Bianca Merkley and Nicole Sheahan both performed original songs about their relationships with God and Jesus Christ on the weekly Mormon Channel Studio series. Each week, Mormon Channel Studio features original compositions and arrangements of hymns from LDS artists....
Josh Wright is an American pianist who was on season nine of the television show America’s Got Talent. He has been a performer at events and conferences across the country, and has released five albums. Wright began playing the piano when he was just four years...
Madilyn Paige became famous for competing in the NBC television show The Voice, of the sixth season. Since her time on the show, she has released her own EP and singles and gained a solid fan base. Paige, who is from Utah, auditioned for the singing competition show...
Tiffany Alvord www.tiffanyalvord.com Tiffany Alvord, singer songwriter, rising to fame on YouTube after posting her first video at age 15. Follow Tiffany’s social media...
SHAYTARDS Shay and Collete Butler and children (oh and their dog their dog’s name is Malachi), family life isn’t veery private. For years the Butler family has been known to the world as the “Shaytards” on YouTube with more than 1 million...
Richard Lyman Bushman Richard Lyman Bushman, Gouverneur Morris Professor of History emeritus at Columbia University , is the author of many books on early American cultural and religious history. Bushman’s most notable work, From Puritan to Yankee: Character...
Ireland Belfast Northern Ireland Stake Jason is legally blind, 100-meter sprint Reigning T13 100m and 200m Paralympic champion and world record holder Jason Smyth competes in both Paralympic and able body athletics. He was the first Paralympian to compete at a...
Edwin Catmull computer animation Computer animation pioneer; co-founder of Pixar From CNN A COMPANY like Pixar wasn’t what Ed Catmull had in mind when he first hatched his plan to use computers to make animated films. But in hindsight, this company...
He is most known currently for being the host of the nationally syndicated morning television show, The Daily Buzz. Mitch began his broadcasting career at radio stations WWJB-AM, WDJR-FM, WESP-FM in the early 90’s and moved into television soon after. His...
Synchronized swimming USA Killman was born on April 9, 1991 in Ada, Oklahoma, and grew up in Texas. She is a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, a federally recognized tribe based in Oklahoma. Originally a competitor in racing events, Killman began to participate...
Women’s Skeleton Noelle won the Silver Olympic medal in Sochi She just missed the podium in the 2010 Winter Games after finishing just one-tenth of a second out of the medal race. She travels to all her international competitions with “Team Pikus-Pace” that...
Tracy Kennick is a news anchor in Southeast Texas on KBMT Channel 12 News She went on to graduate from Brigham Young University as an honors student with a major in broadcast communication and a minor in political science. She then worked for KSL Television in Salt...
Erin Klingler The author of the novel, Love Beyond Tomorrow. It’s a story about love, about staying true to oneself, about having the courage to love and trust, and knowing which paths of life to follow. Its themes are of interest to young women and women...
Marcia Lynn McClure Marcia spins her tales of love, life and laughter adventures woven around those compelling, romantic instances that most appeal to a woman’s loving heart. Marcia feels that if her readers close one of her books with a contented sigh and a...
Janet Kay Jensen Janet Kay Jensen is an award-winning author of Don�t You Marry the Mormon Boys (Bonneville Books, Cedar Fort Press, 2007) and co-author of The Book Lover’s Cookbook, Recipes Inspired by Celebrated Works of Literature and the Passages That...
Season 30 of the CBS reality television show, The Amazing Race, comprised of 11 duos competing against one another is underway. On the show, contestants must complete difficult challenges in foreign countries, all the while racing against one another, hoping that they...
On the latest edition of the weekly Mormon Channel Studio Series, pianist and composer Monica Scott performed and original song, “For Coey” and a cover of “I Am A Child of God.” “For Coey” is a song that Scott wrote to perform at...
Rick deRoque ContestantBiggest Looser season 10 Rick Deroque from “Biggest Loser 2010,” whose also known as Richard Deroque, is one of the contestants in Season 10 of the NBC reality weight-loss competition series. Rick (“Biggest Loser 10”)...
In a recent music video release, violinist Jenny Oaks Baker performed Beethoven’s classic “Ode to Joy” in Vienna, where the song was originally composed. “Ode to Joy” was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven and is the final movement in his...
Ali and Christina Christensen 2010 NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” The sisters both have cystic fibrosis and were told early on by doctors they would never be able to sing well and could expect to die young. After host Nick Cannon announced the...
Rick Thomas The truth is there is room for a little bit of everything on the strip, and no one knows that better than Thomas. He’s performs a family-friendly show that manages an innuendo or two but doesn’t embarrass his Mormon upbringing. from...
Ryan Little Ryan Little is the award-winning director of films such as “Out of Step” (2002) and “The Last Good War” (1999). Little was born in Canada and attended the prestigious film school at Brigham Young University. During the 1996-1997...
Gordon Jump Alexander Gordon Jump April 1, 1932 – September 22, 2003 Gordon is best known as the clueless radio station manager Arthur “Big Guy” Carlson in the TV series WKRP in Cincinnati and the incompetent “Chief of Police Tinkler” in...
