Rock star-humanitarian Bono of U2, surrounded by journalism students, flashes the victory sign as he is awarded the German Media Prize in Baden-Baden, southern Germany, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006.
Fast-moving Bono went on to Switzerland for the World Economic Forum at Davos. There he launched the "Red Product Line," a program by several companies to sell products branded "Red" and donate some of the profits to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in Africa. "So, here we are, fat cats in the snow, and I say that as one," Bono quipped at the Davos forum, on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006.
Italian actress Monica Bellucci blows a kiss in front of a poster featuring her and fellow actor Gerard Depardieu during a photo call for her new film "For Sex or for Love?" in Rome, Wednesday Jan. 25, 2006.
J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, is surrounded by Romanian children from the Robin Hood child protection center in Bucharest on Thursday, Jan. 26 2006. Rowling is a trustee of a foundation called The Children's High Level Group, which raises money for children in need and promotes childcare reforms in Romania as a model to other European countries.
Prince Harry is seen on military exercise in Britain in an image released Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2005. Harry will join the Blues and Royals Regiment of the Household Cavalry after completing training in April. The third in line to the British throne, now 21, hopes to be an Armoured Reconnaissance Troop Leader. The Blues and Royals also provide a ceremonial mounted escort for Harry's grandma.
Actor Anthony Hopkins and his wife Stella arrive for a New York screening of his film "The World's Fastest Indian," Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006. Set in the 1960s, the film stars Hopkins in the true story of Burt Munro, who traveled with his beloved Indian motorcycle from New Zealand to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah to set a motorcycle speed record. His quest is legendary within the motorcycle community.
Director Ang Lee greets reporters at a press conference in Tokyo on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006. Lee is promoting his latest film, "Brokeback Mountain," which won four Golden Globe awards and is considered as a solid front-runner for the Academy Awards.
Escorted by police, actor Martin Sheen and Chris Penn's mother Eileen Ryan leave the Santa Monica, Calif. condominium where actor Chris Penn, brother of Sean Penn, was found dead on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006. The cause of death has not yet been determined. Penn's latest film, "The Darwin Awards," premiered later in the day at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
Actor Seth Green appears during MTV's "Total Request Live" show at the MTV Times Square Studios on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006 in New York City. Green is a star of the new TV series "Four Kings" on NBC.
Flanked by pitbulls, hardcore hip hop musician DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, announces his record label change to Sony Music's Columbia label at a press conference Friday, Jan.13, 2006, in New York.
Here's a close-up of hip hop singer DMX. The 34-year-old, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was released from prison on Dec. 30, 2005 after serving a month for a parole violation stemming from a guilty plea last year to reckless endangerment and driving under the influence He announced he is changing record labels and going to Sony Music on Friday, Jan.13, 2006, in New York.
Actress Charlize Theron, right, and director Niki Caro pose on the red carpet during the premiere of "North Country" in Melbourne, Australia on Jan. 25, 2006. Is Charlize much taller than we thought, or is her director really small?
Getting together at a party for Barry Manilow's new CD, "The Greatest Songs of the Fifties" are, from left, Manilow, actor Tony Danza and CEO of J Records Clive Davis. Davis hosted the party at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, on Jan. 24, 2006 in New York City.
Actors Jon Voight, left, and James Franco attend a party after the premiere of the Touchstone Pictures feature "Annapolis" at The Highlands on Jan. 23, 2006 in Hollywood. Franco stars in the new film as a freshman who enters a tough boxing competition to prove himself in the pressure-cooker atmosphere of the military academy.
Josh Holloway, a cast member of the television show "Lost," has been named the "hottest hunk" not only on Waikiki Island but on all of television by In Touch Weekly. The magazine, in an issue on newsstands Friday, Jan. 27, 2006, says the 36-year-old actor is the best of the current small screen studs, even surpassing his cast mate from the hit ABC show, Matthew Fox.
Judges for the show "American Idol" including, from left, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell, talk with Jay Leno during a taping of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in Burbank, Calif., Monday, Jan. 16, 2006.
Actress Nicole Kidman speaks to the media Jan. 26, 2006 at the United Nations in New York City. Kidman was introduced at the UN as a new Goodwill Ambassador. She will work with the United Nations Development Fund for Women to mitigate violence against women.
Posing with the Big Mommas at the 20th Century Fox premiere of "Big Momma's House 2" are, from left, director John Whitesell, actor Martin Lawrence and producer David T. Friendly, at Mann's Grauman Chinese Theater on Jan. 25, 2006 in Hollywood.
Still in Australia, actress Charlize Theron, second from left, reacts to the play in the Quarter-Final match between Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium and Lindsay Davenport of the US in day nine of the Australian Open on Jan. 24, 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. With Theron are Australian television celebrity Kate Ritchie, left, and Rugby League player Chris Walker, second from right.
Grammy-nominated musician Anoushka Shankar performs at the National Center of Performing Arts in Mumbai, India on Jan. 25, 2006. Shankar, daughter of sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar and sister of jazz singer Norah Jones, played compositions from her new solo album "Rise."