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Is Tom Cruise the number one most fascinating people of 2005? Or maybe Teri Hatcher? We'll never know until 29 November for Barbara Walters sets to reveal it on her show, ABC's "Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2005."

Not only mentions Hollywood celebrities, the list also includes some prominent names in politics and sports, among others Lance Armstrong and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Tom Cruise really is a generous person. The actor has nabbed the Diamond Meritorious Award for the £2million donation he makes to the Church of Scientology. Apparently he also is a loyal Scientologist.

With such amount of donation, Cruise obviously becomes the biggest ever donor to the controversial organization, according to femafirst.co.uk.

Gabrielle Union and husband Chris Howard call it quit after four years of marriage. The couple announced the split in a statement released Monday by Lisa Kussell, the actress' publicist.

It's read "The couple remains close and asks that you respect their privacy at this difficult time." No reason mentioned as the cause of their divorce.

Aussie actor Heath Ledger is a dad for the first time when fiancee Michelle Williams gave birth to their very first child on Friday. It's a daughter and she's named Matilda Rose Ledger. Details on the baby's vital statistic remained undisclosed.

It is reported that Matilda was born in Brooklyn in New York where the couple currently residing.

It's her mothering role that becomes the most important thing in her life, not her career anyway. Hollywood babe Jamie Lee Curtis has realized that as she, during an interview with "Access Hollywood," revealed that she "doesn't accept acting work anymore," saying her life is "so filled with my children, my family and the charitable work I do."

Further she adds "My life is so filled that for me to accept acting work now means that I have to basically let somebody else do the job that I want to do, which is raise my children. It's not that I'm retired it's just that I no longer accept acting work." It's obvious already that Curtis places her full-time role as a mother above her career.

People En Espanol's 'Star of the Year' is the 'golden girl' Paulina Rubio. The Mexican pop star bests finalists Daddy Yankee, Shakira, Juanes and Barbara Mori, to be on the cover of the magazine's latest issue, on newsstands Monday.

Speaking on their reason to choose Paulina, the magazine simply explained "The truth is that `The Golden Girl' is someone who combines talent, charisma and success, and nobody can deny that. Everybody wants to know what Pau is doing and where she is."

The actor famous for his portrayal in many movies won't do another new flick for now. Brad Pitt is involving himself with global health, narrating six hour-long episodes of "RX for Survival: A Global Health Challenge." Starting Tuesday night on PBS and ending Thursday, the series follow health-care workers and researchers struggling to contain disease among the poor.

The movie hunk who's been traveled to Africa in the past two years, says "I've been involved with the issue of poverty. I've been studying it for about a year and half now. I think one of the major causes of that is health, global health. I think it could be one of the major issues of the century. There are two things at stake here: one is human interest and the other is self-interest. We're finding out that there's no safe haven from infectious diseases. It's a plane flight away.

It's a pity that the former couple, Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, has to end their sweet memories in the court over a custody battle. They, who used to love each other and got married on Aug. 19, 1993, now facing one another to win the custody of their only daughter Ireland Eliesse.

Monday Baldwin filed court papers against his former wife, claiming she "has a pathological need" to turn their daughter against him. Thus he asked for a psychological evaluation of Basinger. Baldwin who didn't attend the hearing was represented by his lawyer, Vicki Greene, who said "Ms. Basinger has so contaminated this child now that she doesn't even want to be with her father."

What's new on eBay? You won't believe it. It's Angelina Jolie's hairbrush. As the Canadian seller ms_momsy said "I was given this brush as a gift by my cousin because she knows how much I love Angelina Jolie. This brush was accidentally left on the vanity table in Angelina's dressing trailer, it was the only item that was forgotten. Angelina was seen using this brush before she left her trailer."

As a matter of fact, per femalefirst.co.uk, the sexy Mrs. Smith is claimed to use that brush while filming for her new movie "The Good Shepherd" in New York this summer. "I'm assuming that this was one of Angelina's favorite hairbrushes because it looks like it was used often, there are cracks on the back (and front) of the brush," the seller added. So fans what are you waiting for? Go get it?!

Hollywood actress Juliette Lewis is set to pose nude for the sake of an advertisement. To be more specific, she will be seen stretched between two chairs in a dressing room, wearing only a pair of jeans for an ad for punk designer Johan Lindeberg.

The decision to pose nude first came after Lindeberg offered Lewis to design the stage costumes for her group Juliette and the Licks. To your notice, Lewis has just finished filming "The Darwin Awards" and is currently shooting "Catch and Release."

ABC television has given the green light to a comedy pilot to be executive produced by Elton John. The set, dubbed "Him and Us," revolves around an over-the-hill rock star, his manager and the rest of his colorful entourage. In hand to write the script is Cindy Chupack, a former executive producer of HBO's "Sex and the City."

Not only the singer will use his own experience, but also some of his peers' lives, such as that of Rod Stewart, Mick Jagger or Paul McCartney. Also included into the team behind is Michael Edelstein, executive producer of "Desperate Housewives" and John's long-time partner, David Furnish, a film producer.

Not only he is one of the most celebrated celebrities, but more than that this former Beatle also is ranked third on Forbes list of the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities. What an achievement. It's John Lennon. The music legend has scored another record as the white suit he wore on the cover of The Beatles' "Abby Road" album was sold at auction Sunday for $118,000.

The buyer was Anthony Pugliese of World Films in Del Ray, Florida. Besides the suit, Pugliese also bought the jacket Lennon wore in his video to the song "Imagine" for $32,000. In addition to those, the Austin Princess Lennon drove in the film "Imagine" was sold to a private Japanese investor for $150,000.

Not only music that attracts their attention. But, music indeed is the one that inspires and enables them to release a biography. This is what people are waiting for.

Tentatively titled "The Beatles: The Biography," the set will be available on market November 1. Written by Bob Spitz, the 856 pages tell "about how the youth culture emerged, the drug culture emerged, how politics rose to the fore as a universal debate. It's about rebellion, it's about the growth of the British entertainment system, the growth of the rock 'n' roll entertainment system." Said Spitz.

It sounds strange for others. Well maybe. But, maybe that's the specialty of strangeness. The more unusual something the more special it will be. So does Marilyn Manson may think of. Rumors on the street said the singer and his fiance, Dita Von Teese are planning for a special kind of vows for their upcoming nuptials. The couple wants to exchange vows in a particular way.

For that reason they've found a priest who's agreed to cut their fingers so that they can exchange blood vows during the ceremony. As a source said "Marilyn and Dita wanted something more meaningful and romantic, to capture their coming together in front of their loved ones. They felt that exchanging their life blood was a beautiful way of cementing their love, rather than slipping on a ring and giving each other a quick snog."

It is yet sure, but many believe so. The winner of the 2005 Nobel Man Of Peace award won't be announced until November 24 in Rome, but it is widely believed that Bob Geldof is the one. He's said to be named the 2005 Man of Peace.

Geldof was voted by a committee of all the living Nobel Peace Prize winners, in honor of "his unflagging work and powerful voice on behalf of the poor of Africa over the last 20 years and in particular the last 12 months." He is set to receive the honor from former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at the World Summit Of Nobel Laureates in Italy, on November 24.