Faith is known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw.
Faith has sold 40 million records and accumulated 8 number-one singles and 3 number-one albums on the Country charts.
Faith has been honored by the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music, the Grammy Awards, the American Music Awards and the People's Choice Awards.
Faith's Soul2Soul II Tour 2006 with husband McGraw became the highest-grossing country tour of all time.
In 2001, she was named one of the "30 Most Powerful Women in America" by Ladies Home Journal.
In 2008, Faith Hill released her first Christmas album, titled Joy to the World.
Faith was adopted as an infant. Her adoptive parents reared their two biological sons along with Faith in a devout Christian environment.
Faith's vocal talent was apparent early, and she had her first public performance, a 4-H luncheon, when she was seven.
In 1976, a few days before her 9th birthday, she attended a concert by Elvis Presley at the State Fair Coliseum, in Jackson, which impressed her deeply.
By the time she was a teenager, Faith was a regular performer at area churches, even those not in her own Baptist denomination.
At 17, Faith formed a band that played in local rodeos.
In her early days in Nashville, Faith auditioned to be a backup singer for Reba McEntire, but failed to secure the job.
After a stint selling T-shirts, Faith became a secretary at a music publishing firm.
In 1988 she married songwriter and music executive Dan Faith, who provided the surname she would use as she became famous.
Faith supplemented this work by singing backup vocals for songwriter Gary Burr, who often performed his new songs at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe. During one of those performances, an executive from Warner Bros. was in the audience, and, impressed with Faith's voice, began the process of signing her to a recording contract.Ciara made her debut in the summer of 2004 with the Billboard number-one single "Goodies".
Ciara's album Goodies produced three top two singles on the Billboard Hot 100, selling three million in U.S and over five million worldwide.
Ciara's second album, The Evolution, was released in December 2006. To date, the album, which went platinum only five weeks after its release, has sold more than one million copies in the U.S.
Ciara's third studio album, Fantasy Ride, was released in the United States on May 5, 2009.
Ciara's worldwide hit "Love Sex Magic" features Justin Timberlake.
Ciara says that watching Destiny's Child perform on a television program while staying home from school inspired her to pursue a career in music but often cites Michael Jackson as her biggest inspiration.Criss is best known for starring in his own television show, Criss Angel Mindfreak.
He is of Greek descent.
Seasons 1 and 2 of Mindfreak were filmed at The Aladdin in Las Vegas, with Season 3 at the Luxor Hotel.
Illusions of Criss's show have included walking on water, levitating above the Luxor Hotel (in the light of 39 lightbulbs that can be seen from space), floating between two buildings, and causing a Lamborghini to disappear. />In season 3 Criss was known for jumping out of a moving car.
Criss was once injured and stopped production for 3 weeks.
In April 2009, Criss ended a performance of Believe by "hurling obscene insults" at Perez Hilton, who was an audience member. Hilton reportedly had Tweeted to his fans during the performance that the show was "unbelievably BAD" and that he'd "rather be getting a root canal", and word had gotten back to Criss by the end of the performance.
Criss once challenged Uri Geller to guess the contents of two envelopes he pulled out of his pocket, offering a million dollars of his own money if he guessed right. He still has his money.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.Jessica began her television and movie appearances at age 13 in Camp Nowhere and The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994).
Jessica rose to prominence as the lead actress in the television series Dark Angel (2000–2002).
Jessica later appeared in various films including Honey (2003), Sin City (2005), Fantastic Four (2005), Into the Blue (2005), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Good Luck Chuck both in 2007.
Jessica is considered a sex symbol and often generates media attention for her looks.
Jessica appears frequently on the "Hot 100" section of Maxim and was voted number one on AskMen.com's list of "99 Most Desirable Women" in 2006, as well as "Sexiest Woman in the World" by FHM in 2007.
The use of her image on the cover of the March 2006 Playboy sparked a lawsuit by her, which was later dropped.
Jessica has also won various awards for her acting, including the Choice Actress Teen Choice Award and Saturn Award for Best Actress (TV), and a Golden Globe nomination for her lead role in the television series Dark Angel.
During childhood she suffered from collapsed lungs twice, she had pneumonia 4-5 times a year, a ruptured appendix, and had a tonsillar cyst. Due to her illnesses Jessica became isolated from other children at school because she was in the hospital so often due to her illnesses that no one knew her well enough to befriend her.
/>Jessica graduated from high school at age 16, and she then subsequently attended the Atlantic Theater Company.
In 1992, the 11-year-old Jessica persuaded her mother to take her to an acting competition in Beverly Hills, California whose grand prize was free acting lasses. Jessica won the grand prize, and took her first acting lessons. An agent signed Jessica nine months later.Erykah is best known for her role in the rise of the neo soul sub-genre, and for her eccentric, cerebral musical stylings and sense of fashion.
Erykah is known as the "First Lady of Neo-Soul" or the "Queen of Neo".
Early in her career, Erykah was recognizable for wearing very large and colorful headwraps.
For her musical sensibilities, she has often been compared to jazz great Billie Holiday.
Erykah was a core member of the Soulquarians, and is also an actress having appeared in a number of films playing a range of supporting roles in movies such as Blues Brothers 2000, The Cider House Rules, and House of D
Erykahr mother raised her and her brother and sister alone.
To provide for her family, the children's grandmother often helped in looking after them while Erykah's mother, Kollen Maria Gipson (Wright), performed as an actress in theatrical productions.
Influenced by her mother, Erykah had her first taste of show business at the age of 4, singing and dancing with her mother at the Dallas Theatre Centre.
By the age of 14, Erykah was free-styling for a local radio station alongside such talent as Roy Hargrove.
In her early youth, she decided to change the spelling of her name from Erica to Erykah, as she firmly believed her original name to be her 'slave' name. The term 'kah' signifies the inner self.
Erykah is also an African name for the 10th born child used for the Ashanti people in Ghana.
Additionally in a letter written to Erykah from her father, "Erykah in Arabic means truth and light...good choice kid."
Erykah currently resides in Dallas, Texas.Kylie came to fame as a child actor on the television soap opera Neighbours. Eventually, her story arc on the show led to the wedding episode between her character and that of Jason Donovan's in 1987, attracted an audience of 20 million British viewers.
Kylie's first single, "The Loco-Motion", spent seven weeks at number one on the Australian singles chart and became the highest selling single of the decade.
Kylie had a recording contract with songwriters and producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman in the 1980's.
Kylie's debut album, Kylie (1988), and the single "I Should Be So Lucky", reached number one in the United Kingdom, and over the next two years, her first thirteen singles reached the British top ten.
Kylie's debut film, The Delinquents (1989) was a box-office hit in Australia and the UK despite negative reviews.
Kylie's singles were well received, but after four albums her record sales were declining, and she left Stock, Aitken and Waterman in 1992 to establish herself as an independent performer.
Kylie's next single, "Confide in Me", reached number one in Australia and was a hit in several European countries in 1994, and a duet with Nick Cave, "Where the Wild Roses Grow", brought Kylie a greater degree of artistic credibility.
Kylie returned to prominence in 2000 with the single "Spinning Around" and the dance-oriented album Light Years, and she performed during the closing ceremonies of the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Kylie's music videos showed a more sexually provocative and flirtatious personality and several hit singles followed.
Kylie embarked on a concert tour but cancelled it when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005.
After surgery and chemotherapy treatment, Kylie resumed her career in 2006 with Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour.
Kylie's tenth studio album X was released in 2008 and was followed by the KylieX2008 tour.
Although she was dismissed by some critics, especially during the early years of her career, she has achieved worldwide record sales of more than 60 million, and has received notable music awards, including multiple ARIA and Brit Awards and a Grammy Award
Kylie has mounted several successful concert tours and received a Mo Award for "Australian Entertainer of the Year" for her live performances.
Kylie was awarded an OBE "for services to music", and an Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2008.Eddie is the second-highest grossing actor in motion picture history.
Eddie was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984, and has worked as a stand-up comedian.
Eddie has received Golden Globe Award nominations for best actor in a comedy or musical for his performances in Beverly Hills Cop, Beverly Hills Cop II, Beverly Hills Cop III, Trading Places, and The Nutty Professor.
In 2007, he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of soul singer James "Thunder" Early in Dreamgirls, and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the same role.
Eddie's work as a voice actor includes Thurgood Stubbs in The PJs, Donkey in the Shrek series and the dragon Mushu in Disney's Mulan.
In some of his films, he plays multiple roles in addition to his main character, intended as a tribute to one of his idols Peter Sellers, who also used to play multiple roles.
Around the age of 15, Eddie was writing and performing his own comedy routines, which were heavily influenced by Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor.
Eddie performed stand-up at the same Bay Area Comedy Club as Robin Williams and Whoopi Goldberg.
Eddie's big break came in 1984, when he starred in the successful action film Beverly Hills Cop. The film was originally intended to star Sylvester Stallone. Beverly Hills Cop grossed over $200 million at the box office.Jane rose to fame in the 1960s with films such as Barbarella and Cat Ballou and, excluding a 15 year hiatus, has appeared in films ever since.br />Jane has won two Academy Awards.
Jane announced her retirement from acting in 1991, but returned to film in 2005 with Monster in Law, and later Georgia Rule, released in 2007.
Jane has produced and starred in several exercise videos released between 1982 and 1995.
Jane has been an activist for many political causes, one of the most notable and controversial of which was her opposition to the Vietnam War.
Jane has also protested the Iraq War and violence against women.
Jane describes herself as a liberal and a feminist.
Since 2001, Jane has been a Christian.
Jane published an autobiography in 2005. Classically trained, Orlando had his break-through roles in 2001 as the elf-prince Legolas in The Lord of the Rings and starting in 2003 as blacksmith Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy of films, and subsequently established himself as a lead
Orlando appeared in the ensemble film New York, I Love You.
On 12 October 2009 Orlando was named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
Orlando is a cousin of photographer Sebastian Copeland.
Orlando, was named after the 16th century composer Orlando Gibbons.
As a child, Orlando managed to get through The King's School Canterbury and St Edmund's School in Canterbury despite his dyslexia.
Orlando was encouraged by his mother to take art and drama classes.
Orlando began acting professionally with television roles in episodes of Casualty and Midsomer Murders, and subsequently made his film debut in Wilde (1997), opposite Stephen Fry, before entering the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
Two days after graduating from Guildhall in 1999, he was cast in his first major role, playing Legolas in The Lord of the Rings.Salma's charitable work includes increasing awareness on violence against women and discrimination against immigrants.
Salma is the first Mexican national to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Salma is one of the most prominent Mexican figures in Hollywood since the silent film era.o.
Salma is also, after Fernanda Montenegro, the second of three Latin American actresses (the other being Catalina Sandino Moreno) to achieve a Best Actress Oscar nomination.
In July 2007, The Hollywood Reporter ranked Salma fourth in their inaugural Latino Power 50, a list of the most powerful members of the Hollywood Latino community.
According to a poll, "65 percent of the .S. population would use the term 'sexy' to describe Salma".
In Deceber 2008, Entertainment Weekly ranked Salma number 17 in their list of the "25 Smartest People in TV."
Salma's first name, Salma, is Arabic for "safe".
Salma has been was diagnosed with dyslexia.
Salma was an accomplished gymnast aspiring to compete in the Olympics, but her father prevented her from being recruited by the Mexican national team.
Robert Rodriguez and his producer wife Elizabeth Avellan gave Salma the break she needed, starring in a role opposite Antonio Banderas in 1995's Desperado.
The movie caught Hollywood's attention, as moviegoers proved to be as dazzled by Salma as Rodriguez had been.
Due to Salma's loyalty to the director, she would later decline playing the role Catherine Zeta-Jones eventually took in The Mask of Zorro after Rodriguez abandoned the project.Howard describes himself as "The King of All Media" for his successes not only in radio but in print, film and television.
Although described by the media as a "shock jock" for his sometimes controversial commentary and segments, Howard argues it not his intention to "shock" people.
Howard is the highest-paid radio personality in the United States, including the most fined, following a long history with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) since 1987.
Howard began his career in the radio industry in February 1975 at his campus station at Boston University, presenting a one-hour comedy program with college riends.
Despite numerous disputes with management, Howard would have the top afternoon show by mid-1985.
Howard now broadcasts over satellite free from content restrictions imposed by the FCC.
Howard's two books, Private Parts (1993) and Miss America (1995), received great media attention and sales, topping The New York Times Best Seller list within weeks of their release.
The Film Private Parts was later adapted into a 1997 film of the same name directed by Betty Thomas, which grossed over $40 million in the United States .
Howard often said that his parents verbally abused him as a child.
Howard said his mother ran her house with "the intensity of Hitler" and that his father's "favorite sport was yelling."
Howard has long-claimed that he has a small penis, although when measured it was found to be an average six inches in length.Joy is known as an American comedian, writer, actress, and a co-host of the talk show The View.
Joy began hosting her own news and commentary program in the fall of 2009, titled The Joy Behar Show on CNN's sister network, HLN.
Joy's mother, Rose, was a seamstress, and her father, Gino Occhiuto, was a truck driver.
Joy and her partner, Steve Janowitz, whom she refers to as her "spousal equivalent," have been together since the mid-1980s.
On March 17, 2009, Joy announced that she might eventually marry Steve, but that the probability is small.
Joy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from Queens College, and a Master of Arts degree in English education from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Joy resides in Manhattan.
Following years as a stand-up comedian (particularly in New York) and WABC radio talk show host, Joy became one of the original cast members of Barbara Walters's ABC television creation, The View, in 1997.
Originally, Joy appeared only on the days when Walters was away from the show; soon Joy became a regular co-host.
Joy often hosts a segment called "Joy's Comedy Corner" in which she presents up-and-coming comedians.
Star Jones, former co-host on The View, and Joy had well-publicized disputes. On March 27, 2006, Star Jones called in to the show to discuss a recent operation that she had undergone. After talking with the show's co-hosts, Joy abruptly stated to Jones, "OK, Star. That's enough about you.
In August 2009 Joy, alongside her co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Joyrri Joypherd, Barbara Walters and Elisabeth Hasselbeck, won the 36th Annual Daytime Emmy award. It follows over a decade of nominations for The View.
Joy has appeared in a number of films including Cookie and This Is My Life.
Joy fulfilled a lifelong dream of acting in a movie with Woody Allen when she appeared in Manhattan Murder Mystery.
Joy has also made theater appearances in The Food Chain and The Vagina Monologues.Jessica known for her television role as Mary Camden in the long-running family-drama series 7th Heaven.
Jessica has German, French, English, and Choctaw ancestry.

Jessica initially trained to be a vocalist, and appeared in several musical productions in her hometown, playing lead roles in productions such as Annie, The Sound of Music and Beauty and the Beast.
At 12 years old, Jessica attended The International Modeling and Talent Association Conference in Los Angeles, where she was discovered and signed on by a talent agency.
Jessica began doing modeling work in print ads, as well as appearing in commercials for products such as Deluxe Paint and Pringles.
At age 14, after auditioning for several television pilots, Jessica was cast as the oldest daughter in the family drama, 7th Heaven.
In 2000, during the fourth season of 7th Heaven, Jessica commented that she grew tired of playing the wholesome preacher's kid, and blamed the show for giving her a squeaky-clean image, which caused her to lose out on a role in American Beauty.
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In an attempt to be let out of her contract with 7th Heaven, she posed semi-nude for the cover of Gear magazine.
Fans and producers of 7th Heaven were outraged, and the shoot also sparked a lot of controversy, as Jessica was still a minor at the time, but Aaron Spelling made it clear that Jessica would be staying with the show until her contract was due to expire. Jessica has now claims that she regrets the Gear shoot, but considers it a learning experience.
In fall 2003, Jessica began working on the third installment of the Blade film series.
Jessica auditioned for the role of Claire Colburn in the romantic comedy Elizabethtown, but the role was eventually given to Kirsten Dunst.
Jessica played in the summer comedy, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, co-starring Adam Sandler and Kevin James.
Jessica's films, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Chuck and Larry received mixed reviews, but opened at number one in their first week. 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.Jamie won the Academy Award and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for Best Actor for his role in Ray.
Jamie was abandoned seven months after birth and was raised in Terrell by his mother's adoptive parents, Estelle and Mark Talley.
Jamie had a strict Baptist upbringing.
Jamie began piano lessons at the age of five by his grandmother's orders.
Jamie received a scholarship to United States International University, where he studied classical music and composition.
Jamie has often acknowledged his grandmother's influence in his life as one of the greatest reasons for his success.
After accepting a girlfriend's dare, Jamie told jokes and did impressions at a comedy club's open mic night in 1989. When he found that female comedians were often called first to perform, he changed his name to Jamie Foxx, feeling that it was an ambiguous enough name to disallow any biases.
Jamie joined the cast of In Living Color in 1991.
Jamie's first dramatic role came in Oliver Stone's 1999 film Any Given Sunday, where he portrayed a hard-partying American football player. Jamie was cast in the role in part because of his background as a football player.
Jamie is the second male, and the first African American, in history to receive two acting Oscar nominations in the same year for two different movies, Collateral and Ray. The only other male actor to achieve this was Al Pacino.Kim is best known for her social life and her role on the E! reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
Kim had a Sex tape scandal in 2007. A pornographic home video she made with her then-boyfriend, R&B singer Ray J, was leaked. Kim sued Vivid Entertainment over the tape but later dropped the suit and settled for $5 million.
Kim was a contestant on the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars.
Kim released a workout DVD, in 2008.
Kim posed nude for the December 2007 issue of Playboy magazine.
Kim starred in the 2008 disaster film spoof Disaster Movie as Lisa, alongside Carmen Electra and Vanessa Minnillo.Jamie is dyslexic, and left school at 16 without any qualifications to attend Westminster Catering College.
Jamie's first job was as a pastry chef at Antonio Carluccio's Neal Yard restaurant, where he first gained experience of Italian cuisine.
Jamie then moved to The River Cafe, Fulham, as a sous chef, where he was noticed by the BBC in 1999 when his show The Naked Chef debuted and his cookbook became a number one best-seller in the UK.
In 2000, Jamie also becomes the face of UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's through an endorsement deal of $2 million per year.
In 2003, he was awarded as an M.B.E., or Member of the Order of the British Empire, a British order of chivalry.
Putting up his house as collateral without telling his wife, Jamie created the Fifteen Foundation in 2002. Each year, 15 young adults who have a disadvantage background, criminal record or history of drug abuse, are trained in the restaurant business.
In 2005, he initiated a campaign called "Feed me Better" in order to move British schoolchildren towards eating healthy foods and cutting junk food. As a result, the British government also pledged to address the issue.
Delving into politics to push for changes in nutrition resulted in people voting Jamie as the "Most Inspiring Political Figure of 2005," according to a Channel 4 News annual viewer poll.
Jamie's emphasis on cooking healthfully continued as he created "Jamie's Ministry of Food," a series where Jamie travels to inspire everyday people in a small town in Yorkshire to cook healthy meals.
Jamie's latest in 2009 is "Jamie Jamie's Food Revolution," where he travels to Huntington, West Virginia to change the way Americans eat and depend on fast food.
Jamie's holding company, Sweet As Candy, has made enough profit for Jamie to have been listed on The Sunday Times list of richest Britons under 30.The 'Gaga' in Lady Gaga is from the Queen song 'Radio Gaga'.
Musically, Lady Gaga is influenced by glam rockers like David Bowie and Queen, and pop artists like Madonna and Michael Jackson.
Lady Gaga could play the piano by ear from the age of 4.
At 11, Lady Gaga was set to join the Juilliard School of Music in Manhattan, but attended the Convent of the Sacred Ladyart, a private Catholic school instead.
Lady Gaga wrote her first piano ballad at 13 and began performing at open mike nights at 14.
Lady Gaga has sold over 20 million digital singles and 4 million albums worldwide.
Lady Gaga is one of the biggest-selling artists of 2009.
Lady Gaga supports the gay community, crediting them for her early mainstream success.
Lady Gaga is inspired by fashion. She claims it is an essential component to her songwriting and performances.
Lady Gaga was signed then quickly dropped by Def Jam Records at age 19, so she began performing in the rock music scene of New York City's Lower East Side.