- Moe Factz with Adam Curry for February 11th 2020, Episode number 25
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- Adam and Moe find out the real agenda behind the online spat between Gayle, Snoop, Susan and Oprah
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- Gary Owen (comedian) - Wikipedia
- Born ( 1974-07-26 ) July 26, 1974 (age 45) OccupationActor & comedianYears active1997''present Spouse(s) Kenya Duke (m. 2003)Children3Website garyowen.com Gary Owen (born July 26, 1974) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. After being named "Funniest Serviceman In America," his big break came in 1997 on Black Entertainment Television's stand-up showcase Comic View. Owen followed this debut with featured roles in the films Daddy Day Care, Little Man, and College. He has cultivated a very large African-American following after headlining on cable channel BET and performing at targeted events, such as Shaquille O'Neal's All-Star Comedy Jam Tour.[1] In 2016, he was in a TV show on BET called The Gary Owen Show.[2]
- Career [ edit ] Prior to his successful career in stand-up comedy, Gary Owen served in the U.S. Navy for six years as a Master-At-Arms and was in the Presidential Honor Guard. After a year of doing stand-up, Owen was named "Funniest Serviceman in America". He continued doing stand-up in San Diego and developed a large African-American fan base. He went on to win the "Funniest Black Comedian in San Diego" contest. That led to his first gig at The Comedy Store in Hollywood. In July 1997, he auditioned for BET's Comic View. Two appearances on the multicultural comedy showcase won him his own one-hour Grandstand show. At the end of the season, he was selected from the year's four "Grandstanders" to be the host. Owen was the only white man to have ever hosted Comic View.
- In April 2011, Ebony dubbed Owen "Black America's Favorite White Comic".[3]Owen has produced two stand-up DVDs: Breakin' Out The Park, which is now available nationwide, and Urban Legend. He was also one of the headliners on Martin Lawrence Presents: 1st Amendment Stand-Up on Starz.
- Owen starred in the Screen Gems comedy Think Like a Man '-- based on Steve Harvey's book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man '-- with Kevin Hart and Gabrielle Union.[4]
- Owen has also appeared in such films as Rebound, "College", "Daddy Day Care" and Hillbilly Highway, and had a recurring role on Tyler Perry's TBS show House of Payne as Zack. He appeared in the comedy "Meet the Blacks" as Larry. He has a TV show on BET called The Gary Owen Show.[2]
- He has released the comedy specials Gary Owen: True Story (2012) and Gary Owen: I Agree with Myself (2015), both directed by Leslie Small, as well as Gary Owen: #DoinWhatIDo (2019), directed by Brian Volk-Weiss.
- Personal life [ edit ] Owen was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He grew up in a trailer park in Oxford along with his six siblings. Owen and his wife Kenya Duke were married in 2003. They have two sons, Emilio and Austin, and a daughter, Kennedy.[citation needed ]
- Filmography [ edit ] The Wayans Bros. (1998 Season 5 "High Life" '' Actor Flunky)Held Up (1999 '' Clute)Daddy Day Care (2003 '' Mr. Carrott)Love Chronicles (2003 '' K-Dog)Rebound (2005 '' Vulture Mascot)Little Man (2006 '' Officer Jankowski)Swap Meet (2006 '' Jerry Fine)Who Made the Potato Salad? (2006 '' Police Officer)College (2008 '' Bearcat)House of Payne (2009 '' Zach)Hillbilly Highway (2012 '' Paw Gatsfield)Think Like A Man (2012 '' Bennett)The Real (2013 '' himself)Ride Along (2014 '' Crazy Cody)Think Like a Man Too (2014 '' Bennett)Get Hard (2015 '' uncredited)Meet the Blacks (2016 '' Larry)The Gary Owen Show (2016)References [ edit ] External links [ edit ] Gary Owen on IMDbGary Owen Official Website
- Roland Martin (journalist) - Wikipedia
- Roland Sebastian Martin (born November 14, 1968)[1] is an Haitian American journalist. He was a commentator for TV One, the host of News One Now, and Washington on Watch With Roland S. Martin.[2]
- He was also a CNN contributor, appearing on a variety of shows, including The Situation Room, Anderson Cooper's AC360, and many others. In October 2008, he joined the Tom Joyner Morning Show as senior analyst.
- Books authored by Martin include Speak, Brother! A Black Man's View of America,[3][4] Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith and The First: President Barack Obama's Road to the White House as originally reported by Roland S. Martin.
- Life and career [ edit ] Martin was born in Houston, Texas. His maternal great-grandparents had migrated from Haiti to Louisiana, where his family originates.[5] He graduated with a B.S. in journalism from Texas A&M University and a master's degree in Christian communications from Louisiana Baptist University.[6]
- During the 1990s, Martin was a contributor on the BET Sunday morning news program Lead Story. He is the former executive editor of the Chicago Defender. Martin hosts a morning radio talk show on WVON in Chicago, and was with CNN as a contributor from 2007 to 2013.[7] He guest-hosted Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull while Brown was on maternity leave in April and May 2009.
- He became the host of TV One's first Sunday News show Washington Watch with Roland Martin in 2009. It ran for 4 years and is currently off the air.
- In March 2013, Martin announced on Twitter that he was leaving CNN.[8] His last day was on April 6, 2013.[9]
- It was announced on July 9, 2013, that Martin would be the host of TV One's first live one-hour, weekday morning news program titled News One Now.[2] The program premiered on November 4, 2013.[2] On December 7, 2017, Martin announced on air that TV One had canceled the show due to low ratings from Black viewers, but that he would still remain involved with the network. On January 14, 2018, it was announced that Martin had won two NAACP Image Awards for the show.
- Also, Roland hosted a three-hour radio show called "The Roland Martin Show".[citation needed ] He currently hosts a web series, Roland Martin Unfiltered on Youtube.
- Martin and his family currently reside in Leesburg, Virginia.
- Issues [ edit ] Martin has defended Michael Steele and other black Republicans against charges of being "Uncle Toms", arguing that the label is inappropriate.[10]
- Controversy [ edit ] On February 5, 2012, Roland Martin's Twitter account responded to an underwear advertisement featuring the association football player David Beckham, stating "If a dude at your Super Bowl party is hyped about David Beckham's H&M underwear ad, smack the ish out of him!" GLAAD (the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) responded on its website: ''Martin's tweets today advocating violence against gay people weren't an accident '-- they are a part of a larger pattern for Martin. Anti-gay violence in America is a serious problem". In response to the tweets, it was reported that Roland Martin had been suspended by CNN for the controversial remarks.[11] His suspension was lifted on March 14, 2012.[12]
- In 2016 Martin was revealed to have leaked CNN town hall questions to former DNC Chair Donna Brazile, who then leaked them to Hillary Clinton's camp when he was acting as guest-moderator. According to Politico, in an email the day before the March town hall to senior Clinton staffers, then DNC Chair Donna Brazile wrote: ''From time to time I get the questions in advance'' and included the text of a question about the death penalty. An email later obtained by Politico showed that the text of the question Brazile sent to the Clinton campaign was identical to a proposed question Martin had offered CNN.[13]
- Articles [ edit ] "What would Jesus really do?"[14]"The new reality for Bush and the Democrats"[15]"Obama Birth Issue is Nutty"[16]"Roland Martin is on Watch"[17]References [ edit ] ^ Date of birth found on the Texas Births, 1926-1995, under MARTIN, ROLAND SEBASTIAN, on November 14, 1968. ^ a b c Bibel, Sara (July 9, 2013). "Roland S. Martin to Host 'News One Now', TV One's First Daily News Program". TV by the Numbers. ^ Martin, Roland S (2002). Speak, Brother!: A Black Man's View of America (First ed.). Dallas: Martin Media Group. ISBN 0-9719107-0-7. ^ "CNN's Martin to be honored". Archived from the original on October 10, 2008. ^ Roland Martin (2009). Roland Martin of CNN is Proud of His Haitian Heritage. USA: Smith Georges . Retrieved January 20, 2009 . ^ Vanderberg, Marcus (June 6, 2012). "SO WHAT DO YOU DO, ROLAND MARTIN, CNN CONTRIBUTOR AND HOST OF TV ONE'S WASHINGTON WATCH?". Mediabistro . Retrieved October 18, 2014 . ^ "Roland. S Martin joins CNN as contributor" (Press release). Inside Cable. March 2007. Archived from the original on October 2, 2008 . Retrieved May 21, 2008 . ^ Washington, Laura (March 24, 2013). "Roland Martin isn't leaving CNN quietly". Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved July 9, 2013 . ^ Zakarin, Jordan (March 19, 2013). "Roland Martin Leaves CNN". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved July 9, 2013 . ^ "Steele, Black Republicans Not Uncle Toms or Sellouts". Archived from the original on February 25, 2012 . Retrieved November 30, 2009 . ^ Coscarelli, Joe (May 4, 2010). "CNN Suspends Roland Martin for Super Bowl Tweets - Daily Intelligencer". Nymag.com . Retrieved March 24, 2013 . ^ Wemple, Erik (March 13, 2012). "Roland Martin's suspension from CNN is over". The Washington Post. ^ Gold, Hadas. "Brazile under siege after giving Clinton debate question". POLITICO . Retrieved March 20, 2019 . ^ Roland Martin CNN Contributor (April 24, 2007). "Martin: What would Jesus really do?". CNN.com . Retrieved March 24, 2013 . ^ mbarnesdesign, ToSon BT (November 17, 2006). "Black America Today / ROLAND S. MARTIN: The new reality for Bush and the Democrats". Blackamericatoday.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012 . Retrieved March 24, 2013 . ^ Roland S. Martin CNN Contributor (July 22, 2009). "Commentary: Obama birth issue is nutty". CNN.com . Retrieved March 24, 2013 . ^ Electronic Urban Report. "Black Entertainment News - EURWeb.com". EURweb . Retrieved October 27, 2018 . Preceded by None Host of News One NowNovember 4, 2013-presentSucceeded by Incumbent External links [ edit ] Roland S. Martin official websiteRoland Martin Features on Ascots at Creators SyndicatePodcasts of Martin's recent articlesTV ONE website for Washington Watch with Roland MartinCNN suspends Roland Martin for Super Bowl tweets
- Hoda Kotb - Wikipedia
- Ùد٠Ùطب (HudÄ Quá¹b)
- Born ( 1964-08-09 ) August 9, 1964 (age 55) NationalityAmericanEducationVirginia Tech (B.A.)Years active1986''presentEmployerNBC NewsKnown forCo-anchor of the Today show (2018''present) Co-anchor of the fourth hour of the Today show (2008''present) Dateline NBC correspondent (1998''present) Spouse(s) Burzis Kanga(m. 2005; div. 2008)
- Partner(s) Joel Schiffman (2013''present; engaged)Children2Hoda Kotb ( HOH -dÉ KOT -bee;[1] Egyptian Arabic: Ùد٠Ùطب ', HudÄ Quá¹b; Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [Ëhod... ËÊ--otˤb] ; born August 9, 1964)[2] is an American broadcast journalist, television personality, and author. She is a main co-anchor of the NBC News morning show Today and co-host of its entertainment-focused fourth hour. Kotb formerly served as a correspondent for the television news magazine program Dateline NBC.
- Early life [ edit ] Kotb was born in Norman, Oklahoma[2] and grew up in Morgantown, West Virginia[3] and Alexandria, Virginia. She lived in New Orleans throughout the 1990s.[4] Kotb's parents are from Egypt. Kotb and her family lived in Egypt for a year, as well as in Nigeria. She has a brother, Adel and a sister, Hala. Her mother, Sameha ("Sami"), works at the Library of Congress.[5] Her father Abdel Kader Kotb was a fossil energy specialist and was listed in the Who's Who of Technology.[6][7] He died at the age of 51 in 1986.[8]
- During a 92nd Street Y interview, Kotb hinted at her Muslim roots when she recounted her memories of annual summer vacations in Egypt and her veiled cousins and how her parents' migration to the United States had spared her from having to do the same:
- We met our cousins who looked just like us. Some of them had the head cover on. I still remember going, 'Oh, my God. Like that could have been me.' You don't realize the gift your parents give you when you leave.[9]
- Kotb similarly indirectly spoke about her family's Muslim background in her autobiography when she described attempts at match-making by her relatives in Egypt:
- During my visit, I'd be sitting on the couch and there'd come a knock-knock at the door. 'Hoda, someone's at the door for yooooouuuu ... ' Oh, Lord. 'This is Mohamed. He's from Cairo. He's studying engineering ... and he has a Mercedes.' Really? He also has on a long white man dress. Okay, call it a dishdash.[10]
- Kotb makes no mention of any Coptic ancestry in her autobiography as some online articles have incorrectly claimed.[11][12]
- She graduated from Fort Hunt High School in 1982. She was elected homecoming queen[13] and selected to speak at her graduating class's baccalaureate service.[14] In her college years at Virginia Tech, Kotb was a member of Delta Delta Delta women's sorority, Beta Nu Chapter.[15] In 1986, Kotb graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism.[3] Kotb was the keynote speaker at her alma mater for the 2008 Virginia Tech graduation[16] and in her speech, played Metallica's "Enter Sandman" over her iPod.[17] In 2010, Kotb was elected to a three-year term to the Virginia Tech Alumni Association Board of Directors.[18]
- Career [ edit ] Hoda Kotb, Monica Groves and Shayla Harris accepting the award for "
- Dateline NBC: The Education of Ms. Groves" at the 66th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon
- Kotb's first on-air job after college was at then-CBS affiliate WXVT in Greenville, Mississippi.[19] Kotb then moved to ABC affiliate WQAD in Moline, IL as a reporter from 1988 to 1989.[20] She became a weekend anchor and reporter at CBS affiliate WINK in Fort Myers, Florida from 1989 to 1991.[21] From 1992 to 1998, Kotb was an anchor and reporter for CBS affiliate WWL in New Orleans, Louisiana.[21]
- In 2011, Martina McBride asked Kotb to be featured in her music video for "I'm Gonna Love You Through It," a ballad dedicated to cancer survivors.[22]
- NBC News [ edit ] Kotb officially joined NBC News in April 1998[23] as a correspondent for Dateline NBC and all NBC News platforms.[21]
- She was the first host of Today's first fourth-hour weekday morning broadcast at 10:00 a.m. in September 2007[23] and was joined by Kathie Lee Gifford as a co-host in April 2008.[24]
- On February 23, 2015, Kotb began hosting a live, one-hour show twice a week on Sirius XM's Today channel, discussing casual, water cooler topics.[25]
- In the early months of 2017, Kotb joined the 7-9a as a third Co-Anchor while staying on at the 4th hour. However the move of adding Kotb was never announced to the 7-9a. Some would say she was on the road for the next News Anchor. On January 2, 2018, Kotb was named co-anchor of Today with Savannah Guthrie after former Today anchor, Matt Lauer, was dismissed from NBC News following accusations of sexual misconduct.[26] Prior to the announcement, she had been the interim co-host with Guthrie immediately following Lauer's dismissal in November 2017.[26] Together, Kotb and Guthrie make up the show's first female anchor duo to lead the show.
- Books [ edit ] In October 2010, Kotb released a New York Times bestselling autobiography, Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee.[27]
- On January 15, 2013, she released her second book, Ten Years Later: Six People Who Faced Adversity and Transformed Their Lives, in which she chronicles six stories by identifying a life-changing event in each subject's life and then revisiting each of those six people a decade later.[28]
- In 2016, Kotb released her third book, Where They Belong: The Best Decisions People Almost Never Made, which features a selection of various stories of inspiring people who "found themselves" in completely unexpected moments or unforeseen circumstances.[29]
- In October 2019, Kotb released her sixth book, I Really Needed This Today, which includes personal notes about her experiences and relationships, an assortment of quotes, and 365 sayings that she hopes inspires and uplifts readers.[30]
- Kotb has also released her own children's books. The first one, her fourth book overall, I've Loved You Since Forever, was released in 2018, and was adapted into a lullaby by Kelly Clarkson.[31] Her second children's book, her fifth book overall, You Are My Happy, which celebrates the things in life that bring gratitude, was released in March 2019.[32]
- Awards [ edit ] In 2002, Kotb was awarded the Edward R. Murrow Award for her reporting.[21]
- Kotb received her first Gracie Awards in 2003 and 2008.[21]
- Kotb was awarded a Headliner Award in 2004 for Dateline NBC's "Saving Dane - Adoptees Rage."[33]
- In 2006, Kotb was awarded a Peabody Award for Dateline NBC's "The Education of Ms. Groves,"[34] which earned her an additional Headliner Award in 2007,[35] as well as the Alfred I. duPont''Columbia University Award in 2008.[36]
- In 2010, 2011, and 2012, during which Kotb was a part of the Today morning host lineup, Today won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Morning Program.[23]
- In 2015, she won a Webby Award for Online Film & Video - Public Service & Activism for her music video, "Truly Brave,"[21][37] which she created in collaboration with Sara Bareilles and Cyndi Lauper to raise awareness for pediatric cancer.[38] That same year, she received an additional Gracie Award for Outstanding Host in News/Non-fiction in 2015.[21]
- In 2016, Kotb was awarded with a Gracie Award for Outstanding Host in Entertainment/Information for her SiriusXM show.[21]
- In 2019, Kotb and Gifford were awarded a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host during their time as co-hosts.[39]
- Personal life [ edit ] In 2005, Kotb married former University of New Orleans tennis coach, Burzis Kanga.[40] The marriage ended in divorce in 2008.[41]
- In March 2007, Kotb underwent a mastectomy and reconstructive surgery for breast cancer and has since become an advocate for breast cancer awareness.[42] Kotb allowed Today cameras to follow her throughout her cancer battle.[43] After she was declared cancer-free, she has continued to document and use the story on the show to raise awareness for breast cancer.[44]
- Since 2013, Kotb has been in a relationship with New York financier, Joel Schiffman.[45]
- On February 21, 2017, Kotb announced on Today that she had adopted a baby girl named Haley Joy Kotb.[46] On April 16, 2019, Kotb came on Today via phone to announce she had adopted a second baby girl named Hope Catherine Kotb.[47]
- On November 25, 2019, Kotb announced live on Today that she had been engaged to Schiffman.[48]
- Career timeline [ edit ] 1986: CBS News '' news assistant Cairo, Egypt1986''1989: Morning anchor and general assignment reporter WQAD-TV, ABC Moline, Illinois; and anchor WXVT-TV, CBS Greenville and Greenwood, Mississippi1989''1991: Weekend anchor and reporter WINK-TV, CBS Fort Myers, Florida1992''1998: Anchor and reporter WWL-TV, CBS New Orleans, Louisiana1998''present: NBC News1998''present: NBC News National correspondent1998''present: Dateline NBC contributing anchor and correspondent2004''2008: Host of the weekly syndicated series Your Total Health2007''present: Today 4th hour co-host (with Kathie Lee Gifford from April 2008[24]-April 2019, Jenna Bush Hager April 2019-present)2007''2017: Today substitute co-anchor2017: Today featured co-anchor2018''present: Today co-anchor with Savannah Guthrie2018''present: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade hostOther appearances [ edit ] 2009: Lipstick Jungle as Herself (1 episode)2010: 30 Rock as Herself (1 episode)2014: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Herself (2 episodes)2014-2017: Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce as Herself (4 episodes)2015: Lip Sync Battle as Herself (1 episode)2015: Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! as Herself (movie)2015: Donny! as Herself (2 episodes)2016: Younger as Herself (1 episode)2016: Brothers Take New Orleans Celebrity judge2017: Nashville as Herself (1 episode)2017: Sharknado 5: Global Swarming as Herself (movie)2018: Mickey and the Roadster Racers as Miss SweetumsSee also [ edit ] New Yorkers in journalismReferences [ edit ] ^ "Hoda Kotb tried 'Kotbe' ... to get ahead?". Today.com. February 20, 2012. Archived from the original on August 1, 2018 . Retrieved December 26, 2013 . ^ a b "Hoda Kotb". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on May 29, 2016 . Retrieved August 10, 2015 . ^ a b " ' Today' show anchor to inspire young journalists at WVU May Commencement" (Press release). West Virginia University. May 1, 2009. Archived from the original on September 6, 2017 . Retrieved May 1, 2009 . ^ Diane Clehane (2009). "Hoda Kotb interview". Archived from the original on December 7, 2014 . Retrieved August 7, 2014 . ^ "Hoda Kotb on her mom hero". April 25, 2012. ^ Who's Who in Technology, Volume 2. 1982. NJ: Technology Recognition Corporation. 1982. ^ Who's Who in Technology, Volume 4. 1986. NJ: Research Publications. 1986. ISBN 0892351101. ^ Kotb, Hoda (October 2010). Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee. Simon & Schuster. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-4391-8948-1. ^ "Hoda Kotb on Ten Years Later". March 17, 2014. ^ Kotb, Hoda (October 2010). Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee. Simon & Schuster. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-4391-8948-1. ^ "Arab American Hoda Kotb to Replace Matt Lauer as 'Today' Co-Anchor". Arab America. January 2, 2018 . Retrieved May 25, 2018 . ^ "Hoda Kotb: 7 Things to Know About Matt Lauer's Replacement" . Retrieved May 25, 2018 . ^ "Hoda Kotb Biography '' Starpulse.com". starpulse.com . Retrieved September 2, 2015 . ^ "Image: 1982baccprogram.jpg, (1471 1600 px)". 2.bp.blogspot.com . Retrieved September 2, 2015 . ^ "Tri Delta '' Mythbusters". Tri Delta. Archived from the original on October 18, 2013 . Retrieved April 29, 2012 . ^ "Virginia Tech 2008 Commencement Address by Hoda Kotb" . Retrieved May 20, 2013 . ^ Greg Esposito (2008). "At Tech graduation, laughs to leave by". The Roanoke Times. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012 . Retrieved May 1, 2009 . ^ "Virginia Tech Alumni Association Board of Directors". Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. ^ Brown, Adam (September 16, 2014). "Hoda Kotb Says Only Takes One Person to Change Your Life '-- Stan Sandroni - HottyToddy.com". HottyToddy.com . Retrieved May 25, 2018 . ^ Burke, David (September 10, 2007). "New Today co-host Hoda Kotb says she loved Q-C stint". Quad-City Times. ^ a b c d e f g h "Hoda Kotb | NBCUniversal Media Village". www.nbcumv.com . Retrieved November 26, 2019 . ^ "Hoda makes her music-video debut -- for a cause". TODAY.com. August 19, 2011. ^ a b c "Hoda Kotb". TODAY.com. February 6, 2008. ^ a b "Kathie Lee Gifford joins fourth hour of TODAY". TODAY.com. March 31, 2008. ^ "Hoda Kotb to Host Live Call-In Show Exclusively on SiriusXM's TODAY Show Radio Channel". www.prnewswire.com. February 19, 2015. ^ a b "Hoda Kotb named new co-anchor of NBC's 'Today ' ". NBC News. January 2, 2018. ^ "How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee". Simon and Schuster. ^ Grose, Jessica (January 18, 2013). "Today's Hoda Kotb On Overcoming Adversity". Fast Company. ^ Secker, Abigail (January 12, 2016). "Hoda Kotb's new book helps millennials find their way". The Lantern. ^ Melle, Megan O'Neill (October 11, 2019). "Thank You, Hoda! 10 Inspirational Quotes from Her New Book'--and What They Mean to Her". Parade. ^ Braca, Nina (March 8, 2018). "Kelly Clarkson Turns Children's Book 'I've Loved You Since Forever' Into a Heartwarming Lullaby Watch Kelly Clarkson Turn a Children's Book Into a Heartwarming Lullaby". Billboard . Retrieved March 9, 2018 . ^ Finn, Heather (March 5, 2019). "Here's the Emotional True Story Behind Hoda Kotb's New Book". Good Housekeeping. ^ "2004 '' TV/Radio | National Headliner Awards". www.headlinerawards.org. 2004. ^ "Dateline NBC: The Education of Ms. Groves". www.peabodyawards.com. 2006. ^ "2007 '' TV/Radio | National Headliner Awards". www.headlinerawards.org. 2007. ^ "Congrats to @hodakotb on her new role @TODAYshow! #TBT to her 2008 @duPontAwards win for "The Education of Ms. Groves" (with @DatelineNBC)". Twitter. January 5, 2018. ^ "Hoda Kotb's 'Truly Brave' music video -- The Webby Awards". The Webby Awards. 2015. ^ Zap, Claudine (September 25, 2014). "Hoda Kotb, Sara Bareilles, Cyndi Lauper Fight Pediatric Cancer with 'Truly Brave' Music Video". yahoo.com. ^ Alund, Natalie Neysa (May 6, 2019). "Kathie Lee Gifford wins Daytime Emmy Award". The Tennessean. ^ "Hope From Hoda". Livingneworleans.com. June 2, 2006 . Retrieved January 28, 2014 . ^ Kotb, Hoda (2010). Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee . Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4391-8948-1. ^ Hoda Kotb (2008). "Your life after cancer is better than the one before". MSNBC . Retrieved December 11, 2008 . ^ Price, Diana (June 20, 2008). "Hoda Kotb: Why I went public with cancer battle". TODAY.com. ^ Roberts, Embry (October 21, 2017). " ' Cancer shaped me, but it did not define me': Hoda Kotb on overcoming breast cancer". TODAY.com. ^ "Sign her up: Find out how Hoda Kotb met her 'gentleman' boyfriend". TODAY.com . Retrieved April 16, 2019 . ^ Melas, Chloe. " ' Today' anchor Hoda Kotb adopts baby girl". CNN . Retrieved March 14, 2017 . ^ Lisa Respers France. "Hoda Kotb welcomes another daughter". CNN . Retrieved April 16, 2019 . ^ Stump, Scott (November 25, 2019). "Congrats! Hoda Kotb and Joel Schiffman are engaged". TODAY.com . Retrieved November 26, 2019 . External links [ edit ] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hoda Kotb .Official MSNBC bioHoda Kotb on IMDbChambers, David (March/April 2006). "Calling Helen Thomas". Saudi Aramco World. Volume 57, Number 2Appearances on C-SPAN
- Karen Hunter - Wikipedia
- Karen Hunter (born April 24, 1966) is an American journalist and publisher, talk show host, and the co-author of several books. Hunter is the host of The Karen Hunter Show on Sirius XM.
- Early life and education [ edit ] Born and raised in East Orange, New Jersey, Hunter graduated from Marylawn of the Oranges High School in 1983 and received a B.A. in English Literature from Drew University in 1987.[1][2]
- Career [ edit ] Between 1996 and 1998, Hunter taught journalism at New York University.[citation needed ]
- Hunter served four years on the seven-member editorial board of the New York Daily News. In 1999, she was a concurrent member of respective news teams that won the Pulitzer Prize and the Polk Award.[3] Prior to that she was the paper's first African-American female news columnists; she joined the newspaper as a sports writer in 1988, then wrote features and business stories.
- In January 2002, Hunter was appointed by the Hunter College administration as an Assistant Visiting Professor in the Department of Film and Media Studies and presently is a Distinguished Lecturer at Hunter College.[4] She also was a morning radio talk show host for three years in New York City.[5]
- Radio career [ edit ] In 2006, she left her position as a morning talk show host on New York station (1600 AM) WWRL.[6] Her departure followed the dissolution of an early morning team composed of her and WABC personality Steve Malzberg.
- In 2007, she launched Karen Hunter Publishing, an imprint of Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster. She has published Why Black Men Love White Women, Faith Under Fire, Love On A Two-Way Street, Recipes for a Good Life with Patti LaBelle, and The Children of Children Keep Coming: An Epic Griotsong with Wall Street pioneer Russell L. Goings. As a writer, Hunter has co-authored five New York Times bestsellers, among them books with Queen Latifah, Al Sharpton, Mason Betha, Karrine Steffans, LL Cool J, Wendy Williams, J. L. King, Donda West, Sandy Denton, Cedric the Entertainer, and Jonathan Plummer.[7]
- On January 31, 2007, Hunter appeared on CNN's Paula Zahn Now in a piece on atheists in America. During the open forum portion she suggested: "If they [atheists] had Hallmark Cards, maybe they wouldn't feel so left out. We have Christmas cards. We have Kwanzaa cards now. Maybe they need to get some atheist cards and get that whole ball rolling so more people can get involved with what they're doing. I think they need to shut up and let people do what they do."[8]
- On April 11, 2011, on her Facebook page, Hunter called for a boycott of the television show Celebrity Apprentice in reactions to comments Donald Trump made about Barack Obama.[9] She said in a later interview: "So many of us were angered and outraged by Trump's comments and I wanted to let us know that we have power. We can do something besides grumble and complain." [10]
- In 2012, Hunter disparagingly referred on MSNBC to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, remarking: "[M]aybe [Mitt Romney's] not running for the presidency of the United States, maybe he's running for the presidency of 'Caucasia-stan' or some place that doesn't have anyone of color in it." [11]
- In 2015, Hunter wrote a petition on MoveOn.org calling for the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse following the murder of nine people at a Mother Emmanuel Church in Charleston, SC. Within three days, 500,000 people signed the petition; the second fastest to 500,000 in MoveOn.org's history at the time. Several days later, Gov. Nikki Haley announced that the flag would be removed. This announcement was followed by a vote in the South Carolina state legislature to remove the flag.[12]
- It was on The Karen Hunter Show on SiriusXM during the 2016 presidential election cycle where presidential hopeful Ben Carson revealed that he was held up at gunpoint at a Popeyes restaurant in Maryland. Carson told Hunter that he redirected the would-be robber to the cashier saying, "You don't want me, you want him."[13]
- Personal life [ edit ] Hunter resides in South Orange, New Jersey.[citation needed ]
- See also [ edit ] Steve MalzbergNotes [ edit ] ^ Staff. "Interview With Karen Hunter Of SiriusXM", Hip NJ, March 29, 2016. Accessed December 10, 2018. "Karen was born and raised in East Orange, New Jersey. She attended Catholic school before studying at Drew University in Madison, NJ." ^ Karen Hunter, The History Makers. Accessed December 10, 2018. "Publisher and author Karen Hunter was born on April 24, 1966 in Orange, New Jersey. In 1983, she graduated from Marylawn of the Oranges Academy in South Orange, New Jersey. After high school, Hunter attended Drew University, where she received her B.A. degree in English." ^ "Karen Hunter". AALBC.Com(The African American Literature Book Club) . Retrieved March 31, 2011 . ^ "Full-Time Faculty | Film & Media". Hunter College . Retrieved 19 March 2013 . ^ "Karen Hunter". Black Speakers.Com . Retrieved March 31, 2011 . ^ "Steve Malzberg Joins WWRL 1600 AM" (PDF) . October 29, 2004 . Retrieved March 31, 2011 . ^ Karen Hunter author bio ^ CNN transcript: Paula Zahn Now: Senator Joe Biden Under Fire Over Controversial Remarks; Has NFL Moved Beyond Racist Past? January 31, 2007 ^ Sean Yoes (April 13, 2011). "Should Blacks Respond to Trump Birther Stance?". BlackAmericaWeb.com . Retrieved May 11, 2011 . ^ Frederic Germay (May 9, 2011). "Publishing Magnate, Karen Hunter, Organizes Boycott of "Celebrity Apprentice " ". MediaBlvd Magazine . Retrieved May 11, 2011 . ^ Patriot Post 06June2012 http://patriotpost.us/editions/13731/ ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/29/us/how-the-rebellion-against-south-carolinas-confederate-flag-grew.html ^ Wright, David (2015-10-08). "Carson recounts time he was held-up at gun point - CNNPolitics". CNN . Retrieved 2018-01-22 . External links [ edit ] Karen Hunter To Teach At Hunter CollegeCNN transcript of panel in which Hunter participatedPortrait of HunterHunter on CNN/Paula Zahn panel 2007-02-04
- Mo'Nique - Wikipedia
- Monique Angela Hicks (n(C)e Imes; born December 11, 1967), known professionally as Mo'Nique, is an American comedian and actress.[1][2] She first gained fame as a member of The Queens of Comedy, as well as her role as Nicole "Nikki" Parker in the UPN series The Parkers while making a name as a stand-up comedian hosting a variety of venues, including Showtime at the Apollo. Mo'Nique transitioned to film with roles in such films as Phat Girlz (2006) and Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008). In 2002, she, along with several other female comedians, earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Comedy Album.
- In 2009, she received critical praise for her role as the abusive Mary Lee Johnston in the film Precious and won numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She hosted The Mo'Nique Show, a late-night talk show that premiered in 2009 on BET; it was cancelled in 2011. In 2015, she received rave reviews for her performance as Ma Rainey in the HBO biopic Bessie and earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
- Early life [ edit ] Mo'Nique was born on December 11, 1967, in Baltimore, Maryland,[1] the daughter of engineer Alice Imes and drug counselor Steven Imes, Jr.[3] She is the youngest of four children. Mo'Nique graduated from Milford Mill High School in Baltimore County in 1985[4] and attended Morgan State University.[5] She is a 1987 graduate of the Broadcasting Institute of Maryland.[6]
- Before she was an actress, Monique worked as a customer service representative at the phone company MCI in Hunt Valley, Maryland.[7] She got her start in comedy at the downtown Baltimore Comedy Factory Outlet when her brother Steve dared her to perform at an open mic night.
- During a 2008 Essence magazine interview, Mo'Nique revealed that she was sexually abused by her brother Gerald from ages 7''11; he went on to sexually abuse another girl and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. After her twin boys were born in 2005, Mo'Nique cut off all contact with Gerald. On April 19, 2010, he admitted on Oprah to sexually abusing her over several years. He also was abused by family members and struggled with substance abuse.[8]
- Career [ edit ] Television roles [ edit ] Mo'Nique portrayed Nicole "Nikki" Parker on the UPN television series The Parkers from 1999 to 2004. She was featured on many leading stand-up venues such as Showtime at the Apollo, Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam, and Thank God You're Here. Monique tackles race issues in her stand up routines, for instance at the Montreal Just For Laugh Festival in 2000: white and black people, we're just mad at each other, we don't know why we're mad at each other. We're not each other's enemy. We're not the enemy. It's the Chinese people we need to watch out for".[9]
- She was also named hostess of Showtime at the Apollo. She was the hostess and executive producer of Mo'Nique's Fat Chance, a beauty pageant for plus-sized women, on the Oxygen cable network. She hosted the first season of Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School on VH1 where she crowned Saaphyri as the winner.
- Mo'Nique's 2007 documentary I Coulda Been Your Cellmate! focuses on incarcerated women. In interviews with individual women, she touches on the common factors that bring many women into the penal system. The documentary was related to her filming a comedy special at the Ohio Reformatory for Women, also known as The Farm.[citation needed ] In 2007, Mo'Nique had a guest-starring role on the hit television series Ugly Betty as L'Amanda, Mode's weekend security guard.
- Mo'Nique starred in The Mo'Nique Show, her own late-night talk show. Taped in Atlanta, the show premiered October 5, 2009, on BET.[10]
- Film and video career [ edit ] Mo'Nique has had a number of supporting roles in film. She appeared in the 2008 comedy film, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins with Martin Lawrence. She has had roles in Beerfest, 3 Strikes, Two Can Play That Game, Half Past Dead, and Soul Plane. She voiced a character in Garfield: The Movie, but her role was cut from the movie.
- In 2005, Mo'Nique played a significant role in Tony Scott's thriller Domino, co-starring Keira Knightley and Mickey Rourke. In 2006, Mo'Nique was cast as the lead in Phat Girlz, a comedy about an aspiring fashion designer struggling to find love and acceptance. The film was met with lukewarm response from critics and fans. It did earn back its $3 million production cost in its first weekend of release.[11]
- She was featured in soul singer Anthony Hamilton's video "Sista Big Bones", the second single from his album Ain't Nobody Worryin'. She plays the role of a beautiful woman whom Anthony secretly admires.
- Mo'Nique hosted the 2003 and 2004 BET Awards and appeared as the host again for the 2007 BET Awards. She received positive responses in July 2004 with her opening performance of Beyonc(C)'s single "Crazy in Love" In 2007, she performed Beyonc(C)'s "D(C)j Vu".
- In 2008, Mo'Nique stated on Oprah Winfrey Show that Martin Lawrence gave her invaluable advice about show business: "He pulled me to the side and he said, 'Listen, don't ever let them tell you what you can't have.' Since that day, I've made some of the best deals I've ever made in my career because it keeps ringing in my head...It will stay with me forever."[12]
- In 2009, Mo'Nique appeared in the film Precious, directed by Lee Daniels, portraying an inner-city teenager's abusive mother. She won the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for her performance in the film. The African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) awarded Mo'Nique with the Best Supporting Actress Award in December 2009. It also announced that Mo'Nique received the AAFCA's first ever unanimous vote in an acting category. Moreover, she received Best Supporting Actress awards from the Stockholm International Film Festival, the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the Boston Society of Film Critics, the New York Film Critics Online, the New York Film Critics Circle, the Southeastern Film Critics Association, the San Francisco Film Critics Circle, the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association, the Las Vegas Film Critics Society, the Utah Film Critics Association, the Detroit Film Critics Society, the Indiana Film Critics Association, the Online Film Critics Society, the National Society of Film Critics Awards, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and the Critics Choice Awards. Time magazine ranked Mo'Nique's outstanding performance as the Best Female Performance of 2009. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Independent Spirit Award, and the BAFTA Award.[13][14][15][16]
- In November 2009, Mo'Nique said, "I own the rights to Hattie McDaniel's life story, and I can't wait to tell that story because that woman was absolutely amazing. She had to stand up to the adversity of black and white [society] at a time when we really weren't accepted. Mr. Lee Daniels is going to direct it, of course, and I'm going to be Miss Hattie McDaniel. I really hope I can do that woman justice."[17]
- In 2014, Mo'Nique starred in Patrik-Ian Polk's drama film Blackbird as Claire Rousseau.
- At a May 2017 performance, she claimed Daniels, Oprah Winfrey, and Tyler Perry have been blackballing her ever since she did not promote Precious in 2009.[18]
- Theater [ edit ] Mo'Nique's first play was Eve Ensler's Obie Award-winning production of The Vagina Monologues in March 2002. Mo'Nique, Ella Joyce (Roc); Wendy Raquel Robinson (The Steve Harvey Show and The Game) and Vanessa Bell Calloway (What's Love Got to Do with It), were the first all black celebrity cast to perform The Vagina Monologues. Produced by YYP & Associates, the show was directed by playwright and director Yetta Young as well as co-produced by Kellie R. Griffin, Lisa D. Washington and Anita Cal.
- Books and radio [ edit ] Mo'Nique is the author of the best-selling book Skinny Women Are Evil: Notes of a Bigg Girl in a Small-Minded World. She also released a 2006 cookbook called Skinny Cooks Can't Be Trusted.
- Mo'nique was part of the Washington, D.C., WHUR radio show with George Wilborn.
- In 2006, she occasionally filled in for afternoon personality Michael Baisden when his contract with ABC Radio was in the process of getting renewed.[19]
- In 2008, Radio One signed her to her own radio show: Mo'Nique in the Afternoon (or The Mo'Nique Show), which premiered on several Radio One-owned Urban Adult Contemporary-formatted R&B/soul radio stations in July 2008. It mainly aired on these stations that had a local lineup because some Radio One stations did not carry it due to their contracts with Michael Baisden. The show lasted until March 18, 2009, when Mo'Nique decided to leave to "further her career in television, film, and comedy."[20]
- Personal life [ edit ] Mo'Nique was briefly engaged to accountant Kenny Mung.[21]
- From 1997 to 2001, she was married to Mark Jackson.
- Mo'Nique gave birth to twin sons Jonathan and David Hicks in October 2005, two months early.[22] In 2006, she married their father Sidney Hicks. In a New York Times profile, she mentions that she and Hicks have an open marriage:
- We have an agreement that we'll always be honest, and if sex happens with another person, that's not a deal breaker for us, that's not something where we'll have to say, 'Oh God, we've got to go to divorce court because you cheated on me.' Because we don't cheat.[23]
- She repeated this view later on The Oprah Winfrey Show when she said that, in her prior marriages, she was constantly searching for "that extra oomph".[24] Mo'Nique explained,
- When I said I had an open marriage, people automatically jumped to sex. They automatically went there. But I've been best friends with my husband since we were 14 years old. When we say open, we're very honest. There are no secrets. Oftentimes you have people that are married, but they're strangers, and we refuse to be those people.[25]
- She concluded, "I've had to sneak and I've had to lie, and I don't want to do that any more. But my husband is so awesome and so fine and so'--oh, girl...No other man can compare".[25]
- Filmography [ edit ] Film [ edit ] Television [ edit ] Residency show [ edit ] 2019: Mo'Nique Does Vegas (held at SLS Las Vegas) [26]Awards and nominations [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ a b "Mo'Nique: Biography '' Actor, Executive Producer, Voice '' Variety Profiles". Archived from the original on January 16, 2013 . Retrieved February 22, 2009 . ^ Fernandez, Sofia M. (August 1, 2011). " ' Mo'Nique Show' Put on Indefinite Hiatus". The Hollywood Reporter. ^ John-Hall, Annette (2006-04-08). "Proudly 'phat' actress has a new, plus-sized role". AZ Central.com . Retrieved 2009-12-16 . ^ "monique imes Milford Mill High School/Academy '85 BALTIMORE, MD". classmates.com . Retrieved 2015-12-13 . ^ Crockett, Sandra (1994-11-19). "Comedian has fine time just being Mo'Nique Laughing out LOUD". The Sun . Retrieved 2009-12-16 . ^ "Broadcasting Institute of Maryland" . Retrieved March 4, 2011 . ^ The Oprah Winfrey Show, Interview with the cast of Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins. Original air date January 28, 2008. ^ "Mo'Nique's Brother, Gerald Imes, Apologizes to Precious Star for Sexual Abuse - ABC News". ABC News . Retrieved 18 October 2014 . ^ "Montreal Just For Laugh Festival 2000". ^ BET Coming Soon Monique Show Official Page Archived 2009-10-02 at the Wayback Machine ^ "Bottom 100". IMDb.com. ^ "Martin Lawrence's Advice to Mo'Nique". Oprah.com . Retrieved January 28, 2008 . ^ "The Hurt Locker Schools An Education, Avatar at Brit-Snubbing BAFTAs". E Online. . ^ "2009 Supporting Actress". The Film Experience. Archived from the original on 2009-04-09. ^ "OSCAR PREDICTION CHARTS". InContention.com. February 23, 2009. ^ "Will Sandra Bullock, Mo'Nique Meet Their New Man, 'Oscar ' ". LexiB. . ^ Ben; Walters (2009-11-15). "Comic Mo'Nique takes dramatic turn in "Precious " ". The Hollywood Reporter / Reuters. ^ "Today in Entertainment: Katy Perry cops to that Taylor Swift feud; Vanity Fair's 'Star Wars' covers cue the waterworks" '' via LA Times. ^ "Monique to Fill in for Michael Baisden". All Access . Retrieved 18 October 2014 . ^ "Syndicated Personality Mo'Nique to End Mo'Nique Show". Radio Online. Archived from the original on March 17, 2009 . Retrieved March 24, 2009 . ^ Yarbrough, Marti (November 11, 2002). "Actress and comedienne Mo'Nique of the Parkers talks about her: career new book `Skinny Women are Evil' new fiance". JET Magazine. ^ "Mo'Nique a New Mom Again '' of Twins". PEOPLE.com . Retrieved 18 October 2014 . ^ Lee, Felicia R. (2007-08-05). "Luckily, There's Plenty of Her for Everybody". New York Times. p. 2. ^ Sheri Salata (Producer). (Jan 28, 2008). The Oprah Winfrey Show. Chicago: Harpo Productions, Inc. ^ a b "Mo'Nique on her open marriage". Oprah.com. Archived from the original on 2008-01-31 . Retrieved January 28, 2008 . ^ Brock Radke (2019-01-10). "MO'NIQUE KICKS OFF HER FIRST VEGAS COMEDY RESIDENCY AT SLS". lasvegasweekly.com . Retrieved 2019-02-12 . External links [ edit ] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mo'Nique .Mo'Nique on IMDb
- Elle Duncan - Wikipedia
- Born ( 1983-04-12 ) April 12, 1983 (age 36) [2]NationalityAmericanOccupationAnchor, Host, Reporter, Actress, Writer, Television PersonalityYears active2003-PresentNotable credit(s)
- V-103, 2004-2012; 11 Alive, 2012-2013;Atlanta Hawks, 2005-2013;NESN, 2014-2016;
- ESPN, 2016-PresentLauren "Elle" Duncan is a sports anchor for ESPN.[3]
- Career [ edit ] Atlanta [ edit ] Duncan began her career in Atlanta as an intern with the 2 live Stews, an American syndicated sports talk radio show on 790/The Zone.[4] After a year, she was hired by Atlanta host, Ryan Cameron, to join the Ryan Cameron Show on V-103.[5] While there, her roles included traffic reporter and on-air personality.[4] Duncan hosted an afternoon show at the station in 2009 before moving to handle sports reporting for the morning Frank and Wanda show. During her time with V-103, Duncan also was a contributor with the Atlanta Falcons radio network pre- and post-game shows, the Atlanta Hawks sideline reporter, and a freelance sideline reporter for SEC and ACC football games on Comcast Sports South.[6] Duncan landed a job as the traffic reporter at NBC Affiliate WXIA-TV in 2012.
- Boston [ edit ] Duncan joined NESN in 2014 as an anchor, reporter, and host. Duncan began co-hosting NESN Live Presented by Cross Insurance with Sarah Davis. The show features updates from NESN reporters and game-day analysis from Fenway Park, TD Garden, and Gillette Stadium.[7] While at NESN, Duncan has also worked as a sideline reporter for the Red Sox and hosted coverage of Super Bowl XLIX between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks from Glendale, Arizona.[8][9]
- ESPN [ edit ] Duncan joined SportsCenter as an anchor on April 27, 2016.[3]
- FCL [ edit ] Duncan joined the hosts of American talk show FishCenter Live.[10]
- Film [ edit ] Duncan appeared in the 2014 movie Ride Along as a news reporter.[11]
- DUI arrest [ edit ] While working as an 11Alive traffic reporter and Atlanta Hawks sideline reporter, Duncan was arrested for DUI and reckless driving on April 28, 2013. According to the written report by the arresting officer, Duncan was observed "weaving in and out of traffic in a reckless manner" at a "high rate of speed," and "narrowly" missed striking another vehicle. Her breathalyzer test showed a blood alcohol content of .099, above the legal limit of 0.08.[12] The charges were later dropped.
- Philanthropic efforts [ edit ] Duncan has been involved with Walker, a non-profit leader in special education, behavioral health and residential treatment for children and youth. Specifically, Duncan has been involved with Walker's Change Shoes, Change Lives Run and Walk and engaged with Walker's youth through on-campus volunteering and events through NESN's employee volunteer program, NESN Connects.[13]
- While at V-103, Duncan launched a Cause & Effect series to recognize a number of local nonprofit organizations quarterly. The series consisted of different events throughout Atlanta that raised funds for underexposed nonprofit organizations.[14] Duncan has also worked as a spokeswoman with Enchanted Closet, an organization which provides prom dresses, shoes, and accessories to disadvantaged girls for prom.[15]
- Girl Dad [ edit ] On January 27, 2020 the evening after the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash, Elle Duncan hosted ESPN's flagship program SportsCenter and gave an emotional, heartwarming account of a conversation she had with Bryant two years earlier at an ESPN event in New York City. It started a national trend for the hashtag "Girl Dad" featuring pictures and accounts of daughters and their dads.[16]
- Accolades [ edit ] Top 25 Women in Atlanta '' The Steed Society2011 Inspiring Women Award '' Atlanta Dream[17]Atlanta's Top 30 under 30 '' AUC Magazine50 Most Beautiful Atlantans '' Jezebel MagazinePower 40 Under 40 It List '' Johnson Media[5]References [ edit ] ^ "Local TV traffic reporter Elle Duncan arrested on DUI charge". Georgia Newsday. April 29, 2013. Archived from the original on January 6, 2018 . Retrieved April 13, 2016 . ^ Rodney Ho, Radio and TV Talk. "2013 flashback: Elle Duncan arrested for DUI". ajc. ^ a b "Elle Duncan Joins ESPN as SportsCenter Anchor". espnmediazone . Retrieved 2016-05-06 . ^ a b Ho, Rodney. "Exclusive: Elle Duncan moving to V-103's Frank & Wanda morning show" . Retrieved 2016-04-08 . ^ a b "Elle Duncan Home Page ; THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE ATLANTA HAWKS". www.nba.com . Retrieved 2016-04-08 . ^ "Elle Duncan leaving 11 Alive for New England Sports Network ; Radio and TV Talk" . Retrieved 2016-04-08 . ^ "Sports show 'NESN Live presented by Cross Insurance' debuts Monday - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com . Retrieved 2016-04-08 . ^ "Matthew McConaughey Wore a Fanny Pack to Fenway Park". Boston Magazine . Retrieved 2016-04-08 . ^ "NESN Super Bowl Coverage from Arizona ; Multichannel". www.multichannel.com . Retrieved 2016-04-08 . ^ Duncan, Elle (4 December 2017). "Elle Duncan on Twitter: "Hey guys I'm jumping on with the fish ð ð ð from #FishCenter at 4pm ET to hopefully get as weird as possible! You can watch and call in on t'...". Twitter. twitter.com . Retrieved 4 December 2017 . ^ "Elle Duncan". IMDb . Retrieved 2016-04-08 . ^ "11Alive's Elle Duncan arrested for DUI charge". myAJC . Retrieved 2016-11-11 . ^ "NESN's Elle Duncan to Emcee Walker's 2015 Change Shoes, Change Lives Run and Walk". Needham, MA Patch . Retrieved 2016-04-08 . ^ "Atlanta Radio Personality Elle Duncan's 'Prom Enchanted' Charity Event - Rolling Out". Rolling Out . Retrieved 2016-04-08 . ^ "Free Prom Dresses: Self Confidence From 'The Enchanted Closet' (VIDEO)". The Huffington Post . Retrieved 2016-04-08 . ^ Dance, Olivia (January 30, 2020). "#GirlDad is trending online to honor Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi". WSTM. ^ "Elle Duncan Joins NESN From WXIA". adweek . Retrieved 2016-05-06 . External links [ edit ] Elle Duncan on TwitterElle Duncan at the Internet Movie Database
- Ari Shaffir - Wikipedia
- Ari David Shaffir (born February 12, 1974) is an American comedian, actor, podcaster, writer, and producer. He produces and hosts the Skeptic Tank podcast. He also co-hosts the podcast Punch Drunk Sports with Jayson Thibault and Sam Tripoli, and is a regular guest on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. He created and previously hosted and produced the This is Not Happening television series, an adaptation of his monthly stand-up show.
- Early life Shaffir's father (born in IaÈi, Romania) and grandmother were Holocaust survivors.[1][2] Ari was born in New York City, the second of four children born to Nat and Merryl Shaffir. Soon after his birth, his family moved to North Carolina. The family was raised conservative Jewish until Ari was nine years old and the family moved to Maryland, where they adopted Orthodox Jewish beliefs.[3][4][5] He attended high school in Rockville, Maryland, studied sacred texts in a yeshiva in Israel for two years, and attended Yeshiva University in New York City.[6] Shaffir played on the University's NCAA golf team in 1995 and claims he was the lowest-ranked NCAA athlete.[7] He transferred in his second year to the University of Maryland and graduated in 1999 with a degree in English Literature.[8]
- Career Shaffir's first and only comedy performance on stage before he moved to Los Angeles took place in his early twenties at an open mic night at a "sports comedy place in Northern Virginia".[3] Following his graduation from university, Shaffir moved to Los Angeles to improve his chances of success as a stand-up comedian.[8] He took up work answering the phones at The Comedy Store, which led to positions in the cover booth and "the door", until owner Mitzi Shore made him a paid regular, four-and-a-half years later.[3] His early influences in comedy include watching showcase comedy shows on television as a youngster and comedians on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.[9] He cites Bill Burr as his favorite living comedian.[10] He became bicoastal, living in both Los Angeles and New York City in 2012, hoping to advance his stand-up career further by increasing the number of sets he performed in a week at New York's many comedy clubs. He became a New York resident in 2015.
- Shaffir first became known to a wider audience with the viral video series The Amazing Racist.[4] He became an opening act for Joe Rogan in the late 2000s and began touring with Rogan and fellow comics Joey Diaz, Duncan Trussell, Tom Segura, Brian Redban and Eddie Bravo. In 2009 he appeared at the Montreal Comedy Festival as part of The Nasty Show. The following year he created, produced and hosted the monthly live show This Is Not Happening, with Eric Abrams, a stand-up comedy featuring numerous comedians telling true-life stories around a theme. The show would become a regular feature at comedy festivals and debuted as a web series in 2013 and premiered in January 2015 on Comedy Central.[11] He left the show as producer and host in 2017 after selling his third special, Double Negative, to Netflix rather than Comedy Central. Roy Wood Jr. replaced him as host.
- In 2010 Shaffir appeared on the 3rd episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, his first of 44 appearances on the show. In 2011, Shaffir began his podcast, Skeptic Tank.[12] On most episodes, Shaffir picks a subject his guests (most comedians) can discuss as experts. While subjects are often comics he's also discussed serious issues such as mental health, suicide, rape, and prison. Every 50 episodes the comedy team Danish and O'Neill appear as guests.[13] In 2013, Shaffir began to cohost the sports podcast Punch Drunk Sports with fellow comedians Sam Tripoli and Jayson Thibault.[14] His appearances became less frequent after moving to the East Coast full-time.
- Shaffir released his first stand-up album Revenge for the Holocaust in 2012 which became the number one comedy album on both Itunes and Amazon in its 1st week. In 2013 he produced his first television special, Passive Aggressive, for Chill.com. In 2015 his second special, Paid Regular, premiered on Comedy Central the same week This is Not Happening premiered on the same channel. In 2017 he premiered Double Negative on Netflix, two 45 minute shows (based on the concept of a double album), the first titled Children and the second named Adulthood. As of 2019 he's been touring with the show Ari Shaffir: Jew, the next special he intends to film. He premiered Double Negative and Ari Shaffir: Jew at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
- Shaffir spent several years earning a living as a commercial actor, appearing in ads for Coke Zero, Subway, Dominos, and Bud Light. He appeared in the comedy feature film Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016).[15] As of 2017, Shaffir claims to have no interest in pursuing acting which could take him away from his stand-up.[16]
- Controversies Following the death of Kobe Bryant, Shaffir caused controversy after he posted a video on his Twitter page celebrating Bryant's death. "Kobe Bryant died 23 years too late today," Shaffir says in the video. "He got away with rape because all the Hollywood liberals who attack comedy enjoy rooting for the Lakers more than they dislike rape. Big ups to the hero who forgot to gas up his chopper. I hate the Lakers. What a great day." A New York comedy club where Shaffir was scheduled to perform cancelled his performance and refused to work with the comedian in the future after it received phone threats. Shaffir was also dropped by his talent agency following the tweet.[17]
- Filmography Film The Fax (2004; short film)Reeling in Reality (2005)Pauly Shore's Natural Born Komics (2007)inAPPropriate Comedy (2013)[18]Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016)Stand-up specials Revenge for the Holocaust (2012)[19]Passive Aggressive (2013)Paid Regular (2015)Double Negative (2017)[20]Television Minding the Store (2005; three episodes)West Side Stories (2012; television film)This Is Not Happening (2013''2017)[21]What's Your F@#Cking Deal?!?! (2016)References ^ "Ari answers questions on his Youtube channel" . Retrieved November 10, 2018 . ^ "Nat Shaffir (Nathan Spitzer)". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. ^ a b c Downs, Gordon (1 June 2011). "Ari Shaffir on Hollywood Comedy Route, Joe Rogan and Mushrooms". SanDiego.com . Retrieved 25 March 2016 . ^ a b Tornga, Mark (10 May 2012). "A.V. Club Ari Shaffir interview" . Retrieved 25 March 2016 . ^ https://podtail.com/en/podcast/you-made-it-weird-with-pete-holmes/ari-shaffir/ ^ Jatz, Jessie (10 February 2015). " ' Off the Cuff' Podcast: Comedian Ari Shaffir On Trading the Synagogue for the Strip Club". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 25 March 2016 . ^ http://arithegreat.com/ari-shaffirs-skeptic-tank-92-caddyshack-with-greg-fitzsimmons/ ^ a b DeMayo, Jen (26 August 2011). "Interview with comedian Ari Shaffir" . Retrieved 25 March 2016 . ^ "Edinburgh Fringe Interview: Ari Shaffir". The New Current. 2015 . Retrieved 25 March 2016 . ^ "Interview: Ari Shaffir". TimeOut Hong Kong . Retrieved 25 March 2016 . [permanent dead link ] ^ Burns, Ashley (21 January 2015). "UPROXX Interview: Comedian Ari Shaffir Has One Rule For Storytelling: Don't Name Your Mushroom Dealer" . Retrieved 25 March 2016 . ^ Scott, Kevin (21 September 2012). "Ari Shaffir Talks About Magic Mushrooms and Being "the Amazing Racist " " . Retrieved 25 March 2016 . ^ "Danish & O'Neill, Bert Kreischer & Doug Stanhope on Punch Drunk Sports". All Things Comedy . Retrieved November 14, 2018 . ^ "Punch Drunk Sports Ep#1". All Things Comedy. 20 March 2013. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017 . Retrieved 26 September 2016 . ^ "THE SECOND SEASON OF "THIS IS NOT HAPPENING" PREMIERES ON COMEDY CENTRAL® ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23 AT 12:30 A.M. ET/PT". Comedy Central Press. 10 February 2016. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016 . Retrieved 25 March 2016 . ^ "Ari Shaffir's Skeptic Tank #304: My Daughter Sucks at Suicide (with Jessica Michelle Singleton)". arithegreat.com. September 25, 2017. ^ Oster, Marcy (February 1, 2020). "Comedy club drops comedian Ari Shaffir after comment about Kobe Bryant". The Jerusalem Post. Jewish Telegraphic Agency . Retrieved 4 February 2020 . ^ "InAPPropriate Comedy (2013) - Internet Movie Database" . Retrieved November 10, 2018 . ^ "Ari Shaffir: Revenge for the Holocaust". AllMusic . Retrieved 25 March 2016 . ^ Leftley, Nick (13 January 2015). "Ari Shaffir interview: 'You wouldn't want to tape a special on mushrooms ' ". TimeOut . Retrieved 25 March 2015 . ^ "Roy Wood Jr. Is Taking Over as Host of Comedy Central's 'This Is Not Happening ' " . Retrieved November 10, 2018 . External links Official website Ari Shaffir on IMDb
- Meet Correspondent Lindsey Granger - The List TV
- Lindsey Granger has been interviewing taste-makers for more than a decade and covering stories across the globe. Prior to landing her role as a national correspondent for The List, she hosted entertainment and news segments for AOL, PEOPLE and TIME Magazine. Her reporting work has aired on MSNBC.com, Verizon FiOS1 News and Sean ''Diddy'' Combs' music network: REVOLT TV. She also helped create and produce the ELLE.com series hosted by Melissa Harris-Perry, titled 'Sole Search'.
- Lindsey has traveled to London, United Kingdom, to cover the Royal Wedding of Prince William & Kate Middleton, and has written and field produced in several capacities at NBC News.
- The New York native and Temple University alumna absolutely loves the art of storytelling and sharing learned experiences with the world. She was a 2009 fellow for the International Radio and Television Society and is an active member of the National Association of Black Journalists. She believes life is a journey and lives by the philosophy that the BIGGEST adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.
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- Alison Morris - Wikipedia
- American journalist and news anchor
- Alison Morris (born October 30, 1979) is an American journalist who has worked as an on-air news anchor at NBC News since 2019.
- Early life and education [ edit ] Alison Morris was born and raised in Long Island, New York, where she attended Our Lady of Mercy Academy, an all-female private Catholic college preparatory school. She later graduated with a Bachelor's degree in sociology from Yale University in 2001.[1]
- Career [ edit ] Morris began her career in 2002 when she worked for CNBC Europe and The Wall Street Journal Europe as a reporter in Paris, France.[1] In 2005, Morris returned to the United States and became a reporter for KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh. In 2010, she moved to FoxCT (now known as WTIC-TV), where she became one of the channel's news anchors. In 2014, Morris switched to Fox 5 New York, working as the channel's business news anchor. In July 2019, Morris was then hired by NBC News, where she has been a news anchor for the network's streaming service NBC News Now.[2] In January 2020, Morris additionally became a weekend anchor for MSNBC.[citation needed ]
- On her January 26, 2020 broadcast on MSNBC, Morris was reporting on the death of retired basketball player Kobe Bryant. When Morris referred to Bryant's former team of the Los Angeles Lakers, she verbally stumbled and said "Los Angeles Nakers", immediately self-correcting to "Los Angeles Lakers". This led some on social media to accuse her of using a racial slur, which she denied. The controversy led to the starting of a petition to have her fired.[3][4] Morris explained that she had stuttered, combining the words "Knicks" and "Lakers" into "Nakers".[5][6]
- Personal life [ edit ] Alison Morris lives in Manhattan with her husband, Scott, a businessman who serves as the CEO of a media strategy and design firm based in New York City.[7]
- Morris is fluent in French and regularly travels to Paris to visit friends she made while working in the French capital. She is also a fan of the New York Yankees.[1]
- References [ edit ] ^ a b c "Alison Morris". Fox 5 NY. WNYW-TV . Retrieved 27 January 2020 . ^ Spangler, Todd (July 1, 2019). "NBC News Hires Alison Morris From Fox's NYC Station as Full-Time Anchor for Streaming Service". Variety . Retrieved 27 January 2020 . ^ Heldman, Breanne (January 27, 2020). "MSNBC's Alison Morris Denies Using Racial Slur During Kobe Bryant Segment, Claims She Said 'Nakers ' ". Yahoo Entertainment. People Magazine . Retrieved 27 January 2020 . ^ Walsh, S.M. (January 26, 2020). "Reporter Says She 'Did Not' Use Racial Slur During Kobe Bryant Report". Heavy . Retrieved January 27, 2020 . ^ "Alison Morris Twitter profile". Twitter . Retrieved January 27, 2020 . ^ Cruse, Ellena. "MSNBC anchor Alison Morris denies using racial slur after mispronouncing Kobe Bryant's team 'Lakers ' ". Evening Standard . Retrieved January 27, 2020 . ^ "We Are Bill". We Are Bill . Retrieved 2020-01-31 . External links [ edit ] Alison Morris on IMDb
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