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Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the most influential entertainers of the 20th century.
Oprah Winfrey
American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)
Bing Crosby
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. was an American singer and actor. One of the first multimedia stars, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. Crosby was a leader in record sales, network radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1926 to 1977. He was one of the first global cultural icons. Crosby made over 70 feature films and recorded more than 1,600 songs.
The New York Times
American daily newspaper (founded 1851)
CNN
The Cable News Network (CNN) is an American multinational news media company and the flagship namesake property of CNN Worldwide, a division of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Founded on June 1, 1980, by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, CNN is the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.
Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand is an American singer, actress, songwriter, and filmmaker. Over a career spanning more than six decades, Streisand's success in the entertainment industry has included Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards.
CBS
thumb|CBS Building CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, the Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network and the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Skydance. It is one of Paramount Skydance's three flagship subsidiaries, along with Paramount Pictures and MTV.
The Washington Post
daily broadsheet newspaper in Washington, D.C.
HBO
Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium television network and service, which is the flagship property of namesake parent Home Box Office, Inc., a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is based at Warner Bros. Discovery's corporate headquarters inside 30 Hudson Yards in Manhattan. Programming featured on the service consists primarily of theatrically released motion pictures and original television programs as well as made-for-cable movies, documentaries, occasional comedy, and concert specials, and periodic interstitial programs (consisting of sh
Larry King
American television and radio host (1933–2021)
Voice of America
United States international broadcaster
Bob Hope
American entertainer (1903–2003)
Mel Brooks
Melvin James Brooks is an American actor, filmmaker, comedian, songwriter, and playwright. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. A recipient of numerous accolades, he is one of 28 entertainers to win the EGOT, which includes an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. He received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2010, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2013, a British Film Institute Fellowship in 2015, a National Medal of Arts in 2016, a BAFTA Fellowship in 2017, and an Honorary Academy Award in 2024.
Seth MacFarlane
Seth Woodbury MacFarlane is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer. He is the creator and star of the television series Family Guy and The Orville, and co-creator of the television series American Dad! and The Cleveland Show. He also co-wrote, co-produced, directed, and starred in the films Ted, its sequel Ted 2, and A Million Ways to Die in the West.
GMA Network, Inc.
media and entertainment conglomerate in the Philippines
Fred Rogers
American television personality (1928–2003)
Matt Groening
American cartoonist (born 1954)
Julia Child
American chef
Discovery Channel
American basic cable and satellite television channel
Ted Turner
American media mogul
Jon Stewart
American comedian, writer, producer, activist, and television host
NHK
, also known by its romanized initialism NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. It is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Tyrone Colbert is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the Comedy Central news satire show The Colbert Report from 2005 to 2014, and the CBS talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert since September 2015.
Walter Cronkite
American broadcast journalist (1916-2009)
Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican actress (born 1931)
ZDF
Mike Nichols
American director and comedian (1931–2014)
Comedy Central
American cable and satellite television channel
ESPN
ESPN (an initialism of their original name, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network until 1985) is an American basic cable sports broadcasting network and the flagship property of ESPN, a joint venture of the Walt Disney Company (72% and operational control via indirect subsidiary ABC Inc.), Hearst Communications (18%), and the National Football League (10%). It was founded on September 7, 1979, by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan.
Lucasfilm
Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC is an American film and television production company founded by filmmaker George Lucas on December 10, 1971 in San Rafael, California, and later moved to San Francisco in 2005. It is best known for creating and producing the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, as well as its leadership in developing special effects, sound, and computer animation for films. Since 2012, Lucasfilm has been a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios, who also owns former Lucasfilm subsidiary Pixar.
Jim Henson
American puppeteer (1936–1990)
Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye was an American actor, comedian, singer, and dancer. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire novelty songs.
Christiane Amanpour
English-Iranian news anchor and international correspondent
Johnny Carson
American talk show host and comedian (1925–2005)
Jackie Gleason
American comedian and actor (1916–1987)
Walter Lippmann
American journalist and political commentator (1889–1974)
Bob Geldof
Irish singer-songwriter and political activist (born 1951)
National Geographic
American television channel
Trey Parker
American actor, animator and filmmaker (born 1969)
Xerox
Xerox Corporation (, ) is an American corporation that sells printers, digital document products and services in more than 160 countries. Xerox was the pioneer of the photocopier market, beginning with the introduction of the Xerox 914 in 1959, so much so that the word xerox is commonly used as a synonym for photocopy. Xerox is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut, though it is incorporated in New York with its largest group of employees based around Rochester, New York, where the company was founded. As a large developed company, it is consistently placed in the list of Fortune 500 companies
Carol Burnett
American actress, comedian and singer (born 1933)
BBC News
news division of the publicly funded British Broadcasting Corporation
PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educational programs to public television stations in the United States, distributing shows such as Nature, Nova, Frontline, PBS News Hour, Washington Week, Masterpiece, American Experience, and children's programs such as ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Sesame Street, Barney & Friends, Arthur, Curious George, The Magic School Bus'', and others. Certain stations also provide spi
The Metropolitan Opera
opera company in Manhattan, New York City
Matt Stone
American actor, animator and filmmaker (born 1971)
Perry Como
American singer, actor, television personality (1912-2001)
Jordan Peele
American actor, comedian and filmmaker (born 1979)
Edward R. Murrow
American broadcast journalist (1908–1965)
BBC Two
television channel operated by the BBC
History
US-based international satellite and cable TV channel
Showtime
American premium cable TV channel
Channel 4
British public-service television broadcaster; TV channel
Arte
Arte (; ; ; '''', "Association relating to European television") is a European public service channel dedicated to culture. It is made up of three separate companies: the Strasbourg-based European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) ARTE, plus two member companies acting as editorial and programme production centres, Arte France in Paris (formerly known as La Sept) and Arte Deutschland in Baden-Baden (a subsidiary of the two main public German TV networks ARD and ZDF).
Jack Benny
American comedic entertainer (1894–1974)
Fiorello H. La Guardia
American politician; 99th Mayor of New York City (1934–45)
Bill Hader
American comedian and actor
NPR
National Public Radio (NPR) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of more than 1,000 public radio stations in the United States.
Keegan-Michael Key
Keegan-Michael Key is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer. He and Jordan Peele co-created and co-starred in the sketch series Key & Peele (2012–2015) for which he received one Primetime Emmy Award from ten nominations. He also acted in the sketch series Mad TV (2004–2009), sitcom Playing House (2014–2017), the comedy series Friends from College (2017–2019) and the series Reboot (2022). He also appeared alongside Peele in the first season of the series Fargo in 2014, and had a recurring role on Parks and Recreation from 2013 to 2015. Key later starred in the musical comedy series Schmigadoon! (2021–2023).
Turner Classic Movies
American television channel