People's Most Intriguing Newsmakers Revealed

For Sandra Bullock, 2010 was the year that changed everything: She became a mother to son Louis, ended her five-year marriage to Jesse James and reached new career heights with her emotional Oscar win for The Blind Side.

It's only fitting, then, that the superstar, 46, scored the top spot as Woman of the Year in People Magazine's new Year-End issue. Of the actress's life-altering 2010, says a source, "Bad things happen, but she celebrates the good ones. And Louis is a wonderful celebration of good things."

Also making the cut as the year's most intriguing figures:

• Bret Michaels (the Ultimate Survivor), who survived a near-fatal brain hemorrhage in April: "I don't want my legacy to be a hemorrhage," he tells People. "I want it to be: I'm a fighter, I'm passionate, I'm hardworking and I love music."

• Kim Kardashian (the Entrepreneur), who turned her reality TV stardom into a multi-million dollar empire.

• Kate Middleton and Prince William (the Royal Couple), who captured the world's imaginations with news of their engagement and preparations for their upcoming April nuptials.

• Elin Nordegrin (the Class Act), who showed grace and poise following her split from husband Tiger Woods in the wake of his cheating scandal.

For the complete list of People's most intriguing newsmakers of 2010 – and a round-up of the year's splashiest celebrity weddings, splits and babies – pick up this week’s issue on newsstands Friday.

Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga and More Staging Digital Deaths for a Cause

Don't worry, Kim Kardashian is not really dead. But starting Wednesday, she won't be quite as lively on social media.

Kardashian, 30, is joining sister Khloe, Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Alicia Keys and other stars in signing off Facebook and Twitter beginning Wednesday, which is World AIDS Day, to draw attention to the disease.

The campaign, called Digital Life Sacrifice, includes ads that show Kardashian and others lying in coffins to symbolize their digital deaths. They will sign back on when the Keep a Child Alive charity – which Keys has been closely involved with – raises $1 million.

Other celebrities joining the campaign include Jennifer Hudson, Ryan Seacrest, Elijah Wood, Serena Williams and Keys's husband, Swizz Beatz.

Keep a Child Alive will accept donations via text message and bar-code technology embedded in the ads. The charity raises money for families affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India.

"We're trying to sort of make the remark: Why do we care so much about the death of one celebrity as opposed to millions and millions of people dying in the place that we're all from?" says Leigh Blake, co-founder of Keep a Child Alive. "It's about love and respect and human dignity."

Stars Celebrate Overturning of California's Gay Marriage Ban

It's been a heavily debated topic for almost two years, but it took just a few seconds for celebrities to Tweet their cheers when Proposition 8, a ballot measure passed in November 2008 that banned same-sex marriages in California, was ruled unconstitutional Wednesday by a federal judge.

Here's what Hollywood had to say after U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker in San Francisco struck down Prop 8:

• Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger: "This decision affirms the full legal protections and safeguards I believe everyone deserves."

• Ellen DeGeneres: "Equality won!"

• Portia de Rossi: "I am ecstatic that proposition 8 has been overturned in the state of California. This is an incredibly exciting and historical day and a big step towards equal rights for all."

• Lance Bass: "Congrats on the overturning of Prop 8!!!!"

• Pink: "It’s a good day!"

• Ricky Martin: "YEAHHHHH!!!!! PROP8UNCONSTITUTIONAL MOVING FORWARD!!!!!!!!"

• Kelly Osbourne: "so happy over the news on prop8 its about time!"

• Kim Kardashian: "Prop 8 was struck down! This news is amazing!!!! Its about time! Congrats to everyone!"

• Shanna Moakler: "Tonight we celebrate! EQUALITY and LOVE for all! This is so much bigger then [sic] marriage, it's about wisdom, compassion and knowing we CAN be heard, action DOES make a difference!"

• Samantha Ronson: "Song Of The Day: Let's Get Married- Jagged Edge."

• Paris Hilton: "What a huge historical day for equal rights in this country! They finally overturned Prop 8! There shouldn't be a law on true love. :)"

• Sophia Bush: "A MAJOR step forward. Everyone deserves the right to love whomever they choose. I am proud to be from Cali again!"

• Rose McGowan: "Yay! No more Prop H8! I wanna be a flower girl in a wedding asap!"

• Fran Drescher: "Congrats to CA for c-ing the light & rising above prejudice. u had me worried there! When Iowa is cooler than Cali, it's time to recalibrate!"

• Milla Jovovich: "Gay Marriage law overturned in CA!!! Thank god good ppl are being treated equally again! Now we need the rest of the US to follow!"

Still, not everyone cheered the decision. Some proponents of the proposition expressed their disappointment.

"Judge Walker's ruling overturning Prop 8 is an outrageous disrespect for our Constitution and for the majority of people of the United States who believe marriage is the union of husband and wife," conservative politician Newt Gingrich said on his Web site.

The legal fight is expected to continue with an appeal by supporters of Prop 8.

Celebrities 2010 New Year’s Resolutions

Here are the New Year's resolutions for several stars:

Adam Lambert: “To keep being positive and try to live in the moment and enjoy this.”

Kim Kardashian: “Just to spend a little bit more time with my family and my friends and to really kick it up in the workout department and to try to eat better. I cannot get it together with eating. I eat way too many Oreos.”

Ashlee Simpson-Wentz: “All my focus is on my son. Everyday being a better mom and learning with him. It’s an incredible experience.”

Justin Timberlake: “I’m going to under-promise myself for 2010 so if it goes well, I’ll be like, ‘Oh my God! Such a surprise!’”

Bill Murray: “To try to remember to look down on myself and realize how good I’ve got it.”

Miley Cyrus: “I need to stop talking about things I want to do, and just get out there and do it. That’s been my biggest goal recently, especially while I’m on the road.”

Charlie O’Connell: “My new year’s resolution will be to get my golden cross in Call of Duty video game.”

Star Sighing: "Fresh" Looks

Kim Kardashian, who is celebrating her 29th birthday, partied with Jennifer Lopez at the LIV nightclub inside the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami Beach, where the singer debuted the video for her new single "Fresh Out the Oven," on Saturday.

SPOILER ALERT: Dancing with the Stars Results

** SPOILER ALERT **

If you have not yet seen this week's results show of "Dancing with the Stars", you may want to stop reading the rest of this posting.

Okay, well I must start off by stating that "Nope, Cloris Leachman was not eliminated ths week".

The third dance couple eliminated from "Dancing with the Stars", with the lowests amount of votes was...

Kim Kardashian & Mark Ballas