Kelly Killoren Bensimon, no longer the newest Housewife, is known as a single of New York City's major tastemakers. The mother of 2 daughters, Kelly is a model, equestrian, author, editor, and designer. Her latest jewelry collection 'Kelly through Kelly Killoren Bensimon' has been selling away at Intermix boutiques across the state. furthermore to her own show on Plum TV called "Behind the Hedges," she has ...

Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson was the daughter of New York Jets owner Robert Wood “Woodeny” Johnson. She was diagnosed with diabetes when she was 8 years old, and at age A DOZEN, she co-wrote a book with her father about diabetes management, Managing Your Child’s Diabetes. She was furthermore involved with the Juvenile Diabetes beginning (her father serves as chairman) and worked to motivate a ...

Rula Jebreal was born in Haifa, Israel, and grew up in East Jerusalem. Her father brought her to the Dar Al Tifel orphanage at the age of 5 after the death of her mother, where she studied and graduated with a scholarship from the Italian government to study medicine. She received a degree in physiotherapy from Bologna University, but went back to school there for a second degree in journalism and political ...

One of the biggest Broadway stars of her era, Bernadette Peters was widely acclaimed as the finest singing actress to come along since Barbra Streisand. Born Bernadette Lazzara on February 28, 1948, in New York City, she began singing and dancing while a toddler, and was already a member of Actors' Equity by the age of nine. By 1959, having adopted the stage name Peters, she appeared in a revival of The Mos ...

Sophie Dahl was born on September 15, 1977, to a talented family. As the granddaughter of prolific author Roald Dahl, she served as the inspiration for the character of Sophie in his famous book, The BFG. Her childhood was hectic as she was shifted between a home in Los Angeles and a boarding school in England. The tumult contributed to depression and anorexia, both of which Sophie Dahl overcame. Her career ...

Born in 1963, actress Lisa Whelchel started out on television in The New Mickey Mouse Club in 1977. Two years later, she began her run as the rich, snobby Blair Warner on the hit sitcom The Facts of Life. After the show ended in 1988, Whelchel wrote several books on parenting and religion. She returned to TV in 2012, as a competitor on Survivor. Born on May 29, 1963, ctress Lisa Whelchel grew up in Fort Wor ...

Actress Cerina Vincent, born February 7, 1979, has achieved the majority of her notice through her experience on television series like Power Rangers and MTV's Undressed in the late '90s. In 2001, she made appearances on network shows Felicity and Malcolm in the Middle, as well as playing the role of Areola in that year's holiday season feature Not Another Teen Movie. ...

Although Amy Grant cannot claim to have invented the contemporary Christian music (CCM) style of gospel music, she did the most to popularize it in the 1970s and 1980s before successfully crossing over to pop music in the '80s and early '90s. When Grant came along as a teenager in the mid-'70s, "inspirational" (i.e., white) gospel music was a tiny subgenre, its records sold almost exclusively in Christian b ...

The wonder years are over for Danica McKellar and her husband of three years — the actress has filed for divorce. McKellar cited irreconcilable differences for the breakup from composer Michael Verta in her petition, which was filed on Monday in Los Angeles. The 37-year-old is best known for playing Winnie Cooper on ABC's "The Wonder Years." She went on to author three books on mathematics with titles such ...

Best-selling author Dan Brown made a rare public appearance in New Hampshire on Friday, saying very little about his next novel other than he's well into the writing process. "The Da Vinci Code" author, who grew up in New Hampshire, spoke at a benefit for The Music Hall's "Writers on a New England Stage" series in Portsmouth. Brown is working on a new book that again features Harvard symbologist Robert Lang ...