Judi Dench

Lionel Brockman Richie Jr.

Brendan O'Hea is a theatre director and Associate Artist at Shakespeare's Globe, where he has appeared in fourteen productions. He trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and has worked at the National Theatre and RSC. He co-wrote and recorded the audiobook for *Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent* with Dame Judi Dench, and co-authored *Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?* with her.

James David Vance is an American politician, author, and venture capitalist serving as the 50th vice president of the United States.

Matthew David McConaughey was born on November 4, 1969, in Uvalde, Texas, and has Irish heritage from the County Cavan/County Monaghan area. An Academy Award–winning actor and #1 New York Times bestselling author, he published his memoir *Greenlights* on October 20, 2020, through Crown Publishing Group, drawing on personal journals and life experiences.

Matthew Perry was an American-Canadian actor and author. On November 1, 2022, he published *Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing*, a memoir released by Macmillan Publishers (Headline in the UK) with a foreword by Lisa Kudrow, in which he details his struggles with alcoholism and painkiller dependency. Perry passed away on October 28, 2023, a year after the memoir's release.

Jeannette Walls is an American author and journalist widely known as former gossip columnist for MSNBC.com and author of The Glass Castle, a memoir of the nomadic family life of her childhood.