Taylor Swift
She had a few Hollywood hunks wondering if they were the subject of "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and left the rest of the world seeing Red with her new album.
Robert Pattinson
He survived a tabloid scandal and came out the other end looking better than ever. Oh yeah, and he had a little movie called Breaking Dawn Part 2 dominate the box office.
Honey Boo Boo
She polarized the world on TLC's behind-the-pageant series while simultaneously teaching us all about go go juice, sketti and fart etiquette. At only 7 years old, no less!
Andrew Garfield
He successfully filled the ginormous superhero shoes bestowed upon him with The Amazing Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire, who?). And didn't look too bad doing it.
Charlize Theron
She became a new mom, which is big enough accomplishment. But that was on top of queening it up in Snow White and the Huntsman and going to space in Prometheus.
Kristen Stewart
She ended one franchise (Twilight) as she kick started another (Snow White and the Huntsman) and somewhere in between found time to generate a million tabloid stories.
Justin Bieber
He dated, dumped and dated again in his downtime while professionally bumping and grinding, leaking "secret" party footage and making it cool to eat fondue again.
Lana Del Rey
She didn't release one album this year, she released two: Born to Die and the Paradise EP. She was also the most talked about SNL musical guest, well, probably ever.
Robert Downey Jr.
He is friggin' Iron Man, which is awesome enough on its own but becomes like infinity times cool when he's teamed up with a bunch of other heroes in The Avengers.
Jennifer Aniston
She continued her reign as rom-com queen with Wanderlust, a film on which she also happened to meet her costar-turned-boyfriend-turned fiancé, Justin Theroux.
Kim Kardashian
She sparked enough news to satisfy countless reality TV series and tabloid headlines independently, all with her partner in fabulous crime, boyfriend Kanye West.
Hulk Hogan
He forced us all to discuss someone named "Bubba the Love Sponge," for one, who was a costar of sorts in the WWE wrestler's leaked sex tape.
Selena Gomez
She made up half of Hollywood's young power couple "Jelena" and also hit the big screen in a bikini (Spring Breakers) and with bloodsuckers (Hotel Transylvania).
Adele
She killed at the Grammys (no surprise there), wrote the Skyfall theme song and became a mom, which all but guarantees us some beautiful songs about babies!
Courtney Stodden
She turned 18, which will be a relief for plenty of men (possibly her husband included). Otherwise it was all skimpy outfits and writing totally tantalizing tantric tweets.
Channing Tatum
He was People's Sexiest Man Alive 2012, for one. How'd he earn that title? We're sure shaking his stuff in a little stripper flick called Magic Mike certainly didn't hurt.
Angelina Jolie
She rocked an engagement ring courtesy of fiancé Brad Pitt and sported horns while filming Maleficent. But let's not forget Jolie's leg at the Oscars, the real star of 2012.
Britney Spears
She brushed off the haters (both in the courtroom and in the media) and duked it out with Simon Cowell for the "Queen of Mean" title as a newest judge on The X Factor.
Daniel Craig
He donned his tuxedo for Skyfall and ordered his martini shaken not stirred, which all added up to one of the biggest Bond movies ever (with box office receipts to prove it).
Lindsay Lohan
She took a break from popping in and out of courthouses to get to work on a movie set or two, landing the part of Elizabeth Taylor in Liz & Dick and a guest stint on Glee.
Kanye West
He continued to dominate the music scene, this time bringing his "Clique" along for the ride. That is, when he wasn't giving closet makeovers to girlfriend Kim K.
Amy Poehler
She was snubbed by the Emmys for her flawless work as Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation (unforgivable!) and divorced husband Will Arnett (we're still crying).
Justin Timberlake
He tied the knot with Jessica Biel, for one, while continuing his quest to be cast in every movie ever. This year brought Trouble with the Curve...and no new album.
Demi Lovato
She became the face of the anti-bullying crusade while switching between countless hairstyles. She also proved herself to be the most formidable new judge on X Factor.