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Jimmy Kimmel is a producer and writer known for Windy City Heat, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army and Jimmy Kimmel Live. Besides being a television host and a writer, he has many other talents such as being a comedian, voice actor, and musician. He attended Ed W. Clark High school, Arizona State University and the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. Jimmy began working in the radio industry while in high school. He hosted a Sunday night interview show on UNLV's college station. While attending Arizona State University, he became a popular caller to the KZZP-FM afternoon show hosted by radio personalities Mike Elliott and Kent Voss in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1989, he landed his first paying job alongside Voss as morning drive co-host of The Me and …show more content…

Lara Spencer is a News Anchor for ABC’s Good Morning America television program. Spencer was born in Garden City, New York June 19, 1969. Growing up, Lara was the youngest of five children. After high school she went to Penn State University, with a swimming scholarship, where she graduated with a degree in broadcast journalism. She was also the captain of her swim team and an All American Athlete. After college she started her broadcasting career with NBC not as a news reporter but in the sales department. She has also worked for News 12 Long Island and WABC-7 “Eyewitness News” in New York City. Good Morning America took an interest in her when she was doing a lifestyle report called “Life around Here with Lara Spencer”. She worked with ABC’s Good Morning America for about five years before she left them to go host The Insider. While Lara was working for “Good Morning America” she also hosted two seasons of a television series on PBS called “Antiques Road show”. Lara hosted The Insider for seven years before coming back to Good Morning America in 2011. Outside of her work, she is married and has two children named Kate and Duff. She enjoys what most people

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