Career: De Niro made a handful of films in the 1960s and early 1970s, but it wasn't until 1973's Bang the Drum Slowly and Mean Streets (his first collaboration with Martin Scorsese) that his career took off. He received an Oscar for The Godfather Part II a year later and was nominated Academy Awards for Taxi Driver and The Deer Hunter, and took home his second Oscar for Raging Bull. The King of Comedy, Once Upon A Time in America, Brazil, The Mission, Angel Heart and The Untouchables followed. Over the past few decades, De Niro has made crowd pleasers such as Cape Fear, Casino, Heat, Meet the Parents and Analyze This, as well as directing A Bronx Tale and The Good Shepherd. He gave a fabulous comic performance in the fantasy movie Stardust, before starring alongside fellow big-screen icon Al Pacino in cop thriller Righteous Kill. His more recent films have included Silver Linings Playbook and The Family.

Career: Despite warnings from her mother, Minnelli attempted to break into showbusiness at 16. Living alone in New York, she gained good reviews for the play Best Foot Forward and later appeared with her mother in two sell-out London concerts. Her first film was 1967's Charlie Bubbles, and two years later she received an Oscar nomination for The Sterile Cuckoo, eventually winning the Best Actress award in 1973 for Cabaret. Other movies include New York, New York (1977) and Arthur (1981). On TV she had recurring role as Lucille Austero in the sitcom Arrested Development. She continues to tour and release albums.