Jennifer Lawrence
She was the girl on fire—and not just in the hottest new franchise, Hunger Games. Plus, she might earn another Oscar nom (for Silver Linings Playbook). All at the tender age of 22.
Rihanna
She certainly had us talking. Whether about her omnipresent Top 40 tunes ("We Found Love" first and now "Diamonds") or that made-for-the-headlines romance with Chris Brown.
Ryan Gosling
He may have only had one project hit theaters festivals this year (The Place Beyond the Pines), but we were plenty satisfied checking out pictures of him on one set or another.
Katie Holmes
She divorced Tom Cruise—oh, you hadn't heard?! TomKat split and, amid Scientology conspiracy theories and tabloid rumors, she got her groove back, with daughter Suri at her side.
Blake Shelton
He was named Entertainer of the Year at the Country Music Awards, which makes perfect sense because he's constantly entertaining as a coach on The Voice.
Scarlett Johansson
She was the only super-heroine in The Avengers bunch, but, clad in her Black Widow spandex and a bright red wig, she more than held her own against her male counterparts.
Ashton Kutcher
He continued yucking it up on Two and a Half Men, stepped in to Steve Jobs sizable shoes and took up an "Are they? Aren't they?" relationship with Mila Kunis. FYI, they are.
Snooki
She ditched fist pumping for breast pumping—to quote the Jersey Shore star herself—when joined the ranks of reality mamas with her little meatball of a son.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
He was basically king of the cinema, with juicy roles in The Dark Knight Rises, Premium Rush, Looper (looking very Bruce Willis-ish) and Steven Spielberg's Lincoln.
Mila Kunis
She took on a potty mouthed, bong smoking teddy bear in Ted opposite Mark Wahlberg, but the real story was her real life romance with That 70's Show costar Kutcher.
Prince Harry
He was naked. Well, at least for one night of the year while partying in Vegas. Captain Wales, his official military title, also returned to Afghanistan for a second tour of duty.
Lady Gaga
She continued what seems to be a never-ending tour to promote Born This Way, taking her rainbrow wigs, ripped leggings and meat dresses to all corners of the globe.
Anne Hathaway
She was an integral part of two of the biggest movies of the year—The Dark Knight Rises and Les Misérables—and found time to tie the knot somewhere in between.
Ian Somerhalder
He had us temporarily saying "Edward Cullen, who?!" during every episode of Vampire Diaries and turned the heat up more with a campaign to star in Fifty Shades of Grey.
Christina Aguilera
She blossomed with a new album, Lotus, that comes packed with accompanying glitter bombed performances, while continuing to doll out advice and sass on The Voice.
Adam Levine
He made us swoon no matter what he was doing, whether it be fronting Maroon 5 for another hit album, coaching on The Voice or getting spooking on American Horror Story.
Heidi Klum
She split from husband Seal, leaving everyone questioning whether romance was permanently dead, and later sparked up a love affair with her hottie boyguard.
Brad Pitt
He was Brad friggin' Pitt, which, in 2012, consisted of modeling for Chanel (in a WTF-inducing but still gorgeous ad) and proposing to Angelina Jolie. No big deal.
Lea Michele
She was on Glee, which is job enough for three people. But Lea managed to belt out those showtunes, dance and become a red arpet style icon as an army of one.
Kate Middleton
She had topless photographs of herself illegally leaked to the tabloids, which was a lowpoint, but was otherwise the perfect princess that world has come to adore.
Christian Bale
He donned his Batman cowl one last time for The Dark Knight Rises and handled the tragedy surrounding the film with grace and integrity. A superhero indeed.
Sofia Vergara
She may have lost this year's Best Supporting Emmy to costar Julie Bowen, but Modern Family's Gloria found herself knocked up and funnier than ever on the ABC series.
Carly Rae Jepsen
She had a little tune called "Call Me Maybe" that you may have heard once or twice. Or every single time you turned on the radio or TV. Hey, we just met you and this is crazy...
Blake Lively
She hit the Upper East Side for the last time as Serena van der Woodsen on the CW's Gossip Girl while staying just as fabulous in real life, secretly marrying Ryan Reynolds.