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Robert Conrad is an American actor. He is best known for his role in the 1965 CBS television series The Wild Wild West, in which he played the... sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West, and his portrayal of World War II ace Pappy Boyington in the television series Baa Baa Black Sheep. He was a recording artist of pop/rock songs in the early 1960s as Bob Conrad before he started acting. He currently hosts a weekly 2 hour national radio show on CRN Digital Talk Radio. Conrad was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Jackie Smith, first publicity director of Mercury Records, who married Chicago disk jockey and radio personality Eddie Hubbard in 1948. Hubbard and Smith reportedly had at least one child together but split up by 1958. Signed to Warner Brothers as an actor, Conrad took advantage of Warner's recording division. He eventually released several recordings issued on a variety of LPs, EPs, and SPs 33 and a third and 45 rpm records during the late 1950s and early 1960s. He had a minor Billboard hit song in "Bye Bye Baby" which reached #113.
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Richard Gunn is an actor best known for his role as Sketchy in Dark Angel . He has also starred temporarily in Showtime TV series Dexter as Sean,... appearing in the episode Crocodile in season 1. He also appeared in the TV series The Mentalist. Richard Gunn has starred in the feature films Garden Party, Fugue, Framily, and For the Love of Money.
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Chloe Hunter is an American model and actress best known for appearing in the 2002 film Spun, as well as having her stomach and hand featured in the... poster for the 1999 film American Beauty. For her role in Spun, Hunter's character notably spent almost the entire film tied to a bed completely nude. Her other acting appearances include minor roles in Leprechaun in the Hood, Down to You and For Heaven's Sake.
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Gavin Kaysen is executive chef at noted French chef and restaurateur Daniel Boulud's New York City restaurant, Cafe Boulud. He previously headed the... kitchen at El Bizcocho in San Diego. In 2007, he represented U.S.A. at the Bocuse d'Or. He was a competitor on The Next Iron Chef, eliminated during the third challenge, 'Resourcefulness'. A graduate of the New England Culinary Institute, Kaysen was inspired to become a chef while working at a Subway in Bloomington, Minnesota: In 2007, Kaysen was named one of the top 10 ‘Best New Chefs’ by Food & Wine. Before becoming executive chef at Cafe Boulud, he worked at Domaine Chandon in Yountville, California, under Robert Curry, at Auberge de Lavaux in Lausanne, Switzerland, and under Marco Pierre White at L'Escargot in London, England. Chef Kaysen was eliminated during the third episode of The Next Iron Chef due to his food being ‘underseasoned’ and ‘undersalted’ in the opinions of the judges.
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Steven Gerard Connell is an American actor, playwright, poet and spoken word artist. Born in Thousand Oaks, California, Connell is the youngest of... two children. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre. Connell burst onto the spoken word scene in Los Angeles, California. By 2003 he had won a number of national and regional slam championships in the United States, including the 2002 Hollywood Championship and the 2003 LA Championship. He was also the 2003 New Word Series Champion and, as captain of Team LA, won the 2003 National Poetry Championship. His skill as a poet and performer made him a sought-after spoken word artist in Los Angeles, making him a regular at Da Poetry Lounge, Fly Poets and other poetry venues in the United States. He also served as poet and creative director for two national spoken word tours, The Underground Poets Railroad and Norman Lear’s Declare Yourself. As part of Declare Yourself he traveled across the United States in a campaign during the 2004 United States presidential elections to encourage young people to register to vote.
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Taylor Knox is an American professional surfer. He is currently competing on the ASP World Tour. Knox was born in Thousand Oaks, California and... began surfing at 8 years old. He moved with his family to Carlsbad at 13 and continued to pursue his dream of becoming a pro surfer. At age 15, he had to undergo back surgery after a damaged lumbar vertebra from a skateboarding accident threatened to paralyze him. He spent the next six months in a cocoon-like body cast. In 1990, Knox participated in the World Amateur Championships in Japan. He finished fourth place, ahead of fellow USA team mate Kelly Slater, who placed fifth. He began his ASP World Tour campaign in 1993. In February 1998, Knox won the inaugural K2 Big-Wave Challenge, an event that offered $50,000 to the surfer who caught the biggest wave of the winter and had photographic evidence. The winning wave was a 52-foot ride at Todos Santos during the Reef Big-Wave World Championships. In 1999 Knox took a one year hiatus from the World Tour. He returned in 2001 and achieved his highest ASP World Tour rating of 4th place.
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Heather Elizabeth Morris is an American actress, dancer, and singer best known for her role as the cheerleader Brittany S. Pierce in the musical... comedy series Glee. Morris was born in Thousand Oaks, California, and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona. She began dancing when she was one. Morris competed at a young age in a variety of styles including jazz, tap, and contemporary. Morris's father died when she was 14 years old. "It's something that is hard for me, because I'm sad about it, but I don't dwell on it," she said during an interview workshop with students in December 2009. "I know he's in a better place, instead of suffering." After graduating from Desert Mountain High School, Morris decided to enroll in a local university but realized she was in the wrong place so she moved to L.A. instead at age 19. Morris' first significant appearance was in 2006 on So You Think You Can Dance Season 2 where she made the "green mile" or "Vegas Week" but failed to make the final 20 by a vote of 3-2. Not discouraged, Morris moved to Los Angeles and actively pursued a career in dancing and was trained in jazz dance. Her big break came in 2007 via Beyoncé.
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