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

Co-hosts

"Host Chat"[1]

Guests/segments[2]

May 1

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Ving Rhames, a report on computer-imagined hairstyles

May 2

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, David Blaine, KT Tunstall

May 3

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Tom Cruise

May 4

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Michelle Rodriguez, Judy Sheindlin

May 5

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Teri Hatcher, Jimmy Buffett, Sam Champion

May 8

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Josh Lucas

May 9

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Jaime Pressly, Nick Lachey

May 10

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Michelle Monaghan

May 11

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Celebrating moms

May 12

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

LIVE's Mom's Dream Come True Special

May 15

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Nicollette Sheridan, Terry O'Quinn, Jeff Probst

May 16

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

James Spader, Christina Milian

May 17

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Eric McCormack, Jennifer Garner

May 18

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Jimmy Kimmel, Debra Messing

May 19

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Tom Hanks, Patricia Arquette

May 22

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

LIVE! in Niagara Falls, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Ashley Parker Angel, America's Next Top Model

May 23

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

LIVE! in Niagara Falls, Dean Cain

May 24

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Halle Berry

May 25

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

Hugh Jackman

May 26

Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa

LIVE! at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Paul Newman, Owen Wilson, Jesse James, Phil Vassar

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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 .
Irving Rameses Rhames ( born May 12 , 1959 ) is an American stage and screen actor . He is best known for his starring role as Luther Stickell in the Mission : Impossible film series and his supporting role as gang kingpin Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction . He also appeared in Jacob 's Ladder ( 1990 ) , Dave ( 1993 ) , Striptease ( 1996 ) , Don King : Only in America ( 1997 ) , Rosewood ( 1997 ) , Con Air ( 1997 ) , Bringing Out the Dead ( 1999 ) , Baby Boy ( 2001 ) , Dawn of the Dead ( 2004 ) , Day of the Dead ( 2008 ) , Piranha 3D ( 2010 ) , and Father Figures ( 2017 ) . He voiced Cobra Bubbles in the animated film Lilo & Stitch ( 2002 ) . Rhames is a Golden Globe Award winner , as well as an Emmy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominee .
Jonathan Rhys Meyers ( born Jonathan Michael Francis O'Keeffe ; 27 July 1977 ) is an Irish actor . He is known for his roles in the films Velvet Goldmine ( 1998 ) , Bend It Like Beckham ( 2002 ) , Match Point ( 2005 ) , Mission : Impossible III ( 2006 ) and his television roles as Elvis Presley in the biographical miniseries Elvis ( 2005 ) , which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film , and as King Henry VIII in the historical drama The Tudors ( 2007-10 ) . He has been the face model for several Hugo Boss fragrances advertising campaigns . In 2013 , Meyers appeared as the villain Valentine Morgenstern in The Mortal Instruments : City of Bones , based on Cassandra Clare 's novel , City of Bones . He also starred in the NBC drama series Dracula ( 2013-14 ) as the title character , and appeared in the 2015 film Stonewall , directed by Roland Emmerich .
David Blaine White ( born April 4 , 1973 ) is an American illusionist , endurance artist and extreme performer . He is best known for his high-profile feats of endurance , and has set and broken several world records . Blaine innovated the way magic is shown on television by focusing on spectator reactions . His idea was to turn the camera around on the people watching instead of the performer , to make the audience watch the audience . The New York Times noted that he 's taken a craft that 's been around for hundreds of years and done something unique and fresh with it . According to the New York Daily News , Blaine can lay claim to his own brand of wizardry . The magic he offers operates on an uncommonly personal level . Penn Jillette called Blaine 's first television special , Street Magic , the biggest breakthrough ( in television magic ) done in our lifetime for changing the perspective of television viewers toward those seeing the trick live .
Kate Victoria Tunstall ( born 23 June 1975 ) , known professionally as KT Tunstall , is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician . She broke into the public eye with a 2004 live solo performance of her song Black Horse and the Cherry Tree on Later . with Jools Holland . Born in Edinburgh to a Hong Kong-born exotic dancer , she was adopted by David and Rosemary Tunstall of St Andrews . At the age of four she started playing piano ; later she learned to play other musical instruments . She attended the Lawhead Primary and Madras College in St. Andrews , High School of Dundee and Kent School in Kent , Connecticut in the United States . She earned her BA in Drama & Music in 1996 from the Royal Holloway , University of London . She was awarded an honorary doctorate by Royal Holloway in 2011 . Her debut album was named Eye to the Telescope - the name was inspired by her childhood experiences at her father 's physics laboratory at University of St Andrews . Released in 2004 , this album launched her music career . That album inspired her nomination for the Mercury Prize in 2005 , BRIT Award for Best British Live Act and BRIT Award for Best Breakthrough Act in 2006 , and Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 2007 . She eventually won BRIT Award for Best British Female Artist and European Border Breakers Award , both in 2006 .
Thomas Cruise ( born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV ; July 3 , 1962 ) is an American actor and film producer . He has received several accolades for his work , including three Golden Globe Awards and nominations for three Academy Awards . Cruise is one of the best-paid actors in the world , and his films have grossed over $ 4 billion in North America and over $ 10.1 billion worldwide , making him one of the highest-grossing box-office stars of all time . Cruise began acting in the early 1980s and made his breakthrough with leading roles in the comedy Risky Business ( 1983 ) and the action drama Top Gun ( 1986 ) . Critical acclaim came with his roles in the dramas The Color of Money ( 1986 ) , Rain Man ( 1988 ) , and Born on the Fourth of July ( 1989 ) . For portraying Ron Kovic in the latter , he won a Golden Globe Award and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor . As a leading Hollywood star in the 1990s , Cruise starred in several commercially successful films , including the drama A Few Good Men ( 1992 ) , the thriller The Firm ( 1993 ) , the horror film Interview with the Vampire ( 1994 ) , and the romance Jerry Maguire ( 1996 ) , for which he won another Golden Globe and received his second Oscar nomination . His performance as a motivational speaker in the 1999 drama Magnolia earned him a third Golden Globe and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor . As an action star , Cruise has played Ethan Hunt in six films of the Mission : Impossible film series from 1996 to 2018 . He also continued to feature in several science fiction and action films , including Vanilla Sky ( 2001 ) , Minority Report ( 2002 ) , The Last Samurai ( 2003 ) , Collateral ( 2004 ) , War of the Worlds ( 2005 ) , Knight and Day ( 2010 ) , Jack Reacher ( 2012 ) , Oblivion ( 2013 ) , and Edge of Tomorrow ( 2014 ) . Cruise has been married to actresses Mimi Rogers , Nicole Kidman , and Katie Holmes . He has three children , two of whom were adopted during his marriage to Kidman and the other of whom is a biological daughter he had with Holmes .
Mayte Michelle Rodriguez ( born July 12 , 1978 ) is an American actress . Her breakout role was as a troubled boxer in the independent film Girlfight ( 2000 ) , which was met with critical acclaim and earned her several awards , including the Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Award for Best Debut Performance . The following year , she starred as Letty Ortiz in the blockbuster film The Fast and the Furious ( 2001 ) , a role she has reprised in five additional films in the Fast & Furious franchise . During her career , Rodriguez has played in a number of successful action films , including Resident Evil , S.W.A.T. , and Avatar . Rodriguez also branched into television , playing Ana Lucia Cortez in the second season of the television series Lost . She has also had numerous voice work appearances in video games such as Call of Duty and Halo , and lent her voice for the 3D animated film Turbo and the television series IGPX . With her films grossing over $ 5 billion ( U.S. ) collectively , a 2013 Entertainment Weekly article described Rodriguez as arguably the most iconic actress in the action genre , as well as one of the most visible Latinas in Hollywood .
Judith Susan Sheindlin ( née Blum ; born October 21 , 1942 ) , known professionally as Judge Judy , is an American prosecution lawyer , former Manhattan family court judge , television personality , and author . Since September 1996 , Sheindlin has presided over her own successful 4-time Daytime Emmy Award-winning arbitration-based court show series , Judge Judy , produced by CBS Television Distribution . Sheindlin passed the New York state bar examination in 1965 and became a prosecutor in the family court system . In 1982 New York City Mayor Ed Koch appointed her as a judge , first in criminal court , then later as Manhattan 's supervising family court judge in 1986 . Sheindlin is the longest serving judge or arbitrator in courtroom-themed programming history , a distinction that earned Sheindlin a place in the Guinness World Records .
Teri Lynn Hatcher ( born December 8 , 1964 ) is an American actress , writer , presenter and singer . She is most known for her portrayal of Lois Lane on the television series Lois & Clark : The New Adventures of Superman ( 1993-1997 ) , as Paris Carver in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies , and as Susan Mayer on the television series Desperate Housewives ( 2004-2012 ) amongst numerous other television and film roles . For her portrayal of Susan Mayer , she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy , three Screen Actors Guild Awards ( one as lead female actor and the other two as part of the best ensemble ) , and a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series .
James William Buffett ( born December 25 , 1946 ) is an American singer , songwriter , musician , author , actor , and businessman . He is best known for his music , which often portrays an island escapism lifestyle . Together with his Coral Reefer Band , Buffett has recorded hit songs including Margaritaville ( ranked 234th on the Recording Industry Association of America 's list of Songs of the Century ) and Come Monday . He has a devoted base of fans known as Parrotheads . Aside from his career in music , Buffett is also a best-selling writer and is involved in two restaurant chains named after two of his best-known songs ; he owns the Margaritaville Cafe restaurant chain and co-developed the Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant chain .
Samuel James Champion ( born August 13 , 1961 ) is an American weather anchor who is best known for his combined 25-year career on the ABC flagship station WABC-TV and Good Morning America . He formerly co-anchored AMHQ : America 's Morning Headquarters and 23.5 Degrees With Sam Champion on The Weather Channel . After December 4 , 2013 , his final day with ABC , he became the managing editor of The Weather Channel , beginning on January 1 , 2014 . Champion also appeared on the Today show on NBC . After leaving NBC and the Weather Channel in 2016 , he returned to ABC on a fill-in basis and returned to become the weekday morning and noon weather anchor at WABC-TV in June 2019 .
Joshua Lucas Easy Dent Maurer ( born June 20 , 1971 ) is an American actor . He has appeared in various films , including American Psycho , You Can Count on Me , The Deep End , A Beautiful Mind , Sweet Home Alabama , Hulk , Secondhand Lions , Stealth , An Unfinished Life , Glory Road , Poseidon , Management , Life as We Know It , The Lincoln Lawyer , J. Edgar , Red Dog , Breakthrough , and Ford v Ferrari . His television roles include The Firm , The Mysteries of Laura , and Yellowstone .
Jaime Elizabeth Pressly ( born July 30 , 1977 ) is an American actress and model . She is best known for playing Joy Turner on the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl , for which she was nominated for two Emmy Awards ( winning one ) as well as a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award . She has also appeared in films such as Poison Ivy : The New Seduction ( 1997 ) , Joe Dirt ( 2001 ) , DOA : Dead or Alive ( 2006 ) , and I Love You , Man ( 2009 ) . She currently portrays Jill in the television series Mom .
Nicholas Scott Lachey ( /ləˈʃeɪ/ lə-SHAY ; born November 9 , 1973 ) is an American actor , singer , and television personality . He rose to fame as the lead singer of the multi-platinum-selling boyband 98 Degrees , and later starred in the reality series Newlyweds : Nick and Jessica with his then-wife , Jessica Simpson . He has released four solo albums : SoulO , What 's Left of Me , A Father 's Lullaby , and Soundtrack of My Life . He also had a recurring role on the television series Charmed .
Michelle Lynn Monaghan ( born March 23 , 1976 ) is an American actress . She is best known for her starring roles in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang ( 2005 ) , Gone Baby Gone ( 2007 ) , Made of Honor ( 2008 ) , Eagle Eye ( 2008 ) , Trucker ( 2008 ) , Source Code ( 2011 ) , Pixels ( 2015 ) , and Patriots Day ( 2016 ) . She has also received recognition for her starring role as Julia Meade in the action spy film series Mission : Impossible , appearing in Mission : Impossible III ( 2006 ) , Mission : Impossible - Ghost Protocol ( 2011 ) , and Mission : Impossible - Fallout ( 2018 ) . On television , Monaghan starred as Maggie Hart in the first season of the anthology crime drama series True Detective ( 2014 ) , for which she received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress . She also starred as Sarah Lane in the drama series The Path ( 2016-18 ) . Currently , Monaghan stars as Eva Geller on the Netflix thriller series Messiah .
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 .
Terrance Quinn ( born July 15 , 1952 ) , known professionally as Terry O'Quinn , is an American actor . He played John Locke on the TV series Lost , the title role in The Stepfather and Stepfather II , and Peter Watts in Millennium , which ran for three seasons ( 1996-1999 ) . He has also hosted Mysteries of the Missing on The Science Channel .
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 .
James Todd Spader ( born February 7 , 1960 ) is an American actor . He is best known for portraying eccentric characters in films such as the drama Sex , Lies , and Videotape ( 1989 ) , the action science fiction film Stargate ( 1994 ) , the controversial psychological thriller Crash ( 1996 ) , and the erotic romance Secretary ( 2002 ) . In the Marvel Cinematic Universe , he played the titular character of Ultron in Avengers : Age of Ultron ( 2015 ) , which he portrayed through voice and motion capture . His best-known television roles are those of attorney Alan Shore in The Practice and its spin-off Boston Legal ( for which he won three Emmy Awards ) , and Robert California in the comedy-mockumentary The Office . He currently stars as high-profile criminal-turned-FBI-informant Raymond Red Reddington in the NBC crime drama The Blacklist , for which he has earned two Golden Globe Award nominations .
Christine Flores ( born September 26 , 1981 ) , better known as Christina Milian ( /ˌmɪliˈɑːn/ ) , is an American actress , singer and songwriter of Cuban origin . Born in Jersey City , New Jersey , and raised in Maryland , Milian signed a contract with Def Jam at the age of 19 . In 2001 , Milian released her self-titled debut album , which featured the singles AM to PM and When You Look at Me ; AM to PM charted within the Top 40 of the U.S . Billboard Hot 100 and both peaked in the top three on the UK Singles Chart . In 2004 , Milian released her second studio album It 's About Time , which provided her first major U.S. hit , Dip It Low , which reached number five on the U.S . Billboard chart . Whatever U Want was released as the album 's second single . Both singles charted within the Top 10 of the UK chart . In 2006 , Milian released her third studio album So Amazin ' . The album produced one single , Say I , which peaked in the Top 30 of the US Billboard chart . A month after the release of So Amazin ' , Milian 's representative confirmed that she had left Island Records due to creative differences . Milian signed with Interscope Records in 2009 .
Eric James McCormack ( born April 18 , 1963 ) is a Canadian-American actor and singer known for his role as Will Truman in the American sitcom Will & Grace , Grant MacLaren in Netflix 's Travelers and Dr. Daniel Pierce in the American crime drama Perception . Born in Toronto , McCormack started acting by performing in high school plays . He left Ryerson University in 1985 to accept a position with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival , where he spent five years performing in numerous stage productions . For much of the late 1990s , he lived in Los Angeles and had minor roles . He made his feature film debut in the 1992 science-fiction adventure film The Lost World . McCormack appeared in several television series , including Top Cops , Street Justice , Lonesome Dove : The Series , Townies , and Ally McBeal . McCormack later gained worldwide recognition for playing Will Truman in Will & Grace , which premiered in September 1998 . His performance has earned him six Golden Globe nominations and four Emmy nominations , ultimately winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2001 . Aside from appearing in television , he made his Broadway debut in the 2001 production of The Music Man and starred in the 2005 film The Sisters . Following the series conclusion of Will & Grace in 2006 , McCormack starred as the leading role in the New York production of Some Girl ( s ) . He starred in the television miniseries The Andromeda Strain ( 2008 ) and returned to television in 2009 in the TNT drama Trust Me , which was cancelled after one season . Also in 2009 , McCormack was cast in the science-fiction movie Alien Trespass .
Jennifer Anne Garner ( born April 17 , 1972 ) is an American actress . Following a supporting role in Pearl Harbor ( 2001 ) , Garner gained recognition for her performance as CIA officer Sydney Bristow in the ABC spy-action thriller Alias , which aired from 2001 to 2006 . For her work on the series , she won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award , and received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations . While working on Alias , Garner made a cameo appearance in Catch Me If You Can ( 2002 ) , followed by giving a praised leading performance in the romantic comedy film 13 Going on 30 ( 2004 ) . Garner has appeared in supporting as well as lead roles , including the superhero films Daredevil ( 2003 ) and Elektra ( 2005 ) , the comedy-drama Juno ( 2007 ) , and the fantasy-comedy The Invention of Lying ( 2009 ) . In the 2010s , she appeared in the romantic comedy Valentine 's Day ( 2010 ) , the fantasy drama The Odd Life of Timothy Green ( 2012 ) , the biographic drama Dallas Buyers Club ( 2013 ) , the family comedy Alexander and the Terrible , Horrible , No Good , Very Bad Day ( 2014 ) , the drama Miracles from Heaven ( 2016 ) , the romantic comedy-drama Love , Simon ( 2018 ) , and the action thriller Peppermint ( 2018 ) . Garner works frequently as an activist for early childhood education and is a board member of Save the Children . She is also an advocate for anti-paparazzi campaigns among children of celebrities . Garner had a five-year relationship with Scott Foley from 1998 to 2003 , during which they married . Garner married actor Ben Affleck in 2005 ; they separated in 2015 and divorced in 2018 . Garner and Affleck have three children together .
James Christian Kimmel ( born November 13 , 1967 ) is an American television host , comedian , writer , and producer . He is the host and executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live ! , a late-night talk show that premiered on ABC on January 26 , 2003 at Hollywood Masonic Temple in Hollywood , California ; and on April 1 , 2019 , at a secondary home , the Zappos Theater on the Las Vegas Strip . Kimmel hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2012 and 2016 , and the Academy Awards in 2017 and 2018 . Before hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live ! , he was known as the co-host of Comedy Central 's The Man Show and Win Ben Stein 's Money . Kimmel has also produced such shows as Crank Yankers , Sports Show with Norm Macdonald , and The Andy Milonakis Show . In 2018 , Time named him as one of The World 's 100 Most Influential People .
Debra Lynn Messing ( born August 15 , 1968 ) is an American actress . After graduating from New York University 's Tisch School of the Arts , Messing received short-lived roles on television series such as Ned and Stacey on Fox ( 1995-1997 ) and Prey on ABC ( 1998 ) . She achieved her breakthrough role as Grace Adler , an interior designer , on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace ( 1998-2006 , 2017-2020 ) , for which she was critically acclaimed , receiving six Golden Globe Award nominations and five Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series , winning once in 2003 . From 2007 to 2008 , Messing starred as Molly Kagan , the ex-wife of a Hollywood film mogul , on the television miniseries The Starter Wife , for which she received two Golden Globe nominations , a Primetime Emmy Award nomination and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for her performance . Thereafter , she appeared as Broadway playwright Julia Houston on the NBC musical drama Smash ( 2012-2013 ) and as homicide detective Laura Diamond on the NBC police-procedural comedy The Mysteries of Laura ( 2014-2016 ) . Since 2017 , Messing has been reprising her role as Grace Adler on NBC 's revival of Will & Grace , garnering a ninth Golden Globe nomination for her performance . Messing 's film work includes A Walk in the Clouds ( 1995 ) , Jesus ( 1999 ) , The Mothman Prophecies ( 2002 ) , Hollywood Ending ( 2002 ) , Along Came Polly ( 2004 ) , The Wedding Date ( 2005 ) , Lucky You ( 2007 ) , The Women ( 2008 ) , Nothing like the Holidays ( 2008 ) , and Searching ( 2018 ) . She has also lent her voice to animated films such as Garfield ( 2004 ) and Open Season ( 2006 ) .
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks ( born July 9 , 1956 ) is an American actor and filmmaker . Hanks is known for his comedic and dramatic roles in such films as Splash ( 1984 ) , Bachelor Party ( 1984 ) , Big ( 1988 ) , Turner & Hooch ( 1989 ) , A League of Their Own ( 1992 ) , Sleepless in Seattle ( 1993 ) , Forrest Gump ( 1994 ) , Apollo 13 ( 1995 ) , You 've Got Mail ( 1998 ) , The Green Mile ( 1999 ) , Cast Away ( 2000 ) , Road to Perdition ( 2002 ) , Cloud Atlas ( 2012 ) , Captain Phillips ( 2013 ) , Saving Mr. Banks ( 2013 ) , Sully ( 2016 ) , and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood ( 2019 ) . He has also starred in the Robert Langdon films , and he voices Sheriff Woody in the Toy Story film series . He is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide , and he is widely regarded as an American cultural icon . Hanks has collaborated with film director Steven Spielberg on five films to date : Saving Private Ryan ( 1998 ) , Catch Me If You Can ( 2002 ) , The Terminal ( 2004 ) , Bridge of Spies ( 2015 ) , and The Post ( 2017 ) , as well as the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers , which launched Hanks as a successful director , producer , and screenwriter . In 2010 , Spielberg and Hanks were executive producers on the HBO miniseries The Pacific . Hanks ' films have grossed more than $ 4.9 billion at U.S. and Canadian box offices and more than $ 9.96 billion worldwide , making him the fifth-highest-grossing actor in North America . His awards include a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for his role in Philadelphia ( 1993 ) , as well as a Golden Globe Award , an Academy Award , a Screen Actors Guild Award , and a People 's Choice Award for Forrest Gump ( 1994 ) . Hanks is one of only two actors to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in consecutive years , Spencer Tracy being the other . In 2004 , he received the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts ( BAFTA ) . In 2014 , he received a Kennedy Center Honor , and in 2016 , he received a Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama , as well as the French Legion of Honor .
Patricia Arquette ( born April 8 , 1968 ) is an American actress . She made her feature film debut as Kristen Parker in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 : Dream Warriors ( 1987 ) . Her other notable films include True Romance ( 1993 ) , Ed Wood ( 1994 ) , Flirting with Disaster ( 1996 ) , Lost Highway ( 1997 ) , The Hi-Lo Country ( 1998 ) , Bringing Out the Dead ( 1999 ) , Stigmata ( 1999 ) , Holes ( 2003 ) , Fast Food Nation ( 2006 ) , The Wannabe ( 2015 ) , and Toy Story 4 ( 2019 ) . For playing a divorced mother in the coming-of-age drama film Boyhood ( 2014 ) , which was filmed from 2002 until 2014 , Arquette received widespread critical praise and won several awards , including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress . On television , she played the character Allison DuBois - based on the author and medium Allison DuBois , who claims to have psychic abilities - in the supernatural drama series Medium ( 2005-2011 ) . She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2005 , from two nominations she received for the role , in addition to three Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations . Arquette also appeared in the CSI franchise as Avery Ryan , the Deputy Director of the FBI , starring in CSI : Cyber ( 2015-16 ) . She went on to star as Joyce Mitchell in the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora ( 2018 ) , winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress , and as Dee Dee Blanchard in the Hulu anthology series The Act ( 2019 ) , winning the Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress .
Niagara Falls /naɪˈæɡrə , naɪˈæɡərə/ is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge , spanning the border between the US state of New York and the Canadian province of Ontario . The largest of the three is Horseshoe Falls , also known as Canadian Falls , which straddles the international border between Canada and the United States . The smaller American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls lie entirely within the United States . Bridal Veil Falls are separated from Horseshoe Falls by Goat Island and from American Falls by Luna Island , with both islands situated in New York as well . Located on the Niagara River , which drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario , the combined falls have the highest flow rate of any waterfall in North America that has a vertical drop of more than 50 metres ( 160 ft ) . During peak daytime tourist hours , more than 168,000 m3 ( six million cubic feet ) of water goes over the crest of the falls every minute . Horseshoe Falls is the most powerful waterfall in North America , as measured by flow rate . The falls are 27 kilometres ( 17 mi ) north-northwest of Buffalo , New York , and 121 kilometres ( 75 mi ) south-southeast of Toronto , between the twin cities of Niagara Falls , Ontario , and Niagara Falls , New York . Niagara Falls was formed when glaciers receded at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation ( the last ice age ) , and water from the newly formed Great Lakes carved a path through the Niagara Escarpment en route to the Atlantic Ocean . Niagara Falls is famed both for its beauty and as a valuable source of hydroelectric power . Balancing recreational , commercial , and industrial uses has been a challenge for the stewards of the falls since the 19th century .
Mary Lynn Rajskub ( /ˈraɪskəb/ ; born June 22 , 1971 ) is an American actress and comedian , best known for portraying Chloe O'Brian in the Fox action thriller series 24 . She appeared on HBO 's Mr. Show , and in the films Dude , Where 's My Car ? , Sweet Home Alabama , Punch-Drunk Love , Safety Not Guaranteed , The Kings of Summer and Night School , among others .
Ashley Parker Angel ( born August 1 , 1981 ) is an American singer , songwriter and actor who rose to prominence as a member of the boyband O-Town . After the band dissolved he had a brief solo music career , and was the only former band member who declined to go on a reunion tour with O-Town in 2011 . Parker Angel has acted in several Broadway productions since 2007 , and most recently appeared in Wicked as the lead male character Fiyero Tigelaar .
America 's Next Top Model ( abbreviated ANTM and Top Model ) is an American reality television series and interactive competition in which a number of aspiring models compete for the title of America 's Next Top Model and a chance to begin their career in the modeling industry . Created by Tyra Banks , who also serves as an executive producer , and developed by Ken Mok and Kenya Barris , the series premiered in May 2003 , and aired semiannually until 2012 , then annually from 2013 . The first six seasons ( referred to as cycles ) aired on UPN , before UPN merged with The WB to create The CW in 2006 . The following sixteen cycles aired on The CW until the series was first cancelled in October 2015 . The series was revived in 2016 and has been airing on VH1 ever since . The series was among the highest-rated programs on UPN and was the highest-rated show on The CW from 2007 to 2010 . Advertisers paid $ 61,315 per 30-second slot during the 2011-12 television season , the highest of any series on The CW . The first 22 cycles of the series and cycle 24 were presented by Banks , while cycle 23 was presented by Rita Ora . The series also employs a panel of two or three additional judges , a creative director and a runway coach . Cycles 1-16 , 19 and 23-24 each consisted of a cast of 10-15 female contestants with no previous participation on the series . Cycle 17 's cast consisted entirely of previous participants , while cycle 18 's had seven new contestants and seven former Britain 's Next Top Model participants . Cycles 20-22 featured male contestants in the contest , including two male winners .
Dean George Cain ( né Tanaka ; born July 31 , 1966 ) is an American actor , producer , television show host , and former football player , best known for playing the role of Clark Kent/Superman in the TV series Lois & Clark : The New Adventures of Superman . He was also host of Ripley 's Believe It or Not ! and appeared in the soap opera series Hit the Floor .
Halle Maria Berry ( born Maria Halle Berry ; August 14 , 1966 ) is an American actress . Berry won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the romantic drama film Monster 's Ball ( 2001 ) , becoming the only woman of African American descent to have won the award . Before becoming an actress , Berry was a model and entered several beauty contests , finishing as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant and coming in sixth in the Miss World 1986 . Her breakthrough film role was in the romantic comedy Boomerang ( 1992 ) , alongside Eddie Murphy , which led to roles in films , such as the family comedy The Flintstones ( 1994 ) , the political comedy-drama Bulworth ( 1998 ) and the television film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge ( 1999 ) , for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award . In addition to her Academy Award , Berry garnered high-profile roles in the 2000s , such as Storm in X-Men ( 2000 ) , the thrillers Swordfish ( 2001 ) and Gothika ( 2003 ) , and the spy film Die Another Day ( 2002 ) , where she played Bond girl Jinx . She then appeared in the X-Men sequels , X2 ( 2003 ) and X-Men : The Last Stand ( 2006 ) . In the 2010s , she has featured in the science-fiction film Cloud Atlas ( 2012 ) , the crime thriller The Call ( 2013 ) and the action films X-Men : Days of Future Past ( 2014 ) , Kingsman : The Golden Circle ( 2017 ) and John Wick : Chapter 3 - Parabellum ( 2019 ) . Berry was one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood during the 2000s , and has been involved in the production of several of the films in which she performed . Berry is also a Revlon spokesmodel . She was formerly married to baseball player David Justice , singer-songwriter Eric Benét , and actor Olivier Martinez . She has a child each with Martinez and model Gabriel Aubry .
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 .
Charlotte Motor Speedway , formerly Lowe 's Motor Speedway , is a motorsports complex located in Concord , North Carolina 13 mi ( 21 km ) from Charlotte . The complex features a 1.5 mi ( 2.4 km ) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend , the NASCAR All-Star Race , and the Bank of America Roval 400 . The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area . The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports , Inc. ( SMI ) with Marcus G. Smith ( son of Bruton Smith ) as track president . The 2,000 acres ( 810 ha ) complex also features a state-of-the-art quarter mile ( 0.40 km ) drag racing strip , ZMAX Dragway . It is the only all-concrete , four-lane drag strip in the United States and hosts NHRA events . Alongside the drag strip is a state-of-the-art clay oval that hosts dirt racing including the World of Outlaws finals among other popular racing events .
Paul Leonard Newman ( January 26 , 1925 - September 26 , 2008 ) was an American actor , film director , producer , race car driver , IndyCar owner , entrepreneur , and philanthropist . He won and was nominated for numerous awards , winning an Oscar for his performance in the 1986 film The Color of Money , a BAFTA Award , a Screen Actors Guild Award , a Cannes Film Festival Award , an Emmy Award , and many others . Newman 's other roles include the title characters in The Hustler ( 1961 ) , Hud ( 1963 ) , Harper ( 1966 ) Cool Hand Luke ( 1967 ) , Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ( 1969 ) , The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean ( 1972 ) , The Sting ( 1973 ) , Slap Shot ( 1977 ) , and The Verdict ( 1982 ) . He voiced Doc Hudson in the first installment of Disney-Pixar 's Cars as his final acting performance , with voice recordings being used in Cars 3 ( 2017 ) . Newman won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing , and his race teams won several championships in open-wheel IndyCar racing . He was a co-founder of Newman 's Own , a food company from which he donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity . As of November 2018 , these donations have totaled over US $ 535 million . He was a co-founder of Safe Water Network , a nonprofit that develops sustainable drinking water solutions for those in need . In 1988 , Newman founded the SeriousFun Children 's Network , a global family of summer camps and programs for children with serious illness which has served 290,076 children since its inception . He was the husband of Oscar winning actress Joanne Woodward .
Owen Cunningham Wilson ( born November 18 , 1968 ) is an American actor , producer , and screenwriter . He has had a long association with filmmaker Wes Anderson , with whom he shared writing and acting credits for Bottle Rocket ( 1996 ) and The Royal Tenenbaums ( 2001 ) , the latter of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay . He has appeared in a number of Frat Pack comedies and voiced Lightning McQueen in the Cars franchise . His older brother Andrew and younger brother Luke are also actors .
Jesse Gregory James ( born April 19 , 1969 ) is an American television personality and former CEO of Austin , Texas-based Austin Speed Shop . James was the host of the reality TV shows Jesse James Is a Dead Man on Spike TV and Monster Garage on the Discovery Channel , and the focus of the documentary Motorcycle Mania , also on Discovery . Jesse James also appeared in the Tony Hawk 's Underground 2 video game , and was the focus of a show chronicling some of the custom builds at Austin Speed Shop in his TV series , Jesse James : Outlaw Garage , which ran a shortened single season in 2012 on the Discovery Channel before being canceled .
Phillip George Vassar Jr. ( born May 28 , 1964 ) is an American country music artist . Vassar made his debut on the country music scene in the late 1990s , co-writing singles for several country artists , including Tim McGraw ( For a Little While , My Next Thirty Years ) , Jo Dee Messina ( Bye , Bye , I 'm Alright ) , Collin Raye ( Little Red Rodeo ) , and Alan Jackson ( Right on the Money ) . In 1999 , he was named by American Society of Composers , Authors , and Publishers ( ASCAP ) as Country Songwriter of the Year . Later that same year , Vassar was signed to Arista Nashville as a recording artist . His debut album , Phil Vassar , was released in early 2000 , producing five hits on the U.S . Billboard country singles charts and earning a gold certification in the United States . He followed it in 2002 with American Child , Shaken Not Stirred in 2004 , and finally Greatest Hits , Vol . 1 in 2006 before Vassar left the label for Universal South Records ( now Show Dog-Universal Music ) . His first album for that label , Prayer of a Common Man , was released in early 2008 . He has charted nineteen singles on Billboard 's Hot Country Songs , including two which peaked at No . 1 : 2000 's Just Another Day in Paradise and 2004 's In a Real Love .