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Jonathan Brandis was a young American Actor who is probably best known for his roles on the television series Sequest DSV and in The NeverEnding Story II as well as the made for television adaptation of Stephen King’s masterpiece novel IT, in which he played the story’s lead character. Brandis also played in movies like Sidekicks [...]
Gans was a singer, comedian and impressionist who found success with his Las Vegas Strip performances. He had even been named Entertainer of the Year, and his show had been awarded Show of the Year. Before Gans made his way to Las Vegas, he was a professional baseball player. His knowledge of the game helped him [...]
Mexican-American Singer. Best Known As The ‘Queen of Tejano’.
Pressly was news anchor for KATV Channel 7 in Little Rock, Arkansas. She had worked at the station since May 2004. She also had a small part in the Oliver Stone movie W. where she played Ann Coulter.
Goodspeed was a former contest on the hugely popular show American Idol. She auditioned for season five in 2005, and was closely followed by the producers. Even though she had no singing ability, she gained semi-stardom through Youtube. Goodspeed claimed that her audition videos had been seen over a million times. Goodspeed didn’t hide the fact that [...]
Christine Chubbuck was a televsion news anchor in Sarasota, Florida who had battled depression for years before ultimately taking her own life on her own program. Before the notorious on-air suicide, she was able to bring some good to the world. She volunteered at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, giving puppet shows to developmentally disabled children.
Mac got his start as a stand-up comedian in Chicago’s Cotton Pickin’ Club. At the age of 32 he won the Miller Lite Comedy Search, this is when he started to develop a fan base. He started acting when he was offered the role of Pastor Clever in Ice Cube’s 1995 film Friday. Following his breakout [...]
Brad Renfro was a young actor who had appeared in mostly independent films. Perhaps most famously, he was the kid in the film version of John Grisham’s The Client, and later went on to appear in such films as Apt Pupil (based on the Stephen King novella), Bully, Ghost World, and Deuces Wild. His last [...]
Gregory Hines had a variety of talents. He was probably best known as an actor, but he was also a singer, a tap dancer, and a choreographer. He even displayed his tap dancing talent in the film Tap, in which he acted. Other films that he is remembered for are Running Scared, Eve of Destruction, A Rage [...]
Varney graduated from Lafayette Senior High School in Lexington Kentucky. He credited one of his teachers there for him becoming an actor. Most people know Varney simply as “Ernest”, for the character/persona he created Ernest P. Worrell. Between 1987 and 1990, Disney released four Ernest centric movies that generated over $99 million. Five more films were [...]