Spotlight on March, 2020 TGIM celebrity judge April Florio
One of the celebrity judges who will be on hand tonight for the final TGIM screening of the 2019-2020 season is Kids Incorporated superstar April Florio.
Florio has gained expertise in a myriad of professions over the course of her career. In addition to building a reputation as a public relations and marketing guru at Music Center in Melbourne, she has also done web design, photography and event planning. She also writes and records 
music (she was a soul and R&B singer in her late teens). As a runway model, she has appeared in ad campaigns for Marie Claire, Twist, Seventeen, Maxim Pijan Perfrum, FHM (Australia/UK) and even Quaker State Motor Oil. While living in New York City, she also worked as an actress and in public relations for nightclubs, clothing companies and A-List celebrities.
Her acting has included both indie films and some small roles in big budget movies that, regrettably, never made it to the screen. 
April was just 6 years old when she made her theatrical acting debut. The year was 1989, and she made the third round of callbacks for The All New Mickey Mouse Club. But her big break came in the 2001 film American Pie 2, where she had a small role as a party girl that garnered some favorable print in People Magazine.
She starred as a Gamma Girl alongside Paris Hilton in the 2006 film Pledge This, appeared in the comedy The Cops Did It in 2009 and Blunt Movie in 2013 alongside Angie Everhart, Pat Morita and Dennis Rodman. But while Florio does not see acting in her future, 
her plans do include producing and directing indie films.
April is also a published author, having penned a funny guide to breakups at the age of 23. Less than three months after it was written, she received offers for development into a show or screenplay.
Florio holds a B.A. in Accounting and Marketing from Bridgewater State University and a Master’s Degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
March 2, 2020.
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Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.