Ginger Zee is “Good Morning America’s” chief meteorologist, reporting on the nation’s weather throughout the morning broadcast. Previously she was weather anchor for the weekend edition of “Good Morning America.” Additionally, Zee reports across all ABC News broadcasts and digital platforms and also serves as chief meteorologist for ABC News.

Since joining ABC News, Zee has covered almost every major weather event and dozens of historic storms. She broadcasted from the devastated Jersey Shore during Hurricane Sandy, the Colorado floods and wildfires, and covered the wreckage from tornados in Moore and El Reno, Oklahoma. In 2013, she covered extreme weather conditions ranging from the Boston blizzard to the record-breaking heat in Death Valley.

Zee’s love of adventure does not stop at studying the atmosphere in the center of the storm. She has gone para-hawking in Nepal, para-glided from the Himalayas to the Andes, dove with sharks in the Bahamas, rappelled 27 stories down the exterior façade of the Wit Hotel in Chicago, went skydiving live on GMA, plus has gone ice boat racing and surfing. The new mom was also a finalist on “Dancing with the Stars” in the spring of 2016.

Prior to joining ABC News, she was a meteorologist at NBC station WMAQ-Channel 5 in Chicago from 2006-2011, also filling in for several NBC and MSNBC News programs. Before that assignment, Zee worked at WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, MI where she part of the Storm Team 8, also covering the environment, science and the impact of weather throughout West Michigan. From 2003-2005, Zee worked at WEYI NBC 25 in Flint, MI. She began her career at WLAV FM/ WXMI in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Zee, who has storm chased since college, has also been a guest with Reed Timmer’s TVN team on Discovery’s Storm Chasers, season four.

The Emmy Award-winning meteorologist attended Valparaiso University and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in meteorology. She also served as an adjunct professor at the University from 2008-2011. Zee also holds the CBM Seal for Meteorology. She resides in New York City with her husband and young son. 

Follow Ginger on Twitter: @ginger_Zee; her Facebook Fan Page is: Facebook.com/gingerzeetv

 

Drew Lachey, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, is best known for his multi-platinum pop group 98Degrees, which most recently headlined the “My2K” tour with O-Town, Dream, and RyanCabrera. The group was also a part of the hugely successful North American “Package Tour"with New Kids on the Block and Boyz II Men.
He appeared on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars All Stars and was the Season 2 Champion. Healso served as co-host of the show and hosted ABC's Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann, a live,one-hour series that featured teams created by judges Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli.A Broadway veteran, Drew starred as Mark Cohen in Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize-winningmusical RENT, and as King Arthur’s right-hand man, Patsy, in Mike Nichol’s Tony award-winningproduction of MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT. Other onstage work includes CornyCollins in HAIRSPRAY and the DANCING WITH THE STARS tour.
In addition to other roles in television and film, Drew also hosted HGTV's $250,000 DollarChallenge, America Sings for the Gospel Music Channel, The Price is Right- Live, Let’s Make aDeal-Live and the Miss USA Pageant, which he co-hosted with Nancy O’Dell.Drew is married and is a proud father of two. Drew is currently the Co-Artistic Director ofLachey Arts. Lachey Arts is a non-profit performing arts camp in Cincinnati, which he createdwith his wife Lea.

How many people have dreamt of finding true romance, falling in love with the one? Truth be told, the definition of true romance is less like a fairytale and more like a roller coaster, with ups and downs and a period of disorientation after its over. Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Estelle, however, is one who is surely up for the ride.On her fourth full-length album True Romance, released on February 17, 2015, (which has garnered her praise from the likes of New York Times, Rolling Stone, People, Elle, NPR, Oprah Magazine, Cosmo, InStyle, Entertainment Weekly, VH1 and Billboard) Estelle lets go, completely. The way that someone has to when he or she enters into a relationship for the first time. I had to be blindly optimistic in going through that entire period, Estelle says of her time coming out of a relationship. It was devastating. I didnt know who the hell I was. I didnt want to be that mean girl that felt all men were evil. I started writing this record, and it was turning out to be so realistic.As she started to rediscover herself, Estelle began reflecting on the ideas of passion, courage, bullshit and true romance and how they play into the success, or the decline, or a relationship. This album is split into these four themes, and every song fits into one of these themes. This is a real body of work, just like when you do an art piece, or when you have all these awesome images on your Instagram. You want people to see the full you.When Estelle first burst onto the scene in 2008 with the double-platinum hit hit song American Boy featuring Kanye West, she quickly became an R&B sweetheart. The international chart-topper was a Billboard Hot 100 smash hit and won Estelle a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. Her first two studio albums Shine and All Of Me came soon after, earning Estelle both critical and pop success. Most recently she announced the launch of Established 1980, Inc., an independent label in partnership with BMG, and is now ready to give fans a full dose of her deeper identity. With Make Her Say (Beat It Up), Estelle took on passion, creating an upbeat sexual empowerment anthem that allows the songstress to tap into the provocative edge she unapologetically offers. I needed to explain to people who I was. When I go on tour and do shows, Im that explicit and Im that real on stage. This song is a part of a whole statement on what it means to be in a real relationship, on your terms. It represents ownership and embracing all of yourself as a human, plus good sex is always necessary," says Estelle. For Estelle, it took courage to get back into the studio and dig deep into her soul after being in a four-year relationship. On lead single Conqueror, she delivers an uplifting anthem that is sure to motivate listeners on their journey through tough times in their life. Dont ever give up on yourself, when everyone has told you that youre done, when everyone around you feels like youre not living up to their standards, dont let it stop you from moving ahead, Estelle advises. Conqueror became the biggest-selling song on iTunes after a special duet version aired on the hit FOX show Empire. Estelle guest starred in the March 4th episode playing Delphine, the newest artist to sign with Empire Entertainment. She sings Conqueror with Jussie Smollett who plays Jamal. In the days after the song aired, it raced up the iTunes charts and is now Top 3 overall and #1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Chart. The original version of the song is an Urban AC radio hit and was also featured in the 2014 hit Lionsgate/ Codeblack Films release Addicted. It landed Estelle recent TV appearances on The View, Live with Kelly & Michael, The Real, VH1 Big Morning Buzz, KTLA Morning News, Good Day New York, Home & Family, and more. Another passionate track is the soulful-sounding Silly Girls, produced by the Justice League. Estelle slows down the pace here to give listeners a real sense of her vulnerability as a woman. When you break up with someone, and you get back onto the road, you feel like you dont know yourself, Estelle begins. I was searching for something, and when I heard the hook for Something Good, I was like this is what it feels like, I know who I am. The song, produced by D. Smith is what Estelle describes as a booty-poppin, feel good House music throwback that brought the singer back to her roots. This was the type of music playing in my life back when I was 17 years old, walking around the market with my mom in London, when I was so sure of myself, recalls Estelle. Though Estelle has come a long way since her teenage days, she is very sure of who she is now and shes comfortable sharing that with the world on True Romance. Theres a background to me that is extremely real and I wanted people to get that understanding. Because Im from London, people assume that I was brought up well, that I was rich. Im definitely from the hood, she reveals. Theres a lot of girls out here that did good for themselves, but still maintain their hoodness.͛͟That upbringing is part of Estelles no bullshit mentality, another theme that moves True Romance. Produced by Keith Harris, The Same is a track where Estelle comes to a revelation that shes tired of the bullshit. When you're in this consistent circle, and youre mentally checked out of a relationship, but you wont physically leave. I never want to be in that space again, she shares. Once you finally figure out what it is, you can do something about it.Nowadays, Estelle is ready for the last theme that completes the album. When speaking about All That Matters, a track Estelle refers to as a wedding song, she says, When everything is done, and everything is over, when you get past the superficial and the honeymoon, thats when it becomes real love. And thats All That Matters.͛͟ Estelle, who is single and currently dating, is once again optimistic. And if you arent afraid to let go, she can give you true romance, like youve never had it.In 2014, Estelle was invited to sing alongside her idol Gladys Knight and country superstar Martina McBride for the first-ever Skyville Live webcast. In addition to her music, Estelle has also ventured into the world of animation, voicing a lead character, Garnet, on Cartoon Networks hit show Steven Universe. She also runs her foundation All of Me, which focuses on educating and expanding the horizons of young people through college scholarships and volunteer opportunities abroad. In the world of fashion, her Scarves by Swaray line is yet another outlet for Estelles endless creativity. Made from the finest quality silk and inspired by Estelles heritage and global travels, these versatile pieces can be worn in many ways.

A fusion of feel-good go-go music with hip-hop's original block-party aesthetic led DJ Kool to the fore in rap's return to the old school during the late '90s. A veteran of D.C.'s go-go circuit who worked as a warm-up DJ for Rare Essence during the early- to mid-'80s, Kool began recording in 1988 and early on tried to inform the studio art of hip-hop with a live feel in keeping with his experience. His first album, The Music Ain't Loud Enuff, used call and response much like early hip-hop and go-go (and also included the hip-house track "House Your Body" prefaced by a remarkably accurate monologue on the history of house music).
Kool took it to the stage in 1992 with the mini-LP 20 Minute Workout, recorded live in Richmond, VA, and released on Steve Janis' CLR Records. By the time of 1996's Let Me Clear My Throat, mostly recorded live in Philadelphia, the East Coast underground was buzzing about Kool's way with a crowd. American Records won a five-way bidding war and reissued Let Me Clear My Throat early the following year; providing remixes of the title track were Funkmaster Flex and Mark the 45 King (whose funky underground hit "The 900 Number" was the basis for the title track in the first place), helping it climb into the Top Five on the rap charts. In mid-2000, he and Fatman Scoop released the remixed Rob Base classic "It Takes Two." ~ John Bush, Rovi

Jo Dee Messina Jo Dee Messina is a seasoned veteran in the music industry, always evolving andreintroducing herself and her sound as she gains new experiences in life. Jumpstarting her career, Jo Dee’s breakout song, “Heads Carolina, Tails California,” made her a household name. Following the success of her debut, Jo Dee posted nine No. 1 hits, sixteen Top 40 songs, sold over five million albums worldwide, and was honored by the ACM Awards, CMA Awards, and GRAMMY Awards.
As Jo Dee’s résumé grew, she proved to be a trendsetter and history-maker, becoming the first female in country music history to celebrate three consecutive multi-week, chart-topping songs. Jo Dee later parted ways with her long-time record label and embraced the strong, empowered female persona for which she became known. Taking matters into her own hands, Jo Dee created Dreambound Records, called on her fans to become her dedicated team, and released her most personal album to date, Me. Aside from her studio successes, Jo Dee has also created a reputation for herself as one of the most passionate, high-energy performers in the business. Sharing her hit tunes; newly penned, emotionally-driven songs; and personal testimony, Jo Dee has been traveling the country for many years, receiving rave reviews for her authenticity, commitment, and openness on stage. Hoping to inspire and enlighten fans from all walks of life with every step she takes, Jo Dee has made it her mission to present herself and her story with honesty, allowing people to see behind the masquerade.
With a decorated past in the rearview mirror and endless dreams and an open road of possibility before her, this relatable woman, wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, speaker, author, and incredibly gifted singer-songwriter has only just begun. Fueled by faith, belief, and love, Jo Dee pours her heart and soul into everybody she meets and everything she touches, which is perhaps why Jo Dee Messina is such a timeless name in the music industry.