"No one is better at brand extensions than Puffy Combs, the rap star, " says Robert La Franco, author of the Combs profile on page 180.

FORBES: Sidelines

Asians are to be seen on classical podiums across America, but, as the author notes in a profile of Marian Anderson, a contralto whom Arturo Toscanini called a once-in-a-century voice, blacks make up just 2% of orchestral players.

ECONOMIST: Essays by the New Yorker's music critic

In 2000, Sunny sold the chain and focused her efforts on sharing her experience and insight as a high-profile speaker and author.

FORBES: Sweet Dreams Of Success -- An Interview With Sunny Kobe Cook

And the author of this year's profile, Richard Morais, hasn't been afraid to break ground.

FORBES: Sidelines

The FBI said that the public in the past has helped the agency solve high profile cases by coming forward to identify the author by what he wrote or how he wrote it.

CNN: FBI profiles anthrax letter writer

People who signed agreements are "salivating over the possibility of being able to make an attack, " says Jeffrey Cohen, a New York lawyer who has represented high-profile divorce clients including musician Lou Reed and author Joseph Heller.

WSJ: How To Shore Up a Prenup

The good news is that, thanks to high-profile women like Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO and author of Lean In : Women, Work, and the Will to Lead , Anne-Marie Slaughter, The Atlantic, reporter, and Mayer, the issue is in the spotlight like never before.

FORBES: For Women to Lean In, Redesign the Workplace

Emanuele Ottolenghi is a senior fellow at FDD based in Brussels and author of the forthcoming book Iran: The Looming Crisis (London, Profile Books: 2010).

FORBES: The Dangers Of Doing Business With Iran's Revolutionary Guards

Author Kathy Lette, TV presenter Judy Finnegan and actor Timothy Spall are among the high-profile names who have contributed to the Gransnet website.

BBC: Gransnet local service aims to bring over-50s closer