Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, 3 November 1948, Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day. She is internationally identified, especially by North American audiences, with the song "To Sir, with Love" from the film of the same name and with the title song to the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun. In European countries she is also widely known for her Eurovision Song Contest winning entry "Boom Bang-a-Bang" and in the UK for her first hit "Shout".

Lulu grew up in Dennistoun, Glasgow, where she attended Thomson Street Primary School and Onslow Drive Junior School. She lived in Gallowgate for a while before moving to Garfield Street. At the age of 12 or 13 she and her manager approached a band called the Bellrocks seeking stage experience as a singer. She appeared with them every Saturday night: Alex Thomson, the group's bass player, has reported that even then her voice was unbelievable.

Barbara Hannigan (born 1971, Waverley, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian soprano. Her initial musical education came from the music teachers in Waverley, where, as Hannigan herself noted:

"Every household had a piano, so I just got into music and singing."

After growing up in Waverley, Hannigan moved to Toronto at age 17. She studied music at the University of Toronto, where her teachers included Mary Morrison. She graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Music degree in 1993 and a Master of Music degree in 1998. She continued her studies at the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Steans Institute for Young Artists at the Ravinia Festival, and the Centre d’arts Orford. She also studied for one year at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, where her teachers included Meinard Kraak. Other teachers have included Neil Semer.

Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE ( /ˈkaɪliː mɨˈnoʊɡ/; born 28 May 1968) — often known simply as Kylie — is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, showgirl, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987. Her first single, "Locomotion", spent seven weeks at number one on the Australian singles chart and became the highest selling single of the decade. This led to a contract with songwriters and producers Stock, Aitken & Waterman. Her debut album, Kylie (1988), and the single "I Should Be So Lucky", each reached number one in the United Kingdom, and over the next two years, her first 13 singles reached the British top ten. Her debut film, The Delinquents (1989) was a box-office hit in Australia and the UK, and received generally positive reviews.

Initially presented as a "girl next door", Minogue attempted to convey a more mature style in her music and public image. Her singles were well received, but after four albums her record sales were declining, and she left Stock, Aitken & Waterman in 1992 to establish herself as an independent performer. Her next single, "Confide in Me", reached number one in Australia and was a hit in several European countries in 1994, and a duet with Nick Cave, "Where the Wild Roses Grow", brought Minogue a greater degree of artistic credibility. Drawing inspiration from a range of musical styles and artists, Minogue took creative control over the songwriting for her next album, Impossible Princess (1997). It failed to attract strong reviews or sales in the UK, but was successful in Australia.

John Frieda (born June 1951) is an English celebrity hairstylist and founder of hair salon and hair product businesses. The hair product business was acquired in 2002 by Kao Corporation, Japan. The hair products he created are widely available in the United States and many other countries.

Frieda was born in London. His father was Isidore Frieda, a salon and property owner, and his mother was Hannah Mary Docherty. He had three siblings.

Frieda attended private school, and worked part time at his father's salon as a high school student. Isidore mentored John and invested in his early ventures.

In 1988 at the age of 37, Frieda moved to the U.S. (New York) for 12 years and collaborated with celebrity stylist Sally Hershberger to create different hair products for blondes and brunettes.

John was married to the Scottish singer Lulu, with whom he had a son, the actor Jordan Frieda. He now lives with Frances Avery Agnelli née Howe (1965), an Anglo-American architect and the widow of Fiat heir, Giovanni Alberto Agnelli (son of the Italian entrepreneur and politician, Umberto Agnelli). Frances has a daughter from her marriage to Giovanni, Virginia Asia Agnelli. John and Frances together have a daughter, Leyla Luna (2005), and a son, Jackson John (2007). In 2010, John donated £50,000 to the Conservative Party.

Pierre Alexandre is a writer, a journalist and a businessman. He has found and is the CEO of New York Financial Press, a media company based in Wall Street, inside the Stock Exchange.

Pierre Alexandre graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris) and from IPJ, a famous french journalist school.

Pierre Alexandre is a renowned journalist and financial reporter. He is a benchmark for his profession, especially in the fields of finance and economics. His records include working with France Info, Capital, L'Express and BFM. He was also editor in chief of Strategies.

In 2000, he becomes the correspondent in Wall Street for TF1 (the first french tv channel) and later for LCI. Now, he works with France24, the worldwide news channel, and Europe 1, a national French radio station.

In 2005, Pierre Alexandre creates New York Financial Press. NYFP produces on line videos with a financial content. With NYFP, Pierre Alexandre created an international and multilingual network, available in eight languages: French, English, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Russians, Chinese and Japanese. NYFP produces videos per day on business news for an international audience, including live spots from Wall Street studios, analysis of the other markets and financial centers (Asia and Europe), as well as ad-hoc reports on request for French and other European media outlets.