Sheridan’s dog is no stranger to the spotlight. The two blonds appeared together on a Halloween episode of Jimmy Kimmel’s show; Oliver played the Big Bad Wolf to Nic’s Little Red Riding Hood.

This cockapoo doesn’t need to worry about missing his owner. After a movie’s filming schedule separated them, Judd put her foot down. "To spend months without a pet-never again," she said. "I don’t care what the movie is."

A perk of being a Swank-y pet? Costar credits. Rescue dog Karoo was in one scene in the Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby. "Every day when I look at [my pets], I know they’re thankful I’ve adopted them," Swank has said. "I’m just as thankful they’ve adopted me."

Oprah doesn’t share her magazine cover with just anyone. And during this 2009 photo shoot (at a Chicago no-kill shelter, reports pawnation.com), she fell in love with blond cocker spaniel Sadie (on Winfrey’s right shoulder) and adopted her. "Out of all the pups in that picture," she said, "Sadie was the one I felt an instant connection with." This year, for her 56th birthday, the media mogul gifted herself with two more spaniels.

"I’m not stupid, I know how to get a dog," Rivers has said of pet pooch Max. The tough-talking comedienne cops to having a big soft spot for her rescue dogs and insists on spoiling them.