When Meryl Streep decides on a role, her competition immediately stiffens: she’s that talented. The haute actress has received more nominations than any other actor in the history of the Academy Awards or Golden Globes with 17 Oscar nods and three wins and 27 Golden Globe nods and eight wins. Next up for Streep is a plumb role in the big-screen adaptation of Broadway’s August: Osage County, which is being produced by none other than George Clooney.

Soon-Shiong made Forbes list as the 127th richest billionaire in the world last year. The LA resident can credit his success to selling two drug companies at the right time. He is now trying to work towards revolutionizing the health care, digital entertainment and commerce industries. The surgeon, businessman and philanthropist also owns a minor share LA Lakers and is a professor at UCLA .

At press time, Sharapova was the ranked number 2 tennis player in the World Tennis Association. She has won 27 WTA titles, including four Grand Slam singles titles. Additionally, the Manhattan Beach resident is the owner of candy line Sugarpova and has her own charitable organization, the Maria Sharapova Foundation.

He’s a former co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios, responsible for massive hits like The Office, Ugly Betty, The Tudors and The Biggest Loser. In 2009, Silverman branched out on his own to create the production company Electus in conjunction with Barry Diller’s IAC/InteractiveCorp.

Semel is a former CEO of Yahoo! Incorporated and Chairman of Warner Bros. He now serves as co-chair of the board of trustees of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as well as on the Board of Directors of Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, the Paley Center for Media and the Guggenheim Museum. He has also received accolades from the Yale School of Management and UCLA.