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Broadway theater
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City. Along with London's West End theatre, Broadway theatre is widely considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world.
The Broadway theatre district is a popular tourist attraction in New York. According to The Broadway League, Broadway shows sold approximately $1.081 billion worth of tickets in calendar year 2011, compared with $1.037 billion for 2010. Attendance in 2011 was 12.13 million.
New York did not have a significant theatre presence until about 1750, when actor-managers Walter Murray and Thomas Kean established a resident theatre company at the Theatre on Nassau Street, which held about 280 people. They presented Shakespeare plays and ballad operas such as The Beggar's Opera. In 1752, William Hallam sent a company of twelve actors from Britain to the colonies with his brother Lewis as their manager. They established a theatre in Williamsburg, Virginia and opened with The Merchant of Venice and The Anatomist. The company moved to New York in the summer of 1753, performing ballad operas and ballad-farces like Damon and Phillida. The Revolutionary War suspended theatre in New York, but thereafter theatre resumed in 1798, the year the 2,000-seat Park Theatre was built on Chatham Street (now called Park Row). The Bowery Theatre opened in 1826, followed by others. Blackface minstrel shows, a distinctly American form of entertainment, became popular in the 1830s, and especially so with the arrival of the Virginia Minstrels in the 1840s.
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Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City. Along with London's West End theatre, Broadway theatre is widely considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world.
The Broadway theatre district is a popular tourist attraction in New York. According to The Broadway League, Broadway shows sold approximately $1.081 billion worth of tickets in calendar year 2011, compared with $1.037 billion for 2010. Attendance in 2011 was 12.13 million.
New York did not have a significant theatre presence until about 1750, when actor-managers Walter Murray and Thomas Kean established a resident theatre company at the Theatre on Nassau Street, which held about 280 people. They presented Shakespeare plays and ballad operas such as The Beggar's Opera. In 1752, William Hallam sent a company of twelve actors from Britain to the colonies with his brother Lewis as their manager. They established a theatre in Williamsburg, Virginia and opened with The Merchant of Venice and The Anatomist. The company moved to New York in the summer of 1753, performing ballad operas and ballad-farces like Damon and Phillida. The Revolutionary War suspended theatre in New York, but thereafter theatre resumed in 1798, the year the 2,000-seat Park Theatre was built on Chatham Street (now called Park Row). The Bowery Theatre opened in 1826, followed by others. Blackface minstrel shows, a distinctly American form of entertainment, became popular in the 1830s, and especially so with the arrival of the Virginia Minstrels in the 1840s.
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Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a 16.3-acre (6.6-hectare) complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Reynold Levy has been its president since 2002.[citation needed]
A consortium of civic leaders and others led by, and under the initiative of John D. Rockefeller III, built Lincoln Center as part of the "Lincoln Square Renewal Project" during Robert Moses's program of urban renewal in the 1950s and 1960s. Respected architects were contacted to design the major buildings on the site, and over the next thirty years the previously blighted area around Lincoln Center became a new cultural hub.
Rockefeller was Lincoln Center's inaugural president from 1956 and became its chairman in 1961. He is credited with raising more than half of the $184.5 million in private funds needed to build the complex, including drawing on his own funds; the Rockefeller Brothers Fund also contributed to the project. The center's three buildings, Avery Fisher Hall (formerly Philharmonic Hall), the Metropolitan Opera House and the David H. Koch Theater (formerly the New York State Theater), were opened in 1962, 1964 and 1966, repsectively.
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London
i/ˈlʌndən/ is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium. London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence. It is the world's leading financial centre alongside New York City and has the fifth-largest city GDP in the world (and the largest in Europe). London has been described as a world cultural capital. It was the world's most visited city during 2011 and London Heathrow is the world's busiest airport by number of international passengers. London's 43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education in Europe. In 2012 London will become the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.
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New York University
Coordinates: 40°43′48″N 73°59′42″W / 40.73°N 73.995°W / 40.73; -73.995
New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City, USA. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. Founded in 1831, NYU is one of the largest private nonprofit institutions of American higher education.
NYU was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1950. The university counts 34 Nobel Prize winners, 3 Abel Prize winners, 10 National Medal of Science recipients, 16 Pulitzer Prize winners, 21 Academy Award winners, and Emmy,Grammy, and Tony Award winners among its faculty and alumni. NYU also has MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowship holders as well as National Academy of Sciences members among its past and present graduates and faculty.
NYU is organized into 18 schools, colleges, and institutes, located in six centers throughout Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn, as well as more than a dozen other sites across the world, with plans for further expansion.
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Perry v. Brown
Perry v. Brown (formerly Perry v. Schwarzenegger) is a case decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on February 7, 2012. A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit reviewed and affirmed the judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, which found that Proposition 8, a 2008 California ballot initiative that amended the state constitution to restrict marriage to opposite-sex couples, was unconstitutional.
On August 4, 2010, Chief District Court Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that Proposition 8 violated the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, though the judgment was stayed pending appeal. On February 7, 2012, the Ninth Circuit upheld the decision of the district court and ruled that Proposition 8 violated the U.S. Constitution. The stay continues to be in effect.
The case is widely regarded as a landmark case that will likely reach the Supreme Court on appeal. The plaintiffs' attorneys, Theodore Olson and David Boies, were listed on the 2010 Time 100 for their nonpartisan and strong legal approach to challenging Proposition 8.
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Adam Guettel
Adam Guettel (
/ˈɡɛtəl/; born December 16, 1964) is an American composer-lyricist of musical theater and opera . He is best known for the musical The Light in the Piazza, for which he won two Tony Awards, for Best Score and Best Orchestrations, and two Drama Desk Awards, for Best Music and Best Orchestrations.
Guettel was born and raised on the Upper West Side of New York City. He performed as a boy soprano soloist in operas including Pelléas et Mélisande and The Magic Flute, both at the Metropolitan Opera and the New York City Opera, and in another production of Pelléas with the Santa Fe Opera. He was also slated to play Amahl in the film remake of Gian Carlo Menotti's "Amahl and the Night Visitors". He later claimed that he ended his career as a boy soprano at age 13, by faking that his voice was changing; he turned to music composition soon afterward. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Interlochen Center for the Arts and graduated from Yale University in 1987.
His early works include 1996's Floyd Collins, Love's Fire, and Saturn Returns (which was recorded as Myths and Hymns). Guettel's music was almost immediately characterized by its complexity and chromaticism. His major influences include Igor Stravinsky, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Benjamin Britten, and Stevie Wonder. Stephen Sondheim has referred to Guettel's work as "dazzling." Guettel's songs have been recorded by such artists as Audra McDonald and Brian d'Arcy James. He also contributed original scores to several documentary films, including Arguing the World and Jack: The Last Kennedy Film. In 1999, he performed a concert evening of his own work at New York's Town Hall.
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Amber Riley
Amber Patrice Riley (born February 15, 1986) is an American Actress best known for her role on the series Glee as Mercedes Jones.
Riley was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Tiny (née Hightower) and Elwin Riley. Riley auditioned for American Idol when she was 17 years old, during the show's second season, but was turned down by the producers. Amber graduated from La Mirada High School in La Mirada, California in 2004. In 2006 Riley auditioned unsuccessfully for the part of Effie White in Dreamgirls. She appeared at the 2010 MTV VMAs on September 12, 2010.
Riley plays the role of Mercedes Jones on the hit musical comedy-drama Glee. A member of the main cast, she has appeared since the show's pilot, which debuted in May 2009. She has sung numerous solos, including "Respect", "Bust Your Windows", "Hate on Me", "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", "Beautiful", "Bridge over Troubled Water", "I Look to You", "Hell to the No", "Ain't No Way", "Try a Little Tenderness", "Spotlight", "All I Want for Christmas Is You" and, three days after Whitney Houston's death, a tribute version of "I Will Always Love You". Her character gets through her schooldays with her "diva-style", stylish clothes, and has a friendship with the only openly gay boy in school, Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer). In 2011, Riley received an NAACP Image Award nomination for her portrayal of Mercedes; she has won a Screen Actors Guild Award for her acting on Glee, along with the show's ensemble, and has also been nominated for a Teen Choice Award for her acting on the show. Her mother was a member of the choir in the song "Like a Prayer"—Mercedes dances with her—during the first season episode "The Power of Madonna".
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Andrea Bowen
Andrea Lauren Bowen (born March 4, 1990; Columbus, Ohio) is an American actress who is best known for playing Julie Mayer on Desperate Housewives (2004–2012). She has won two SAG Awards.
Bowen is of Welsh descent and made her Broadway debut in 1996 as Young Cosette/Young Eponine in Les Misérables. At six, she was the youngest actress to ever play the role. From 1996 to 2001 Bowen was a consistent presence on Broadway. She appeared in the original company of the 1998 revival of The Sound of Music as Marta, and in 2000, created the role of Adele in the musical version of Jane Eyre. Bowen was also a member of The Broadway Kids concert group. Several of Bowen's siblings have also been heavily involved in musical theatre, performing roles in various other Broadway shows.
She briefly attended the Professional Performing Arts School in New York alongside best friend Sarah Hyland.
From 2004–2012 Bowen has portrayed Julie Mayer on Desperate Housewives. She currently models for Miss Selfridge.[citation needed] She has also had recurring or guest starring roles on such shows as One Tree Hill (with friend Sophia Bush), Boston Public and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In the film Red Riding Hood she appears as one of "The Three Ashleys." Most recently, she played the role of Candace in the esoteric adventure film Eye of the Dolphin. She also starred in the Lifetime Original film Girl, Positive, an experience that allowed her to help spread the message among youth that "HIV is something you can protect yourself from." More recently, she has appeared in an episode of Ghost Whisperer during its fourth season.
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Andrew Lippa
Andrew Lippa (December 22, 1964) is an American composer, lyricist, book writer, performer, and producer. He is a resident artist at the Ars Nova Theater in New York City.
Lippa was born in Leeds, England. to English parents. He emigrated to the US in October, 1967 and grew up in Oak Park, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. He attended Oak Park High School in Oak Park, Michigan. While at Michigan, Lippa studied vocal performance but eventually transferred into music education and received his bachelor’s degree in music education. After graduating from the University of Michigan, In 1987 Lippa moved to New York City and became a middle school music teacher at Columbia Grammar and Prep School (CGPS) on the Upper West Side. He was promoted his second year at (CGPS) to dean of 7th and 8th grade students – an assistant principal position – and held that post, in addition to teaching music, until June 1991. In 1988 Lippa was accepted into the celebrated BMI/Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop as a composer. There he met his future collaborator Tom Greenwald (John & Jen) He later pursued a music career.
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Angela Kinsey
Angela Kinsey (born June 25, 1971) is an American actress. She currently appears as the uptight accountant Angela Martin on the hit NBC television series The Office.
Kinsey was born in Lafayette, Louisiana. When she was two, her family moved to Jakarta, Indonesia, where her father worked as a drilling engineer. They lived there for twelve years, and she attended the Jakarta International School. During this time she learned Indonesian, which she still knows. Her family then returned to the United States and settled in Archer City, Texas.
Kinsey studied English at Baylor University, where she became a member of the Chi Omega sorority, "took as many theatre classes as possible", and participated in the "Baylor in London" program. In a 2007 interview with the Baylor student newspaper, she discussed the influence of her years at the university:
Kinsey served as an intern on the NBC late night talk show Late Night with Conan O'Brien, which she described as an "awesome" experience.[citation needed] She worked for the show's drummer Max Weinberg. The experience inspired Kinsey to take a coast-to-coast road trip with a friend from New York City to California.
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B. J. Novak
Benjamin Joseph Manaly "B. J." Novak (born July 31, 1979) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for being a writer and co-executive producer for and playing the role of Ryan Howard on The Office, as well as appearing in Inglourious Basterds.
Novak was born and raised in Newton, Massachusetts, the son of Linda (née Manaly) and William Novak, who has ghostwritten memoirs for Nancy Reagan, Lee Iacocca, and others. Novak's family is Jewish; his father co-edited The Big Book of Jewish Humor, and his parents also established a Jewish matchmaking service. Novak has two younger brothers, Jesse, a composer, and Lev, an undergraduate student at Tufts University. He attended Newton South High School with future Office costar John Krasinski, and they graduated in 1997. Novak attended Harvard University, where he worked for the Harvard Lampoon and majored in English and Spanish literature after writing a thesis on Hollywood responses to Shakespeare. In addition to the Lampoon, he occasionally staged and performed in a variety show called The B.J. Show with fellow Harvard student B. J. Averell. Novak wrote his honors thesis on the films of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
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Brad Garrett
Bradley "Brad" Garrett (born Bradley H. Gerstenfeld; April 14, 1960) is an American actor, voice-actor, stand-up comedian, and professional poker-player. He has appeared in numerous television and film roles.
Garret was initially successful as a stand-up comedian in the early 1980s. Taking advantage of that success in the late 1980s, Garrett began appearing in television and film, in minor and guest roles. His first major role was Robert Barone on the CBS series Everybody Loves Raymond. The series debuted September 13, 1996 and ran nine seasons.
Garrett's film roles include Stuart Little 2, Finding Nemo, Garfield, The Amateurs, The Pacifier, Night at the Museum 2, Tangled, and Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil. Garrett also played the leading role of Eddie Stark on the FOX television series 'Til Death from 2006 to 2010.
Garrett has won three primetime Emmy awards, with three other nominations. Garrett is still prominent within stand-up comedy and is also a professional poker player. Garrett's trademarks are his height (6 feet 8½ inches; 204 cm) and deep voice.
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Brenda Strong
Brenda Lee Strong (born March 25, 1960) is an American actress and yoga instructor, best known for her role as Mary Alice Young on the ABC television comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives (2004–2012), for which she was nominated for Emmy Awards. She also is known for role as Sally Sasser on the ABC comedy-drama Sports Night (1998–2000) and currently starring as Ann Ewing on the TNT drama series Dallas.
Strong was born in Brightwood, Oregon, and grew up near Portland, Oregon, graduating in 1978 from Sandy Union High School in Sandy, Oregon. She later moved to Arizona to attend college, and graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Music in musical theater. Strong was crowned Miss Arizona in 1980; she is 6'0" (1.83 m) tall.
Her first break after college was a spot in Billy Crystal’s 1984 music video You Look Marvelous. Her first television appearances came in 1985 with brief stints on St. Elsewhere, MacGyver, and Cheers. She also made guest appearances on Matlock, Murphy Brown, Herman's Head, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Blossom, and had a brief role on the cult favorite Twin Peaks.
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Brent Kinsman
Brent Kinsman and Shane Kinsman (Los Angeles, California, November 13, 1997) in are American twin child actors who typically portray rambunctious twins, most notably, as Kyle and Nigel Baker in the 2003 film Cheaper by the Dozen and its 2005 sequel Cheaper by the Dozen 2. They also had featured roles as Porter and Preston Scavo on the popular ABC television series Desperate Housewives for 4 years (replaced by Charlie Carver and Max Carver).
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Brian Baumgartner
Brian Baumgartner (born November 29, 1972) is an Emmy Award-winning American film and television actor, best known for playing Kevin Malone on The Office.
Baumgartner was born in Atlanta, Georgia, where he attended Holy Innocents' Episcopal School. He attended high school at The Westminster Schools in Atlanta with future Office co-star Ed Helms, who graduated one year later in 1992. He then attended SMU before moving to Los Angeles, Baumgartner served as Artistic Director of Hidden Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he received multiple awards for artistic and acting excellence. In addition, Baumgartner performed regionally at the Guthrie Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Children's Theater Company, and Theatre de la Jeune Lune. Baumgartner studied acting at the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University. Brian is also a Los Angeles Dodgers fan. Baumgartner lives in Los Angeles and Hilton Head with his wife and daughter.
Baumgartner's television appearances include roles on Jake in Progress, Arrested Development and Everwood. He also acted as a talent scout on Last Comic Standing with his Office co-star Kate Flannery. He appears in the romantic comedy feature film License to Wed opposite Robin Williams, Mandy Moore, and Office co-star John Krasinski. In June 2007, Baumgartner won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Broadband Program - Comedy, for his work on The Office: Accountants webisodes. His co-stars Angela Kinsey and Oscar Nunez also shared the award.
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Carol Burnett
Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedian, singer, dancer and writer. Burnett started her career in New York. After becoming a hit on Broadway, she made her television debut. After successful appearances on The Garry Moore Show, Burnett moved to Los Angeles and began an eleven-year run on The Carol Burnett Show which was aired on CBS television from 1967 to 1978. With roots in vaudeville, The Carol Burnett Show was a variety show which combined comedy sketches, song, and dance. The comedy sketches included film parodies and character pieces. Burnett created many characters during the show's television run.
Burnett was born in San Antonio, Texas, the daughter of Ina Louise (née Creighton), a publicity writer for movie studios, and Joseph Thomas Burnett, a movie theater manager. Both of her parents suffered from alcoholism, and at a young age she was left with her grandmother, Mabel Eudora White. Her parents divorced in the late 1930s, and Burnett and her grandmother moved to an apartment near her mother’s in an impoverished area of Hollywood. There, they stayed in a boarding house with her younger half-sister Chrissy.
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Chris Colfer
Christopher Paul "Chris" Colfer (born May 27, 1990) is an American actor and singer, known for his portrayal of Kurt Hummel on the television series Glee. He is a Golden Globe winner and a two-time Emmy nominee.
Colfer was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in 2011.
Colfer was born in Clovis, California, the son of Karyn Colfer (née Boling) and Tim Colfer. Colfer has Irish ancestry; he has stated "I’m very Irish, my family is all Irish and St. Patrick’s day in my house is crazy." He was home schooled for half of 7th grade and 8th grade because he was bullied so much in school.
While a student at Clovis East High School, Colfer was involved with the speech and debate program, where he won "many speech and debate champion titles," including placing ninth in the State Competition for Dramatic Interpretation, the drama club, the FFA, "was president of the Writer’s Club, editor of the school's literary magazine, and captain of Destination ImagiNation." As a high school senior, he wrote, starred in, and directed a spoof of Sweeney Todd entitled "Shirley Todd", in which all of the roles were gender-reversed. One of his real in-school experiences was later turned into a sub-plot for his character on Glee, when the high school teachers denied him the chance to sing "Defying Gravity" from the musical Wicked because it is traditionally sung by a woman. His grandmother, a minister, let him sing the song in her church.
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Chrishell Stause
Terrina Chrishell Stause ( /tɛˌriːnə krɨˌʃɛl ˈstaʊs/, born July 21, 1981 and professionally known as Chrishell Stause) is an American actress, best known for role Amanda Dillon on All My Children.
Terrina Chrishell Stause from Draffenville, Kentucky. Stause attended Murray State University where she received her B.A. in Theater in 2003. She is of both Japanese and Spanish descent.
Stause is best known for her portrayal of Amanda Dillon on All My Children, a role she began on May 4, 2005 when the character returned to Pine Valley after a five-year absence. The role of Amanda was previously portrayed by Alexis Manta.
Stause dated Glee star Matthew Morrison and was engaged to the actor until 2007.
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Cody Kasch
Cody Reed Kasch (born August 21, 1987) is an American actor.
Kasch was born of Scottish heritage in Santa Monica, California and raised in Ojai, California on a working ranch until he was nearly fourteen, when he moved to Camarillo, California.
After numerous television guest appearances, Kasch got his big break when he was cast in a regular role on the John Goodman sitcom Normal, Ohio, only to see that series be cancelled after only a few episodes[citation needed]. Kasch portrayed a Texan high school student in the Australian teenage series, Out There. Four years later, Kasch was hired to play the character of Zach Young on the ABC comedy-drama Desperate Housewives, where as the son of deceased Mary Alice Young, Kasch played one of the pivotal figures in the show's main mystery. After a brief absence from the series he returned in the season 3 as Gabrielle Solis' secret admirer and again in season 7. He is also the narrator for several audiobooks[citation needed]. Kasch starred in the 2010 horror film Chain Letter as Neil Conners.
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Cory Monteith
Cory Allan Michael Monteith (born May 11, 1982) is a Canadian actor and musician, best known for his role of Finn Hudson on the Fox television series Glee.
Monteith was born in Calgary, Alberta and raised in Victoria, British Columbia. His parents divorced when he was seven, and he was raised by his mother. By 13, Monteith, once a promising student, who, at age 5, could read at a fourth-grade level, dropped out of school. Monteith estimates that by the time he quit school for good at age 16, he had attended 12 different schools, including alternative programs for troubled teens. He went drinking with his friends and had a drug addiction. Monteith went to rehab at 19 after his family gave him an ultimatum: either he gets clean or they would report him to the police and press charges for stealing a significant amount of money to fuel his addiction. Looking back, he stated, "I finally said, 'I'm gonna start looking at my life and figure out why I'm doing this.'"
He has worked various jobs, such as a Wal-Mart people greeter, taxi driver, school bus driver, and roofer.
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David Denman
David Denman (born July 25, 1973) is an American film and television actor.
After graduating from Fountain Valley High School, Denman attended the summer training congress at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. He then attended the Juilliard School's Drama Division (1993-1997, Group 26) where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
He made his film debut with Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman as a deaf tight-end in the Warner Bros. football comedy The Replacements. His other feature credits include Fair Game, Shutter, Smart People, Out Cold, and Big Fish. He will appear in the upcoming feature film Let Go with Ed Asner, Gillian Jacobs, and Kevin Hart.
On television, Denman recurred as "Tony" on Drop Dead Diva. He has appeared on Brothers & Sisters, In Plain Sight, Gary Unmarried, Grey’s Anatomy, K-Ville, Without A Trace, Bones, Crossing Jordan, CSI: Miami, The X-Files, ER, Arliss, as well as in recurring roles on the UPN series Second Time Around and as Skip the Demon on Angel. He also appeared in The '60s and The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story. He is perhaps best known for his role as Roy Anderson, the ex-fiancé of Pam Beesly on the US version of The Office.
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Debra Messing
Debra Lynn Messing (born August 15, 1968) is an American actress. She is widely known for her television roles in Will & Grace and The Starter Wife.
Following her graduation from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Messing rose to prominence in television roles in several short-lived series, such as the Fox sitcom Ned & Stacey and the ABC's science fictional Prey. It was her casting as Grace Adler in the NBC sitcom Will & Grace which catapulted Messing to TV stardom. The series ran for eight seasons, and in 2003 she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance. She also received critical acclaim for her work as Molly Kagan in the mini-series The Starter Wife. As of 2012, she is starring as Julia Houston, a leading role in the NBC musical drama series Smash.
Throughout her career she has been nominated for a total of six Emmy Awards, eight Golden Globe Awards and eight Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Messing was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, the daughter of Sandra (née Simons), who has worked as a professional singer, banker, travel and real estate agent, and Brian Messing, a sales executive for a costume jewelry packaging manufacturer. Messing is Jewish; she is a descendant of immigrants from Russia and Poland. When Messing was three, she moved with her parents and her older brother, Brett, to East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
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Dianna Agron
Dianna Elise Agron ( /ˈeɪɡrɒn/; born April 30, 1986) is an American actress, singer, and dancer best known for her portrayal of Quinn Fabray on the television series Glee and Sarah Hart in I Am Number Four.
Dianna Agron was born in Savannah, Georgia, and raised in San Antonio, Texas and San Francisco, California. She is the daughter of Mary and Ronald S. Agron, a general manager of Hyatt hotels. Agron's father's family is originally from Russia, and their original surname, Agronsky, was altered by Ellis Island officials. Her father was born Jewish and her mother converted to Judaism; Agron attended Hebrew school and had a bat mitzvah. Agron attended Burlingame Intermediate School and then Burlingame High School in Burlingame, California. She has been dancing since the age of three, and began teaching dance as a teenager.
Agron has appeared on television shows such as Shark, Close to Home, CSI: NY, Numb3rs,[citation needed] and had a recurring role on Veronica Mars. She then appeared as Harper on a 13-episode series of short films called It's a Mall World, directed by Milo Ventimiglia, and airing on MTV, and then on the second season of Heroes as Debbie Marshall, the head cheerleader/captain of the cheer squad at Costa Verde High School. Dianna has also hosted a mini Music Festival for 826LA in Los Angeles called Chickens in Love.
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Don Norte
Kevin and Don Norte are a gay rights activist couple based in Los Angeles and involved at a grassroots level. They are both Log Cabin Republicans.
Don Norte is also one of the first openly gay Republican appointees to a governing body, when California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed him to the Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. The Governor's Committee is charged with developing a comprehensive strategy to assist disabled youth and adults to enter the workforce by focusing on the needs and interests of the worker, the employer, and the community. Don's appointed position did not require Senate confirmation and the position does not receive a salary. Don's term does not expire but Don serves at the will of the Governor of California. That Governor is now Jerry Brown. Don is the first Log Cabin Republican to remain an appointee under Democratic Governor Jerry Brown's administration.
In 2004, Don was involved in the Bobby Shriver for Santa Monica City Council Campaign and was one of about 10 named prominent community leader endorsers in Shriver's campaign literature.
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Doris Roberts
Doris Roberts (born November 4, 1930) is an American character actress of film, stage and television.
She has received five Emmy Awards during her acting career, which began in 1952. She is perhaps best known for her role as Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond from 1996 to 2005.
Doris Roberts was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Her mother, Ann Meltzer, raised Roberts in the Jewish faith in the New York City borough of The Bronx with the assistance of her own parents, after her husband, whose name may have been Larry Meltzer or Larry Green, deserted the family. Doris' stepfather, whose surname she took as her own, was Chester H. Roberts. Chester and Ann Roberts operated the Z.L. Rosenfield Agency, a stenographic service catering to playwrights and actors.
Roberts' acting career began in 1952 with a role on the TV series Studio One. She appeared in episodes of The Naked City (1958–63), Way Out (1961), Ben Casey (1963), and The Defenders (1962–63).
In 1961, she made her film debut in Something Wild. She appeared in such 1960s and 1970s cult films as A Lovely Way to Die, No Way to Treat a Lady, The Honeymoon Killers, Such Good Friends, Little Murders, A New Leaf and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. In 1978, she appeared in a film about John F. Kennedy's assassination, Ruby and Oswald, in which she played Jack Ruby's sister. She also appeared very briefly in The Rose, as the mother of the title character (played by Bette Midler).
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Doug Savant
Douglas Peter "Doug" Savant (born June 21, 1964) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Matt Fielding on Melrose Place and Tom Scavo on the ABC dramedy series Desperate Housewives.
Doug Savant first gained notice for playing a younger version of Mac McKenzie (played by Kojak alumnus Kevin Dobson) on the CBS nighttime soap, Knots Landing. He was paired with future Desperate Housewives co-star Nicollette Sheridan, who played a younger version of the Anne Matheson character portrayed by Michelle Phillips.
In the eighties he appeared in such films as Masquerade, starring Rob Lowe, Teen Wolf, with Michael J. Fox, and Trick or Treat with Marc Price and Ozzy Osbourne. Additionally, he was the central character in an episode of The Outer Limits called "The Hunt." In the episode, he played an android that is being hunted for sport.
From 1992 to 1997, Savant starred as Matt Fielding on Melrose Place, a role that was notable for being one of the first mainstream openly gay characters on television. His role was, however, censored greatly by the network - notably a kiss between Matt and guest star Ty Miller during the season two finale was edited out at the last minute by FOX. Savant left the series after five seasons and, a year later, his character was killed off-screen in a car crash.
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Dustin Lance Black
Dustin Lance Black (born June 10, 1974) is an American screenwriter, director, film and television producer, and LGBT rights activist. He has won two Writers Guild of America Awards for his work on the television series Big Love and an Academy Award for the 2008 film Milk.
Black is a Founding Board Member of the American Foundation for Equal Rights and writer of 8, a staged reenactment of the federal trial that led to an appellate court's overturn of California's Proposition 8.
Black was born in Sacramento, California and grew up in a Mormon household, in San Antonio, Texas and later moved to Salinas, California when his mother remarried. His father had been the Mormon missionary who had baptized Black's mother earlier.
Growing up surrounded by Mormon culture and military bases, Black worried about his sexuality. He told himself, "I'm going to hell. And if I ever admit it, I'll be hurt, and I'll be brought down" when he found himself attracted to a boy in his neighborhood at the age of six or seven. He says that his "acute awareness" of his sexuality made him dark, shy and at times suicidal, and he came out in his senior year of college.
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Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriter partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date.
In his four-decade career John has sold more than 250 million records, making him one of the most successful artists of all time. His single "Candle in the Wind 1997" has sold over 33 million copies worldwide, and is the best selling single in Billboard history. He has more than 50 Top 40 hits, including seven consecutive No. 1 US albums, 56 Top 40 singles, 16 Top 10, four No. 2 hits, and nine No. 1 hits. He has won six Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Tony Award. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him Number 49 on its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.
John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Having been named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1996, John received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for "services to music and charitable services" in 1998.
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Eric McCormack
Eric James McCormack (born April 18, 1963) is a Canadian American actor, musician, writer and producer. Born in Toronto, he began his acting career performing in school plays at Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute High School. He left Ryerson University in 1985, in order to accept a position with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, where he spent five years performing in numerous play 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 The Lost World. McCormack appeared in multiple television series roles, including Top Cops, Street Justice, Lonesome Dove: The Series, Townies, and Ally McBeal. McCormack later gained worldwide recognition for playing Will Truman in the American sitcom Will & Grace, which premiered in September 1998. His performance earned him an Emmy Award in the category for Best 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 mini-series 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.
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Eva Longoria
Eva Jacqueline Longoria (born March 15, 1975) is an American actress, best known for portraying Gabrielle Solis on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. Longoria received a nomination for the 2006 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance on Desperate Housewives.
Longoria first rose to fame on television for portraying Isabella Braña on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless from 2001 to 2003. She became nationally recognized in the 2000s after appearing in several high-profile advertising campaigns and numerous men's magazines, reaching #14 in the FHM "Sexiest Women 2008" poll, and having appeared on the cover of various international women's magazines including Vogue, Marie Claire and Harper's Bazaar. Longoria has also starred in films such as Harsh Times (2005), The Sentinel (2006) and Over Her Dead Body (2008).
Eva Jacqueline Longoria was born in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, the youngest of four daughters born to Mexican-Americans Enrique Longoria, Jr. and Ella Eva Mireles. She was raised Roman Catholic. The Longoria family originated in Spain and has resided in Texas since before the creation of the United States, predating the English-speaking settlers.
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Felicity Huffman
Felicity Kendall Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She is known for her role as executive producer Dana Whitaker on the ABC television show Sports Night (1998–2000), which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination, and as hectic supermom Lynette Scavo on the ABC show Desperate Housewives (2004–2012), which has earned her an Emmy Award.
In 2005, her critically acclaimed role as a trans woman in the independent film Transamerica earned her a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination. She has also starred in films such as Reversal of Fortune, The Spanish Prisoner, Magnolia, Path to War, Georgia Rule and Phoebe in Wonderland.
Huffman was born in Bedford, New York, the daughter of Grace Valle (née Ewing), an actress, and Moore Peters Huffman, a banker and partner at Morgan Stanley. Her parents divorced a year after her birth, and she was raised mostly by her mother. She has six sisters (Mariah, Betsy, Jane, Grace, Isabel, Jessie) and a brother (Moore Jr.).[citation needed] She attended The Putney School, a private boarding high school in Putney, Vermont and graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan in 1980. After high school she went on to New York University where she graduated in 1984 from Circle In The Square, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama.[citation needed]
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Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Kate Paltrow ( /ˈɡwɪnɨθ ˈpæltroʊ/; born September 27, 1972) is an American actress and singer. She made her acting debut on stage in 1990 and started appearing in films in 1991. After appearing in several films throughout the decade, Paltrow gained early notice for her work in films such as Seven (1995) and Emma (1996) (in which she played the title role). Following the films Sliding Doors (1998) and A Perfect Murder (1998), Paltrow garnered worldwide recognition through her performance in Shakespeare in Love (1998), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, for Outstanding Lead Actress and as a member of the Outstanding Cast. She also won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2011 for her role as Holly Holliday on the Fox hit TV show Glee in the episode "The Substitute".
Paltrow has portrayed supporting as well as lead roles in films such as The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Shallow Hal (2001), and Proof (2005), for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actress in Motion Picture Drama. Since 2008, she has portrayed Pepper Potts in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starring in Iron Man and its sequel, Iron Man 2 (2010), and also appearing in The Avengers (2012). Paltrow has been the face of Estée Lauder's Pleasures perfume since 2005. She is married to Chris Martin, the lead vocalist of Coldplay. They have two children together, Apple and Moses. She is also the face of American fashion brand Coach, owner of the lifestyle company Goop.com and author of the cookbook My Father's Daughter: Delicious, Easy Recipes Celebrating Family & Togetherness.
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Harry Shum, Jr.
Harry Shum, Jr. (Chinese: 岑勇康; born April 28, 1982) is an American dancer, actor, and choreographer. He is best known for his role as Mike Chang on the Fox television show Glee. He has appeared in dance films such as Stomp the Yard, You Got Served, Step Up 2: The Streets and Step Up 3D. He also plays the character of Elliot Hoo in The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers.
Shum was born in Puerto Limón, Costa Rica on April 28, 1982. His mother is a native of Hong Kong, and his father is from Guangzhou, China. They relocated to Costa Rica, where Shum and his two older sisters were born. When Shum was six years old, the family moved to San Francisco, California. He states, "I feel I have the best of so many worlds. I speak Chinese and Spanish. Spanish is actually my first language before I learned Chinese and English". In an interview, he said that his earliest motivations to dance were from Ginuwine, Dru Hill, and Usher, before becoming influenced by iconic dancers like Gene Kelly and Michael Jackson.
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Heather Morris
Heather Elizabeth Morris (born February 1, 1987) is an American actress, dancer, and singer, known for her role as the cheerleader Brittany S. Pierce in the musical comedy series Glee.
She began dancing when she was one. Morris competed at a young age in a variety of styles including jazz, tap, and contemporary. Morris's father passed away of cancer when she was 14 years old. "It's something that is hard for me, because I'm sad about it, but I don't dwell on it," she said during an interview workshop with students in December 2009. "I know he's in a better place, instead of suffering." After graduating from Desert Mountain High School, Morris decided to enroll in a local university but realized she was in the wrong place and moved to L.A. instead at age 19.
Morris' first significant appearance was in 2006 on So You Think You Can Dance Season 2 where she made the "green mile" or "Vegas Week" but failed to make the final 20 by a vote of 3-2.
Not discouraged, Morris moved to Los Angeles and actively pursued a career in dancing and was trained in jazz dance. Her big break came in 2007 via Beyoncé. Morris was one of Beyoncé's backup dancers on The Beyoncé Experience world tour and, following that, worked again with Beyoncé on a mini "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" promotional tour that included 2008 performances on the American Music Awards,Saturday Night Live,The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Today, and MTV's Total Request Live Finale. She also danced backup for Beyoncé and Tina Turner at the 50th Grammy Awards in 2008. She later appeared in a small role in the movie Fired Up, where she met choreographer Zach Woodlee. Following that film, Woodlee brought Morris in to dance on other shows he was choreographing, including episodes of Eli Stone and Swingtown, the movie Bedtime Stories, and eventually Glee.
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Jack McBrayer
Jack McBrayer (born May 27, 1973) is an American actor and comedian. He gained national exposure for his characters on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He is best known for portraying Kenneth Parcell on the television series 30 Rock, a role for which he received an Emmy nomination in 2009.
McBrayer was born in Georgia and studied theater at the University of Evansville.
McBrayer worked at Second City and iO from 1995 to 2002, an experience that introduced him to 30 Rock creator Tina Fey and prepared him "100 percent" for his role in her show.
From 2002-2004, McBrayer appeared in over 80 sketches on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, often lampooning his own Southern upbringing by playing stereotypical hillbilly characters. On August 10, 2007 and September 20, 2008 he made a cameo appearance on Late Night playing his character (Kenneth Parcell) from 30 Rock. During the first appearance, O'Brien remarked to him, "I thought you were above this now." McBrayer also reprised his Kenneth the Page role twice (November 24, 2009 and January 13, 2010) after O'Brien's switch to The Tonight Show, and has appeared on Conan's Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour at stops in Eugene, Oregon, Universal City, California (on the Universal Studios lot where O'Brien taped Tonight), and the final tour stop in Atlanta, in his home state of Georgia.
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James Denton
James "Jamie" Thomas Denton, Jr. (born January 20, 1963) is an American film and television actor, best known for playing Mike Delfino in the television series Desperate Housewives.
Denton was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and grew up in nearby Goodlettsville. His father, J.T. Denton (1930–1993), was a dentist who had served in the military. His mother, Mary Jean Woolslair Denton, died from breast cancer in 2002.
Denton attended the University of Tennessee where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, majored in television/journalism and earned a degree in advertising. Before he became an actor, he sold advertising for two radio stations. He began acting at the age of 23, at a community theater in Nashville. He eventually moved to California to become a full-time actor. He was for a time credited as Jamie Denton, for example in the film That Old Feeling.
Denton has appeared in several films, including That Old Feeling (1997), Face/Off (1997) and Primary Colors (1998).
He has also appeared in various television shows including Sliders, Dark Skies, Two Guys and a Girl, Ally McBeal, The West Wing, and JAG, and has had recurring roles in The Pretender, Philly, The Drew Carey Show and Reba. In 2003, he had the lead role of Special Agent John Kilmer in the short-lived crime thriller series Threat Matrix.
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Jane Krakowski
Jane Krakowski (pronounced /krəˈkovski/; born October 11, 1968) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her performance as Elaine Vassal on Ally McBeal, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and for her current role as Jenna Maroney on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, for which she has received three Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She also regularly performs on the stage and won a Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway revival of Nine and an Olivier Award for her role as Miss Adelaide in the West End revival of Guys and Dolls.
Krakowski was born Jane Krajkowski in Parsippany, New Jersey. Her mother, Barbara (née Benoit), is a college theater instructor and producing artistic director for the Women's Theater Company, and her father, Ed Krajkowski, is a chemical engineer. She has an older brother. Krakowski's father's family is entirely Polish and comes from Kraków, and although she only knows a few words in Polish, her father and grandparents are fluent. Krakowski was a childhood classmate of astronaut Garrett Reisman.
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Jane Lynch
Jane Marie Lynch (born July 14, 1960) is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She obtained a Golden Globe Award, Emmy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, People's Choice Award, and Satellite Award. Lynch also received the First Annual PlanetOut.com Short Movie Award, Florida Film Critics Circle Award, and Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival Jury Award. She is open about her lesbianism; in 2005, Lynch was named one of POWER UP's "10 Amazing Gay Women in Showbiz".
She gained fame in Christopher Guest's improv mockumentary pictures such as Best in Show and is currently known for playing the role of Sue Sylvester in the Fox musical comedy series Glee for which she has won both the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. Other notable awards she has won for the series include the People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Comedy Actress, Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Her television cameos include an appearance in the Nickelodeon situation comedy iCarly and the Showtime dark comedy series Weeds. Lynch had a recurring role in the Fox situation comedy Two and a Half Men and also has had notable roles in numerous mainstream comedies, such as Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Role Models, and The Three Stooges.
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Jayma Mays
Jayma Suzette Mays (born Jamia Suzette Mays; July 16, 1979) is an American actress and singer. Mays' most prominent roles include that of Emma Pillsbury on the American television series Glee, recurring appearances on Ugly Betty, and Charlie Andrews on Heroes.
Mays was born in Bristol, Tennessee and raised in Grundy, Virginia, the daughter of Paulette (née Norris) and James Mays, a high school teacher who also worked in the coal mining industry. Mays' interests as a child ranged from singing to mathematics. At the age of 15, Jayma was offered a job working on the local radio station reading the obituaries. After graduating from Grundy High School, she earned an associate's degree from Southwest Virginia Community College. Mays then attended Virginia Tech for a year before transferring to Radford University, graduating in 2001 with a degree in theatre.
In 2004, she made her first television appearance on Joey. The following year, she made her feature film debut with a supporting role in Red Eye. Mays's other credits include Six Feet Under, The Comeback, Entourage, Stacked, How I Met Your Mother, Heroes, Pushing Daisies where she played both Elsita and her mother Elsa in episode four, Ghost Whisperer, and Ugly Betty. Jayma was in other movies, such as Bar Starz, Flags of Our Fathers and Blind Guy Driving. She starred in the spoof film Epic Movie and as Amy in Paul Blart: Mall Cop. She was a patient on House in the episode "Sleeping Dogs Lie" in 2006. She stars in the 2007 music video for the song "Awakening" by Switchfoot alongside her husband Adam Campbell.
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Jenna Fischer
Regina Marie "Jenna" Fischer (born March 7, 1974) is an American actress and director. She is most widely known for her Emmy-nominated portrayal of Pam Halpert (née Beesly) on the NBC situation comedy and mockumentary The Office, and has also appeared in several films, including Blades of Glory, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, The Promotion and Hall Pass.
Fischer was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but raised in suburban St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Jim, a plastics engineer, and Anne, a history teacher. Fischer has one younger sister, Emily, a third grade teacher. Fischer experienced her first taste of performing at age six, when she participated in an acting workshop taught by her mother at Henry School in St. Louis, a workshop also attended by actor Sean Gunn, with whom she grew up.
Fischer attended Pierremont Elementary School in Manchester, Missouri, and Nerinx Hall High School, a private all-girls Catholic school, in Webster Groves, Missouri. She holds a bachelor of arts in theatre, as well as a minor in journalism, from Truman State University, where she originally enrolled as a pre-law history major.
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Jenna Ushkowitz
Jenna Noelle Ushkowitz (born April 28, 1986) is an American stage and television actress and singer, who is perhaps best known for her performances in Broadway musicals and for her role as Tina Cohen-Chang on Glee.
Ushkowitz was born in Seoul, South Korea; she was adopted at the age of three months and raised in East Meadow, New York. Ushkowitz was raised Catholic and attended Parkway Elementary School and Holy Trinity Diocesan High School, a Catholic school in Hicksville, Long Island known for its strong theater department. During high school, Ushkowitz appeared in several musicals, including the first-ever high school production of Les Misérables. Her other roles included Penny in Honk!, Inez in The Baker's Wife, Little Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods, and Romaine Patterson in The Laramie Project. She graduated from high school in 2004 and moved on to attend Marymount Manhattan College, where she once again took the role of Little Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods. She graduated from Marymount Manhattan in 2007 with a B.A. in Acting, with a concentration in Theater Performance and a minor in Musical Theater.
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Jessalyn Gilsig
Jessalyn Gilsig (born November 30, 1971) is a Canadian actress known for her roles in the television series Boston Public, Nip/Tuck and as Will Schuester's ex-wife Terri Schuester in Glee. She has also appeared in several episodes of NYPD Blue, Prison Break, and Heroes as well as several other series.
Gilsig was born in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of Claire, a writer and translator, and Toby Gilsig, an engineer. She began acting at age 12. She attended high school at Trafalgar School for Girls in downtown Montreal. She later studied at Harvard University’s American Repertory Theater and attended McGill University from 1989 to 1993, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1993.
Gilsig first met Bobby Salomon when both were Montreal high school students. They briefly dated, with Gilsig commenting that Salomon was the "cool guy" and football team quarterback. After Salomon, now a film producer, moved to Hollywood in 2002, he and Gilsig renewed their friendship and began dating again. The pair wed on January 1, 2005. As Salomon is Jewish and Gilsig is Jewish on her father's side, the couple had a traditional Jewish wedding. Gilsig and Salomon have a daughter, Penelope, born on September 26, 2006. Gilsig filed for divorce from Salomon on September 8, 2010, citing irreconcilable differences. They had been separated since 2009.
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Jesse Metcalfe
Jesse Eden Metcalfe (born December 9, 1978) is an American actor. He is notable for his portrayal of John Rowland on Desperate Housewives, Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on Passions, and as the title character in the movie John Tucker Must Die.
Metcalfe was born in Carmel Valley, California, the son of Nancy (née DeMaio) and Jeff Metcalfe. His father is of French and Italian descent and his mother is of Italian and Portuguese descent. Metcalfe played in several basketball leagues during his teen years in Waterford, Connecticut and graduated from The Williams School in New London, Connecticut.
After successfully auditioning for the NBC soap opera Passions, he played Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald, one of five siblings, from the show's debut in July 1999 to July 2004, and November 2004 to January 2005, co-starring with actress Molly Stanton, creating one of Daytime's favorite couple, Charity & Miguel. The pair departed onscreen together in what is referred to a "classic daytime cliffhanger" in July 2004 but Metcafe was soon brought back to the series for a short-stint later that year.
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Josh Sussman
Josh Sussman (born December 30, 1983) is an American actor, best known for his role as Hugh Normous in Wizards of Waverly Place and his role as Jacob Ben Israel in Glee.
Sussman grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey. He studied acting for two years at the School for Film and Television in New York City, an intense Meisner technique-based program.[citation needed]
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Judah Friedlander
Judah Friedlander (born March 16, 1969) is an American actor and comedian, known for his trademark trucker hats, oversized glasses and unkempt appearance, which he retains in many of his screen roles.
Friedlander was born in Gaithersburg, Maryland, the son of Shirley (née Sestric) and Art Friedlander. His father was of Russian Jewish descent and his mother, a native of Pittsburgh, is Croatian American.
Friedlander started in show business as cameraman on Chris Rock's short Who Is Chris Rock?. Ten years later, Friedlander began working in front of the camera, with appearances on Lateline and roles in numerous feature film comedies including Meet the Parents, Zoolander and Full Grown Men. Friedlander's most noted movie role to date was in the film American Splendor, as Toby Radloff. He appeared as "The Hug Guy" from the Dave Matthews Band 2001 video "Everyday". He was also a series regular on VH1's Best Week Ever and currently on NBC's 30 Rock, on which he plays Frank Rossitano, one of the writers of TGS with Tracy Jordan, a spoof of Saturday Night Live. In every episode, Friedlander wears a different slogan on his trademark hat, which he designs himself.
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Kate Flannery
Katherine Patricia "Kate" Flannery (born June 10, 1964) is an American actress best known for playing the role of Meredith Palmer on the NBC hit series The Office.
Flannery was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended Saint John Neumann School and Archbishop John Carroll High School in Radnor, Pennsylvania. She graduated from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She is one of seven children in an Irish-American family.
Flannery is one of only two cast members from The Office who is actually from Pennsylvania, where the show is set. The other is Zach Woods, who plays the character Gabe.
A former member of The Second City's National Touring Company, Flannery is an original member of Chicago's Annoyance Theater, where she created over 15 shows including "The Miss Vagina Pageant" and "The Real Live Brady Bunch".
The Lampshades, her comedy lounge act with veteran improviser Scot Robinson, has been running in Hollywood at the iO WEST stage for over four years and was seen at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado. The Lampshades was New York magazine's "LA Pick" for 2006 and was declared "Best Saturday Comedy Show of the Year" by LA Weekly.[citation needed]
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Katrina Bowden
Katrina Bowden (born September 19, 1988) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles on 30 Rock and American Reunion.
Bowden was born in Wyckoff, New Jersey. She attended the now-defunct Saint Thomas More School in Midland Park, New Jersey, for her grammar and middle school education. She later attended Immaculate Heart Academy in Township of Washington, Bergen County, New Jersey.
On January 28th, 2012, Bowden got engaged to her boyfriend of nearly two years, musician Ben Jorgensen.
In 2006 Katrina scored her first Acting role in a two-episode arc on the ABC long-time running daytime soap opera television series One Life to Live as Britney. Katrina has since guest starred on shows such as Law & Order: SVU, Ugly Betty and most recently on the FOX Comedy series New Girl. In May 2006 Katrina was cast as a recurring role on the Emmy Award winning Comedy television series 30 Rock which premiered on October 11, 2006 on NBC. Katrina portrays the role of a sexy and laid back assistant Cerie and also stars Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan. Katrina signed on as a regular for the shows second season in 2007 and is considered to be Katrina's breakout role. The series most recent sixth season premiered on January 12, 2012. Katrina also appeared in "Dance, Dance" a music video from American rock band Fall Out Boy.
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Keith Powell
Keith Powell is an American television actor who is best known for his role as James "Toofer" Spurlock on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock.
Powell was the Producing Artistic Director of Contemporary Stage Company, a summer theater in Wilmington, Delaware. He has produced/starred in/directed shows with Lynn Redgrave, Jasmine Guy, Keith David, Richard Easton, Duncan Sheik, and Sean Patrick Thomas. Producing credits include New York productions of The Mouse That Roared, Enter Pissarro, Indra & Agni Collide and a workshop of Kidding Jane with Ellen McLaughlin and William Charles Mitchell. Powell was the resident director for Equalogy, a professional touring company promoting social change, for which he directed two plays by August Schulenberg, Four Hearts Changing and One Night. His other directing credits include Dutchman, Quality of Silence, The Visit and Enter Pissarro. As an actor, Powell has appeared in numerous national network commercials. His theatre credits include Romeo & Juliet (The Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, D.C. ), Kidding Jane (Portland Stage Company), Macbeth (Pittsburgh Public Theater), As Bees in Honey Drown (Hangar Theater, Ithaca, NY), and The French (HB Playwrights Foundation, NYC) among others.
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Kevin McHale (actor)
Kevin Michael McHale (born June 14, 1988) is an American actor, dancer, and singer. Formerly of the boy band NLT, McHale is best known for his current role as Artie Abrams in the Fox hit television series Glee.
McHale was born in Plano, Texas, the youngest of four children. McHale is descended from immigrants from County Mayo, Ireland.
He admitted to Ryan Seacrest that he grew up with Disney Channel actress and singer Demi Lovato. Before becoming an actor, McHale joined an American Boy Group, NLT, which is short for "Not Like Them". The R&B group was discovered by Chris Stokes. On March 13, 2007, they released their first single, "That Girl". The following month they opened (with Chantelle Paige) for The Pussycat Dolls. The band also had a guest appearance in Bratz: The Movie. On April 30, 2009, group member Travis Michael Garland announced that NLT had split.
McHale currently stars on Glee as Artie Abrams, a member of the McKinley High glee club with a physical disability. Although his character is in a wheelchair, McHale is a skilled dancer and has said that it is hard to keep his feet from moving along with the music while on the set. He had his first solo single on Glee singing "Dancing with Myself" in the episode "Wheels". In the episode "Dream On" he danced in a fantasy sequence to "The Safety Dance" and sang "Dream a Little Dream of Me". He also danced in a dream sequence alongside Harry Shum, Jr. to the song "Scream" in the third season episode "Michael".
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Kevin Norte
Kevin and Don Norte are a gay rights activist couple based in Los Angeles and involved at a grassroots level. They are both Log Cabin Republicans.
Don Norte is also one of the first openly gay Republican appointees to a governing body, when California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed him to the Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. The Governor's Committee is charged with developing a comprehensive strategy to assist disabled youth and adults to enter the workforce by focusing on the needs and interests of the worker, the employer, and the community. Don's appointed position did not require Senate confirmation and the position does not receive a salary. Don's term does not expire but Don serves at the will of the Governor of California. That Governor is now Jerry Brown. Don is the first Log Cabin Republican to remain an appointee under Democratic Governor Jerry Brown's administration.
In 2004, Don was involved in the Bobby Shriver for Santa Monica City Council Campaign and was one of about 10 named prominent community leader endorsers in Shriver's campaign literature.
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Kim Cattrall
Kim Victoria Cattrall ( /kəˈtræl/; born 21 August 1956) is an English-Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Samantha Jones in the HBO comedy/romance series Sex and the City and for her leading roles in the 1980s films Police Academy, Big Trouble in Little China, Mannequin, and Porky's. For her role as Samantha Jones, she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2002 and received four nominations for the role. Her success in Sex and the City also led her to receive two Screen Actors Guild Awards out of seven nominations (including two for Outstanding Female Actress in a Comedy Series) and five Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. In September and October 2011, she appeared in a production of Noël Coward's Private Lives in Toronto, Canada co-starring Paul Gross; the production then moved to Broadway where it opened for previews 6 November 2011.
Cattrall was born in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside. Her mother, Gladys Shane (née Baugh), was a secretary, and her father, Dennis Cattrall, was a construction engineer. When she was three months old, her family emigrated to the Canadian city of Courtenay in British Columbia. At 11, she returned to England when her grandmother became ill. She took a number of acting examinations with the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), before returning to Canada at age 16 to finish high school.
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Kristin Davis
Kristin Landen Davis (also listed as Kristin Lee Davis; born February 24, 1965) is an American actress. She first rose to prominence and achieved fame for playing the role of Brooke Armstrong on Melrose Place and went on to achieve greater success as Charlotte York Goldenblatt on HBO's Sex and the City.
Davis was born in Boulder, Colorado. She is an only child, and her parents divorced when she was a baby. She was adopted by her stepfather, then-University of Colorado Boulder professor Keith Davis, after he married her mother, Dorothy, a university data analyst, in 1968. She has three sisters from her adoptive father's first marriage. Early in her childhood, she and her parents moved to Columbia, South Carolina, where her father served as provost and teaches psychology at the University of South Carolina.
Davis wanted to be an actress from the age of 9, when she was cast in the Workshop Theatre production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Davis lived in South Carolina until she graduated from A.C. Flora High School in 1983. She then moved to New Jersey, where she attended Rutgers University. Davis graduated with a BFA degree in Acting from Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts in 1987.
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Lea Michele
Lea Michele Sarfati (born August 29, 1986), known professionally as Lea Michele, is an American actress and singer. Michele began working professionally as a child actress on Broadway in productions such as Ragtime and Les Misérables. She originated the role of Wendla in the musical Spring Awakening and currently plays Rachel Berry in the Fox television series Glee and made her film debut in New Year's Eve starring alongside Ashton Kutcher. Michele performs in the soprano range.
Michele was born in the Bronx, New York City. She is the only daughter of Edith, a nurse, and Marc Sarfati, a delicatessen owner. Her mother is Italian American and Roman Catholic, while her father is a Spanish Sephardic Jew. Michele was raised Catholic, and has stated that her father "gladly" attends church with her and her mother. She grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey. She attended Rockland Country Day School for elementary school in New York and then Tenafly High School. Michele was home schooled one year while working in Toronto, Ontario on Ragtime. She attended Stagedoor Manor in the Catskills, a center for performing arts training. She was then later accepted to the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, but opted instead to continue working professionally on the stage.
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Leona Lewis
Leona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is a British singer and songwriter. Lewis came to prominence in 2006 when she won the third series of the British television series The X Factor.
Lewis has released two albums to date, Spirit and Echo, in 2007 and 2009 respectively. A multi-platinum selling artist and three-time Grammy Award nominee, her most successful single, "Bleeding Love", reached number one in over thirty countries around the world, and was the best-selling single worldwide in 2008. Other notable singles include "Better in Time", "Happy" and "I Got You". She was proclaimed 'Top New Artist' by Billboard magazine in 2008.
Lewis's debut tour, The Labyrinth, took place in 2010, and her third album, Glassheart, is scheduled for release in 2012. It was preceded by "Collide", a single from the album, which became her seventh top-five hit in the United Kingdom. Lewis's net worth was estimated at £12 million in April 2012.
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Leslie David Baker
Leslie David Baker (born February 19, 1958) is an American film and television actor who plays Stanley Hudson on The Office. He also had several small roles in Scrubs and appeared on That '70s Show as a janitor after a Ted Nugent concert and played an office worker in several of OfficeMax's "Rubberband Man" series of advertisements. He holds a B.S. in Psychology from Loyola University Chicago and a M.S. Human Services Administration from Spertus College of Judaica in Chicago. He taught special education, grades K-8, while working on his masters. He was reluctant to move to Hollywood, as he thought it important to first attain financial security. He once played a police officer and a customer in a stereo store in Malcolm in the Middle and a security guard in Action. His favorite episodes of The Office to date are Did I Stutter and Basketball.
In November 2011, Baker released his debut single, "2 Be Simple", with an accompanying music video. Jen Chaney of The Washington Post wrote that the song is "destined to be the party anthem at all your yuletide throwdowns," while Cameron Mathews of Spinner described the hook as "infectious" and the lyrics as "totally [capturing] the daydreams of a middle-aged man in crisis."
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Madylin Sweeten
Madylin Anne Michele Sweeten (born June 27, 1991) is an American actress.
Sweeten was born in Brownwood, Texas, to Timothy Lynn Sweeten and Elizabeth Anne Millsap. She is perhaps best known for playing the role of Ally Barone on the CBS television sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond from 1996–2005. Her younger twin brothers Sullivan and Sawyer played her twin brothers Geoffrey and Michael Barone on the sitcom. She also has a younger sister, Maysa Sweeten.
Sweeten began her acting career by attending the Kay Scott School of Performing Arts in San Saba, Texas, at age 3. While attending Kay Scott, Sweeten, at age four, was cast in the television movie A Promise to Carolyn. From there, she went on to book several commercials in Dallas. Madylin also captured the title of World's Universal Beauty a title that is part of the oldest children's scholarship competition called "Our Little Miss". Later that year, she auditioned for several television pilot roles in Los Angeles and was discovered by producers of Everybody Loves Raymond. Sweeten played Ally Barone, the eldest child and only daughter of Raymond and Debra Barone for 9 seasons, starting in 1996, until the show's end in 2005.
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Marcia Cross
Marcia Anne Cross (born March 25, 1962) is an American television actress, best known for her roles as Bree Van de Kamp on the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives, and as Dr. Kimberly Shaw on the Fox soap opera Melrose Place.
Cross is of English descent[citation needed] and was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, the daughter of Janet, a teacher, and Mark Cross, a personnel manager. Her parents raised her in the Roman Catholic religion. She grew up with sisters Susan (age 51–52), a teacher, and Ellen (age 45–46), a singer and songwriter.
Raised in Marlborough, she graduated from Marlborough High School in 1980. Having received a half scholarship to Juilliard at the age of 17, she moved to New York City at the age of 18 to study at the school where she graduated in 1984. Cross returned to school in 1997 to earn a master's degree in psychology, which she received from Antioch University Los Angeles in 2003.
She began her television career in 1984 on the soap opera The Edge of Night. She then moved from New York to Los Angeles, and soon landed roles in television movies such as The Last Days of Frank and Jessie James, co-starring with Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson. In 1986 she joined the cast of the ABC daytime Soap opera One Life to Live, where she played Kate Sanders, until 1987.
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Mark Moses
Mark W. Moses (born February 24, 1958) is an American actor, known for his roles of Paul Young on Desperate Housewives and Herman "Duck" Phillips on the AMC series Mad Men.
Moses was born in New York City, the brother of actor and singer Burke Moses. Moses grew up in Evanston, IL and was the quarterback for Evanston high school football.
Moses has appeared in a number of films by director Oliver Stone, such as Platoon, The Doors, and Born on the Fourth of July.
As a character actor with appearances on projects ranging as diverse as Big Momma's House 2 (2006), Platoon (1986) and Star Trek: Voyager (1999), Moses was always reliably employed, but never became a household name.
This changed in 2004, when Moses was cast in the role of Paul Young on the hit ABC dramedy Desperate Housewives (2004–2007). As the disturbed husband of the deceased (suicide victim) Mary Alice Young, Moses played one of the pivotal figures in the show's original main mystery.
He currently plays Herman "Duck" Phillips on the AMC series Mad Men.
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Mark Salling
Mark Wayne Salling (born August 17, 1982) is an American actor, singer-songwriter, composer, and musician. He is known for his role as Noah "Puck" Puckerman on the comedy television series, Glee.
Salling was born in Dallas, Texas. He is the younger of two children of Condy Sue (née Wherry), a school secretary, and John Robert Salling, Jr., an accountant. He was home-schooled at an early age. Salling was raised in a "strict Christian home" and attended Providence Christian School and Our Redeemer Lutheran during elementary school. He attended, but did not graduate from Culver Military Academy, and later graduated from Lake Highlands High School in 2001. While he attended high school, he was a member of the school wrestling team. Performing was also an integral part of his teenage years; he often performed in bars despite being underage and participated in school talent shows.[citation needed]
After graduating from high school, he attended the Los Angeles Music Academy College of Music in Pasadena, California and began studying guitar, giving guitar lessons to make a living.
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Matthew Morrison
Matthew James Morrison (born October 30, 1978) is an American actor, dancer, musician, and singer-songwriter. He is best known for starring in multiple Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, including his portrayal of Link Larkin in Hairspray on Broadway, and most notably for his Emmy and Golden Globe nominated role as Will Schuester on the Fox television show Glee (2009–present). He has also received a Satellite Award for this role.
Matthew Morrison was born in Fort Ord, California, and raised in Orange County, and is of Scottish heritage. He was part of the Collaborative Arts Project 21 (CAP21) and the Orange County High School of the Arts, while at the Los Alamitos High School campus. While in high school, he did a musical with actress Jodie Sweetin. He attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts for two years before dropping out and joining the Broadway adaptation of Footloose.
By freshman year of college Morrison already was a regular performer on Broadway. He states in Details "There were all these beautiful, beautiful dancers. As a straight guy I had some room. There were the shared interests in singing and dancing, and I always find dancing with someone very erotic and sexual. I definitely hooked up with a lot of girls when I was a young guy on Broadway. It was fun, I guess. Very joyous and free."
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Megan Mullally
Megan Mullally (born November 12, 1958) is an American actress of both stage and screen as well as a singer.
After working in the theatre in Chicago, Mullally moved to Los Angeles in 1985 and began to appear in supporting roles in film and television productions. She made her Broadway debut in Grease in 1994 and she has since appeared in several Broadway musicals. From 1998 until 2006, she played Karen Walker on the TV sitcom Will & Grace, arguably her best-known role to date. From 2006 until early 2007, Mullally hosted the short lived talk show The Megan Mullally Show. She has since appeared in guest-starring roles in television programs such as Parks and Recreation, Happy Endings, 30 Rock, Up All Night, Boston Legal and a GLAAD Award-winning episode of The New Adventures of Old Christine. In 2010, Mullally starred as Lydia in the second season of Party Down. She currently stars as Chief on Adult Swim's Childrens Hospital, and recurs as Tammy Swanson on NBC's Parks and Recreation and as Dana Hartz on ABC's Happy Endings. She also joined the cast of Breaking In for its second season, which began airing on March 6, 2012.
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Mindy Kaling
Vera Mindy Chokalingam (born June 24, 1979), better known as Mindy Kaling, is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer who plays Kelly Kapoor on the NBC sitcom The Office. Kaling is also a co-executive producer and writer of several of the show's episodes.
Kaling was born Vera Chokalingam in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to a Tamil father and Bengali mother from India. Her father, Avu, is an architect, and her mother, Swati, is an obstetrician/gynecologist.
She explains that she has been known as Mindy ever since her mother was pregnant with her when her parents were living in Nigeria. They were already planning to move to the U.S. and wanted a "cute American name" for their daughter, and liked the name Mindy from the TV show Mork & Mindy. The name Vera is the name of the "incarnation of a Hindu goddess."
She graduated from Buckingham Browne & Nichols, a private school in Cambridge in 1997. The following year, she entered Dartmouth College, where she was a member of the improvisational comedy troupe "The Dog Day Players" and the a cappella group "The Rockapellas", and the creator of the comic strip "Badly Drawn Girl" in The Dartmouth (the college's daily newspaper), as well as writing for the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern (the college's humor magazine). She graduated in 2001.
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Naya Rivera
Naya Rivera (born January 12, 1987) is an American actress and singer known for her role in the musical comedy television series Glee, as cheerleader Santana Lopez.
Rivera was raised in Valencia, Santa Clarita, California and has lived in or around Los Angeles for most of her life. Rivera is of half Puerto Rican, quarter African, and quarter German descent. At eight or nine months old, she began to be represented by the same talent agent as her mother, who had moved to Los Angeles to pursue modeling.
As a baby, Rivera appeared in commercials for Kmart, but her first significant acting job was at the age of four when she starred as Hillary Winston in the Eddie Murphy produced sitcom The Royal Family in 1991. The show received positive reviews and high ratings initially, but when star Redd Foxx suffered a sudden heart attack on set the show never recovered and was soon canceled. Nonetheless, Rivera received a Young Artist Award nomination for her performance.
Between 1992 and 2002, she had small roles in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Family Matters, Live Shot, Baywatch, Smart Guy, The Jersey, House Blend, Even Stevens and The Master of Disguise. In 2002 she also appeared in the music video for B2K's "Why I Love You". She was hired for a single-episode guest appearance on The Bernie Mac Show in 2002, but was brought back to work on a further five episodes. She was later featured in single episodes of 8 Simple Rules and CSI: Miami. In between auditions and roles, Rivera worked odd jobs as a telemarketer, a nanny, and a greeter at an Abercrombie & Fitch store.
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Nicollette Sheridan
Nicollette Sheridan (born November 21, 1963) is an English television and film actress, best known for playing Edie Britt on the ABC dramedy series Desperate Housewives (2004-2009) and as Paige Matheson of the CBS primetime soap opera Knots Landing (1986–1993). In film, she is known for her roles in The Sure Thing (1985), Noises Off (1992), Spy Hard (1996) and Beverly Hills Ninja (1997).
Sheridan was born in Worthing, Sussex, England, the daughter of actress Sally Sheridan (née Adams). She attended school at Millfield in Somerset.[citation needed] In 1969, her mother was working alongside Greek-American actor Telly Savalas on the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The couple started an affair, and after completion of shooting Savalas moved the entire family to the United States. Her mother gave birth to a son, Nicholas Savalas, on February 24, 1973.[citation needed] Telly Savalas and Sally Sheridan separated in 1977, and the family split their time between the United States and England.[citation needed]
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Oscar Nunez
Oscar Nunez (born November 18, 1958), sometimes credited as Oscar Núñez, is a Cuban American actor and comedian. He currently appears as Dunder Mifflin's paper supply accountant, Oscar Martinez, on NBC's The Office.
Born in Cuba, Nunez moved to Union City, New Jersey when he was fourteen years old. He is bilingual in English and Spanish. Having attended various colleges in New York, including Fashion Institute of Technology and the Parsons School of Design for writing, Nunez became a certified dental technician from Magna Institute of Dental Technology.
Nunez started his comedy career in New York, founding and performing over 300 shows with The Shock of the Funny theater company. The troupe was active in the East Village for several years. In addition to his work with Shock, Nunez appeared in theater in New York and Washington, D.C. before moving to Los Angeles in the mid 1990s. In LA, he joined The Groundlings and performed in their Sunday Company. While with the Groundlings, he wrote and starred in a production called "Smooth Down There."
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Paul Lieberstein
Paul Bevan Lieberstein (born February 22, 1967)[citation needed] is an American screenwriter, actor and television producer. An Emmy Award winner, he is most widely known as a writer, producer, and as supporting cast member Toby Flenderson on the U.S. version of the sitcom The Office. He has been the series' showrunner since its 5th season. On March 22, 2012, it was announced that Lieberstein will be stepping down from his showrunner role (the 8th season having already wrapped production) to focus on a planned spin-off series featuring Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute, which is tentatively called "The Farm" and Lieberstein will be the showrunner for when/if it becomes an NBC series.
In a SuicideGirls interview, Lieberstein noted that "as an actor, which is just a very small percentage of me, I don’t feel Toby while I’m writing. It’s the hardest of the characters to access." In an interview for his alma mater, Hamilton College, Lieberstein commented on the bigger picture:
On June 12, 2008, Variety magazine reported that he would become one of the executive producers of The Office.
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Peter Boyle
Peter Lawrence Boyle, Jr. (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an American actor, best known for his role as Frank Barone on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, and as a comical monster in Mel Brooks' film spoof Young Frankenstein (1974).
Boyle, who won an Emmy Award in 1996 for a guest-starring role on the science-fiction drama The X-Files, won praise in both comedic and dramatic parts following his breakthrough performance in the 1970 film Joe.
Boyle was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania of Irish descent, the son of Alice and Peter Boyle Sr. He moved with his family to nearby Philadelphia. His father was a Philadelphia TV personality from 1951–1963 who, among many other things, played the Western-show host Chuck Wagon Pete, and hosted the afterschool children's program Uncle Pete Presents the Little Rascals, which showed vintage Little Rascals, Three Stooges comedy shorts and Popeye cartoons.
He was raised Roman Catholic and he attended St. Francis de Sales School and West Philadelphia Catholic High School For Boys. After high school Boyle spent three years as a novice of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, or De La Salle Brothers, a Catholic teaching order. He lived in a house of studies with other novices and earned a BA from La Salle University in Philadelphia in 1957, but left the order because he did not feel called to religious life. While in Philadelphia, he worked as a cameraman on the cooking show Television Kitchen, hosted by Florence Hanford.
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Phyllis Smith
Phyllis Smith (born July 10, 1951) is an American film and television actress who is best known for playing Phyllis Lapin-Vance on The Office.
Smith was born July 10, 1951 in Lemay, Missouri, outside St. Louis. She graduated from the University of Missouri–St. Louis in 1972 with a degree in elementary education. In the 1970s and 1980s, she worked as a dancer, a cheerleader for the old St. Louis Cardinals football team, and a burlesque performer ("No stripping, but I did wear feathers," says Smith). She was forced to quit dancing after suffering a knee injury. Smith later worked in Hollywood as an actress and in casting; she was working as a casting associate on The Office when she was offered the role of Phyllis, a character created specifically for her — a soft-spoken saleswoman who tends to disagree with the pompous office manager Michael Scott. Smith received Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2006 and 2007 for her performance in The Office, in the category "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series".
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Rainn Wilson
Rainn Dietrich Wilson (born January 20, 1966) is an American actor and comedian. He is primarily known for his Emmy-nominated role as the egomaniacal Dwight Schrute on the American version of the television comedy The Office. He has also directed three episodes of The Office: the sixth season's "The Cover-Up", the seventh season's "Classy Christmas", and the eighth season's "Get the Girl".
Wilson was born in Seattle, Washington, the son of Shay Cooper, a yoga teacher and actress, and Robert G. Wilson, a novel writer, artist, and business consultant who wrote the science fiction novel Tentacles of Dawn. Rainn showed the book and read from it on Jimmy Kimmel Live! March 22, 2011. Wilson attended Central Middle School and Shorecrest High School in Shoreline, Washington, where he played the clarinet and bassoon in the band. He transferred to and graduated from New Trier High School after his family moved to Winnetka, Illinois to serve at the Bahá'í National Center. Wilson has a theatre background from Tufts University and the University of Washington, and has taught acting classes. He holds an MFA from New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts and was a member of The Acting Company. While acting in theatrical productions in New York, he drove a moving van to make ends meet.
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Ray Romano
Raymond Albert Romano (born December 21, 1957) is an American actor, writer and stand-up comedian, best known for his roles on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond and in the Ice Age film series. He recently starred in the TNT comedy-drama Men of a Certain Age.
Romano was born in Queens, New York, to Italian American parents: Lucie, a piano teacher, and Albert Romano (1925–March 2010), a real estate agent and an engineer. He grew up in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens. He has a brother named Richard A. Romano. Romano attended elementary and middle school at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in Forest Hills. After transferring from Archbishop Molloy High School, Romano graduated from Hillcrest High School in 1975. He was in the same high school class as Fran Drescher and later appeared on Drescher's sitcom, The Nanny, as an old classmate. Before getting into show business, Romano briefly attended Queens College, in Flushing, New York, where he studied accounting. Romano quit after gaining only 15 credits in three years, but he would later return, however, making it to the Dean's List for three years.
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Roger Bart
Roger Bart (born September 29, 1962) is an American musical theatre, film and television actor and singer. He has received Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Bart was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, the son of a teacher and a chemical engineer, and grew up in Bernardsville, New Jersey. His uncle is journalist Peter Bart. He made his Broadway debut in Big River as Tom Sawyer in 1987. Additional theatre credits include Jonathan in the Alan Menken/Tim Rice musical King David, Harlequin in Triumph of Love, Snoopy in the Broadway revival of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (for which he won the Drama Desk Award and a Tony), Carmen Ghia and later Leo Bloom in The Producers (earning Drama Desk and Tony nominations), and The Frogs at Lincoln Center, which reunited him with fellow Producers star Nathan Lane and Susan Stroman.
In 1996 and 1997, Bart appeared as Bud Frump in the U.S. national tour of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
On television, Bart played George Carlin's son on The George Carlin Show (1994), and on Bram and Alice (2002) he portrayed Bram's assistant Paul Newman. He became widely known to viewers with his portrayal of George Williams, the murderous pharmacist in love with Bree Van de Kamp (Marcia Cross), on Desperate Housewives, which earned him a SAG Award.
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Ryan Seacrest
Ryan John Seacrest (born December 24, 1974) is an American radio personality, television host and producer. He is known internationally as host of the top-rated primetime talent showcase American Idol. He has been nominated for an Emmy award in the "Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program" category for his work on American Idol. He won a Daytime Emmy Award for co-hosting the 2005 Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade with Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa. As a television producer, Seacrest has won an Emmy for the ABC show Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. On radio, Seacrest is host of On Air with Ryan Seacrest, his market-topping #1 nationally syndicated LA morning drive-time radio show for Clear Channel’s 102.7 KIIS-FM. , as well as a nationally-syndicated Top 40 radio show. Seacrest hosted the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 16, 2007. Seacrest has extensive deals with brand heavyweights Proctor & Gamble, Coca-Cola and Microsoft, and has a strategic marketing and technology alliance with Eventful, Inc.
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Scott Adsit
Scott Adsit (born November 26, 1965) is an American actor, writer and improvisational comedian. He is currently co-starring as Pete Hornberger in the hit NBC comedy 30 Rock and worked in the Adult Swim stop-motion animation programs Moral Orel and Mary Shelley's Frankenhole.
After attending Columbia College Chicago, Adsit joined the mainstage cast of Chicago's The Second City in 1994, where he appeared in several Jeff award-winning revues, including Pinata Full of Bees and Paradigm Lost for which he won The Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actor in a Comedy. A sketch he performed with future SNL head writer Adam McKay, "Gump," was included as one of Second City's all-time best in the theater's 25th anniversary compilation. He also appeared in the 1997 PBS documentary about the process of creating the multi-award winning Second City review, Paradigm Lost, Second to None along with castmates Tina Fey, Kevin Dorff, Rachel Dratch, Jenna Jolovitz and Jim Zulevic. Adsit also attended DePauw University in Indiana.
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Scottish people
The Scottish people (Scots Gaelic: Albannaich), or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse. Later the Normans also had some influence.
In modern use, "Scottish people" or "Scots" is used to refer to anyone whose linguistic, cultural, family ancestral or genetic origins are from within Scotland. The Latin word Scotti originally applied to a particular, 5th century, Goidelic tribe that inhabited Ireland. Though sometimes considered archaic or pejorative, the term Scotch has also been used for the Scottish people, though this usage is current primarily outside Scotland.
There are people of Scottish descent in many countries other than Scotland. Emigration, influenced by factors such as the Highland and Lowland Clearances, Scottish participation in the British Empire, and latterly industrial decline and unemployment, resulted in Scottish people being found throughout the world. Large populations of Scottish people settled the new-world lands of North and South America, Australia and New Zealand. There is a Scottish presence at a particularly high rate in Canada, which has the second largest population of descended Scots ancestry, after the United States. They took with them their Scottish languages and culture.
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Sean Hayes (actor)
Sean Patrick Hayes (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor and comedian. He is widely known for his role as Jack McFarland in the NBC sitcom Will & Grace, for which he won an Emmy Award, four SAG Awards, one American Comedy Award, and six Golden Globes nominations. He also portrayed comedian Jerry Lewis in the made-for-TV movie Martin and Lewis.
Hayes was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Mary, the director of a non-profit food bank, and Ronald Hayes, a lithographer. He is of Irish descent and was raised as a Roman Catholic. After graduating from Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Hayes attended Illinois State University. There he studied piano performance and conducting, with a special focus on the music of Mozart, but he left before graduating.
He worked as a classical pianist, and served as a music director at the Pheasant Run Theater in St. Charles, Illinois. He also composed original music for a production of Antigone at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago.
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Shane Kinsman
Brent Kinsman and Shane Kinsman (Los Angeles, California, November 13, 1997) in are American twin child actors who typically portray rambunctious twins, most notably, as Kyle and Nigel Baker in the 2003 film Cheaper by the Dozen and its 2005 sequel Cheaper by the Dozen 2. They also had featured roles as Porter and Preston Scavo on the popular ABC television series Desperate Housewives for 4 years (replaced by Charlie Carver and Max Carver).
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Steve Carell
Steven John "Steve" Carell ( /kəˈrɛl/; born August 16, 1962) is an American comedian, actor, voice artist, producer, writer, and director. Although Carell is notable for his role on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, he found greater fame in the late 2000s for playing Michael Scott on The Office. He has also starred in lead roles in the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Little Miss Sunshine, Evan Almighty, Dan in Real Life, Get Smart, Date Night, Dinner for Schmucks, and Crazy, Stupid, Love.; and voiced characters in the animated films Over the Hedge, Horton Hears a Who!, and Despicable Me. Carell was nominated as "America's funniest man" in Life magazine, and received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Comedy Series for playing the lead role of Michael Scott for The Office in 2006.
Carell, the youngest of four brothers, was born at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts, and was raised in nearby Acton by his parents, Harriet T. (née Koch), a psychiatric nurse, and Edwin A. Carell, an electrical engineer. His maternal uncle, Stanley Koch, worked with Allen B. DuMont to create cathode ray tubes. Carell's paternal grandfather was Italian; his father was born with the surname "Caroselli", later shortening it to "Carell". Carell was raised Roman Catholic, and was educated at The Fenn School and Middlesex School. Carell also played ice hockey as a teenager for his high school.[citation needed] He played the fife, performing with other members of his family, and later joined a reenacting group portraying the 10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot. Carell attributed his interest in history to this, in which he earned his degree from Denison University in Granville, Ohio in 1984. While at Denison, Carell was a member of Burpee's Seedy Theatrical Company, a student-run improvisational comedy troupe.
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Teri Hatcher
Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an American actress, writer, and presenter. She is known for her television roles as Susan Mayer on the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives, and Lois Lane on the ABC comedy-drama series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. For her work on Desperate Housewives, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as a Primetime Emmy nomination.
Hatcher was born in Palo Alto, California, the daughter of Esther (née Beshur), a computer programmer who worked for Lockheed Martin, and Owen Walker Hatcher, Jr., a nuclear physicist and electrical engineer. Her father is of Welsh descent (Hatcher has said that he also has Choctaw ancestry) and her mother is of half Syrian and half Bohemian (Czech)-Irish ancestry. Teri Hatcher took ballet lessons at the San Juan School of Dance in Los Altos. Her big debut was as the lead flying monkey in a production of The Wizard Of Oz.[citation needed] Hatcher grew up in Sunnyvale, California. and attended Mango Junior High (now Sunnyvale Middle School), Fremont High School in Sunnyvale and De Anza College in Cupertino. As an undergraduate she studied mathematics and engineering.
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Tina Fey
Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey ( /ˈfeɪ/; born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer, known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL), the NBC comedy series 30 Rock, and films such as Mean Girls (2004) and Baby Mama (2008).
Fey first broke into comedy as a featured player in the Chicago-based improvisational comedy group The Second City. She then joined SNL as a writer, later becoming head writer and a performer, known for her position as co-anchor in the Weekend Update segment. In 2004 she adapted the screenplay Mean Girls in which she also co-starred. After leaving SNL in 2006, she created the television series 30 Rock, a situation comedy loosely based on her experiences at SNL. In the series, Fey portrays the head writer of a fictional sketch comedy series. In 2008, she starred in the comedy film Baby Mama, alongside former SNL co-star Amy Poehler. Fey next appeared in the 2010 comedy films Date Night and Megamind.
She has received seven Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, four Writers Guild of America Awards and has been nominated for a Grammy Award for her autobiographical book Bossypants, which topped the The New York Times Best Seller list for five weeks. She was singled out as the performer who had the greatest impact on culture and entertainment in 2008 by the Associated Press, which gave her its AP Entertainer of the Year award for her satirical portrayal of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in a guest appearance on SNL. In 2010, Fey was the recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the youngest-ever winner of the award.
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Tracey Ullman
Tracey Ullman (born 30 December 1959) is a British stage and television actress, comedienne, singer, dancer, director, screenwriter and author.
Her early appearances were on British TV sketch comedy shows A Kick Up the Eighties (with Rik Mayall and Miriam Margolyes) and Three of a Kind (with Lenny Henry and David Copperfield). After a brief but high-profile singing career, she appeared as Candice Valentine in Girls On Top with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.
She emigrated from the UK to the US and created her own network television series, The Tracey Ullman Show, from 1987 until 1990, from which The Simpsons was spun off in 1989. She later produced programmes for HBO, including Tracey Takes On... (1996–1999), for which she has won numerous awards. She has also appeared in several feature films. Ullman's most recent sketch comedy series, Tracey Ullman's State of the Union, ran from 2008 to 2010 on Showtime.
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Tracy Morgan
Tracy Jamal Morgan (born November 10, 1968) is an American actor and comedian who is best known for his eight seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live as well as the role of Tracy Jordan on the NBC series 30 Rock.
Morgan was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, the second of five children of Alicia (née Warden), a homemaker, and James Morgan, Jr., a musician. Morgan says his father returned after multiple tours of duty in Vietnam addicted to heroin, causing him to leave the family when Morgan was six. He was the target of bullies as a child. His older brother had cerebral palsy and could not protect him so he used comedy to make bullies laugh rather than being beat up. Before Morgan began his career, he worked in New York City as a painter, for L&L Painting and Rose Company.
Morgan began his career on Martin, where he played Hustle Man. The character sold various items he had from the "hood," always greeting people with his trademark "What's happ'n, chief?" and had a pet dog that he dressed as a rapper. In the 2003 Chris Rock film Head of State, Morgan appeared as a man watching television, often questioning why they are not watching Martin.
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Morrison, Matthew Filmography
- The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2012)
- The 66th Annual Tony Awards (2012)
- The Q Side (2012)
- Glee Live! at Radio City Music Hall (2012)
- What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)
- Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation (2012)
- 8 (2012)
- Out of My Dreams: Oscar Hammerstein II (2012)
- The Tournament Challenge Challenged (2012)
- Arthur Ashe Kids' Day 2012 (2012)
- Matthew Morrison Live at the Hammersmith Apollo (2011)
- Almost Famous IV (2011)
- American Music Awards 2011 (2011)
- Carpool (2011)
- Countdown to the American Music Awards (2011)
- Glee Encore (2011)
- Glee: Cast & Creators Live at the Paley Center (2011)
- Guesting on Glee (2011)
- Matthew Morrison Live at the Hammersmith Apollo (2011)
- Nuthin' But a Glee Thang (2011)
- Stevie Nicks Goes Glee (2011)
- The 2011 Billboard Music Awards (2011)
- The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards (2011)
- The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2011)
- The Matthew Morrison Story (2011)
- Touring (2011)
- 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011)
- The 64th Annual Tony Awards (2010)
- The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2010)
- The 64th Annual Tony Awards (2010)
- Teen Choice Awards 2010 (2010)
- Christmas in Washington (2010)
- The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2010)
- The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2010)
- Glee: Director's Cut Pilot Episode (2009)
- Broadway: The Next Generation (2009)
- Taking Chance (2009)
- The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2009)
- Dan in Real Life (2007)
- Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office (2007)
- Music and Lyrics (2007)
- I Think I Love My Wife (2007)
- Blinders (2006)
- Once Upon a Mattress (2005)
- The 59th Annual Tony Awards (2005)
- Detective Fiction (2003)
- The 57th Annual Tony Awards (2003)
- Marci X (2003)
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (2002)
- VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards (2002)
- Simply Funk (1999)
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Glee's Lea Michele & Matthew Morrison at 2010 Tony Awards
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- Duration: 7:09
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Glee stars Matthew Morrison & Lea Michele perform All I Need is the Girl and Don't Rain on my Parade respectively, at the 2010 Tony Awards. Bonus Sean Hayes Spiderman joke at end.
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Glee stars Matthew Morrison & Lea Michele perform All I Need is the Girl and Don't Rain on my Parade respectively, at the 2010 Tony Awards. Bonus Sean Hayes Spiderman joke at end.
Matthew Morrison Sings With Leona Lewis - Somewhere Over The Rainbow
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- Duration: 4:20
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Leona Lewis brought Matthew Morrison on stage to sing "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" during her show at London's O2 Arena last night. Check out the video and be sure to visit Matthew's site at www.matthewmorrison.com Follow Matthew on Twitter: www.twitter.com/matt_morrison Like Matthew on Facebook: www.facebook.com/officialmatthewmorrison
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Leona Lewis brought Matthew Morrison on stage to sing "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" during her show at London's O2 Arena last night. Check out the video and be sure to visit Matthew's site at www.matthewmorrison.com Follow Matthew on Twitter: www.twitter.com/matt_morrison Like Matthew on Facebook: www.facebook.com/officialmatthewmorrison
- published: 17 Jun 2010
- views: 599190
- author: MatthewMorrisonMusic
Matthew Morrison on Jimmy Kimmel Live PART 1
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- Duration: 4:37
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Jimmy Kimmel Live - The first part of Jimmy's interview with Matthew Morrison Jimmy Kimmel Live's YouTube channel features clips and recaps of every episode from the late night TV show on ABC. Subscribe for clips from the monologue, the interviews, and musical performances every day of the week. Watch your favorites parts again, or catch-up on any episodes you may have missed. Channel: www.youtube.com Subscribe: www.youtube.com For tickets: www.1iota.com
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Jimmy Kimmel Live - The first part of Jimmy's interview with Matthew Morrison Jimmy Kimmel Live's YouTube channel features clips and recaps of every episode from the late night TV show on ABC. Subscribe for clips from the monologue, the interviews, and musical performances every day of the week. Watch your favorites parts again, or catch-up on any episodes you may have missed. Channel: www.youtube.com Subscribe: www.youtube.com For tickets: www.1iota.com
- published: 18 May 2012
- views: 26423
- author: JimmyKimmelLive
Matthew Morrison & Darren Criss
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- Duration: 8:56
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Matthew gets a visit from Darren Criss during tour rehearsals. NEW ALBUM: idj.to www.matthewmorrison.com http www.facebook.com www.darrencriss.com
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Matthew gets a visit from Darren Criss during tour rehearsals. NEW ALBUM: idj.to www.matthewmorrison.com http www.facebook.com www.darrencriss.com
- published: 10 May 2011
- views: 337799
- author: MatthewMorrisonMusic
Matthew Morrison - Still Got Tonight (Acoustic)
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- Duration: 4:30
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Matthew Morrison - Still Got Tonight (Acoustic) Available on the Barnes & Noble exclusive version of Matthew Morrison's self-titled debut album: bit.ly
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Matthew Morrison - Still Got Tonight (Acoustic) Available on the Barnes & Noble exclusive version of Matthew Morrison's self-titled debut album: bit.ly
- published: 11 May 2011
- views: 88775
- author: sdshellybean
KRISTIN CHENOWETH & MATTHEW MORRISON - "One Less Bell To Answer" [LIVE @ Tribute To Barbra]
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- Duration: 4:37
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Kristin Chenoweth and Matthew Morrison performing the number "One Less Bell To Answer / A House Is Not a Home" together in tribute to the legendary Barbra Streisand.
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Kristin Chenoweth and Matthew Morrison performing the number "One Less Bell To Answer / A House Is Not a Home" together in tribute to the legendary Barbra Streisand.
- published: 17 Nov 2012
- views: 9998
- author: Sophia Bergamo
Matthew Morrison and Cameron Diaz Interview - What To Expect When You're Expecting
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- Duration: 3:34
- Updated: 26 Nov 2012
In this new interview with Cameron Diaz and Matthew Morrison, we talk to them about their new movie What To Expect When You're Expecting! Cameron also talks about her dance moves and a possible appearance on Glee as well as what terrifies her the most about becoming a parent one day! Peep the full interview and go see What To Expect When You're Expecting when it hits theaters on May 18th!
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In this new interview with Cameron Diaz and Matthew Morrison, we talk to them about their new movie What To Expect When You're Expecting! Cameron also talks about her dance moves and a possible appearance on Glee as well as what terrifies her the most about becoming a parent one day! Peep the full interview and go see What To Expect When You're Expecting when it hits theaters on May 18th!
- published: 07 May 2012
- views: 23818
- author: ClevverNews
2012 World Series: Glee Star Sings National Anthem
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- Duration: 2:37
- Updated: 02 Dec 2012
Matthew Morrison sang the Star Bangled Banner before Game 2 of the World Series.
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Matthew Morrison sang the Star Bangled Banner before Game 2 of the World Series.
- published: 26 Oct 2012
- views: 5047
- author: FOX47News
ASK: Matthew Morrison Answers with Kristin Chenoweth
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- Duration: 20:52
- Updated: 04 Dec 2012
Kristin Chenoweth asks Matthew the top questions you, the fans, submitted. Matthew's US summer tour has been announced. Get more info here: www.matthewmorrison.com http www.facebook.com
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Kristin Chenoweth asks Matthew the top questions you, the fans, submitted. Matthew's US summer tour has been announced. Get more info here: www.matthewmorrison.com http www.facebook.com
- published: 05 Apr 2011
- views: 50672
- author: MatthewMorrisonMusic
hairspray OBC (Matthew Morrison & Marissa Jaret Winokur) - You Can't Stop The Beat - Conan O'Brien
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- Duration: 4:41
- Updated: 25 Nov 2012
Again didnt save in HD so the qualitys down from the original but not bad :)
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Again didnt save in HD so the qualitys down from the original but not bad :)
- published: 01 Mar 2012
- views: 27180
- author: HairsprayUK
Matthew Morrison - Let it be , Hey Jude [ live at the Hammersmith Apollo in London 2011 ] (lyrics)
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- Duration: 4:29
- Updated: 05 Dec 2012
"Let it be" and "Hey Jude" original by The Beatles ( Let it be ) lyrics : When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be And in my hour of darkness, She is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be And when the broken hearted people, Living in the world agree There will be an answer, let it be For though they may be parted, There is still a chance that they will see There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be And when the night is cloudy, There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it be I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be .......
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"Let it be" and "Hey Jude" original by The Beatles ( Let it be ) lyrics : When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be And in my hour of darkness, She is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be And when the broken hearted people, Living in the world agree There will be an answer, let it be For though they may be parted, There is still a chance that they will see There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be And when the night is cloudy, There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it be I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be .......
- published: 03 May 2012
- views: 3841
- author: mtvprogress2012
Matthew Morrison - Sway
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- Duration: 3:16
- Updated: 05 Dec 2012
Live at the Hammersmith Apollo, London. Courtesy of Sky1. Download MP3 here: www.mediafire.com
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Live at the Hammersmith Apollo, London. Courtesy of Sky1. Download MP3 here: www.mediafire.com
- published: 16 Oct 2011
- views: 21520
- author: BelleMacFarlane
Matthew Morrison - Fix you (Glee)
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- Duration: 4:34
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Matthew Morrison performing Fix you by Coldplay :) Did kind of a videoclip, enjoy ! Matt's the best ! Thanks for watching :D **DO NOT OWN VIDEOS/PHOTOS**
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Matthew Morrison performing Fix you by Coldplay :) Did kind of a videoclip, enjoy ! Matt's the best ! Thanks for watching :D **DO NOT OWN VIDEOS/PHOTOS**
- published: 08 Oct 2011
- views: 156887
- author: fanDakingJOE
Glee's Matthew Morrison - Kennedy Center Honors - Springtime for Hitler
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- Duration: 1:57
- Updated: 06 Dec 2012
Matthew Morrison performs Mel Brook's "Springtime for Hitler" at the 32nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Please read more info at en.wikipedia.org before getting needlessly offended.
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Matthew Morrison performs Mel Brook's "Springtime for Hitler" at the 32nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Please read more info at en.wikipedia.org before getting needlessly offended.
- published: 07 Jan 2010
- views: 172029
- author: LavenderGooms666
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Matthew Morrison - My Name [ live at the Hammersmith Apollo in London ]( lyrics )
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- Duration: 3:17
- Updated: 30 Nov 2012
Song : My Name , Album : Matthew Morrison, Artist : Matthew Morrison Lyrics : It's always early. It's always dark when I leave. I check myself in the mirror. And he looks a lot like me. It could be London. But he's followed me back home. I'm not complainin'. But I wish he'd just stay in Rome. He isn't always right, you know. They smile, they came, But they don't know my name. We only look the same. And they don't know my name. Oh, turn the lights off. Turn all the lights off. All this love surrounds me. But I'm still alone. Your expectations, I'm never gonna measure up. I'm not a hero, I know I never was taught enough. They're screaming at me, And I just wanna scream right back. They wouldn't believe it. I know he'd never do a thing like that. It's taken all I've got not to crack. They smile, they came, But they don't know my name. We only look the same. And they don't know my name. Oh, turn the lights off. Turn all the lights off. All this love surrounds me. But I'm still alone. I only have to play the part. But that part is only part of me. Once in a while, let down my guard. But it's hard, afraid of what you'll see. I didn't mean to disappoint. But I'm not, who you think I am? I'm maybe not, who I think I am? They smile, they came, But they don't know my name. We only look the same, And they don't know my name. They smile, they came, But they don't know my name. We only look the same. And they don't know my name. Oh, turn the lights off. Turn all the lights off. Oh ...
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Song : My Name , Album : Matthew Morrison, Artist : Matthew Morrison Lyrics : It's always early. It's always dark when I leave. I check myself in the mirror. And he looks a lot like me. It could be London. But he's followed me back home. I'm not complainin'. But I wish he'd just stay in Rome. He isn't always right, you know. They smile, they came, But they don't know my name. We only look the same. And they don't know my name. Oh, turn the lights off. Turn all the lights off. All this love surrounds me. But I'm still alone. Your expectations, I'm never gonna measure up. I'm not a hero, I know I never was taught enough. They're screaming at me, And I just wanna scream right back. They wouldn't believe it. I know he'd never do a thing like that. It's taken all I've got not to crack. They smile, they came, But they don't know my name. We only look the same. And they don't know my name. Oh, turn the lights off. Turn all the lights off. All this love surrounds me. But I'm still alone. I only have to play the part. But that part is only part of me. Once in a while, let down my guard. But it's hard, afraid of what you'll see. I didn't mean to disappoint. But I'm not, who you think I am? I'm maybe not, who I think I am? They smile, they came, But they don't know my name. We only look the same, And they don't know my name. They smile, they came, But they don't know my name. We only look the same. And they don't know my name. Oh, turn the lights off. Turn all the lights off. Oh ...
- published: 09 Jul 2012
- views: 1273
- author: mtvprogress2012
Kelli O'Hara Punches Kittens?! Matthew Broderick, Matthew Morrison & More Send Up the Star
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- Duration: 5:58
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Get tickets to "Nice Work If You Can Get It": www.broadway.com "Nice Work If You Can Get It" star Kelli O'Hara was the guest of honor at the NYMF gala on November 11, and her pals Matthew Morrison, Cheyenne Jackson, Matthew Broderick, Judy Kaye and more filmed a hilarious video for the Tony nominee.
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Get tickets to "Nice Work If You Can Get It": www.broadway.com "Nice Work If You Can Get It" star Kelli O'Hara was the guest of honor at the NYMF gala on November 11, and her pals Matthew Morrison, Cheyenne Jackson, Matthew Broderick, Judy Kaye and more filmed a hilarious video for the Tony nominee.
- published: 16 Nov 2012
- views: 1839
- author: Broadwaycom
Matthew Morrison on the Today Show - May 7 2012
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- Duration: 4:07
- Updated: 22 Nov 2012
Matthew Morrison talks Glee and What To Expect When You're Expecting on the Today Show in NYC on May 7 2012.
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Matthew Morrison talks Glee and What To Expect When You're Expecting on the Today Show in NYC on May 7 2012.
- published: 07 May 2012
- views: 1307
- author: matthewmorrisonnet
Jonah Hill Talks Getting Bullied By Matthew Morrison
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- Duration: 1:53
- Updated: 28 Nov 2012
VIDEO: The Moneyball star chats with the late night host about being bullied and mocked by the Glee actor at a party and calls him out! A NEWLY SLIMMED-DOWN JONAH HILL WAS PROMOTING HIS NEW FLICK 'MONEYBALL' WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON JIMMY FALLON, BUT HE ENDED UP FIRING OFF ABOUT....ONE OF THE STARS OF GLEE? THE FORMLY PORTLY FUNNYMAN SHOWED OFF HIS SLEEK NEW PHYSIQUE, AND HIS TEMPER - GOING AFTER MATTHEW MORRISON FOR BEING A BULLY AT A FOX EVENT. SO IS THAT WHERE THE DRAMA ENDS? UH - NOT SO MUCH. MATTHEW MIGHT NOT KNOW IT, BUT JONAH ALSO HEARD HIM CRACKING JOKES AT A HOLLYWOOD PARTY....AND THEY SEEMED TO BE AT THE 'SUPERBAD' STAR'S EXPENSE! WOAH - GAUNTLET THROWN! YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR BACK MATTHEW!
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VIDEO: The Moneyball star chats with the late night host about being bullied and mocked by the Glee actor at a party and calls him out! A NEWLY SLIMMED-DOWN JONAH HILL WAS PROMOTING HIS NEW FLICK 'MONEYBALL' WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON JIMMY FALLON, BUT HE ENDED UP FIRING OFF ABOUT....ONE OF THE STARS OF GLEE? THE FORMLY PORTLY FUNNYMAN SHOWED OFF HIS SLEEK NEW PHYSIQUE, AND HIS TEMPER - GOING AFTER MATTHEW MORRISON FOR BEING A BULLY AT A FOX EVENT. SO IS THAT WHERE THE DRAMA ENDS? UH - NOT SO MUCH. MATTHEW MIGHT NOT KNOW IT, BUT JONAH ALSO HEARD HIM CRACKING JOKES AT A HOLLYWOOD PARTY....AND THEY SEEMED TO BE AT THE 'SUPERBAD' STAR'S EXPENSE! WOAH - GAUNTLET THROWN! YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR BACK MATTHEW!
- published: 11 Apr 2012
- views: 39267
- author: CelebTV
GLEE Star Matthew Morrison's Break Dance Moves! - STUDIO SECRETS
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- Duration: 5:01
- Updated: 15 Sep 2012
Matthew Morrison is kickin' it old school! The "Glee" star stops by the Young Hollywood Studio where he shares with us fond memories of his break dancing days, and he even busts out a little bit of The Wave for us! Among his many other talents, it turns out Matthew is good at bowling and...
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Matthew Morrison is kickin' it old school! The "Glee" star stops by the Young Hollywood Studio where he shares with us fond memories of his break dancing days, and he even busts out a little bit of The Wave for us! Among his many other talents, it turns out Matthew is good at bowling and...
- published: 14 May 2012
- views: 5385
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Matthew Morrison Speaks On Bullying
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- Duration: 2:07
- Updated: 09 Nov 2012
While in Ohio earlier this year, Matthew gave an interview about the problem of bullying in schools. For more information please visit: www.thetrevorproject.org http
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While in Ohio earlier this year, Matthew gave an interview about the problem of bullying in schools. For more information please visit: www.thetrevorproject.org http
- published: 02 Nov 2010
- views: 79613
- author: MatthewMorrisonMusic
Matthew Morrison & Darren Criss - Summer Rain
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- Duration: 3:31
- Updated: 09 Nov 2012
Glee'nin Mr. Schue'su Matthew Morrison ve Blaine'i canladıran Darren Criss'ten Summer Rain düeti..
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Glee'nin Mr. Schue'su Matthew Morrison ve Blaine'i canladıran Darren Criss'ten Summer Rain düeti..
- published: 26 Sep 2012
- views: 480
- author: D Salvatore
2012 Arthur Ashe Kids Day: Glee's Matthew Morrison
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- Duration: 0:37
- Updated: 27 Aug 2012
Matthew Morrison is a tennis player, unlike some of the stars in attendance for Arthur Ashe Kids Day 2012 at the US Open in New York on August 25, 2012. Carly Rae Jepsen, I'm looking at you. Discover the Glee star's favorite players.
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Matthew Morrison is a tennis player, unlike some of the stars in attendance for Arthur Ashe Kids Day 2012 at the US Open in New York on August 25, 2012. Carly Rae Jepsen, I'm looking at you. Discover the Glee star's favorite players.
- published: 26 Aug 2012
- views: 831
- author: Tennis East Coast
Matthew Morrison of Glee - THE Q SiDE
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- Duration: 2:23
- Updated: 05 Dec 2012
Quddus talks to Matthew Morrison about his guilty music pleasures and his experience on Glee! Subscribe for more Q SiDE every Tuesday! Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com THE Q SiDE website: www.theqside.com www.matthewmorrison.com
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Quddus talks to Matthew Morrison about his guilty music pleasures and his experience on Glee! Subscribe for more Q SiDE every Tuesday! Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com THE Q SiDE website: www.theqside.com www.matthewmorrison.com
- published: 18 Sep 2012
- views: 1007
- author: LOUD
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Matthew Morrison - Let it be , Hey Jude [ live at the Hammersmith Apollo in London 2011 ] (lyrics)
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- Duration: 4:29
- Updated: 05 Dec 2012
"Let it be" and "Hey Jude" original by The Beatles ( Let it be ) lyrics : When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be And in my hour of darkness, She is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be And when the broken hearted people, Living in the world agree There will be an answer, let it be For though they may be parted, There is still a chance that they will see There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be And when the night is cloudy, There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it be I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be .......
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"Let it be" and "Hey Jude" original by The Beatles ( Let it be ) lyrics : When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be And in my hour of darkness, She is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be And when the broken hearted people, Living in the world agree There will be an answer, let it be For though they may be parted, There is still a chance that they will see There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be And when the night is cloudy, There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it be I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be .......
- published: 03 May 2012
- views: 3817
- author: mtvprogress2012
Glee's Lea Michele & Matthew Morrison at 2010 Tony Awards
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- Duration: 7:09
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Glee stars Matthew Morrison & Lea Michele perform All I Need is the Girl and Don't Rain on my Parade respectively, at the 2010 Tony Awards. Bonus Sean Hayes Spiderman joke at end.
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Glee stars Matthew Morrison & Lea Michele perform All I Need is the Girl and Don't Rain on my Parade respectively, at the 2010 Tony Awards. Bonus Sean Hayes Spiderman joke at end.
- published: 15 Jun 2010
- views: 3875541
- author: LavenderGooms4
Matthew Morrison - "Still Got Tonight" Live @ SYTYCD Results
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- Duration: 3:54
- Updated: 04 Dec 2012
Matthew Morrrison Performs His New Single On So You Think You Can Dance Results Show
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Matthew Morrrison Performs His New Single On So You Think You Can Dance Results Show
- published: 05 Jun 2011
- views: 11415
- author: HighQualityUploader
Matthew Morrison on Jimmy Kimmel Live PART 1
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- Duration: 4:37
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Jimmy Kimmel Live - The first part of Jimmy's interview with Matthew Morrison Jimmy Kimmel Live's YouTube channel features clips and recaps of every episode from the late night TV show on ABC. Subscribe for clips from the monologue, the interviews, and musical performances every day of the week. Watch your favorites parts again, or catch-up on any episodes you may have missed. Channel: www.youtube.com Subscribe: www.youtube.com For tickets: www.1iota.com
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Jimmy Kimmel Live - The first part of Jimmy's interview with Matthew Morrison Jimmy Kimmel Live's YouTube channel features clips and recaps of every episode from the late night TV show on ABC. Subscribe for clips from the monologue, the interviews, and musical performances every day of the week. Watch your favorites parts again, or catch-up on any episodes you may have missed. Channel: www.youtube.com Subscribe: www.youtube.com For tickets: www.1iota.com
- published: 18 May 2012
- views: 26409
- author: JimmyKimmelLive
Matthew Morrison and JC Chasez - This I Promise You LIVE @ Hammersmith Apollo, London
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- Duration: 4:14
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Matthew Morrison does a cover of N Sync's This I Promise You with N Sync's very own JC Chasez during his world tour in London's HMV Hammersmith Apollo, Monday 13th June 2011. This was a dedication to Matthew's friend who proposed live on stage to his girlfriend just before this very song!
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Matthew Morrison does a cover of N Sync's This I Promise You with N Sync's very own JC Chasez during his world tour in London's HMV Hammersmith Apollo, Monday 13th June 2011. This was a dedication to Matthew's friend who proposed live on stage to his girlfriend just before this very song!
- published: 30 Jul 2011
- views: 42044
- author: BrotherLehman
Matthew Morrison - Still Got Tonight (Acoustic)
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- Duration: 4:30
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Matthew Morrison - Still Got Tonight (Acoustic) Available on the Barnes & Noble exclusive version of Matthew Morrison's self-titled debut album: bit.ly
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Matthew Morrison - Still Got Tonight (Acoustic) Available on the Barnes & Noble exclusive version of Matthew Morrison's self-titled debut album: bit.ly
- published: 11 May 2011
- views: 88775
- author: sdshellybean
Matthew Morrison - Sway
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- Duration: 3:16
- Updated: 05 Dec 2012
Live at the Hammersmith Apollo, London. Courtesy of Sky1. Download MP3 here: www.mediafire.com
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Live at the Hammersmith Apollo, London. Courtesy of Sky1. Download MP3 here: www.mediafire.com
- published: 16 Oct 2011
- views: 21520
- author: BelleMacFarlane
Mathew Morrison (Glee) - Still Got Tonight (lyrics)
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- Duration: 4:30
- Updated: 01 Dec 2012
Glee's Mathew Morrison sings Still Got Tonight.
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Glee's Mathew Morrison sings Still Got Tonight.
- published: 15 Jun 2011
- views: 13012
- author: msbumblebeeeee123
KRISTIN CHENOWETH & MATTHEW MORRISON - "One Less Bell To Answer" [LIVE @ Tribute To Barbra]
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- Duration: 4:37
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Kristin Chenoweth and Matthew Morrison performing the number "One Less Bell To Answer / A House Is Not a Home" together in tribute to the legendary Barbra Streisand.
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Kristin Chenoweth and Matthew Morrison performing the number "One Less Bell To Answer / A House Is Not a Home" together in tribute to the legendary Barbra Streisand.
- published: 17 Nov 2012
- views: 9749
- author: Sophia Bergamo
Matthew Morrison - Leaving On A Jet Plane(live)
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- Duration: 3:12
- Updated: 07 Aug 2012
Matthew Morrison sining leaving on a jet plane live
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Matthew Morrison sining leaving on a jet plane live
- published: 16 Jan 2010
- views: 3774
- author: beneaththeappletree
Matthew Morrison & Darren Criss
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- Duration: 8:56
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Matthew gets a visit from Darren Criss during tour rehearsals. NEW ALBUM: idj.to www.matthewmorrison.com http www.facebook.com www.darrencriss.com
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Matthew gets a visit from Darren Criss during tour rehearsals. NEW ALBUM: idj.to www.matthewmorrison.com http www.facebook.com www.darrencriss.com
- published: 10 May 2011
- views: 337746
- author: MatthewMorrisonMusic
Gold Digger-Matthew Morrison(Live)
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- Duration: 3:00
- Updated: 04 Nov 2012
Matthew Morrison performing "Gold Digger" Live at the BOK Center in Tulsa, OK. From the NKOTBSB-Once in a Lifetime Tour.
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Matthew Morrison performing "Gold Digger" Live at the BOK Center in Tulsa, OK. From the NKOTBSB-Once in a Lifetime Tour.
- published: 02 Aug 2011
- views: 1176
- author: yourdream84
ASK: Matthew Morrison Answers with Kristin Chenoweth
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- Duration: 20:52
- Updated: 04 Dec 2012
Kristin Chenoweth asks Matthew the top questions you, the fans, submitted. Matthew's US summer tour has been announced. Get more info here: www.matthewmorrison.com http www.facebook.com
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Kristin Chenoweth asks Matthew the top questions you, the fans, submitted. Matthew's US summer tour has been announced. Get more info here: www.matthewmorrison.com http www.facebook.com
- published: 05 Apr 2011
- views: 50672
- author: MatthewMorrisonMusic
Glee Live- Mr.Schuester(Matt Morrison) and Puck(Mark Salling)- Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
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- Duration: 1:49
- Updated: 27 Aug 2012
Matt Morrison and Jane Lynch were at the show tonight at Radio City Music Hall, friday May 28th,2010. such an amazing show!! check out my other videos of the glee tour and more :)
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Matt Morrison and Jane Lynch were at the show tonight at Radio City Music Hall, friday May 28th,2010. such an amazing show!! check out my other videos of the glee tour and more :)
- published: 29 May 2010
- views: 57587
- author: KkLiteratuRe
Matthew Morrison and Cameron Diaz Interview - What To Expect When You're Expecting
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- Duration: 3:34
- Updated: 26 Nov 2012
In this new interview with Cameron Diaz and Matthew Morrison, we talk to them about their new movie What To Expect When You're Expecting! Cameron also talks about her dance moves and a possible appearance on Glee as well as what terrifies her the most about becoming a parent one day! Peep the full interview and go see What To Expect When You're Expecting when it hits theaters on May 18th!
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In this new interview with Cameron Diaz and Matthew Morrison, we talk to them about their new movie What To Expect When You're Expecting! Cameron also talks about her dance moves and a possible appearance on Glee as well as what terrifies her the most about becoming a parent one day! Peep the full interview and go see What To Expect When You're Expecting when it hits theaters on May 18th!
- published: 07 May 2012
- views: 23777
- author: ClevverNews
hairspray OBC (Matthew Morrison & Marissa Jaret Winokur) - You Can't Stop The Beat - Conan O'Brien
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- Duration: 4:41
- Updated: 25 Nov 2012
Again didnt save in HD so the qualitys down from the original but not bad :)
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Again didnt save in HD so the qualitys down from the original but not bad :)
- published: 01 Mar 2012
- views: 27180
- author: HairsprayUK
Matthew Morrison Performs 'Summer Rain'
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- Duration: 3:45
- Updated: 02 Dec 2012
You know Matthew Morrison from "Glee" -- and now you'll know him as a solo musician! He's releasing his self-titled debut album in May, and stopped by to perform his new song, "Summer Rain." Watch his performance here, then discover more about Matthew and other musicians -- on Ellen's Music Page. Visit ellen.warnerbros.com
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You know Matthew Morrison from "Glee" -- and now you'll know him as a solo musician! He's releasing his self-titled debut album in May, and stopped by to perform his new song, "Summer Rain." Watch his performance here, then discover more about Matthew and other musicians -- on Ellen's Music Page. Visit ellen.warnerbros.com
- published: 11 Apr 2011
- views: 145703
- author: TheEllenShow
Matthew Morrison - My Name [ live at the Hammersmith Apollo in London ]( lyrics )
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- Duration: 3:17
- Updated: 30 Nov 2012
Song : My Name , Album : Matthew Morrison, Artist : Matthew Morrison Lyrics : It's always early. It's always dark when I leave. I check myself in the mirror. And he looks a lot like me. It could be London. But he's followed me back home. I'm not complainin'. But I wish he'd just stay in Rome. He isn't always right, you know. They smile, they came, But they don't know my name. We only look the same. And they don't know my name. Oh, turn the lights off. Turn all the lights off. All this love surrounds me. But I'm still alone. Your expectations, I'm never gonna measure up. I'm not a hero, I know I never was taught enough. They're screaming at me, And I just wanna scream right back. They wouldn't believe it. I know he'd never do a thing like that. It's taken all I've got not to crack. They smile, they came, But they don't know my name. We only look the same. And they don't know my name. Oh, turn the lights off. Turn all the lights off. All this love surrounds me. But I'm still alone. I only have to play the part. But that part is only part of me. Once in a while, let down my guard. But it's hard, afraid of what you'll see. I didn't mean to disappoint. But I'm not, who you think I am? I'm maybe not, who I think I am? They smile, they came, But they don't know my name. We only look the same, And they don't know my name. They smile, they came, But they don't know my name. We only look the same. And they don't know my name. Oh, turn the lights off. Turn all the lights off. Oh ...
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Song : My Name , Album : Matthew Morrison, Artist : Matthew Morrison Lyrics : It's always early. It's always dark when I leave. I check myself in the mirror. And he looks a lot like me. It could be London. But he's followed me back home. I'm not complainin'. But I wish he'd just stay in Rome. He isn't always right, you know. They smile, they came, But they don't know my name. We only look the same. And they don't know my name. Oh, turn the lights off. Turn all the lights off. All this love surrounds me. But I'm still alone. Your expectations, I'm never gonna measure up. I'm not a hero, I know I never was taught enough. They're screaming at me, And I just wanna scream right back. They wouldn't believe it. I know he'd never do a thing like that. It's taken all I've got not to crack. They smile, they came, But they don't know my name. We only look the same. And they don't know my name. Oh, turn the lights off. Turn all the lights off. All this love surrounds me. But I'm still alone. I only have to play the part. But that part is only part of me. Once in a while, let down my guard. But it's hard, afraid of what you'll see. I didn't mean to disappoint. But I'm not, who you think I am? I'm maybe not, who I think I am? They smile, they came, But they don't know my name. We only look the same, And they don't know my name. They smile, they came, But they don't know my name. We only look the same. And they don't know my name. Oh, turn the lights off. Turn all the lights off. Oh ...
- published: 09 Jul 2012
- views: 1271
- author: mtvprogress2012
Matthew Morrison - Fix you (Glee)
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- Duration: 4:34
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Matthew Morrison performing Fix you by Coldplay :) Did kind of a videoclip, enjoy ! Matt's the best ! Thanks for watching :D **DO NOT OWN VIDEOS/PHOTOS**
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Matthew Morrison performing Fix you by Coldplay :) Did kind of a videoclip, enjoy ! Matt's the best ! Thanks for watching :D **DO NOT OWN VIDEOS/PHOTOS**
- published: 08 Oct 2011
- views: 156843
- author: fanDakingJOE
Glee's Matthew Morrison - Kennedy Center Honors - Springtime for Hitler
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- Duration: 1:57
- Updated: 06 Dec 2012
Matthew Morrison performs Mel Brook's "Springtime for Hitler" at the 32nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Please read more info at en.wikipedia.org before getting needlessly offended.
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Matthew Morrison performs Mel Brook's "Springtime for Hitler" at the 32nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Please read more info at en.wikipedia.org before getting needlessly offended.
- published: 07 Jan 2010
- views: 172029
- author: LavenderGooms666
2012 World Series: Glee Star Sings National Anthem
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- Duration: 2:37
- Updated: 02 Dec 2012
Matthew Morrison sang the Star Bangled Banner before Game 2 of the World Series.
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Matthew Morrison sang the Star Bangled Banner before Game 2 of the World Series.
- published: 26 Oct 2012
- views: 5047
- author: FOX47News
Leona Lewis Feat Matthew Morrison - Somewhere Over The Rainbow
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- Duration: 4:20
- Updated: 06 Dec 2012
Leona was joined on stage at London's O2 Arena by Glee's very own Matthew Morrison for a very special rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Follow Leona on Facebook on facebook.com Follow Leona on Twitter on twitter.com
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Leona was joined on stage at London's O2 Arena by Glee's very own Matthew Morrison for a very special rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Follow Leona on Facebook on facebook.com Follow Leona on Twitter on twitter.com
- published: 17 Jun 2010
- views: 777319
- author: leonalewis
Matthew Morrison doing Humpty Dumpty
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- Duration: 3:18
- Updated: 02 Dec 2012
"mr. shu." dances humpty dumpty for broadway bares
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"mr. shu." dances humpty dumpty for broadway bares
- published: 19 Apr 2010
- views: 84070
- author: mrece2002
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Matthew Morrison - Let it be , Hey Jude [ live at the Hammersmith Apollo in London 2011 ] (lyrics)
"Let it be" and "Hey Jude" original by The Beatles ( Let it be ) lyrics : When I find myse...
published: 03 May 2012
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Matthew Morrison - Let it be , Hey Jude [ live at the Hammersmith Apollo in London 2011 ] (lyrics)
"Let it be" and "Hey Jude" original by The Beatles ( Let it be ) lyrics : When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be And in my hour of darkness, She is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be And when the broken hearted people, Living in the world agree There will be an answer, let it be For though they may be parted, There is still a chance that they will see There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be And when the night is cloudy, There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it be I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be Let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be .......
- published: 03 May 2012
- views: 3817
- author: mtvprogress2012
7:09
Glee's Lea Michele & Matthew Morrison at 2010 Tony Awards
Glee stars Matthew Morrison & Lea Michele perform All I Need is the Girl and Don't Rain on...
published: 15 Jun 2010
author: LavenderGooms4
Glee's Lea Michele & Matthew Morrison at 2010 Tony Awards
Glee stars Matthew Morrison & Lea Michele perform All I Need is the Girl and Don't Rain on my Parade respectively, at the 2010 Tony Awards. Bonus Sean Hayes Spiderman joke at end.
- published: 15 Jun 2010
- views: 3875541
- author: LavenderGooms4
3:54
Matthew Morrison - "Still Got Tonight" Live @ SYTYCD Results
Matthew Morrrison Performs His New Single On So You Think You Can Dance Results Show...
published: 05 Jun 2011
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Matthew Morrison - "Still Got Tonight" Live @ SYTYCD Results
Matthew Morrrison Performs His New Single On So You Think You Can Dance Results Show
- published: 05 Jun 2011
- views: 11415
- author: HighQualityUploader
4:37
Matthew Morrison on Jimmy Kimmel Live PART 1
Jimmy Kimmel Live - The first part of Jimmy's interview with Matthew Morrison Jimmy Kimmel...
published: 18 May 2012
author: JimmyKimmelLive
Matthew Morrison on Jimmy Kimmel Live PART 1
Jimmy Kimmel Live - The first part of Jimmy's interview with Matthew Morrison Jimmy Kimmel Live's YouTube channel features clips and recaps of every episode from the late night TV show on ABC. Subscribe for clips from the monologue, the interviews, and musical performances every day of the week. Watch your favorites parts again, or catch-up on any episodes you may have missed. Channel: www.youtube.com Subscribe: www.youtube.com For tickets: www.1iota.com
- published: 18 May 2012
- views: 26409
- author: JimmyKimmelLive
4:14
Matthew Morrison and JC Chasez - This I Promise You LIVE @ Hammersmith Apollo, London
Matthew Morrison does a cover of N Sync's This I Promise You with N Sync's very own JC Cha...
published: 30 Jul 2011
author: BrotherLehman
Matthew Morrison and JC Chasez - This I Promise You LIVE @ Hammersmith Apollo, London
Matthew Morrison does a cover of N Sync's This I Promise You with N Sync's very own JC Chasez during his world tour in London's HMV Hammersmith Apollo, Monday 13th June 2011. This was a dedication to Matthew's friend who proposed live on stage to his girlfriend just before this very song!
- published: 30 Jul 2011
- views: 42044
- author: BrotherLehman
4:30
Matthew Morrison - Still Got Tonight (Acoustic)
Matthew Morrison - Still Got Tonight (Acoustic) Available on the Barnes & Noble exclusive ...
published: 11 May 2011
author: sdshellybean
Matthew Morrison - Still Got Tonight (Acoustic)
Matthew Morrison - Still Got Tonight (Acoustic) Available on the Barnes & Noble exclusive version of Matthew Morrison's self-titled debut album: bit.ly
- published: 11 May 2011
- views: 88775
- author: sdshellybean
3:16
Matthew Morrison - Sway
Live at the Hammersmith Apollo, London. Courtesy of Sky1. Download MP3 here: www.mediafire...
published: 16 Oct 2011
author: BelleMacFarlane
Matthew Morrison - Sway
Live at the Hammersmith Apollo, London. Courtesy of Sky1. Download MP3 here: www.mediafire.com
- published: 16 Oct 2011
- views: 21520
- author: BelleMacFarlane
4:30
Mathew Morrison (Glee) - Still Got Tonight (lyrics)
Glee's Mathew Morrison sings Still Got Tonight....
published: 15 Jun 2011
author: msbumblebeeeee123
Mathew Morrison (Glee) - Still Got Tonight (lyrics)
Glee's Mathew Morrison sings Still Got Tonight.
- published: 15 Jun 2011
- views: 13012
- author: msbumblebeeeee123
4:37
KRISTIN CHENOWETH & MATTHEW MORRISON - "One Less Bell To Answer" [LIVE @ Tribute To Barbra]
Kristin Chenoweth and Matthew Morrison performing the number "One Less Bell To Answer / A ...
published: 17 Nov 2012
author: Sophia Bergamo
KRISTIN CHENOWETH & MATTHEW MORRISON - "One Less Bell To Answer" [LIVE @ Tribute To Barbra]
Kristin Chenoweth and Matthew Morrison performing the number "One Less Bell To Answer / A House Is Not a Home" together in tribute to the legendary Barbra Streisand.
- published: 17 Nov 2012
- views: 9749
- author: Sophia Bergamo
3:12
Matthew Morrison - Leaving On A Jet Plane(live)
Matthew Morrison sining leaving on a jet plane live...
published: 16 Jan 2010
author: beneaththeappletree
Matthew Morrison - Leaving On A Jet Plane(live)
Matthew Morrison sining leaving on a jet plane live
- published: 16 Jan 2010
- views: 3774
- author: beneaththeappletree
8:56
Matthew Morrison & Darren Criss
Matthew gets a visit from Darren Criss during tour rehearsals. NEW ALBUM: idj.to www.matth...
published: 10 May 2011
author: MatthewMorrisonMusic
Matthew Morrison & Darren Criss
Matthew gets a visit from Darren Criss during tour rehearsals. NEW ALBUM: idj.to www.matthewmorrison.com http www.facebook.com www.darrencriss.com
- published: 10 May 2011
- views: 337746
- author: MatthewMorrisonMusic
3:00
Gold Digger-Matthew Morrison(Live)
Matthew Morrison performing "Gold Digger" Live at the BOK Center in Tulsa, OK. From the NK...
published: 02 Aug 2011
author: yourdream84
Gold Digger-Matthew Morrison(Live)
Matthew Morrison performing "Gold Digger" Live at the BOK Center in Tulsa, OK. From the NKOTBSB-Once in a Lifetime Tour.
- published: 02 Aug 2011
- views: 1176
- author: yourdream84
20:52
ASK: Matthew Morrison Answers with Kristin Chenoweth
Kristin Chenoweth asks Matthew the top questions you, the fans, submitted. Matthew's US su...
published: 05 Apr 2011
author: MatthewMorrisonMusic
ASK: Matthew Morrison Answers with Kristin Chenoweth
Kristin Chenoweth asks Matthew the top questions you, the fans, submitted. Matthew's US summer tour has been announced. Get more info here: www.matthewmorrison.com http www.facebook.com
- published: 05 Apr 2011
- views: 50672
- author: MatthewMorrisonMusic
1:49
Glee Live- Mr.Schuester(Matt Morrison) and Puck(Mark Salling)- Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
Matt Morrison and Jane Lynch were at the show tonight at Radio City Music Hall, friday May...
published: 29 May 2010
author: KkLiteratuRe
Glee Live- Mr.Schuester(Matt Morrison) and Puck(Mark Salling)- Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
Matt Morrison and Jane Lynch were at the show tonight at Radio City Music Hall, friday May 28th,2010. such an amazing show!! check out my other videos of the glee tour and more :)
- published: 29 May 2010
- views: 57587
- author: KkLiteratuRe
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4:57
NO "Stay With Me"
Download the NO | EP free at www.nomusicfor.me
Twitter www.twitter.com/NO | FB www.faceboo...
published: 14 Feb 2012
author: Ryan Reichenfeld
NO "Stay With Me"
Download the NO | EP free at www.nomusicfor.me
Twitter www.twitter.com/NO | FB www.facebook.com/nomusicforme
Thanks to Brendan & David @ NZ On Air
Director: Ryan Reichenfeld
Producer: Jared Shelton
Head of Production: Kyle Hill
Exec Producer: Stephen Buchanan
Prod Co: More Media
Rep: Jamie Kohn Rabineau @ www.LARKCREATIVE.tv
DP: Ryan Carmody
1st AC: Corbett Jones
2nd AC: Frank Mobilio
DIT: Matthew Tyler Ray
Steadicam Operator: Alex Kornreich
1st Asst Director: Autumn Hymes
Gaffer: Kim Culotta
Best Boy Electric: Nathan Schwab
Key Grip: Alex Salines
Best Boy Grip: Justin Lesch
Grip Swing: Allyson Laquian
Production Designer: Jason Kisvarday
Set Decorator: Kelsi Ephraim
Lead Man: Jesse Morrison
Set Dressers: Ali Rubenfeld, Grace Alie, Julianne Loof
Previz: Ayse Arf
Costume Fabrication: Colin Roberts
Stylist: Corban Poorboy
Make Up: Jennifer Martin
Editor: Ernest Hemingway Jr @ www.BonnieBraeStudio.com
VFX: Peter Sauvey, Thomas Jefferson @ www.BonnieBraeStudio.com
Colorist: Branden Chavez @ www.NewHat.tv
Starring:
Male Crash Test Dummy: Jonathan Conrad
Female Crash Test Dummy: Crystal Murphy, Kara Hasset
Scientists: Bradley Hanan Carter, Sean Daniel Stentz, Reese Richardson, Michael Walker, Ryan Lallier
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3:46
The Presets - Ghosts
Director: Abteen Bagheri
DP: Isaac Bauman
Producer: Tash Tan
Production Company: Somesuch ...
published: 30 Aug 2012
author: Abteen Bagheri
The Presets - Ghosts
Director: Abteen Bagheri
DP: Isaac Bauman
Producer: Tash Tan
Production Company: Somesuch & Co
Facilitating Line Producer: Jules Bayliss
Editor: Leila Sarraf at Trim
1st AD: John Clabburn
1st AC: Alexis Castagna
Stylist: Georgia Ashdown
Hair/Makeup: Andrew Bagala
Gaffer: Storm Ashwood
Key Grip: Geoffrey Full
VFX: Arthur Chance
SFX: Ben Bell
Telecine: James Bamford / Luke Morrison at The Mill
Commissioner: Glen Goetze
DIT: Daniel Richardson
Playback: Peter Kraft
PA's: Hayden Anderson, Alex Ditsas, Celia Yu
Divers: Dean Ross, Luke Anderson, Esther Qin, Tamara Ambrose, Christian Holman, Louise Poole, Genevieve de la Motte, Nick Jeffree, Will Jeffree, Josh Chapman, Matthew Lang, Nicholas Dungan
© 2012 MODULAR PEOPLE
Shot in Sydney, Australia.
3:50
Glee- Launch Shoot Cut (Director's Cut- Matt Fife)
Glee is a 20th Century Fox Show, created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan (all...
published: 15 Aug 2011
author: matt fife: director
Glee- Launch Shoot Cut (Director's Cut- Matt Fife)
Glee is a 20th Century Fox Show, created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan (all Rights Reserved). Music used in the piece includes DON'T STOP BELIEVING by Vitamin String Quartet and MR. BLUE SKY by the Delgados.
Cut produced by Matt Fife
Directors Matt Fife and Julio Cabral, Cinematography by Crash and Kim Haun (Shot on 35mm). An infinite amount of detail goes into the making of a Ryan Murphy show. This GLEE campaign sought to match and extend the look and tone of the pilot episode. My day began with the comedic genius of Jane Lynch, building a face off between Coach Sue (Lynch) and Glee Club Leader Will (Matthew Morrison). After the office set up, my unit quickly moved outdoors with Sue tormenting her Cheerios during a slow jog around the track. Throughout the day, our two units picked up additional photography and wild lines from the cast. After shooting three commercials in the morning, I shot the young cast in the hallway witha moving soft light that fell off to shadow. We had a great time creating visual vignettes that showcased both the attributes of these richly written characters, and the talents of a warm and receptive cast.
3:24
U2 & Green Day - The Saints Are Coming
An alternative history where a country's resources are used to save lives rather than take...
published: 02 Jul 2009
author: Chris Milk
U2 & Green Day - The Saints Are Coming
An alternative history where a country's resources are used to save lives rather than take them.
Note:
We are aware B-2's can not carpet bomb pallets of red cross aid, as well as the other mechanical misuses of machinery designed to kill. This is not meant to be a technical blueprint. It's an artistic statement about war vs. care of one's own people.
Shot in Abbey Road Studios, London and The Superdome, New Orleans.
Chris Milk - Writer/Director
Performed by U2 & Green Day
Original song "The Saints" by The Skids
Record Label - Island Records
Kathy Angstadt - Commissioner
Steve Matthews & Paul McGuiness - Management
Produced by Radical Media
Barbara Benson - Producer
Brannon Walters - Production Supervisor
Livio Sanchez - Editor
Chris Milk - DP B+W
Danny Hiele - DP Color
Pierre Colonna - Operator
Jason McCormick - 1st AC
Patrick McGraw - 1st AC
Don Pressley - 1st AC
Steve McDougal - Loader
Susan Hebert - Asst. Prod. Supv.
Cedric Mazzara - Travel Coordinator
Clint Caluory - PA
Zs Grant - PA
Irma Rodriguez - PA
Donny Boihem - PA
Elton LeBlanc - PA
Scott Morrison - PA
Samantha McKinney - PA
"Little" Buddy Medina - PA
Visual Effect by Sway
Matt Winkel & Daughn Ward - Producers
Mark Glazer - VFX Supervisor
Ben Looram - VFX Supervisor/Flame Artist
Wayne England - CG Supervisor
Graham Fyffe - Digital Artist
Maciek Sokalski - Compositor
Rob Meyers - CG Artist
Ryan Gibson - Compositor
Chris Bankoff - Compositor
Rob Glazer - CG Artist
Richard Wardlow - CG Artist
Feli di Giorigio - Compositor
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3:34
Matthew Morrison and Cameron Diaz Interview - What To Expect When You're Expecting
In this new interview with Cameron Diaz and Matthew Morrison, we talk to them about their ...
published: 07 May 2012
author: ClevverNews
Matthew Morrison and Cameron Diaz Interview - What To Expect When You're Expecting
In this new interview with Cameron Diaz and Matthew Morrison, we talk to them about their new movie What To Expect When You're Expecting! Cameron also talks about her dance moves and a possible appearance on Glee as well as what terrifies her the most about becoming a parent one day! Peep the full interview and go see What To Expect When You're Expecting when it hits theaters on May 18th!
- published: 07 May 2012
- views: 23777
- author: ClevverNews
4:41
hairspray OBC (Matthew Morrison & Marissa Jaret Winokur) - You Can't Stop The Beat - Conan O'Brien
Again didnt save in HD so the qualitys down from the original but not bad :)...
published: 01 Mar 2012
author: HairsprayUK
hairspray OBC (Matthew Morrison & Marissa Jaret Winokur) - You Can't Stop The Beat - Conan O'Brien
Again didnt save in HD so the qualitys down from the original but not bad :)
- published: 01 Mar 2012
- views: 27180
- author: HairsprayUK
3:45
Matthew Morrison Performs 'Summer Rain'
You know Matthew Morrison from "Glee" -- and now you'll know him as a solo musician! He's ...
published: 11 Apr 2011
author: TheEllenShow
Matthew Morrison Performs 'Summer Rain'
You know Matthew Morrison from "Glee" -- and now you'll know him as a solo musician! He's releasing his self-titled debut album in May, and stopped by to perform his new song, "Summer Rain." Watch his performance here, then discover more about Matthew and other musicians -- on Ellen's Music Page. Visit ellen.warnerbros.com
- published: 11 Apr 2011
- views: 145703
- author: TheEllenShow
3:17
Matthew Morrison - My Name [ live at the Hammersmith Apollo in London ]( lyrics )
Song : My Name , Album : Matthew Morrison, Artist : Matthew Morrison Lyrics : It's always ...
published: 09 Jul 2012
author: mtvprogress2012
Matthew Morrison - My Name [ live at the Hammersmith Apollo in London ]( lyrics )
Song : My Name , Album : Matthew Morrison, Artist : Matthew Morrison Lyrics : It's always early. It's always dark when I leave. I check myself in the mirror. And he looks a lot like me. It could be London. But he's followed me back home. I'm not complainin'. But I wish he'd just stay in Rome. He isn't always right, you know. They smile, they came, But they don't know my name. We only look the same. And they don't know my name. Oh, turn the lights off. Turn all the lights off. All this love surrounds me. But I'm still alone. Your expectations, I'm never gonna measure up. I'm not a hero, I know I never was taught enough. They're screaming at me, And I just wanna scream right back. They wouldn't believe it. I know he'd never do a thing like that. It's taken all I've got not to crack. They smile, they came, But they don't know my name. We only look the same. And they don't know my name. Oh, turn the lights off. Turn all the lights off. All this love surrounds me. But I'm still alone. I only have to play the part. But that part is only part of me. Once in a while, let down my guard. But it's hard, afraid of what you'll see. I didn't mean to disappoint. But I'm not, who you think I am? I'm maybe not, who I think I am? They smile, they came, But they don't know my name. We only look the same, And they don't know my name. They smile, they came, But they don't know my name. We only look the same. And they don't know my name. Oh, turn the lights off. Turn all the lights off. Oh ...
- published: 09 Jul 2012
- views: 1271
- author: mtvprogress2012
photo: AP / Bullit Marquez
06 Dec 2012
NEW BATAAN, Philippines - A powerful typhoon that washed away emergency shelters, a military camp and possibly entire families in the southern Philippines has killed almost 350 people with nearly 400 missing, authorities said Thursday. More bodies were retrieved from hardest-hit Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental provinces and six others impacted by Tuesday's storm, the Office of Civil Defense reported ... "It was horrible ... --- ... Location....(size: 8.0Kb)
photo: AP / Photo
06 Dec 2012
Lionel Messi missed out on a chance to match Gerd Mueller's record of 85 goals in a calendar year as he was injured during Barcelona's draw with Benfica. Messi, who hurt his left knee in a collision with Benfica keeper Artur, was taken off 30 minutes after coming on as a second-half substitute. Benfica knew a win would see them finish second behind Barca in Group G ... FC Barcelona's official Twitter account tweeted after the Benfica game....(size: 2.5Kb)
photo: US Navy / Matthew Stroup
05 Dec 2012
ISAF today issued an operational update on combat operations in Afghanistan. It noted, among other things, that Afghan and coalition security forces conducted an operation in Watahpur district yesterday that resulted in the “death of insurgent leader Mohammad Yar Gul.” ... Mohammed Yar Gul coordinated the movement of insurgent fighters throughout Kunar province ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)
photo: AP / Karlos Manlupig
05 Dec 2012
The death toll from a powerful storm that hit the southern Philippines is continuing to rise, as rescue teams headed for affected areas. Typhoon Bopha struck Mindanao island on Tuesday, bringing rain and high winds. Tens of thousands were evacuated ahead of the storm, which is now passing over the western island of Palawan ... Water and mud rushed down mountainous slopes to engulf a school and a village hall serving as evacuation centres ... ....(size: 2.4Kb)
Digital Spy
07 Dec 2012
Myleene Klass, in a grecian-style peach gown, Ross Kemp, Olympic medalist Greg Rutherford, Elle Macpherson, in a gothic black gown and Glee's Matthew Morrison also graced the red carpet ... 1 of 15. Copyright. PA Images ... More. Eddie Redmayne, Amanda Seyfried, Matthew Morrison, Frank Lampard, Christine Bleakley, Ross Kemp, Helen Flanagan, Greg Rutherford, Katie Price, Melanie Sykes, Ricky Gervais, Elle Macpherson, Victoria Pendleton, Showbiz....(size: 8.8Kb)
Digital Spy
07 Dec 2012
300. Rise of an Empire star Rodrigo Santoro has discussed his return for the sequel. The Brazilian actor will reprise his role as Xerxes in the Warner Bros film, which takes place at the same time as Zack Snyder's 2008 movie. "I had to shave, I had to work out again, I had to go back to Xerxes," he told ComingSoon.net. "It's the same character ... "There's a lot going on ... 300 ... Cheryl Cole, Matthew Morrison - pictures. More ... Previous ... 0 comments ... ....(size: 8.9Kb)
Huffington Post
07 Dec 2012
Hugh Jackman has admitted he has some regrets about passing up the chance to play James Bond. The 'Les Miserables' star was approached about the 007 role for 2006 film 'Casino Royale', but was too busy playing Wolverine in the 'X-Men' series ... Hugh told The Sun ... "But I am great mates with Daniel ... Matthew Morrison arrives at the premiere of Les Miserables at the Empire Leicester Square, London, UKLes Miserables World Premiere - London ... 10k....(size: 12.0Kb)
Huffington Post
07 Dec 2012
By now if you've heard anything about the soon-to-be released film adaptation of "Les Miserables," you've heard about the 25 pounds Anne Hathaway quickly lost to play Fantine, a prostitute dying of tuberculosis ... Hathaway wasn't the only cast member who played with her health for the film ... 5, 2012 ... Matthew Morrison arrives at the premiere of Les Miserables at the Empire Leicester Square, London, UKLes Miserables World Premiere - London ... ....(size: 13.7Kb)
The Examiner
06 Dec 2012
On Dec ... And Perry was a big hit with Jack as she sang the same song to honor King during this tribute.View slideshow ... Suggested by the author.. Matthew Morrison, Katy Perry, Jane Lynch reach out to LGBTQ youth at Trevor LiveKaty Perry in Last Friday Night means Rebecca Black is back (video)Katy Perry and her spinning bra problem. ....(size: 1.9Kb)
Huffington Post
06 Dec 2012
Matthew Morrison. Jonah Hill made it clear he was no fan of "Glee" star Matthew Morrison, when he appeared on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" in September 2011 ... "Matthew Morrison, you better bring your sh*t next time I see you...I'd like to see him sing his way out of this one," he said. Morrison responded by sending a ......(size: 32.9Kb)
Screen Daily
06 Dec 2012
It was an appropriately star-studded evening in London last night for the world premiere of the star-studded film adaptation of Les Miserables ... Director Tom Hooper took to the stage at the Empire Leicester Square and said he was especially proud to be there since it was a cinema he used to attend as a kid growing up in London ... Other starry attendees included Gillian Anderson, Rosamund Pike, Ellie Goulding and Matthew Morrison ... ....(size: 6.2Kb)
Huffington Post
06 Dec 2012
The "Les Miserables" premiere in London brought out Anne Hathaway and more. LONDON -- Hollywood stars Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman have braved the London cold to walk the red carpet for the world premiere of "Les Miserables." ... Loading Slideshow. Les Miserables World Premiere - London ... 5, 2012 ... Matthew Morrison arrives at the premiere of Les Miserables at the Empire Leicester Square, London, UKLes Miserables World Premiere - London ... Like....(size: 13.2Kb)
Huffington Post
06 Dec 2012
Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman in "Les Miserables." ... "As the enduring success of this property has shown, there are large, emotionally susceptible segments of the population ready to swallow this sort of thing, but that doesn't mean it's good." ... Brevet gave the film a C-plus ... 25 ... Loading Slideshow ... Matthew Morrison arrives at the premiere of Les Miserables at the Empire Leicester Square, London, UKLes Miserables World Premiere - London ... ....(size: 15.6Kb)
IMDb
05 Dec 2012
Wonder what set her off this time?Even though Will (Matthew Morrison) seems to be back in town, Finn (Cory Monteith) is still the driving force behind New Directions. Rachel (Lea ......(size: 1.0Kb)
The Examiner
05 Dec 2012
Tweet. 0 Email. Report. Photo 1 of 20. Doug Hutchison and Courtney Stodden attend the King of Thailand's birthday bash at MTIA. Credit. Araya Diaz / Wireimage ... In Honor of the King.Celebrities attend Muay Thai in America ... Ava Cadell share love tips at Muay Thai in America. In Honor of the KingCelebrities attend Muay Thai in America ... In Honor of the KingDr ... MATTHEW MORRISON’S 3rd ANNUAL HALLOWEEN BIRTHDAY PARTY PRESENTED BY MONSTER HIGH ... ....(size: 5.5Kb)
IMDb
04 Dec 2012
Amy Poehler), the show was also DJ'd by Samantha Ronson and featured singing performances by Betty Buckley, Naya Rivera, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Andrew Rannells, Laura Benanti, Darren Criss, Barrett Foa, Kristin Chenoweth, Matthew Morrison and many, many more ... - nyjimmy67. ....(size: 1.3Kb)
Ohio
30 Nov 2012
WOOSTER, OHIO — Jeffrey Lindberg and The Chicago Jazz Orchestra (CJO) have been invited to perform at the 35th annual Kennedy Center Honors Gala this weekend in Washington, D.C ... 1) ... Two years ago, for example, Matthew Morrison, star of the popular television show “Glee,” gave an impromptu performance that had everyone swaying to the music into the “wee hours of the morning.” ... Additional information is available at ... ....(size: 3.3Kb)
For his self-titled album, see Matthew Morrison (album).
| Matthew Morrison | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Morrison at a premiere party of Glee in 2009 |
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| Born | Matthew James Morrison (1978-10-30) October 30, 1978 (age 33) Fort Ord, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Matt Morrison |
| Occupation | Actor, director, musician, singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1999–present |
Matthew James Morrison (born October 30, 1978) is an American actor, dancer, musician, and singer-songwriter. He is best known for starring in multiple Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, including his portrayal of Link Larkin in Hairspray on Broadway, and most notably for his Emmy and Golden Globe nominated role as Will Schuester on the Fox television show Glee (2009–present). He has also received a Satellite Award for this role.
Contents |
Early life[link]
Matthew Morrison was born in Fort Ord, California, and raised in Orange County, and is of Scottish heritage.[1] He was part of the Collaborative Arts Project 21 (CAP21) and the Orange County High School of the Arts, while at the Los Alamitos High School campus. While in high school, he did a musical with actress Jodie Sweetin.[2] He attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts for two years before dropping out and joining the Broadway adaptation of Footloose.[3]
By freshman year of college Morrison already was a regular performer on Broadway. He states in Details "There were all these beautiful, beautiful dancers. As a straight guy I had some room. There were the shared interests in singing and dancing, and I always find dancing with someone very erotic and sexual. I definitely hooked up with a lot of girls when I was a young guy on Broadway. It was fun, I guess. Very joyous and free."[4]
Career[link]
Morrison's career began when he made his musical theatre debut on Broadway in the musical version of Footloose, followed by a revival of The Rocky Horror Show in 2002. His big break came, however, when he landed the role of Link Larkin in the Broadway production of John Waters', Hairspray. After performing in the role for some time, he started working in television, guest-starring on shows such as Ghost Whisperer, Numb3rs, CSI: Miami and Hack. He also had small roles in films such as Marci X, Primary Colors, Music and Lyrics, and Simply Funk. He followed up these performances by performing the role of Sir Harry in the ABC-TV production of Once Upon a Mattress, starring Tracey Ullman and Carol Burnett.
In 2001, Morrison was recruited to complete the quartet for the band LMNT. He was replaced instead by Jonas Persch by the time their first album was released. He commented in an interview about his experience in the boy band by remarking, "It was the worst year of my life. You know when you're a performer and you're out there on stage and you're embarrassed that you're doing something wrong. It was pretty bad." Matthew Morrison also was a member of Buena Park Youth theater. Located at Buena Park [5]
Morrison starred in the Original Cast of the musical Hairspray as Link Larkin from its opening in 2002 through January 2004.[6]
In 2005 Morrison changed gears, playing the role of Fabrizio Nacarelli in Adam Guettel's The Light in the Piazza.[6] He was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance.[7] He left the show August 28, 2005.[7]
Morrison joined the cast of the CBS soap opera, As the World Turns, as Adam Munson on October 24, 2006,[8] but left abruptly soon after due to a "scheduling conflict," last airing on the soap on November 27.
Morrison appeared in a benefit performance celebrating Andrew Lippa, and the 25th Anniversary of the performing troupe 'The Kids in the Hall' at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, California in December 2006. The performance benefited The California Conservatory of the Arts, a non-profit arts education organization focusing on pre-professional training for young students, grades six through twelve, in Orange County, California.
He earned a Drama Desk Nomination for his role in the Off Broadway show 10 Million Miles which ran at the Atlantic Theater Company in 2007. That same year he appeared in two films: Dan in Real Life, followed by Music and Lyrics as Cora Corman's manager.
In 2008 he played Lieutenant Cable in a Lincoln Center production of the musical South Pacific. He left the production at the end of 2008 and in early 2009 returned to California to shoot the first season of Glee.[9]
Morrison plays Will Schuester in the Fox Broadcasting television series Glee, which had its television preview on May 19, 2009. He resumed his role in the show as the series premiered on September 9, 2009. He plays a high school Spanish teacher who takes on the task of restoring the school's glee club to its former glory. Morrison also appeared in the show's second season. He returned for the third season, which premiered on September 20, 2011.[10] He will be making his directorial debut in the third season's ninth episode.
In addition on January 14, 2010, it was announced that Morrison signed a solo record deal with Mercury Records. His first studio album was released on May 10, 2011. Morrison duets with Elton John on "a medley of 'Mona Lisas and Madhatters' going into 'Rocket Man'".[11] His first single, "Summer Rain", premiered on Ryan Seacrest's website on February 28, 2011.[12] Additionally, a duet of "Over the Rainbow" with Gwyneth Paltrow appears on the self-titled album.[13]
On June 16, 2010, Morrison joined Leona Lewis — appearing at London's O2 Arena as part of her world tour — for a one-off performance to sing "Over the Rainbow". Morrison was on the cover of the June 2011 issue of MetroSource.
In March 2012, Morrison was featured in a performance of Dustin Lance Black's play, '8' — a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage — as Paul Katami.[14] The production was held at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre and broadcast on YouTube to raise money for the American Foundation for Equal Rights.[15][16]
Awards and nominations[link]
- Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominated - 2010 Best Performance by an Ensemble in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical (Glee)
- Primetime Emmy Awards[17] Nomination - 2010 Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Glee)
- Golden Globe Awards Nomination - 2010 Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical (Glee)
- Satellite Awards Nomination - 2010 Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical (Glee)
- Teen Choice Awards Nomination - 2010 Choice Male Scene Stealer
- Golden Globe Awards Nomination - 2009 Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical (Glee)
- Satellite Awards Winner - 2009 Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical (Glee)
- Screen Actors Guild Awards Winner - 2009 Best Performance by an Ensemble in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical (Glee)
- Drama Desk Awards Nomination - 2008 Outstanding Actor in a Musical (10 Million Miles)
- Tony Awards Nomination - 2005 Best Featured Actor in a Musical (The Light in the Piazza)
- Outer Critics Circle Awards Nomination - 2005 Best Featured Actor in a Musical (The Light in the Piazza)
- Drama Desk Awards Nomination - 2005 Outstanding Actor in a Musical (The Light in the Piazza)
- Outer Critics Circle Awards Nomination - 2003 Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Hairspray)
Discography[link]
Studio albums[link]
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [18] |
AUS [19] |
UK [20] |
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| Matthew Morrison |
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24 | 61 | 63 |
Singles[link]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US AC [21] |
CAN | UK [22] |
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| 2011 | "Summer Rain" | 16 | 72 | — | Matthew Morrison | ||||
| "Still Got Tonight" | — | — | 182 | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Filmography[link]
Source:[citation needed]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Bob Rizzo's Simply Funk with Suzanne | [himself] | As Matthew J. Morrison |
| 2003 | Marci X | Boyz R Us | As Matthew J. Morrison |
| 2005 | Once Upon A Mattress | Sir Harry | |
| 2006 | Blinders | Scott | |
| 2007 | Music and Lyrics | Ray | |
| 2007 | Dan in Real Life | Policeman | |
| 2007 | I Think I Love My Wife | Salesman #2 | |
| 2011 | The Muppets | Mahna Mahna Host | |
| 2012 | What to Expect When You're Expecting | Evan |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Sex and the City | Young Busboy | 1 episode |
| 2003 | Hack | Sam Wagner | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Chance Slaughter | 1 episode |
| 2006 | As the World Turns | Adam Munson(#4) | October 24 - November 27, 2006 |
| 2007 | Ghost Whisperer | Matt Sembrook | Bad Blood (2007) - 8 episodes |
| 2007 | CSI: Miami | Jesse Stark | Bloodline - 1 episode |
| 2008 | Numb3rs | Officer Blaine Cleary | Power - 1 episode |
| 2009 | Taking Chance | Robert Rouse | television film |
| 2009–present | Glee | Will Schuester | Series regular Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series (2009) Nominated- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Series- Musical or Comedy (2009 & 2010) Nominated- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (2010) Nominated- Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series (2010) Nominated- People's Choice Award for Favorite Comedy Actor (2011) Directed season 3, episode 9, "Extraordinary Merry Christmas" |
| 2011 | The Cleveland Show | Will Schuester (Voice role) | Season 2, Episode 11 How Do You Solve a Problem Like Roberta? |
| 2012 | Live with Kelly | Himself | Kelly Ripa's co-host on February 21, 2012 |
Personal life[link]
Morrison became engaged to actress Chrishell Stause on December 9, 2006. Their relationship ended in 2007, less than a year into the engagement. [23]
References[link]
- ^ Dirmann, Tina (December 2009). "Matthew Morrison Revealed". Orange Coast (Newport Beach, California: Orange Coast Kommunications): 86. ISSN 027909483.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE! Will There Be a 'Full House' Reunion On ‘Glee?’". Hollywoodlife.com. 2010-10-18. http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2010/10/18/full-house-reunion-on-glee-jodie-sweetin-john-stamos-mary-kate-olsen-ashley-olsen-matt-morrison-cory-montieth. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ^ "Matthew Morrison - Music". Ellen.warnerbros.com. http://ellen.warnerbros.com/music/matthew_morrison/. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
- ^ "Hot for Teacher: Matthew Morrison". Details Magazine. 2010-12-01. http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/cover-stars/201012/fox-glee-actor-Will-Schuester-teacher-singer-matthew-morrison?currentPage=2. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
- ^ BWW, News Desk. "Matthew Morrison Talks GLEE, Upcoming Album, and his 'Worst Year Ever'." Broadwayworld 12 Jan 2010. Web. 1 Feb 2010.
- ^ a b Simonson, Robert (January 26, 2005). "Hairspray's Matthew Morrison Joins Cast of Piazza". Playbill. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/90825-Hairsprays-Matthew-Morrison-Joins-Cast-of-Piazza. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ a b Simonson, Robert (July 25, 2005). "Matthew Morrison Will Leave Light in the Piazza Aug. 28". Playbill. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/94191-Matthew-Morrison-Will-Leave-Light-in-the-Piazza-Aug-28. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ Kroll, Dan J. "Adam Returning Home After 4 Year Absence." Soap Central 1 Oct 2006: Web. 1 Feb 2010.
- ^ ""Cable's Exit Interview Dec 23, 2008"". Lct.org. http://www.lct.org/showBlog.htm?id=174&blogEntryId=94. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
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| Short description | Actor |
| Date of birth | October 30, 1978 |
| Place of birth | Fort Ord, California, U.S. |
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| Lea Michele | |
|---|---|
 Lea Michele at the 2010 Time 100. |
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| Born | Lea Michele Sarfati (1986-08-29) August 29, 1986 (age 25) The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Lea Michele Sarfati (born August 29, 1986),[1] known professionally as Lea Michele, is an American actress and singer. Michele began working professionally as a child actress on Broadway in productions such as Ragtime and Les Misérables. She originated the role of Wendla in the musical Spring Awakening and currently plays Rachel Berry in the Fox television series Glee and made her film debut in New Year's Eve starring alongside Ashton Kutcher. Michele performs in the soprano range.[2]
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Early life[link]
Michele was born in the Bronx, New York City. She is the only daughter of Edith, a nurse, and Marc Sarfati, a delicatessen owner.[1] Her mother is Italian American and Roman Catholic, while her father is a Spanish Sephardic Jew.[3][4] Michele was raised Catholic, and has stated that her father "gladly" attends church with her and her mother.[5][6] She grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey. She attended Rockland Country Day School[7] for elementary school in New York and then Tenafly High School.[5][8] Michele was home schooled one year while working in Toronto, Ontario on Ragtime. She attended Stagedoor Manor in the Catskills, a center for performing arts training.[9] She was then later accepted to the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, but opted instead to continue working professionally on the stage.[10][11]
Michele adopted her stage name at an early age; when she went on her first audition, she gave her name as "Lea Michele," and has used it ever since. She has stated that she changed it because she was teased about the pronunciation of her last name.[12]
Career[link]
Stage roles[link]
Michele made her Broadway debut in 1995, as a replacement in the role of Young Cosette in Les Misérables.[13][14] This was followed by the role of Tateh's daughter, the Little Girl, in the 1998 original Broadway cast of Ragtime.[14][15] In 2004, Michele played Sphritze in the Broadway revival of the musical Fiddler on the Roof.[14][16] She also sang on the 2004 Broadway revival cast recording of Fiddler on the Roof.[17]
She played the role of Wendla in Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's musical version of Spring Awakening, starring in early workshops and Off-Broadway and finally originating the role in the Broadway production in 2006 at the age of 20.[18] Around the same time that the show was set to go to Broadway, she was offered the role of Eponine in the Broadway revival of Les Misérables.[19] She elected to remain with Spring Awakening, which debuted on Broadway in December 2006. She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for her performance in Spring Awakening in the category of Outstanding Actress in a Musical.[20]
On May 18, 2008, Michele left Spring Awakening with her co-star Jonathan Groff. She performed in a reading of Sheik and Sater's new musical, Nero, in July 2008 at Vassar College.[21] She portrayed Eponine in the Hollywood Bowl's Les Misérables concert in August 2008.[22]
Film, television, and other work[link]
Michele stars in the Fox television series Glee, where she plays the star singer of a high school glee club, Rachel Berry. She has won a Screen Actors Guild Award for an outstanding ensemble performance[23] and the 2009 Satellite Award for best actress.[24] Michele received the People's Choice award of Best Actress in a Comedy in 2012.[25] She also received nominations for an Emmy Award,[26] two nominations for a Golden Globe Award, and Teen Choice Award for her performance in the role.[27] In December 2010 Lea Michele received Billboard's First-Ever Triple Threat Award.[28] Several of her solo covers have reached the top 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100, including "Gives You Hell" by The All-American Rejects, "The Only Exception" by Paramore, "Firework" by Katy Perry, "Without You" by David Guetta feat. Usher, and the original song "Get It Right". Michele is the featured lead singer in 14 of the top 25 selling Glee songs as of Feb. 2012. Also as of Feb. 2012, over 70 songs featuring Michele as a lead have reached the Billboard charts, more than any other cast member.[28]
Michele was included in TIME magazine's 2010 list of the 100 Most Influential People In the World.[29] FHM named her No.7 on 2010 Sexiest Women List.[30] Michele was named to People Magazine's Best Dressed List of 2010 as "The Newbie"[31] and she was voted "2010 Most Stylish Star" by E! Online.[32] She was ranked 28th on the Maxim 2011 Hot 100.[33] She was number 10 on the AfterEllen hot 100 list for 2011.[34] Michele ranked 14th on the 2012 Maxim Hot 100. [35] Women's Health Magazine placed Lea Michele as the 3rd Best 2012 Summer Bodies. [36]
In 2010, Michele joined the cast of the animated film Dorothy of Oz,[37] voicing the lead role of Dorothy Gale.[38] She filmed a role in Garry Marshall's romantic comedy New Year's Eve, which was released in 2011.[39]
Before Super Bowl XLV, on February 6, 2011, she performed "America the Beautiful" with the Air Force Tops In Blue.[40]
Candie's anounced in 2012 that Lea will be the new spokesperson for their clothing/footwear brand.[41]
Charities[link]
Michele is active in charities for gay rights and animal rights. In 2008, Michele was a part of the PETA ad campaign "Buck Cruelty! Say No to Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides".[42] In April 2010, Michele appeared in a PSA for PETA speaking out against fur clothing.[43] In September 2010, Michele was honored by PETA for her work for animals.[44]
In the support of gay rights, Michele performed at the Human Rights Campaign Dinner in November 2009.[45][46] In the same month, Michele and Jonathan Groff performed for True Colors Cabaret, a fundraiser in support of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality.[47]
In 2008, Michele performed at a benefit concert, "Alive in the World",[48] to aid the Twin Towers Orphan Fund. Michele has also been active with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. For Broadway Cares, Michele has participated in Broadway Barks, Broadway Bares, The Easter Bonnet Competition and The Flea Market and Grand Auction.[49]
In October 2010, Michele performed at a benefit concert for The Painted Turtle. The concert celebrated the 35th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with Michele playing the lead role of Janet Weiss for the benefit.[50] In February 2011, she performed for The Grammys' MusiCares Benefit in Los Angeles CA.[51] In April 2012 performs for The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation (JCCF) at UCLA, 17th annual signature fundraiser, Taste for a Cure.[52]
Credits[link]
Broadway
- Les Misérables as Young Cosette (1995–96)
- Ragtime as the Little Girl (1998–99)
- Fiddler on the Roof as Shprintze and Chava (2004–05)
- Spring Awakening as Wendla (2006–08)
Readings and workshops
- Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater collaboration (November 2009)[53]
- Nero as Octavia (July 2008)[54]
- Samson and Delilah as Delilah[55]
- King as Anisette[55]
- Wuthering Heights as Lucy[55]
- Hot and Sweet as Naleen (September 2006)[56]
- Spring Awakening as Wendla – Roundabout Theatre Company (2000 and June 2001)[57]
Concerts and events
- "Broadway Eastern Bonnet" 2004 benefit performance as Sphrintze (with casts of Avenue Q and Fiddler on the Roof)
- Spring Awakening as Wendla – Lincoln Center (February 2005)
- Unsung 2007: 'Tis The Season To Be Naughty – Lucille Lortel Theater, New York (December 2007)[58]
- Alive in the World, benefit concert – as Phoebe (January 2008)[48]
- "Broadway Eastern Bonnet" 2008 benefit performance as Wendla (with cast of Spring Awakening)
- Feinstein's (February 2008 and April 2008)[59]
- Flopz n' cutz Concert with Landon Beard, Joe's Pub (April 2008) [60]
- Les Misérables Concert as Eponine at the Hollywood Bowl (August 2008)[55]
- Upright Cabaret (August 2008)[61]
- Broadway Chance Style: Up Close & Personal (September 2008)[62]
- Spring Awakening Holiday Benefit Concert – Joe's Pub (December 2008)[63]
- Human Rights Campaign Dinner, performer (November 2009).[45]
- True Colors Benefit with Jonathan Groff (November 2009)[47]
- Glee Live! In Concert! as Rachel Berry; Phoenix, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City (May 2010)
- Glee TV Academy Event at the Music Box, Los Angeles (July 27, 2010)
- Rocky Horror Picture Show 35th Anniversary To Benefit The Painted Turtle, as Janet Weiss, Los Angeles (October 2010)[64]
- Super Bowl XLV – as performer ("America the Beautiful") Dallas, Texas (February 2011)[65]
- MusiCares Person of the Year tribute honoring Barbra Streisand, performer, Los Angeles (February 2011)[51]
- Glee Live! In Concert! as Rachel Berry; 22 cities, 40 shows, 4 countries: US, Canada, England, Ireland (May–July 2011)
- The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation (JCCF) at UCLA, 17th annual signature fundraiser, Taste for a Cure. April 2012 [52]
Other projects
- Ragtime as Little Girl, Toronto Centre for the Arts, Toronto, Ontario (1997)
- The Diary of Anne Frank as Anne Frank, Washington, D.C. (2005)[66]
- Spring Awakening as Wendla, Atlantic Theatre Company, off Broadway (May–August 2006)
- Dove commercials as spokesperson (2010)[67]
- Chevrolet commercial, as Rachel Berry: Glee Super Bowl commercial (February 2011)[68]
- Nike workout application as spokesperson (2011)[69]
- HP TouchPad commercial (2011)[70]
- Candies as spokesperson (2012) [71]
Filmography[link]
Film[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Buster and Chauncey's Silent Night | Voice for various characters | |
| 2011 | Glee: The 3D Concert Movie | Rachel Berry/Herself | Concert movie |
| 2011 | New Year's Eve | Elise | Film debut |
| 2012 | Dorothy of Oz | Dorothy Gale | Lead role |
Television[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Third Watch | Sammi | "Spring Forward Fall Back" (Season 1, episode 19) |
| 2008 | Around the Block | Herself | Pilot |
| 2009–present | Glee | Rachel Berry | Lead role |
| 2010 | Simpsons, TheThe Simpsons | Sarah (voice) | "Elementary School Musical" (Season 22, episode 1) |
| 2011 | Cleveland Show, TheThe Cleveland Show | Rachel Berry (voice) | "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Roberta?" (Season 2, episode 11) |
| 2012 | The Glee Project | Herself | Guest Star (Season 2, episode 1) |
Awards and nominations[link]
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Nominated | Spring Awakening |
| Broadway.com Audience Award | Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Musical | Won | ||
| Favorite Female Breakthrough Performance | Won | |||
| Favorite Onstage Pair (with Jonathan Groff) | Won | |||
| 2008 | Grammy Award | Best Musical Show Album (Original Broadway Cast, including Lea Michele) | Won | |
| 2009 | New York Television Festival Award | Best Nonscripted Host or Star | Won | Around the Block |
| Teen Choice Award | Choice TV Breakout Star | Nominated | Glee | |
| Satellite Award | Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical or Comedy Television Series | Won | ||
| 2010 | Golden Globe Award | Best Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical | Nominated | |
| Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Won | ||
| Gay People's Choice Awards | Favorite Breakout Actress | Won | ||
| NewNowNext Award | Brink of Fame: Actor | Won | ||
| Teen Choice Award | Choice TV Actress: Comedy | Nominated | ||
| Choice Music: Group (with Glee Cast) | Nominated | |||
| Gold Derby TV Award | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated | ||
| Satellite Award | Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical or Comedy Television Series | Nominated | ||
| Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated | ||
| PETA's 30th Anniversary Gala | Humanitarian Awards Award - Honor | Won | ||
| Time Magazine | 100 most influential people 2010 - honor | Won | ||
| Billboard's Women in Music | Triple Threat Award - Honor | Won | ||
| Victoria's Secret Sexiest 2010 | Sexiest Smile - honor | Won | ||
| UK Glamour Woman of the Year Award 2010 | US TV Actress of the Year -presented May 2011 | Won | ||
| 2011 | Golden Globe Award | Best Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical | Nominated | Glee |
| Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Nominated | Glee | |
| Grammy Award | Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals ("Don't Stop Believin'") | Nominated | ||
| Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (Glee: The Music, Volume 1) | Nominated | |||
| Variety Power of Women Award | 2011 Lifetime Impact Honoree - Honor | Won | ||
| US Glamour Women of the Year Award The Diva Next door | The Diva Next door - honor | Won | ||
| UK Glamour Woman of the Year Award 2011 | US TV Actress of the Year - presented May 2012 | Won | ||
| DoSomething.org's list of Top 20 Celebs Gone Good of 2011 | advocate for animal rights -Honor | Won | ||
| 2012 | People's Choice Award | Favorite Actress in a Comedy – TV | Won | Glee |
| Grammy Award | Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media (Glee: The Music, Volume 4) | Nominated | ||
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Nominated | ||
| Teen Choice Awards 2012 | Best Actress in a Comedy | Nominated |
Discography[link]
Main article: Glee Cast discography
- Ragtime: Original Cast Recording (1998)
- Fiddler on the Roof: Revival Cast Recording (2004)
- Spring Awakening: Original Cast Recording Grammy Award winner – Best Cast Recording (2006)
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- ^ a b c d "Photo Flash: Lea Michele Makes Her Sold Out LA Upright Cabaret Debut" BroadwayWorld.com
- ^ "Katie Finneran, Lea Michele Complete Cast of NYMF’s Hot and Sweet" 9 August 2006, Playbill
- ^ "Spring Awakening Workshopped at Roundabout Theatre Company" 13 July 2001, Playbill
- ^ "BC/EF Hosts 'Unsung: 'Tis the Season to be Naughty' Dec.10", Broadwayworld.com, December 9, 2007.
- ^ "Spring Awakening Star Lea Michele Shines at Feinstein's", Broadwayworld.com
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- ^ "Lea Michele To Make Hollywood Cabaret Debut 8/15-8/16", Broadwayworld.com, June 20, 2008.
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- ^ "Photo Coverage: SPRING AWAKENING Holiday Concert at Joe's Pub", BroadwayWorld.com, December 16, 2008.
- ^ Benigno, Anthony. "Halloween gets the star treatment: Lea Michele, Jack Nicholson headline 'Rocky Horror' tribute show", New York Daily News, October 29, 2010.
- ^ "Lea Michele to Sing at Super Bowl" January 28, 2011, New York Magazine
- ^ Lyon, Tracy. "Washington D.C.", TalkingBroadway.com.
- ^ Lea Michele's Dove Commercial YouTube
- ^ Chevoret Super Bowl ad YouTube
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| Birth name | Leona Louise Lewis |
| Born | (1985-04-03) 3 April 1985 (age 27) Islington, London, England, UK |
| Genres | Pop, R&B |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, recording artist |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Syco, J, RCA |
| Website | leonalewismusic.co.uk |
Leona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is a British singer and songwriter.[1] Lewis came to prominence in 2006 when she won the third series of the British television series The X Factor.
Lewis has released two albums to date, Spirit and Echo, in 2007 and 2009 respectively. A multi-platinum selling artist and three-time Grammy Award nominee, her most successful single, "Bleeding Love", reached number one in over thirty countries around the world, and was the best-selling single worldwide in 2008.[2] Other notable singles include "Better in Time", "Happy" and "I Got You". She was proclaimed 'Top New Artist' by Billboard magazine in 2008.
Lewis's debut tour, The Labyrinth, took place in 2010, and her third album, Glassheart, is scheduled for release in 2012. It was preceded by "Collide", a single from the album, which became her seventh top-five hit in the United Kingdom. Lewis's net worth was estimated at £12 million in April 2012.[3]
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Early life[link]
Lewis was born in the London Borough of Islington, to Aural Josiah "Joe" Lewis of Afro-Guyanese descent, and Maria Lewis of Welsh, Irish, and Italian descent.[1][4][5] Her parents enrolled her at the Sylvia Young Theatre School. From there she attended the Italia Conti Academy and the BRIT School, where she learned to play instruments, such as the guitar and piano, in the hope of becoming a singer-songwriter.[6][7] Lewis wrote her first full-length song at the age of 12.[8] She initially trained in opera, but went on to singing jazz and blues, eventually leading to popular music, citing Minnie Riperton, Eva Cassidy and Stevie Wonder as her main influences.[5] After leaving the BRIT School at 17, following a year abroad in Boston, Massachusetts in a transfer program,[5] she took a number of jobs to fund studio time,[9] recording a demo album called Twilight.[10] The album, almost exclusively comprising her own compositions, was recorded under Spiral Music, a production company based in Fulham. "I tried to secure a record deal by doing things my own way. I worked very hard but I never managed to land a contract", said Lewis.[11] Other demos were recorded under licence from UEG Entertainment, later included on an album called Best Kept Secret.[12] None of Lewis's demos brought her significant attention, however, and she considered taking a hiatus from her music career to attend university. Then her boyfriend persuaded her to enter The X Factor which subsequently severed her connections with UEG.[13]
Music career[link]
[edit] 2006: The X Factor
Main article: The X Factor (UK series 3)
Lewis auditioned for the third series of The X Factor in 2006, singing "Over the Rainbow". She was mentored by Simon Cowell and was announced the winner on 16 December 2006, winning a £1 million recording contract.[14]
Her debut single, a cover of Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This", was released on CD on 20 December 2006, and was available as a digital download from midnight on 17 December. It broke a world record after it was downloaded 50,000 times in thirty minutes.[15] On 24 December, "A Moment Like This" was crowned the 2006 UK Christmas number-one single, having sold 571,253 copies, outselling the rest of the Top 40's sales combined.[16] The single became the most downloaded song in 2006; it stayed at No. 1 for four weeks and stayed at the top spot in the Irish Singles Chart for six weeks.[17]
[edit] 2007–09: Spirit and international breakthrough
Main article: Spirit (Leona Lewis album)
In February 2007 Lewis signed a £5 million (US$9.7 million) five-album contract in the United States with Clive Davis's record label, J Records,[18] and showcased for several American music executives.[18][19][20] A press release described how Cowell and Davis would work together in a "first-of-its-kind" partnership on both the song and producer selection for Lewis's debut album, entitled Spirit.[21] Lewis recorded tracks for the album in London, Miami, Los Angeles, New York City, and Atlanta,[22] where she worked with several songwriters and record producers including Dallas Austin, Walter Afanasieff, Salaam Remi,[23] Steve Mac,[24] Stargate[25] and Ne-Yo.[26] It was released in November 2007 and entered both the Irish Albums Chart and the UK Albums Chart at number one, becoming the fastest-selling debut album in both countries, and the United Kingdom's fourth fastest selling album of all time.[27][28][29] It was released in several other nations in January 2008, and went to number one in New Zealand, Australia, Austria, Germany, South Africa and Switzerland.[30] Two more tracks were recorded in 2008 for the US release of the album: "Forgive Me", produced by Akon, and "Misses Glass", produced by Madd Scientist.[31] It was released in the United States in April 2008 and entered the Billboard 200 at No. 1, making Lewis the first British artist to reach number one with a debut album.[32] A special edition of Spirit was re-released in November 2008 in Europe, including the songs "Forgive Me", "Misses Glass" and a cover of the Snow Patrol song "Run". The album again went to number one in the UK Albums Chart. To date the album has sold over 6.5 million copies worldwide[33] and has a 9× platinum certification in the UK.[34]
Lewis's second single, "Bleeding Love", produced by Ryan Tedder and written by Tedder and Jesse McCartney, was released in October 2007 in the UK, where it sold 218,805 copies in its first week, giving it the biggest first-week sales of 2007 to date.[35][36] It entered the UK Singles Chart at number one, where it stayed for seven weeks,[37] and in the Irish Singles Chart it remained at number one for eight weeks.[38] It reached number one in the singles charts of New Zealand, Australia, France, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Austria, Canada and the United States. "Bleeding Love" won The Record of the Year in December 2007.[39] In February 2008, "Bleeding Love" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 85 and then went on to peak at number one for four non-consecutive weeks. The song became the first track by a UK female to reach number one since Kim Wilde's "You Keep Me Hangin' On" in 1987.[40] Lewis's third single, a double A-side featuring "Better in Time" and "Footprints in the Sand", was released in the United Kingdom in March 2008, in aid of Sport Relief, and she visited South Africa for the charity.[41] The single reached a peak of number two in the UK singles chart selling over 40,000 copies in its first week of physical release. "Better in Time" was released as Lewis's second single in the US, where it peaked at number 11 in the Billboard Hot 100.[42] "Forgive Me" was released as Lewis's fifth single in November 2008; it reached number five in the UK.[43] "Run" was released as a download-only single in the UK, reaching number one, and becoming the UK's fastest-selling download-only single with 69,244 copies sold in two days.[44] Lewis's last single from Spirit, "I Will Be", was released in January 2009,[45] only in North America; it peaked at number 66 on the Billboard Hot 100. In August 2008, she performed "Whole Lotta Love" with guitarist Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin at the 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in Beijing, representing the handover to London as the host of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[46] In September 2008, she joined several female singers to perform a single for the anti-cancer campaign Stand Up to Cancer. The single, titled "Just Stand Up!", was performed live during the one-hour telethon that aired on all major US television networks.[47] Lewis received three nominations for the 51st Grammy Awards in December 2008. "Bleeding Love" was nominated for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Spirit was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album. She was nominated for four BRIT Awards, in the categories British Female Solo Artist, British Breakthrough Act, British Album for Spirit, and British Single for "Bleeding Love",[48] but despite being the favourite to win the most awards, she received none.[49] She won two awards at the 2008 MOBO Awards: Best Album for Spirit and Best Video for "Bleeding Love".[50] In December 2008 Lewis was named 'Top New Artist' by Billboard magazine.[51]
[edit] 2009–10: Echo and The Labyrinth
Main articles: Echo (Leona Lewis album) and The Labyrinth (tour)
Lewis's second album, Echo, was given a worldwide release in November 2009.[52] Production took place throughout 2009, including work with Ryan Tedder,[53] Justin Timberlake,[54] Max Martin,[55] Arnthor Birgisson,[56] Kevin Rudolf,[57] and John Shanks.[58] It was recorded in Los Angeles and took nine months to produce.[59] Lewis described the album as "more guitar-driven" compared to Spirit.[60] Lewis performed her first full UK show at the Hackney Empire in London on 2 November 2009, performing songs from Spirit and Echo.[61][62] Echo reached number one in the UK Albums Chart and the top ten of Austria, Ireland and Switzerland.[63] Despite previous attempts from Lewis's lawyers to ban the release of Best Kept Secret by UEG Music, claiming that the singer had not given her consent, the album was released in January 2009 when the label insisted it owned the rights to the music and Lewis would receive a 50% share of the album's profits. However, a television advert for the album was banned by the Advertising Standards Authority, who said in a statement: "We considered that the claim 'Leona Lewis's new album' misleadingly implied it was the singer's latest recording rather than a new CD of tracks recorded some years ago."[64] The album was released to iTunes in standard and deluxe editions, and two EPs, "Private Party" and "Dip Down"/"Joy", were released in September 2009. The first single released from Echo was "Happy", which was written by Lewis, Tedder and Evan Bogart and produced by Tedder.[65] The single was released on 15 September 2009,[66][67] peaking at number two in the UK,[68] and reaching the top ten in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Japan and Switzerland.[69] Lewis also recorded the theme song for the 2009 science fiction film Avatar, directed by James Cameron.[70] The song, "I See You (Theme from Avatar)", was written by James Horner and Simon Franglen. It was nominated for Best Original Song at the 67th Golden Globe Awards.[71] In January 2010, Lewis provided vocals on a cover of "Everybody Hurts", released to help raise money for victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[72] The second single from Echo, "I Got You", was released in February 2010. The song "My Hands" was used as the theme song for Final Fantasy XIII[73] In April 2010, she featured on a duet with Italian singer Biagio Antonacci, called "Inaspettata (Unexpected)", from his album Inaspettata.[74] They performed the song on the Italian TV show Io Canto on 22 October 2010.[75] Lewis performed a 13-piece set list at the Rock in Rio festival in Lisbon, Portugal, on 22 May 2010, including songs from Spirit and Echo.[76] Her first tour, titled The Labyrinth[77] supporting Spirit and Echo, started in May 2010,[78] with a theme based on the film Labyrinth.[79] Lewis was scheduled to tour North America from July to August 2010 supporting Christina Aguilera's Bionic Tour,[80] however, Aguilera cancelled the tour, leaving Lewis's plans unknown.[81] A DVD of the tour, along with a ten-track CD, was released with the title The Labyrinth Tour Live from The O2 on 29 November 2010.[82]
[edit] 2010–present: Hurt and Glassheart
Main articles: Hurt: The EP and Glassheart
Lewis began work on her third album shortly after she had completed The Labyrinth tour.[83] She suggested the album would be "a bit different from what people have heard" from her before, adding that she planned to "go in and create and just see what happens".[84] Lewis later described the album as "more progressive", "more eclectic", "more uptempo" and "a bit darker".[85] Reports suggested that the album had taken a dubstep direction, with songwriters asked to submit dance songs and no ballads.[86] It was also reported that Simon Cowell had set a deadline for the album for a summer 2011 release.[87] On 25 May 2011, Lewis was named as an ambassador for BBC Radio 1's Hackney Weekend 2012, the BBC's biggest ever free-ticketed live music event, and one of the artists confirmed to be performing at the event, which will take place on 23 and 24 June 2012.[88][89] Following the announcement, she performed a special Live Lounge at the Hackney Empire, with a reggae version of "Better in Time", which incorporated Rihanna's "Man Down", and a cover of Labrinth's "Let the Sun Shine".[90][91] In June 2011, when asked about the upcoming album, Lewis described it as "energetic, deep, [and] unique". She also commented that it would have a darker tone and that she would be putting her "heart into [her] lyrics". She cited Tracy Chapman, Kate Bush and Tears for Fears as the album's primary influences.[92]
On 14 July 2011, it was confirmed that "Collide" would be the first track to be taken from Lewis's third studio album, Glassheart. The dance-pop anthem, written by Autumn Rowe and produced by Sandy Vee, had its first UK radio play on The Scott Mills Show on BBC Radio 1 on 15 July 2011. It was released in the UK on 4 September 2011 and Germany on 9 September 2011.[93][94][95] The single courted controversy after it was plagiarised from Swedish musician Avicii's 2010 song "Penguin".[96] Berg took the case to the British High Court.[97][98] Collide debuted on the official UK top 40 singles chart at number 4.
For the album, Lewis has worked with numerous writers and producers including: Ammo, Jonas Quant, Chuck Harmony, Claude Kelly, Ryan Tedder, Fraser T. Smith, Al Shux, Steve Robson,[95] Dallas Austin,[87] Rico Love[99] and Ne-Yo.[100] In May 2011, it was reported that Lewis had recorded a track called "Trouble" written by Emeli Sandé and Naughty Boy. Lewis also recorded a track called "Mountains" written by Sandé, Naughty Boy and Blazin' Squad members Flava (James Murray) and Mus (Mustafa Omer).[99][101] It has been confirmed that the album is entitled Glassheart. Though originally announced to be released on 28 November in the UK, it has since been announced that the album will be released on 26 March 2012. However, it was later announced in January 2012 that the album would be delayed again to the 26 November 2012.[102]
On 7 October, RCA Music Group announced it was disbanding J Records along with Arista Records and Jive Records. With the shutdown, Lewis (and all other artists previously signed to these three labels) will release her future material (including Glassheart) on the RCA Records brand.[103][104]
On 29 October, Lewis performed as the featured performer for the closing of the 2011 Doha Film Festival, where she sang a setlist of ten songs, including 'Collide' and covers of OneRepublic's Apologize, Seal's Kiss from a Rose and Boney M's Rivers Of Babylon.[105]
Before the release of Glassheart, Lewis released an EP on 9 December 2011, entitled Hurt: The EP, containing three covers as a holiday gift for her fans.[106] On 22 December, Lewis performed a version of Snow Patrol's "Run" at the season finale of the U.S. X Factor.[107][108] It was announced on 25 January 2012 that the album would be delayed again until late November 2012.[109]
Artistry[link]
Voice[link]
A mezzo-soprano,[110][111] Lewis is often compared with other singers such as Celine Dion, Whitney Houston[112] and Mariah Carey.[113] Lewis is also known to sing opera, stating that she practises operatic scales every week.[112] Music critic Neil McCormick, of The Daily Telegraph, has praised Lewis's technical skills, writing, "Her mezzo-soprano range allows her to take melodies from luxurious low notes to high-flying falsetto, gliding with elegant power and impressive control through all kinds of fluctuations and modulations."[110] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic adds, "Lewis can hit [high belted] notes but make it seem easy, never straining her voice and building nicely to the climax."[114] In the same vein, Slant describes Lewis's vocals as "technically unimpeachable".[115]
Influences[link]
Lewis credits Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston as her major influences. She said, "when I was growing up I used to listen to Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, those kind of big powerful kind of singers so that influences a lot my music and a lot of the songs I like to sing."[116]
Other activities[link]
In October 2008, The Times reported that Lewis had turned down a seven-figure sum from Mohamed Al Fayed to open a Harrods sale. Lewis commented in the press that she turned down the deal on the grounds that Harrods is the only UK department store which continues to stock clothing made from animal fur.[117] "It wasn't a million pounds that I was offered, as the papers reported, but even if it had been, I still would have turned it down."[118] "I got a lot of flak for that. There were people who said I should have done it and given the money to charity, but that would have been such a contradiction."[119] She announced in October 2008 that she was in the "bargaining period" of launching her own ethical line of accessories through Topshop,[5][117] and that she was in the late stages of releasing her own perfume for Europe.[120] Her perfume, Leona Lewis, was launched by LR in July 2009.[121] In 2010, she set up a fashion company with her then boyfriend, Lou Al-Chamaa, called LOA Clothing Ltd.[122]
Lewis signed a book deal in January 2009 to release an illustrated autobiography in October 2009. The book, entitled Dreams, contains mostly pictures taken by photographer Dean Freeman.[123] In May 2012, Lewis returned to The X Factor as a guest judge during auditions in London for the ninth series.[124]
Personal life[link]
Lewis lives in Hackney. She lived with her boyfriend Lou Al-Chamaa, former electrician turned A&R scout for Sony records, until their split in June 2010.[125] Lewis and Al-Chamaa knew each other since she was approximately ten years old.[126] A vegetarian since she was 12,[23] Lewis won PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian along with Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis in 2008,[127] and Europe's Sexiest Vegetarian in 2009 with actor Scott Maslen.[128] She also was named PETA's Person Of The Year for 2008.[129] Lewis is a supporter of the World Society for the Protection of Animals[130] and is a patron of Brentwood's Hopefield Animal Sanctuary.[131]
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At a book signing for Dreams on 14 October 2009 at the Piccadilly branch of Waterstone's book store in central London, Lewis was assaulted by a 29-year-old man from south London[132][133] who was arrested at the scene;[133] Lewis suffered bruising.[134] The assailant was sectioned under the Mental Health Act[133] and was charged with common assault,[134] He admitted to the offence and was hospitalised for an indeterminate period.[135]
Discography[link]
Main article: Leona Lewis discography
- Albums
- 2007: Spirit
- 2009: Echo
- 2012: Glassheart
Tours[link]
- 2010: The Labyrinth
Awards and nominations[link]
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Leona Lewis
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| Birth name | James Christian Kimmel |
| Born | (1967-11-13) November 13, 1967 (age 44) Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Medium | Radio, Television, Film, Stand up |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Genres | Observational comedy, Black comedy, Satire, Deadpan |
| Subject(s) | American politics, Celebrities, Everyday life, Sex |
| Influences | David Letterman |
| Spouse | Gina Kimmel (1988–2002; divorced; 2 children) |
| Domestic partner(s) | Sarah Silverman (2002–2007; 2008–2009) Molly McNearney (2009–present) |
| Notable works and roles | Creator and Host of Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) Creator and Co-Host of The Man Show co-host of Win Ben Stein's Money (Comedy Central) co-host of Crank Yankers |
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| Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host: 1999 Win Ben Stein's Money | |
James Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American comedian, actor, voice artist and television host. He is the host of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a late-night talk show that airs on ABC. Prior to that, Kimmel was best known as the co-host of Comedy Central's The Man Show and Win Ben Stein's Money. Kimmel is also a television producer, having produced shows such as Crank Yankers, Sports Show with Norm Macdonald, and The Andy Milonakis Show.
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Early life[link]
Kimmel was born in the Mill Basin neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn,[1] the eldest of three children of Joann (née Iacono), a homemaker, and James Kimmel, an IBM executive.[2][3][4] He is Roman Catholic and, as a child, served as an altar boy.[5][6] Kimmel is of German and Irish descent on his father’s side and Italian descent on his mother’s side.[7] His uncle, Frank Potenza, appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! as a regular from 2003 until his death in 2011.[8]
The family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, when he was nine years old.[2] He graduated from Ed W. Clark High School and then attended University of Nevada, Las Vegas for one year before attending Arizona State University for two years without completing a degree.
Career[link]
Radio career[link]
Kimmel began working in the radio industry while in high school, hosting a Sunday night interview show on UNLV's college station KUNV. While attending Arizona State University, he became a popular caller to the KZZP-FM afternoon show hosted by radio personalities Mike Elliott and Kent Voss in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1989, Kimmel landed his first paying job alongside Voss as morning drive co-host of The Me and Him Show at KZOK-FM in Seattle, Washington. Ten months later, Kimmel and Voss were fired by KZOK (for reasons unknown) and were fired again a year later at WRBQ-FM in Tampa, Florida. Kimmel went from Tampa to host his own show at KCMJ in Palm Springs, California, where Kimmel convinced a young Carson Daly to drop out of college and become his intern. After a morning stint at KRQQ In Tucson, Arizona, Kimmel landed at KROQ-FM in Los Angeles. He spent five years as "Jimmy The Sports Guy" for the Kevin and Bean morning show. During this time he met and befriended a struggling comedian named Adam Carolla.[citation needed]
Comedy Central[link]
Kimmel began his television career as the comedic counterpart to Ben Stein on the game show Win Ben Stein's Money, which began airing on Comedy Central in 1997. His quick wit and loutish everyman personality were counterpoints to Stein's monotone performing style and patrician demeanor. The combination earned the pair an Emmy award for Best Game Show Host.[citation needed]
In 1999, during his time with Win Ben Stein's Money, Kimmel was also co-host with Adam Carolla and co-creator (with Daniel Kellison) of Comedy Central's The Man Show. Kimmel permanently left Win Ben Stein's Money in 2001, replaced by comedian Nancy Pimental, who was eventually replaced by Kimmel's cousin Sal Iacono. The Man Show's success allowed Kimmel, Carolla and Kellison to create and produce, under the banner Jackhole Industries, Crank Yankers for Comedy Central (on which Kimmel plays the characters "Elmer Higgins", "Terrence Catheter", "The Nudge", "Karl Malone" and himself), and later The Andy Milonakis Show for MTV2. Kimmel also produced and co-wrote the feature film Windy City Heat, which won the Comedia Award for Best Film at the Montreal Comedy Festival.[citation needed]
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Main article: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
In January 2003, Kimmel permanently left The Man Show to host his own late-night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC. Jimmy Kimmel Live was briefly also broadcast on Irish digital TV channel 3e.[9] In the April 2007 issue of Stuffmagazine.com, Kimmel was named the "biggest badass on TV". Kimmel said it was an honor but clearly a mistake.
Since the show's second season, it has not actually been broadcast live. This is due to an incident during the 2004 NBA Finals in Detroit, when Kimmel appeared on ABC's halftime show to make an on-air plug for his show. He suggested that if the Detroit Pistons defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, "they're gonna burn the city of Detroit down ... and it's not worth it." Officials with Detroit's ABC affiliate, WXYZ-TV, immediately announced that night's show would not air on the station. Hours later, ABC officials pulled that night's show from the entire network. Kimmel later apologized.[10] The incident led ABC officials to force Kimmel to tape his show an hour before it airs in most of the country to check for offending content.[11]
Kimmel usually ends his show with, "My apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time." When Matt Damon did actually appear on the show to be interviewed, he walked in and sat down only to be told just a few seconds later by Kimmel, "Sorry, but once again we are completely out of time." Damon seemed to become angry.[citation needed]
In February 2008 Kimmel showed a mock music video with a panoply of stars called, "I'm Fucking Ben Affleck",[12] as "revenge" after his then-girlfriend Sarah Silverman and Matt Damon recorded a similar video, "I'm Fucking Matt Damon". Silverman's video originally aired on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and became an "instant YouTube sensation."[13] Kimmel's "revenge" video featured himself, Ben Affleck, and a large lineup of stars, particularly in scenes spoofing the 1985 "We Are the World" video: Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Cameron Diaz, Robin Williams, Harrison Ford, Dominic Monaghan, Benji Madden and Joel Madden from Good Charlotte, Lance Bass, Macy Gray, Josh Groban, Huey Lewis, Perry Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Pete Wentz, Meat Loaf, Rebecca Romijn, Christina Applegate, Dom Joly, Mike Shinoda, Lauren Conrad, and Joan Jett, among others. After this Jimmy's sidekick, Guillermo, appeared in a spoof of The Bourne Ultimatum, which starred Damon. He was then chased down by Damon as Matt cursed about Kimmel being behind all this. Guillermo also stopped Damon on the red carpet one time and before he could finish the interview he said, "Sorry we are out of time." The most recent encounter was titled "The Handsome Men's Club" which featured Kimmel, along with the "Handsome Men", who were: Matthew McConaughey, Rob Lowe, Lenny Kravitz, Patrick Dempsey, Sting, Keith Urban, John Krasinski, Ethan Hawke, Josh Hartnett, Tony Romo, Ted Danson, Taye Diggs, Gilles Marini, and Ben Affleck, speaking about being handsome and all the jobs that come with it. At the end of the skit Kimmel has a door slammed in his face by none other than Matt Damon, stating that they had run out of time and then Damon continues with a sinister laugh. Jennifer Garner also makes a surprise appearance.
As a tradition, celebrities voted off Dancing with the Stars appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, causing Kimmel to describe himself as "the three-headed dog the stars must pass on their way to No-Dancing Hell".[14] In the 2008 season of his show, Kimmel started another tradition of ceremonially burning the dancers' shoes after they were voted off DWTS.[citation needed]
Other television work[link]
In Spring 1996, Kimmel appeared as "Jimmy the Fox Guy" in promos on the Fox network.
Kimmel's other television work included being the on-air football prognosticator for Fox NFL Sunday for four years. He has had numerous appearances on other talk shows including, but not limited to, Live with Regis and Kelly, The Howard Stern Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and The Late Show with David Letterman. Kimmel has appeared on The Late Show five times, most recently in 2010. Kimmel served as roastmaster for the New York Friars' Club Roast of Hugh Hefner and Comedy Central Roasts of Pamela Anderson. He has appeared on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, along with his parking lot security guard Guillermo.
In August 2006, ABC announced that Jimmy Kimmel would be the host of their new game show Set for Life.[15] The show debuted on July 20, 2007. On April 6, 2007, Kimmel filled in for Larry King on Larry King Live. That particular show was about the paparazzi and Kimmel reproached Emily Gould, an editor from Gawker.com, about the web site's alleged stalking of celebrities. On July 8, 2007, Kimmel managed the National League in the 2007 Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game in San Francisco. He played in the game in 2004 and 2006 (Houston and Pittsburgh). On July 11, 2007, Kimmel along with basketball player LeBron James, hosted the 2007 ESPY Awards. The show aired on ESPN on July 15, 2007. Kimmel hosted the American Music Awards on ABC four times, in 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
Kimmel guest hosted Live with Regis and Kelly during the week of October 22, 2007 – October 26, 2007, commuting every day between New York and Los Angeles. In the process, he broke the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest distance (22,406 miles (36,059 km)) travelled in one work week.[16]
Kimmel has performed in several animated films, often voicing dogs. His voice appeared in Garfield and Road Trip, and he portrayed Death's Dog in the Family Guy episode "Mr. Saturday Knight"; Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane later presented Kimmel with a figurine of his character on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Kimmel also did voice work for Robot Chicken. Kimmel's cousin "Sal" (Sal Iacono) has accepted and won a wrestling match with WWE superstar Santino Marella. On January 14, 2010, in the midst of the 2010 Tonight Show host and time slot conflict, Kimmel was the special guest of Jay Leno on The Jay Leno Show's "10 at 10" segment. Kimmel derided Leno in front of a live studio audience for taking back the 11:35 pm time slot from Conan O'Brien, and repeatedly insulted Leno. He ended the segment with a plea that Leno "leave our shows alone," as Kimmel and O'Brien had "kids" while Leno only had "cars".[17]
Kimmel also made a brief appearance in the TV commercial "There's A Soldier In All Of Us" promoting the 2010 video game Call of Duty: Black Ops, along with Kobe Bryant. He is seen taking cover from bullets, then firing an RPG-7 with the words PROUD N00b on it, with the aftershock from the weapon sending him tumbling backwards.
He has been asked to host the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards which will air on September 23, 2012, marking his first time hosting the event.[18]
Kimmel hosted the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, D.C. on April 28, 2012.
Personal life[link]
Kimmel and his then girlfriend, Gina, married in June 1988. They have two children, Katie (born 1991) and Kevin (born 1993). The marriage ended in separation in early 2002. Kimmel then dated comedian Sarah Silverman for five years, splitting with her in March 2009.[19] He started dating current girlfriend, Molly McNearney, in October 2009. McNearney is also a co-head writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live.[20]
Kimmel plays the bass clarinet. He got a chance to showcase his talent during a July 20, 2008, concert in Costa Mesa, California, featuring the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, when he took the stage and played bass clarinet on their hit song "The Impression That I Get."[21]
Kimmel has spoken publicly of being a narcoleptic.[22]
Kimmel co-founded the annual LA Feast of San Gennaro,[23] which celebrates Italian culture through entertainment, music and cuisine. The festival also honors outstanding members of the Los Angeles community and raises funds to aid needy children and families in the city. He hosted Los Angeles' eighth annual feast of San Gennaro from September 28 to 30, 2009.[24] Kimmel served as Master of Ceremonies for the National Italian American Foundation's 34th Anniversary Gala in Washington, D.C., on October 24, 2009.
Awards[link]
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Pat Sajak |
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host 1999 with Ben Stein |
Succeeded by Bob Barker and Tom Bergeron |
References[link]
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- ^ a b Lipton, Michael A. (March 17, 2003). "Kimmel Vision – Jimmy Kimmel Live, Jimmy Kimmel". People. http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20139546,00.html. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
- ^ Rhodes, Joe (October 21, 2007). "Distilling the Fun From Dysfunctional". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/arts/television/21rhod.html. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
- ^ "Interview with Matthew Fox". Jimmy Kimmel Live. July 29, 2010. ABC.
- ^ Nielsen (July 15, 2008). "Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman end 5-year romance". Reuters. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN1447436020080715. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
- ^ "Jimmy Kimmel Biography". Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/jimmy-kimmel/contributor/585360/bio. Retrieved May 20, 2010. "Jimmy Kimmel, was born on Nov. 13, 1967, in Brooklyn, NY to devoutly Catholic parents who made sure that Kimmel served as an altar boy,..."
- ^ "Catherine Bell on Jimmy Kimmel". YouTube. September 9, 2007. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I5Y_lO4M8Q&feature=related. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
- ^ Carter, Bill (August 26, 2011). "Frank Potenza, Foil for Kimmel, Is Dead at 77". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/26/arts/television/frank-potenza-foil-for-nephew-jimmy-kimmel-dies-at-77.html. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
- ^ "Who's News". USAWeekend.com. http://www.usaweekend.com/06_issues/061217/061217whosnews.html. Retrieved September 1, 2007. [dead link]
- ^ Susman, Gary (June 11, 2004). "The Ban Show". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,650146,00.html. Retrieved January 2, 2009.
- ^ Kaplan, Don (June 11, 2004). "ABC Yanks 'Kimmel' Over Detroit Joke". New York Post. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,122433,00.html. Retrieved January 2, 2009.
- ^ Silverman, Stephen M. (February 25, 2008). "So Long, Sarah! Jimmy Kimmel Is, Well, 'Dating' Ben Affleck". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20180150,00.html. Retrieved February 25, 2008.
- ^ Jordan, Julie (February 2, 2008). "Behind Matt Damon's Raunchy Payback to Jimmy Kimmel". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20175789,00.html. Retrieved February 25, 2008.
- ^ "Jimmy Kimmel with DWTS Adam & Julianne Part 1". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d-0NqLZJl8. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
- ^ "Jimmy Kimmel Named Host For ABC's Newst Game Show, "Set For Life", From Endemol USA". Thefutoncritic.com. September 26, 2006. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20060822abc02. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
- ^ "Inner Tube: Jimmy Kimmel goes distance, sets World Record". New York Daily News. October 29, 2007. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/10/29/2007-10-29_inner_tube_jimmy_kimmel_goes_distance_se.html. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
- ^ "kimmel > leno. again.". What Would Tyler Durden Do?. January 15, 2010. http://www.wwtdd.com/2010/01/jimmy-kimmel-annihilated-jay-leno. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
- ^ "Jimmy Kimmel to host Emmys for the first time". Los Angeles Times. March 26, 2012. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2012/03/jimmy-kimmel-to-host-emmys-for-the-first-time.html. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
- ^ Tan, Michelle (March 7, 2009). "Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel Call It Quits – Again". http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20263895,00.html. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
- ^ Ingrassia, Lisa (October 10, 2009). "Move Over, Ben Affleck! Jimmy Kimmel's Got a New Squeeze – Couples, Jimmy Kimmel". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20311576,00.html. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
- ^ Wener, Ben. "Dropkick Murphys, Mighty Mighty Bosstones win one for Boston at Pacific". Ocregister.com. http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_2099524.php. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
- ^ Carter, Bill (November 3, 2003). "In The Land Of The Insomniac The Narcoleptic Wants To Be King". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/03/magazine/in-the-land-of-the-insomniac-the-narcoleptic-wants-to-be-king.html. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
- ^ "Italian Fest of San Gennaro Los Angeles". http://www.feastofla.org/about_us.html.
- ^ "Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Corolla Host the 6th Annual Precious Cheese Feast of San Gennaro". Lastheplace.com. September 21, 2007. http://lastheplace.com/2007/09/21/jimmy-kimmel-and-adam-corolla-host-the-6th-annual-precious-cheese-feast-of-san-gennaro. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
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