A blonde Southern beauty with a fearless attitude – which some described over the years as foolhardy – Cybill Shepherd was a former beauty queen who rose to fame in the early 1970s, after a star-making turn in director Peter Bogdanovich’s Oscar-winning “The Last Picture Show.” Her fame waned by the middle of the decade, thanks to a string of flops and a highly public break-up with her Svengali director/boyfriend, Bogdanovich, but she returned with a vengeance as the sassy P.I. Maddie Hayes on the smart TV comedy, “Moonlighting” (ABC, 1985-89) and as campier TV version of herself on the hit sitcom, “Cybill” (CBS, 1995-98).

 A slender blonde actress with good looks better described as striking than pretty, Chloe Sevigny was generating buzz in her adopted New York home even before the independent film world showcased her onscreen allure. Sevigny emerged from her tony Darien, Connecticut background with both the grace of privilege and the awkwardness of an outsider, a duality that shaped her beguiling persona and added dimension to her screen presence.

Seal, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening and other celebrities gathered to toast movie producer Arnon Milchan during a Hollywood event at Paramount Studios that celebrated the 60th anniversary of Israel.

Exuding an air of gravitas in whatever role he played, Academy-Award winner Sir Ben Kingsley made a specialty of playing historical characters, ranging from Dmitri Shostakovich in "Testimony (1987) to mobster Meyer Lansky in "Bugsy" (1991). His most acclaimed performance, however, was in Sir Richard Attenborough’s epic biopic “Gandhi” (1984), in which he played the title role of one of the 20th Century’s most revered and influential figures.

 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.