List of University of South Carolina people
Alumni -- Arts , entertainment , and media
Table:
Name

Class year

Notes

Reference

Chazwick Bundick

2009

aka Toro Y Moi, musician

[1]

Amanda Baker

2001

actress on General Hospital soap opera

[2]

Mel Byars

1960

book author, journalist, professor, and Besterman/McColvin Gold Medal winner

[3]

Mike Colter

1998

actor

[4]

Rita Cosby

1989

host of MSNBC's Rita Cosby Live and three-time Emmy Award winner

[5]

Wilson Casey

1977

syndicated columnist, book author, and Guinness World Record holder

[6]

Dean Neistat

2005

Award Winning Stuntman, Actor, and Decorated USAF Combat Pilot

[7]

Harry Dent

1975

economist and writer

[citation needed]

Ainsley Earhardt

1999

anchor for Fox News Weekend TV program

[8]

Charles Frazier

1986

author of the best-selling novel Cold Mountain

[9]

Lilian Garcia

1988

singer and WWE ring announcer

[10]

Leeza Gibbons

1978

actress and former host of Entertainment Tonight TV program, three-time Emmy winner

[11]

Alex Daniels

1978

stunt coordinator and actor, Borat, The Guardian, Dodgeball

[citation needed]

Lauren Michelle Hill

2000

actress; February 2001 Playboy Playmate of the Month

[citation needed]

Jim Hoagland

1961

columnist and former chief foreign correspondent of The Washington Post; two-time Pulitzer Prize winner

[12]

Hootie and the Blowfish

all four band members attended the University; drummer Jim Sonefeld played on the USC soccer team

[13]

Jesse Hughes

musician in Eagles of Death Metal group

[14]

Jasper Johns

artist; attended 1947–48; did not graduate

[15]

Bruce Littlefield

1989

author, lifestyle expert

[16]

Amos Lee

1999

singer, songwriter, and folk guitarist

[17]

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Chaz Bear ( born Chazwick Bradley Bundick ; November 7 , 1986 ) , known professionally as Toro y Moi , is an American singer , songwriter , record producer and graphic designer . His music has taken on many forms since he began recording , but he is often identified with the rise of the chillwave movement in 2010 and 2011 . His stage name is a multilingual expression consisting of the Spanish words toro and y ( meaning bull and and , respectively ) and the French word moi ( meaning me ) .
Amanda Baker ( born December 22 , 1979 ) is an American actress . She is best known for portraying Jolene Crowell on General Hospital : Night Shift in 2007 and Babe Carey Chandler on All My Children from 2007 to 2008 . Baker reappeared on June 4 and 29 , 2009 as a ghost on All My Children as Babe Chandler .
Mel Byars ( born in Columbia , South Carolina ) , is an American design historian . Byars studied journalism in the 1950s at the University of South Carolina . He subsequently settled in New York City and eventually became active as an art director or creative director for a number of publishers , such as Prentice-Hall and McGraw-Hill , and for advertising agencies , including Leber Katz Partners ( subsumed into Foote , Cone & Belding , the world 's second oldest advertising agency , founded 1873 ) . In the early 1980s , he studied anthropology under Stanley Diamond ( 1921-1991 ) in the master's-degree program of The New School for Social Research . And , previously there , he was enrolled in the School of Media Studies . A decade later , he turned to the history of applied art/industrial design and served as the archivist of the Thérèse Bonney Photography Collection ( images of 1925-35 French decorative arts and other subjects ) in New York 's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and has been a major donor of 20th-century objects to the museum 's permanent collection . He has made other donations to the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague ( Uměleckoprůmyslová museum v Praze ) , Israel Museum , Musée des Arts Décoratifs , Paris , and Columbia Museum of Art . Byars has taught at Pratt Institute and Fashion Institute of Technology ( FIT ) in New York City and Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design and Holon Institute of Technology in Israel and at others as well as lectured widely while remaining active in the advertising sector . Since May 2017 , he writes a column for Elephant art and culture magazine .
Mike Randal Colter ( born August 26 , 1976 ) is an American actor best known for his role as Luke Cage in Marvel 's Luke Cage ( 2016-2018 ) , The Defenders ( 2017 ) , and Jessica Jones ( 2015 ; 2019 ) , all set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe . He has also appeared as Lemond Bishop in the television series The Good Wife ( 2010-2015 ) , Malcolm Ward in Ringer ( 2011-2012 ) , and Jameson Locke in the Halo franchise ( 2014-2015 ) .
Rita Cosby ( born November 18 , 1964 ) is a television news anchor and correspondent , radio host , and best selling author . She is currently a Special Correspondent for the CBS syndicated program Inside Edition , specializing in interviewing newsmakers and political figures . Cosby has received three Emmy Awards , the Jack Anderson Award for investigative excellence , the Matrix Award , the Ellis Island Medal of Honor , and the Lech Walesa Freedom Award . October 11 , 2010 , was declared Rita Cosby Day in the State of New York for her extraordinary journalism and exemplary service on behalf of her community .
MSNBC is an American cable television channel that provides NBC News coverage as well as its own reporting and political commentary on current events . MSNBC is owned by the NBCUniversal News Group , a unit of the NBCUniversal Broadcast , Cable , Sports and News division of NBCUniversal ( all of which are ultimately owned by Comcast ) . MSNBC and its website were founded in 1996 under a partnership between Microsoft and General Electric 's NBC unit , hence the network 's naming . Although they had the same name , msnbc.com and MSNBC maintained separate corporate structures and news operations . msnbc.com was headquartered on the Microsoft campus in Redmond , Washington , while MSNBC operated out of NBC 's headquarters in New York City . Microsoft divested itself of its stakes in the MSNBC channel in 2005 and in msnbc.com in July 2012 . The general news site was rebranded as NBCNews.com , and a new msnbc.com was created as the online home of the cable channel . In the late summer of 2015 , MSNBC revamped its programming ; the moves were in sharp contrast to previous programming decisions at the network . MSNBC sought to sharpen its news image by entering into a dual editorial relationship with its organizational parent NBC News . MSNBC Live , the network 's flagship daytime news platform , was expanded to cover over eight hours of the day . Phil Griffin is the president and director of day-to-day operations at MSNBC . As of September 2018 , approximately 87 million households in the United States ( 90.7 percent of pay television subscribers ) were receiving MSNBC .
Wilson Casey is an American columnist , book author , political humorist , entertainer , speaker , and record holder . He earned two Guinness World Records ( trivia marathon and radio broadcasting ) for a thirty-hour live , continuous broadcast on radio station WKDY-AM on January 9-10 , 1999 in Spartanburg , South Carolina . During the 30 hours he asked and identified the correct answer to 3,333 questions . Casey is regularly called and labeled The Trivia Guy . Casey was born in Woodruff , South Carolina in 1954 . He was elected into the Woodruff High School Athletic Hall of Fame for Tennis in 1991 . Casey received a B.S . degree in education from the University of South Carolina - Spartanburg ( now USC - Upstate ) in 1977 of which he was twice MVP on its varsity tennis team . He was the first tennis scholarship player at the school , though unofficially ( Casey was awarded a work-study grant with the unwritten understanding that he 'd play on the tennis team ) . From 1984 - 1991 , he played in the amateur USTA tennis leagues and was a player on 7 state championship teams for the State of South Carolina , was on 3 sectional ( Southern ) championship teams , and went to 3 national championships ( Las Vegas , NV ; Tucson , AZ ; and Seabrook Island , SC ) . He did this as a player with the Bushwhackers , a team from Spartanburg , SC , at 4 different playing levels ( 3.5 , 4.0 , 4.5 , and 5.0 ) , of which he was twice team captain . His weekly Bible Trivia column appears in over 125 newspapers in the United States and is nationally distributed by King Features Syndicate , and his 7-day-a-week General Trivia column has appeared in numerous others including the Albuquerque ( NM ) Journal , the Hendersonville ( NC ) Times-News , the Providence ( RI ) Journal , the Santa Rosa ( CA ) Press Democrat , the Spartanburg ( SC ) Herald Journal , the Tacoma ( WA ) News Tribune , and the Wilmington ( NC ) Star-News .
Harry Shuler Dent , Jr. ( born May 12 , 1953 ) is an American financial newsletter writer . His 2009 book , The Great Depression Ahead , appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List .
Ainsley Earhardt ( born September 20 , 1976 ) is an American Fox News television personality and author . She is the co-host of Fox & Friends .
Charles Frazier ( born November 4 , 1950 ) is an American novelist . He won the 1997 National Book Award for Fiction for Cold Mountain .
Lilián Annette Garcia ( born August 19 , 1966 ) is a Spanish-American mixed martial arts in-cage announcer , singer and professional wrestling ring announcer best known for her time with WWE . She is currently announcing for the Professional Fighters League ( PFL ) .
World Wrestling Entertainment , Inc. , d/b/a WWE , is an American integrated media and entertainment company that is primarily known for professional wrestling . WWE has also branched out into other fields , including movies , football , and various other business ventures . The WWE name also refers to the professional wrestling promotion itself , founded in the 1950s as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation . As of 2019 , it is the largest wrestling promotion in the world , holding over 500 events a year , with the roster divided up into various globally traveling brands , and is available to about 36 million viewers in more than 150 countries . The company 's global headquarters is located in Stamford , Connecticut , with offices in major cities around the world . As in other professional wrestling promotions , WWE shows are not legitimate contests , but purely entertainment-based , featuring storyline-driven , scripted , and choreographed matches , though matches often include moves that can put performers at risk of injury , even death , if not performed correctly . This was first publicly acknowledged by WWE 's owner Vince McMahon in 1989 to avoid taxes from athletic commissions . Since the 1980s , WWE publicly has branded its product as sports entertainment , acknowledging the product 's roots in competitive sport and dramatic theater . The company 's majority owner is its chairman and CEO , Vince McMahon , who retains a 42% ownership of the company 's outstanding stock and 83% of the voting power . The current entity , incorporated on February 21 , 1980 , was previously known as Titan Sports , Inc. , which was founded that same year in South Yarmouth , Massachusetts . It acquired Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd. , the holding company for the World Wrestling Federation , in 1982 . Titan was renamed World Wrestling Federation , Inc. in 1998 , then World Wrestling Federation Entertainment , Inc. in 1999 , and finally the current World Wrestling Entertainment , Inc. in 2002 .
Leeza Kim Gibbons ( born March 26 , 1957 ) is an American talk show host . She is best known as a correspondent and co-host for Entertainment Tonight ( 1984-2000 ) as well as for having her own syndicated daytime talk show , Leeza ( 1993-2000 ) . In 2013 , her book Take 2 became a New York Times bestseller and she won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Host in a Lifestyle or Travel program for the PBS show , My Generation . On February 16 , 2015 , Leeza was named the winner of Celebrity Apprentice , having raised $ 714,000 for her charity Leeza 's Care Connection .
Alex Daniels ( born November 27 , 1986 ) is an American football defensive end who is currently a free agent . He was signed by the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2010 .
Lauren Michelle Hill ( born June 27 , 1979 ) is an American model and actress . She first appeared on the cover of Playboy on the October ( Girls of Conference USA ) 2000 issue . She was chosen as Playboy Playmate of the Month in February 2001 and won the Playboy playmates edition of the game show Fear Factor . Hill then returned for Fear Factor 's Tournament of Champions for season 2 , but was eliminated in the second round . She was a cheerleader at the University of South Carolina while studying journalism . While modeling and acting , she is known as Lauren James . She was first spotted by a Playboy scout at a swimsuit competition in St. Croix . She appeared in the 2005 Playmates at Play at the Playboy Mansion swimsuit calendar as calendar girl of February . The calendar was the inaugural Playmates at Play calendar and it was shot on the grounds of Playboy Mansion in 2004 . It was Playboy 's first attempt at creating a non-nude swimsuit calendar featuring Playmates similar in style with those from Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue . She has also been a GUESS model as well as appearing in Maxim magazine and its 2006 wall calendar . She has appeared in several music videos , including videos for Bryan Adams , Weezer , Justin Timberlake , and Marc Anthony .
Jim Hoagland ( born January 22 , 1940 ) is an American journalist . He is an associate editor , senior foreign correspondent , and columnist for The Washington Post . Born in Rock Hill , South Carolina , Hoagland is a graduate of the University of South Carolina . He attended post graduate programs at both the University of Aix-en-Provence in France and Columbia University in New York . Writing for The Washington Post , he won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1971 for his coverage of the struggle against apartheid in the Republic of South Africa . Again for the Post he won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1991 for searching and prescient columns on events leading up to the Gulf War and on the political problems of Mikhail Gorbachev . Hoagland is also known for receiving the Legion of Honor , France 's equivalent to the British knighthood , for his lifelong effort to better Franco-American relations . He is an Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Stanford University 's Hoover Institution . Hoagland has three children and is married to the author Jane Stanton Hitchcock .
The Washington Post ( sometimes abbreviated to WaPo ) is a major American daily newspaper published in Washington , D.C. Daily broadsheet editions are printed for the District of Columbia , Maryland , and Virginia . The newspaper has won 47 Pulitzer Prizes . This includes six separate Pulitzers awarded in 2008 , second only to The New York Times 's seven awards in 2002 for the highest number ever awarded to a single newspaper in one year . Post journalists have also received 18 Nieman Fellowships and 368 White House News Photographers Association awards . In the early 1970s , in the best-known episode in the newspaper 's history , reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein led the American press 's investigation into what became known as the Watergate scandal . Their reporting in The Washington Post greatly contributed to the resignation of President Richard Nixon . In years since , the Post 's investigations have led to increased review of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center . In October 2013 , the paper 's longtime controlling family , the Graham family , sold the newspaper to Nash Holdings , a holding company established by Jeff Bezos , for $ 250 million in cash .
The Pulitzer Prize ( /ˈpʊlɪtsər/ ) is an award for achievements in newspaper , magazine and online journalism , literature , and musical composition in the United States . It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American ( Hungarian-born ) Joseph Pulitzer who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher , and is administered by Columbia University in New York City . Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories . In twenty of the categories , each winner receives a certificate and a US $ 15,000 cash award ( raised from $ 10,000 in 2017 ) . The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal .
Hootie & the Blowfish is an American rock band that was formed in Columbia , South Carolina in 1986 . The band 's lineup for most of its existence has been the quartet of Darius Rucker , Mark Bryan , Dean Felber , and Jim Sonefeld . The band went on hiatus in 2008 until they announced plans for a full reunion tour in 2019 and released their first new studio album in fourteen years , Imperfect Circle . As of 2019 [ update ] , the band had charted sixteen singles on various Billboard singles charts and recorded six studio albums . Their debut album , Cracked Rear View ( 1994 ) , is the 19th-best-selling album of all time in the United States , and was certified platinum 21 times . They have sold over 21 million copies of their albums in the United States . The group was also popular in Canada , having three number-one singles in the country .
James George Sonefeld ( born October 20 , 1964 ) , is an American musician and one of the founding members of Hootie & the Blowfish . In September 2008 he released his solo debut album Snowman Melting on Aquarian Nation Records/The Orchard record label . In 2012 , he released his first contemporary Christian album Found , with the release of In in 2014 and Love in 2015 .
The South Carolina Gamecocks men 's soccer team represents the University of South Carolina and competes in Conference USA . The team has been coached by Mark Berson since its inception in 1978 and has participated in 20 NCAA Tournaments , reaching the Quarterfinals on four occasions . Since 1981 , South Carolina has played its home games at Stone Stadium , which is affectionately called The Graveyard by South Carolina fans due to an adjoining cemetery .
Jesse Everett Hughes ( born September 24 , 1972 ) is an American singer , songwriter , and musician . He is best known as the frontman of the rock band Eagles of Death Metal , with whom he has recorded four studio albums and a live album .
Eagles of Death Metal is an American rock band from Palm Desert , California , formed in 1998 . Founded by Jesse Hughes ( vocals , guitar ) and Josh Homme ( drums ) , the band also includes a wide range of other musicians that perform both on the band 's studio albums and at live shows . Hughes and Homme are the only permanent members of the band , with Homme rarely performing at live shows due to commitment to his other band , Queens of the Stone Age . The band 's current touring line-up includes Hughes alongside Dave Catching ( guitar ) , Eden Galindo ( guitar ) , Jennie Vee ( bass ) and Jorma Vik ( drums ) . Despite their name , Eagles of Death Metal are not a death metal band , and the name is intended to be humorous . In a 2003 interview , Homme described the sound of the band as a combination of bluegrass slide guitar mixed with stripper drum beats and Canned Heat vocals . Hughes is known for his enthusiastic interaction with audiences at live performances . While the band was on stage at the Bataclan in Paris , France , on November 13 , 2015 , the audience was attacked by terrorists wielding automatic rifles , grenades , and suicide vests . The death toll inside the venue was 89 , including the group 's merchandise manager . Three of the band members escaped safely out of the venue via a door backstage , but two members remained behind inside the venue and were rescued after several hours by the police with the other survivors .
Jasper Johns ( born May 15 , 1930 ) is an American painter , sculptor and printmaker whose work is associated with abstract expressionism , Neo-Dada , and pop art . He is well known for his depictions of the American flag and other US-related topics . Johns ' works regularly sell for millions of dollars at sale and auction , including a reported $ 110 million sale in 2010 . At multiple times works by Johns have held the title of most paid for a work by a living artist . Johns has received many honors throughout his career , including receipt of the National Medal of Arts in 1990 , and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011 . In 2018 , The New York Times called him the United States ' foremost living artist .
Bruce Littlefield is an American author , businessman , actor , model , and TV contributor . He is the regarded as an American lifestyle authority . He has been called a Modern Day Erma Bombeck , a Garage Sale Guru , the Flea Market King and is featured as a design and lifestyle guru on Howdini.com . He is the author of numerous books , including an Americana series with Harper Collins , Use What You 've Got with Barbara Corcoran , My Two Moms with Zach Wahls , and The Sell with Fredrik Eklund . He appears on television , having made notable TV lifestyle segments on Today Show , Early Show , and The View . He has also ghostwritten and/or co-written several books . [ citation needed ]
Amos Lee ( born Ryan Anthony Massaro , June 20 , 1977 ) is an American singer-songwriter whose musical style encompasses folk , rock , and soul . He was born in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in English . After working as a schoolteacher and bartender he began to pursue a career in music . His manager Bill Eib , an artist manager and new artist development agent , submitted a demo recording to Blue Note Records which resulted in a recording contract and association with singer Norah Jones . Since that time Lee has recorded five albums on Blue Note Records and has toured as an opening act for Norah Jones , Bob Dylan , Elvis Costello , Paul Simon , Merle Haggard , Van Morrison , John Prine , Dave Matthews Band , Adele , the Zac Brown Band , Jack Johnson , The Avett Brothers , and David Gray . His music has appeared on the soundtracks of numerous TV shows and movies . He has performed on several late night TV shows and at a voter registration rally for Barack Obama . In 2011 , his album Mission Bell debuted at No . 1 on the Billboard 200 chart .