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Jenna Morasca
Jenna Morasca is an American actress, former swimsuit model, professional wrestler and American reality TV contestant who was the million-dollar grand prize winner of '' Survivor: The Amazon'' in 2003. In 2009, she worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. In 2011, Morasca and her then-boyfriend, fellow ''Survivor'' winner Ethan Zohn, participated in the 19th season of ''The Amazing Race''. They were one of the two teams eliminated in a double-elimination, finishing tenth for the season. Early life Jenna Morasca was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is an only child. Before appearing on ''Survivor'', Morasca was a college student at the University of Pittsburgh, where she was initiated into Zeta Tau Alpha. Morasca graduated from South Fayette High School in 1999, and studied at Duquesne University for two years before transferring to University of Pittsburgh. Career Morasca worked as a swimsuit model. ''Survivor'' Morasca's '' Survivor'' career began on '' Survivor: The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Apple Convention
The Big Apple Comic Con is a New York City comic book convention, the longest-running comic book/speculative fiction/pop culture convention in New York City. It was started by retailer Michael "Mike Carbo" Carbonaro in March 1996 in the basement of the St. Paul the Apostle Church.Johnston, Rich"Big Apple Comic Con Moves to New Yorker Hotel With a Christmas Convention For December 14th,"''Bleeding Cool'' (November 26, 2019). During its heyday from 2001 to 2008, the Big Apple Comic Con often featured multiple shows per year, with a large three-day "national" convention held in November, usually held at the Penn Plaza Pavilion. The show was owned by Wizard Entertainment from 2009 to 2013, but was reacquired by Carbonaro in 2014. Over the course of its history, the convention has been known as the Big Apple Convention, the Big Apple Comic Book Art, and Toy Show, and the Big Apple Comic Book, Art, Toy & Sci-Fi Expo; with the larger three-day November shows known as the National Comi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hatch (reality TV)
Richard Holman Hatch Jr. (born April 8, 1961) is an American former reality television contestant. In 2000, he became the first '' Survivor'' winner in its debut season, originally broadcast on CBS. He subsequently competed in '' All-Stars'' season of ''Survivor'', the fourth celebrity edition of ''Celebrity Apprentice'', and season 17 of ''The Biggest Loser''. He was convicted with three counts related to attempted tax evasion and fraudulent tax return in January 2006. He served his fifty-one months and then, after failing to amend his 2000 and 2001 tax returns, additional nine months in prison. Early life and education Hatch's parents divorced when he was eleven years old. Also, at the time of ''Borneo'', his mother was a registered nurse, and his father was a retired lab technician. Hatch is the oldest of four siblings. Hatch graduated from Middletown High School (Rhode Island) in 1979. He studied oceanography and marine biology at the Florida Institute of Technology. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicaragua
Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in the Central American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the northwest, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Managua is the country's capital and largest city and is also the third-largest city in Central America, behind Tegucigalpa and Guatemala City. The multi-ethnic population of six million includes people of indigenous, European, African, and Asian heritage. The main language is Spanish. Indigenous tribes on the Mosquito Coast speak their own languages and English. Originally inhabited by various indigenous cultures since ancient times, the region was conquered by the Spanish Empire in the 16th century. Nicaragua gained independence from Spain in 1821. The Mosquito Coast followed a different historical path, being colonized by the English in the 17th century and later coming under British rule. It became an autonomous territory o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jud "Fabio" Birza
''Survivor: Nicaragua'' is the 21st season of the American CBS competitive reality television series ''Survivor''. It premiered on September 15, 2010 at 8:00pm, moving to the Wednesday timeslot for the first time since '' Survivor: Borneo''. Applications were due in January 2010, filming started from June and ended in July 2010. ''Nicaragua'' and the following season, '' Survivor: Redemption Island'', were filmed near San Juan del Sur in Rivas Department on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua. This season's opening titles uses the original version of "Ancient Voices" — ''Survivor''s opening theme song — first used for the debut ''Survivor'' season. Traditionally, each season features its own version of "Ancient Voices", using instruments and sounds meant to evoke that season's location or theme. One was created for ''Nicaragua'' but was not used, though the song was released onto iTunes on October 10. The reason for this omission has not been publicly disclosed. ''Survivor'' host ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immunity (reality Television)
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s with shows such as ''The Real World'', then achieved prominence in the early 2000s with the success of the series '' Survivor'', '' Idols'', and '' Big Brother'', all of which became global franchises. Reality television shows tend to be interspersed with "confessionals", short interview segments in which cast members reflect on or provide context for the events being depicted on-screen; this is most commonly seen in American reality television. Competition-based reality shows typically feature gradual elimination of participants, either by a panel of judges, by the viewership of the show, or by the contestants themselves. Documentaries, television news, sports television, talk shows, and traditional game shows are generally not clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christy Smith (Survivor Contestant)
Christy Smith (born September 13, 1978) is an American activist and television personality. She is the first deaf contestant on the CBS reality television series '' Survivor: The Amazon'' and co-founder of Discovering Deaf Worlds. Early life Christy Smith was born premature, weighing less than . As a baby, she pulled out her air tube and ended up losing 90 percent of her hearing. As such, she is skilled in lip reading and American Sign Language. She resided in Basalt, Colorado. Retrieved November 13, 2016. Education and career Smith attended high school and college in |
Rob Cesternino
Robert Kristopher Cesternino (born October 20, 1978) is an American reality television contestant and podcast host, known for his appearances on '' Survivor: The Amazon'' (2003) and '' Survivor: All-Stars'' (2004). In 2010, he launched ''Rob Has a Podcast'', a platform to discuss and analyze reality television, most notably '' Survivor'', '' Big Brother'', and ''The Amazing Race''. In 2014, Cesternino and ''Hollywood Reporter'' journalist Josh Wigler launched ''Post Show Recaps'', a companion platform that covers scripted television. Personal life Cesternino is originally from Wantagh, New York. Cesternino attended the State University of New York at Oswego, graduating in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcasting. He was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. His college thesis was titled, "The Impact of Reality Television." At the time of his first appearance on ''Survivor'', Cesternino was employed as a computer projects coordinator for an insurance agency He had pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBS News
CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio service CBS. CBS News television programs include the ''CBS Evening News'', ''CBS Mornings'', news magazine programs '' CBS News Sunday Morning'', '' 60 Minutes'', and '' 48 Hours'', and Sunday morning political affairs program ''Face the Nation''. CBS News Radio produces hourly newscasts for hundreds of radio stations, and also oversees CBS News podcasts like '' The Takeout Podcast''. CBS News also operates a 24-hour digital news network. Up until April 2021, the president and senior executive producer of CBS News was Susan Zirinsky, who assumed the role on March 1, 2019. Zirinsky, the first female president of the network's news division, was announced as the choice to replace David Rhodes on January 6, 2019. The announcement came amid news that Rhodes would step down as president of CBS News "amid falling ratings and the fallout from revelations from an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations" ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidi Strobel
Colbert Michael Hamels (born December 27, 1983), nicknamed "Hollywood", is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (2006–2015), Texas Rangers (2015–2018), Chicago Cubs (2018–2019), and Atlanta Braves (2020). Originally from San Diego, California, Hamels excelled at Rancho Bernardo High School both academically and athletically. The Phillies drafted Hamels out of high school, in the first round (17th overall) of the 2002 MLB Draft, and he began playing in the Phillies’ minor league system. Numerous issues, including an injury sustained in a bar fight, among other injuries, occurred during Hamels’ first few minor league seasons. When he reached the Triple-A level, he was the top pitcher in the Phillies' minor league system in . In May 2006, Hamels made his major league debut for the Phillies. After securing a long-term spot as a member of the Phillies starting rotation in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiji
Fiji ( ; fj, Viti, ; hif, फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about 110 are permanently inhabited—and more than 500 islets, amounting to a total land area of about . The most outlying island group is Ono-i-Lau. About 87% of the total population of live on the two major islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. About three-quarters of Fijians live on Viti Levu's coasts: either in the capital city of Suva; or in smaller urban centres such as Nadi—where tourism is the major local industry; or in Lautoka, where the sugar-cane industry is dominant. The interior of Viti Levu is sparsely inhabited because of its terrain. The majority of Fiji's islands were formed by volcanic activity starting around 150 million years ago. Some geothermal activity still occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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