Contemptible Individuals In My Lifetime
A list of people in the public eye with whom I have reasons to... not like. From mild, forgivable dislikes, disagreements, and bad decisions to outright hatred. Most people listed here have not, and probably won't, face any type of criminal or civil actions in a court of law. Some of the people on this list are no longer with us.
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- Greg Abbott was born on 13 November 1957 in Wichita Falls, Texas, USA. He has been married to Cecilia Phalen since 15 August 1981. They have one child.
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Keith Ablow was born on 23 November 1961 in Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Psychopath, Surrender and Expert Witness (2003). He has been married to Debbie Ablow since 1995. They have two children.- Farrah Laurel Abraham was born and raised in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska. Her father Michael Abraham is of Syrian, Lebanese and Italian descent. Her mother Debra Danielsen is of Danish, German, Sicilian descent. Farrah's parents met in Arizona in their career field of top sales executives in the same company. She still has family in Arizona, as well as the Midwest and Denmark. Farrah Abraham is one to watch in 2019!
Having started as a young reality television star on the famed MTV's 16 & Pregnant turned international celebrity on MTV's Teen Mom franchise the "OG" "Legend" of the franchise. Abraham left the franchise after 10 years to continue her developments in scripted genre. She emerged as a New York Times bestselling author, advocate for women empowerment, keynote speaker, and serial entrepreneur with a master class "Ambition Into Reality" to teach others entrepreneurship from her successes. Among her international brands are Furnished by Farrah, Sophia Laurent Children's Boutique, Froco. She has become an established public figure with a growing empire. At the tender age of 16, Abraham evolved from high school cheerleader and aspiring model to teenage mom-to-be as documented in the MTV series "16 & Pregnant." Abraham faced single motherhood head-on as she dealt with the passing of the father of her child two months prior to her daughter Sophia's birth. The young star's story would eventually captivate international audiences and make her a fan favorite, creating the opportunity for Abraham to star in MTV's spin-off series, "Teen Mom."
After several seasons on MTV, Abraham pursued higher education and has continued to build her brand. Over the span of her blossoming career, Abraham has graced the covers of top magazines, such as Us Weekly and Life & Style. The reality star has also been featured on dozens of commercials and networks, including ABC, WE, VH1, MTV, Bravo, E!, FOX, NBC and many more! As a top reality television personality, Abraham has used her star power for advocacy projects. In August 2012, she released her first New York Times bestselling autobiography, My Teenage Dream Ended, which sold over 500,000 copies. Abraham's personal account of being a teen mother allowed her to reach fans on an international scale, which led to the release of her collection of therapeutic music singles.
Through personal appearances, Abraham has become the main attraction at nightlife venues and exclusive events around the world, which leverages her wide range of endorsements. The entrepreneur works with beverage companies, lifestyle brands, as well as with parenting and education companies to spread positive messages about their organizations and products. Farrah enjoys commercial projects as well in feature film, as she continues to exercise her passions in acting, voice over work and developing new shows and films. Abraham is known for breaking the cycle, and she is proud to have diminished the negative stigmas associated with being a teen parent by showing her life example. She continues to rise above the negative stigmas associated with reality TV, and is looking forward to bringing her top work ethic, focus, and drive to expand upon her acting portfolio. She aspires to turn her love of writing into a screenplay to produce her first feature film based off of her best selling memoir. Abraham enlightens, educates and inspires everyone around her, Farrah is a force an influencer who influences change.Exhibit A of how the best intentions are wasted on an individual who is unworthy of what a certain TV show is designed to do. - Writer
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Scott Adams, frustrated with the inanities of corporate America and its idiot bosses, created the comic strip "Dilbert" to lampoon all he considered repugnant-yet-funny in the workplace of cubicles. His title character Dilbert, the bespectacled MIT graduate with no mouth and flip-up tie, is part alter ego, part "every man." Dilbert was embraced by the comic-strip-reading public in 1989, and as of 2001, appeared through United Media's syndication efforts in an impressive 2,000 newspapers in 50-plus countries translated in 19 languages. Born on June 8, 1957, Adams was raised in Windham, New York, and as a youngster, he tried his hand at cartooning. He entered art contests with little success. He was chosen valedictorian of his high school class (he claimed it was because "the other 39 people in my class couldn't spell valedictorian"). From 1979 to 1986, he worked at a San Francisco bank in a variety of dead-end jobs (as a bank teller, he was held at gunpoint twice), then worked at Pacific Bell from 1986 to June 1995, mostly in various engineering groups. Inspired from Adams' idle doodlings during dull company meetings, nerdy Dilbert embodied many characteristics of his co-workers. Adams kept his day job at Pacific Bell for 8 years after the comic strip was launched, partly for financial security and partly for relevant material. He was finally asked to leave by a new boss because of "budget constraints." Adams' education was not in art or engineering; he earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York, then earned an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley in 1986. Adams is credited with being the first cartoonist to print his e-mail address in his comic strip and dilbert.com was the first syndicated comic strip to go online in 1995. As of 2001, it was the most widely read syndicated comic on the Internet. Adams has also successfully launched a full repertoire of Dilbert-emblazoned products from desk calendars to T-shirts; a Dilbert Web site; a short-lived animated TV show in 1999; and his own line of food products, including the "Dilberito," a frozen vegetarian burrito. Adams' many best-selling Dilbert books include "Build a Better Life by Stealing Office Supplies"; "The Dilbert Future"; "I'm Not Anti-Business, I'm Anti-Idiot"; "Journey to Cubeville"; and "Random Acts of Management." Adams is an irreverent member of Mensa.- He grew up poor in Boston. Even as a young boy, he had to support his family financially, for which he worked as a newspaper seller. After military service, various fields of activity followed; Adelson worked as a mortgage dealer, investment advisor and financial expert. After gaining a lot of experience in a wide variety of companies, Adelson moved to Las Vegas, where he wanted to attract new audiences to the gaming city by founding a computer trade fair. The COMDEX (Computer Dealers Exhibition) achieved great success in its founding year in 1979. From year to year, Adelson's Interface Group continued to expand the trade fair, growing from 4,000 visitors in 1979 to 110,000 visitors in 1989.
Under Adelson's leadership, COMDEX became one of the world's largest trade fairs, taking place in over 20 countries. During this time, Sheldon Adelson made a considerable fortune, which he used to purchase the "Sands Hotel & Casino" in Las Vegas in 1989. The "Sands" was mainly known for Frank Sinatra and the performances of the legendary Rat Pack. A year later, Adelson opened the Sands Expo and Convention Center, the only privately owned convention center in the United States to date. The doctor Miriam Ochshorn married in 1991; they became parents of two sons. In 1995, Adelson sold his Interface Group including COMDEX to the Japanese Softbank Corporation. He received US$860 million. Always looking for new business areas and investment opportunities, he was inspired by Venice during his honeymoon in 1991. Adelson had the vision of a new mega-resort hotel and wanted to create the water city of Venice in the Nevada desert.
The realization of the construction project cost 1.5 billion US$, but also set new standards in Las Vegas. "The Venetian" was expanded in 2003 and has since included 4,049 suites, 18 first-class restaurants, its own shopping mall and the typical Venice canals with gondolas and singing gondoliers. Sheldon Adelson, chairman and owner of Las Vegas Sands Corp., opened the Sands Macau casino hotel in China in May 2004. Macau was a Portuguese colony until December 1999 and is now considered the gambling mecca of Asia. With an estimated personal fortune of US$15.6 billion, Sheldon Adelson was ranked 19th on the Forbes list of the world's richest people in 2005. In 2007, he made an unsuccessful bid to acquire a majority stake in the Israeli newspaper Maariw . He therefore decided to start his own newspaper. On July 30, 2007, the first issue of the newspaper "Israel HaYom" was published. - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was born on 28 October 1956 in Aradan, Garmsar, Iran. He is an actor, known for FNAF Roblox Movie, Deh Namaki-ha (2008) and 60 Minutes (1968).
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Roger Eugene Ailes was born in Warren, Ohio, the son of Donna Marie and Robert Eugene Ailes, a factory foreman at a local factory. Later in life, Roger Ailes was inducted into the Warren High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame.
Roger Ailes graduated from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio with a BA in 1962. Soon afterwards, Ailes began his television career as a property assistant on The Mike Douglas Show (1961). Working in Cleveland and Philadelphia, Roger Ailes quickly rose to producer in 1965 and executive producer between 1967 and 1968. "The Mike Douglas Show" was also the show that allowed Roger Ailes to be nominated for an Emmy in 1968.
It was during Roger Ailes' work on "The Mike Douglas" show that he engaged in a lively discussion about Television and the role it plays in Politics with then-Presidential candidate Richard Nixon. Nixon, having recognized Roger Ailes talent and foresight, brought him on as media adviser to Nixon's presidential campaign from 1967-1968.
In 1968, Roger Ailes founded Ailes Communication in New York, a media production and consulting firm which consulted for a number of different politicians and businesses. He produced two Broadway plays: "Mother Earth" in 1972 and "Hot-L Baltimore", which premiered in 1973 and ran for three years.
Roger Ailes' exposure and success in his political consulting during the Nixon campaign, allowed him to once again consult for a presidential campaign. This time, for the 1984 campaign of Ronald Reagan. It is widely believed that Ailes' coaching of Reagan was the deciding factor which allowed Reagan to win the second presidential debate with Walter Mondale.
Again in 1987 and 1988, while acting as producer for several television specials, Roger Ailes successfully coached and consulted George Bush to victory in both the Republican primaries and, afterwards, the presidential election beating opponent Michael Dukakis. Roger Ailes announced his withdrawal from political consulting in 1992.
After his successful political consulting efforts, Roger Ailes helped produce a television special called "Television and the Presidency", which was later expanded to be a multi-part series. In 1988, Roger Ailes wrote a book called "You Are the Message: Secrets of the Master Communicators", in which he divulged some of the strategies and philosophies for successful performances in public.
In 1993, Roger Ailes was named president of CNBC. During Ailes' presidency at CNBC, he planned and executed the inception of another CNBC channel, "America's Talking", which debuted in 1994. It was on this channel that Roger Ailes hosted a nightly talk show called "Straight Forward".
Once the decision by Microsoft and NBC to create an online and cable news outlet became clear, and it was decided that "America's Talking" would be abandoned, Roger Ailes left - the newly named - MSNBC. Shortly after his departure from NBC/MSNBC, he was hired by Rupert Murdoch to create the now-famous "Fox News Channel" for Murdoch's News Corporation. Fox News quickly became the most-watched cable news network in the United States, in part due to notable names such as Geraldo Rivera, as well as the memorable tagline - which to this day is still used - "Fair and Balanced". Fox News is also credited with big name stars, such as Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and Greta Van Susteren.
To this day, he remains chair and CEO of Fox News Channel and also chairs Fox Television Stations, Twentieth Television, MyNetwork TV and Fox Business Network.- Bashar al-Assad has been the Syrian Dictator since 2000, he was born on September 11, 1965 in Damascus, Syria. He has been married to Asma Al Akhras since December 2000. They have three children. He is the son of Hafez al-Assad who ran as dictator. He went to school to be a medical doctor. His brother Bassel died in a car crash in 1994. So after he was called back to the Syrian army and was prepared to be a dictator for the country Syria, in 2000 he became Dictator of Syria after his father passed away. He had made a reform on the Damascus Spring which led to the shutdown of Mezzeh prison and releasing the Muslim prisoners. During the War on Terror he allied with the West and interrogated people believed to be al-Qaeda suspects. In 2005 Rafic Hariri was assassinated in the car bombing at the hotel in Lebanon. Soon afterwards he was blamed for the terrorist attack. In 2007 he was reelected to run for dictatorship. On January 26, 2011 Mass protests in Syria began and riots occurred and the Syrian Army responded with violence against the protesters which led to the 9 year Syrian war. Many of the refugees escaped Syria due to the violence occurring in the cities. Assad sent his army to retake the cities held by rebels. He is accused of the war crimes including torturing people in prisons and killing people who opposed him, He is also known for human rights violation against his people and is accused of using chemical attacks in Syria. Assad fought to retake the cities of Syria including Appello. He received military support from Russia to stop the uprisings of the Syrian rebels. He is still trying to retake Syria affected by the Syrian War.
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Timothy Allen Dick was born on June 13, 1953, in Denver, Colorado, to Martha Katherine (Fox) and Gerald M. Dick. His father, a real estate salesman, was killed in a collision with a drunk driver while driving his family home from a University of Colorado football game, when Tim was eleven years old. His mother, a community service worker, remarried her high school sweetheart, an Episcopalian deacon, two years after Tim's father's death. He was raised with his many siblings and step-siblings. When Tim was young, his family moved to Birmingham, Michigan.
In high school, his favorite subject was shop, of course, and after high school, he attended Western Michigan University and graduated with a degree in Television Production in 1975. In 1978, he was arrested on drug charges and spent two years in jail. Upon his release, he had a new outlook on life and on a dare from a friend, started his comedy career at the Comedy Castle in Detroit. Later, he went on to do several cable specials, including, Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen (1988) and Tim Allen: Men Are Pigs (1990). In 1991, he became the star of his own hit television series on ABC called Home Improvement (1991). While continuing to film his television series throughout most of the 1990s, he starred in a string of blockbuster movies, including The Santa Clause (1994), Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 2 (1999) and Galaxy Quest (1999). In August 1996, he developed and unveiled his own signature line of power tools, manufactured by Ryobi. On top of all that, he has his own racing team, Tim Allen/Saleen RRRRacing. In May 1999, he ended his series Home Improvement (1991) after eight seasons and in 2001, he filmed such movies as Big Trouble (2002) and Joe Somebody (2001).- Writer
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Steven L. Anderson was born on 24 July 1981 in Sacramento, California, USA. He is a writer and director, known for The Life of Moses (2010), AIDS: The Judgment of God (2014) and The Truth About Birth Control (2014). He has been married to Zsuzsanna Tóth since 13 August 2000. They have nine children.- Actor
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Armstrong was raised alone by his mother. Even as a child and teenager, he invested a lot of time in cycling. At the age of 13, Armstrong achieved his first victories in cycling races and other sports. In 1984 he won the youth triathlon championship. Three years later he practiced triathlon as a professional athlete. This was followed by qualification for training with the Olympic team. In 1992, Armstrong made his debut as a professional cyclist at the race in San Sebastian, Spain. Armstrong drove in the "Motorola" team from 1992 to 1996 and in the "Cofidis" team in 1997. With toughness, ambition and endurance, Lance Armstrong cycled his way to the top of the world in the 1990s. In 1996 he was considered number one on the world cycling rankings. In October 1996, Armstrong's doctors diagnosed him with testicular cancer. In addition, metastases were found in the lungs and brain. Now not only was the exceptional athlete's promising career at stake, but also his survival. It is probably thanks to Armstrong's iron will that he was able to successfully fight cancer. In order to survive and be cured, he endured the most aggressive chemotherapy.
This was successfully carried out on him. The athlete began cycling again after just five months, in May 1998. Armstrong not only emerged from this serious phase of illness healed, but also stronger. He prepared for his comeback in major professional cycling racing by taking part in smaller races. His greatest success after recovering from cancer was his first victory in the "Tour de France" on July 25, 1999. Since then, he has distinguished himself as the most successful performer and boss in the "US Postal" team. Armstrong's rounded light-footedness and his stretched position out of the saddle were characteristic of his riding style. Coming to terms with the illness was not only reflected in Armstrong's changed awareness of life and sport, but also in the founding of the "Lance Armstrong Foundation". The foundation is dedicated to supporting children with cancer. The athlete also launched the "Ride for the Roses" sponsored race. In 2000 he won bronze in the Olympic individual road time trial. In the following years, Lance Armstrong became the most successful professional cyclist of all time with another six victories in the overall ranking of the "Tour de France" in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
In 2003 he was named World Athlete of the Year. In 2004 he won the "Tour de Georgia". In 2004 he designed the Livestrong bracelet. The bracelet was part of the "Wear Yellow and live strong" campaign, which aims to support cancer patients and cancer survivors. In collaboration with Nike, approximately $70 million was raised for the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF). In 2009 he came third in the Tour de France. In 2010, Lance Armstrong finished the 97th Tour de France in 23rd place overall. In May 2010 he was awarded the "Laureus World Sports Award" for the second time, after 2000. In October 2012, Lance Armstrong was retroactively stripped of all his titles since August 1, 1998 and given a lifelong ban by the UCI (World Cycling Federation). He was accused of long-term, systematic doping abuse, which he confessed to in January 2013. With his first wife, Kristin Richard, he had a son and two daughters. This marriage ended in divorce in 2004. Another daughter and another son were born from his relationship with Anna Hansen in 2009 and 2010.- Joe Arpaio was born on 14 June 1932 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor, known for The Mis-Adventures of Catboy, The War on Drugs (2007) and 2020: The Dumpster Fire (2021). He was previously married to Ava Arpaio.
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Julian Assange was born on 3 July 1971 in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. He is a producer and director, known for Mediastan (2013), Collateral Murder (2010) and Risk (2016). He has been married to Stella Assange since 23 March 2022.- Writer
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Hunter Vincent Avallone is a young political commentator and social critic active on YouTube, as of December 2017. Located in Frederick, Maryland, he began gaining popularity in early March of 2016 when his video "The Truth about Transgenders" sparked controversy after being featured in multiple pro-LGBT news articles
Despite the heavy backlash, Hunter continued creating online content, later going viral in August of 2016 with his video, "Why I Hate Fat Acceptance", hitting almost one million views. His YouTube channel now has over 353,000 subscribers and he continues to post videos talking about society and politics. He has covered multiple controversial issues such as black lives matter, feminism, abortion, modern liberalism and social justice.- Well known American trial lawyer specializing in high profile cases and disputes throughout the United States. Routinely featured in the media. Responsible for securing over $1 Billion in verdicts and settlements as lead counsel, including an April 2017 $454 Million verdict after a jury trial in Federal Court in Los Angeles in a fraud case against Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) and Halyard Health (NYSE: HYH) that was featured on 60 Minutes; a $80.5 million class action settlement against Service Corporation International (NYSE: SCI) in another case featured on 60 Minutes and in the international press (settlement reached in the middle of trial); a $39 million settlement in a case involving the alleged theft of trade secrets; and a $13 million plus verdict after a six week jury trial in Palm Beach, Florida. In 2015, prevailed against the National Football League in a two week jury trial in Federal District Court in Dallas, Texas after obtaining a court order requiring Jerry Jones to attend trial and be cross-examined.
Following undergraduate education at the University of Pennsylvania, and while in law school at George Washington University, he served as a public relations consultant and strategist to litigants and political candidates on a national level. After graduating from GW, the law school established the Michael J. Avenatti Award for Excellence in Pre-Trial and Trial Advocacy, an annual award given to the member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who demonstrates excellence in pre-trial and trial advocacy. Has received numerous honors and awards, including being voted as the top trial lawyer of the year. - Michele Bachmann was born on 6 April 1956 in Waterloo, Iowa, USA. She is an actress, known for Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015), Janeane from Des Moines (2012) and Les évangéliques à la conquête du monde (2023). She has been married to Marcus Bachmann since 10 September 1978. They have five children.
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Scott Vincent James Baio was born on September 22, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the third child of Mario and Rose Baio, who had emigrated from Italy. At the young age of nine, Scott decided that he wanted to be an actor. Soon after, his parents took him on interviews and he was able to land in small roles in commercials. His first real taste of success occurred in 1976 when he beat out 2,000 other child actors for the starring role in the child gangster film Bugsy Malone (1976). The following year, Scott's popularity soared after he was chosen for the role of Chachi Arcola, The Fonz's cousin, on the ABC sitcom Happy Days (1974). Soon after, Scott's parents moved him to Hollywood to help him keep up with the demands of his acting career. Throughout his stint on Happy Days (1974) from 1977 to 1984, Scott still managed to appear in several films, including Skatetown U.S.A. (1979), Foxes (1980) and Zapped! (1982) and even starred in three other short-lived sitcoms (Blansky's Beauties (1977), Who's Watching the Kids (1978), and the "Happy Days" spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi (1982)). This exposure helped him become a major teen idol in the early 1980s.
After Happy Days (1974) went off the air in 1984, Scott moved to CBS where he was given the starring role on the sitcom Charles in Charge (1984). He played a college student who was hired to watch over three children. After one season on CBS, the series was retooled and moved to first-run syndication where it ran successfully from 1987 to 1990. Since Charles in Charge (1984) ended, Scott has been able to stay busy, albeit with a relatively lower profile. He has had starring roles on Baby Talk (1991) and Diagnosis Murder (1993) and guest starring roles on Veronica's Closet (1997) and Arrested Development (2003). He has even tried his hand behind the camera, directing episodes of The Wayans Bros. (1995) and Unhappily Ever After (1995).
Offscreen, Scott has made a few headlines as well. In 1997, he was rumored to have died in a car accident, but this was quickly declared as false. He has gained a reputation for dating several high-profile (mostly blonde) actresses, most notably Pamela Anderson, Heather Locklear and former co-star Nicole Eggert. In 2007, VH1 played this reputation into a reality series called Scott Baio Is 45... And Single (2007). On the show, he meets with a life coach to try and find reasons why he is still single. In order to accomplish this, he must revisit his ex-girlfriends (including Erin Moran and Julie McCullough) to find out what went right and what went wrong in the relationships. Follwing the completion of the first season, he announced that his girlfriend, Renee Baio, was pregnant with his first child. On November 2, 2007, she gave birth to a baby girl, Bailey Deluca.- Jim Bakker was born on 2 January 1939 in Muskegon, Michigan, USA. He has been married to Lori Bakker since 4 September 1998. He was previously married to Tammy Faye Bakker.A con artist, plain and simple. And delusional, to boot.
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Alec Baldwin is the oldest, and best-known, of the four Baldwin brothers in the acting business (the others are Stephen Baldwin, William Baldwin and Daniel Baldwin). Alexander Rae Baldwin III was born on April 3, 1958 in Massapequa, New York, the son of Carol Newcomb (Martineau) and Alexander Rae Baldwin Jr., a high school teacher and football coach at Massapequa High School. He is of Irish, as well as English, French, Scottish, and German, descent.
Alec Baldwin burst onto the TV scene in the early 1980s with appearances on several series, including The Doctors (1963) and Knots Landing (1979), before scoring feature film roles in Forever, Lulu (1986), Beetlejuice (1988), Working Girl (1988), Married to the Mob (1988) and Talk Radio (1988). In 1990, Baldwin appeared in the first on-screen adaptation of the "Jack Ryan" character created by mega-selling espionage author, Tom Clancy. The film, The Hunt for Red October (1990), was a box office and critical success, with Baldwin appearing alongside icy Sean Connery. Unfortunately, Baldwin fell out with Paramount Studios over future scripts for "Jack Ryan", and subsequent Ryan roles went to Harrison Ford.
Baldwin instead went to Broadway to perform "A Streetcar Named Desire", garnering a Tony nomination for his portrayal of "Stanley Kowalski" (he would reprise the role in a 1995 TV adaptation). Baldwin won over critics as a lowlife thief pursued by dogged cop Fred Ward in Miami Blues (1990), met his future wife Kim Basinger while filming the Neil Simon comedy, The Marrying Man (1991), starred in the film adaptation of the play, Prelude to a Kiss (1992) (in which he starred off-Broadway), and made an indelible ten-minute cameo as a hard-nosed real estate executive laying down the law in Glengarry Glen Ross (1992). He also made a similar tour-de-force monologue in the thriller, Malice (1993), as a doctor defending his practices, in which he stated, "Let me tell you something: I am God".
Demand for Baldwin's talents in the 1990s saw more scripts swiftly come his way, and he starred alongside his then-wife, Kim Basinger, in a remake of the Steve McQueen action flick, The Getaway (1994), brought to life the famous comic strip character, The Shadow (1994), and starred as an assistant district attorney in the civil rights drama, Ghosts of Mississippi (1996). Baldwin's distinctive vocal talents then saw him voice US-aired episodes of the highly popular UK children's show, Thomas & Friends (1984), plus later voice-only contributions to other animated/children's shows, including Clerks (2000), Cats & Dogs (2001), Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004).
In the early 2000s, Baldwin and Basinger endured an acrimonious break-up that quickly became tabloid fodder but, while his divorce was high-profile, Baldwin excelled in a number of lower-profile supporting roles in a variety of films, including State and Main (2000), Pearl Harbor (2001), The Cooler (2003) (for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor), The Aviator (2004), Along Came Polly (2004) and The Departed (2006). As he was excelling as a consummate character actor, Baldwin found a second career in television comedy. Already known for his comedic turns hosting Saturday Night Live (1975), he essayed an extended guest role on Will & Grace (1998) in 2005 before taking on what would arguably become his most famous role, that of network executive "Jack Donaghy", opposite Tina Fey in the highly-acclaimed sitcom, 30 Rock (2006). The role brought Baldwin two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globes, and an unprecedented six Screen Actors Guild Awards (not including cast wins).
Continuing to appear in films as 30 Rock (2006) wrapped up its final season, Baldwin was engaged in 2012 to wed Hilaria Baldwin (aka Hilaria Lynn Thomas); the couple married on June 30, 2012.- Actor
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Stephen Baldwin was born on 12 May 1966 in Massapequa, Long Island, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Usual Suspects (1995), Bio-Dome (1996) and The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000). He has been married to Kennya Baldwin since 10 June 1990. They have two children.- Actress
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Azealia Banks was born on 31 May 1991 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Pitch Perfect (2012), The Heat (2013) and The Bling Ring (2013).More famous for things that have nothing to do with music, primarily for her anti-gay statements.- Producer
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Steve Bannon was born on 27 November 1953 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Battle for America (2010), Torchbearer (2016) and Generation Zero (2010).- Producer
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Firebrand Roseanne Barr has long been one of America's funniest and most controversial comedians.
She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Helen (Davis), a cashier and bookkeeper, and Jerome Hershel "Jerry" Barr, a salesman. Her family was Jewish, and had moved to the U.S. from Russia, Lithuania, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. She dropped out of high school when she was seventeen, and, after a car accident, was admitted to a mental institution, claiming she was having nightmares and memory loss. She left the institute less than a year later. At seventeen, she gave birth to her first daughter, Brandi Brown, and gave her up for adoption. She began working at a restaurant as a dishwasher and waitress. Her hilarious comments to the customers she waited on led her to doing stand-up comedy at the restaurant. She married Bill Pentland and they had three children together, Jessica, Jennifer, and Jacob Pentland.
Roseanne worked doing stand-up comedy until her August 23, 1985 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) thrust her into the limelight. In 1987, HBO offered her a show of her own, On Location: The Roseanne Barr Show (1987). It was canceled after a short time. In 1989, Roseanne starred opposite Meryl Streep and Ed Begley Jr. in She-Devil (1989). Though her first picture wasn't as successful as she might have hoped, her sitcom, Roseanne (1988), debuted in 1988 and ran for 9 seasons on ABC, co-starring John Goodman. It dealt with real-life issues in a lower middle-class working family. During its first season on ABC, it leaped to #2 in the ratings. After the sitcom's first season, Roseanne gained notoriety when she gave a screeching, crotch-grabbing performance of "The Star Spangled Banner" at a baseball game.
When Roseanne divorced her first husband, Bill Pentland, after 16 years of marriage in 1990 and married Roseanne (1988) co-star Tom Arnold only four days later, her sitcom was already beginning its downward spiral. In 1991, she started to be billed as Roseanne Arnold. Around this time, she began to claim that she, as well as her siblings, had been physically and sexually abused as a child. Both her siblings and parents denied the charges, and lie detector tests used on Roseanne's parents came back negative. The court battles led to ten years of estrangement with her parents and siblings. Her marriage with Arnold lasted four years before she filed for divorce from him for physical abuse and domestic violence. It is still not known if the accusations were true. Although she insisted that he hit her, she admits that he never abused her three children from her previous marriage:
In 1996, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and won, but she was not there to accept it. Luckily, Tom Arnold's exit from "Roseanne" happened towards the end of the sixth season, allowing the show to have an almost smooth ending. However, after the sixth season of Roseanne (1988), the plots started to run dry and ratings began to drop. During the season following her divorce, she insisted on being billed as simply "Roseanne." After Roseanne (1988) was canceled, she went on Broadway to play "The Wicked Witch of the West" in "The Wizard of Oz" to rave reviews.
On Valentine's Day 1995, Roseanne married former bodyguard Ben Thomas. With Thomas, she had her tubal ligation surgery reversed in order to become pregnant with her fifth child, Buck Thomas. In 1997, she slowly began being billed as "Roseanne Thomas", as in the last 11 episodes of Roseanne, as executive producer (she was still "Roseanne" in the cast credits). She guest-starred in The Nanny (1993) as Roseanne Thomas in late 1997. In 2002, she filed for divorce against Thomas for the second time (the first time, in 1998, she dropped the suit), accusing him of being disturbed and claiming that he threatened to run off with their son.
After the divorce, she began to study the Kabballah, a form of Jewish mysticism, and those around her said she became amazingly centered and stable. In the 2000s, she ended the feud with her parents and siblings and went back to being billed as Roseanne Barr. Today, Roseanne Barr Pentland Arnold Thomas spends her time with her family in her home in El Segundo, California.
Always outspoken, Roseanne began commenting on politics in earnest in the 2000s, and unsuccessfully ran for the Green Party's presidential nomination in 2012. She was subsequently chosen as the Peace and Freedom Party's candidate for President of the United States in '12, receiving 61,971 votes in the general election, and placing sixth. Her run is depicted in the documentary Roseanne for President! (2015).
Initially a left-leaning liberal, she became considerably more right-wing throughout the 2010s. Her show Roseanne returned for a tenth season in 2018, to blockbuster ratings, but was canceled after Roseanne sent a racially-offensive tweet that capped off a longer run of incendiary comments.- William Barr was born on 23 May 1950 in New York City, New York, USA. He has been married to Christine Moynihan since 23 June 1973. They have three children.