name	Bernie Mac
birth name	Bernard Jeffrey McCullough
birth date	October 05, 1957
birth place
death date	August 09, 2008
death place
deathcause	Complications from pneumonia
spouse	(1 child)
medium	Stand-up, film, television
nationality	American
active	1977–2008
genre	Observational comedy, Satire, Black comedy, Insult comedy
subject	Everyday life, marriage, parenting, family, race relations, racism
influences	Nipsey Russell, Redd Foxx
notable work	Pastor Clever in Friday The Original Kings of ComedyFrank Catton in Ocean's ElevenStan Ross in Mr. 3000Bernie McCullough on The Bernie Mac ShowFloyd Henderson in Soul Men }}

Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (October 5, 1957 August 9, 2008), better known by his stage name, Bernie Mac, was an American actor and comedian. Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Mac gained popularity as a stand-up comedian. He joined comedians Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer, and D. L. Hughley as ''The Original Kings of Comedy''.

After briefly hosting the HBO show ''Midnight Mac'', Mac appeared in several films in smaller roles. His most noted film role was as Frank Catton in the remake ''Ocean's Eleven'' and the titular character of ''Mr. 3000''. He was the star of ''The Bernie Mac Show'', which ran from 2001 through 2006, earning him two Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. His other films included starring roles in ''Booty Call'', ''Friday'', ''The Players Club'', ''Head of State'', ''Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'', ''Bad Santa'', ''Guess Who'', ''Pride'', ''Soul Men'', ''Transformers'' and ''Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa''.

Mac suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces tiny lumps of cells in the solid organs, but had said the condition was in remission in 2005. His death on August 9, 2008 was caused by complications from pneumonia.

Early life

Bernie Mac was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois by his single mother, Mary, who died of cancer when he was 16. He put on shows for neighborhood kids on the city's South Side. He attended Chicago Vocational Career Academy. Later, he moved to Tampa, Florida. During his 20s, he worked in a variety of jobs, including furniture mover and a UPS agent.

Career

Bernie Mac's influences were from The Three Stooges and listening to stand-up comedians Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx. Mac started as a stand-up comedian in Chicago's Cotton Club. After he won the Miller Lite Comedy Search at the age of 32, his popularity as a comedian began to grow. A performance on HBO's ''Def Comedy Jam'' thrust him into the spotlight. He opened for Dionne Warwick, Redd Foxx and Natalie Cole. He played a small role in 1994's House Party 3 as Uncle Vester. He also had a short-lived talk show on HBO titled ''Midnight Mac''. Later, Mac also acted in minor roles and got his big break as "Pastor Clever" in Ice Cube's 1994 film ''Friday''. Following that role, Mac had his first starring role as "Dollar Bill", a silly, slick-talking club owner in ''The Players Club''. Mac was able to break from the traditional "black comedy" genre, having roles in the 2001 remake of ''Ocean's Eleven'' and becoming the new Bosley for the ''Charlie's Angels'' sequel, ''Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle''. In 2001, he gave an impressive performance in a supporting role as the villain "Gin Slagel, The Store Dick" in ''Bad Santa''. He also starred in ''Guess Who?'', a comedic remake of the film ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner'', and made an appearance in the 2007 film ''Transformers'' as the car salesman "Bobby Bolivia". In his later years, he hosted the reality television talent show ''Last Comic Standing''. He also served as the voice of Zuba, Alex the Lion's long lost father in ''Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa''. He co-starred with Samuel L. Jackson in the 2008 musical comedy ''Soul Men'' as "Floyd Henderson". His final film role was as "Jimmy Lunchbox", a flamboyant children's entertainer in the 2009 Disney film ''Old Dogs'' which was released a year and a half after his passing. He starred alongside John Travolta and Robin Williams in that particular film.

In 2001, the Fox network gave Mac his own semi-autobiographical sitcom called ''The Bernie Mac Show'' portraying a fictional version of himself. In the show, he suddenly becomes custodian of his sister's three children after she enters rehab. It was a success, in part because it allowed Mac to stay true to his stand-up comedy roots, breaking the fourth wall to communicate his thoughts to the audience. The show contained many parodies of events in Bernie's actual life. It was not renewed after the 2005–2006 season. The series finale aired on April 14, 2006. However, the finale barely left a conclusion for the series, and no ending to the storyline of Bernie and Wanda trying to have a baby which had been abandoned a few episodes earlier. Among other awards, the show won an Emmy for "Outstanding Writing", the Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting, and the Humanitas Prize for television writing that promotes human dignity. His character on ''The Bernie Mac Show'' was ranked #47 in ''TV Guide'' list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time".

In 2002, Bernie Mac starred as a retired baseball player in the film ''Mr. 3000''. In the 2003 National League Championship Series, Mac sang "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" at Wrigley Field with the Chicago Cubs leading the Florida Marlins in the series 3 games to 2 and in Game 6 by a 2–0 score at the time (it would soon be 3–0 in the bottom of the 7th). Instead of saying "root, root, root for the Cubbies" Mac said, "root, root, root for the champions!" The Cubs lost the game and the series, with some fans claiming that Mac helped jinx the Cubs. Mac later admitted that he had hated the North Side's Cubs his whole life, being a die-hard fan of the South Side's White Sox, and was seen during the White Sox' 2005 World Series victory at U.S. Cellular Field.

Mac was number 72 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest standups of all time. On March 19, 2007, Mac told David Letterman on the CBS ''Late Show'' that he would retire from his 30-year career after he finished shooting the comedy film, ''The Whole Truth, Nothing but the Truth, So Help Me Mac''. "I'm going to still do my producing, my films, but I want to enjoy my life a little bit," Mac told Letterman. "I missed a lot of things, you know. I was a street performer for two years. I went into clubs in 1977. ...I was on the road 47 weeks out of the year."

Death

In August 2008, Mac was admitted to the Northwestern Memorial Hospital in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. After a week of unsuccessful medical treatment, Mac died in the early morning hours of August 9. In the final three years of his life, Mac publicly disclosed that he suffered from sarcoidosis, an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in tissue, most often in his lungs. Mac's public funeral was held a week later on August 16 at the House of Hope Church with over 9,000 people in attendance. Notable mourners were Chris Rock, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Samuel L. Jackson, Ashton Kutcher, Don Cheadle, the cast members from his series and his ''Kings of Comedy'' fellows D. L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, and Steve Harvey. Mac's ashes were interred at the Washington Memory Gardens Cemetery in Homewood, Illinois.

Tributes

The first two of Mac's posthumous films, ''Soul Men'' and ''Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa'', were released three months following his death. Mac's third and final posthumous film, ''Old Dogs'', was released a year later. The 2008 Bud Billiken Parade, which was held in Chicago by the time of his death, was also dedicated to his memory. On the day of Mac's public funeral, his hometown's local television station WCIU-TV aired an exclusive television special, ''A Tribute to Bernie Mac'', and had interviews with his former colleagues including Camille Winbush, Tommy Davidson, Guy Torry and some of his family members and close friends. Mac was also honored during "In Memoriam" montages at various award ceremonies following his death.

Filmography

{|class="wikitable sortable" |+ Film |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" | Notes |- | 1992 | ''Mo' Money'' | Club doorman | Cameo |- | 1993 | ''Who's the Man?'' | G-George | |- | 1994 | ''Above the Rim'' | Flip | |- | 1994 | ''House Party 3'' | Uncle Vester | |- | 1995 | ''Friday'' | Pastor Clever | |- | 1996 | ''Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood'' | Officer Self Hatred | Cameo |- | 1996 | ''Get on the Bus'' | Jay | |- | 1997 | ''B*A*P*S'' | Mr. Johnson | |- | 1997 | ''Booty Call'' | Judge Peabody | |- | 1997 | ''How to Be a Player'' | Buster | |- | 1998 | '''' | Dollar Bill | |- | 1999 | ''Life'' | Jangle Leg | |- | 2000 | '''' | Himself | Documentary |- | 2001 | ''Ocean's Eleven'' | Frank Catton | |- | 2001 | ''What's the Worst That Could Happen?'' | Uncle Jack | |- | 2003 | ''Bad Santa'' | Gin Slagel | |- | 2003 | ''Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'' | Jimmy Bosley | |- | 2003 | ''Head of State'' | Mitch Gilliam | |- | 2004 | ''Mr. 3000'' | Stan Ross | |- | 2004 | ''Ocean's Twelve'' | Frank Catton | |- | 2005 | ''Guess Who'' | Percy Jones | |- | 2007 | ''Ocean's Thirteen'' | Frank Catton | |- | 2007 | ''Pride'' | Elston | |- | 2007 | ''Transformers'' | Bobby Bolivia | |- | 2008 | ''Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa'' | Zuba the Lion (voice) | Released posthumously　 |- | 2008 | ''Soul Men'' | Floyd Henderson | Released posthumously |- | 2009 | ''Old Dogs'' | Jimmy Lunchbox | Released posthumously |} {| class = "wikitable sortable" |+ Television |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" | Notes |- | 1996–2000 | ''Moesha'' | Uncle Bernie | 11 episodes |- | 2001–2006 | '''' | Bernie McCullough | 103 episodes |- | 2003 | ''King of the Hill'' | Mack (Voice) | 1 episode |}

Awards and nominations

{| class = "wikitable" |- ! Year ! Award ! Result ! Category ! Work |- | 2005 | Black Reel Awards | Won | Best Actor, Musical or Comedy | ''Mr. 3000'' |- | 2002 | rowspan=2|Emmy Award | rowspan=2|Nominated | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | ''The Bernie Mac Show'' |- | 2003 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | ''The Bernie Mac Show'' |- | 2003 | rowspan=2|Golden Globe Award | rowspan=2|Nominated | Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy | ''The Bernie Mac Show'' |- | 2004 | Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy | ''The Bernie Mac Show'' |- | 2002 | rowspan=7|NAACP Image Awards | Nominated | Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series | ''The Bernie Mac Show'' |-style="background-color: #EAEAEA;" | 2003 | Won | Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series | ''The Bernie Mac Show'' |- | rowspan=2|2004 | Nominated | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | ''Head of State'' |-style="background-color: #EAEAEA;" | Won | Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series | ''The Bernie Mac Show'' |-style="background-color: #EAEAEA;" | 2005 | Won | Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series | ''The Bernie Mac Show'' |-style="background-color: #EAEAEA;" | 2006 | Won | Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series | ''The Bernie Mac Show'' |- | 2007 | Nominated | Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series | ''The Bernie Mac Show'' |-style="background-color: #EAEAEA;" | 2003 | PRISM Award | Won | Performance in a Comedy Series | ''The Bernie Mac Show'' |-style="background-color: #EAEAEA;" | 2003 | rowspan=3|Satellite Award | Won | Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical | ''The Bernie Mac Show'' |-style="background-color: #EAEAEA;" | 2004 | Won | Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical | ''The Bernie Mac Show'' |- | 2005 | Nominated | Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical | ''The Bernie Mac Show'' |-style="background-color: #EAEAEA;" | 2002 | Television Critics Association Award | Won | Individual Achievement in Comedy | ''The Bernie Mac Show'' |- |}

References

External links

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name	Steve Harvey
birth name	Broderick Steven Harvey
birth date	January 17, 1957
birth place	Welch, West Virginia, U.S.
occupation	ActorComedianRadio and Television personalityAuthor
years active	1985–present
residence	Atlanta, Georgia
website	http://www.steveharvey.com
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Broderick Steven "Steve" Harvey (born January 17, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, entertainer, television and radio personality and best-selling author. He is best known as the star of the WB sitcom ''The Steve Harvey Show'', and as one of the four comedians featured in the Spike Lee film ''The Original Kings of Comedy''. Currently, he is the host of the nationally syndicated radio program ''The Steve Harvey Morning Show'', and the current host of the television game show ''Family Feud''. He also hosts the ''Steve Harvey Project'', on an extended cable channel. He is the author of ''Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment'', which was published in March 2009, and the book ''Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find and Keep a Man''.

Biography

Early years

Harvey was born in Welch, West Virginia, the son of Eloise and Jesse Harvey, a coal miner. His family moved to Cleveland, Ohio where he graduated from Glenville High School in 1974. Shortly after high school he attended Kent State University and West Virginia University and is a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity. He has had previous occupations, including a boxer, an insurance salesman and a mailman.

Comedy career

Steve Harvey first performed stand-up comedy on October 8, 1985 at the Hilarities Comedy Club in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a finalist in Second Annual Johnnie Walker National Comedy Search in 1989, eventually leading to a long stint as host of ''It's Showtime at the Apollo'', succeeding Mark Curry in that role. His success as a stand-up comedian led to a starring role on the ABC show ''Me and the Boys'' in 1994. He would later star on the WB network show, ''The Steve Harvey Show'', which ran from 1996 to 2002. While wildly popular in the African-American community (the show won multiple NAACP Image Awards), the show never achieved critical acclaim outside of the African-American community, a matter about which Harvey has often complained.

In 1997, Harvey continued his work in stand-up comedy, touring as one of the Kings of Comedy, along with Cedric the Entertainer, D.L. Hughley and Bernie Mac. The comedy act would later be put together into a film by Spike Lee called ''The Original Kings of Comedy''. DVD sales of ''The Original Kings of Comedy'' and ''Don't Trip, He Ain't Through With Me Yet'' increased Harvey's popularity. Harvey released a hip hop and R&B; audio CD on a record label he founded, and authored a book, ''Steve Harvey's Big Time''. That title was also used as the name of Harvey's comedy and variety television show (later renamed ''Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge'') which aired on The WB network from 2003 until 2005. Harvey also launched a clothing line which features the line of dress wear. In 2005 he co-starred in the movie ''Racing Stripes''. He had appeared in the 2003 movie ''The Fighting Temptations'' alongside Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyoncé Knowles.

In 2008, Harvey hosted the Disney Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey, a teen-focused personal and professional enrichment event that took place January 17–20, 2008 at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Harvey along with a team of judges chose 100 teens to attend the event.

Radio host

''The Steve Harvey Morning Show''

Harvey is the host of a weekday-morning radio program, ''The Steve Harvey Morning Show'', which was originally syndicated through Radio One, Inc. from September 2000 until May 2005, and which continues to air to the present time.

Television roles

Himself ''Me and the Boys (TV series) ''The Steve Harvey Show'' ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US game show) ''Family Feud''

Year !! Title !! Character!! Notes !! Reference
1993–2000	''Showtime at the Apollo''	|	Host
1994–1995	Me and the Boys'' ||	Steve Tower	Main Role
1996–2002	|	Steve Hightower	Main Role
2010	Who Wants To Be a Millionaire'' ||	Himself	Host
2010–present	|	Himself	Host

''Family Feud''

Steve became the host of ''Family Feud'' in September 2010, replacing host John O'Hurley.

Film roles

Himself ''The Fighting Temptations'' ''Love Don't Cost a Thing (film) ''Johnson Family Vacation'' ''You Got Served'' ''Racing Stripes'' ''Madea Goes to Jail (film)

Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes !! Reference
2000	''The Original Kings of Comedy''	|	Host / Stand-up Comedy
2003	|	Miles the DJ	Minor Role
2003	Love Don't Cost a Thing'' ||	Dad	Main Role
2004	|	Mack	Supporting Role
2004	|	Mr. Rad	Supporting Role
2005	|	Buzz the Fly (voice)	Supporting Role
2009	Madea Goes to Jail'' ||	Himself	Cameo

Personal life

Harvey has been married three times and has four biological children. He has twin daughters, Karli and Brandi (born 1982) and a son, Broderick Jr. (born 1991), from his first marriage. Harvey also has another son, Wynton (born 1997), from his second marriage to Mary Shackelford. The couple divorced in November 2005.

In June 2007 he married his current wife, Marjorie Bridges, who he says is responsible for making him a better man and changing his life. The Harveys live in Atlanta, Georgia with four of their youngest children as a "blended family".

Controversies

On March 27, 2009, Harvey appeared on an episode of The Tyra Show with Tyra Banks to promote his book ''Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man''. During the course of the interview, Harvey advised that women should not date atheists. Saying

You sitting up there talking to a dude and he tells you he’s an atheist, you need to pack it up and go home. You talking to a person who don’t believe in God . . . what’s his moral barometer? Where’s it at? It's nowhere.

Later that year, on May 30, Harvey appeared on an episode of Larry King Live guest hosted by Joy Behar. During that interview, Harvey reiterated his assertion that women should not date atheists, who he claimed have "no moral barometer". Harvey stated that he refuses to speak to anyone claiming to be an atheist, who he said are "idiot(s)". Harvey went on to suggest that modern astrophysics and evolutionary biology are without merit by saying

You can't just tell me it spun out of a gastrous [sic] ball and then all of a sudden we were evolved from monkeys. Why we still got monkeys? [sic]

In August 2011 on his radio show, Harvey called Cornel West and Tavis Smiley "Uncle Toms" because they have criticized President Barack Obama.

Awards

In 2007, Harvey won the ''Syndicated Personality/Show of the Year'' award by Radio & Records magazine. Other finalists included: Delilah, Blair Garner, Kidd Kraddick, ''The Lia Show'' and John Tesh.

References

External links

www.steveharvey.com -- Official website

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Name	Charlie Rose
Birthname	Charles Peete Rose, Jr.
Birth date	January 05, 1942
Birth place	Henderson, North Carolina, U.S.
education	Duke University B.A. (1964) Duke University J.D. (1968)
occupation	Talk show hostJournalist
years active	1972–present
credits	''Charlie Rose'', ''60 Minutes II'', ''60 Minutes'', ''CBS News Nightwatch'', ''CBS This Morning''
url	http://www.charlierose.com/ }}

Charles Peete "Charlie" Rose, Jr. (born January 5, 1942) is an American television talk show host and journalist. Since 1991 he has hosted ''Charlie Rose'', an interview show distributed nationally by PBS since 1993. He has also co-anchored ''CBS This Morning'' since January 2012. Charlie, along with Lara Logan, has revamped the CBS classic Person to Person, a news program during which celebrities are interviewed in their homes, originally hosted by the legendary Edward R. Murrow.

Early life

Rose was born in Henderson, North Carolina, the only child of Margaret Frazier and Charles Peete Rose, Sr., tobacco farmers who owned a country store. As a child, Rose lived above his parents' store in Henderson and helped out with the family business from age seven.. Rose admitted in a Fresh Dialogues interview that as a child his insatiable curiosity was constantly getting him in trouble. A high school basketball star, Rose entered Duke University intending to pursue a degree with a pre-med track, but an internship in the office of Democratic North Carolina Senator B. Everett Jordan got him interested in politics. Rose graduated in 1964 with a bachelor's degree in history. At Duke, he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity. He earned a Juris Doctor from the Duke University School of Law in 1968. He met his wife, Mary (''née'' King), while attending Duke.

Career

After his wife was hired by the BBC (in New York), Rose handled some assignments for the BBC on a freelance basis. In 1972, while continuing to work at Bankers Trust, he landed a job as a weekend reporter for WPIX-TV. His break came in 1974, after Bill Moyers hired Rose as managing editor for the PBS series ''Bill Moyers' International Report''. In 1975, Moyers named Rose executive producer of ''Bill Moyers Journal''. Rose soon began appearing on camera. "A Conversation with Jimmy Carter," one installment of Moyers's series ''U.S.A.: People and Politics'', won a 1976 Peabody Award. Rose worked at several networks honing his interview skills until KXAS-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth hired him as program manager and gave him the late-night time slot that would become the ''Charlie Rose'' show.

Rose worked for CBS News (1984–1990) as the anchor of ''CBS News Nightwatch'', the network's first late-night news broadcast. The ''Nightwatch'' broadcast of Rose's interview with Charles Manson won an Emmy Award in 1987. In 1990, Rose left CBS to serve as anchor of ''Personalities'', a syndicated program produced by Fox Broadcasting Company, but he got out of his contract after six weeks because of the tabloid-style content of the show. ''Charlie Rose'' premiered on PBS station Thirteen/WNET on September 30, 1991, and has been nationally syndicated since January 1993. In 1994, Rose moved the show to a studio owned by Bloomberg Television, which allowed for improved satellite interviewing.

Rose was a correspondent for ''60 Minutes II'' from its inception in January 1999 until its cancellation in September 2005, and was later named a correspondent on ''60 Minutes''.

Rose was a member of the board of directors of Citadel Broadcasting Corporation from 2003 to 2009. In May 2010, Charlie Rose delivered the commencement address at North Carolina State University.

On November 15, 2011, it was announced that Rose would return to CBS to help anchor ''CBS This Morning'', replacing ''The Early Show'', commencing January 9, 2012, along with co-anchors Erica Hill and Gayle King.

Cameo appearances

Rose has appeared as himself in the 1998 film ''Primary Colors'', in a 2000 episode of ''The Simpsons'' and in the 2008 movie ''Elegy''. He and his show were also used in the Wes Anderson film The Royal Tenenbaums. He also appears as himself in the 2011 George Clooney directed film, ''The Ides of March''.

Accusations of conflict of interest

While hosting the 2002 Coca-Cola Company shareholders' meeting, Rose said "few companies are able to connect as completely with consumers in the way that Coca-Cola is. It is a privilege to be associated with [The Coca-Cola family] ... This is the business of Coca-Cola: being part of a family, being worldwide, doing well and doing good at the same time." Afterward, Coca-Cola agreed to become what Rose called "a leading underwriter" of ''The Charlie Rose Show'', paying "six or possibly seven figures." Even the Charlie Rose mugs used on his PBS show feature a Coca-Cola logo on one side. Although CBS News policy bars correspondents from doing commercials and product endorsements, the ''Washington Post'' reported CBS was "comfortable" with Rose's actions. Rose insists he "would never do a story on ''60 Minutes II'' about anybody who underwrites my PBS show."

Quiet influence

''The New York Times'' reported that Rose encouraged a discussion between the leaders of NBC and Fox, that led eventually to a mutual reduction in ad hominem attacks between Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly on their respective news programs.

Rose has attended several Bilderberg Group conference meetings, including meetings held in the United States in 2008; Spain in 2010; and Switzerland in 2011. These unofficial conferences hold guests from North America and Western Europe, most of whom are political leaders and businessmen. Details of meetings are closed off to the public and strictly invitation-only, and critics speculate the controversial nature of these meetings of highly influential people. Accusations from conspiracy theorists against The Charlie Rose show claim that it has become the US media outlet for Bilderberg.

Personal life

Rose's twelve-year marriage to Mary Rose (née King) ended in divorce in 1980. Mary is the sister-in-law of Morgan Stanley Chairman John J. Mack. Since 1993, his companion has been socialite and city-planning advocate Amanda Burden, a stepdaughter of CBS founder William S. Paley.

On March 29, 2006, after experiencing shortness of breath in Syria, Rose was flown to Paris and underwent surgery for mitral valve repair in the Georges-Pompidou European Hospital. His surgery was performed under the supervision of Alain F. Carpentier, a pioneer of the procedure. Rose returned to the air on June 12, 2006, with Bill Moyers and Yvette Vega (the show's executive producer), to discuss his surgery and recuperation.

In a 2009 Fresh Dialogues interview Rose described his life as "great and glorious." He added, '"I get up every morning with a new adventure. The adventure is fueled by interesting people. I get a chance to control my own destiny. I do something that is immediately either appreciated or not. I get feedback."

Rose owns a farm in Oxford, North Carolina, an apartment overlooking Central Park in New York City, a beach house in Bellport, New York, an apartment in Washington D.C..and an apartment in Paris, France.

References

External links

Charlie Rose Official website of his eponymous show

Charlie Rose official channel on ''YouTube''

Charlie Rose collected news and commentary at the ''Los Angeles Times''

Charlie Rose shows on Hulu

celebritynetworth.com, Celebrity Net Worth, Charlie Rose

Why Business Loves Charlie Rose David A. Kaplan, ''Fortune'', September 28, 2009

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name	Tavis Smiley
birthname	Tavis Smiley
birth date	September 13, 1964
birth place	Gulfport, MississippiUnited States
age	46
education	Indiana University (B.A., public affairs, 2003)
occupation	Talk show host Author Entrepreneur Advocate Philanthropist
ethnicity	African-American
religion	Christian
credits	''Tavis Smiley'' host (2004–present)''The Tavis Smiley Show'' from PRI (radio) host(2005-present)"Smiley & West" co-host (2010-present)''BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley'' host (1996–2001)
url	http://www.tavistalks.com/ }}

Tavis Smiley (; born September 13, 1964) is a talk show host, author, liberal political commentator, entrepreneur, advocate and philanthropist. Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi and grew up in Kokomo, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom Bradley, the mayor of Los Angeles. Smiley became a radio commentator in 1991, and starting in 1996 he hosted the talk show ''BET Talk'' (later renamed ''BET Tonight'') on BET. Controversially, after Smiley sold an exclusive interview of Sara Jane Olson to ABC News in 2001, BET declined to renew Smiley's contract that year. Smiley then began hosting ''The Tavis Smiley Show'' on NPR from 2002 to 2004 and currently hosts ''Tavis Smiley'' on PBS on the weekdays and "The Tavis Smiley Show" from PRI. Most recently, he and close friend Dr. Cornel West have joined forces for their own radio talk show, "Smiley & West". They were featured together interviewing musician Bill Withers in the 2009 documentary film ''Still Bill''.

Early years

Tavis Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, the son of Joyce Marie Roberts, a single mother who first became pregnant at age 18. On September 13, 1966, just shy of his second birthday, his mother married Emory Garnell Smiley, a non-commisioned officer in the U.S. Air Force. It would not be until a few years later that Tavis would learn the identity of his biological father, whom he identifies in his autobiography, ''What I Know For Sure: My Story of Growing Up in America'' only as "T."

His family soon moved to Indiana because his stepfather had been transferred to Grissom Air Force Base near Peru, Indiana. Upon arriving in Indiana, the Smiley family took up residence in a crowded mobile home in the small town of Bunker Hill, Indiana. Smiley's immediate family size was increased following the homicide of his aunt, whose death left five children with no stable home. Smiley's parents agreed to take in and raise their five orphaned nieces and nephews. Joyce and her husband also had eight children of their own over the years, resulting at one point in 13 children and Mr. and Mrs. Smiley all living in the trailer-home. Smiley's mother was a very religious person, and the family attended the local New Bethel Tabernacle Church, part of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World. The Smiley children were forbidden from listening to secular music at home and going to the movie theater and could watch television shows that their parents felt were family-friendly. When Tavis Smiley was in seventh grade, New Bethel pastor Elder Rufus Mills accused Tavis and his siblings of "running wild, disobeying their teacher, disrespecting their teacher, disrespecting the sanctity of this building, and mocking the holy message being taught" during Sunday School. According to Smiley's account of the incident, Smiley's Sunday School teacher became more confused as she was asking questions about the Book of John, and while other students "responded by giggling and acting a little unruly," he and his sister Phyllis "remained quiet". Garnell whipped Tavis and Phyllis with an extension cord, wounding the two children. The next day at school, administrators found out about the children's injuries. The local newspaper in Kokomo reported on the beating and the legal proceedings against Garnell, and Tavis and Phyllis were sent to foster care temporarily, Garnell told his children that the judge decided that he had "overreacted" and found he and Joyce as "concerned parents who were completely involved in our children's lives and well-being".

Smiley became interested in politics at age 13 after attending a fundraiser for U.S. Senator Birch Bayh. At Maconaquah High School in Bunker Hill, Indiana, a school that Smiley described as "98 percent white", Smiley was active in student council and the debate team, even though his parents were "skeptical of all non-church extracurricular activities."

College and political career

In 1982, Smiley enrolled in Indiana University Bloomington (IU). Because Smiley's parents refused to complete financial aid papers, Smiley entered Indiana University with only $50 and a small suitcase. Administrators let Smiley complete the paperwork to become a full-time student. The summer after his freshman year, Smiley worked, attended summer classes, and lived off campus with Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball players, then being coached by Bobby Knight. Smiley was accepted into the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity during his sophomore year and became business manager of his dormitory, a member of the student senate, and director of minority affairs. After his friend Denver Smith was killed by Indiana police officers who claimed to have acted in self-defense, Smiley helped lead protests to defend Smith, whom he believed had been wrongfully killed. Those protests led Smiley to a work-study internship at the office of Bloomington mayor Tomilea Allison. Being paid $5 an hour, Smiley wrote letters to local residents, researched for Mayor Allison, and helped write positions on local issues. Mayor Allison rebuked Smiley for padding his time sheets and had Smiley work off the extra hours without pay. During his first semester of junior year, Smiley was under academic probation and blamed his extracurricular activities for interfering with his studies. When Smiley visited Los Angeles to attend a national student leaders' convention, the cousin of his roommate introduced Smiley to football star Jim Brown. Brown introduced Smiley to fellow football player George Hughley, who worked for Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley and connected Smiley to Mayor Bradley's staff. Every week since meeting Bradley's staff, Smiley wrote a letter to the mayor's office asking for an internship and once personally flew to Los Angeles to appeal. However, by summertime he received a letter from the city stating that all internship positions were filled. Smiley then handwrote a letter to the mayor that he said represented his feeling "from the heart", and Bradley called Smiley to say that he had a position available for Smiley. As the internship was unpaid but counted for college credit, the Bloomington Community Progress Council funded Smiley with $5,000 for living expenses in Los Angeles, and Brown allowed Smiley to live as a houseguest during September 1985. Starting the next month, Smiley lived in the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity house in the University of Southern California. At City Hall, Smiley worked at the Office of Youth Development on the 22nd floor.

Twice, Smiley considered quitting college, first during junior year, and then after finishing his internship with Mayor Bradley. Bradley successfully convinced Smiley to return to college, and Smiley did. Smiley took the LSAT twice, as he was considering attending Harvard Law School. However, in his senior year, he failed a test in a computer class after being accused of copying another student's, so he failed that class and several others and lacked nine hours of credits and thus did not graduate from IU. Following a hiring freeze by the government of Los Angeles, Smiley served as an aide to Mayor Bradley until 1990. A 1988 article in the ''Los Angeles Times'' identified Smiley as "a Bradley administrative assistant who works in South Los Angeles." In 2003, Smiley officially received his degree from Indiana University in public affairs.

Radio and television career

Campaigning for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council in 1991 against incumbent Ruth Galanter, Smiley finished fourth among 15 candidates. Smiley became a radio commentator, broadcasting one-minute daily radio segments called ''The Smiley Report'' on KGFJ radio. With Ruben Navarrette, Jr., Smiley co-hosted a local talk show in Los Angeles where his strongly held views on race and politics, combined with his arguments regarding the impact of institutional racism and substandard educational and economic opportunities for inner-city black youth, earned him attention on the ''Los Angeles Times''. His commentaries focused on local and national current-affairs issues affecting the African-American community. For six months, Smiley worked on a community news program on a local cable network and spent six more months working on television in Montreal.

In 1996, Smiley became a frequent commentator on the ''Tom Joyner Morning Show'', a nationally syndicated radio show broadcast on black and urban stations in the United States. He developed a friendship with host Joyner; together they began hosting annual town hall meetings beginning in 2000 called "The State of the Black Union" which were aired live on the C-SPAN cable television network. These town hall meetings each focused on a specific topic affecting the African-American community, featuring a panel of African-American leaders, educators, and professionals assembled before an audience to discuss problems related to the forum's topic, as well as potential solutions. Smiley also used his commentator status on Joyner's radio show to launch several advocacy campaigns to highlight discriminatory practices in the media and government and to rally support for causes such as the awarding of a Congressional Gold Medal to civil rights icon Rosa Parks. Smiley also began building a national reputation as a political commentator with numerous appearances on political discussion shows on MSNBC, ABC, and CNN.

Also in 1996, Smiley began hosting and executive producing ''BET Tonight'' (originally ''BET Talk'' when it first premiered), a public affairs discussion show on the Black Entertainment Television (BET) network. Smiley interviewed major political figures and celebrities and discussed topics ranging from racial profiling and police brutality to R&B; music and Hollywood gossip. Smiley hosted ''BET Tonight'' until 2001, when in a controversial move, the network announced that Smiley's contract would not be renewed. This sparked an angry response from Joyner, who sought to rally his radio audience to protest BET's decision. Robert L. Johnson, founder of BET, defended the decision, stating that Smiley had been fired because he had sold an exclusive interview to ABC News without first offering the story to BET, even though Smiley's contract with BET did not require him to do so. Smiley countered with the assertion that he had offered the story — an interview with Sara Jane Olson, an alleged former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army — to CBS, which, along with BET, was owned by Viacom. Smiley ultimately sold the interview to rival network ABC, he said, only after CBS passed on the interview, and suggested that his firing was payback for the publicity he gained as a result of providing an exclusive interview to ABC. Ultimately BET and Viacom did not reverse their decision to terminate Smiley's contract.

Smiley was then offered a chance to host a radio talk show on National Public Radio. He served as host of ''The Tavis Smiley Show'' on NPR until December 2004 when he announced that he would be leaving his NPR show, citing the network's inability to reach a more diverse audience. Smiley launched a weekly version of his radio program ''The Tavis Smiley Show'' on April 29, 2005, distributed by NPR rival Public Radio International. On October 1, 2010, Tavis Smiley turned the second hour of his PRI program into Smiley & West co-hosted by his longtime collaborator Dr. Cornel West. Smiley also hosts ''Tavis Smiley'', a late night talk show televised on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) network and produced in association with WNET in New York.

Smiley moderated two live presidential candidate forums in 2007: a Democratic forum on June 28 at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and a Republican forum on September 27 at Morgan State University in Baltimore.

Smiley appears on the ''Democracy Now!'' show.

Controversy over Presidential Candidate Barack Obama

On April 11, 2008, Tavis Smiley announced that he would resign in June 2008 as a commentator on the ''Tom Joyner Morning Show''. He cited fatigue and a busy schedule in a personal call to Joyner. However Joyner—referring to several commentaries in which Smiley was critical of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama—indicated otherwise on his program, stating: "The real reason is that he can't take the hate he's been getting regarding the Barack issue—hate from the black people that he loves so much." Prior to the public controversy and being elected President, Obama had been on Smiley's PBS show six times.

''The Covenant with Black America''

In March 2006, ''The Smiley Group'' and Third World Press published ''The Covenant with Black America'', a collection of essays by black scholars and professionals edited by Smiley. The book covers topics ranging from education to healthcare as discussed in several "State of the Black Union" forums.

Described by the publisher as a national plan of action to address the primary concerns of African-Americans related to social and economic disparities but seen by others as a self-promoting rehash of old ideas, the book became the first non-fiction book by a Black-owned publisher to be listed as the number-one non-fiction paperback in America by The New York Times Best Seller list.

Awards and contributions

Smiley was honored with the NAACP Image Award for best news, talk, or information series for three consecutive years (1997–99) for his work on ''BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley''.

Smiley's advocacy efforts have earned him numerous awards and recognitions including the recipient of the Mickey Leland Humanitarian Award from the National Association of Minorities in Communications.

In 1999, he founded the Tavis Smiley Foundation, which funds programs that develop young leaders in the black community. Since its inception, more than 6,000 young people have participated in the foundation's Youth to Leaders Training workshops and conferences.

His communications company, The Smiley Group, Inc., serves as the holding company for various enterprises encompassing broadcast and print media, lecturers, symposiums, and the Internet.

In 1994, ''Time'' named him one of America's 50 Most Promising Young Leaders. ''Time'' would later honor him in 2009 as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World." In May 2007, Smiley gave a commencement speech at his alma mater, Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana. In May 2008, he gave the commencement address at Connecticut College, where he was awarded an honorary doctorate. In May 2009, Smiley was awarded an honorary doctorate at Langston University after giving the commencement address there.

On December 12, 2008, Smiley received the Du Bois Medal from Harvard University's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research.

He would also be awarded the 2009 Interdependence Day Prize from Demos in Istanbul, Turkey.

Indiana University recently honored Smiley by naming the atrium of its School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) building, The Tavis Smiley Atrium.

Smiley would be named No. 2 change agent in the field of media behind Oprah Winfrey in EBONY magazine's POWER 150 list.

Bibliography

''Just a Thought: The Smiley Report'' (ISBN 0-963-69523-1)

''Doing What's Right: How to Fight for What You Believe—And Make a Difference'' (ISBN 0-385-49931-0)

''Hard Left'' (ISBN 0-385-48404-6)

''Keeping the Faith: Stories of Love, Courage, Healing, and Hope from Black America'' (ISBN 0-385-72169-2)

''How to Make Black America Better: Leading African Americans Speak Out'' (ISBN 0-385-72087-4)

''On Air:The Best of Tavis Smiley on the Tom Joyner Morning Show'' (ISBN 1-890194-33-6)

''The Covenant with Black America'' (ISBN 0-88378-277-4)

''What I Know for Sure: My Story of Growing Up in America'' (ISBN 978-0-385-50516-1; ISBN 0-388-50516-7)

''Accountable: Making America As Good As Its Promise

''Fail Up'' (ISBN 1-401-93390-4)

References

Further reading

LaRue, William. "Tavis Smiley: NPR Host Brings Latenight Talk to PBS." ''Syracuse (NY) Post-Standard'', 1 February 2004, STARS section, pp. 4–6.

Slade, Scott. "Author Issues Wakeup Call." ''Kokomo (IN) Tribune'', 20 June 1996, p. 7.

External links

www.tavistalks.com Official web site

Tavis Smiley on WNET/PBS

Tavis Smiley at NPR

Tavis Smiley: The State of the Black Union Interview

Tavis Smiley on Rev. Martin Luther King and His Opposition to the Vietnam War - video by ''Democracy Now!''

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birth name	Darryl Lynn Hughley
birth date	March 06, 1963
birth place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
occupation	Actor/Comedian
years active	1991–present
spouse	LaDonna Hughley (1986–present; 3 children)
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Darryl Lynn "D. L." Hughley (; born March 7, 1963) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He is perhaps best known as the star of the ABC/UPN sitcom ''The Hughleys'', and as one of the four comedians featured in the Spike Lee film ''The Original Kings of Comedy''. Additionally, he has been the host of CNN's ''D. L. Hughley Breaks the News'', a correspondent for ''The Jay Leno Show'' on NBC, and a local radio personality in New York City.

Early life

Hughley was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Audrey and Charles Hughley, who was a Delta Air Lines maintenance worker.

Career

From 1992 to 1993, Hughley was the original host of ''ComicView'', the stand-up comedy program on BET. In 1998, through 2002, he wrote, produced and starred in the television sitcom series, ''The Hughleys''. During 2005, he had a short-lived talk show on Comedy Central called Weekends at the D.L.. He is a member of ''The Original Kings of Comedy'', and has also had roles on ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'', and on NBC's ''Scrubs'' as Turk's brother. He was the host of the 2008 BET Awards. He also attended the funeral of one of his best friends and fellow King of Comedy, Bernie Mac. At the service, he gave a tearful speech during the eulogy.

It was announced in June 2010 that NBC has ordered a game show pilot that Hughley will host entitled ''Who's Bluffing Who?''

Hughley is scheduled to guest-star on TBS' ''Glory Daze'' as well as guest host ' ''Who Wants To Be A Millionaire''.

CNN

Hughley was selected to host and write a comedic news-show on CNN which covers global happenings in politics, entertainment, sports and pop culture, titled ''D. L. Hughley Breaks the News,'' which aired its premiere episode on Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 10 p.m. EDT on CNN. On March 9, 2009, CNN announced Hughley would be ending the show due to a desire to work in Los Angeles and be closer to his family. He plans to continue his work with CNN as a Los Angeles-based contributor for the network.

Radio

Recently, Hughley began a career as an on-air radio personality. On July 20, 2009, ''The D.L. Hughley Morning Show'' premiered on WRKS (more popularly known as 98.7 Kiss FM), an urban adult contemporary station in New York City. His co-hosts included former BET news correspondent Jacque Reid. Airing from 6-10 am, the show placed Hughley in direct competition with his fellow "King of Comedy" Steve Harvey, whose nationally-syndicated ''Steve Harvey Morning Show'' airs in New York on WBLS (Kiss FM's longtime rival). There were plans to take Hughley's show into syndication as well, but a dispute regarding his salary erupted between Kiss FM's parent company and the potential syndication company. In August 2010, Kiss FM dropped the show from its schedule, and Hughley moved on to other endeavors.

Personal life

Hughley and his wife, LaDonna, have three children: Ryan, Tyler and Kyle. Hughley has discussed his son's Asperger syndrome on several occasions.

Filmography

''The Hughleys'' ''Inspector Gadget (film) ''The Original Kings of Comedy'' ''The Brothers (2001 film) ''Inspector Gadget 2'' ''Scrubs (TV series) ''Soul Plane'' ''Shackles'' ''Cloud 9 (film) ''Spy School'' ''Hawaii Five-0''

Year !! Film !! Role !! Notes
1993 in film	1993	''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air''	Keith
1998 in film	1998	|	Darryl Hughley
1999 in film	1999	Inspector Gadget'' ||	Gadgetmobile	Voice
2000 in film	2000	|	Himself
2001 in film	2001	The Brothers'' ||	Derrick West
rowspan="3"	2003	|	Gadgetmobile	Voice/Video
''Chasing Papi''	Rodrigo
''Scary Movie 3''	John Wilson
2003 in film	2003	Scrubs'' ||	Kevin Turk	Guest star
2004 in film	2004	|	Johnny
rowspan="2"	2005	|	Ben Cross
''Weekends at the D. L.''	Host
rowspan="3"	2006	Cloud 9'' ||	Tenspot
''The Adventures of Brer Rabbit''	Brer Fox
''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip''	Simon Styles
rowspan="2"	2008	|	Albert
''D. L. Hughley Breaks the News''	Host
2010 in film	2010	|	Skeet	Guest star
2011 in film	2011	''Who Wants To Be A Millionaire''

References

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Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:Actors from California Category:African American comedians Category:African American film actors Category:African American television actors Category:American stand-up comedians Category:American television talk show hosts Category:American voice actors Category:People from Los Angeles, California

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