Rocker-cum-actress Colleen Fitzpatrick enjoyed two distinct phases in her career as a musical performer, each one linked to a radically different genre. This orange-haired New Jersey native began in the early '90s as a student at New York University by forming the #92;punk band Eve's Plumb with a fellow student, guitarist Michael Kotch. The outfit achieved tremendous success by signing a lucrative contract with Sony Records, which spun off two albums -- the 1993 Envy and the 1995 Cherry Alive -- but Fitzpatrick, somewhat dissatisfied and interested in pushing her career off in different directions, left to pursue a career as an actress and a solo recording artist. She then landed a string of early movie roles, with supporting parts in films including Liar Liar, Get Over It, and Dracula 2000, but netted her broadest fan base for her solo recording career -- this time, as a #92;dance-pop singer, rechristened Vitamin C.

The darkly handsome Billy Crudup (pronounced CREWD-up) quickly established himself as a rising star soon after graduating with an MFA from New York University in 1994. The Long Island native made his Broadway debut as the Byronic tutor in Tom Stoppard's acclaimed "Arcadia" in 1995 and returned to the New York stage the following year to star opposite Mary-Louise Parker in a revival of William Inge's "Bus Stop". For the former, the intense actor earned numerous accolades including the Theatre World and Clarence Derwent awards for most promising newcomer.

Actress Anne Hathaway had a wholesome start in Hollywood, establishing her strong screen presence with breakout roles in family fare “The Princess Diaries” (2001) and “Ella Enchanted” (2004), while many of her peers were getting far more attention for their rehab and party antics. But the well-grounded, well-educated Hathaway held focus on her career, evolving into impressively three-dimensional adult roles in widely heralded films “Nicholas Nickelby” (2002), “Brokeback Mountain” (2005) and the role which proved she could more than hold her own against the greatest talents, as well as carry a film herself – “The Devil Wears Prada” (2006). Having proven her potential range and her flair for intelligent, feisty, and often unpredictably intense characters, Hathaway found herself with steady offers in both comedies and dramas and a promising career usually far from the tabloid spotlight.

A petite blonde actress with pretty, pixiesh features and a high energy presence, California native Amanda Detmer made her debut in the TV-movie "Stolen Innocence" (CBS) in 1995. A local girl (the project was lensed in her native Chico), Detmer impressed with a featured role in the telepic, but resumed her education, earning her BA and later her MFA in theater. In 1998 she spent a summer on stage in Minneapolis and that same year lensed a starring role in the mystical independent drama "Last Seen".

 Though some may have seen talented ingenue Alexis Bledel in modeling assignments that featured her brown-haired, blue-eyed angelic beauty, or even less likely, caught her performances in Houston community theater productions, for the great majority of the audience, she first appeared as Rory Gilmore, the younger of The WB's "Gilmore Girls"(2000-) Though the actress began her craft as a way to combat shyness beginning at age eight, the Texas native landed a modeling contract that led to work throughout her teens, thanks in no small part to her untarnished, pink-cheeked all-Am

 An intense, precise and authoritative performer, Alec Baldwin went from being an often uninspiring leading man to being a highly sought-after character actor, whose breezy charm and sharp comic timing allowed him to often elevate mediocre fare. Born on April 3, 1958 in Amityville, NY and the eldest male in a brood of six that included actors Daniel, Stephen and William as well as non-actors Carol and Elizabeth Baldwin was interested in politics prior to acting, attending Georgetown University where he studied political science and ran a failed campaign for student body president.

Adam Sandler was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1966 but raised in Manchester, NH and attended Central High School. At 17, he took his first step toward becoming a stand-up comedian when his brother encouraged him to spontaneously take the stage at a Boston comedy club.

Sandler attended New York University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1991. During his freshman year, he secured a recurring role as Theo Huxtable's friend Smitty on The Cosby Show.