Perry Garfinkel, 2/3/12

Veteran journalist

"The title of celebrity chef is sort of bogus. Do we have celebrity shoemakers, celebrity butchers? The good news about showcasing chefs and the TV shows is they've attracted a lot more smart kids to the profession than 30 years ago."

Julianne Moore, 2/3/12

Actress

This year, in this election, I am committing to watching even more vigilantly. I truly can't imagine a more important election for us to make our voices heard.

Rochelle Jewel Shapiro, 2/4/12

Psychic, Author

When my daughter wasn't home, I began to watch music videos on MTV, and everything my rabbi said was confirmed for me when I saw Madonna in a scanty leather costume. But the more videos I watched, the more astonished I was.

Dr. Phil McGraw, 2/3/12

Author, Host "Dr. Phil"

Super Bowl Sunday. For most men, it makes their year. Unfortunately, for too many, the year ends the day after. PFDS, Post Football Depression Syndrome sets in and sets in with a vengeance.

Marlo Thomas, 2/3/12

Award-winning actress, author, and activist

Here are some recipes for game grub sure to please the football viewers, innocent bystanders or anyone else who -- like us -- may well be found in the kitchen relishing a good ole 'bowl of red.'

Pandora Boxx, 2/3/12

Drag queen, comedian and reality TV personality

Fag. Homo. Queer. These were the words I grew almost accustomed to hearing as I walked the halls of my school. I hated those words. Why did they call me those things? Why did I have to suffer through that relentless taunting?

Troian Bellisario, 2/3/12

Spencer Hastings on ABC Family's "Pretty Little Liars"

These high school students have great ideas -- they just need the funding and the tools to make them happen! Donorschoose.org is designed to make a little go a really long way, so give what you can.

Vanessa Becknell, 2/3/12

TV and Film Department Editor, The Donnybrook Writing Academy

If you haven't had a chance to check out Top Chef this season, you seriously need to. Not because of the cheftestants' popularity -- what makes this show's ninth season the best one has nothing to do with who's competing.

Melissa Manchester, 2/3/12

Grammy-winning singer/songwriter

Together, one download at a time, we will not only keep breast health away from politics, but we will show the Susan G. Komen Foundation, Planned Parenthood and women everywhere the real power of ribbons!

Antonio Banderas, 2/2/12

Actor

When it comes to the Golden Collar Awards race, how could not only Puss, but all felines, be shut out? Cats wear collars too.

Jennifer Garner, 2/2/12

Actress; Save the Children Artist Ambassador

Kids should never have to experience any kind of poverty in this country -- neither the more hopeful kind my mom experienced during the dustbowl depression, nor the kind the kids in West Virginia and Yucca face today. Let's make nearly one in four in poverty become none in four.

Mark Ruffalo, 2/2/12

Actor/Director

Compassion is within us innately as a people and as a nation. So put aside the rhetoric and ask yourself: how much more than enough do you need? Whatever that amount is, there is always a little bit more left over for those who don't have even close to enough.

Oren Moverman, 2/2/12

Academy Award nominated filmmaker

One fall, as I was talking with the LAPD and trying to get into their heads, one white cop leaning confidently on his idled squad car took his time explaining to me that the battle for the streets of Los Angeles.

Annette Insdorf, 2/2/12

Director of undergraduate film studies, Columbia University

Because the director is Madonna -- it has been easy for some critics to take cheap shots at her directorial aspirations. But W.E. turns out to be a surprisingly classical -- and satisfying -- drama.

Joe Kort, Ph.D., 2/2/12

Psychotherapist, sexologist, and relationship therapist; founder, Center for Relationship and Sexual Health

When actress Cynthia Nixon declared that for her, being gay is a choice, she received much negative backlash from the gay and lesbian community. But I appreciate her giving us an opportunity to discuss a very complex concept of sexuality.

Carrie White, 2/2/12

Hollywood hairdresser; author, 'Upper Cut: Highlights of My Hollywood Life'

Today when I'm asked how did I come up with the idea for Nurse Ratched's hairstyle in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, I recall a certain photo...

Darryl A. Cobbin, 2/2/12

Author, Marketing Magnate

Don Cornelius was much more to me than an icon. He was my friend and mentor, and if I could have one last chance to speak to him, this is what I would say.