Welcome to ‘Better Know a Guest’, your weekly guide to the wonderful and diverse array of personalities appearing on ‘The Colbert Report’ and ‘The Daily Show’ each week.
Hi there Hubsters! This week we’ve got several duos, huge stars, influential musicians, and the developers of the ‘Snapchat’ App.
Monday, April 29th (2013)
Iggy & The Stooges (Band: “Ready to Die”)
Iggy & The Stooges is a highly influential rock band that first formed in that late 60s, who later reformed 10 years ago in 2003 after their 1974 breakup. They’re credited with the rise of punk rock, along with heavy influence over alternative rock and heavy metal. During the first run of their career, they weren’t commercial or critical successes but after their break up they became vindicated by history.In 2003 they reformed to great fanfare.
Awards: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee
Follow: @Iggy_Stooges
Tuesday, April 30th (2013)
Evan Speigel & Bobby Murphy (Developers: “Snapchat” App)
Evan Speigel and Bobby Murphy are co developers of snapchat, a photo sharing app they first developed as one of Speigel’s projects while they attended college together. The app being unique in that the ability to share photos is temporary, being unable to share a photo for more than 10 seconds. They launched ‘Snapchat’ in September 2011, and it grew in popularity steadily over time. In November 2012, the team Speigel and Murphy created worked on and launched ‘Snapchat’ as an Android app which lead to an exponential increase in the amount of users and the amount of photos shared.
Born: Speigel: 1991 & Murphy: July 19,1988
Education: Speigel: Art Center College of Design | Stanford University & Murphy: Stanford University
Wednesday, May 1st (2013)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Band: “The Heist”)
Macklemore is a rapper who now collaborates with Ryan Lewis, who is a music producer. Macklemore grew up in Seattle, where he first gained an interest in hip hop. His interest started via Digital Underground when he was six, then he began writing lyrics and preforming when he was fourteen. He released his first album independently in 2000. Ryan Lewis is a producer besides being a musician in his own right, along with being a dj and music video director. He and Lewis first met in 2006, where Lewis worked as a photographer for him. Soon after in 2009/2010 the two became a full effective duo and they released they first album together The Heist in July 2012.
Born: Macklemore: June 19, 1983 & Ryan Lewis: March 25, 1988
Education: Macklemore: Evergreen State College & Lewis: University of Washington
Follow: Website | @Macklemore
Thursday, May 2nd (2013)
Ben Kingsley (Actor: “Iron Man 3″)
Sir Ben Kingsley is an actor,perhaps best known for his role as Gandhi in Gandhi, also for his roles in films such as Schindler’s List, Sexy Beast, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, and Hugp. He began acting in the London West End Theatre and remained in theatre work for 16 years ending up on Broadway until 1972 in the film Fear Is The Key. From there on he would work in all three acting types of media. He’s going to appear as The Mandarin in the upcoming Iron Man 3.
Born: December 31, 1943
Education: Pendleton College | University of Salford
Awards: Oscars | Grammy | BAFTA | Golden Globes | Screen Actors Guild | Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
And now to check in with our good friend Jon Stewart, over at The Daily Show!
Monday, April 29th (2013)
Jon Hamm (Actor: “Mad Men”)
Jon Hamm is an actor, best know for his role as Don Draper from the hit tv show Mad Men. He has also been in the shows 30 Rock, Related, What About Brian, and The Division. He has also appeared in films such as the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still, Bridemaids, Sucker Punch, and The Town. He also worked as director, directing several episodes of Mad Men.
Born: March 10, 1971
Education: University of Texas | University of Missiouri
Awards: Golden Globe | Golden Nymph | Screen Actor Guild Award | Critics Choice Television Award | TCA Award
Previous Daily Show Appearances: Interview – September 15, 2010
Tuesday, April 30th (2013)
Robert Downey Jr. (Actor: “Iron Man 3″)
Robert Downey Jr is an actor who is now best known for his roles as Sherlock Holmes in Guy Richie’s Sherlock Holmes films, Tony Starks in the Iron Man films, along with the rest of the Marvel film universe and as Kirk Lazarus from the film Tropic Thunder. He’s also been in films such as Chaplin, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang,Less Than Zero, Weird Science, Zodiac, Natural Born Killers and Air America. He’s also a musician and has sung on the soundtracks for several of his films, he has also released an album entitled The Futurist.
Born: April 4, 1965
Awards: Golden Globes | BAFTAs | London Film Critic Awards | Saturn Award | People’s Choice Awards
Wednesday, May 1st (2013)
Kay Bailey Hutchinson (Former Senator and Author: “Unflinching Courage: Pioneering Women Who Shaped Texas”)
Kay Bailey Hutchinson is an author and former Senator from the state of Texas. She is also the first woman to be a Senator of Texas and the first Texan Senator to receive more than 4 million votes during an election. She held onto her position as Senator for nearly 20 years but ending up losing her position to Rick Perry in 2013. As a Senator she was also on various committees including the committees on Rules and Administration, Commerce, Science and Transportation and the Committee on Appropriations. She’s been apart of the various subcommittees tied in with those committees and various caucuses.
Previous Daily Show Appearances: Interview – 15th November, 2004
Born: July 22, 1943
Education: University of Austin
Follow: @KayBaileyHutch
Thursday, May 2nd (2013)
Eric Greitens (CEO: The Mission Continues)
Eric Greitens is an author, nonprofit organization leader, and Navy SEAL. He is also the CEO of The Mission Continues, which is a organization that tries to be the framework for military veterans to do community service work. He was also a Rhodes Scholar. As an author he has written a memoir The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, The Making of a Navy SEAL, which came out in April 2011 to much success. Before that he published Strength and Compassion, which is a series of essays and photos that he created.
Born:April 10, 1974
Education:Lady Margret Hall
Awards: Combat Action Ribbon | Joint Service Achievement Medal | Navy Commendation Medal | Purple Heart | Bronze Star Medal
Follow: @EricGreitens
That’s all for this week! See you next time Hubsters!
Better Know A Guest: April 29 – May 2, 2013
Hi there Hubsters! This week we’ve got several duos, huge stars, influential musicians, and the developers of the ‘Snapchat’ App.
Monday, April 29th (2013)
Iggy & The Stooges (Band: “Ready to Die”)
Iggy & The Stooges is a highly influential rock band that first formed in that late 60s, who later reformed 10 years ago in 2003 after their 1974 breakup. They’re credited with the rise of punk rock, along with heavy influence over alternative rock and heavy metal. During the first run of their career, they weren’t commercial or critical successes but after their break up they became vindicated by history.In 2003 they reformed to great fanfare.
Awards: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee
Follow: @Iggy_Stooges
Tuesday, April 30th (2013)
Evan Speigel & Bobby Murphy (Developers: “Snapchat” App)
Evan Speigel and Bobby Murphy are co developers of snapchat, a photo sharing app they first developed as one of Speigel’s projects while they attended college together. The app being unique in that the ability to share photos is temporary, being unable to share a photo for more than 10 seconds. They launched ‘Snapchat’ in September 2011, and it grew in popularity steadily over time. In November 2012, the team Speigel and Murphy created worked on and launched ‘Snapchat’ as an Android app which lead to an exponential increase in the amount of users and the amount of photos shared.
Born: Speigel: 1991 & Murphy: July 19,1988
Education: Speigel: Art Center College of Design | Stanford University & Murphy: Stanford University
Wednesday, May 1st (2013)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Band: “The Heist”)
Macklemore is a rapper who now collaborates with Ryan Lewis, who is a music producer. Macklemore grew up in Seattle, where he first gained an interest in hip hop. His interest started via Digital Underground when he was six, then he began writing lyrics and preforming when he was fourteen. He released his first album independently in 2000. Ryan Lewis is a producer besides being a musician in his own right, along with being a dj and music video director. He and Lewis first met in 2006, where Lewis worked as a photographer for him. Soon after in 2009/2010 the two became a full effective duo and they released they first album together The Heist in July 2012.
Born: Macklemore: June 19, 1983 & Ryan Lewis: March 25, 1988
Education: Macklemore: Evergreen State College & Lewis: University of Washington
Follow: Website | @Macklemore
Thursday, May 2nd (2013)
Ben Kingsley (Actor: “Iron Man 3″)
Sir Ben Kingsley is an actor,perhaps best known for his role as Gandhi in Gandhi, also for his roles in films such as Schindler’s List, Sexy Beast, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, and Hugp. He began acting in the London West End Theatre and remained in theatre work for 16 years ending up on Broadway until 1972 in the film Fear Is The Key. From there on he would work in all three acting types of media. He’s going to appear as The Mandarin in the upcoming Iron Man 3.
Born: December 31, 1943
Education: Pendleton College | University of Salford
Awards: Oscars | Grammy | BAFTA | Golden Globes | Screen Actors Guild | Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
And now to check in with our good friend Jon Stewart, over at The Daily Show!
Monday, April 29th (2013)
Jon Hamm (Actor: “Mad Men”)
Jon Hamm is an actor, best know for his role as Don Draper from the hit tv show Mad Men. He has also been in the shows 30 Rock, Related, What About Brian, and The Division. He has also appeared in films such as the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still, Bridemaids, Sucker Punch, and The Town. He also worked as director, directing several episodes of Mad Men.
Born: March 10, 1971
Education: University of Texas | University of Missiouri
Awards: Golden Globe | Golden Nymph | Screen Actor Guild Award | Critics Choice Television Award | TCA Award
Previous Daily Show Appearances: Interview – September 15, 2010
Tuesday, April 30th (2013)
Robert Downey Jr. (Actor: “Iron Man 3″)
Robert Downey Jr is an actor who is now best known for his roles as Sherlock Holmes in Guy Richie’s Sherlock Holmes films, Tony Starks in the Iron Man films, along with the rest of the Marvel film universe and as Kirk Lazarus from the film Tropic Thunder. He’s also been in films such as Chaplin, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang,Less Than Zero, Weird Science, Zodiac, Natural Born Killers and Air America. He’s also a musician and has sung on the soundtracks for several of his films, he has also released an album entitled The Futurist.
Born: April 4, 1965
Awards: Golden Globes | BAFTAs | London Film Critic Awards | Saturn Award | People’s Choice Awards
Wednesday, May 1st (2013)
Kay Bailey Hutchinson (Former Senator and Author: “Unflinching Courage: Pioneering Women Who Shaped Texas”)
Kay Bailey Hutchinson is an author and former Senator from the state of Texas. She is also the first woman to be a Senator of Texas and the first Texan Senator to receive more than 4 million votes during an election. She held onto her position as Senator for nearly 20 years but ending up losing her position to Rick Perry in 2013. As a Senator she was also on various committees including the committees on Rules and Administration, Commerce, Science and Transportation and the Committee on Appropriations. She’s been apart of the various subcommittees tied in with those committees and various caucuses.
Previous Daily Show Appearances: Interview – 15th November, 2004
Born: July 22, 1943
Education: University of Austin
Follow: @KayBaileyHutch
Thursday, May 2nd (2013)
Eric Greitens (CEO: The Mission Continues)
Eric Greitens is an author, nonprofit organization leader, and Navy SEAL. He is also the CEO of The Mission Continues, which is a organization that tries to be the framework for military veterans to do community service work. He was also a Rhodes Scholar. As an author he has written a memoir The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, The Making of a Navy SEAL, which came out in April 2011 to much success. Before that he published Strength and Compassion, which is a series of essays and photos that he created.
Born:April 10, 1974
Education:Lady Margret Hall
Awards: Combat Action Ribbon | Joint Service Achievement Medal | Navy Commendation Medal | Purple Heart | Bronze Star Medal
Follow: @EricGreitens
That’s all for this week! See you next time Hubsters!