Who

A former CNN anchor, Hemmer now delivers the news on Fox, where he serves as co-anchor of America's Newsroom on weekday mornings.

Backstory

The son of a mattress executive, Hemmer was a childhood jock and Catholic schoolboy in his native Cincinnati, and started his career on the sports desk at a small CBS affiliate in Ohio after graduating from college. When he realized it would be close to impossible to land a job covering international news for a major network with his credentials, he headed off on a year-long trip around the world—which he paid for himself— filming dispatches from Asia and the Middle East for the Cincinnati station where he'd worked previously. The gamble paid off. After returning to the U.S., he assembled choice clips into a piece called "Bill's Excellent Adventure," and the program ended up winning two regional Emmys and attracting interest from CNN. Hemmer was hired as an anchor in 1995, and went on to host American Morning opposite Soledad O'Brien until 2005. That year, CNN president Jonathan Klein told Hemmer that they planned to move him from his morning anchor job to Washington where he'd be a White House correspondent. Hemmer reportedly regarded the offer as a demotion—he said he had no interest in leaving New York behind—and quickly made his escape plans. He landed at Fox in August of 2005 and currently serves as weekday co-anchor of America's Newsroom with Megyn Kelly, averaging solid ratings of just under a million viewers.

For the record

Don't be fooled by the youthful looks: Hemmer's in his 40s. But he's always attracted legions of fans; New York once described him as either "the next Scud Stud or the next network news icon" in 2003. He continues to generate a following (some of his admirers, many of whom are liberal, have even followed him to Fox )and swooning fans also post drool-y messages about Hemmer on message boards like "Hemmerobilia."

Personal

Hemmer, who was spotted out and about with fellow Fox Newser Kimberly Guilfoyle back in the day, lives in a lower Fifth Avenue penthouse. He also has a weekend home in Sag Harbor, where he's an investor in Sen Lounge, which is connected to Sen sushi restaurant.

No joke

Hemmer did his own makeup on the set of American Morning, explaining, "At that hour, I don't really like people touching my face."