Ricky Martin, Nate Berkus, Rachel Maddow, Johnny Weir, and Julianne Moore feature on the cover of this year's Out magazine, as the GLBT American mag celebrates its annual Out 100. Here is a look at the featured five: Ricky Martin - Entertainer of the Year Out says: On March 29th of this year, Ricky Martin made a decision that would change everything. He posted a letter on his website and linked to it from Twitter. The letter outlined the process of writing his upcoming memoir, during which Martin came to realize that he needed to free himself of a particular burden. Writing about it, he added, was “a solid step toward my inner peace and vital part of my evolution.” He closed the letter, with a beautiful, eloquent, and simple declaration: “I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am.” Johnny Weir - Diva of the Year Out says: It's difficult to deny the dynamism of Johnny Weir's ice skating. Since he entered the sport 14 years ago at what many would consider the advanced age of 12, he has made two Olympic appearances, won three U.S. championships, and is currently ranked 12th in the world by the International Skating Union. But, ultimately, it's his commitment to glamour and pageantry and his dexterous, playful handling of the controversies that dog him off the ice that have made him such a fascinating and beloved figure. Julianne Moore - Artist of the Year Out says: Is there anyone you'd rather ask to ride a white horse bareback in a Ferragamo gown than Julianne Moore? On the day of her shoot, she doesn't hesitate for a second to seize her Bianca Jagger moment. For a woman known for her propensity for, or rather, her superiority at crying on camera, Moore's easy warmth, enthusiasm, and infectious laughter immediately ease the tension in a room where the person least nervous about Julianne Moore getting on a horse is the actress herself. Because as you quickly learn, Moore, who turns 50 in December, does more than just show up. Rachel Maddow - Newsmaker of the Year Out says: "Things are moving, so there's an unpredictability that makes covering the news very exciting," says Rachel Maddow, whose nightly MSNBC show is appointment TV for anyone even halfway interested in the surreal theater of American politics amid the surging tide of anti-Washington sentiment. Maddow, a wry, mischievous counterweight to the brawling style of her rivals on Fox, is proof that not all political debate has to be reduced to schoolyard taunts, perhaps because she's more interested in the concept of change. She's described herself as having been "a weird, depressive little kid" who thought she might grow up to be an Olympic athlete. Instead, thanks to a series of injuries, she found herself engaged in a different kind of sport—politics. The trigger was AIDS. Growing up in the Bay Area in the late l980s, Maddow was galvanized by the unfolding tragedy and inspired by the philosophy of AIDS activism. "I came up in that movement, in which there's not only a sense of community, but people frantically trying to document their community that is dying, that is disappearing, and trying to make the country understand the importance of what was being lost," she says. "It gave me a more nuanced appreciation of which political tactics work and which don't that I wouldn't otherwise have." Nate Berkus - Stylemaker of the Year Out says: Nate Berkus has plenty of reason to pop the cork in 2010. This past May, after executing 127 home makeovers, he left The Oprah Winfrey Show to launch his own TV project on NBC. But wasn't it only a matter of time before the Empress of Media's go-to home and design guy had his turn in the spotlight? Among the others to make the Out 100 are the musicians the Scissors Sisters, Rufus Wainwright, Owen Pallett, Sia, Kele Okereke and Michael Stipe, filmmaker John Cameron Mitchell, actor Chris Colfer, T.R. Knight and Meredith Baxter, writer Armistead Maupin, photographer Mike Ruiz and "working class hero" Steven Slater - who grabbed global headlines with his dramatic exit from a plane when he got sick of his flight attendant job. Check the entire list and incredible pictures out here GayNZ.com - 13th November 2010