Donna Rockwell, PsyD

Licensed clinical psychologist, specialist in celebrity mental health, leading mindfulness meditation teacher, and activist in contemporary humanistic psychology

Fame at an early age also prevented Michael from living a normal - and necessary - childhood, leaving him ill equipped for adulthood. That is why he became fixated in pre-pubescence, forever Peter Pan, forever a lost boy.

Kal Penn

Actor/Producer

It was a mistake to try to casually engage in 140 characters with folks who I thought understood my background and beliefs; instead, folks misunderstood this as a strong advocation of something entirely different. I feel terrible about that and am sorry.

Brent Budowsky

Columnist

When the great actor Matt Damon recently said that President Obama "broke up with me," he hit the jackpot of telling political truth in the eyes of many progressive Democrats and independents.

Zaki Hasan

Media Scholar and Critic, zakiscorner.com

Since the untimely passing of Steve Jobs in 2011, the mystique surrounding the Apple founder has only grown, leading to several screen projects quickly hitting the development pipeline, all aimed at shedding new light on the man behind the Mac.

Peter Dreier

E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, Occidental College

Was Gene Autry, the "singing cowboy" on TV and in the movies, really a radical? I just discovered this Autry recording of the pro-labor song "The Death of Mother Jones," about the great radical union organizer -- Mary Harris Jones, sometimes called the "most dangerous woman in America."

Todd Van Luling

Editorial Fellow, Huffington Post

I had spent dark ages hating Jimmy Buffett but I wanted to be proven wrong/believe in the parrotheads.

Jon Steely

Los Angeles-based writer

Lake Bell has a great look. With a face chiseled perfectly for the screen -- and the stellar acting chops to back it up -- it's no wonder she's a movie star. What other choice would there be? Lake Bell, corporate tax attorney? I'm not seeing it.

Louis Virtel

West Coast Entertainment Editor, TheBacklot.com

It's Aug. 16, which means it's Madonna's birthday. Several of Madonna's future boyfriends are celebrating the occasion by being born. What are you going to do? Get ready to express your most intense self, because this is the holiest day of the pop-culture year.

Joe Vogel

Author and Freelance Journalist

Spike Lee made headlines in late July when he announced that he would be raising money for his latest film through popular crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter.

Joe Boyd

Founder, Rebel Pilgrim Productions

We did the scene. And Shirley did great. But I will never forget what she said to me after the take.

Nancy Snow

Senior Visiting Research Professor and Abe Fellow, Keio University in Tokyo

Looking quite exhausted but exhilarated by the over-capacity crowd of several hundred, Stone made sure we knew who was his hero: Edward Snowden and anyone else who risks personal life and security for a greater good. Here is an excerpt of my exchange with Oliver Stone.

Tom Silva

Senior Vice President of Marketing and Strategy, The Alter Group

What would we think about serial entrepreneurs or Internet highflyers usurping the microcredit space to launch their businesses? Wouldn't it suck the oxygen out of the room and leave the grain farmer or village tailor stranded? That is essentially what is happening with crowdfunding.

Joshua Ostroff

Senior editor, Huffington Post Canada

Ke$ha played a show at Ceasers Windsor last Friday night that resulted in a litany of outraged complaints from parents who brought their children to the all-ages show. She reportedly flipped the bird, dropped f-bombs, among other things. The fact that they were surprised shows just how little research they did.

James Ponsoldt

Director

James Ponsoldt's list of the best coming-of-age films ever.

Dan Fastenberg

Reporter, AOL Jobs

What do you say? I'll only turn 30 once and that karaoke machine's got your name written all over it. Both me, my friends and Jon Bon Jovi will be waiting.

Arianna Huffington

One year ago today, we launched HuffPost Live, our live-streaming network, inviting you all to join, as I put it then, "a different kind of conversation."

Heather Wagner

Author, "Friend or Faux" and "Happiness on $10 a Day"

Tonight the girls are all seated on a creamy white couch, clad in a palette of bold citrus and ocean blue jewel tones. Vicki announces that she and Donn are still not divorced, and Tamra interjects that "they're going to get back together."

Sydney Levin

Senior homepage editor, AOL.com.

Jacqueline is obsessed with changing her body, but has no regard for her overall well-being. If anything needs to be cut out of poor Jacqueline, it's not excess skin: It's the darkness and pain that has taken over her mind and clouded her vision.

Ernest Owens

Communication & Public Service scholar, University of Pennsylvania

The very root of the American dream is not success by fame and fortune but upward mobility through hard work and respectable values.

Andy Hoglund

Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications

Whereas Jay Z the rapper, the God emcee, is borne of braggadocio and boundless confidence; Jay Z the public figure is far more measured. So why do we hear more about Blue Ivy and Jay's controversial trip to Cuba than we do about his philanthropic efforts? To a degree, it is by design.

Amanda Callaghan

Fashion Journalist/Historian

I imagined her doing cartwheels in her penthouse apartment that was adorned with pink frill and confetti. I imagined lots of champagne, vacationing and hangouts with Lisa Loeb. However, since the show first aired I have watched religiously and realized I could not have been more wrong.

Angela Garcia Combs

Writer/director

I cannot explain to you the great goodness of Karen Black, the plain friendship, the professional genius she brought to my life. But I can say that Karen Black was a mystery of nature that knew how to live in the moment.