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Jessica Alba was born in Pomona, California, to Catherine Louisa and Mark David Alba. Her father's Air Force career took the family to Biloxi, Mississippi, and Del Rio, Texas, before settling back inClaremont, California, when she was nine years old. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
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Lou Diamond Phillips was born at the Subic Bay Naval Station in the Philippines, the son of Lucita Umayam Arañas and Gerald Amon Upchurch, a crew chief on a C-130 in the United States Marine Corps. His father was an American of Scots-Irish and one-quarter Cherokee descent, and his mother, a native of Candelaria, Zambales, is Filipina, with distant Chinese, Japanese, Hawaiian, and Spanish ancestry. Phillips was named after Marine legend Leland "Lou" Diamond. After his father died, he took his stepfather's surname "Phillips" as his own. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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Email Server (Illustration by Walt Handelsman of The New Orleans Advocate)
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Police Officer Nakia Jones' impassioned video response to the deadly police shooting of Alton Sterling in Louisiana has gone mega viral.
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Mischa Barton is facing intense backlash over a now-deleted Instagram photo that showed the bikini-clad actress sipping wine on a boat, with a caption saying she's "heartbroken" over the police shooting death of Alton Sterling. (Instagram/@mischamazing via New York Daily News)
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John Cho stars as "Sulu" in Paramount Pictures' 2016 "Star Trek Beyond." (YouTube, Paramount Pictures)
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A spokesman for Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse said he would not attend the Republican Party's 2016 presidential nomination of Donald Trump in order to watch dumpster fires. (YouTube, Andy Dickason)
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, right, arrive at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh to attend the Order of the Thistle Service, Thursday July 7, 2016. The Order of the Thistle is the greatest order of chivalry in Scotland. It honours Scottish men and women who have held public office or contributed in a particular way to public life. (Alan Simpson/Pool Photo via AP)
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Garth Brooks performs at The Country Music Hall of Fame 2015 Medallion Ceremony at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tenn., in this Oct. 25, 2015 file photo. Brooks announced Thursday, July 7, 2016, that The Garth Channel on SiriusXM, will debut Sept. 8 and will feature songs from his albums, live recordings and commentary from the best-selling singer. (Photo by Laura Roberts/Invision/AP) **FILE**
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Jon Jones reacts on the scale during a weigh-in for UFC 197 on April 22, 2016, in Las Vegas. (Associated Press)
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Longtime Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade reportedly intends to sign with the Chicago Bulls. (Associated Press)
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Peter Weller. (Dave Kapp)
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"You are waiting for a decision by the attorney general and you are saying that you are going to give her a job. You are not allowed to do that. That's bribery, folks," Donald Trump said. (Associated Press)
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A U.S. military Reaper drone co-stars in the film "Eye in the Sky," available on Blu-ray from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
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Clara Lopez (Associated Press/File)
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Seth Stewart in a photo from his Twitter account on July 4, 2016.
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The Atlanta Police Department says it's taking action against an officer apparently caught napping in his patrol car in a photo that caught backlash over the weekend. (Twitter/@GAFollowers)
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English actor Patrick Stewart promoting an album of country music, the proceeds of which will benefit a refugee charity. Photo credit: Patrick Stewart's Twitter account [https://twitter.com/SirPatStew/status/748648008720482308/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]
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Former Canadian boxer Rick Nelson, 61, fought off a black bear with his bare hands. (National Park Service)