- Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Dee Lohan (born July 2 1986) is an American actress and pop music singer. Lohan started in show business as a child fashion model for magazine ads and television commercials. At age ten, she began her acting career in a soap opera; at eleven, she made her motion picture debut by playing both twins in Disney's 1998 remake of "The Parent Trap". Lohan's breakout role as a leading actress came six years later with 2004's "Mean Girls", … - Brad Pitt
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He became famous during the mid 1990s, after having starring roles in several major Hollywood films, including "Interview with the Vampire" in 1994 and the thriller "Se7en" in 1995. Pitt has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won a Golden Globe Award, both for his role in "Twelve Monkeys" (1996). - Richard Ingrams
Richard Ingrams was the second editor of British satirical magazine, "Private Eye", taking over from Christopher Booker in 1963. Richard Ingrams was one of four sons. His parents were Leonard St Clair Ingrams and Victoria (née Reid). Ingrams was educated at Shrewsbury School and University College, Oxford where he read Classics. Curiously, he was the tutorial partner of a completely different figure - Robin Butler, … - Rachael Ray
Rachael Domenica Ray (born August 25, 1968 in Glens Falls, New York) is an Emmy-award winning television personality and author, who currently hosts the syndicated talk/lifestyle program "Rachael Ray" and two Food Network series, "30 Minute Meals" and "Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels". Ray has also written a series of cookbooks based on the "30 Minute Meals" concept, and launched a magazine, "Every Day with Rachael Ray", in 2005. - Hugh Hefner
Hugh Marston Hefner (born April 9, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois), also referred to colloquially as Hef, is the founder and editor-in-chief of "Playboy" magazine. He has become an icon of American sexuality and a spokesman for the sexual revolution and libertarianism - Trish Stratus
Trish Stratus (born Patricia Anne Stratigias on December 18 1975 in Richmond Hill, Ontario), is a former Canadian fitness model and semi-retired professional wrestler. Formerly working for World Wrestling Entertainment, Stratus retired from WWE on September 17 2006 after winning her seventh WWE Women's Championship. Stratus is the first in WWF/E history to have held the WWE Women's Championship seven times. - David Remnick
David Remnick (born October 29, 1958 in Hackensack, New Jersey) is an American journalist, writer, and magazine editor. As a reporter for the "Washington Post", he also served as the paper's Moscow correspondent. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for his book "Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire". He has been editor of "The New Yorker" magazine since 1998. He has edited several collections of writings from "The New Yorker" and in 1999, … - David Miller
David Miller, born in Bromley, England, is a British writer and journalist. He has contributed to many publications including the magazines "Film Review", "TV Zone" and "Starburst" (where his work includes interviews with Sir Ian McKellen, Tom Baker and Ray Harryhausen). He co-wrote the book "They Came From Outer Space" with Mark Gatiss (of "The League of Gentlemen"), … - Julia Allison
Julia Allison is an American journalist. She is an editor-at-large for "Star" and a columnist for "Time Out New York". She is a former contributor to a weekly social column entitled "The Dating Life" which appeared in "AM New York", a daily newspaper with a 325,000 circulation among Manhattanites. Allison is originally from Wilmette, a northern suburb of Chicago. - Tina Brown
Tina Brown, Lady Evans (born Christina Hambley Brown on November 21, 1953, in Maidenhead, England) is a journalist, magazine editor, columnist and talk-show host. Born a British citizen, she has since taken United States citizenship. She rose to prominence in the American media industry as the editor of the magazines "Vanity Fair" from 1984 to 1992 and of "The New Yorker" from 1992 to 1998. - Paul Boutin
Paul Boutin (born 1961 in Lewiston, Maine, United States) is a magazine writer and editor who writes about technology in a pop-culture context. He is currently Wired's managing editor for blogs. Boutin has also written regularly for "Slate" and "Valleywag". He is a contributing editor to "Wired" magazine, and most recently a book reviewer for the "Wall Street Journal". In the past his work has appeared in the "New York Times", … - Dave Stewart
David Lloyd Stewart (born Waterloo, London, 30 December 1950) is a musician currently recording with singer Barbara Gaskin. He has worked as a magazine columnist, has written books on music theory, and has played keyboards in various Canterbury scene progressive rock bands: Uriel, Egg, Arzachel, Khan, Hatfield and the North, Gong, National Health, Bruford and Rapid Eye Movement. He has contributed music to several Victor Lewis-Smith TV and radio projects. - Michael Lerner
Michael Lerner is a rabbi, political activist, and the editor of "Tikkun", a prominent progressive Jewish and interfaith magazine based in Berkeley, California. - Felix Dennis
Felix Dennis (born 1947) is a British magazine publisher. His privately owned company, Dennis Publishing, pioneered computer and hobbyist magazine publishing in the United Kingdom. In more recent times the company has added lifestyle titles to its range, including "Maxim" and "The Week", which are published both in Britain and the US. Dennis started his career in publishing as one of the people behind Oz magazine, … - Ramesh Ponnuru
Ramesh Ponnuru (born August 16, 1974) is a Washington, D.C.-based Indian American columnist and a senior editor for "National Review" magazine. He has also written for several other newspapers and publications, including "The Weekly Standard", "Policy Review", "The New Republic" and "First Things". Ponnuru was raised in Prairie Village, Kansas. - Sharon Tate
Sharon Marie Tate was a Golden Globe-nominated American actress. During the 1960s she played small roles in television, before starting her film career. She appeared in several films that highlighted her beauty, and after receiving positive reviews for her comedic performances, was hailed as one of Hollywood's promising newcomers. Tate's celebrity status increased following her marriage to the film director, Roman Polański, … - Dick Smith
Dick Smith AO (born Richard Harold Smith on 18 March 1944, is an Australian businessman and aviator. He is commonly known for his qualities as an Australian patriot, and philanthropist. He gained his amateur radio licence at the age of 17 and holds callsign VK2DIK. In 1968, he founded a small electronics retailer Dick Smith Electronics. In 1982, he sold the business to Woolworths for $25 million, … - Jakki Degg
Jakki Degg (born February 20, 1978 in Stone, Staffordshire) is an English model, and former Page 3 girl for the newspaper The Sun. Jakki became famous when she won the inaugural Max Power magazine babes competition. Following this she became a Page 3 model for The Sun, as well as posing topless and semi-nude for "lads" mags such as Front. She has appeared on television several times, including winning the glamour models special edition of "The Weakest Link" (BBC1), … - Barry Adamson
Barry Adamson (born June 11, 1958) is an English rock musician who has worked with rock bands such as Magazine, Visage, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and Pan Sonic. He has also worked on film soundtracks for David Lynch, and released numerous solo recordings. - Tim Cahill
Tim Cahill (1943 -) is a travel writer who lives in Livingston, Montana. He is a founding editor of "Outside" magazine and currently serves as an "Editor at Large" for the magazine. He also is a frequent contributor to National Geographic Adventure magazine. Along with professional long-distance driver Garry Sowerby, Cahill set a world record for speed in driving the entire length of the American continents, … - Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson (born February 15, 1969) is a fiction writer based in Houston, Texas. Patrick Wilson was born in Phoenix, Arizona and began his writing career at the age of 15, with a column in the Ft. Stockton, Texas, newspaper. He branched out into fiction in his late teens, publishing stories in horror and science fiction genre magazines. He is currently anticipating negotiations to publish his latest novel. - Serge Dassault
Serge Dassault is a French entrepreneur and conservative politician. According to "Forbes" magazine, as of 2006 he was the 56th richest person in the world. Dassault is the son of Marcel Dassault, from whom he inherited the Dassault Group. Since the elder Dassault's death, he has continued developing the company, with the help of current CEO Charles Edelstenne. Serge Dassault studied at the École polytechnique and Supaéro. - Mike Portnoy
Michael Stephen "Mike" Portnoy (born April 20, 1967) is an American drummer primarily known for his work with the progressive metal band Dream Theater. Known for his advanced drum skills, Portnoy has won 22 awards from the Modern Drummer magazine. He has co-produced the last five Dream Theater albums with John Petrucci, starting from "Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory". - Luciana Salazar
Luciana Salazar Ortega is a glamour model and actress. Salazar began as a model where at the 4 years old recorded her first television commercial, and at 15 years old was respected one of the young promises of the modeling. Then charged to fame with her appearance as an actress in the comedy show "Poné a Francella". Though the political fact that she was a niece of Argentinian singer and then governor, Palito Ortega helped her into the acting world, … - Wally Wood
Wallace Allan Wood was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, best known for his work in EC Comics and "Mad". Although much of his early professional artwork is signed Wallace Wood, he became known as Wally Wood, a name he claimed to dislike. Within the comics community, he was also known as Woody, a name he sometimes used as a signature. - Alexander Campbell
Alexander Campbell (September 12, 1788 - March 4, 1866) was an early leader of a movement that began in 1800 with the goal of removing divisions between Christians, by returning believers in the New Testament to principles of "Truth and Union." This movement has since been called the Restoration Movement or the Stone-Campbell Movement. Campbell was born near Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland. He was raised as a Presbyterian, and was the son of a Presbyterian minister, … - Robert Hoffman
Robert K. Hoffman (died August 19, 2006) was an American businessperson and philanthropist, most notable for co-founding the influential humor magazine "National Lampoon", later the cornerstone of a film and publishing franchise. Born in Dallas, Texas, Hoffman graduated from the St. Mark's School of Texas in 1965. - David McReynolds
David McReynolds (born October 25, 1929) is an American democratic socialist and pacifist activist who described himself as "a peace movement bureaucrat" during his 40-year career with "Liberation" magazine and the War Resisters League. He was born in Los Angeles to Charles and Elizabeth McReynolds. In 1951 he joined the Socialist Party of America (SPA) and in 1953 he graduated from UCLA with a degree in political science. McReynolds was openly gay in the 1950s. - Gabrielle Anwar
Gabrielle Anwar (born February 4, 1970) is an English actress, known for her roles in the 1990s films "The Three Musketeers" and "Body Snatchers". She also appeared as fashion-conscious graphic designer Sam Black in the second series of the hugely popular Children's ITV series "Press Gang". - Scott Pelley
Scott Pelley (b. July 28, 1957) is an American television journalist, currently working as a correspondent for the CBS News magazine 60 Minutes. Born in San Antonio, Texas, Pelley grew up in Lubbock. He got his first job in journalism at age 15, as a copyboy for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. He stayed close to home, graduating from the journalism school at Texas Tech University and beginning his career as a reporter at Lubbock's KSEL-TV in 1975. - Hugo Gernsback
Hugo Gernsback, born Hugo Gernsbacher, was a Luxembourg American inventor, writer and magazine publisher, best remembered for publications that included the first science fiction magazine. His contribution to the genre as publisher was so significant, that along with H.G. Wells and Jules Verne, he is sometimes popularly called "The Father of Science Fiction". - Dan Roberts
Dan Roberts (born 22 May 1967, Winnipeg, Manitoba) is the bassist for the Canadian rock band Crash Test Dummies, and brother of their lead singer, Brad Roberts. A keen amateur cook, he won "Canadian Living" magazine's 'Cook of the Year' in 2006 - Paul Rieckhoff
Paul Rieckhoff founded and is Executive Director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA). A non-partisan non-profit founded in 2004 with tens of thousands of members in all 50 US states, IAVA is America’s first and largest Iraq and Afghanistan veterans' group. Honored by "Esquire" as one of "America’s Best and Brightest" in 2004, Rieckhoff has appeared on hundreds of radio and television programs. - Annie Sprinkle
Annie M. Sprinkle (born Ellen F. Steinberg on in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, North America) is a former prostitute, stripper, porn film star, cable television host, porn magazine editor and writer, and sex film producer. She received a BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts in 1986. Currently, Sprinkle works as a performance artist and sex educator. According to "Curve" magazine, Sprinkle, who is bisexual, … - Vicki Baum
Hedwig (Vicki) Baum (January 24, 1888 - August 29, 1960) was an Austrian writer. She is known for "Menschen im Hotel" ("People at a Hotel", 1929), one of her first international successes. Baum was born in Vienna into a Jewish family. She began her artistic career as a musician playing the harp. She studied at the Vienna Conservatory and played in an orchestra in Germany for three years. - Yulia Nova
Yulia Nova (Russian: "Юлия Нова", b. November 26, 1982 in Moscow, Russia), is a Russian erotic model. Among fans, Nova is known for her unusually large, natural "G"-cup breasts juxtaposed with her slim figure. Nova attributes the size of her breasts to heredity. Nova is a university law student who entered a Russian beauty contest sponsored by photographer Satoshi Kizu, in the summer of 2000. Nova was chosen over one hundred other applicants. - Michael Lau
Michael Lau, is an artist from Hong Kong who is known for his illustration and designer toy figures. Lau is widely credited as the founder of the urban vinyl style within the designer toy movement. His work has had a significant effect on toy manufacturers, as well as street culture, including artists and musicians, throughout the world. His style is particularly influential to Asian and American hip-hop and skateboarding culture. Lau has won several awards for his work, … - Terry Bisson
Terry Ballantine Bisson (born February 12, 1942, Owensboro, Kentucky) is an American science fiction and fantasy author best known for his short stories, including "Bears Discover Fire" (1990), which won both the Hugo and Nebula awards. Bisson has also written several novels, including "Fire on the Mountain" (Avon, 1988), "Voyage to the Red Planet" (Morrow, 1990), "Pirates of the Universe" (Tor, 1996), and "The Pickup Artist" (Tor, 2001). - Gloria Anne Borger
Gloria Anne Borger (born 1952) [ 1 ] is a political pundit, American journalist , and columnist . Borger is presently a contributing editor and columnist for US News and World Report magazine and a Senior Political Analyst at CNN. She was formerly the National Political Correspondent for CBS News . Since joining CNN in 2007, she has frequently been seen covering the 2008 campaign trail. - Jamie Smith
Jamie Smith, born in New York, is an Alaskan painter, printmaker, and cartoonist and creator of the strips "freeze-frame" and "Nuggets". He received his bachelor of fine art (drawing and printmaking) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and has completed graduate work in a masters degree in sequential arts from the Savannah College of Art and Design. He has published three "freeze-frame" collections and illustrated several books, …
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