John McCain was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election.
John McCain followed his father and grandfather, both four-star admirals, into the United States Navy.
John McCain became a naval aviator, flying ground-attack aircraft from aircraft carriers.
During the Vietnam War, John McCain nearly lost his life in the 1967 USS Forrestal fire.
In October 1967, while on a bombing mission over Hanoi, he was shot down, badly injured, and captured by the North Vietnamese.
John McCain was a prisoner of war until 1973.
John McCain experienced episodes of torture, and refused an out-of-sequence early repatriation offer.
John McCain's war wounds left him with lifelong physical limitations.
John McCain retired from the Navy as a captain in 1981, moved to Arizona, and entered politics.
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982, John McCain served two terms, and was then elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982, he served two terms, and was then elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, winning re-election easily in 1992, 1998, and 2004.
While generally adhering to conservative principles, John McCain at times has had a media reputation as a "maverick" for his willingness to disagree with his party on certain issues.Larry is the co-creator and producer of two successful television comedies, Seinfeld (1989-1998) and Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000-present).
In 1989, he teamed up with Jerry Seinfeld to co-create the television series Seinfeld, where he also acted as head writer and executive producer.
Larry's work won him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1993.
In 1999, he created the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, a mostly improvised sitcom in which he stars as a fictionalized version of himself.
Formerly a standup comedian, Larry went into television comedy, writing and starring in ABC's Fridays, as well as writing briefly for Saturday Night Live.
Larry was voted by other comedians the 23rd-greatest comedian of all time in British Channel 4's poll The Comedians' Comedian.
Larry was a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post.
In 2008 Larry made $55 million from Seinfeld syndication, dvd sales, and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Larry also had a cameo appearance on the HBO series Entourage as a client of Ari Gold. Tom is best known for playing the role of Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series, the movie adaptations of the best-selling Harry Potter fantasy novels by author J.K. Rowling, for which he auditioned at age twelve.
Tom started filming in commercials when he was eight years old and in films at the age of ten, appearing in The Borrowers and Anna and the King.
After being cast as Draco Malfoy Tom has subsequently appeared in all six Harry Potter films, from 2001 to 2009, and is filming the last two.
A fishing aficionado, Tom helped form the World Junior Carp Tournament, a "family-friendly" fishing tournament.
Tom was in four choirs throughout his childhood, starting with his church choir at age seven.
At age 11, he worked at a fishery.
Tom began acting in commercials by winning a role in a coveted advertising campaign; he won the role over 400 young actors.
Tom played witness Thomas Ingham opposite Clive Owen in Second Sight in 1999.Carlito is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler.
Carlito is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) Raw brand, but occasionally still performs in the World Wrestling Council (WWC) where he is a former eleven-time Universal Heavyweight Champion.
In 2003, Carlito signed a developmental contract with WWE. He worked in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) for two years frequently teaming with Mike Mondo and being managed by Kenny Bolin.
After training in OVW for several years, Carlito made his debut on October 7, 2004, on WWE Friday Night SmackDown as Carlito Caribbean Cool.
Carlito is a former United States Champion, and Intercontinental Champion and has been part of both the Raw and SmackDown brands.Carlito is the the second Puerto Rican to become WWE Intercontinental Champion after Pedro Morales.
At WrestleMania XXV, Carlito and his brother, Eddie, became the first tag team to unify the WWE Tag Team Champions and World Tag Team Champions.
Carlito is son of former World Wrestling Federation wrestler Carlos Col?n, Sr. and the oldest of four siblings, including Eddie Col?n and Stacy Col?n, both of whom have performed with Col?n in the World Wrestling Council.
Carlito's decision to sign with World Wrestling Entertainment was a controversial one among the Puerto Rican wrestling community. He was criticized by the locals, labeled as someone who had "sold out" his Puerto Rican wrestling traditions. Carlito spoke of this in an interview with the The Sun in which he stated "I did not care about what they thought. I've always dreamed of working for the WWE when I was young, and I took that chance when it came"Zac began acting professionally in the early 2000s, and became known to young audiences after his roles in the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical.
Zac once said he was always the shortest kid in school (he is now 5'8") and was teased for the "huge gap" in his teeth.
People magazine named Zac as one of 100 Most Beautiful People in 2007.
Zac says he wants to be a serious dramatic actor, not necessarily a singer.
Zac was recommended to an agent in Los Angeles by his drama teacher.
Zac's father encouraged him to begin acting when he was eleven.
Zac is of Jewish ancestry and is an agnostic, having never been religious.Jessica has achieved seven Billboard Top 40 hits, and has three gold and two multi-platinum RIAA-certified albums.
Jessica starred with her then-husband Nick Lachey in the MTV reality show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica.
Jessica filed for divorce from Nick on December 16, 2005, citing "irreconcilable differences." The couple's divorce was publicized worldwide and was reportedly finalized on June 30, 2006.
Jessica ventured into the country music market in 2008 and released Do You Know.
As a child, Jessica began singing at her local Baptist hurch.
At age twelve, Jessica unsuccessfully auditioned for The Mickey Mouse Club.
While attending J.J. Pearce High School, she signed to Proclaim Records, a minor Gospel music record label.
Jessica recorded an album, self-titled, "Jessica", but Proclaim went bankrupt and the album was never officially released except for a small pressing funded by her grandmother.
Jessica left high school at age sixteen.
After Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola heard "Jessica", she was signed to the label. Soon afterward her major label debut album Sweet Kisses was released.
To support the album, Jessica toured with Ricky Martin and with boy band 98 Degrees, and she and 98 Degrees group member Nick Lachey began dating shortly afterwards.
In December 2006, while performing a tribute to Dolly Parton at the Kennedy Center Awards, she botched the lyrics, getting flustered in front of a crowd that included prominent persons such as Steven Spielberg, Shania Twain, and President George W. Bush. Though Jessica was given the chance to redo the song for cameras, her portion was edited out of the CBS broadcast.
Jessica appeared in the Dukes of Hazzard, and her second film was Employee of the Month.
Jessica also designs and markets a line of handbags and (primarily high-heeled) shoes and boots.
In June 2008 Jessica was seen with boyfriend Tony Romo wearing a shirt that said "Real Girls Eat Meat". It was seen as a slam at Romo's ex girlfriend Carrie Underwood who is a vegetarian. Jessica received heated criticism from PETA.In 2009 it was announced that Robbie will receive the Outstanding Contribution To British Music award at the 2010 BRIT Awards.
Robbie is currently estimated to be the highest selling non-Latin artist in Latin America, having sold over 3 million albums.
Robbie appears in the list of the all-time Top 100 biggest selling albums in the United Kingdom six times.

In 2004, Robbie was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame, after being voted as the Greatest artist of the 1990s.
Robbie has ten BRIT Music Awards and six ECHO awards.
Robbie was entered in The Guinness Book of World Records after he announced his World Tour in 2006, for selling 1.6 million tickets in a single day.
Robbie's album sales stand at over 55 million worldwide.
Robbie's career started in 1989, at the age of 15, as a dancer and singer with the pop band Take That. Robbie left the band in 1995 to launch his solo career.Katy rose to fame in 2007 with her internet hit "Ur So Gay", and later scored in 2008 her breakthrough single "I Kissed a Girl".
Madonna helped Katy's career by mentioning her on KISS FM.
Katy changed her surname to Perry, her mother's maiden name, because "Katy Hudson" was too close to film actress Kate Hudson.
Katy enrolled in at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, and studied Italian opera for a short time.
Katy grew up listening to gospel music and was not allowed to listen to what her mother called secular music.
Katy was born and raised in Santa Barbara by Christian pastor parents and grew up listening only to gospel music.
Katy has recently been romantically linked with the english comedian and actor Russell Brand.After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Marilyn began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946.
Marilyn's early roles were minor, but her performances in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve (both 1950) were well received.
Marilyn was praised for her comedic ability in such films as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire, Some Like It Hot and The Seven Year Itch, and became one of Hollywood's most popular and glamorous performers.
Marilyn studied at the Actors Studio and formed Marilyn Monroe Productions.
Marilyn's dramatic performance in William Inge's Bus Stop was hailed by critics, and she won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Some Like it Hot.
The final years of Marilyn's life were marked by illness, personal problems, and a reputation for being unreliable and difficult to work with.
The circumstances of her death, from an overdose of barbiturates, have been the subject of much conjecture. Though officially classified as a "probable suicide," the possibility of an accidental overdose, as well as the possibility of homicide, have not been ruled out.
In 1999, Marilyn was ranked as the sixth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute.
Marilyn's birth certificate names the father as Edward Mortenson (Norwegian), with his residence stated as "unknown".Adam came to fame for his role as Seth Cohen on The O.C.
Adam began his career in 1995, appearing on the Gilmore Girls and other series.
Joel Stein of Time magazine has described Brody as creating an "Adam Brody type", a screen persona of a "nerdy, sarcastic, obscure-reference-laced Jew".
Adam has also appeared in several film roles, including Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Thank You for Smoking, Jennifer's Body, and In the Land of Women.
Adam's was described by the Los Angeles Times as "TV's sexiest geek".
Adam dated The O.C. co-star Rachel Bilson, a three-year relationship that ended in December 2006.

Adam improvised some of the Seth Cohen's comic dialogue.
Adam came in at 17 on the Independent Online's "100 Sexiest Men Alive", and was twice placed on Teen People's annual list of "25 Sexiest Stars under 25".
Adam and was the first male on the cover of Elle Girl.
Adam has said that while he was not a "Casanova" in school, he had "cute girlfriends" and "pretty much lived at the beach".
Adam was one of two high school guys who get chased away from Steve Stifler's party in American Pie 2.
Adam was cast in recurring roles on Gilmore Girls as Dave Rygalski, Lane's bandmate and love interest.
Adam landed the role of Barry Williams in the 2000 TV movie Growing Up Brady.
Adam attended community college for one year and dropped out at the age of nineteen, moving to Hollywood in order to become an actor.George is best known for being the creator of the epic sci-fi franchise Star Wars and joint creator of the archaeologist-adventurer character Indiana Jones.
George's experiences growing up in the sleepy Central Valley town of Modesto and his early passion for cars and motor racing would eventually serve as inspiration for his Oscar-nominated low-budget phenomenon, American Graffiti.
Before young George became obsessed with the movie camera, he wanted to be a race car driver, and he spent most of his high school years racing on the underground circuit at fairgrounds and hanging out at garages. However, a near-fatal accident in his souped-up Autobianchi Bianchina on June 12, 1962, just days before his high school graduation, quickly changed his mind.
Instead of racing, George attended community college and later got accepted into a junior college to study anthropology.
At 19 George began slipping away to San Francisco to hang out in jazz clubs and find news of Canyon Cinema screenings in flyers at the City Lights bookstore. Already a promising photographer, George became infatuated with these abstract films.
George transferred to the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. USC was one of the earliest universities to have a school devoted to motion picture film.Bjork is best known for her expressive vocals, broad soprano vocal range, and a diverse and eclectic musical style, which incorporates influences from many different genres, including pop, alternative rock, jazz, ambient, electronic, classical, and folk.
Bjork singles "It's Oh So Quiet", "Army of Me" and "Hyperballad" all charted in the UK Top 10.
Bjork record label, One Little Indian, reported in 2003 that she had sold more than 15 million albums worldwide.
Bjork has been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards, an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards (including one for acting).
For her performance in Dancer in the Dark ,Bjork won the Best Actress Award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.
Bjork's musical career began when she was eleven with her study of classical piano in elementary school.
One of her teachers sent a recording of Bjork singing Tina Charles' song "I Love to Love" to the, then only radio station in Iceland. The recording was broadcast nationally and Bjork was offered a record contract.
In her teens, Bjork was influenced by punk; at 14 she formed the all-girl punk band Spit and Snot.Channing is known as an actor and occasional dancer.
Channing began his career as a fashion model and now appears in film roles. He has appeared in a number of films, including She's the Man (2006), Step Up (2006), Fighting (2009), Public Enemies (2009), and G.I. Joe.
Channing was athletic while growing up, playing American football, soccer, track, baseball, and performing martial arts, although he says that "girls were always biggest distraction in school.
As a child, Channing practiced kung fu.
Channing graduated in 1998 and was voted most athletic.
Afterward, Channing was awarded a football scholarship to Glenville State College in Glenville, West Virginia, but he turned it down and returned home and started working odd jobs.
Channing once had a stint as an exotic dancer at a local nightclub, under the name "Chan Crawford."
When living in Miami, Channing was discovered on the street by a model talent scout.
Channing was cast as a dancer in Ricky Martin's "She Bangs" music video, after an audition in Orlando, Florida; he was paid $400 for the job.
Channing's has worked for noted clients such as Armani and Abercrombie & Fitch as a model.
Channing was in television commercials for Mountain Dew and Pepsi in 2002.
Channing has appeared in Vogue magazine.
Channing has said that his modeling career has helped him with his life, specifying that "It's made my life, and my family's life, a lot easier, because I never knew what I wanted to do and now they don't really have to worry about me anymore. I've been able to explore life, and through exploring it I've found that I love art, I love writing, I love acting, I love all the things that make sense to me. And I've been given the chance to go out and see the world, and to see all the things out there. Not everyone gets that chance".Jordin won the sixth season of American Idol.
Jordin released her self-titled debut album in 2007, which went platinum in the United States, having sold about 2 million copies worldwide.
Jordin won when she was 17 years old, making her the youngest winner.
Due to the success of her album and its singles, Jordin won an American Music Award in 2008 and received her first Grammy nomination in 2009.
Jordin's success continued with the release of her sophomore album Battlefield.
Jordin attended Sandra Day O'Connor High School until 2006, then she was homeschooled to better concentrate on her singing.
Jordin is an evangelical Christian and attends Calvary Community Church in Phoenix, Arizona.
On her "American Idol" biography, she thanks her parents and God for her win.
Jordin wears a purity ring that symbolizes her desire to remain a virgin until marriage.
Jordin also appeared on the cover of World, an Evangelical Christian news magazine.
In 2006, Jordin was one of six winners who won the Phoenix Torrid search for the "Next Plus Size Model."
A full-page ad for Torrid featuring Jordin ran in the December 2006 issue of Seventeen magazine.John first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever and Grease.
John has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. The first, for his role in Saturday Night Fever and the second for Pulp Fiction.
John won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance in Get Shorty.
John's father, was a semi-professional football player turned tire salesman. .
John's mother who was 42 when John was born, was an actress and singer before becoming a high school drama and English teacher.
At age 24, John became one of the youngest performers ever nominated for the Best Actor Oscar.
John performed several of the songs on the Grease soundtrack album, which eventually went on to sell more than 10 million copies.
John turned down, lead roles in the box office hits American Gigolo, Flashdance, An Officer and a Gentleman, Splash and Fatal Attraction.
John pursued flying and eventually earned his license to command aircraft.
It was not until he played Vincent Vega in Quentin Tarantino's hit Pulp Fiction (1994), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, that his career was revived.Jude began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987, and had his first television role in 1989.
After starring in films directed by Andrew Niccol, Clint Eastwood and David Cronenberg, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1999 for his performance in Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley. In 2000 he won a Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award for his work in the film.
In 2003, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in another Minghella film, Cold Mountain.
In 2006, he was one of the top ten most bankable movie stars in Hollywood.
In 2007, he received an Honorary César and he was honoured with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres conferred by the French government; he was named a "Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres".
Jude grew up in Blackheath, a village in the Borough of Lewisham.
Jude began acting with National Youth Music Theatre.
Jude played various roles in the Edinburgh Fringe-awarded play The Ragged Child.
Jude was once nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Newcomer.
In 1997, Jude became more widely known with his role in the Oscar Wilde bio-pic Wilde.
In Clint Eastwood's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil he played the role of the ill-fated hustler murdered by an art dealer, played by Kevin Spacey.
Jude also played a mob hitman in Sam Mendes's 1930s period drama Road to Perdition.
Jude portrayed the title character in Alfie, playing the role originated by Michael Caine.
In 2008, he became the international face of Dunhill and appears in the worldwide advertising campaigns.
Jude is currently Chair of the Young Vic committee and has said that he is proud to help make the Young Vic "a nurturing bed" for young directors.
Jude is an enthusiastic football fan and a supporter of the English football club Tottenham Hotspur.Two of his albums, The Gambler and Kenny, are featured in the About.com poll of "The 200 Most Influential Country Albums Ever".
Kenny was voted the "Favorite Singer of All-Time" in a 1986 joint poll by readers of both USA Today and People.
Kenny has received hundreds of awards for both his music and charity work.
These include AMAs, Grammys, ACMs and CMAs, as well as a lifetime achievement award for a career spanning six decades in 2003.
The first single from the album, "I Can't Unlove You," was also a chart hit.
Remaining a popular entertainer around the world, the following year he completed a tour of the United Kingdom and the Ireland telling BBC Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright, his favorite hit of his was "The Gambler".
Kenny has also acted in a variety of movies and television shows, most notably the title roles in "Kenny Kenny as The Gambler" and the MacShayne series.
As of 2009, Kenny lives in Nicholson, Georgia.
Kenny graduated from Jefferson Davis High School in Houston.
Kenny has been married five times.
As of 2005, Kenny has become an avid Atlanta Thrashers fan, and can often be seen at Philips Arena taking in a game.
Daniel became a household name when he was cast as the sixth actor to portray the fictional secret agent James Bond in the long-running Eon Productions film series. He made his d?but as the character in the 2006 film, Casino Royale, to critical acclaim, and was nominated for a BAFTA award.
Daniel's early film roles included The Power of One, A Kid in King Arthur's Court and the television episodes Sharpe's Eagle, Zorro and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Daredevils of the Desert.
Daniel went on to star in his breakthrough performances Layer Cake, Road to Perdition, The Golden Compass and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
Daniel was brought up in Liverpool, England.
Daniel began acting in school plays at age six.
Daniel moved to London when he was sixteen to join the National Youth Theatre.
Daniel attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama at the Barbican and graduated in 1991 after three years of study under Colin McCormack.
Daniel said he aimed at bringing more "emotional depth" to the role of James Bond.
Being born in 1968, Daniel is the first actor to portray James Bond to be born after the Bond series already started, and Ian Fleming, the novels' writer, had died.
Although the choice of Daniel was controversial, numerous actors publicly voiced their support. Most notably, four of the five actors who had previously portrayed James Bond. Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton, Sean Connery, and Roger Moore called his casting a good decision. Clive Owen, who had been linked to the role, also spoke in defence of Daniel.
A widely circulated report on several news channels and newspapers claimed that Daniel had lost two teeth filming a fight scene in one of his movies, Daniel later said it was just a crown that had come loose.
On 12 June 2008, Daniel sliced the top of one of his fingers off while filming Quantum of Solace.Tony became well known through his infomercials and bestselling self-help books, Unlimited Power: The New Science Of Personal Achievement and Awaken The Giant Within.
The first edition of Unlimited Power was published by Fawcett Columbine (Ballantine Books) in 1987.
Tony writes about subjects such as health and energy, overcoming fears, persuasive communication, and enhancing relationships.
Tony's audio programs, seminars and self-help products featured Neuro-linguistic programming and Ericksonian hypnosis which he studied at the start of his career.
Later, Tony combined his skills and techniques with other methods claimed to affect personal change.
Tony's parents divorced when he was seven years old, and his mother later remarried twice and was quoted as saying "Tony could never shut up even as a child" and that "he drove my husbands away with his big mouth".Jennifer began her acting career as a child by appearing in television commercials and the Disney Channel series Kids Incorporated.
Jennifer rose to fame in teenage popular culture via her roles in the Fox series Party of Five, as Sarah Reeves, and the films I Know What You Did Last Summer and its sequel, as Julie James.
As a singer, Jennifer has been signed by Atlantic Records and Jive Records. She is primarily known for her recordings in the pop genre and has a contralto vocal range. To date, her most successful single on the Billboard Hot 100 is the 1999 release "How Do I Deal", which peaked at #59.
Jennifer's physical appearance has been the subject of much media attention throughout her career, having been lauded as one of the most attractive women in the entertainment industry by publications such as Maxim, in which she was named the sexiest woman in the world in 1999, and TV Guide, which named her the sexiest woman on television in 2008.
In addition to acting, Jennifer has also served as a producer on some of her film and television projects. She can be seen on the CBS television program Ghost Whisperer as Melinda Gordon, a young woman who can communicate with ghosts. Jennifer won a Saturn Award in 2007 and 2008 for Best Actress on Television.
In 2002, conspiracy theorist and former social worker Diana Napolis was arrested for stalking and uttering death threats against Jennifer and Steven Spielberg after "verbally confronting" the actress at the 2002 Grammy Awards, and the subsequent day attempted to pose as a friend to enter the premiere of The Tuxedo. Napolis also admitted to becoming involved in a shoving match with Hewitt's mother while confronting the actress. Napolis accused Jennifer, along with director Spielberg, of controlling her thoughts through "cybertronic" technology and being part of a Satanic conspiracy against her.
In May 2009, Jennifer confirmed she was working on a country album. The album is due for a late 2009 or early 2010 release date, a country label has not been announced yet.