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Born as Gionna Daddio, Liv Morgan signed with WWE in 2014, shortly thereafter making her TV debut on the affiliated program, NXT. After a few years spent developing her craft and making a name for herself, Morgan took her career to the next level by joining the WWE Smackdown women's division in 2017. From there, she would go on to participate in the first-ever Women's Royal Rumble match, the inaugural all-women's Evolution event, competed in several WrestleManias, won 2022 Money in the bank ladder match, and defeated Ronda Rousey to become 1st time Smackdown women's champion. Liv's popularity within the WWE universe as one of the brand's top female stars only continues to grow.

For 14 years, Trisha Meili was known to the world only as "the Central Park Jogger," the victim of a high-profile rape case in New York City. On the evening of April 19, 1989, a 28-year-old investment banker with degrees from Wellesley and Yale was violently assaulted while jogging in Central Park. She was raped, beaten near death and nearly drowned in a pool of her own blood. When found, she was suffering from hypothermia, severe blood loss, and a fractured skull. She was initially expected to die or remain in a permanent coma, but she recovered fully, with no memory of the event. The crime provoked public outrage. According to police, the culprits were gangs of teenage men who would assault strangers, an activity called "wilding". Five black teenage boys were identified as the assailants, tried, and convicted in 1990. Four of the boys confessed to the crime, but later doubts involving possible coercion put those confessions into doubt. There was no physical evidence to connect the boys to the crime and their convictions were based on their confessions.

In 2002, convicted rapist and murderer Matias Reyes, serving a life sentence for other crimes, declared that he committed the assault, and that he acted alone. DNA evidence confirmed his participation in the crime. Based on Reyes' confession, a judge exonerated the five defendants in 2002. In 2003, Meili publicly revealed her identity in a book, I Am the Central Park Jogger. After years of rehabilitation, she has fully recovered, married and returned to work, though she still cannot remember the 1989 attack.

Ilyssa Goodman is an award-winning film producer and director, best known for the "A Cinderella Story" movie franchise, which has become a pop-culture mainstay. Ilyssa's film, The Standoff (2016), was shown around the globe and helped pave the way for Ilyssa to pivot from successful Producer to film Director.

As the mother of twin red-headed children, Ilyssa navigates raising children in Los Angeles (where a simple play-date might involve caterers and a band) to in-laws who appeared for an unexpected and extended stay, to her own aging and challenging career in Hollywood.

Born and raised in Paramus, New Jersey, Ilyssa graduated from Paramus High School (Class of 1982) and Ramapo College (1987) with a BA in Communications. She began her career working for Miramax Films before heading to Los Angeles to work in development at Universal Studios and eventually landing a post as Vice President of Filmed Entertainment for Bonneville Worldwide Entertainment, where she oversaw the production of dozens of successful television movies and several award-winning independent films. After holding a number of executive posts in development, production and distribution, Ilyssa pivoted into producing and directing and hasn't looked back since.

David Wills was born on 28 September 1970 in Paramus, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 (2005), Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) and One Piece (1999).

Bryan Senti is a BAFTA winning first-generation Latin American composer, multi instrumentalist, and producer. His debut crossover LP, "Manu" was released on the French Independent, Naïve to critical acclaim and recent collaborations include numerous projects with Dustin O'Halloran including the recently released "1001" via Deutsche Grammaphon.

His film and TV career began with Michael Almereyda's "Experimenter" which premiered at Sundance in 2015 and since then he has composed for multiple films and TV shows including the BAFTA winning series "Save Me" (2021) by Lennie James. Most recently he scored the BBC musical, "Mood" (2023) by Nicôle Lecky which garnered him a BAFTA award for Original Music.

In the pop space, Bryan has collaborated with Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt on their production "Carbon Life", Rufus Wainwright on his album "Out of the Game" and opera "Prima Donna" as well as toured and recorded for the Canadian singer songwriter, Feist. His experimental pop project, "Ex Mykah" created releases via the London indie label, Kowloon.

Bryan began studying violin at 3 years old and would later study composition at Carnegie Mellon and Yale University. His unique perspective on the violin, and extensive production experience, give him a unique sonic signature; His album Manu was described by John Schaffer of WNYC's New Sounds as "A really striking record... [an] excavation of the violin as a global instrument".

Dean Friedman was born on 23 May 1955 in Paramus, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Boon (1986), Eerie, Indiana (1991) and Lemon (2017).

David Rivitz was born in Paramus, New Jersey, USA. David is an actor and producer, known for Shallow Hal (2001), Fight the Panda Syndicate (2008) and Bleeding Audio (2020).

Kenneth Banghart was born on 11 September 1909 in Paramus, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for The Daily Planet Presents: The Story of Superman (1966), Four Bears Before the Mast (1949) and Sportsreel (1950). He died on 25 May 1980 in Delray Beach, Florida, USA.

Jim Dray was born on 31 December 1986 in Paramus, New Jersey, USA.