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Photo: Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou
Angelou's signature trait is her mesmerizing voice, with its unmistakable power, pride and richness. Many remember her recitation of "On the Pulse of Morning," the poem she wrote and delivered during President Bill Clinton's first inaugural.

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Paul Begala
Paul Begala is a political strategist whose work has taken him from the state house to the White House and to national television audiences.

 
Photo: Dr. Laura Berman

Dr. Laura Berman
Dr. Laura Berman has nearly two decades of experience as a sex educator, researcher and therapist. She is director of the Berman Center in Chicago, a specialized healthcare facility that helps women repair their sex lives and find relief from menopausal symptoms.

Photo: Bill Boggs

Bill Boggs
Bill Boggs was a game show host for CBS, a news anchor for WNBC-TV, moderator of a steamy late-night series on ABC-TV and host and executive producer of FOX-TV's "Comedy Tonight."

Photo: Tucker Carlson

Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson is the host of MSNBC's "Tucker," a fast paced, no-holds-barred conversation about the day's developments in news, politics, world issues and pop culture.

Photo: Ricardo Antonio Chavira

Ricardo Antonio Chavira
Within weeks of the debut of ABC's hit TV show, "Desperate Housewives," actor Ricardo Antonio Chavira went from relative anonymity to international fame as Wisteria Lane's resident bad boy, Carlos Solis.

Photo: Peter Greenberg

Peter Greenberg
Peter Greenberg , best selling author of "Travel Detective" and "Complete Travel Detective bible" is a nationally respected travel expert who devotes his skills as an investigative journalist to helping people enjoy positive travel experiences.

Photo: Judy Collins

Judy Collins
Legendary folk signer and artist, is author of best-selling book, Sanity and Grace and Morning Noon and Night: Living the Creative Life

 
Photo: Bob Harper

Bob Harper
Bob Harper has become one of the most-recognized and popular lifestyle personalities, in the United States and worldwide, thanks to his television appearances. For four years, he has been the fitness trainer on NBC's "The Biggest Loser," giving severely overweight people opportunities to get a physical makeover without surgery.

 
Photo: Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones
In six decades as a composer, arranger, producer of records, films and TV programs, record company executive, magazine founder and multi-media entrepreneur, Quincy Jones has fused pop, soul, hip-hop, jazz, classical, African and Brazilian music to entertain audiences worldwide.

Photo: Clinton Kelly

Clinton Kelly
Clinton Kelly is a fashion consultant and media personality, best known for his warm humor and stylistic flair as co-host of TLC's makeover reality show What Not to Wear.

 
Photo: Shirly MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine - a dancer, singer, author and highly regarded actress - is among Hollywood's most unique stars. A five-time Academy Award nominee, she won a Best Actress Award for playing quirky matriarch Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment.

 
Photo: Regis Philbin

Regis Philbin
Millions of Americans wake up by seeing Regis Philbin, the energetic host of the weekday talk show "Live with Regis and Kelly".

 
Photo: Cal Ripken

Cal Ripken
Cal Ripken is a Hall of Fame shortstop and third baseman in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Baltimore Orioles from 1981 to 2001.

 
Photo: Dr. Schatzkin

Dr. Schatzkin
Dr. Schatzkin's primary areas of research are the nutritional epidemiology of intestinal cancer, prospective cohort studies of nutrition and cancer, methodologic problems in nutritional epidemiology, and the integration of biomarkers in observational and intervention studies.

 
Photo: Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons is a musician who co-founded KISS, the rock band that has released 24 gold albums, 10 platinum albums and two multi-platinum albums.

 
Photo: Dr. Reed Tuckson

Dr. Reed Tuckson
Dr. Tuckson is the Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs at UnitedHealth Group where he is responsible for working with all of the Company's business units to improve the quality and efficiency of health services.

 
 

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