Snow White / Mary Margaret Blanchard in the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time ( 2011-2018 ) . Goodwin has appeared in various films , including the drama Mona Lisa Smile ( 2003 ) , the musical biopic Walk the Line ( 2005 ) , the romantic comedy He 's Just Not That into You ( 2009 ) , the family comedy Ramona and Beezus ( 2010 ) , the romantic comedy Something Borrowed ( 2011 ) , and the biopic Killing Kennedy ( 2013 ) . She also voiced the lead role of Fawn in the Disney animated fantasy film Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Neverbeast ( 2014 ) and Judy Hopps in the Disney animated fantasy comedy film Zootopia ( 2016 ) .
Matthew Broderick ( born March 21 , 1962 ) is an American actor , comedian and singer . His roles include the Golden Globe-nominated portrayal of the title character in Ferris Bueller 's Day Off ( 1986 ) , the voice of the adult Simba in Disney 's The Lion King trilogy ( 1994-2004 ) , and Leo Bloom in both the Broadway musical The Producers and its 2005 film adaptation . Other films he had starring credits in include WarGames ( 1983 ) , Glory ( 1989 ) , The Freshman ( 1990 ) , The Cable Guy ( 1996 ) , Godzilla ( 1998 ) , Election ( 1999 ) , Inspector Gadget ( 1999 ) and You Can Count on Me ( 2000 ) . Broderick also directed himself in Infinity ( 1996 ) and provided voice work in Good Boy ! ( 2003 ) , Bee Movie ( 2007 ) , and The Tale of Despereaux ( 2008 ) . Broderick has won two Tony Awards , one for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Brighton Beach Memoirs ( 1983 ) , and one for Best Actor in a Musical for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ( 1995 ) . As of 2019 [ update ] , Broderick remains the youngest winner of the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play . In 2006 , for his contributions to the film industry , Matthew Broderick was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star located at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard . Eleven years later , Broderick earned induction into the American Theater Hall of Fame . Broderick starred as Michael Burr in the Netflix comedy series Daybreak ( 2019 ) .
Margaret LeAnn Rimes Cibrian ( born August 28 , 1982 ) is an American singer , songwriter , actress , and author . Rimes rose to stardom at age 13 following the release of her version of the Bill Mack song Blue , becoming the youngest country music star since Tanya Tucker in 1972 . Rimes made her breakthrough into country music in 1996 with her debut album , Blue , which reached No . 1 on the Top Country Albums chart and was certified multi-platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) . The album 's eponymous leadoff single , Blue , became a Top 10 hit , and Rimes gained national acclaim for her similarity to Patsy Cline 's vocal style . When she released her second studio album in 1997 , You Light Up My Life : Inspirational Songs , she moved towards country pop material , which set the trend for a string of albums released into the next decade . Rimes has won many awards , including two Grammys , three ACMs , a CMA , 12 Billboard Music Awards , and one American Music award . She has released ten studio albums and three compilation albums and two greatest hits albums , one released in the U.S. and the other released internationally , through her record label of 13 years , Curb Records , and placed over 40 singles on American and international charts since 1996 . She has sold over 37 million records worldwide , with 20.8 million album sales in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan . Billboard ranked her 17th artist [ vague ] of the 1990-2000 decade . Rimes has also written four books : two novels and two children 's books . Her hit song How Do I Live was ranked as the most successful song of the 1990s by Billboard magazine .
Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni ( /ˈteɪ.ə pɑːntəleɪˈoʊni/ ; born February 25 , 1966 ) , better known by her stage name Téa Leoni , is an American actress and producer . In her early career , she starred in the television sitcoms Flying Blind ( 1992-93 ) and The Naked Truth ( 1995-98 ) . Her breakthrough role was in the 1995 action comedy film Bad Boys . In later years , Leoni had lead roles in films such as Deep Impact ( 1998 ) , The Family Man ( 2000 ) , Jurassic Park III ( 2001 ) , Spanglish ( 2004 ) and Fun with Dick and Jane ( 2005 ) . In 2014 , she returned to television in the leading role in the CBS political drama series Madam Secretary .
Salma Hayek Pinault ( /ˈhaɪɛk/ , Spanish : [ ˈsalma ˈxaʝek ] ; born Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez ; September 2 , 1966 ) is a Mexican and American film actress and producer . She began her career in Mexico starring in the telenovela Teresa and starred in the film El Callejón de los Milagros ( Miracle Alley ) for which she was nominated for an Ariel Award . In 1991 , Hayek moved to Hollywood and came to prominence with roles in films such as Desperado ( 1995 ) , From Dusk till Dawn ( 1996 ) , Wild Wild West , and Dogma ( both 1999 ) . Her breakthrough role was in the 2002 film Frida , as Mexican painter Frida Kahlo , for which she was nominated for Best Actress for the Academy Award , BAFTA Award , Golden Globe Award , and Screen Actors Guild Award , and which she also produced . This movie received widespread attention and was a critical and commercial success . She won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Children/Youth/Family Special for The Maldonado Miracle in 2004 , and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series after guest-starring in the ABC television comedy-drama Ugly Betty in 2007 . She also guest-starred on the NBC comedy series 30 Rock from 2009 to 2013 . In 2017 , she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her role in Beatriz at Dinner . Hayek 's recent films include Grown Ups ( 2010 ) , Puss in Boots ( 2011 ) , Grown Ups 2 ( 2013 ) , Tale of Tales ( 2015 ) , The Hitman 's Bodyguard ( 2017 ) and Like a Boss ( 2020 ) .
Eva Jacqueline Bastón ( née Longoria ; born March 15 , 1975 ) is an American actress , producer , director , activist , and businesswoman . After a number of guest roles on several television series , Longoria was recognized for her portrayal of Isabella Braña on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless , on which she starred from 2001 to 2003 . She is most known for her role as Gabrielle Solis on the television series Desperate Housewives , which ran from 2004 to 2012 and for which she received Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations . She has also appeared in The Sentinel ( 2006 ) , Over Her Dead Body ( 2008 ) , For Greater Glory ( 2012 ) , Frontera ( 2014 ) , Lowriders ( 2016 ) , and Overboard ( 2018 ) . From 2015 to 2016 , Longoria starred as Ana Sofia Calderón on the short-lived NBC sitcom Telenovela , and served as an executive producer for the Lifetime television series Devious Maids . She has also served as an executive producer of social issue documentaries , including Food Chains and The Harvest . Longoria has appeared in several advertising campaigns . She has been named one of Hollywood 's most beautiful women by several publications , including People en Español and People magazines . She currently holds modeling contracts with L'Oréal and New York & Co , among others .
Nicole Elizabeth LaValle ( née Polizzi ; born November 23 , 1987 ) , best known by her nickname Snooki , is a Chilean-American reality television personality , television host , author , professional wrestler , and dancer who is best known for being a cast member of the MTV reality show Jersey Shore and starring in Snooki & Jwoww and Jersey Shore : Family Vacation . Since appearing on Jersey Shore in 2009 , Snooki has gained popularity , leading to numerous talk show appearances , web and television series participation and hosting , and a large social media following . She reportedly earned $ 150,000 per Jersey Shore episode by the last season . She also appeared as the guest hostess for WWE Raw in 2011 and competed at WrestleMania XXVII that same year .
Judge Judy is an American arbitration-based reality court show presided over by Judy Sheindlin , a retired Manhattan family court judge . The show features Sheindlin adjudicating real-life small claim disputes within a simulated courtroom set . Prior to the proceedings , all parties involved must sign arbitration contracts agreeing to Sheindlin 's ruling , handling and production staff management . The series is in first-run syndication and distributed by CBS Television Distribution .