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Joanne Filan

Growing up in New Jersey (but refusing to die there), Joanne Filan has made her way around the comedy club scene and around the comedy country. Performing at well-known places such as The Friars Club, Broadway Comedy Club, Caroline's, Greenwich Village Comedy Club and more, not to mention a fixture in the traveling show, “The Broads of Broadway”, she is well known in the comedy world. She even reaches the masses through her TV and media appearances, including Hulu, Fox, Amazon, Here TV…

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Jody Duncan

Jody Duncan is the editor of Cinefex magazine, which is the leading publication on special effects in the movies. She is the author of books on the making of groundbreaking films, including Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, and Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

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Joe Starr

Being the grandson of a Vaudeville dancer, Joe Starr is only one generation removed from his comedy idols like Jackie Gleason, Jack Benny and Alan King.

The entertainment bug bit early after performing in a series of comedy sketches at the age of 9 in The Northwest Comedy Review. By 15 he was in comedy clubs learning from Show-business legends like Pat Cooper, Robert Klein and Jay Leno, who quickly recognized Joe as a natural talent who carried a healthy respect for his senior peers…

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Joe Travers

Grammy award winner Joe Travers has been playing drums in the Los Angeles area for twenty-five years. A Berklee College Of Music graduate, Joe moved to LA in 1992 and by March 1993 he had landed the gig with Dweezil & Ahmet Zappa's group "Z". Since then Joe has gone on to play for many acts over the years including Duran Duran, Lisa Loeb, Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes), Billy Idol, Zappa Plays Zappa and Eric Johnson.

When Joe is not on the road, he spends his tim…

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Joey Kola

As a stand-up comedian for 40 years, Joey Kola has performed for hundreds of thousands of people throughout his career in the US, Canada and England. His high energy, spot on punch lines, and fast delivery assault an audience like a comedic freight train. Joey's topical and timeless material combine to always make his audiences laugh hard.

Joey has worked at countless comedy clubs, colleges, casinos, theatres, cruise ships and corporate functions. Kola's also proud of the s…

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Joey Molland

Joseph Charles Molland is an English composer and rock guitarist whose recording career spans five decades. He is best known as a member of Badfinger, the most successful of the acts he performed with. Molland is the last surviving member from the band's classic line-up. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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John Doe

John is an American singer, songwriter, actor, poet, guitarist and bass player. Doe co-founded LA punk band X, of which he is still an active member. His musical performances and compositions span rock, punk, country and folk music genres. As an actor, he has dozens of television appearances and several movies to his credit, including the role of Jeff Parker in the television series Roswell.

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John Fugelsang

He's been murdered on CSI, interviewed 2 Beatles on separate continents in the same week, and famously once got Mitt Romney's advisor to call Governor Romney an 'etch a sketch' on CNN. Actor, comedian & broadcaster John Fugelsang hosts 'Tell Me Everything" weekdays on SiriusXM Insight #121.

He recently performed in 'The Bill of Rights Concert" alongside Lewis Black & Dick Gregory which aired on AXS. He's also appeared at Montre…

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John Messina

John Messina is an HFA (Health and Fitness Advisor) who's
been in the business of getting people healthy both mentally and
physically since he was 17!

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Johnny Barry

Johnny Barry, guitarist for AMH, has always had the vision of being in a rock band from such a young age. He picked up the guitar when he was 8 and hasn’t been able to stop since. At age 10, he started his first band, Metal Hawks, with two other kids who would later be replaced by current bandmates, Ryan Daversa on vocals and later bass, and Alex Hertler on drums. He met Ryan at a school talent show in 2014, and Alex at a music store where they both took lessons. His biggest influences are V…

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John Romita Jr.

John Romita Jr. is the son of Virginia (Bruno) and comic book artist John Romita Sr., one of the signature Spider-Man artists since the 1960s. He studied advertising art and design at Farmingdale State College in East Farmingdale, New York, graduating in 1976.

Romita Jr.'s first contribution to Marvel Comics was at the age of 13 with the creation of the Prowler in The Amazing Spider-Man #78 (Nov. 1969). Romita Jr. began his career at Marvel UK, doing sketches for covers of repri…

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Jonathan Katz

onathan Katz is an award-winning comedian, actor, writer, and podcaster who has appeared on television and in films for nearly four decades. Best known for co-creating and starring in the Comedy Central series “Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist,” Jonathan won an Emmy award for the show in 1997. The show’s creators also won a Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting. Jonathan later created and produced “Raising Dad,” the WB sitcom starring the late Bob Saget, and Brie Larson, and played th…

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Jonathan Russell

Jonathan Russell, Lead Singer & Main Songwriter For The Head And The Heart

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Jonathan Stark

Gordon Johnston "Jonathan" Stark is an American television producer, writer, and actor. He created—along with his writing partner, Tracy Newman—the sitcom According to Jim and won an Emmy for his co-writing on "The Puppy Episode" in which Ellen DeGeneres's character Ellen Morgan came out of the closet on Ellen in 1997.

As an actor, he is best known for playing the vampire bodyguard and servant Billy Cole in Fright Night (1985), Sergeant Krieger in Project X …

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Jonn Penney

Jonn Penney is a musician best known as the lead singer of Ned"s Atomic Dustbin.

He went to Thorns School and Community College in Quarry Bank, where he met Ned"s bass player Matt Cheslin. Penney used to live in a house near the Swan Hotel in Stourbridge, where he used to drink. He now lives within walking distance from there.

He formed Ned"s Atomic Dustbin in 1988 while still at sixth form college.

Ned's Atomic Dustbin are an English rock band for…

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Jon Stancer

Jon Stancer is a singer-songwriter and musician, somewhere within the alt-rock-pop milieux. Born in Toronto in 1970, he gravitated to music as a young child and began composing by the age of 11. He spent the majority of his teens and 20s writing, recording and performing with various friends and collaborators, notably, as guitarist and backing vocalist for singer-songwriter, John Southworth. During this time he appeared on Southworth’s critically acclaimed debut LP, Mars Pennsylvania – and –…

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Jordan The Stallion

Jordan Howlett AKA Jordan The Stallion is a TikTok star with over 5 million followers on the platform. concentrating primarily on his views as a 20 something in the work place, navigating through life, relationships and social media stardom all through the reflection of a bathroom mirror.

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Jorge Calderon

Calderón is a highly accomplished musician, songwriter, and producer known for his work in the rock, pop, and Americana music scenes. He has collaborated with some of the most iconic artists of our time, including Jackson Browne, and the Eagles, and has contributed to countless hit records throughout his career.
Perhaps one of the most significant partnerships in his career was his friendship and creative collaboration with the late Warren Zevon, a legendary singer-songwriter known for hi…

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Joshua Radin

Joshua Radin (born June 14, 1974) is an American singer-songwriter. He has recorded nine studio albums, and his songs have been used in a number of films and TV series. His most successful album, Simple Times, was released in 2008.

Joshua Radin was born and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio, United States, to a Jewish family of Polish, German, Austrian, and Russian background. He studied drawing and painting at Northwestern University, following his college years with stints as an art t…

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Judy Gold

Judy Gold (born November 15, 1962) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, podcaster, television writer and producer. She won two Daytime Emmy Awards for her work as a writer and producer on The Rosie O'Donnell Show. She has also been involved in many projects in various roles, including the television series All-American Girl and HBO at the Multiplex segments where she asks humorous questions of unexpecting moviegoers.

She was born on November 15, 1962, in Newark, New Jersey…

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Julia Scotti

Julia has been a very busy person. In addition to performing standup at venues all over the country, she is currently starring in the critically acclaimed documentary, “Julia Scotti: Funny that Way”. After a very successful film festival tour, it is now streaming on digital platforms! Find it here https://geni.us/JuliaScottiFilm .

Julia continues to break down barriers in every facet of show business, proving that age not just a number, it’s an asset!

She…

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Julie Seabaugh

Julie Seabaugh, the celebrated comedy journalist renowned for her captivating writing style, deep comprehension of the comedy world, and infectious passion for humor, joins us on the latest episode of Dystopia Tonight! With years of immersive industry experience, Julie has amassed a treasure trove of stories and conducted interviews with the brightest minds in comedy, establishing herself as a trusted voice in the realm of comedy journalism. Her contributions have graced the pages of esteeme…

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Keith Roberts

My Story

Well, where do I start. I was born in Dublin to Ann and Charlie. Both in the entertainment biz during the exciting sixties. Dublin was experiencing the civil rights revolution as America was and the just started TV station was the place to be. My Dad was one of the first stage managers at RTE and my Mum became one of the first female singers to perform on the station. I was born in 1965 and apparently created great excitement for them as I was the “first son” (my sister Joce…

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Kelly Carlin

Kelly Carlin is a thinker, writer, talker and doodler. She’s funny, serious, silly and deep. Sometimes she wishes she were Carol Burnett, other days it’s Patti Smith, but mostly it’s Oprah Winfrey. It’s complicated. Her fascinations range from discovering how to live a true and deep life, to freedom of expression, to the evolution of consciousness and the American psyche. She’s a practitioner of Zen Buddhism, has a Masters in Jungian/Archetypal psychology (no, she is not a therapist), and co…

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