Sophia A. Nelson, 13/2/12

Award Winning Author; culture & style columnist for NBC's theGRIO.com, Essence Magazine, and USA TODAY Contributor, NPR

As a teenage black girl growing up in southern New Jersey in the 1980s, Whitney Houston was someone unimaginable to me: young, black, beautiful, talented and energetic. She set a new standard for Gen X, she was our Diana Ross, our Billie Holiday.

Anna Hart, 10/2/12

Freelance writer specialising in pop culture, social commentary and lifestyle features

There is a lot of announcing going on at the moment. For the reader, it's exhausting stuff, but Courtney Cox figured this was clearly a good week for announcements.

Ricky Gervais, 6/2/12

Actor, writer, comedian, director, producer

"Fame" used to be fused with "respect" in some ways. That's what distinguished it from infamy. But not anymore.

Noel Gallagher, 31/1/12

Singer/Songwriter; Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

I've become addicted to watching the Aussie news. It's beyond hilarious. Honestly, it's like a spoof show AUSSIE NEWS (MATE). Someone should do that, it'd be mega. I'd watch it anyway.

Michelle Beckett, 6/2/12

LinkedIn trainer, social media speaker, sceptic, am-drammer & single mum

Thanks Gwyneth. I was having a bad day ANYWAY, until you made me feel even worse. Guilt rears its ugly head enough for us full time working mums, without you wading in to the fray telling us we need to "compromise" to be a mother and run a successful family.

Helen Skelton, 1/2/12

Blue Peter Presenter

A lot of people told me it couldn't be done, but when asked if I'd travel across Antarctica by bike, ski and kite to reach the South Pole for Sport Relief, I knew it was a chance I couldn't turn down. Now, 500 miles and 18 days later, here I am, standing at the bottom of the world at the southern most point with a massive smile on my face. I keep grinning because I can't really believe I'm here, I'd pinch myself if my heavily padded mittens permitted it!

Dean Midas Maynard, 3/2/12

Reality TV Reviewer and Talent Agent

The harsh reality isX Factor won't be around forever. Reviews still need to be given, new talent needs to be found and the future of ordinary people being given the opportunity to be discovered needs to continue. So, The Voice UK, for a few months, I am all yours.

Nicola Roberts, 16/1/12

Singer

Every child needs a home, someone who understands them and, like every other child in this country, they need someone to look after them. I often leave my Barnardo's visits shaking my head because no young person should have to deal with what these kids deal with. It breaks my heart when I hear their stories. If for even a second when reading this you've thought about it then please get in touch.

Noel Gallagher, 30/1/12

Singer/Songwriter; Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Woke up that morning and guess what? That's right, it was pi**ing down... I mean what is the point of Australia while it's raining? There is no point. I'm staggered by the weather.

Mary McGill, 30/1/12

Award-winning Irish broadcaster, journalist and blogger

Hannah Montana, the show that made Miley Cyrus a global superstar, ended a year ago - isn't it time that people moved on and stopped treating Miley's ascent into adulthood as something shocking and filthy when it is in fact as normal as baked beans

Martel Maxwell, 28/1/12

Columnist, novelist and presenter

When I last met Seal he asked for my phone number as we concluded the interview. He never called, but given he met Heidi Klum shortly afterwards, I can hardly blame him. For languid-limbed supermodel has more of a ring to it than 5'3" redhead.

Priya Mahida, 23/1/12

Soon-to-be Business Graduate from De Montfort University, Leicester. Passionate about Marketing, Social Media, PR & all things Creative!

2012 brings with it London 2012, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, Celebrity Big Brother season two and a number of casualties in the celebrity relationship department. As if Katy Perry and Russell Brand's break up wasn't enough, two more couples have hit headlines recently amid rumours that they have split.

Sheila Hageman, 19/1/12

Author and mom of three

If the photos showed Kaia in this outfit playing in a backyard or hanging out with friends, it would be more believable and real-life. But if fashion designers placed little girls in real-life situations we would only see how bizarrely wrong the outfits are for 10-year-olds. How does a girl climb a jungle gym or kick a ball when her skirt is halfway up past her underpants?

Hattie Crisell, 20/1/12

Editor of My Redoute Magazine, freelance writer and gadabout

The Sun reports Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes was "virtually mobbed" by film executives after the show picked up a major award at the Golden Globes on Sunday. From the tone of the article, it sounds like a movie version of the ITV drama is pretty much a certainty... Well, you can count me out.