Rosie O'Donnell
Comedian, talk show host, actress and activist
b. March 21, 1962
"I don't think America knows what a gay parent looks like: I am a gay parent."
An award-winning comedian, television host, author and media mogul, Rosie O’Donnell used her celebrity as a platform for activism and philanthropic causes.
Born in Queens, New York, O’Donnell got her big break when she auditioned for “Star Search” and won five times. With her $14,000 winnings, she relocated to Los Angeles and landed a role on the sitcom “Gimme a Break.”
After film roles in “A League of Their Own,” “Sleepless in Seattle” and “The Flintstones,” she was offered her own daytime television talk show. During her six years as host of “The Rosie O’Donnell Show,” she started Rosie’s For All Kids Foundation, which awarded more than $27 million in grants to 1,400 child-related nonprofit organizations.
In 2002, O’Donnell outed herself and became an outspoken advocate for gay parenting. She worked with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in an attempt to overturn Florida’s ban on gay and lesbian adoption.
O’Donnell and Kelli Carpenter married in 2004. They are parents of four children. The couple launched R Family Vacations, the first-ever cruise for gay families.
O’Donnell became the moderator of ABC’s all-women daytime talk show, “The View.” She starred on Broadway in “Grease,” “Seussical” and “Fiddler on the Roof,” and founded Rosie’s Broadway Kids, which provides a free theater experience.
Among O’Donnell’s many honors, she has received 13 Emmy Awards, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Vito Russo Award, an induction into the Kid’s Choice Awards Hall of Fame and a Women in Film Lucy Award.
Glitzy airline hostess comedian Pam Ann is returning to New York City's Big Apple and is bringing her popular stand-up show to Joe's Pub 12/27 thru 12/31.
Pam is very well known within the airline industry. Her targeted audience is usually pilots, flight attendants, travel agents and of course all us gay babies who have been following her career.
Pam Ann is the comic creation of Australian comedian Caroline Reid. An emerging icon in pop culture, she portrays the air hostess Pam Ann, a mixture of comedy, camp and glamour and a pun on the legendary airline Pan Am.
Performances tend to emphasis on the vulgarities of air travel including the identifying quirks of various airlines around the world mixed with a generous dose of ribald humor and double entendre.
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If you’ve ever taken a plane trip, been subjected to airport security, starved on a long flight or had an interaction with a nasty flight attendant--or, more likely, a nasty fellow passenger--get on board as Pam Ann's flight starting in Boston 2 weeks ago, Chicago last week and LA this weekend. Her Boston show marked the first stop on her break-out North American tour that takes her to ten other cities (there’s a full listing and dates at the official 
What respectable daily publication doesn't carry the Sunday comic page? For your entertainment pleasure this Sunday and from here on out we want to tickle your funny bone as well as your 
