Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia, with an estimated 2013 population of 447,841. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, home to 5,522,942 people and the ninth largest metropolitan area in the United States. Atlanta is the county seat of Fulton County, and a small portion of the city extends eastward into DeKalb County.

Atlanta was established in 1837 at the intersection of two railroad lines, and the city rose from the ashes of the American Civil War to become a national center of commerce. In the decades following the Civil Rights Movement, during which the city earned a reputation as "too busy to hate" for the progressive views of its citizens and leaders, Atlanta attained international prominence. Atlanta is the primary transportation hub of the Southeastern United States, via highway, railroad, and air, with Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport being the world's busiest airport since 1998.

NeNe Leakes

Linnethia Monique "NeNe" Leakes (/ˈniːni liːks/; née Johnson; born December 13, 1967) is an American television personality, actress, producer, author and fashion designer. She is best known for her eight year stint on the reality television series The Real Housewives of Atlanta as an original cast member and for her recurring character Roz Washington on the sitcom Glee. She also played Rocky Rhoades as a series regular on the award-winning sitcom The New Normal on NBC until its cancellation in 2013. Currently, she is one of the main judges on ABC's revival of the 50s game show To Tell The Truth along with Betty White and a special co-host on E!'s hit talk show Fashion Police.

Early life

Linnethia Monique Johnson was born December 13, 1967, in the New York City, New York, borough of Queens. She was sent to live with an aunt in Athens, Georgia when she was 4.

Career

Before Leakes met the producers of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, she had appeared on TV shows like The Parkers. In 2003, she had also landed a minor role as a stripper in the film The Fighting Temptations starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Beyoncé. None of her scenes are present in the final edit of the movie, therefore she is not credited for her work on the production.

Taylor Kitsch

Taylor Kitsch (born April 8, 1981) is a Canadian actor and model. He is best known for his role as Tim Riggins in the NBC series Friday Night Lights (2006–2011), Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), and Lieutenant Alex Hopper in Battleship (2012).

Kitsch has also starred in John Carter (2012) as the eponymous lead character, Savages (2012), and Lone Survivor (2013), in which he portrayed Michael Murphy. He also starred as Officer Paul Woodrugh in the second season of the HBO series True Detective.

Early life

Kitsch was born in Kelowna, British Columbia. His mother, Susan Green, worked for the BC Liquor Board while his father, Drew Kitsch, worked in construction. His parents separated when he was one, and he and his two older brothers (Brody and Daman) were raised by their mother in a mobile home park. He also has two younger maternal half sisters. Kitsch lived in Port Moody and Anmore. He started playing ice hockey at age 3. He attended Gleneagle Secondary School in Coquitlam. He played junior ice hockey for the Langley Hornets in the British Columbia Hockey League, before a knee injury ended his career. Following his injury, Kitsch took nutrition and economic courses from the University of Lethbridge for a year and lived with his brother.

The Real Housewives

The Real Housewives is an American media franchise consisting of several reality television series broadcast on Bravo; they document the lives of several affluent housewives residing in varying regions throughout the United States. The first version The Real Housewives of Orange County premiered in 2006; its success resulted in spin-off series located in New York City and Atlanta in 2008; New Jersey in 2009; Washington, D.C. and Beverly Hills in 2010; Miami in 2011; Potomac and Dallas in 2016. The subsequent installments have proven similarly successful, and have resulted in several spin-off series of their own.

International versions are broadcast by several television channels worldwide, including The Real Housewives of Athens and Me'usharot (The Real Housewives of Israel) in 2011; The Real Housewives of Vancouver in 2012; Les Vraies Housewives (The Real French Housewives of Hollywood) in 2013; The Real Housewives of Melbourne in 2014; and The Real Housewives of Cheshire in 2015.

Live! with Kelly and Michael

Live! with Kelly and Michael (stylized onscreen as live kelly & michael) is an American syndicated morning talk show, hosted by Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan. Executive-produced by Michael Gelman, the show has aired since 1983 locally on WABC-TV in New York City and 1988 nationwide.

With roots in A.M. Los Angeles and A.M. New York, Live began as The Morning Show, hosted by Regis Philbin and Cyndy Garvey; the show rose to national prominence as Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, which ran for 12 years and continuing as Live with Regis and Kelly for another decade before Ripa, after hosting with guest co-hosts for nearly a year, was paired with former NFL star Michael Strahan. The franchise has had longstanding success and has won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show and Outstanding Talk Show Hosts. On January 19, 2016 the show has been renewed through 2020.

On February 12, 2016, a special episode celebrated Ripa's 15 years as part of the program.

Production