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Taylor Swift became one of country-pop's brightest (and youngest) faces in 2006, when the 16-year-old vocalist released her first album. Although new to the American public, Swift had been performing since early childhood, taking inspiration and enco watch now
Cheryl Ann Cole (née Tweedy, born 30 June 1983) is a British singer and member of the band Girls Aloud. As part of Girls Aloud and as a featuring artist, Cole has had 21 UK Top Ten singles. watch now
Halle Berry was a cheerleader in high school and went on to Miss Teen All American (1985), Miss Ohio USA (1986) and was the first runner-up for Miss USA in 1986. Her beauty has carried her from modelling to the big screen and feature films include "J watch now
Heidi Klum: supermodel, actress, fashion designer, television producer, artist... oh, did we forget to mention absolutely gorgeous woman? With her lean, athletic and extremely feminine physique, flowing blond hair, hazel eyes, and infectiously radian watch now
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Karolína Isela Kurková is a Czech model, best known as one of the Victoria's Secret Angels, and an aspiring actress. She currently lives in New York City's TriBeCa district and enjoys courtside basketball games at Madison Square Garden. watch now
Isla Fisher is a fresh-faced Australian-raised actress and author of two best-selling books. She is best-known for her work in the Aussie soap opera Home and Away, in which she played Shannon Reed from 1994 to 1997. In the States, Isla gained popular watch now
Alessandra Ambrosio was born in Erexim, Brazil, on the 11th of April, 1981. Her modeling career started when she decided to take modeling lessons in Brazil. The course led to her participation in Elite's Look of the Year contest in 1996, which eventu watch now
Michael Phelps is the newest phenomenon to take the swimming world by storm. Before the Olympics started, rumor had it that a 19 year-old from Baltimore was thinking of trying to match or even surpass Mark Spitz's legendary seven gold medals. By his watch now
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (born June 6, 1967) is an Emmy Award, Golden Globe-winning and Oscar-nominated American actor. He began his career as a supporting actor in several films produced during the 1990s including Private Parts, before earning watch now
Steven Paul Jobs is the American co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. and the former CEO of Pixar Animation Studios. In the late 1970s, Jobs, with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, created one of the first commercially successful personal comput watch now
The careers of founders and senior partners Jacques Herzog (born 19 April 1950), and Pierre de Meuron (born 8 May 1950), closely paralleled one another, with both attending the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich. They are perhaps b watch now
Songwriter, arranger, and vocalist Ne-Yo was born Shaffer Smith in Arkansas and raised in Las Vegas, NV. His start in the music industry came as a songwriter. Prior to exiting his teenage years, he penned material for Youngstown and broke through in watch now
Stephen David Daldry, CBE (born 2 May 1961) is an English theatre and film director and producer, as well as a three-time Academy Award nominated director. watch now
Harvey Levin was born on September 2, 1951 in Los Angeles, California and he is a famous television producer, lawyer, legal analyst, and a celebrity reporter. He did his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara and then h watch now
Jonathan Paul Ive CBE (casually called Jony Ive and mistakenly called Jonathan Ives) was born in February 1967 in London and grew up in Chingford, Essex. He is renowned for the products he has created as Senior Vice President of Industrial Design at watch now
After enrolling in classes at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute for Young People, she made her stage debut opposite Ethan Hawke in the off-Broadway production of -Sophistry. watch now
Sienna Rose Miller was born on December 28, 1981, in New York City, but she and her family moved to England while she was a child. Though Sienna studied at Lee Strasberg's acting academy, her early career aspirations involved modeling. She was associ watch now
Frances Louise McDormand (born 23 June 1957) is an Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated American film, stage, and television actress. watch now
Possessing the kind of elegant screen beauty that often draws comparisons to a Breakfast at Tiffany's-era Audrey Hepburn, actress Elizabeth Banks' onscreen career has been steadily rising since the up-and-coming actress won the Young Hollywood Award watch now
With her golden hair and golden voice, Jessica Simpson has gained a great deal of success and fame in less than 10 years in the music business. With three gold and two multiplatinum records, she has risen to the top echelon of female pop singers in N watch now
Edith "Edie" Falco (born July 5, 1963) is a three-time Emmy award-winning American television, film an d stage actress, known for her lead role as Carmela Soprano on HBO's award winning hit series The Sopranos. watch now
Davis is known primarily as a stage actress, and won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play and a Drama Desk Award for her role in King Hedley II (2001). She won a second Drama Desk Award for Intimate Apparel (2004). watch now
Charming, free-spirited and - above all - talented, Drew Barrymore has come a long way since her big-screen breakout in Steven Spielberg's beloved sci-fi blockbuster, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982). Despite a troubled and much-publicized adolesce watch now
Melissa Rose Haro is an American model who appeared in the 2008 & 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Her photo shoot was set in the Cayman Islands during the Pirate Week festival and included many photos in keeping with its motif. watch now
Emanuela de Paula (born April 25, 1989 in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco) is a Brazilian model. She has been the face of UK retailer Next for the past two seasons and can be seen in the 2009 Pirelli Calendar. watch now
Caroline is a Brazilian model of German and Italian descent. Whatever the gene pool is, it's working. In 2004, Caroline became a vegetarian after she was traumatized by the topless photo shoot she did in a meat locker for Steven Klein and Vogue. watch now
Sasha Pivovarova (born January 21, 1985 in Moscow) is a Russian model and artist. watch now
Noemie has become a sought-after model in a few short years, appearing in top magazines like Elle and Sports Illustrated, and modeling in ads for Tommy Hilfiger and the Gap. watch now
Ariel Meredith is an American model who was discovered, while still in high school in Louisiana, at a modeling expo. In 2009, she gained national attention with her appearance in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. watch now
Danica Patrick began go-karting in 1992 at Sugar River Raceway outside of Brodhead, Wisconsin and went on to win several national championships. She moved to England at the age of 16 in order to advance her racing career. She has also earned a GED. watch now
Jessica Gomes is a beautiful model of Singaporean and Portuguese heritage. She is probably best-known for her work in the 2008 SI Swimsuit Issue. watch now
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50 Cent has also pursued an acting career, appearing in the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin' in 2005 and the Iraq War film Home of the Brave in 2006. watch now
Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson (born March 18, 1986), better known by her stage name Lykke Li IPA, is a Swedish indie singe. watch now
Sara Beth Bareilles (born December 7, 1979) is a Grammy-nominated American singer-songwriter and pianist. Bareilles was born and raised in Eureka, California, United States. watch now
Brad Douglas Paisley (born October 28, 1972) is a Grammy Award-winning American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist. Starting with the release of his 1999 album Who Needs Pictures, Paisley has recorded six studio albums and a Christmas comp watch now
Carrie Underwood has yielded five number one hits to date on various charts in the United States and Canada, including "Inside Your Heaven," "Jesus, Take the Wheel" and "Before He Cheats." Carnival Ride, her newest album, released on October 23, 2007 watch now
One of the few Woodstock-generation rockers whose late career didn't rely on reunions and re-issues, Neil Young in the '90s earned the title "Godfather of Grunge", along with a new generation of followers. From his early days with Buffalo Springfield watch now
A striking young woman with a strong vocal resemblance to the young Whitney Houston and a large mop of blonde corkscrew curls, Leona Lewis won the third series of the British reality talent show The X Factor in a landslide. (For non-Brits: The X Fact watch now

