Amy Schneider Latest Celebrity News & Gossip

Amy Schneider has been dethroned on Jeopardy!

Amy Schneider's winning streak on has come to an end.The software engineering manager lost to Rhone Talsma, a librarian from Chicago, during Wednesday's episode. Schneider finished in second place with $19,600, while Talsma came in first with $29,600.At the end of her history-making run, Schneider's total winnings add up to $1,382,800.

LOS ANGELES -- One word made all the difference Wednesday on “Jeopardy!”Champion Amy Schneider’s dazzling streak on the quiz show is over, snapped by a Chicago librarian after 40 consecutive wins and nearly $1.4 million in prize money.Schneider’s success put her in the ranks of Ken Jennings, who's serving as guest host, and the quiz show’s other all-time greats. It also made Schneider, a trans woman, a visible symbol of achievement for often-marginalized people.“It’s still a little hard to believe," she said of her impressive run.

Amy Schneider will always be a champion in our eyes.

made history when she won her 39th game and became No. 2 on the game show’s consecutive wins list — and the winningest woman.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterAfter a thrilling 40-game streak, “Jeopardy” phenom Amy Schneider finally met her match.Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, Calif., lost her 41st game on Wednesday to Rhone Talsma, a librarian from Chicago.With 40 consecutive wins, Schneider holds the title for the second-longest run in the quiz show’s history, collecting $1,382,800 in winnings in the process. Her appearance on “Jeopardy” has been one for the history books.

Forty-game Jeopardy! champ Amy Schneider brought her winning streak to a close tonight, losing to challenger Rhone Talsma and taking home a total $1,382,800 in winnings.

George Stephanopoulos enjoys occasionally ribbing at his co-stars just as much as any of the others do, with TJ Holmes recently bearing the brunt of it.MORE: George Stephanopoulos receives outpour of support following incredible career newsThe Good Morning America anchor left the studio in hysterics with his latest dig at TJ in what has become a recurring bit on the show.George introduced a story the team has been covering over the past week regarding Amy Schneider's history-making streak on Jeopardy.WATCH: GMA's George Stephanopoulos surprises Michael Strahan live on airHe then cut to TJ, who was helming the story in the studio while describing her run, and introduced him by cheekily saying: "TJ is on our Jeopardy beat.

Amy Schneider is making  history!Schneider claimed her 39th win Monday, surpassing Matt Amodio as the second-most winning contestant on the long-running game show. Ken Jennings, who partnered with Mayim Bialik to take over hosting duties from the late Alex Trebek, still holds the top spot, after he won 74 back-to-back games in 2004.Schneider's winnings are piling up too, with the 42-year-old software engineering manager collecting $1,319,800 in prize money thus far.«It still feels unreal,” Schneider said in a statement after her 39th win.

Amy Schneider has done it!

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterReigning “Jeopardy” champion Amy Schneider is coming for Ken Jennings’ hall-of-fame spot.She may have a long way to go, but on Monday, Schneider claimed her 39th victory, making her the contestant with the second-most consecutive wins in the game show’s history. Only Jennings, who newly took over hosting duties from the late Alex Trebek, has a longer winning streak. Jennings became a household name in 2004 after notching an unprecedented 74 back-to-back triumphs.In the 39 games she has conquered so far, Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, Calif., has collected a casual $1,319,800.“It still feels unreal,” Schneider said in a statement.

has been hosting the show during Schneider’s winning streak. Schneider makes history as the most successful woman in the show’s history, the show’s first transgender contestant to qualify for the Tournament of Champions and the highest-performing transgender person in the show’s history. “I think that the best part for me has been being on TV, you know, as my true self, expressing myself and representing the entire community of trans people,” she told “Good Morning America.” “Just being, you know, a smart, confident woman and doing something super normal like being on ‘Jeopardy!’”Schneider, who has also said that said her classmates voted her most likely to be a “Jeopardy!” contestant when she was in eighth grade, will now face off against Matt Amodio, who is No.

Watch out Ken Jennings, Amy Schneider is coming for your record.

Amy Schneider continued her Jeopardy! winning streak tonight with her 39th game, becoming the second winningest contestant in the show’s history behind Ken Jennings.

Amy Schneider is opening up about her historic run on Jeopardy!

“Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider is beating even her greatest expectations.

Video: Katharine McPhee Tells 'Haters' to 'Get a Life' After Bikini Pic Criticism (US Weekly)Queen Elizabeth II Faces 'Hard' Choice in Prince Harry Security DebateJensen Ackles Says Jessica Alba Was 'Horrible' On 'Dark Angel' SetJesse Palmer: Why I Didn’t Talk to Chris Harrison About 'Bachelor' GigSurprise! Leighton Meester Appears in 'HIMYF' — But Is She Staying?Pete Davidson Calls Himself a 'Diamond in the Trash' Amid Kim K. Romance'Moon Knight' Star Gaspard Ulliel Dead at 37 After Ski AccidentJamie Chung Recalls Her Premature Twin Sons' 'Really Scary' NICU StayBachelor's Clayton 'Never Claimed to Be a Saint' Amid Rumors About His PastKim Kardashian Has Grown ‘Closer’ to Pete Davidson Amid Kanye West DramaInside Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet’s Split: What Went Wrong?Watch: Married at First Sight's Michael Barely Has Time For Jasmina Post-WeddingJesse Palmer Promises Clayton Will 'Do Whatever it Takes' to Find The OneAmy Schumer Debuts Weight Loss After Endometriosis, Liposuction SurgeriesAshley and Jared Campaigning for Carly Waddell to Be the Next BacheloretteHer outing comes just days after she found herself the subject of a tricky Jeopardy! clue on Thursday's episode, which featured the champion Amy Schneider.

“What is Prince Edward Island?”

Katharine McPhee was part of a $2,000 clue on the latest episode of Jeopardy! and even she didn’t know the correct response!

GLAAD today announced the nominees in 30 categories for its 33rd Annual Media Awards.

Jeopardy! contestants since the show lifted the cap on consecutive wins in 2003. Schneider is the most successful openly trans competitor in the show's history. Cinching her icon status in a pop music category last week, she got an question right and a Nickelback question wrong.

She looks like a million bucks — and her jackpot is only growing. Jeopardy! contestant Amy Schneider passed the $1 million mark on Friday, January 7, episode of the game show.

Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, Calif., has became the fourth person in the 38-year history of Jeopardy! to earn more than $1 million in non-tournament play. She moved past that milestone in today’s episode of the show.

LOS ANGELES -- “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider is adding to her list of bragging rights and admirers.Already the highest-earning female contestant in the quiz show's history and the woman with the longest winning streak, on Friday she became one of only four “Jeopardy!” players to reach seven figures in regular-season winnings.She's collected $1.02 million in 28 victories, solidifying her 4th-place position on the list that includes Ken Jennings with $2.5 million; James Holzhauer, $2.46 million, and Matt Amodio, $1.52 million.Schneider, who's also fourth in consecutive wins, will compete again Monday.Poised and affable on TV and in an interview with The Associated Press, she doesn't seem the gloating type. But she is tickled by the fact that she's fulfilled a prediction made by her 8th-grade classmates in Dayton, Ohio: She was voted most likely to be a “Jeopardy!” contestant, based on her geography and spelling bee prowess.More significantly, she's the first transgender person to qualify for the show's tournament of champions.

Feeling “fine.” After former Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider was burglarized earlier this week, she has opened up about the ordeal.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Reigning “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider was robbed at gunpoint over New Year’s weekend in Oakland, California.Schneider, an Oakland resident, tweeted about the robbery to her 52,000 followers, saying she was shaken up but otherwise OK.“Hi all! So first off: I’m fine.

It takes a certain mind to be able to compete on Jeopardy!, but only the best of the best land in this winner’s circle. These are the highest-earning winners from the game show — and they’ve won millions.

It has been a pretty eventful year for "Jeopardy!" fans thanks to a hosting controversy as well as two record-breaking contestants stealing the show. Amy Schneider, who is currently on a 16-game winning streak as of her win on Wednesday, is now the fourth highest-earning contestant to play the game in regular-season play.The engineering manager from Oakland, Calif.

Steve Martin may be looking in a mirror.

Amy Schneider is clearly in it to win it all.