American Songwriter/Wrote over 700 songs, the most famous of which, 'Santa Claus Is Coming to Town', became one of the biggest best sellers in American music history
British Comedian born 1930.'The Two Ronnies'(1971-87), 'The Ronnie Corbett Show','The Frost Report','No Sex Please,We're British','Casino Royale','Some Will Some Wont','Sorry!','Fierce Creatures'
Highly decorated officer while on the Mob's payroll; FBI Undercover Agent; Author - Double Deal: The Inside Story of Murder, Unbridled Corruption, and the Cop Who Was a Mobster
Film Producer/Director - Little Shop Of Horrors, The Wasp Woman, Swamp Women, The Wild Angels, It Conquered The World, House Of Usher, Pit & The Pendulum, Premature Burial, The Raven, The Terror, The Haunted Palace, Masque-Red Death, The Trip, Bloody Mama
US record label executive who also wrote countless liner notes, most notably for Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra; his work for the latter brought him two Grammy Awards: 1966 (Strangers in the Night album), 1967 (Sinatra at the Sands album)
American writer and host of Foreword, a podcast series where top notch thinkers take on big time ideas. Season One guests include Margaret Atwood, Walter Isaacson, BJ Novak, Jason Segel and John Cleese
American author, scholar, and literary critic. She is the book critic on the NPR radio program Fresh Air. In 2014, she wrote So We Read On, a book on the origins and power of The Great Gatsby
(May 10, 1934 - December 28, 2012) was an African-American poet, activist, small press publisher and spoken-word performance artist whose voice is celebrated for its political, surrealistic and dynamic innovations in lyricism and visceral sound
Comedian & Actor: I Spy, The Cosby Show, The Electric Company, Hickey & Boggs, Uptown Saturday Night, Let's Do It Again, A Piece of the Action, Fat Albert, The Devil and Max Devlin, Ghost Dad // In 2018 he was found guilty of aggravated indecent assault
(Shawn Andre Cosby 'Southern noir' crime fiction writer. Resides in Gloucester, Virginia, on Chesapeake Bay. Cosby published 3 crime novels: My Darkest Prayer, Blacktop Wasteland, and Razorblade Tears. A fourth novel, All the Sinners Bleed
John Coston is a veteran journalist and a former news editor on the national desk at the Wall Street Journal. He has written for the Watertown Daily Times, the Hartford Courant, and the Miami Herald. Coston is the author of two true crime books, To K
Author/A leader of 60s African-American Civil Rights Movement & member of inner-circle of one of its main organizations, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). As Director, was arguably the highest ranked female member of the organization
Veteran Broadcast Journalist: Anchor of 'The CBS Evening News', Former Co-Anchor of 'The Today Show' with Matt Lauer. Voice of Katie Current in Shark Tale .
French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. Co-invented the Aqua-Lung. Hosted the tv show The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. Created the Cousteau Society for the Protection of Ocean Life. Father of Jean-Michel Cousteau
The sometimes critical judge on 'American Idol' and 'Pop Idol', author of the amusing best-seller, 'I Don't Mean To Be Rude, But...', appeared in the film, 'Scary Movie 3', veteran music producer for BMG records, played Henry in Smart And Smarter simpson
Author of 'A Day in the Night of America,' 'Domers: A Year at Notre Dame,' and the recipient of the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award for 'Marching Home: To War and Back with The Men of One American Town.' Teaches at Columbia Univ
American cartoonist and children's book illustrator best known for his syndicated newspaper comic strip Mama's Boyz and his Newberry Award-winning graphic novel New Kid
Actor - Breaking Bad (as Walter White), Malcolm In The Middle (as Hal), Seinfeld (as Dr. Tim Whatley - 5), From The Earth To The Moon (as Buzz Aldrin), The Louie Show (as Curt), King Of Queens (as Tim), Raising Miranda (as Uncle Russell), Drive
Celebrity chef. Owner of Florida?s Cuvee 30A. Author, teacher, and inventor of Grill Plus Instant Marinade. Appeared on various tv shows. Personally cooked for a slew of celebrities including Bruce Willis, Jessica Simpson and Jerry Jones
Poet and author of more than sixty books, usually associated with the Black Mountain poets, though his verse aesthetic diverged from that school. He was close with Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, Allen Ginsberg, John Wieners and Ed Dorn