Ryan Holmes

Senior photographer, 16th & Broadway

Hip Hop fans in the San Francisco Bay Area expected quality acts from MTV Jams. For the most part, that's what they got.

Tom Green

Former MTV personality and stand-up comedian

Thank you Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg for making Schadenfreude convenient. It's as if we are enjoying the spectacle so much that we haven't noticed the cameras are now pointed at us. Who is laughing now?

David Wild

TV Writer; Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone; Co-Author, 'Diary of a Player"'

The first performer who I ever saw in concert was Steve Martin, and whether this man wants the credit or not, he changed my life forever.

Thane Rosenbaum

Novelist, essayist, and law professor at Fordham University

Never mess with a divorced father when the family separation is fresh, his longing is great and, in this case, his pockets are especially deep.

Chris Barnes

Its location wasn't really where you'd expect it to be.

Emma Tattenbaum-Fine

Comedian and writer

The night Ellen came out, I felt like my family got an invitation to the party. It hadn't occurred to me that we'd been excluded thus far, but now I saw it. The price of inclusion was noticing that all along we hadn't been included.

Pharrell Williams and Connie Yowell

The days of unequal access to high quality educators, schools in crisis and communities feeling powerless to support them are soon coming to an end.

Brian Friedman

I've had the distinct pleasure of photographing some big stars over the years. Recently I've been doing more and more portrait sessions where I have one-on-one contact with the talent.

Harvey Fierstein

Multiple Tony-Award-winning actor

When we excuse homophobia as a matter of opinion instead of treating it as a destructive social illness, we invite fear to explode into violence. How often are the perpetrators of hate crimes discovered to be self-loathing? Valued individuals do not strike out against strangers.

Howard Bragman

PR guru; Vice Chairman, Reputation.com; founder, FifteenMinutes.com; 'ABC News' consultant

Behind the quintessential campy movie Mommie Dearest is a dark tell-all by Christina Crawford about her constant struggles with her abusive mother, legendary actress Joan Crawford. On this week's episode of Gwissues, Christina sets the record straight.

Larry King

Iconic television and radio interviewer, online at #LarryKingNow on @OraTV

A memorable interview reveals not only what someone does, but why. It's at the junction of motivation and manifestation where personal history really gets interesting.

Emma Gray

Associate Editor, HuffPost Women

In reality, men and women are equally able to be obnoxious or narcissistic, to brag and to need public affirmation. But when we call someone a "whore" of any kind, we are effectively trying to silence her -- and we tend to silence women more than we silence men.

Ilene Kleinbaum

Account Manager, AOL Advertising, Sponsored Listings

I really wish I knew how the producers encourage the men to meet our bachelorette -- do they tell them to admit how nervous they are or persuade them to come up with the corniest and/or most memorable introduction?

Maureen Ryan

TV critic, The Huffington Post

If "Mad Men" turns out to be the story of Peggy's ascension and Don's quiet decline, I'd have no problem with that. Peg's got her eyes on the future. And I trust her to make the most of it.

Marcia Cross

Award-winning actress

When I think about how lucky I am that my husband survived, it only reinforces my dedication to taking action against this disease. My wish for every man faced with a cancer diagnosis is to have the same success story.

Pat Gallagher

Freelance Writer

Here are 20 post-50 celebrities -- that are, thankfully, still alive and well -- who took the pledge to serve America so that every person could savor their freedom while enjoying 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.'

Karin Badt

Associate Professor of Cinema and Theater in Paris

The only "humanity" comes from Ryan Gosling's sensitive tres masculin eyes. In fact, silent eye-contact is the most profound communication of the film.

Barbara Schroeder

Emmy award-winning journalist

Thanks to a source close to the case, my co-author had found the only known official photo from the death scene. Here, published for the first time, a look at how Lupe Velez really died.

Jessica Ashley

Writer at Sassafrass

Easy? Absolutely not. Necessary? Yes. It took 18 months to finalize my divorce, twice as long as it took to grow the small human being in my care.

Bryan Cain-Jackson

Writer/Assistant Editor, Technorati

Media TakeOut is one of the most visited urban websites out there. It truly makes for a fun read about people who we love and are entertained by -- Media TakeOut shows us that just because they might be rich it doesn't mean they are above engaging in common foolery.

Susan Michals

LA-based journalist

Taken by Italian fashion photographer Alan Gelati, the above image of Laurent will be on display with photos of other notables, including Simon Callow, and Michael Gambon

Paul Brandeis Raushenbush

Senior Religion Editor, The Huffington Post

I sat down to talk with Anne Heche about her new comedy, Save Me -- what looks to be a very funny, brave and timely series that puts God on primetime in a way that we have never seen him/her before.