Name	Naomi Judd
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Diana Ellen Judd
Born	January 11, 1946
Origin	Ashland, Kentucky, USA
Instrument	Vocals
Genre	Country
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Years active	1983-present
Label	RCA Records/Curb
Associated acts	The Judds
Url	www.naomijudd.com

Naomi Judd (born January 11, 1946) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and activist.

Personal life

She was born Diana Ellen Judd to Charles Glen Judd and his wife Pauline (Oliver) Judd on January 11, 1946, in Ashland, Kentucky. Her father owned a gas station; her mother started out as a homemaker but later became a riverboat cook. Her first child, Christina Ciminella (later Wynonna Judd), was born when she was only 18. After the birth of her daughter Ashley (April 1968, who later became a film and stage actress) and the end of her marriage to Michael Ciminella, Judd brought up both daughters as a single parent, first going to nursing school but later beginning a successful singing career with daughter Wynonna.

Her second marriage was on May 6, 1989, to Larry Strickland of the Palmetto State Quartet. They have no children together.

The Judds

With her daughter, Wynonna Judd, Naomi formed the highly successful singing duo known as The Judds.

As country music's most famous mother–daughter team, The Judds scored twenty top-10 hits (including fifteen #1s) and went undefeated for eight consecutive years at all three major country music awards shows. In addition, the duo won five Grammy Awards and a vast array of other awards and honors. As a songwriter, Naomi also won a Grammy for Country Song of the Year with the Judds' smash hit "Love Can Build a Bridge".

Activist, author, motivational speaker and actress

In 1991, after selling more than 20 million albums and videos in seven years and at the pinnacle of their career, The Judds' reign came to an abrupt end because Naomi was diagnosed with Hepatitis C, a potentially fatal chronic liver disease that forced her retirement. Their duet ended on a high note when their "Farewell" tour was the top grossing act and their farewell concert was the most successful musical event in cable pay-per-view history.

In 1991, Naomi created the Naomi Judd Education and Research Fund to raise awareness of the deadly Hepatitis C virus, and uses the strength of her own experiences as spokesperson for the American Liver Foundation.

In 1999 Naomi starred as Lily Waite alongside Andy Griffith and Gerald McRaney in the film A Song for the Season. One of her first acting jobs was a small role (Girl on the Bus) in More American Graffiti 1979.

Naomi and Wynonna came together for a special New Year's Eve concert at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona in December 1999 at the America West Arena, with Ashley as the emcee.

In 2000, The Judds embarked on their "Power to Change Tour" and performed to over 300,000 people in some thirty dates. The duo was nominated for the prestigious Academy of Country Music's Top Vocal Duo of the Year in 2001.

In November 2005, Naomi began hosting Naomi's New Morning, a talk show that aired on Sunday mornings on the Hallmark Channel. The show lasted two seasons. She is also the author of several self-help books including the recent Naomi's Guide to Aging Gratefully: Facts, Myths, and Good News for Boomers.

In 2008, Naomi joined a new television reality-competition series Can You Duet, as a judge/mentor. The show, by the producers of American Idol, aired on Country Music Television.

Discography

Featured singles

References

External links

Naomi's New Morning - Naomi's talk show

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Name	Wynonna Judd
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Christina Claire Ciminella She was given the last name Ciminella after Michael Ciminella, the man her mother quickly married after being abandoned by her boyfriend/Judd's biological father Charles Jordan. Jordan died in 2000. Her younger half-sister is actress Ashley Judd. Naomi and Michael moved to Los Angeles in 1968 but divorced in 1972. By 1976, Wynonna and Naomi were living in Kentucky, where Wynonna took inspiration from the country music that her mother listened to, and learned to play guitar after receiving one for Christmas. The two of them moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1979 in pursuit of a musical career.
Name	Judd, Wynonna
Date of birth	May 30, 1964

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Name	Mike Jerrick
Birthname	Michael Eugene Joseph Jerrick
Birth date	July 03, 1950
Birth place	Wichita, Kansas
Education	BS Journalism University of Kansas
Occupation	Morning Anchor - Fox
Children	Daughters - Jessica and Jill
Ethnicity	Caucasian
Credits	The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, DaySide
Url	Fox 29 Philadelphia

Michael Eugene Joseph Jerrick (born July 3, 1950) was the co-host with Juliet Huddy of the morning program The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, which began in January 2007. The last "live" episode of the show aired on June 12, 2009. He has formerly co-hosted with Huddy DaySide on the Fox News Channel.

Jerrick was raised in Wichita, Kansas, and attended Chaplain Kapaun Memorial High School, a Jesuit-run boy's school (now defunct; merged to become Kapaun Mount Carmel Catholic High School). The Wichita native started his career at Topeka's WIBW-TV in Kansas (when fellow Foxer Steve Doocy was doing the weather at WIBW's crosstown rival, KSNT-TV). Jerrick's boyish looks and charisma soon took him to WNYW in New York as a producer and later host, before moving to San Francisco's KPIX-TV.

He also worked for HBO's World Entertainment Report, before moving to the Sci-Fi Channel's Sci-Fi Buzz and later hosting What's News on America's Talking, a short-lived cable news channel. Soon after, he hosted CNBC's America After Hours, and moved to WTXF as the morning host on Good Day Philadelphia before moving to Fox News Channel in 2002.

After his daytime talk show, The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet was cancelled, he is now back in Philadelphia, and now co-hosts Fox 29's (WTXF-TV)Good Day Philadelphia.

He is currently single, with two grown daughters, Jessica and Jill and lives in Center City Philadelphia.

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Name	Juliet Huddy
Caption	Juliet Huddy in 2007
Birth date	September 27, 1969
Birth place	Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Occupation	Anchor on Fox News

Juliet AnnMarie Huddy (born September 27, 1969), is an American television news reporter, currently appearing on Fox News Channel.

Early life and career

Huddy was born in Miami Beach, Florida, at Mount Sinai Hospital. She graduated from Langley High School, McLean, Virginia, in 1987 and earned a degree in political science with a minor in psychology at the University of Missouri in 1992.

After completing her education, she began her news journalism career at age 21 as a reporter/producer for KARO-FM's morning newscast in Columbia, Missouri. She later relocated to Ventura, California to join KADY-TV—a station owned by her mother and father—where she initially worked as the station's promotions director and executive producer but later turned to reporting at the Ventura County News Network. While promotions director, she won numerous ADDY awards. She was executive producer of "Armed Response", a finalist for the IRIS award given by the National Association of Television Program Executives (NAPTE).

After more than five years working in California, Huddy again relocated, this time to Jacksonville, Florida, to work for WAWS as a general-assignment reporter for the station's nightly newscast. She was also a news anchor for WFYV-FM's morning radio program The Lex and Terry Show

External links

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Name	Jillian Reynolds
Caption	Jillian at the 2006 American Idol Season Finale
Birthname	Jillian Warry| birthdate = September 26, 1966
Birthplace	Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Othername	Jillian BarberieJillian Barberie-Reynolds
Occupation	Actress, TV host, Sportscaster
Yearsactive	1993–present
Spouse
Website	http://www.askjillian.com/

Jillian Reynolds (born September 26, 1966), best known by her former name Jillian Barberie, is a Canadian actress, television hostess, and sportscaster. She works on both the Los Angeles-based morning show Good Day L.A., and on Fox Sports as the weatherperson on Fox NFL Sunday.

Early life

Reynolds was raised Jillian Warry in Burlington, Ontario after being adopted soon after her birth. Later in life after finding her biological parents she learned she was born to a native Irish mother and native Lithuanian father who had both immigrated to Canada and later went on to marry and raise two Jillian's two sisters. She went to Assumption Catholic Secondary School and then went on to graduate from Mohawk College (Hamilton), with a diploma from its two-year program in broadcast journalism. After completing her diploma, she worked for a variety of television stations, including The Weather Network in Montreal, WSVN in Miami and KTTV in Los Angeles (WSVN and KTTV are Fox affiliates).

Career

Reynolds' screen presence has earned her roles on several television dramas including Clueless, V.I.P. and Melrose Place, as well as comedic turns on the sitcom Yes, Dear and the sketch comedy series MADtv. She hosted the TV show EX-treme Dating. In 2000, she was hired to present the national weather segment of Fox Sports Fox NFL Sunday pregame show, working opposite Curt Menefee, Howie Long and Terry Bradshaw. As a result of her scratchy gravel-laced voice and affable "one of the guys" on-camera personality, Reynolds became a national figure and earned significant fan interest in the male-dominated sports demographic. One of the reasons she was hired to do several spots for Prestone antifreeze that aired during NFL game broadcasts was because of her recognition factor amongst males 18-54.

In addition to Reynolds' work on Good Day L.A., she worked on the national version of the show Good Day Live. However, she was ultimately fired from that show, ending her tenure there on June 4, 2004.

She served as the weather girl and entertainment reporter for Fox Sports during the 2002 Super Bowl, 2005 Super Bowl, and the 2008 Super Bowl. In 2005, she was Regis Philbin's co-host for his New Year's Eve special on Fox. She has appeared in Maxim magazine twice. In 2006, Reynolds participated as a contestant on the Fox reality television show Skating with Celebrities, partnered with professional skater John Zimmerman and came in second place. She was an ice skater in her childhood. Beginning in November 2006, she became the co-host of KTTV's That's So Hollywood with fellow KTTV/KCOP personality, Mark Thompson.

In August 2008, Reynolds began appearing in NutriSystem commercials with former NFL players Dan Marino and Mike Golic; in the ad, Reynolds claims to have lost over forty pounds after the birth of her daughter.

Reynolds is also the host of American Idol Extra on Fox Reality Channel. She interviews the eliminated Idol that week and other guests who appear on the show. She also appears alongside her husband, Grant Reynolds, in Fox Reality Channel’s original series, Househusbands of Hollywood.

Personal life

Reynolds works for the prevention of cruelty to animals and has nine pets of her own—all of whom she has adopted from shelters. She has said that she believes her "adoptive" nature is due to the fact that she herself was adopted.

Reynolds was married to former Major League Baseball player Bret Barberie from 1996 to 2002.

In her backyard she married former Marine sniper turned actor Grant Reynolds in a private ceremony on July 8, 2006. She initially stated that she was legally changing her name to Jillian Reynolds, but keeping Barberie as her professional surname. Since then, she has chosen to use Reynolds as her surname on Fox NFL Sunday while continuing to use Barberie in the NutriSystem commercials—until April 2009, when she began using Reynolds in those ads.

In December 2006, People magazine said Reynolds was pregnant with her first child, due July 7. She officially announced her pregnancy the morning of December 18, 2006, during the broadcast of Good Day L.A. Reynolds took three-month maternity leave from the show beginning June 22, 2007. On July 9, an announcement on Good Day L.A. stated that she had given birth to a baby girl, Ruby Raven Reynolds, on July 6, 2007, at 5:00 p.m. The baby weighed 6 lbs. and 12 oz. On July 6, 2009, she announced on Good Day LA that she was pregnant with her second child. She gave birth to a baby boy, Rocco Rio Reynolds on January 11, 2010 at 8:02 a.m. The newborn weighed in at 7 lbs 8ozs and was 20½ inches long.

References

External links

Jillian Barberie Photo Fan Site

The Official Jillian Barberie-Reynolds website

KTTV Fox 11 Profile

Fox NFL Sunday Home

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Imagesize	119px
Birth date	April 19, 1968
Birth place	Granada Hills, California, U.S.
Birth name	Ashley Tyler Ciminella
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1991 – present
Spouse	Dario Franchitti (2001-present)

Ashley Judd (born April 19, 1968) is an American actress, who is best known for playing a number of strong characters in films such as Ruby in Paradise, Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy, Where the Heart Is and High Crimes.

Early life

Ashley was born as Ashley Tyler Ciminella in Granada Hills, California. She is the daughter of Naomi Judd, a country music singer and motivational speaker, and Michael C. Ciminella, a marketing analyst for the horseracing industry.

Judd has also donated her time and resources towards filming three award-winning documentaries for YouthAIDS which aired internationally on the Discovery Channel, in National Geographic, and on VH1. She personally advocates for a balanced and integrated approach to empower human rights and global health, and to prevent social atrocities.

Other organizations Judd have been involved with include the Women for Women International, and Equality Now, along with other non-governmental organizations which center around bringing attention to social, educational, health, economic, cultural, and financial funding of the unfortunate.

Ashley Judd has supported the following Charities & Foundations:

Children's Medical Research Institute

Creative Coalition

Defenders of Wildlife

Eracism Foundation

Five & Alive

Jeans for Genes

Listen Campaign

Malaria No More

Population Services International

SixDegrees.org

YouthAIDS

Women for Women International

Equality Now

Political activities

In 2008, Judd supported Barack Obama's presidential campaign. In 2009, she appeared in a one-minute video advertisement for the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, in which Judd condemned Alaska governor Sarah Palin for supporting aerial wolf hunting. In response, Palin stated the reason these wolves are killed is to protect the caribou population in Alaska, and she called the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund an "extreme fringe group". In 2010, Judd signed the Animal Legal Defense Fund's petition to urge Governor Steve Beshear to protect Kentucky's homeless animals through tough enforcement of the state's Humane Shelter Law.

Judd is active in humanitarian and political causes. She was appointed Global Ambassador for YouthAIDS, an education and prevention program of the international NGO Population Services International (PSI), promoting AIDS prevention and treatment, and speaks and demonstrates at pro-choice events. Judd was honored November 10 as the recipient of the fourth annual USA TODAY Hollywood Hero, awarded for her work with PSI. Judd received the award at a private award gala on the evening of November 10, 2009 at The Montage Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills. Guests enjoyed special celebrity tributes to Ashley Judd, dinner, a silent auction and an exciting live auction, with all proceeds to benefit PSI. On October 29, 2006, Judd appeared at a "Women for Ford" event for Democratic Tennessee Senate candidate Harold Ford, Jr. She has also campaigned extensively locally and nationally for a variety of Democratic candidates, including President Barack Obama in critical swing states.

On September 8, 2010, CNN interviewed Ashley Judd about her second humanitarian mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Judd traveled with the Enough Project, a project to end genocide and crimes against humanity. In the interview, Judd discussed her efforts to raise awareness about how conflict minerals fuel sexual violence in Congo. During her trip, Judd visited hospitals for victims of sexual violence, camps for displaced persons, mines, and civil society organizations. On September 30, 2010, CNN.com published an Op-ed titled "Ashley Judd: Electronics fuel unspeakable violence" by Ashley Judd and the Enough Project's co-founder John Prendergast regarding the continued violence in Congo. Her Op-ed discusses the recent provision in the Dodd-Frank Reform bill that requires companies to prove where their minerals originated. On November 26, 2010, The Huffington Post published an Op-ed by Ashley Judd titled "Costs of Convenience". The Op-ed is excerpted from Ashley Judd's trip diary from her trip to eastern Congo. Judd describes the link between her cell phone, laptop, MP3 player, and e-reader and the continued rape and sexual violence in Congo. Judd also explains the immediate need for electronics companies to commit to tracing, auditing, and certifying the minerals in their products to guarantee a clean supply chain.

Filmography

{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#B0C4DE" align="center" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Other notes |- | 1991 || || Robin Lefler || "Darmok" and "" |- | 1991–94 || Sisters || Reed Halsey || 32 episodes |- | 1992 || Kuffs || Wife of Paint Store Owner || |- | 1993 || Ruby in Paradise || Ruby Lee Gissing || Won the 1993 Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female |- | 1994 || Love Can Build a Bridge || Ashley Judd || |- |rowspan="3"| 1995 || Heat || Charlene Shiherlis || |- | Smoke || Felicity || |- | The Passion of Darkly Noon || Callie || |- |rowspan="3"| 1996 || A Time to Kill || Carla Brigance || |- | Norma Jean & Marilyn || Norma Jean || Nominated for the 1997 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television |- | Normal Life || Pam Anderson || |- |rowspan="2"| 1997 || Kiss the Girls || Dr. Kate McTiernan || |- | The Locusts || Kitty || |- | 1998 || Simon Birch || Rebecca Wenteworth || |- | 1999 || Double Jeopardy || Elizabeth 'Libby' Parsons || Nominated for the 2000 MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance |- |rowspan="2"| 2000 || Where the Heart Is || Lexie Coop || |- | Eye of the Beholder || Joanna Eris || |- | 2001 || Someone Like You || Jane Goodale || |- |rowspan="3"| 2002 || Frida || Tina Modotti || |- | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood || Younger Vivi Abbott Walker || |- | High Crimes || Claire Kubik || |- |rowspan="2"| 2004 || De-Lovely || Linda Porter || Nominated for the 2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |- | Twisted || Jessica Shepard || |- | 2006 || Come Early Morning || Lucy || |- | rowspan="2"| 2007 || Bug || Agnes White || |- | India's Hidden Plague || Herself || |- | 2008 || Helen || Helen || |- | 2009 || Crossing Over || Denise Frankel || |- | 2010 || Tooth Fairy || Carly || |- | 2011 || Dolphin Tale || Lorraine Nelson || |}

Honors

Kentucky Colonel Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Union College, Barbourville, Kentucky

References

External links

Official Web Site

YouthAid's Ambassador Ashley Judd launches US-funded Newstart Voluntary Counseling and Testing Centre (VCT) for HIV/AIDS in Cape Town

This is What a Feminist Looks Like

Marie Claire Interview on Feminism and Choice at Ashley Judd Fansite

"Sarah Palin's Ongoing Wolf Slaughter" - Judd's video for Defenders of Wildlife

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Name	Adam Carolla
Caption	Carolla hosting 107.7 The End's 2nd annual Lonely Hearts Valentine's Party. Seattle, WA. February 9, 2007
Birth date	May 27, 1964
Birth place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Known	The Adam Carolla Podcast, The Adam Carolla Show, Loveline, The Man Show
Occupation	Comedian, comedy writer, radio personality, television personality, actor, carpenter,
Predecessor	Riki Rachtman on Loveline
Successor	Stryker on Loveline
Religion	None (atheist)
Before	Riki Rachtman
After	Stryker
Years	1995 – 2005}}

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