Whether it was a sexy role in “Summer School” (1987), a smart role on “Ally McBeal” (Fox,1997-2000) or a troubled role on “Melrose Place” (Fox 1992-97), earthy blonde beauty Courtney Thorne-Smith delighted fans for almost twenty years, providing her own wit, depth and charm to “good girl” parts, which in lesser hands, could have come across as thankless and bland.

Thorne-Smith was born on Nov. 8, 1967 in San Francisco, CA and later graduated from Menlo-Atherton High School in Atherton, CA. She realized her love of acting while performing in a kindergarten production of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” Her father, a computer market researcher, and her mother, a therapist, divorced when she was seven years old, leaving her to live with one or both of them at different stages of her childhood and teenage years. She began her career with the Ensemble Theatre Company in Mill Valley, CA while still a student in high school.

 Comedic actress Christine Taylor was best known for her 1995 portrayal of Marcia Brady in “The Brady Bunch Movie,” which quickly generated buzz, what with her dead-on impression of 1970s TV icon Maureen McCormick. After many supporting roles in films and sitcoms, Taylor’s 2000 marriage to actor-director Ben Stiller raised her profile even higher and she co-starred opposite her husband in “Zoolander” (2001) and “Dodgeball” (2004). In 2006, the couple inked a deal to star in a domestic sitcom for CBS but while the project experienced delays, Taylor appeared in the 2007 indie filmfest fave, “Kabluey.”

In the late 1990’s, pop music was overtaken by a stream of teen stars whose good looks, attitude, catchy songs and powerful hype machines often overshadowed their talent--or lack thereof. The anomaly of this teen invasion was Christina Aguilera, who backed up the hype with a powerful set of pipes that validated her pop star status. Possessing a four-octave range, Aguilera faced constant comparison to another blonde ex-Mousketeer, Britney Spears, when vying for the role of pop music’s top diva. Her eponymously titled debut album, released in August 1999, took the music world by storm and eventually sold over 10 million copies. Though she also rivaled Spears and Jessica Simpson as the pop star with the most wholesome image, Aguilera would eventually break that mold to become something she was more comfortable with: herself.

The eldest member of *NSYNC and the man who got it all started, dark-haired performer Chris Kirkpatrick made up for his relatively advanced age with an abundance of childlike exuberance; clearly no one would ever accuse him of being the band's most mature member. Encouraged to form a vocal group that would fuse dancing and singing talents into a powerhouse of entertainment, Kirkpatrick called upon known singer and dancer Joey Fatone, a Brooklyn import who had made a name in Orlando while making a living as a performer at Universal Studios theme park. Joining in the fold were talented singers and dancers J.C. Chasez and Justin Timberlake, young veterans of the 1990s Disney Channel series "The Mickey Mouse Club". Though Kirkpatrick was in college and Timberlake wasn't through puberty, the four found a sound that was solidified with the discovery of basso profundo Lance Bass, who rounded out their impressive harmony.

Leathery, stoical leading man, often in action pictures directed by J. Lee Thompson. For years Bronson played stony-faced henchmenn and assorted villains, as with his mute in "House of Wax" (1953), made during a period when Bronson was still known as Charles Buchinsky. His roles grew in prominence over the years; he was especially memorable as the taciturn gunslinger in Sergio Leone's epic "Once Upon a Time in the West" (1969).

 When Brooke Shields uttered the suggestive fashion catchphrase, “You want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing…” she may as well have been talking about her career instead of a pair of jeans. Shields carved out a long and profitable run as a model, actress, and author, despite innumerable personal and professional setbacks that would have derailed even the most driven entertainer.

Tall, dark and photogenic, Benicio Del Toro spent several years in less than memorable supporting roles before his breakthrough as the mumbling Fred Fenster, the most erratic of the conspirators, in Bryan Singer's "The Usual Suspects" (1995). After that award-winning turn, the actor seemed on his way to a sterling career, although not all of efforts have met with box-office success.