Jon Stewart
Popularly known for hosting ‘The Daily Show’ from 1995 to 2015, Jon Stewart shot to fame for his satirical take on new events and other happening around the world.
Initially a stand-up comedian, he branched out into television hosting with a stint for Comedy Central as a host for the ‘Short Span Attention Theater’. Since then he has been part of several personality- driven shows, particularly on networks such as CNN, Fox news and MSNBC.
It was however his stint at ‘The Daily Show’, that won him news and journalism awards. He has also hosted the 78th and the 80th edition of the Academy Awards.
He has co-authored the the book ‘America (The Book): A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction’, which was a 2004 bestseller.
Prateik Babbar
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Prateik Babbar is an actor by profession. He was born to actor parents Smita Patil and Raj Babbar in Mumbai. The actor made his debut in Bollywood with ‘Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na’. He garnered nominations at various award ceremonies and won a Filmfare and a Stardust Award.
Not many know that Prateik battled with substance abuse in 2013, a problem that Babbar had struggled with in the past as well, he went through counselling and has been sober ever since.
To fine tune his acting skills he completed a course in method attacking in 2016.
Esha Gupta
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The film actress and model is also a winner of the Miss India International title. Born to an air force officer in Delhi, she studied mass communication and then turned down a law scholarship to pursue a career in Bollywood.
Her debut performance in Bollwyood was opposite Emraan Hashmi in Mahesh Bhatt's ‘Jannat 2’. She has also been a part of movie like ‘Raaz 3D’, ‘Humshakals’, ‘Rustom’ etc.
Ed Harris
A revered actor and performer, Ed Harris is known for films like ‘The Rock’, ‘A History of Violence’, ‘A Beautiful Mind’, ‘Needful Things’ and ‘Gone Baby Gone’.
In 2000, he made his debut as a director in the Oscar-winning film ‘Pollock’ (2000). After competing in athletics in high school and at Columbia University, he worked at a bookstore operated by the Art Institute of Chicago, but went into acting with his TV debut in an episode of Gibbsville. He later starred in HBO's ‘Westworld’ series.
He earned Academy Award nominations for his performances in ‘The Truman Show’, ‘The Hours’, and ‘Apollo 13’.
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