Anya Marina, 03/12/12

Singer/songwriter

I can feel his breath on my forehead, a passing whiff of whiskey on his lips. "Alright," he says, sounding and looking more like Don Draper by the passing second, "I say you and me go get a bourbon in the next room and call it a day."

Christina Patterson, 03/12/12

Writer and columnist, 'The Independent'

Lady Gaga and Jonathan Franzen have quite a lot in common. They're both famous. They're also both artists, the kind of artists other artists want to be. But there's one thing they don't have in common, and that's a love of Twitter.

Madeleine Crum and Zoë Triska, 03/12/12

A few weeks ago we got a copy of a book called "The Drunk Diet" in the mail. So we did what any rational literary journalists would do and met up with author Luc Carl to get drunk and discuss dieting, marathon training and Brett Michaels.

Shira Lazar, 03/12/12

Co-Founder, WhatsTrending.com

Pat Gallagher, 03/12/12

Freelance Writer

Here are ten actors who should have been big stars because each one has or had the "it" factor... but what happened that stopped them just short of superstardom is anybody's guess. They are/were notable actors who should have become the next big thing in their generation.

Rick Schwartz, 03/12/12

Movie producer; Biblical scholar wannabe

Gugino moves seamlessly from family films to horror to studio blockbusters to tiny independent movies to theatre. That would be like Lin playing all week for the Knicks, suiting up for the Liberty on weekends and hitting the local Y late night just to keep his game sharp.

Mike Ragogna, 03/12/12

Radio Personality on Solar Powered KRUU-FM, Music Biz Vet

Donna Jean Freberg, 03/12/12

Writer and Producer

When I first heard that the rumor that Maria Shriver was considering getting back together with her estranged husband, Arnold Schwarzenegger, just the possibility reminded me of how complex our whole dynamic as human beings can be.

LaVar Young, 03/12/12

President and CEO, Newark Now

In just three years, two of the most iconic, talented and famed artists in history died before their time. All idolized almost as gods, envied by the entire planet, and dead of their own devices. We want what they have, but perhaps we should consider being grateful that we don't.

Felix Sanchez, 03/12/12

Chairman and Co-founder of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts

¡Q'Viva! The Chosen is a historic media moment in time: the first seamlessly bilingual show that presents entertainment and information to a general audience, not simply to a target audience.

Erin Flynn, 03/12/12

Founder, Righting Style

After doing some research and, let's be honest, some intensive Googling, I've come up with a list of ways to possibly get Ashton Kutcher to invest in your fashion startup.

Chely Wright, 03/10/12

Country music artist and gay-rights activist

I'm at 27,000 feet, flying high to Kansas City, the city where I was born, for the grand opening of a brand new center for LGBT people called the LikeMe Lighthouse. I want to talk about why it's so important that Kansas City and other towns like it have a brick-and-mortar LGBT center.

Barbara Bruno, 03/10/12

NFL Writer: Commentary with a cultural twist, NFL Analyst for Bleacher Report, Publisher http://barbaras-football-buzz.com, Independent Film Producer

Let's face it; the NFL needs Michael Vick's talent combined with Tim Tebow's character. Enter Robert Griffin III. RGIII is the one with the sizzle. Griffin is going to be heralded somewhere as a savior -- hopefully with a small "s."

Eliza Dushku, 03/09/12

Actress, Albanian citizen

This heightened awareness of the 26-year trail of wreckage left by Kony is a good thing. And now, more than ever before, countless people are asking how to help the victims and not only how to help catch Kony.

Ruggy Joesten, 03/09/12

Community Director, Yelp San Francisco

Chances are you've seen the finely-coiffed Ben Flajnik lately, gracing the pages of every celebrity rag in publication. Want the skinny (dip) on his favorite haunts in the city? Yours truly investigates.

Lauren Ashburn, 03/09/12

Founder and Editor-in-Chief www.daily-download.com

The politics of celebrity -- the sexy candidate phenomenon -- leapt from the big screen to the campaign trail. Many seem to presume that a charismatic candidate is automatically capable of being a great leader. That's a formula for success in Hollywood, but is it right for American politics?

Pauline Gaines, 03/09/12

Blogger at www.perilsofdivorcedpauline.com

If you don't know that Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a child with the live-in maid who had been cleaning the mansion he shared with Maria Shriver and their four young children, prompting Maria to hire a kick-ass divorce attorney, you have been living under a rock.