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Wendy Williams is an American talk show host and author born in 1964 in Neptune Township, New Jersey. Williams is the host of the syndicated talk show, The Wendy Williams Show.  She previously gained fame as a shock jock radio show host for WUSL in Philadelphia and WBLS in New York City.  She became well known for her controversial 2003 radio interview with the late Whitney Houston.  Williams has released seven books and made the New York Times best seller list seven times.  She is married to Kevin Hunter and has one son, Kevin Hunter, Jr.

Brian Boitano is a former American figure skater born in 1963 in Mountain View, California.  During his career, he has won and Olympic gold medal, the World Championship, and U.S. National title.  In the 1994 Winter Olympics, he finished sixth.  In 1996, he was elected to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame and the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame.  Boitano revealed he was gay in 2013.

Brandy (Brandy Norwood) is an American singer and actress born in 1979 in McComb, Mississippi.  She appeared in the ABC comedy Thea and signed her first record deal with Atlantic Records in 1994.  Later that year, she released her debut album, Brandy.  Two singles from the album, I Wanna Be Down and Baby reached number one on Billboard’s Hot R&B Singles chart.  She also was the star of UPN’s Moesha and appeared in the TV films Double Platinum and Cinderella.  Singer and actor Ray J is her younger brother and rap artist Snoop Dogg is her first cousin.  She has one daughter, Sy’rai Iman Smith.

Viola Davis is an American actress born in 1965 in St. Matthews, South Carolina. She has appeared in movies including Traffic, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Doubt, and The Help, earning Academy Award nominations for Doubt and The Help. Davis’s stage work includes Intimate Apparel, King Hedley II, and Fences, winning Tony Awards for her performances in King Hedley II and Fences. She was the second African-American woman to win a Tony for Best Actress (Play). In the fall of 2014, Davis will star in How to Get Away with Murder, a Shonda Rhimes project for ABC. Davis is married to Julius Tennon and has one daughter.

Boris Becker is a retired German tennis player born in 1967 in Leiman, Germany.  He won six Grand Slam singles titles, an Olympic doubles gold medal, and five indoor championships.  Becker was the youngest man to ever win the Wimbledon singles championship at 17 years of age.  In 2005, Tennis Magazine rated Becker as the 18th greatest tennis player of all time from 1965 to 2005.  In 2003, he was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.  He is married to Lilly Becker and has four children.

Bobby Womack was an American singer, songwriter, and musician born in 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio.  He began his career as the lead vocalist for The Valentinos.  Womack also was the guitarist for R&B singer Sam Cooke.  Womack’s most popular songs include If You Think You’re Lonely Now, Across 110th Street, Woman’s Gotta Have It, and Lookin For a Love.  He also wrote The Rolling Stones’ single It’s All Over Now as well as New Birth’s I Can Understand It.  Womack was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009.  In 2014, Womack died from complications of cancer.  He was married to Regina Womack.

Bobby Brown is an American singer and songwriter born in 1969 in Boston, Massachusetts.  His career started as a member of the R&B group New Edition.  The group was known for songs such as Jealous Girl, Cool It Now, and Mr. Telephone Man.  Brown left the group in 1986 and began his solo career.  In 1986, he released his debut album, King of the Stage.  Brown released his second album, Don’t Be Cruel in 1988.  The album made it to number one status on the Pop charts as well as the R&B charts.  In 1990, he won a Grammy for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.  Brown was formerly married to late singer Whitney Houston and is currently married to Alicia Etheredge.  He has five children.

Bob Hastings was an American actor born in 1925 in Brooklyn, New York.  Hastings was well known for his role as Lt. Elroy Carpenter on the ABC sitcom  McHale’s Navy.  He also appeared on shows such as Green Acres, Hennesey, Room for One More, Car 54, Where Are You?, and Window on Main Street.  Hastings provided voice work for cartoons such Batman: The Animated Series, Clue Club, and Superman: The Animated Series.  In 2014, he passed away from prostate cancer in Burbank, California.  He was married to Joan Rice-Hastings and had four children.

Blair Brown is an American actress born in 1947 in Washington, D. C.  She has appeared in television shows such as The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Frasier, Feds, CSI: Miami, Ed, The Rockford Files, and Fringe.  In 2000, she won a Tony Award for the role of Niels Bohr in the play Copenhagen.  She has one son, Robert Anson Jordan III.

Billy Joel is an American singer, pianist, and songwriter born in 1949 in Bronx, New York.  He is the third highest selling solo artist in the United States.  Joel’s Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2 is the third highest selling album in the United States in terms of discs shipped.  He has had Top 40 hits in three different decades and has won six Grammy Awards.  Joel has sold over 150 million records across the world and was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.  He was previously married three times and has a daughter.