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| Adam Carolla |
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Adam Carolla (born May 27, 1964) is an American radio and television host, comedian and actor. He is the host of The Adam Carolla Podcast, before which he hosted a weekday morning radio program broadcast from Los Angeles and syndicated by CBS Radio...
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| Brooke Burke |
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Brooke Lisa Burke (born September 8, 1971) is an American television personality, model, and occasional dancer known for hosting Wild On! (1999–2002) and Rock Star (2005–2006) and for winning the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars.
Burke is...
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| Kristi Yamaguchi |
Kristine Tsuya "Kristi" Yamaguchi- Hedican (born July 12, 1971) is an American figure skater and the 1992 Olympic Champion in women's singles. Yamaguchi also won two World Figure Skating Championships in 1991 and 1992 and a U.S. Figure Skating...
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| Shannon Elizabeth |
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Shannon Elizabeth (born September 7, 1973) is an American actress and former fashion model. Elizabeth came to prominence in the 1999 comedy film American Pie.
Born Shannon Elizabeth Fadal, Elizabeth's father is Syrian and her mother is of Irish,...
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| Steve Wozniak |
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The Woz |
Stephen Gary "Woz" Wozniak (born August 11, 1950 in San Jose, California) is an American computer engineer who founded Apple Computer, Inc. (now Apple Inc.) with Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne. His inventions and machines are credited with contributing...
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The waltz is a ballroom and folk dance in 3/4 (help·info) time, performed primarily in closed position.
There are several references to a sliding or gliding dance,- a waltz, from the 16th century including the representations of the printer H.S....
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| Jane Seymour |
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Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg |
Jane Seymour, OBE (born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg 15 February 1951) is an English actress, best-known as a Bond girl, in the 1973 James Bond film, Live and Let Die, and the star of the 1990s American television series, Dr. Quinn,...
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| Jerry Springer |
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Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer (born February 13, 1944) is an American television presenter, best known as host of the tabloid talk show The Jerry Springer Show since its debut in 1991. He is a former Democratic mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, a former...
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| Maurice Greene |
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Maurice Greene (born July 23, 1974) is a former American track and field sprinter who specialised in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is a former 100 m world record holder with a time of 9.79 seconds. During the height of his career (1997–2001) he...
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| Debi Mazar |
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Deborah "Debi"(Muad bahroon) Mazar (born August 13, 1964) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her trademark Jersey Girl-type appearances, and as edgy, sharp-tongued women in independent films and her recurring role on the HBO series...
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| John Ratzenberger |
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John Deszo Ratzenberger |
John Deszo Ratzenberger (born April 6, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Cliff Clavin in the sitcom Cheers.
Ratzenberger was a house framer living in London when he began his career in the performing arts. His first role...
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| Laila Ali |
Laila Ali (born December 30, 1977 in Miami Beach, Florida) is a professional boxer. She is the daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali and his third wife Veronica Porsche Ali. She was their second child and is the most famous of the nine children...
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| Melissa Joan Hart |
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Melissa Joan Hart (born April 18, 1976) is an American actress, writer, television director, television producer, singer and businesswoman best known for her title roles in the television series Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina the Teenage Witch...
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| Emmitt Smith |
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Emmitt James Smith III (born May 15, 1969 in Pensacola, Florida) is a former American football player. He played for the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals and is the NFL's all-time rushing leader, a record formerly held by his childhood hero,...
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| Evander Holyfield |
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Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is a professional boxer from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal". Holyfield won the bronze medal in...
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| Paso Doble |
Paso Doble or pasodoble is a lively style of dance to the duple meter march-like pasodoble music. It actually originated in southern France , but is modeled after the sound, drama, and movement of the Spanish bullfight. Paso doble means "double step...
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| Viennese Waltz |
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Viennese Waltz (German: Wiener Walzer) is the genre of a ballroom dance. At least three different meanings are recognized. In the historically first sense, the name may refer to several versions of the waltz, including the earliest waltzes done in...
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| Marlee Matlin |
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Marlee Beth Matlin |
Marlee Beth Matlin (born August 24, 1965) is an American actress. Deaf since she was 18 months old, she is the youngest woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, which she won at the age of 21 for Children of a Lesser God....
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| Priscilla Presley |
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Priscilla Ann Wagner |
Priscilla Beaulieu Presley (born Priscilla Ann Wagner; May 24, 1945) is an American actress and businesswoman.
She is the ex-wife of singer and actor Elvis Presley, and the mother of singer/songwriter Lisa Marie Presley. Priscilla is the founder of...
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| Foxtrot |
The Foxtrot (also: "Fox trot", "foxtrot", "fox trot") is a ballroom dance.
It is often said that foxtrot took its name from its inventor, the vaudeville actor Harry Fox; however the exact origins are unclear. The dance was premiered in 1914, quickly...
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| Heather Mills McCartney |
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Heather Anne Mills (born 12 January 1968) is an English charity campaigner and former model, and the former wife of musician Sir Paul McCartney; during the marriage she was called Heather Mills McCartney. Mills has an older brother, Shane, a younger...
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| Tom DeLay |
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Thomas Dale "Tom" DeLay (born April 8, 1947) is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives who represented Sugar Land, Texas from 1984 until 2006. He was Republican Party (GOP) House Majority Leader from 2003–2005, when his legal problems...
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| Ian Ziering |
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Ian Ziering (born March 30, 1964) is an American actor best known for playing Steve Sanders on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210. He pronounces his name (EYE-an), as opposed to the more traditional Gaellic (EE-an)
Ian was born in Newark,...
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| Jennie Garth |
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Jennifer Eve "Jennie" Garth (born April 3, 1972) is an American actress, best known for starring in the prominent role of Kelly Taylor throughout the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise. She is also known for starring as Valerie Tyler in What I Like...
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| Apolo Anton Ohno |
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Apolo Anton Ohno (born May 22, 1982) is an American short track speed skating competitor and a five-time medalist (two gold, one silver, two bronze) in the Winter Olympics.
Ohno has won five Olympic medals over his career and is one of only four...
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| Kathy Ireland |
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Kathleen Marie "Kathy" Ireland (born March 20, 1963) is an American former model, actress, CEO and designer of her eponymous brand product marketing company, Kathy Ireland Worldwide.
Ireland was born in Glendale, California, the daughter of John...
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| Monica Seles |
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Monica Seles (Hungarian: Szeles Mónika, Serbo-Croatian:Monika Seleš, pronounced [sɛlɛʃ], born December 2, 1973) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad,...
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| Hélio Castroneves |
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Helio Castroneves |
Hélio Castroneves (born Hélio Castro Neves; May 10, 1975 in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil) is a Brazilian auto racing driver currently competing in the North American IndyCar Series. In IndyCar competition, Castroneves has 14 wins and 28 poles, and has...
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| George Hamilton |
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George Stevens Hamilton (born August 12, 1939) is an American film and television actor.
Hamilton was the eldest son of bandleader George "Spike" Hamilton and his first wife, Ann Stevens (formerly Mrs. William Potter). He was born in Memphis,...
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| Penn Jillette |
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Penn Fraser Jillette (born March 5, 1955) is an American magician, comedian, illusionist, juggler, musician and writer known for his work with fellow illusionist Teller in the team Penn & Teller, and advocacy of atheism, Objectivist philosophy, free...
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| Clyde Drexler |
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Clyde "The Glide" Austin Drexler (born June 22, 1962 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former National Basketball Association shooting guard. A ten-time All-Star and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, the NBA named him one of basketball's fifty...
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| Jerry Rice |
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Jerry Lee Rice |
Jerry Lee Rice (born October 13, 1962) is an American former football player. He is widely regarded as the greatest wide receiver ever and one of the greatest players in National Football League (NFL) history. The all-time leader in every major...
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| Mark Cuban |
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Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958) is an American entrepreneur. He is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, an NBA basketball team, and Chairman of HDNet, an HDTV cable network.
Mark Cuban was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and grew up in the Pittsburgh...
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| Jive |
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In Ballroom dancing, Jive is a dance style in 4/4 time that originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1940s. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance.
Jive is one of the five...
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| Lawrence Taylor |
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Lawrence Julius Taylor (born February 4, 1959), nicknamed L.T., is a retired Hall of Fame American football player. Taylor played his entire professional career as a linebacker for the New York Giants in the National Football League (NFL). He is...
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| Michael Irvin |
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Michael Jerome Irvin (born March 5, 1966) is a former American football player for the Dallas Cowboys, and actor. He is also a former broadcaster for ESPN's NFL Countdown and currently an analyst for NFL Network. He is regarded as one of the most...
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| Tatum O'Neal |
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Tatum Beatrice O'Neal |
Tatum Beatrice O'Neal (born November 5, 1963) is an American actress best known for her film work as a child actress in the 1970s. She remains, at the age of 10, the youngest actor to win a competitive Academy Award.
O'Neal was born in Los Angeles,...
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| Cloris Leachman |
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Cloris Leachman (born April 30, 1926) is an American actress of stage, film and television. She has won eight Primetime Emmy Awards—more than any other female performer—and one Daytime Emmy Award. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress...
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| Warren Sapp |
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Warren Harrison Sapp (born December 19, 1972) is a retired American football player who played defensive tackle in the National Football League. He played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Oakland Raiders during his 13 year professional career,...
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| Quickstep |
Quickstep is an International Style ballroom dance that follows a 2/4 or 4/4 time beat, similar to a fast Foxtrot. An example of a song suitable for the classic quickstep would be Louis Prima's "Sing, Sing, Sing". However, while the dance may appear...
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| Vivica A. Fox |
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Vivica Anjanetta Fox (born July 30, 1964) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the films Independence Day, Set It Off, Soul Food, Why Do Fools Fall In Love and Kill Bill: Vol. 1.
Fox, who is of African American and Native...
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| Mario López |
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Mario Lopez |
Mario Lopez, Jr. (born October 10, 1973) is an American actor who has appeared on several television series, in films, and on Broadway. He is best-known for his portrayal of the character A.C. Slater on Saved By The Bell from 1989-1994.
He has...
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| Rachel Hunter |
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Rachel Hunter (born September 9, 1969) is a New Zealand model, actress and reality TV show host.
Born in Glenfield, Auckland, New Zealand, Hunter began modelling by age 17 and rose to prominence after posing as a Sports Illustrated model in 1989....
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| Susan Lucci |
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Susan Victoria Lucci |
Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23, 1946) is an American actress, best known for portraying iconic character Erica Kane on the daytime drama All My Children. Lucci has been called "Daytime's Leading Lady" by TV Guide, with New York Times and Los...
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| Ted McGinley |
Theodore Martin "Ted" McGinley (born May 30, 1958) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Jefferson D'Arcy on the television series Married... with Children, and as Charley Shanowski on the former ABC sitcom Hope & Faith. He...
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| Harry Hamlin |
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Harry Robinson Hamlin |
Harry Robinson Hamlin (born October 30, 1951) is an American film and television actor, known for his role as Perseus in the 1981 fantasy film Clash of the Titans, and as Michael Kuzak in the legal drama series L.A. Law.
Hamlin was born in Pasadena,...
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| Lisa Rinna |
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Lisa De Anne Rinna |
Lisa Deanna Rinna (born July 11, 1963) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Billie Reed on Days of our Lives, Taylor McBride on Melrose Place, and most recently as the host of SoapNet's Soap Talk.
At 22, Rinna appeared in the...
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| Joey Lawrence |
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Joseph Lawrence Mignogna, Jr. |
Joey Lawrence (born April 20, 1976) is an American actor, singer, and television host.
Lawrence was born Joseph Mignogna, Jr. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Donna Mignogna, a personnel manager, and Joseph Mignogna, Sr., an insurance...
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| Kelly Monaco |
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Kelly Marie Monaco (born May 23, 1976) is an American model, actress, reality television contestant and winner of Dancing with the Stars in Season 1. Since 2003, she has played the character of Sam McCall on General Hospital.
In April 1997, Monaco...
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| Steve Guttenberg |
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Steven Robert "Steve" Guttenberg (born August 24, 1958) is an American actor and comedian. He became known during the 1980s, after a series of starring roles in major Hollywood films, including Cocoon, Three Men and a Baby, Police Academy, and Short...
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| Mark Dacascos |
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Mark Alan Dacascos (born February 26, 1964) is an American actor and martial artist. He won numerous karate and various styles of kung fu championships between the ages of 7 and 18.
Beginning in January 2005, Dacascos has portrayed "the Chairman" on...
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| Tucker Carlson |
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Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson (born May 16, 1969) is an American political news correspondent and commentator for the Fox News Channel. He is a senior fellow of the Cato Institute.
He formerly co-hosted CNN's Crossfire and MSNBC's Tucker.
Tucker...
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| Steve-O |
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Stephen Gilchrist "Steve-O" Glover (born June 13, 1974) is an American daredevil and television personality. He is best known as one of the performers on the TV series Jackass and Wildboyz.
Steve-O was born in the London suburb of Wimbledon to an...
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| Paulina Porizkova |
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Paulina Porizkova (Czech: Pavlína Pořízková, pronounced [ˈpavliːna ˈpor̝iːskovaː]; born April 9, 1965) is a Czech model and actress.
Born in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia, Pořízková was still a toddler when her parents left Czechoslovakia, fleeing the...
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| Natalie Coughlin |
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Natalie Anne Coughlin (born August 23, 1982) is an American swimmer who has represented the United States at the 2004 and the 2008 Olympics. At the 2008 Olympics, she became the first American female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six...
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| Misty May-Treanor |
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Misty Erie May-Treanor (born July 30, 1977) is an American professional beach volleyball player. She has won more tournaments than any other female player with 105 career wins.
May-Treanor and teammate Kerri Walsh were the gold medalists in beach...
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| Josie Maran |
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Johanna Selhorst "Josie" Maran (born May 8, 1978) is an American model and actress.
Maran was born in Menlo Park, California. She attended Castilleja School, an all-girls' school in Palo Alto, California. She is of Russian-Jewish descent on her...
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| Tom Bergeron |
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Thomas "Tom" Bergeron (born May 6, 1955) is an American television personality and game show host, best known to the public as the host of America's Funniest Home Videos (2001–present) and Hollywood Squares (1998–2004). He is also the host for the...
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| David Alan Grier |
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David Alan Grier (born June 30, 1955), also known as "D.A.G." (DAG), is an American actor and comedian known for his work on the sketch comedy television show In Living Color. He hosted the Comedy Central satirical news and sketch comedy program...
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| Giselle Fernández | Giselle Fernandez |
Giselle Fernández (born May 15, 1961) is an American television journalist. Her appearances on network television include as reporter and guest anchor for CBS Early Show, CBS Evening News, NBC Today, NBC Nightly News, regular host for Access...
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