Live with Regis and Kelly (season 18)
February 2006
Table:
Date

Co-hosts

"Host Chat"[1]

Guests/segments[2]

February 1

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Jeff Probst

February 2

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Bette Midler

February 3

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Sean Paul

February 6

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Roseanne Barr, Dancing with the Stars castoffs, Wedding Week

February 7

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Harrison Ford, Rachel Bilson, Wedding Week

February 8

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Josh Holloway, Collective Soul, Wedding Week

February 9

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Nicollette Sheridan, Wedding Week

February 10

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

LIVE's Wedding 2006

February 13

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Diddy

February 14

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Edie Falco, Harry Connick, Jr.

February 15

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Julianne Moore, INXS

February 16

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Joan Rivers

February 17

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Simon Cowell

February 20

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Cuba Gooding, Jr.

February 22

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Matthew Fox, Heidi Klum

February 23

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Jimmy Fallon, Tyler Perry

February 24

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Whoopi Goldberg, Lynn Whitfield

February 27

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Donald Trump, Roger Ebert, Ray J

February 28

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

LIVE! in Los Angeles, Howie Mandel, Eva Longoria, a visit to the American Idol set

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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 .
Jeff Probst ( born November 4 , 1961 ) is an American game show host and an executive producer . He is best known as the Emmy Award-winning host of the U.S. version of the reality television show Survivor . He was also the host of The Jeff Probst Show , a syndicated daytime talk show produced by CBS Television Distribution from September 2012 to May 2013 .
Bette Midler ( /bɛt/ ; born December 1 , 1945 ) is an American singer , songwriter , actress , comedian , and film producer . Born in Honolulu , Hawaii , Midler began her professional career in several Off-Off-Broadway plays , prior to her engagements in Fiddler on the Roof and Salvation on Broadway in the late 1960s . She came to prominence in 1970 when she began singing in the Continental Baths , a local gay bathhouse where she managed to build up a core following . Since 1970 , Midler has released 14 studio albums as a solo artist . Throughout her career , many of her songs became hits on the record charts , including her renditions of The Rose , Wind Beneath My Wings , Do You Want to Dance , Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy , and From a Distance . Midler made her motion picture debut in 1979 with The Rose , which earned her a Golden Globe for Best Actress , as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress . She has since starred in a number of hit films , which include : Down and Out in Beverly Hills ( 1986 ) , Ruthless People ( 1986 ) , Outrageous Fortune ( 1987 ) , Big Business ( 1988 ) , Beaches ( 1988 ) , Hocus Pocus ( 1993 ) , The First Wives Club ( 1996 ) , The Stepford Wives ( 2004 ) , and Parental Guidance ( 2012 ) . She also starred in For the Boys ( 1991 ) and Gypsy ( 1993 ) , winning two additional Golden Globes for these films and receiving a second Academy Award nomination for the former . In 2008 , she signed a contract with Caesars Palace in Las Vegas to perform a show titled Bette Midler : The Showgirl Must Go On , which ended in 2010 . In a career spanning almost half a century , Midler has won three Grammy Awards , four Golden Globes , three Emmy Awards , and a Tony Award . She has sold over 30 million records worldwide , and has received four Gold , three Platinum , and three Multiplatinum albums by RIAA . Midler 's latest work included appearing on Broadway in a revival of Hello , Dolly ! , which began preview performances on March 15 , 2017 and premiered at the Shubert Theatre on April 20 , 2017 .
Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques OD ( born 9 January 1973 ) is a Jamaican singer , rapper and record producer . His singles Get Busy and Temperature topped the charts in the United States , and most of his albums have been nominated for the Grammy 's Best Reggae Album , with Dutty Rock winning the award . Sean Paul has also been featured in many other singles including chart-toppers Baby Boy by Beyoncé , What About Us by The Saturdays , and Rockabye by Clean Bandit .
Roseanne Cherrie Barr ( born November 3 , 1952 ) is an American actress , comedian , writer , producer , and politician . Barr began her career in stand-up comedy before gaining acclaim in the television sitcom Roseanne ( 1988-1997 ; 2018 ) . She won an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her work on the show . Barr became a stand-up comedian in 1980 . In the late 1980s and early 1990s , she gained fame through her role in Roseanne and other performances . Barr sparked controversy when performing The Star-Spangled Banner at a nationally aired baseball game on July 25 , 1990 . After singing the anthem in what many perceived to be a deliberately disrespectful manner , Barr grabbed her groin and spat . This performance was met with condemnation from baseball fans and sportswriters , and was called disgraceful by then-President George H. W. Bush . Barr has been active and outspoken on political issues . She won nearly 70,000 votes for president in the general election of 2012 , as the presidential nominee of the left-wing Peace and Freedom Party . After Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president in 2015 , Kelly Weill of The Daily Beast wrote that Barr veered right in her politics . After Roseanne was revived , Trump called her to congratulate her on her show 's ratings and thank her for her support .
Dancing with the Stars is the name of various international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing , which is distributed by BBC Worldwide , the commercial arm of the BBC . Currently the format has been licensed to over 42 territories . Versions have also been produced in dozens of countries across the world . As a result , the series became the world 's most popular television program among all genres in 2006 and 2007 , according to the magazine Television Business International , reaching the Top 10 in 17 countries . The show pairs a number of well known celebrities with professional ballroom dancers , who each week compete by performing one or more choreographed routines that follow the prearranged theme for that particular week . The dancers are then scored by a panel of judges . Viewers are given a certain amount of time to place votes for their favorite dancers , either by telephone or ( in some countries ) online . The couple with the lowest combined score provided by the judges and viewers is eliminated . This process continues until there are only two or three couples left ; when they have competed for the last time one couple is declared the champion and wins a trophy .
Harrison Ford ( born July 13 , 1942 ) is an American actor , aviator , and environmental activist . He gained worldwide fame for his starring role as Han Solo in the original Star Wars Trilogy ( 1977-1983 ) , eventually reprising the role decades later in the sequel trilogy ( 2015-2019 ) . Ford is also widely known for his portrayal of Indiana Jones in the Indiana Jones film franchise and as Tom Clancy 's Jack Ryan in the spy thrillers Patriot Games ( 1992 ) and Clear and Present Danger ( 1994 ) . Film critic Roger Ebert described Ford as the great modern movie everyman . His career spans six decades and includes roles in many highly successful Hollywood films . Some of his most popular films include Witness ( 1985 ) , Working Girl ( 1988 ) , Presumed Innocent ( 1990 ) , The Fugitive ( 1993 ) , Air Force One ( 1997 ) , What Lies Beneath ( 2000 ) , and 42 ( 2013 ) . Seven films starring Ford have been inducted into the National Film Registry : American Graffiti ( 1973 ) , The Conversation ( 1974 ) , Star Wars ( 1977 ) , Apocalypse Now ( 1979 ) , The Empire Strikes Back ( 1980 ) , Raiders of the Lost Ark ( 1981 ) , and Blade Runner ( 1982 ) . As of 2019 [ update ] , the U.S. domestic box-office grosses of Ford 's films total over $ 5.1 billion , with worldwide grosses surpassing $ 9.3 billion , making him the fourth highest-grossing domestic box-office star of all time . In addition to his box-office success , Ford is also the recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award and the Cecil B. DeMille Award for his work in the film industry . He is married to actress Calista Flockhart .
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 .
Josh Lee Holloway ( born July 20 , 1969 ) is an American actor , model and producer , best known for his roles as James Sawyer Ford on the American television show Lost and as Will Bowman on the science fiction drama Colony .
Collective Soul is an American rock band originally from Stockbridge , Georgia . Now based in Atlanta , the group consists of lead vocalist Ed Roland , rhythm guitarist Dean Roland , bassist Will Turpin , drummer Johnny Rabb and lead guitarist Jesse Triplett . Formed in 1992 , Collective Soul released their Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid album on the independent label Rising Storm Records in 1993 . The band went from obscurity to popularity that year after the song Shine became an underground hit based on radio play . The album was re-released in 1994 under major label Atlantic Records . Collective Soul released a self-titled album in March 1995 . Considered by Ed Roland to be the band 's true debut album , Collective Soul spent 76 weeks on the Billboard 200 charts and went triple-platinum , becoming the band 's highest selling album . The singles December , The World I Know , and Where the River Flows each reached number one on the Mainstream Rock charts . About two years later , Collective Soul released Disciplined Breakdown . Although not as successful in sales as their previous two albums , Disciplined Breakdown contained two number one Mainstream Rock charts hits - Precious Declaration and Listen . The band released a fourth studio album , Dosage , in 1999 . The album 's first single , Heavy , spent a then record-breaking 15 weeks on the top spot of the Mainstream Rock charts .
Nicollette Sheridan ( born November 21 , 1963 ) is an English-American actress , writer and producer . She began her career as a fashion model , before landing a role in the short-lived ABC primetime soap opera Paper Dolls in 1984 . The following year , she starred in the romantic comedy film The Sure Thing . Sheridan is best known for her roles on television . From 1986 to 1993 , she played Paige Matheson on the CBS primetime soap opera Knots Landing , for which she won two Soap Opera Digest Awards . She later had leading roles in numerous made-for-television movies and miniseries , including Lucky Chances ( 1990 ) , Virus ( 1995 ) , and The People Next Door ( 1996 ) . She has also made a number of feature film appearances , including roles in Noises Off ( 1992 ) , Spy Hard ( 1996 ) , Beverly Hills Ninja ( 1997 ) , and Code Name : The Cleaner ( 2007 ) . In 2004 , Sheridan began starring as Edie Britt in the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives , a role she played until 2009 , for which she received a nomination for a Golden Globe award . She portrayed Alexis Carrington in The CW primetime soap opera reboot Dynasty from 2018 to 2019 .
Sean John Combs ( born November 4 , 1969 ) , also known by the stage names Puff Daddy , P. Diddy , Puffy , or Diddy , is an American rapper , singer , record producer , entrepreneur , record executive , and actor . Combs was born in New York City but was raised in Mount Vernon , New York . He worked as a talent director at Uptown Records before founding his own record label , Bad Boy Entertainment , in 1993 . Combs ' debut album , No Way Out ( 1997 ) , has been certified seven times platinum . No Way Out was followed by successful albums such as Forever ( 1999 ) , The Saga Continues . ( 2001 ) , and Press Play ( 2006 ) . In 2009 , Combs formed the musical group Dirty Money and released the critically and commercially successful album Last Train to Paris ( 2010 ) . Combs has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards , and is the producer of MTV 's Making the Band . In 2018 , Forbes estimated his net worth at $ 825 million .
Edith Falco ( born July 5 , 1963 ) is an American actress , best known for her roles as Diane Whittlesey in the HBO series Oz ( 1997-2000 ) and Carmela Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos ( 1999-2007 ) . For the latter , she received six Emmy nominations , winning three for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series , as well as winning two Golden Globes and five Screen Actors Guild Awards . Falco portrayed Nurse Jackie Peyton on the Showtime series Nurse Jackie ( 2009-2015 ) , earning a further six Emmy nominations and winning once for an Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy . In 2016 , she played Sylvia Wittel on the web series Horace and Pete . In 2017 , she portrayed defense attorney Leslie Abramson in the first season of the true crime anthology series Law & Order True Crime , for which she garnered her 14th Emmy nomination , this time for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie . Falco 's film work includes lead roles in Laws of Gravity ( 1992 ) , for which she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead and Judy Berlin ( 1999 ) , and supporting roles in films including Sunshine State ( 2002 ) , Freedomland ( 2006 ) , and The Comedian ( 2016 ) . For her role in the 2011 Broadway revival of The House of Blue Leaves , she earned a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play .
Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. ( born September 11 , 1967 ) is an American singer , composer , actor , and television host . He has sold over 28 million albums worldwide . Connick is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America , with 16 million in certified sales . He has had seven top 20 US albums , and ten number-one US jazz albums , earning more number-one albums than any other artist in US jazz chart history . Connick 's best-selling album in the United States is his Christmas album When My Heart Finds Christmas ( 1993 ) . His highest-charting album is his release Only You ( 2004 ) , which reached No . 5 in the US and No . 6 in Britain . He has won three Grammy Awards and two Emmy Awards . He played Debra Messing 's character Grace Adlers husband , Leo Markus , on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace from 2002 to 2006 . Connick began his acting career as a tail gunner in the World War II film Memphis Belle ( 1990 ) . He played a serial killer in Copycat ( 1995 ) , before being cast as a fighter pilot in the blockbuster Independence Day ( 1996 ) .
Julianne Moore ( born Julie Anne Smith ; December 3 , 1960 ) is a Scottish American actress and children 's author . Prolific in film since the early 1990s , she is particularly known for her portrayals of emotionally troubled women in both independent and blockbuster films , and has received many accolades , including an Academy Award , a British Academy Film Award and two Golden Globes . Time magazine named Moore one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015 . After studying theatre at Boston University , Moore began her career with a series of television roles . From 1985 to 1988 , she was a regular in the soap opera As the World Turns , earning a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance . Her film debut was in Tales from the Darkside : The Movie ( 1990 ) , and she continued to play small roles for the next four years , including in the thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle ( 1992 ) . Moore first received critical attention with Robert Altman 's Short Cuts ( 1993 ) , and successive performances in Vanya on 42nd Street ( 1994 ) and Safe ( 1995 ) continued this acclaim . Starring roles in the blockbusters Nine Months ( 1995 ) and The Lost World : Jurassic Park ( 1997 ) established her as a leading lady in Hollywood . Moore received considerable recognition in the late 1990s and early 2000s , earning Oscar nominations for Boogie Nights ( 1997 ) , The End of the Affair ( 1999 ) , Far from Heaven ( 2002 ) and The Hours ( 2002 ) . In the first of these , she played a 1970s pornographic actress , while the other three starred her as an unhappy , mid-20th century housewife . She also had success with the films The Big Lebowski ( 1998 ) , Magnolia ( 1999 ) , Hannibal ( 2001 ) , Children of Men ( 2006 ) , A Single Man ( 2009 ) , The Kids Are All Right ( 2010 ) , and Crazy , Stupid , Love ( 2011 ) , and won an Emmy Award for her portrayal of Sarah Palin in the television film Game Change ( 2012 ) . Moore won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her playing an Alzheimer 's patient in Still Alice ( 2014 ) and was named Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for Maps to the Stars ( 2014 ) .
INXS ( pronounced in excess ) were an Australian rock band , formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney , New South Wales . The band 's founding members were bassist Garry Gary Beers , main composer and keyboardist Andrew Farriss , drummer Jon Farriss , guitarist Tim Farriss , lead singer and main lyricist Michael Hutchence , and guitarist and saxophonist Kirk Pengilly . For 20 years , INXS was fronted by Hutchence , whose magnetic stage presence made him the focal point of the band . Initially known for their new wave/pop style , the band later developed a harder pub rock and alternative rock style that included funk and dance elements . In 1984 , INXS had their first number-one hit in Australia with Original Sin . The band would later achieve international success in the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s with the hit albums Listen Like Thieves , Kick , and X , as well as the singles What You Need , Need You Tonight ( the band 's only number-one single in the United States ) , Devil Inside , Never Tear Us Apart , Suicide Blonde and New Sensation . Following Hutchence 's death in November 1997 , INXS made appearances with several guest singers and toured and recorded with Jon Stevens as lead singer beginning in 2002 . In 2005 , members of INXS participated in Rock Star : INXS , a reality television series that culminated in the selection of Canadian J.D . Fortune as their new lead singer . Irish singer-songwriter Ciaran Gribbin replaced Fortune as lead singer in 2011 . During a concert on 11 November 2012 , INXS stated that the performance would be their last , although they did not announce the bands permanent retirement . INXS won six Australian Recording Industry Association ( ARIA ) awards , including three for Best Group in 1987 , 1989 and 1992 ; the band was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2001 .
Joan Alexandra Molinsky ( June 8 , 1933 - September 4 , 2014 ) , known professionally as Joan Rivers , was an American comedian , actress , writer , producer , and television host . She was noted for her often controversial comedic persona - heavily self-deprecating and sharply acerbic , especially towards celebrities and politicians . Rivers rose to prominence in 1965 as a guest on The Tonight Show . Hosted by her mentor , Johnny Carson , the show established Rivers ' comedic style . In 1986 , with her own rival program , The Late Show with Joan Rivers , Rivers became the first woman to host a late night network television talk show . She subsequently hosted The Joan Rivers Show ( 1989-1993 ) , winning a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host . From the mid-1990s , she became known for her comedic red carpet awards show celebrity interviews , and in 2009 , she was the Celebrity Apprentice Winner . Rivers co-hosted the E ! celebrity fashion show Fashion Police from 2010 to 2014 and starred in the reality series Joan & Melissa : Joan Knows Best ? ( 2011-2014 ) with daughter Melissa Rivers . She was the subject of the documentary Joan Rivers : A Piece of Work ( 2010 ) . In addition to marketing a line of jewelry and apparel on the QVC shopping channel , Rivers authored 12 best-selling books and three LP comedy albums under her own name : Mr. Phyllis And Other Funny Stories ( Warner Bros 1965 ) , The Next To Last Joan Rivers Album ( Buddah 1969 ) , and What Becomes A Semi-Legend Most ?
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 .
Cuba Mark Gooding Jr. ( born January 2 , 1968 ) is an American actor , writer , producer , and director . After his breakthrough role as Tre Styles in Boyz n the Hood ( 1991 ) , he appeared in A Few Good Men ( 1992 ) , The Tuskegee Airmen ( 1995 ) , Outbreak ( 1995 ) , and Jerry Maguire ( 1996 ) , for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor , and What Dreams May Come ( 1998 ) . He gained later attention for his roles in Men of Honor ( 2000 ) as Carl Brashear , and in Michael Bay 's World War II epic Pearl Harbor ( 2001 ) as Doris Miller . His other notable films include As Good as It Gets ( 1997 ) , the ensemble farce Rat Race ( 2001 ) , Radio ( 2003 ) , American Gangster ( 2007 ) , Lee Daniels ' The Butler ( 2013 ) , and Selma ( 2014 ) , playing civil rights attorney Fred Gray . In 2016 , he portrayed O.J . Simpson in the FX drama series The People v. O. J. Simpson : American Crime Story , and co-starred in the sixth season of the FX anthology series American Horror Story , subtitled Roanoke .
Matthew Chandler Fox ( born July 14 , 1966 ) is an American actor . He is best known for his roles as Charlie Salinger on Party of Five ( 1994-2000 ) and Jack Shephard on the drama series Lost ( 2004-2010 ) , the latter of which earned him Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award nominations . Fox has also performed in ten feature films , including We Are Marshall ( 2006 ) , Vantage Point ( 2008 ) , Alex Cross ( 2012 ) , Emperor ( 2012 ) and Bone Tomahawk ( 2015 ) .
Heidi Klum ( German pronunciation : [ ˈhaɪ̯diː ˈklʊm ] ; born 1 June 1973 ) is a German-American model , television personality , businesswoman , fashion designer , singer , television producer , author , and actress . She appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 1998 and was the first German model to become a Victoria 's Secret Angel . Following a successful modeling career , Klum became the host and a judge of Germany 's Next Topmodel and the reality show Project Runway , which earned her an Emmy nomination in 2008 and a win in 2013 for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program ( shared with co-host Tim Gunn ) ; Klum has been nominated for six Emmy Awards . She has worked as a spokesmodel for Dannon and H & M , and has appeared in numerous commercials for McDonald 's , Volkswagen and others . In 2009 , Klum became Barbie 's official ambassador on Barbie 's 50th anniversary . As an occasional actress , she had supporting roles in movies including Blow Dry ( 2001 ) , Ella Enchanted ( 2004 ) , and made cameo appearances in The Devil Wears Prada ( 2006 ) and Perfect Stranger ( 2007 ) . She has also appeared on TV shows including Sex and the City , How I Met Your Mother , Desperate Housewives and Parks and Recreation . From 2013 until February 2019 , Klum was a judge on NBC reality show , America 's Got Talent . In May 2011 , Forbes magazine estimated Klum 's total earnings for that year as US $ 20 million . She was ranked second on Forbes ' list of the World 's Top-Earning Models . Forbes noted that since ending her 13-year run as a Victoria 's Secret Angel , Klum has become more of a businesswoman than a model . In 2008 , she became an American citizen while maintaining her native German citizenship .
James Thomas Fallon ( born September 19 , 1974 ) is an American comedian , actor , television host , singer , writer , and producer . He is known for his work in television as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and as the host of late-night talk show The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and before that Late Night with Jimmy Fallon . He grew up with an interest in comedy and music , moving to Los Angeles at 21 to pursue opportunities in stand-up comedy . He was commissioned to join NBC 's Saturday Night Live as a cast member in 1998 , fulfilling a lifelong dream . Fallon remained on SNL for six years between 1998 and 2004 , co-hosting the program 's Weekend Update segment and becoming a celebrity in the process . He left the program for the film industry , starring in films such as Taxi ( 2004 ) and Fever Pitch ( 2005 ) . Following his film career , Fallon returned to television as the host of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC studios in 2009 , where he became well known for his emphasis on music and video games . He moved from that program to become the sixth permanent host of the long-running The Tonight Show in 2014 . In addition to his television work , Fallon has released two comedy albums and five books .
Tyler Perry ( born Emmitt Perry Jr. ; September 13 , 1969 ) is an American actor , writer , producer , comedian and director . In 2011 , Forbes listed him as the highest paid man in entertainment , earning US $ 130 million between May 2010 and May 2011 . Perry created and performs the Madea character , a tough elderly black woman . Perry 's films vary in style from orthodox filmmaking techniques to filmed productions of live stage plays . Many of Perry 's stage-play films have been subsequently adapted as films . Perry wrote and produced many stage plays during the 1990s and early 2000s . Perry has developed several television series , most notably Tyler Perry 's House of Payne , which ran for eight seasons on TBS from June 21 , 2006 , to August 10 , 2012 . On October 2 , 2012 , Perry struck an exclusive multi-year partnership with Oprah Winfrey and her Oprah Winfrey Network . The partnership was largely for the sake of bringing scripted television to OWN , based on Perry 's previous success in this area . Perry has created multiple scripted series for the network , The Haves and the Have Nots being its most successful . The Haves and the Have Nots has given OWN its highest ratings to date as of 2014 , with the series also referred to as one of OWN 's biggest success stories with its weekly dose of soapy fun , filled with the typical betrayals , affairs , and manipulations . Perry has additionally acted in films not directed or produced by himself , including as Admiral Barnett in Star Trek ( 2009 ) , the titular character in Alex Cross ( 2012 ) , Tanner Bolt in Gone Girl ( 2014 ) , Baxter Stockman in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Out of the Shadows ( 2016 ) and Colin Powell in Vice ( 2018 ) .
Caryn Elaine Johnson ( born November 13 , 1955 ) , known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg ( /ˈwʊpi/ ) , is an American actor , comedian , author , and television personality . She has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards and is one of the few entertainers to have won an Emmy Award , a Grammy Award , an Academy Award , and a Tony Award . She is also the second black woman to win an Academy Award for acting . Goldberg 's breakthrough came in 1985 for her role as Celie , a mistreated woman in the Deep South , in Steven Spielberg 's period drama film The Color Purple , for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her first Golden Globe Award . For her performance in the romantic fantasy film Ghost ( 1990 ) as Oda Mae Brown , an eccentric psychic , Goldberg won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a second Golden Globe , her first for Best Supporting Actress . In 1992 , Goldberg starred in the comedy Sister Act , earning a third Golden Globe nomination , her first for Best Actress - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical . She reprised the role in Sister Act 2 : Back in the Habit ( 1993 ) , making her the highest-paid actress at the time . Her other film roles include Made in America ( 1993 ) , Corrina , Corrina ( 1994 ) , The Lion King ( 1994 ) , The Little Rascals ( 1994 ) , Boys on the Side ( 1995 ) , Theodore Rex ( 1995 ) , Ghosts of Mississippi ( 1996 ) , How Stella Got Her Groove Back ( 1998 ) , Girl , Interrupted ( 1999 ) , For Colored Girls ( 2010 ) , Toy Story 3 ( 2010 ) , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ( 2014 ) , Nobody 's Fool ( 2018 ) , and Furlough ( 2018 ) . In television , Goldberg is known for her role as Guinan on Star Trek : The Next Generation and for co-hosting and moderating the talk show The View since 2007 .
Lynn Whitfield ( née Butler-Smith ; born February 8 , 1953 ) is an American actress and producer . She began her acting career in television and theatre , before progressing to supporting roles in film . She won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance as Josephine Baker in the HBO biographical drama film The Josephine Baker Story ( 1991 ) . Whitfield spent her career after her breakthrough performance as Josephine Baker , playing the leading roles in a number of made for television movies in the 1990s , and had several starring roles in films , include performances in A Thin Line Between Love and Hate ( 1996 ) , Gone Fishin ' ( 1997 ) , Eve 's Bayou ( 1997 ) , Stepmom ( 1998 ) , Head of State ( 2003 ) , Madea 's Family Reunion ( 2006 ) and The Women ( 2008 ) . Whitfield also starred in a number of smaller movies in the 2000s and 2010s . In 2016 , she began starring as villainous Lady Mae Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series , Greenleaf . Whitfield has won six NAACP Image Awards .
Donald John Trump ( born June 14 , 1946 ) is the 45th and current president of the United States . Before entering politics , he was a businessman and television personality . Trump was born and raised in Queens , a borough of New York City , and received a bachelor 's degree in economics from the Wharton School . He took charge of his family 's real-estate business in 1971 , renamed it The Trump Organization , and expanded its operations from Queens and Brooklyn into Manhattan . The company built or renovated skyscrapers , hotels , casinos , and golf courses . Trump later started various side ventures , mostly by licensing his name . He owned the Miss Universe and Miss USA beauty pageants from 1996 to 2015 and produced and hosted The Apprentice , a reality television show , from 2003 to 2015 . As of 2019 [ update ] , Forbes estimated his net worth to be $ 3.1 billion . [ a ] Trump entered the 2016 presidential race as a Republican and defeated 16 other candidates in the primaries . His political positions have been described as populist , protectionist , and nationalist . Despite not being favored in most forecasts , he was elected over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton , although he lost the popular vote . He became the oldest first-term U.S. president , [ b ] and the first without prior military or government service .
Roger Joseph Ebert ( /ˈiːbərt/ ; June 18 , 1942 - April 4 , 2013 ) was an American film critic , historian , journalist , screenwriter , and author . He was a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013 . In 1975 , Ebert became the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism . Ebert and Chicago Tribune critic Gene Siskel helped popularize nationally televised film reviewing when they co-hosted the PBS show Sneak Previews , followed by several variously named At the Movies programs . The two verbally sparred and traded humorous barbs while discussing films . They created and trademarked the phrase two thumbs up , used when both gave the same film a positive review . After Siskel died in 1999 , Ebert continued hosting the show with various co-hosts and then , starting in 2000 , with Richard Roeper . Neil Steinberg of the Chicago Sun-Times said Ebert was without question the nation 's most prominent and influential film critic , Tom Van Riper of Forbes described him as the most powerful pundit in America , and Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times called him the best-known film critic in America . Ebert had cancer of the thyroid and salivary glands beginning in 2002 . In 2006 , he required treatment necessitating the removal of his lower jaw , leaving him severely disfigured and without the ability to speak or eat normally . His ability to write remained unimpaired and he continued to publish frequently online and in print until his death on April 4 , 2013 .
William Raymond Norwood Jr. ( born January 17 , 1981 ) , known professionally as Ray J , is an American singer , rapper , songwriter , television personality , actor , and entrepreneur . Born in McComb , Mississippi and raised in Carson , California , he is the younger brother of recording artist and actress Brandy Norwood and the first cousin of rapper Snoop Dogg . In January 2017 , he competed in the nineteenth season of the UK reality television programme Celebrity Big Brother .
Los Angeles ( /lɔːs ˈændʒələs/ ( listen ) ; [ a ] Spanish : Los Ángeles ; Spanish for The Angels ) , officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L.A. , is the most populous city in California ; the second most populous city in the United States , after New York City ; and the third most populous city in North America , after Mexico City and New York City . With an estimated population of nearly four million people , Los Angeles is the cultural , financial , and commercial center of Southern California . The city is known for its Mediterranean climate , ethnic diversity , Hollywood , the entertainment industry , and its sprawling metropolis . Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California , adjacent to the Pacific Ocean , with mountains as high as 10,000 feet ( 3,000 m ) , and deserts . The city , which covers about 469 square miles ( 1,210 km2 ) , is the seat of Los Angeles County , the most populous county in the United States . The Los Angeles metropolitan area ( MSA ) is the second-largest metropolitan area in the nation with a population of 13.1 million people . Greater Los Angeles , which includes the metro area of Riverside and San Bernardino , is the nation 's second most populous combined statistical area , with a 2015 estimate of 18.7 million people . Historically home to the Chumash and Tongva , Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542 . The city was officially founded on September 4 , 1781 , by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve . It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence . In 1848 , at the end of the Mexican-American War , Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo , and thus became part of the United States . Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4 , 1850 , five months before California achieved statehood .
Howard Michael Mandel ( born November 29 , 1955 ) is a Canadian comedian , actor , voice actor , and television host . He hosted the CNBC ( originally NBC ) game show Deal or No Deal , as well as the show 's daytime and Canadian-English counterparts . In 1987 , Mandel starred alongside Amy Steel in the comedy film Walk Like a Man . From 1982 to 1988 , Mandel played rowdy ER intern Dr. Wayne Fiscus on the NBC medical drama St . Elsewhere . He also created , voiced , and starred in the FOX 's children 's cartoon Bobby 's World , and judges on NBC 's America 's Got Talent .
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 .
American Idol is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller , produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment , and distributed by Fremantle North America . It initially aired on Fox from June 11 , 2002 , to April 7 , 2016 , for 15 seasons . It had a hiatus for two years , until March 11 , 2018 , when a revival of the series aired on ABC . It started as an addition to the Idols format that was based on Pop Idol from British television , and became one of the most successful shows in the history of American television . The concept of the series involves discovering recording stars from unsigned singing talents , with the winner determined by American viewers using phones , Internet , and SMS text voting . The winners of the first seventeen seasons , as chosen by viewers , are Kelly Clarkson , Ruben Studdard , Fantasia Barrino , Carrie Underwood , Taylor Hicks , Jordin Sparks , David Cook , Kris Allen , Lee DeWyze , Scotty McCreery , Phillip Phillips , Candice Glover , Caleb Johnson , Nick Fradiani , Trent Harmon , Maddie Poppe , and Laine Hardy respectively . American Idol employs a panel of vocal judges who critique the contestants ' performances . The original judges , for the first through eighth seasons , were record producer and music manager Randy Jackson , singer and choreographer Paula Abdul , and music executive and manager Simon Cowell . The judging panel for the last three seasons on Fox consisted of singers Keith Urban , Jennifer Lopez , and Harry Connick Jr . The sixteenth season brought three new judges : singers Lionel Richie , Katy Perry , and Luke Bryan . The first season was hosted by radio personality Ryan Seacrest and comedian Brian Dunkleman , but Seacrest remained as the sole master of ceremonies for the rest of the series . The success of American Idol has been described as unparalleled in broadcasting history .