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| x Leon Botstein |
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Leon Botstein (born December 14, 1946 in Switzerland) is an American conductor, scholar, and the President of Bard College.
Botstein is the brother of biologist David Botstein and husband of art historian Barbara Haskell. Both of Botstein's parents...
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Jan Schakowsky, Leon Botstein | ||
| x Bob Schieffer |
Bob Lloyd Schieffer (pronounced /ˈʃiːfər/; born February 25, 1937) is an American television journalist who has been with CBS News since 1969, serving 23 years as anchor on the Saturday edition of CBS Evening News from 1973 to 1996; chief Washington...
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Bob Schieffer / Spoiler Alert | |||
| x John Sexton |
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John Edward Sexton (born September 29, 1942) is the fifteenth President of New York University, having held this position since May 17, 2002, and the Benjamin Butler Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law. From 1988 to 2002, he...
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John Sexton / Words | ||
| x Surya Das |
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Lama Surya Das (born 1950) is an American-born lama in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. He is a poet, chantmaster, spiritual activist and author of many popular works on Buddhism; a teacher and spokesperson for Buddhism in the West. He has long been...
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Lama Surya Das / U.S.A.? U.S.A.? | ||
| x Brian Greene |
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Brian Greene (born February 9, 1963) is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. He has been a professor at Columbia University since 1996. Greene has worked on mirror symmetry, relating two different Calabi-Yau manifolds (concretely,...
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Brian Greene | ||
| x Sheryl WuDunn |
Sheryl WuDunn (simplified Chinese: 伍洁芳; traditional Chinese: 伍潔芳; pinyin: Wǔ Jiéfāng; born New York City) is a Chinese American business executive, author, lecturer, and the first Asian American to win a Pulitzer Prize.
A senior banker focusing on...
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Sheryl WuDunn / Frenemy | |||
| x Elaine Pagels |
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Elaine Pagels, née Hiesey (born Palo Alto, California, February 13, 1943), is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she is best known for her studies and writing on the...
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Elaine Pagels / Plan B | ||
| x Mike Huckabee |
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Michael Dale "Mike" Huckabee (born August 24, 1955) is an American politician who served as the 44th Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He was a candidate in the 2008 United States Republican presidential primaries, finishing second in delegate...
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Mike Huckabee, Russell Simmons | ||
| Mike Huckabee / Healthy Appetite | |||||
| Gov. Mike Huckabee, Matt Taibbi | |||||
| John Butler, Governor Mike Huckabee, Jack Jason, Marlee Matlin | Celebrity guest | ||||
| x Michael Dyson |
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Michael Eric Dyson (born October 23, 1958) is an American academic, author, and radio host. He is a professor of sociology at Georgetown University. Described by Michael A. Fletcher as "a Princeton Ph.D. and a child of the streets who takes pains...
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Michael Eric Dyson / Absolutely Maybe | ||
| Michael Eric Dyson / Goodnight | |||||
| x Jimmy Wales |
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Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales ( /ˈdoʊnəl ˈweɪlz/; born August 7, 1966) is an American Internet entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and promoter of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia and the Wikia company. Wales was born in Huntsville,...
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Jimmy Wales | ||
| x Leslie Uggams |
She was also nominated for an emmy,for her portrayal of kizzy in Roots.She was also the only american negro to sing on the mitch miller show and the second one to have her own TV show.
Leslie Uggams (born May 25, 1943, New York City) is an American...
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Him/Herself | |||
| x Jim Lehrer |
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James Charles "Jim" Lehrer ( /ˈlɛrə/; born May 19, 1934) is an American journalist and the executive editor and former news anchor for PBS NewsHour on PBS, known for his role as a frequent debate moderator during elections. Lehrer is an author of...
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Jim Lehrer / Jacksquat | ||
| x Elke Sommer |
Elke Sommer (born 5 November 1940), born Baroness Elke von Schletz, is a German actress, entertainer and artist.
Sommer was born in Berlin to a Lutheran minister and his wife. After World War II, the family was evacuated to Erlangen, a small...
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Him/Herself | |||
| x Nicholas Witchell |
Nicholas Newton Henshall Witchell (born 23 September 1953) is an English journalist. He is the current diplomatic and royal correspondent for BBC News. Previously he was a newscaster.
Witchell was born in Shropshire and educated at Epsom College, a...
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Voyage of the Damned | Him/Herself | ||
| x Sylvester Stallone |
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Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (pronounced /stəˈloʊn/; born July 6, 1946), commonly known as Sylvester Stallone, and nicknamed Sly Stallone, is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, film director and occasional painter. Stallone is known...
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| x Chizuru Azuma |
Japanese actress, probably best well-known to Western audiences for her appearance as a guest on Iron Chef.
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Iron Chef Blue Crab Battle (Zeng vs. Michiba) | Celebrity guest | ||
| x Zeng Ming Xing | Iron Chef Blue Crab Battle (Zeng vs. Michiba) | Contestant | |||
| x Madeleine Albright |
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Madeleine Korbelová Albright (born May 15, 1937) is the first woman to become the United States Secretary of State. She was appointed by U.S. President Bill Clinton on December 5, 1996, and was unanimously confirmed by a U.S. Senate vote of 99–0....
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Madeleine Albright / Fill 'Er Up | ||
| Madeleine Albright, James Fallows | |||||
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| x Chris Funk |
Christopher Lyman Funk is a multi-instrumentalist and member of the Portland, Oregon, indie rock band The Decemberists. He is originally from Valparaiso, Indiana where he worked at Front Porch Music which inspired his love of American Folk Music. He...
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Chris Funk, Robert Schneider | |||
| x Nora Ephron |
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Nora Ephron (born May 19, 1941) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, playwright, journalist, author, and blogger.
She is best known for her romantic comedies and is a triple nominee for the Academy Award for Writing...
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Nora Ephron / Killing two birds | ||
| x Roger Miller |
Roger Dean Miller (January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor, best known for his honky tonk-influenced novelty songs. His most recognized tunes included the chart-topping country/pop hits "King of the...
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Him/Herself | |||
| x Roy Rogers |
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Roy Rogers, born Leonard Franklin Slye (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), was an American singer and cowboy actor, one of the most heavily marketed and merchandised stars of his era, as well as being the namesake of the Roy Rogers Restaurants...
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Him/Herself | ||
| The Temptations / George Hamilton / Buddy Rich | Celebrity guest | ||||
| x Pauline Hanson |
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Pauline Lee Hanson (née Seccombe; born 27 May 1954) is an Australian politician and former leader of Pauline Hanson's One Nation, a political party with a populist and anti-multiculturalism platform. In 2006, she was named by The Bulletin as one of...
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The Shadow We Cast | Him/Herself | |
| x Kenji Fukui |
Kenji Fukui (福井 謙二, Fukui Kenji, born September 8, 1953 Hiroshima) is a Japanese television announcer. He began his broadcasting career in 1976 with Fuji Television, and is currently one of the three longest-serving television presenters on the Fuji...
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Iron Chef Blue Crab Battle (Zeng vs. Michiba) | Co-host | ||
| Iron Chef Horse Mackerel Battle (Umemiya vs. Michiba) | Co-host | ||||
| x Clive James |
Clive Vivian Leopold James, CBE, AM (born 7 October 1939), born Vivian James, is an Australian author, critic, broadcaster, poet and memoirist, best known for his autobiographical series Unreliable Memoirs, for his chat shows and documentaries on...
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Clive James / Lemon-Raid | |||
| x Emily Yoffe |
Emily Yoffe (born 1955) a journalist, is a regular contributor to Slate magazine. She has also written for The New York Times, O, The Oprah Magazine, The Washington Post, Esquire, The Los Angeles Times and many other publications. Yoffe began her...
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Emily Yoffe / You're Welcome | |||
| x Jack Welch |
John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr. (born November 19, 1935(1935-11-19)) is an American chemical engineer, business executive, and author. He was Chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001. During his tenure at GE, the company's value...
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Jack Welch / The Draft | |||
| x Norman J. Ornstein |
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Norman J. Ornstein is a political scientist and resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a Washington D.C. think tank. Ornstein was born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota in 1948 and received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in...
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Norman Ornstein / The Long War | ||
| x Mark Bowden |
Not to be confused with Mark Bowden, U.N. Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative for Somalia.
Mark Robert Bowden (born July 17, 1951) is an American writer and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Born in St. Louis,...
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Mark Bowden / Class Warfare | |||
| x John Kasich |
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John Richard Kasich (pronounced /ˈkeɪsɨk/; born May 13, 1952) is the 69th and current Governor of Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 12th...
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John Kasich | ||
| x Merv Hughes |
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Mervyn Gregory Hughes (born 23 November 1961) is a former Australian cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler, he represented Australia between 1985 and 1994 in 53 Test matches, taking 212 wickets. He played 33 One Day Internationals, taking 38 wickets....
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Workin' Class Man | ||
| x Bruce Forsyth |
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Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson CBE, (born 22 February 1928), commonly known as Bruce Forsyth, or Brucie, is an English TV personality. He became known through the series Sunday Night at the London Palladium, going on to present television series...
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Muppet Show 1.13 | Him/Herself | |
| x Dhani Jones |
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Dhani Makalani Jones (born February 22, 1978) is a former American football linebacker who played for eleven seasons in the National Football League. He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines, earning All-Big Ten honors for three...
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Dhani Jones / Solidarity | ||
| x Spike Milligan |
Terence Alan Patrick Seán "Spike" Milligan KBE (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was a comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier and actor. His early life was spent in India, where he was born, but the majority of his working life was...
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Him/Herself | |||
| x Bob Costas |
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Robert Quinlan Costas (born March 22, 1952) is an American sportscaster, on the air for NBC Sports television since the early 1980s.
Bob Costas was born in Queens, New York as a son of Jayne (née Quinlan), of Irish descent, and John George Costas,...
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Bob Costas / Lombardi | ||
| x Richard Linklater |
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Richard Stuart Linklater (born July 30, 1960) is an American film director and screenwriter.
Linklater was born in Houston, Texas. He studied at Sam Houston State University and left midway through his stint in college to work on an off-shore oil...
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Richard Linklater / Play Ball! | ||
| x Lesley Stahl |
Lesley Rene Stahl (born December 16, 1941) is an American television journalist. Since 1991, she has reported for CBS on 60 Minutes.
Stahl was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, of Jewish heritage, the daughter of Dorothy J. (née Tishler), and Louis E....
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Lesley Stahl / Bacchanalia | |||
| x András Simonyi |
h.e. Mr. András Simonyi (16 May 1952) is the Managing Director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC. He was the Hungarian ambassador to the...
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Jeannette Walls, Andr‡ás Simonyi / Hip Replacement | |||
| x Toby Keith |
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Toby Keith Covel (born July 8, 1961), best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's...
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Toby Keith / McConaughey | ||
| Toby Keith / Missed Opportunity | |||||
| Jerry Springer, Toby Keith | Celebrity guest | ||||
| Toby Keith, Kristin Cavallari | Celebrity guest | ||||
| x Magic Johnson |
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Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After winning championships in high school and...
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Homer Defined | Him/Herself | |
| x Steve Berra |
Steve Berra (born May 10, 1973) is an American professional skateboarder.
Steve Berra began his skateboarding career in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 14. In 1989, Steve Berra met skating legend Tony Hawk in Nebraska. The two forged a friendship over...
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Get With Your Power Animal | |||
| x Alexandra Robbins |
Alexandra Robbins (born in 1976) is a journalist, lecturer, and author. Her books focus on young adults, education, and modern college life and its aspects that are often overlooked or ignored by college administrators. Three of her five books have...
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Alexandra Robbins / Pencils Down | |||
| x David Kuo |
J. David Kuo is a writer and author.
His first book was the Good Morning America book club selection, dot.bomb: My Days and Nights at an Internet Goliath.
His second book Tempting Faith, briefly appeared on the New York Times best-seller list and...
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David Kuo / Sherlock | |||
| x Frank Rich |
Frank Rich (born June 2, 1949) is an American essayist and op-ed columnist who wrote for The New York Times from 1980, when he was appointed its chief theatre critic, until 2011. He held various positions with the Times—-in 1994 he became an op-ed...
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Frank Rich / Superegomaniac | |||
| Frank Rich / Tribalism | |||||
| x Christine Todd Whitman |
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Christine "Christie" Todd Whitman (born September 26, 1946) is an American Republican politician and author who served as the 50th Governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001, and was the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the...
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Christine Todd Whitman / Aggravated assault | ||
| x Bruce Bartlett |
Bruce Reeves Bartlett (b. October 11, 1951, in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American historian whose area of expertise is supply-side economics. He served as a domestic policy adviser to President Ronald Reagan and as the Treasury official under...
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Bruce Bartlett / Merrier | |||
| x Ricky Gervais |
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Ricky Dene Gervais (English pronunciation: /dʒərˈveɪz/, jər-VAYZ; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter.
Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his television series The...
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Ricky Gervais | Interviewee | |
| Ricky Gervais | Interviewee | ||||
| Ricky Gervais | Interviewee | ||||
| Ricky Gervais | Interviewee | ||||
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| x Carol Channing |
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Carol Elaine Channing (born January 31, 1921) is an American singer, actress, and comedienne. She is the recipient of three Tony Awards (including one for lifetime achievement), a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination. Channing is best remembered for...
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Muppet Show 4.95 | Him/Herself | |
| Girlie Show | Him/Herself | ||||
| x Diana Ross |
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Diana Ernestine Earle Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer, record producer, and actress.
Diana Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that has...
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Muppet Show 4.96 | Him/Herself | |
| x Ian Baker-Finch |
Ian Michael Baker-Finch (born 24 October 1960) is an Australian professional golfer, who is best known for winning The Open Championship in 1991.
Baker-Finch was born in Nambour, Queensland, Australia. He grew up in the same Queensland "neighborhood...
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A Hole in the Heart - Part 2 | |||
| x Richard A. Clarke |
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Richard Alan Clarke (born October 27, 1950) was a U.S. government employee for 30 years, 1973–2003. He worked for the State Department during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. In 1992, President George H.W. Bush appointed him to chair the Counter...
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Richard Clarke / Spectacle | ||
| Lynn Swann, Richard A. Clarke | |||||
| x Barry Manilow |
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Barry Manilow (born June 17, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter and producer. He is best known for such recordings as "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", and "Copacabana (At the Copa)."
In 1978, five of his albums were on...
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Barry Manilow / Shameless | ||
| Barry Manilow, Jerry Springer, Nicholas Sparks | Celebrity guest | ||||
| x Ralph Nader |
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Ralph Nader ( /ˈneɪdər/; born February 27, 1934) is an American political activist, as well as an author, lecturer, and attorney. Areas of particular concern to Nader include consumer protection, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic...
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Ralph Nader / Bard | ||
| x Glenn Ridge |
Glenn Daryl Ridge (born 21 November 1955 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian television presenter and owner and managing director of the Q Media Group, a production company which produces television specials and documentaries.
In the 80's...
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Add Sex and Stir | |||
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| x Sal Masekela |
Selema Mabena "Sal" Masekela (born August 28, 1971) is an American television host, sports commentator, actor, and singer.
Sal is the son of the South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela, and the older half-brother of Survivor: Cook Islands...
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This Is Not Mom-Certified | |||
| x Mark Berry |
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Mark Berry (born 18 April 1964 in Salford, England), commonly known as Bez (and occasionally credited as Bez "Bez" Bez), is a British dancer, percussionist, author and media personality. He is best known as a member of Happy Mondays and Black Grape....
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The Friday Night Project: Vinnie Jones | Celebrity guest | |
| x Nicholas D. Kristof |
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Nicholas Donabet Kristof (born April 27, 1959 in Yamhill, Oregon) is an American journalist, author, op-ed columnist, and a winner of two Pulitzer Prizes. He has written an op-ed column for The New York Times since November 2001 and The Washington...
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Nicholas Kristof / Home Field Advantage | ||
| x Takeshi Kaga |
Takeshi Kaga (鹿賀 丈史, Kaga Takeshi, born October 12, 1950) is a well-known stage and movie actor in Japan who is probably best known internationally for his portrayal of Chairman Kaga in the Japanese television show Iron Chef produced by Fuji TV. His...
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Iron Chef Blue Crab Battle (Zeng vs. Michiba) | Host | ||
| Iron Chef Horse Mackerel Battle (Umemiya vs. Michiba) | Host | ||||
| x Willie Nelson |
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Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of...
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Willie Nelson, Richard Holbrooke / Supernatural | ||
| x Amy Goodman |
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Amy Goodman (born April 13, 1957) is an American progressive broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist, investigative reporter and author. Goodman is the host of Democracy Now!, an independent global news program broadcast daily on radio,...
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Amy Goodman | ||
