Katarina Witt was the dominant female figure skater of the 1980s, winning gold medals for East Germany in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics. When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, Witt's sex appeal and talent made her a natural for capitalist success. In the 1990s she made the full transition from skating star to international heartthrob, acting in movies like Ronin (1998, with Robert DeNiro) and posing nude for ...

Diana Falzone hosts her own talk show called, "Cosmolicious with Diana" on Cosmo Radio Sirius XM. The show currently airs Monday through Friday 2-5pm est. Diana was a national talk show host for, “DeVore and Diana” on Maxim Radio Sirius Satellite for two and a half years. Maxim Radio was the audio version of the highly popular men’s magazine Maxim. Diana was the first female personality on the channel. In a ...

Her name synonymous with gloss and glamour, the traffic-stopping Aussie import Rachael Taylor carried within her a natural on-camera presence. It therefore failed to surprise anyone when Taylor landed a consistent series of roles in Hollywood features, beginning in 2004. She took her initial bow in Sydney for legendary director Peter Bogdanovich, with a bit part in that helmer's fine 2004 telepic The Myster ...

Although grunge was primarily an American phenomenon, London native Gavin Rossdale left his mark on the genre by leading Bush to the forefront of modern rock radio in the mid-'90s. Bush enjoyed considerable popularity in the U.S., where the band's gravelly melodies and rhythmic crunch drove its debut album, Sixteen Stone, to multi-platinum status. Although Rossdale would never match that commercial peak aga ...

Actor, director, producer. Born on September 8, 1971, in Winchester, Virginia. Offbeat and unpredictable, David Arquette is known for playing a variety of quirky characters. He comes from a well-known family of actors, stretching back to his great-grandfather who worked in vaudeville. His grandfather Cliff Arquette was a comic actor and both of his parents have worked as performers. Older sisters Rosanna an ...

born Sept. 25, 1943, Wichita, Kansas. U.S. government official who served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA; 1991–93) and as secretary of defense (2006– ) in the Republican administrations of Presidents George Bush and George W. Bush, respectively. Gates studied European history at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1965. While earni ...

Irina Sheik (birth name Irina Shaykhlislamova) was born on January 6, 1986 in Yemanzhelinsk, Russia. She is a supermodel sometimes credited as Irina Shayk. She is a famous fashion model and was seen in magazines like Annabelle in Germany, Jalouse in Greece and Bolero in Switzerland. In 2007 she posed for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue as one of the '07 Rookies. She is a tall brunette, with green eyes, an ...

Florida State University student Jenn Sterger parlayed two seconds of national TV time into years of Internet fame and an on-camera job with the New York Jets. After Sterger and two friends were featured in a bleacher shot of the FSU-Miami football game on 5 September 2005, announcer Brent Musberger commented that "15,000 young red-blooded American men just signed up to go to Florida State next semester." S ...

As a left-handed pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals in the year 2000, Rick Ankiel grabbed public attention when he lost his ability to throw strikes. After posting a successful 11-7 record during the season, Ankiel suddenly lost control in a playoff game against the Atlanta Braves, throwing pitch after pitch over his catcher's head and into the backstop. With no physical problems evident, it was presumed t ...

Kevin Jonas is the most ancient member of the Jonas Brothers, the pop-rock band made famous on the Disney Channel. Kevin and his brothers Joe (b. 1989) and Nick (b. 1992) made their first Disney appearance in 2007 on an episode of the Hannah Montana  show, not long after signing a recording contract with Disney's Hollywood Records label. The next year they starred in the made-for-Disney movie Camp Rock (wit ...