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-Amy Acuff
Leryn Franco, a javelin thrower for the Paraguay Olympics team competing in her second Olympics, is unarguably one of the hottest Olympians ever! 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
A handful of actresses carry such a wellspring of inner grace and presence that they appear destined for celebrity from birth. Natalie Wood had it, as did Elizabeth Taylor and Grace Kelly; many would doubtless place Kate Winslet among their ranks. A watch now
Being blessed with good looks is one thing, but bearing a resemblance to Natalie Portman helped Knightley get cast in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) as Queen Padm?'s royal decoy. She really got her breakthrough, however, with a supp watch now
Brooke Burke rose to fame as the sexiest tour guide in America on E!'s hit series Wild On. The show catapulted her to stardom in over 120 countries and 400 million homes around the world. Since her departure from the show, Brooke has graced top-selli watch now
Mila Kunis command of slang and teen vocal mannerisms won her work even when her appearance was not being utilized, as she voiced another all-American teen on FOX's animated envelope-pusher, Family Guy. watch now
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The petite and dazzling American actress Leighton Meester began her career somewhat prestigiously and intelligently, with appearances in such popular series as 24, Law && Order, and 7th Heaven, but in time Meester's involvement in a few less-este 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
Sturdy, reliable character actor Jon Hamm debuted onscreen at the turn of the millennium, with a series of key supporting roles in features including Space Cowboys (2000), Kissing Jessica Stein (2001), and Mel Gibson's We Were Soldiers (2002). watch now
David Beckham scored on his first team debut in the European Cup against Galatassary. watch now
Lorne Michaels, CM (born November 17, 1944) is a Canadian-born American Emmy-winning television producer, writer and comedian best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the various film and TV projects that spun off from watch now
Well known for his works as teen heartthrob on the NBC series Freaks and Geeks and films like Never Been Kissed (1999) starring Drew Barrymore, James Franco has the dark, refined looks of a classic movie star. Indeed, he was cast in the TNT film Jame watch now
Jeffrey Jacob "J.J." Abrams (born June 27, 1966) is an Emmy and Golden Globe-winning American film and television producer, writer, actor, composer, director, and founder of Bad Robot Productions. watch now
Anthony Dod Mantle was the cinematographer of choice for Europe’s independent film scene for much of the late 1990s and early 21st century. Among his credits were such critical and academic hits as the Dogme titles “The Celebratino” (1998) and “Julie watch now
What Vince McMahon is to pro wrestling, Dana White might be to mixed martial arts fighting. He has boldly been the face of the UFC since 2001, when the league was awash in debt and suffered from a terrible image problem. Consequently, Dana White can watch now
A slender, olive-skinned actress whose elegant beauty is somewhat offset by a collection of vivid tattoos (including a portrait of Marilyn Monroe on her right forearm and the +King Lear quote "We all laugh at gilded butterflies" on her right shoulder watch now
Katrina Kaif is one of the vagueries of the Hindi film industry that an actress like Katrina Kaif, who is born to an Indian-Kashmiri father and a British mother, is right there at the top even though she hardly speaks Hindi. WhatÂ’s more, she has also watch now
Monica Bellucci (born 30 September 1964) is an Italian actress and fashion model. watch now
Tall, radiant, and sensual, British ingenue Emily Blunt caught the attention of the public and press when she starred (at age 20) opposite Natalie Press in Pawel Pawlikowski's gentle, finely told lesbian romance My Summer of Love (2004). In the eyes watch now
If her performance was stunning, perhaps critical reaction was even more so. One review raved that "Miss Theron drops all pretence of starlet beauty and locates the beast within her character". Many compared her efforts to those of De Niro in Raging watch now
Actress Patricia Arquette is the granddaughter of Cliff Arquette, the daughter of character actor Lewis Arquette, and the sister of actors Rosanna Arquette, David Arquette and Alexis Arquette. Inaugurating her own film career in the mid-'80s, the act watch now
One of Britain's most respected and popular actresses, Judi Dench can claim a decades-old career encompassing the stage, screen, and television. A five-time winner of the British Academy Award, she was granted an Order of the British Empire in 1970 a watch now
Christina Applegate is an Emmy Award-winning American actress, known for playing Kelly Bundy on the long-running FOX Broadcasting Company sitcom Married with Children. She has since established a film and television career, with major roles in severa watch now
Carmen Kass was born in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia (formerly in the Soviet Union). After the fall of the USSR she began modelling in Italy as a teenager and eventually reached international stardom. Like Gisele Bundchen before her, Kass was name watch now
Brooklyn Decker (born 3 August 1987 in Kettering, Ohio) is an American fashion model best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. She is the fiancee of tennis player Andy Roddick. watch now
Flavia de Oliveira was born on July 17, 1984, in Londrina, Brazil. She was not quite interested in modeling in her early age. But later on, she decided to enter the fashion world with a splash. watch now
Lindsay Ellingson is an American model. Originally from San Diego, CA, Ellingson now lives in New York City. watch now
Anne Vyalitsyna started her professional modeling career at the age of 15, after IMG scouts discovered her in Saint Petersburg, while looking for new faces for MTV's Fashionably Loud Europe. She entered and ended up winning their modeling contest, al watch now
Tori Praver grew up in Maui, Hawaii. Her all-American good looks have landed her on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazineÂ’s March and September 2007 fashion issues. She also joined the ranks last year of the numerous, world-famous models to grace the pa watch now
Morgane Dubled is a French model. She lives in Paris, France. watch now
Abigail Rose Clancy (born 10 January 1986), also known as Abi Clancy or Abbey Clancy, is an English lingerie and catwalk model who made headlines during the 2006 FIFA World Cup as the girlfriend of England football star Peter Crouch. watch now
Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., (born September 25, 1980), better known by his stage name T.I., and also by his alter ego T.I.P., is a Grammy-award winning American rapper, songwriter, producer, actor, and co-CEO of Grand Hustle Records. watch now
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles is an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director, actress, dancer, and fashion designer. Knowles rose to fame as the creative force and lead singer of the R&B girl group Destiny's Child, the world's watch now
After being spotted by a La Face record executive at a talent show in his hometown of Atlanta, it took no time for Usher Raymond's career to take off. The 14-year-old auditioned for La Face co-founder L.A. Reid, who signed the gospel choir boy to a r watch now
Marcus Miller (born June 14, 1959 in New York) is a jazz musician, composer and producer, perhaps best known as a bass guitarist with Miles Davis and David Sanborn. Miller is classically trained as a clarinetist, and also plays bass clarinet, keyboar watch now
Martina was born in Sharon, Kansas, where her parents, Daryl and Jeanne Schiff, owned a dairy farm. She is the third of four children. She has an older brother, Steve, and an older sister, Gina. Her younger brother Martin, called Marty, plays in her watch now
Duffy (born Aimee Ann Duffy on 23 June 1984) is a Welsh singer-songwriter. Her debut album Rockferry was released in March 2008 and entered the UK Album Chart at number one. It was the best selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008. watch now
Eddie Vedder (born Edward Louis Seversen III on 23 December 1964) is the lead singer and lyricist for the band Pearl Jam. He has also been involved in other music outside of Pearl Jam, and released his first solo album, a soundtrack to the movie ‘Int watch now
Paul Kevin Jonas II has been playing guitar since he was 11 years old. He is in a band called the Jonas Brothers with two of his brothers Joe and Nick. He is the lead guitarist and also does back-up vocals. He is the oldest member in the Jonas Brothe watch now
