Celebrity Parade With Jeanne Wolf

While all the contestants on "America's Got Talent" may not have a future in show business, Springer explains why he loves them. "It sounds corny," he says, "but it really is the All-American show because you don't have to be rich, you don't have to be famous, you don't have to have an agent, you don't have to live in Hollywood. It's just ordinary people living all over the country who did things like singing into a hairbrush in front of the mirror or being a magician, whatever. Their friends talk them into coming down to try out and I really do root for them. They aren't tarnished at all by Hollywood. They're just regular folks and it's refreshing.

As for what drives Springer he explains, "My parents inspired me. My parents were everything. They give me confidence. They loved me unconditionally. And they said education was everything. The rest of my family died in Nazi concentration camps, so they were all I had. They came here and proved that this is a great country and you can make it."

Kim Cattrall

Playing the ever seductive Samantha on "Sex and the City" which will soon be on the big screen made Kim Cattrall a star. But it wasn't always a boost for her off-screen love life. Kim told Parade:

"I remember someone saying that they wanted to set me up on a blind date and when the fella found out it was me and I played Samantha, he said, 'Oh, no way. I'm not going near that.' When I meet people who don't really know me, they really understand quickly that I'm not Samantha."

Cattrall, who was one of the 'Sex and the City' cast most reluctant to make the movie, thinks she did the right thing by not rushing into filming. "I look back at that time, you know, with the series ending and with my marriage coming to an end, and my dad was diagnosed with dementia," she says. "I think it was a time where I needed to take a time out. And I needed to spend less time with my work family and more time with my private family. And I'm glad that I did because now, four years later, things are in a much more positive place. And to come and play this character again was a great joy. Timing is always perfect."