NICOLE KIDMAN

Nicole Kidman was recently in news for being appointed as goodwill ambassador for women's issues at United Nations. She is honored to be able to help UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). At this occasion, she said that her efforts would be for raising worldwide awareness of the problems of violence against women, gender inequality and other difficulties faced by women in developing world.

She is already a goodwill ambassador for United Nations children's program UNICEF. Nicole Kidman, who won the best-actress Oscar in the year 2002 for film ''The Hours,'' said she has planned to devote a considerable amount of time to UNIFEM over a long-term.

BRITNEY SPEARS

Britney Spears was in news recently to top an annual Hollywood worst-dressed list of female celebrities compiled by fashion designer, Blackwell, who called her an 'over-the-hill Lolita'. Spears, who gave birth to her first child last year, has been a favorite on Blackwell's list for the past 5 years. He described her as going from 'princess of pop to the ultimate fashion flop.

Self-appointed fashion guru's lists are Hollywood tradition. Over the years they have poked fun at everyone from Queen Elizabeth to Elizabeth Taylor. Blackwell urged women on his list to emulate 'effortless beauty and memorable style' of Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Kate Moss and Natalie Portman. Blackwell's worst-dressed women of 2005 are as follow- Britney Spears, Mary-Kate Olsen, Jessica Simpson, Eva Longoria, Mariah Carey, Paris Hilton, Anna Nicole Smith, Shakira, Lindsay Lohan and Renee Zellweger.

QUEEN LATIFAH

Rapper-turned-actress, singer, spokeswoman and producer Dana Elaine Owens, 35, better known as Queen Latifah became the first hip-hop artist crowned with 2,298th star on Hollywood Walk of Fame last days. Born on March 18, 1970, in Newark, New Jersey, she is African-American Grammy Award-winning rap artist and actress. 

Queen Latifah debuted in 1989 with seminal hip-hop album 'All Hail The Queen'. Her third album 'Black Reign' earned her a Grammy Award in 1994. Latifah's leap to television in 1993 with sitcom 'Living Single' widened her appeal. She went on to star in such films as 'Set it off,' 'bringing down the house' and 2005's 'Beauty Shop,' which she also produced. 'Chicago' earned her a supporting actress Oscar nomination and brought her singing acclaim. She is also a spokeswoman for 'CoverGirl' and its record label, 'CG Vibes', among other companies. 

Owens' mother and father, a police officer, divorced when she was just 8 years old.

WAFAH DUFOUR

A niece of Osama bin Laden is striking racy poses for a men's magazine, GQ, as she tries to shrug off her connection with world's most wanted man. Aspiring pop singer Wafah Dufour, daughter of a half-brother of Laden, told that she feels most at home in New York. She was born in USA and want people to know her as an American, and she want people to understand that she is like anyone in New York". Dufour, who uses her Swiss mother's maiden name, disclosed. "For me, it's home. "She speaks softly and deliberately. Word 'Wafah' means "faithful one," but 'Dufour' is not her real surname. She changed it after being quoted in New York tabloids as distant niece of one of the most despised terrorists in Western world. "Before 9/11, 'Bin Laden' was like ' Smith' or 'Jones', but after that it had such a terrible connotation that I couldn't keep it," the 25-year-old explains. "I don't even speak Arabic. I don't even have a Saudi passport." She has nothing in common with the Al-Qaida leader and simply wants acceptance by Americans.