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Overhaulin
''Overhaulin'' is an American automotive reality television series. The show originally ran for five seasons between 2004 and 2008 on TLC. After a four-year hiatus, sixth season premiered on October 2, 2012 on Velocity and Discovery (Cablevision). In June 2019, it was announced that the show would be returning for a new season on November 16, 2019 on Motor Trend. Hosts The show's hosts were automobile designer Chip Foose and co-host Chris Jacobs; the creator and producer was Bud Brutsman. Courtney Hansen was the co-host of the show until 2005, when she left the show to pursue other interests. She was replaced by Executive Producer Brutsman's wife Adrienne Janic ("AJ"). From Season 6 on, Jessi Combs, one of the early A-Team mechanics, returned and co-hosted as well as participated in the overhauls. Recently, Arianny Celeste had replaced Combs as Combs had moved on to another Velocity show, ''All Girls Garage''. For two episodes of the eighth season and all of the truncated ninth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overhaulin'
''Overhaulin'' is an American automotive reality television series. The show originally ran for five seasons between 2004 and 2008 on TLC. After a four-year hiatus, sixth season premiered on October 2, 2012 on Velocity and Discovery (Cablevision). In June 2019, it was announced that the show would be returning for a new season on November 16, 2019 on Motor Trend. Hosts The show's hosts were automobile designer Chip Foose and co-host Chris Jacobs; the creator and producer was Bud Brutsman. Courtney Hansen was the co-host of the show until 2005, when she left the show to pursue other interests. She was replaced by Executive Producer Brutsman's wife Adrienne Janic ("AJ"). From Season 6 on, Jessi Combs, one of the early A-Team mechanics, returned and co-hosted as well as participated in the overhauls. Recently, Arianny Celeste had replaced Combs as Combs had moved on to another Velocity show, ''All Girls Garage''. For two episodes of the eighth season and all of the truncated ninth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Jacobs (actor)
Chris Jacobs (born January 30, 1970) is a television host and personality. He is the Host of "Long Lost Family" on TLC and also the host of ''Overhaulin''' and Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auctions, which both air on Velocity. For several years, he was an on-air talent for the NFL Network, guest hosting several episodes of "NFL AM" as well as "Up to the Minute" updates. He formerly hosted '' The Insider'' and worked as a correspondent for '' Entertainment Tonight''. Biography Career Jacobs had moderate success with roles in television (like ''Two and a Half Men''), film (like '' 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out'') and commercial projects for eight years before being tapped to co-host ''Overhaulin''' in 2004. After the show went on hiatus in 2008, he co-presented '' The Insider'' with Lara Spencer from 2009–11. On March 5, 2011, it was announced that he had been named a correspondent for ''Entertainment Tonight''. He left ''ET'' in early 2013 after ''Overhaulin' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chip Foose
Chip Foose (born October 13, 1963) is an American automobile designer, artist, and star of Velocity's reality television series ''Overhaulin'''. Life and career Foose began working on automobiles at age seven for his father's company, Project Design, in Santa Barbara, California. Encouraged by Ford and Preston Tucker designer Alex Tremulis, Foose started to attend the Art Center College of Design in 1982; however, he dropped out after two years due to financial difficulties. After working for four years at Clenet Coachworks, Foose returned to the Art Center to complete his education. After graduating in 1990, Foose worked full-time for Sterenberger Design and part-time for Boyd Coddington. In 1993, Foose resigned from Sterenberger to work for J Mays at Ford; however, Coddington was able to convince Foose to work for him, instead. Working for Coddington full-time, Foose eventually became the president of Coddington's company, Hot Rods by Boyd. While working for Coddington, Foos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arianny Celeste
Arianny Celeste (born Penelope López Márquez on November 12, 1985) () is an American ring girl and model. She is a co-host on TV show ''Overhaulin''' and has been in ''Playboy'' magazine. Early life Celeste was born on November 12, 1985, in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is of Mexican and Filipino descent. "Arianny" is a nickname she was given as a child. She attended Eldorado High School and attended college at UNLV, where she majored in fitness management and nutrition. Career As ring girl Celeste made her UFC debut in 2006 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada. She was voted "2006 Ring Girl of the Year" by ''Fighter's Only Magazine''. In 2008, at the first World MMA Awards, Celeste was voted "2008 Ring Girl of the Year". In 2009, she won her second consecutive title at the 2nd World MMA Awards as Celeste become the "2009 Ring Girl of the Year". In 2010, Celeste became the World MMA Awards "2010 Ring Girl of the Year", making it her third consecutive ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessi Combs
Jessica Combs (July 27, 1980 – August 27, 2019) was an American professional racer, television personality, and metal fabricator. She set a women's land speed class record (four wheels) in 2013 and broke her own record in 2016. She was known as "the fastest woman on four wheels". She co-hosted the Spike TV show ''Xtreme 4x4'' for more than 90 episodes from 2005 to 2009. Other television shows on which she appeared include ''Overhaulin''', ''Mythbusters'', ''The List: 1001 Car Things To Do Before You Die'', ''All Girls Garage'', and Science Channel's ''How to Build... Everything'' in 2016. Combs died after crashing a jet-powered high-speed race car at the Alvord Desert in southeastern Oregon while attempting to beat her four-wheel land speed record. She was posthumously awarded the female land-speed world record by Guinness World Records in June 2020. Early life and education Combs was born in Rockerville, South Dakota, on July 27, 1980, the daughter of Jamie Combs and Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bud Brutsman
Bud W. Brutsman (born May 6, 1970) is a television show creator, executive producer, and the President of Brentwood Communications International. His best known productions include ''Overhaulin''' and ''Rides'' for the Learning Channel (TLC), and ''Living with Ed'' for Planet Green. Brutsman was also one of the creators of ''King of the Cage'', garnering attention on Pay-Per-View and worldwide video sales. , Brutsman is involved in the mixed martial arts organization, ''Shark Fights''. Professional background Brutsman's first project was producing a country line dancing video in conjunction with Denim and Diamonds, a country dance club in Los Angeles and Dallas. He successfully sold the distribution rights of the video to a company in California and began creating television shows. In 1997, Brutsman established an independent television production company, which he named Brentwood Communications International, Inc. (BCII). ;Military genre Brutsman has produced several shows fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrienne Janic
Adrienne Janic (), sometimes credited simply as AJ, is an American actress and television host. Career and life She has primarily worked as a television host including as a co-host of TLC's ''Overhaulin''', an automotive, reality-television series. She was also a host of ''Hot Import Nights'' (2008), an automotive show on the Speed Channel. On 12 September 2015, it was announced that she and Mike Phillips of Autogeek will host a new Velocity TV show ''Competition Ready''. She has appeared in several films including appearing as an Supporting role (actor) in the film '' National Lampoon's Cattle Call'' (2006). From 2004 to 2006, Janic was one of the Fantanas, a group of promotional models that was created to promote Fanta brand of soft drinks in the U.S. In 2009 she was a Co-hostess, with Tinker Keck (as Ty 'Tinker' Keck), of an infomercial for the "AbRocket" Fat Blasting System. Janic is of Serbian and Mexican descent. She is married to Bud Brutsman, a video producer and tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtney Hansen
Courtney Hansen is an American television host/personality, syndicated columnist, published author, and former fashion model. Biography Courtney Hansen was born on October 2, 1974 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Gerald John "Jerry" and Constance (Walker) Hansen. Her father is a winner of 27 SCCA national racing championships. From 1973-2006 her family owned Brainerd International Raceway and she grew up in Orono, Minnesota, and spent much time around the pits and garages at racing tracks. As a result, she is an automobile enthusiast, and much of her work to date has revolved around automobiles. Courtney Hansen married Jay Hartington, her longtime boyfriend and father of her child, on July 21, 2018 in Taormina, Italy. Career After graduating with a degree in marketing from Florida State University, she undertook a corporate job in marketing. After leaving the corporate world, Hansen hosted the Jack Nicklaus pilot ''Killer Golf'' and segments on the Travel Channel, worked as a fas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velocity (TV Channel)
Motor Trend is an American sports television network owned by Motor Trend Group, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery through its sports unit. It primarily broadcasts automotive-themed programming, including motorsports events. It was originally founded in 2002 as Discovery HD Theater (later HD Theater), the first 24/7 high-definition basic cable network. It featured high-definition programming from its other channels. Redundant after the introduction of high-definition simulcasts for Discovery's networks, it re-launched in 2011 as Velocity—an "upscale male" network primarily featuring automotive programming. Following Discovery's acquisition of a majority stake in the magazine's publisher, it was announced that Velocity would rebrand as Motor Trend on November 23, 2018, as a brand extension of the automotive magazine ''Motor Trend''. As of January 2015, approximately 85.3 million American households (87.9% of households with television) receive Motor Trend. History Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kicking Harold
Kicking Harold is an alternative hard rock band from Los Angeles, California that has been active since the mid-1990s. With the success of popular songs like "Kill You" and "Down on You" they secured a major label release of their indie album, ''Ugly & Festering'', on MCA Records in 1995. The albums ''Return of the Bulb Men'' (1997) and ''Space Age Breakdown'' (2002) followed on independent record labels, with Kicking Harold's song "Gasoline" from ''Space Age Breakdown'' being featured as the theme to TLC's hit automobile makeover show, ''Overhaulin''', for 72 episodes. In 2009, Kicking Harold's singer/guitarist Tim David Kelly brought the band out of mothballs due to the continuing success of "Gasoline" and released their fourth album, "Zombies, Cars & Evil Guitars" in 2010. The 5th full-length album, ''Red Light District'' followed in Jan 2015. The album features an updated version of their hit "Kill You", originally released on their out-of-print album Ugly & Festering, as its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Chad Marshall Producer
Chad Marshall is an American producer and director. Biography Marshall started his entertainment career with NBC Entertainment in the summer of 1994 within its finance department, maintaining production budgets for NBC Studios. Later, he became the assistant to the senior vice president who helped create Seinfeld and headed the Late Night and Specials Department for NBC Entertainment. After leaving NBC in late 1999, Marshall went on to develop original programming at HBO Independent Productions from 1999 to 2000. In the fall of 2001, Marshall helped start KBK Entertainment with Kip Konwiser, where he worked until 2003. In 2000, Marshall left HBO Independent Productions and started Below The Radar Entertainment. Within its first year, the company had created, sold and produced ''Suspicion'', starring Dean Haglund of The X-Files ''The X-Files'' is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter. The series revolves around Federal Bureau of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
