VIP Booking Agency Featured Talent Featured talent from VIP Booking Agency http://www.vipbookingagency.com en-us EasyRSS Diana DeGarmo Only 16 and a junior in high school in Snellville, GA, Diana DeGarmo was the youngest finalist of American Idol 2004, but you wouldn't have guessed it from her powerful, confident voice. Growing up a show-biz kid surely helped. DeGarmo had been in Atlanta-based productions of +Annie and +Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at a young age and performed at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the Coca-Cola's "Olympic Kids." She later became a cast member of Cartoon Net]]> Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:16:42 -0500 http://www.vipbookingagency.com/Diana_DeGarmo_p177.html Leona Lewis A striking young woman with a strong vocal resemblance to the young Whitney Houston and a large mop of blonde corkscrew curls, Leona Lewis won the third series of the British reality talent show The X Factor in a landslide. (For non-Brits: The X Factor is the revamped follow-up to the original U.K. talent search, Pop Idol, of which American Idol is the massively successful U.S. version; AI's Simon Cowell is the show's lead judge and executive producer.)

A founding member of the Chicago's influential Steppenwolf Theatre Company (along with Terry Kinney and Jeff Perry) when he was barely 19, Gary Sinise made his professional acting debut at the age of 17 in a 1973 production of +The Physicist. Sinise himself would sum up his career best by noting that the secret to a successful career is not to focus on taking off like a rocket, but to "always keep the engine running." With a prolific and well-defined career on each side of t]]> Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:16:42 -0500 http://www.vipbookingagency.com/Gary_Sinise_p203.html Creedence Clearwater Revisited Stu Cook and Doug "Cosmo" may not have intended it, but their band Creedence Clearwater Revisited has taken on a startling life of its own. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame rhythm section (bass and drums respectively) from the legendary group Creedence Clearwater Revival launched the Creedence Clearwater Revisited project in 1995 to once again perform live Creedence Clearwater Revival hits - touchstones of a generation. Though the pair initially only planned to play private pa]]> Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:16:42 -0500 http://www.vipbookingagency.com/Creedence_Clearwater_Revisited_p238.html Emeril Lagasse When it comes to the topic of celebrity chefs, the name Emeril Lagasse is bound to come up -- and most likely sooner rather than later. Perhaps the most beloved and prolific kitchen wizard ever to grace the small screen, Lagasse inherited his love of cooking from his mother while growing up in Fall River, MA, and honed his talents in the kitchen with an extended stint in a Portuguese bakery as a teen. An accomplished drummer who was offered a full scholarship to the New Engl]]> Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:16:42 -0500 http://www.vipbookingagency.com/Emeril_Lagasse_p93.html Pat Riley The current President and Head Coach of the Miami HEAT, Pat Riley is a seven-time National Basketball Association World Champion, as well as the only Head Coach in NBA history to capture Coach of the Year honors with three different teams: the Los Angeles Lakers, the New York Knicks, and the Miami HEAT.

Coach Riley reached the 1000 victory plateau faster than any other Coach or Manager in the four major North American professional sports leagues. He ]]> Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:16:42 -0500 http://www.vipbookingagency.com/Pat_Riley_p224.html