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Mar 1st, 2006, 09:44 PM
The Top Ten:
Tom Cruise
Lucille Ball
Elvis Presley
Oprah Winfrey
Marilyn Monroe
Michael Jackson
Princess Diana
Micheal Jordan
Superman
Madonna:
"She doesn't want to live off camera, much less talk" declared Warren Beatty when he was Madonna's beau. Sure enough, by dint of blonde ambition, a pink bustier and 20 years of gossamer dance tunes, Madonna Louise Ciccone became the biggest, nerviest Pop star of all time. Never out of the public view for long, her ascent from Rochester Hills, Michigan, dance student to the woman with the most #1 hits in History was "as forceful and well-organized as D-Day," TIME once noted. Her early personas-ragamuffin Boy Toy and cooly seductive Material Girl-spawned young copycats: "Madonna wannabes." Meanwhile the videos that showcased her talents invariably launched controversy, pulling sexual, racial and social boundaries with nudity, religous imagery and touches of S&M. Impossible to ignore, unapologetically in control, she had become, said The New York Times, "a secular goddess." Desptie numerous tries, big-screen success largely eluded the MTV Queen until her Golden Globe winning performance as Eva Peron in Evita. After becoming the Maternal Girl in 1997 with the birth of daughter Lourdes (by personal trainer Carlos Leon), Madonna defined working motherhood in her own terms. She released the critical success Ray of Light, then met future husband, British directer Guy Ritchie, with whom she now shares son Rocco, 2. Still as sure of herself as ever, "I'm not going to get caught up in thinking you have to stay eternally young and perfect," Madonna said on the eve of her latest album, American Life. "I am what I am." An American original.
The Divas:
Diana Ross
Cher
Barbra Streisand
Whitney Houston
Celine Dion
Dolly Parton
Jennifer Lopez
Aretha Franklin
Tina Turner:
What's age got to do with it? Judging by the way sexy soul singer Tina Turner shimmied on stage in her trademark 4-inch heels for over 50 years, not a heck of a lot. "She stands for strength and reslience and beauty," said close friend Oprah Winfrey. "She reminds us of what we can do and what we can achieve." Turner's tale is well-known thanks to the hit 1993 film What's Love Got To Do With It. There was the hardscrabble childhood in Nutbush, Tennessee. The tumultuous years as Mrs. Ike Turner, when the duo enjoyed hits like "Proud Mary" -but she indured Ike's beatings and infidelity. Finally, there was the 1976 decision to get out of her marriage that left her in debt and living on food stamps. Turner's luck turned on a dime with 1984's Private Dancer, which produced a slew of #1 hits. Six Grammy's followed and a seven figure deal to strut her famous legs in Hanes hosiery. When Turner, at 60, decided to hang up her heels to spend more time with her family at her homes in France and Switzerland, she staged one last roll licking farewell tour. It was a massive success, breaking attendance records worldwide. "What a way to go," she marveled. "I can step down and say 'I did it, I enjoyed it and I went out the right way."
Mariah Carey:
She once compared her life to a fairy tale. "It's so unbelievable!" said Mariah Carey on her rise to fame, which climaxed with a spectacular 1993 wedding to Tommy Mottola, the record exec who discovered her. "I mean, it really is like Cinderella!" Carey modeled the nuptials on the Charles-Diana extravanaza, but the marriage fizzled four years later. With her five-octave range and rampant sex appeal, her cometlike career roared on, with Carey's worldwide album sales topping 200 million units. Her fortune turned in 2001, when her debut film, Glitter, and it's soundtrack bombed. Then, after a hospital stay to recover from what her rep called "an emotional and physical breakdown," her record company opted to buy her out of a five-album contract for the send off price of $28 million. In 2003 Carey bounced back on a new label with Charmbracelet. "She's a trouper, to say the least," said her "Heartbreaker" video director Brett Ratner. "When you're with Mariah, it's like, 'Jump on and go for the ride.'" Just be sure to fasten your seatbelt.
Shania Twain
Queen Latifah
Janet Jackson
In Concert:
The Beatles
Aerosmith
The Bee Gees
KISS
Bon Jovi
The Rolling Stones
Run-DMC
ABBA
Led Zeppelin
Simply Irresistable:
Julia Roberts
John Travolta
Mary Tyler Moore
Tom Hanks
Sally Field
Ron Howard
Will Smith
Mister Rogers
Katie Couric
Reese Witherspoon
Denzel Washington
Molly Ringwald
The Osbournes
Drew Barrymore
Michael J. Fox
The FRIENDS Cast
Gone Too Soon:
JFK Jr.
Bob Marley
Bruce Lee
Jim Morrison
Tupac Shakur
Jimi Hendrix
Judy Garland
John Belushi
James Dean
Jerry Garcia
Kurt Cobain
Marvin Gaye
Rock Hudson
The Classics:
Elizabeth Taylor
Julie Andrews
Bette Davis
Jackie Gleason
**** Van Dyke
Katherin Hepburn
Jane Fonda
William Shatner
Bob Hope
Charlie Chaplin
Brand Names:
Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable (Scarlette O'Hara and Rhett Butler from Gone With the Wind)
Barbra Eden (I Dream of Jeannie)
Bob Denver (Giligan)
Larry Hagman (J.R. Ewing)
The Brady Bunch
Penny Marshall (Laverne Difazzio)
Henry Winkler (The Fonz)
Terry Salvalas (Kojack)
James Gandolfini (Tony Soprano)
Carrol O Connor (Archie Bunker)
Leonard Nimory (Dr. Spock)
Good Sports:
Muhammed Ali
Dorothy Hammil
Joe Dimaggio
Jackie Robinson
Tiger Woods
Magic Johnson
Wayne Gretzkey
Venus and Serenna Williams
Joe Namath
Babe Ruth
Visionaries:
Bill Clinton
Alfred Hitch****
Andy Warhol
Bill Gates
Betty Ford
Woody Allen
Steven Spielberg
Rudy Giuliani
Albert Einstein
Stephen King
Neil Armstrong
Sigmund Freud
John F. Kennedy
Paragons of Style:
Audrey Hepburn
Nicole Kidmon
Christie Brinkley
David Bowie
Calvin Klein
Grace Kelly
Gianni Versace
Sarah Jessica Parker
Gwen Stefani:
With a penchant for glitter (the jewel-like Hindi puttu that has adorned her forhead) and color (the pink-accented Dior by John Galliano gown she wore for her marriage to rocker Gavin Rossdale), the No Doubt singer has inspired legions of "Gwennabes" to emulate her playfull style. "I love her cartoon quality, " said designer Anna Sui. "She looks like Pop art."
P.Diddy
Cindy Crawford
Jackie O.
Comic Relief:
David Letterman
Ellen Degeneres
Robin Williams
Jay Leno
The Three Stooges
Arsenio Hall
Roseanne Barr
Eddie Murphy
Richard Pryor
Whoopi Goldberg
Rosie O' Donnel
Bill Cosby
Mike Myers
Johnny Carson
Carol Burnett
Chris Rock
Jimy Carey
Jerry Seinfeld
Unreal!:
Mickey Mouse
Cartman
The Simpsons
Spider-man
Beavis and Butthead
Kermit and Miss Piggy
Bugs Bunny
Charlie Brown
Harry Potter
Wonder Woman
Fred Flintstone
Scooby Doo
Batman
The Sex Symbols:
Pamela Anderson
Britney Spears:
A pop princess whose first three albums went multi-platinum, Spears has grown up in public-but not without pain. When her three-year romance with N'SYNC frontman Justin Timberlake(they'd met as mouseketeers) ended in 2002, she said "I cried a lot, and it wasn't fun." Now that, as she put it, "so much of my innocence is gone," Spears has unveiled an edgier sound. :cool:
Harrison Ford
Mel Gibson
George Clooney
Justin Timberlake:
In '02 Justin Timberlake broke up with Britney Spears, split from his boyband 'N SYNC and declared that he just wanted to do "my own thing." The start was auspicious. Billboard and Rolling Stone praised his first solo CD. Said MTV host Quaddus: "He's smart, he can dance-and he really genuinely has a voice."
Paul Newman
Leonardo Dicaprio
Farrah Fawcett
Burt Reynolds
Ben Affleck
Brad Pitt
Halle Berry
In Your Face:
Clint Eastwood
Jack Nicholson
Bruce Willis
The Rock
Al Pacino
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sylvester Stallone
Russel Crowe
Eminem
John Wayne
Robert De Niro
The Music Men:
Bruce Springsteen
Stevie Wonder
Garth Brooks
Frank Sinatra
James Brown
Prince
Elton John
Sting
Bono
Johnny Cash
Bob Dylon
Axl Rose
Ricky Martin
One of a Kind:
Judge Judy
Liberace
Howard Stern
Winona Ryder
Regis Philban
Kevin Bacon
**** Clark
Macaulay Culkin
Dr. Phil
Barbra Walters
Hugh Hefner
Marth Stewart
Monica Lewinsky
Susan Lucci
Tom Cruise
Lucille Ball
Elvis Presley
Oprah Winfrey
Marilyn Monroe
Michael Jackson
Princess Diana
Micheal Jordan
Superman
Madonna:
"She doesn't want to live off camera, much less talk" declared Warren Beatty when he was Madonna's beau. Sure enough, by dint of blonde ambition, a pink bustier and 20 years of gossamer dance tunes, Madonna Louise Ciccone became the biggest, nerviest Pop star of all time. Never out of the public view for long, her ascent from Rochester Hills, Michigan, dance student to the woman with the most #1 hits in History was "as forceful and well-organized as D-Day," TIME once noted. Her early personas-ragamuffin Boy Toy and cooly seductive Material Girl-spawned young copycats: "Madonna wannabes." Meanwhile the videos that showcased her talents invariably launched controversy, pulling sexual, racial and social boundaries with nudity, religous imagery and touches of S&M. Impossible to ignore, unapologetically in control, she had become, said The New York Times, "a secular goddess." Desptie numerous tries, big-screen success largely eluded the MTV Queen until her Golden Globe winning performance as Eva Peron in Evita. After becoming the Maternal Girl in 1997 with the birth of daughter Lourdes (by personal trainer Carlos Leon), Madonna defined working motherhood in her own terms. She released the critical success Ray of Light, then met future husband, British directer Guy Ritchie, with whom she now shares son Rocco, 2. Still as sure of herself as ever, "I'm not going to get caught up in thinking you have to stay eternally young and perfect," Madonna said on the eve of her latest album, American Life. "I am what I am." An American original.
The Divas:
Diana Ross
Cher
Barbra Streisand
Whitney Houston
Celine Dion
Dolly Parton
Jennifer Lopez
Aretha Franklin
Tina Turner:
What's age got to do with it? Judging by the way sexy soul singer Tina Turner shimmied on stage in her trademark 4-inch heels for over 50 years, not a heck of a lot. "She stands for strength and reslience and beauty," said close friend Oprah Winfrey. "She reminds us of what we can do and what we can achieve." Turner's tale is well-known thanks to the hit 1993 film What's Love Got To Do With It. There was the hardscrabble childhood in Nutbush, Tennessee. The tumultuous years as Mrs. Ike Turner, when the duo enjoyed hits like "Proud Mary" -but she indured Ike's beatings and infidelity. Finally, there was the 1976 decision to get out of her marriage that left her in debt and living on food stamps. Turner's luck turned on a dime with 1984's Private Dancer, which produced a slew of #1 hits. Six Grammy's followed and a seven figure deal to strut her famous legs in Hanes hosiery. When Turner, at 60, decided to hang up her heels to spend more time with her family at her homes in France and Switzerland, she staged one last roll licking farewell tour. It was a massive success, breaking attendance records worldwide. "What a way to go," she marveled. "I can step down and say 'I did it, I enjoyed it and I went out the right way."
Mariah Carey:
She once compared her life to a fairy tale. "It's so unbelievable!" said Mariah Carey on her rise to fame, which climaxed with a spectacular 1993 wedding to Tommy Mottola, the record exec who discovered her. "I mean, it really is like Cinderella!" Carey modeled the nuptials on the Charles-Diana extravanaza, but the marriage fizzled four years later. With her five-octave range and rampant sex appeal, her cometlike career roared on, with Carey's worldwide album sales topping 200 million units. Her fortune turned in 2001, when her debut film, Glitter, and it's soundtrack bombed. Then, after a hospital stay to recover from what her rep called "an emotional and physical breakdown," her record company opted to buy her out of a five-album contract for the send off price of $28 million. In 2003 Carey bounced back on a new label with Charmbracelet. "She's a trouper, to say the least," said her "Heartbreaker" video director Brett Ratner. "When you're with Mariah, it's like, 'Jump on and go for the ride.'" Just be sure to fasten your seatbelt.
Shania Twain
Queen Latifah
Janet Jackson
In Concert:
The Beatles
Aerosmith
The Bee Gees
KISS
Bon Jovi
The Rolling Stones
Run-DMC
ABBA
Led Zeppelin
Simply Irresistable:
Julia Roberts
John Travolta
Mary Tyler Moore
Tom Hanks
Sally Field
Ron Howard
Will Smith
Mister Rogers
Katie Couric
Reese Witherspoon
Denzel Washington
Molly Ringwald
The Osbournes
Drew Barrymore
Michael J. Fox
The FRIENDS Cast
Gone Too Soon:
JFK Jr.
Bob Marley
Bruce Lee
Jim Morrison
Tupac Shakur
Jimi Hendrix
Judy Garland
John Belushi
James Dean
Jerry Garcia
Kurt Cobain
Marvin Gaye
Rock Hudson
The Classics:
Elizabeth Taylor
Julie Andrews
Bette Davis
Jackie Gleason
**** Van Dyke
Katherin Hepburn
Jane Fonda
William Shatner
Bob Hope
Charlie Chaplin
Brand Names:
Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable (Scarlette O'Hara and Rhett Butler from Gone With the Wind)
Barbra Eden (I Dream of Jeannie)
Bob Denver (Giligan)
Larry Hagman (J.R. Ewing)
The Brady Bunch
Penny Marshall (Laverne Difazzio)
Henry Winkler (The Fonz)
Terry Salvalas (Kojack)
James Gandolfini (Tony Soprano)
Carrol O Connor (Archie Bunker)
Leonard Nimory (Dr. Spock)
Good Sports:
Muhammed Ali
Dorothy Hammil
Joe Dimaggio
Jackie Robinson
Tiger Woods
Magic Johnson
Wayne Gretzkey
Venus and Serenna Williams
Joe Namath
Babe Ruth
Visionaries:
Bill Clinton
Alfred Hitch****
Andy Warhol
Bill Gates
Betty Ford
Woody Allen
Steven Spielberg
Rudy Giuliani
Albert Einstein
Stephen King
Neil Armstrong
Sigmund Freud
John F. Kennedy
Paragons of Style:
Audrey Hepburn
Nicole Kidmon
Christie Brinkley
David Bowie
Calvin Klein
Grace Kelly
Gianni Versace
Sarah Jessica Parker
Gwen Stefani:
With a penchant for glitter (the jewel-like Hindi puttu that has adorned her forhead) and color (the pink-accented Dior by John Galliano gown she wore for her marriage to rocker Gavin Rossdale), the No Doubt singer has inspired legions of "Gwennabes" to emulate her playfull style. "I love her cartoon quality, " said designer Anna Sui. "She looks like Pop art."
P.Diddy
Cindy Crawford
Jackie O.
Comic Relief:
David Letterman
Ellen Degeneres
Robin Williams
Jay Leno
The Three Stooges
Arsenio Hall
Roseanne Barr
Eddie Murphy
Richard Pryor
Whoopi Goldberg
Rosie O' Donnel
Bill Cosby
Mike Myers
Johnny Carson
Carol Burnett
Chris Rock
Jimy Carey
Jerry Seinfeld
Unreal!:
Mickey Mouse
Cartman
The Simpsons
Spider-man
Beavis and Butthead
Kermit and Miss Piggy
Bugs Bunny
Charlie Brown
Harry Potter
Wonder Woman
Fred Flintstone
Scooby Doo
Batman
The Sex Symbols:
Pamela Anderson
Britney Spears:
A pop princess whose first three albums went multi-platinum, Spears has grown up in public-but not without pain. When her three-year romance with N'SYNC frontman Justin Timberlake(they'd met as mouseketeers) ended in 2002, she said "I cried a lot, and it wasn't fun." Now that, as she put it, "so much of my innocence is gone," Spears has unveiled an edgier sound. :cool:
Harrison Ford
Mel Gibson
George Clooney
Justin Timberlake:
In '02 Justin Timberlake broke up with Britney Spears, split from his boyband 'N SYNC and declared that he just wanted to do "my own thing." The start was auspicious. Billboard and Rolling Stone praised his first solo CD. Said MTV host Quaddus: "He's smart, he can dance-and he really genuinely has a voice."
Paul Newman
Leonardo Dicaprio
Farrah Fawcett
Burt Reynolds
Ben Affleck
Brad Pitt
Halle Berry
In Your Face:
Clint Eastwood
Jack Nicholson
Bruce Willis
The Rock
Al Pacino
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sylvester Stallone
Russel Crowe
Eminem
John Wayne
Robert De Niro
The Music Men:
Bruce Springsteen
Stevie Wonder
Garth Brooks
Frank Sinatra
James Brown
Prince
Elton John
Sting
Bono
Johnny Cash
Bob Dylon
Axl Rose
Ricky Martin
One of a Kind:
Judge Judy
Liberace
Howard Stern
Winona Ryder
Regis Philban
Kevin Bacon
**** Clark
Macaulay Culkin
Dr. Phil
Barbra Walters
Hugh Hefner
Marth Stewart
Monica Lewinsky
Susan Lucci