Career Highlights

• 1 Meryl Streep: The many faces of a screen chameleon
  No one inhabits a character so completely as Meryl Streep. For her latest transformation, the 62-year-old actress – who has been nominated for a record 16 Oscars – has adopted the aura...

• 2 How an Independent Woman became the queen of the music scene
  She's the woman who put 'Bootylicious' in the dictionary. And now, with her mantelpiece straining under the weight of trophies, and upwards of 75 million record sales worldwide, Beyonce Knowles is arguably...

• 3 Oprah Winfrey takes her final bow after 25 years as chat show queen
  After a quarter of a century, and more than 5,000 episodes, the Oprah Winfrey programme has come to an end. This week, the grand dame of TV said goodbye to her world famous chatshow which has captivated...

• 4 Danni's rollercoaster journey through the 'X Factor'
  The highs and lows of Dannii Minogue's X Factor career have been as dramatic as any contestant's journey through the competition. There have been spats, tears, and high drama along the way – but...

• 5 The stellar career of Hollywood's former blue-eyed boy
  At the moment it's hard to ignore the lurid stories about his troubled private life. But it shouldn't be forgotten that Mel Gibson is one of the most successful actors of his generation, and an Oscar-winning...

• 6 Cheryl Cole's rollercoaster rise to the top
  The nation got their first glimpse of Cheryl Cole in 2002, when the fresh faced 19-year-old joined thousands of hopefuls in auditioning for reality TV star search Popstars: The Rivals. At the time she...