Occupation: Fashion Journalist. Fashion Editor for Essence.com, Columnist Huffington Post, Blogger – The Blay Report.
First fashion memory: Wearing a silk-jersey blend pink and gray striped ruffled skirt with matching top – and no coat – in the dead of winter at seven years old on my way to America.
Inspirations: My mother. My sister. My [...]
Occupation: Artist.
DOB: Dec. 14 In: Detroit, Michigan
Residence: Boca Raton, FL and Michigan
First Memory Of Art: “My mother said I used to draw on her furniture. I think the first memory is doing drawings in grade school.”
Inspirations: “Just something I felt I wanted to do and had to do. And I [...]
Status: Artist – sculptor from Hungary. www.gaspargeza.eu
Early sculpting memory: “On my father’s first gramaphone I made my first clay pots.”
Inspirations: “Everything around me inspires me.”
Hobbies/interests: ”Tennis, snowboarding.”
Last book read: “O Alquimista - Paulo Coelho.”
Favorite movies: “Avatar, Fellini movies…”
Current car: “Honda Acura Legend.”
First job: “Driver.”
Favorite meal: “French and Italian cheese, olives.”
Favorite ice cream flavor: “Lemon.”
Favorite subjects to sculpt: [...]
Status: World-renowned recording artist/musician.
DOB: September 7, 1949 In: Newark, NJ
Music Inspirations: Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Nancy Wilkins.
Hobbies/Leisure Activities: I like to cook. I like to sew. I like studying the Bible. I like shopping [smiles]. I’m a shoe fan.
Favorite Movie: The Incredibles [laughs].
Last Book : The Bible.
Favorite TV [...]
Occupation: Best-selling author.
DOB: July 19, 1946 In: Manhattan
Hobbies/Leisure Activities: “Love to play softball. Love to read. And love to garden.”
Last Book Read: “I’m in the middle of it. Actually, two books, hold on, I’ll tell you both titles…“Edward Kennedy: An Intimate Portrait” by Burton Hersh. And “Play Their Hearts Out” [...]
Status: Jazz artist.
DOB: May 14, 1951 In: Brooklyn, N.Y.
First Jazz Memory: “I met Cannonball Adderley when I was 12. He did a school performance around where I lived and I was just blown away.”
Inspirations: “The greats of jazz. My mother (Lorraine) was an opera singer and my father (Leonard) was a huge jazz fan, he [...]
Status: Boxing attorney/advisor.
DOB: October 13, 1973 In: Bronx, NY
First boxing memory: The first fight I remember vividly was when I was 9 or 10. I watched Larry Holmes vs. Randall “Tex” Cobb on television with my dad. I had seen other fights before this, but this one stands out for some reason. Cobb had taken such [...]
Status: Best-selling author and Executive Editor of National Lampoon magazine.
Inspirations: Walking on a beach smelling the turbulent air of an approaching storm. Hearing the lonesome wail of a locomotive. Getting a royalty check for something you’ve written years ago.
First Writing Memory: Writing a tell-all account of sordid incident involving a classmate’s accident in his pants [...]
Status: Former world #1 ranked doubles tennis player will be inducted into the Internation Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island this weekend. She won two Olympic gold medals and 17 Grand Slam doubles titles and is the co-founder of “Baby Goes Pro” DVD series that introduces children to sports using an animated character [...]
Status: Emmy Award winning actor, author and artist.
DOB: “I’m an old SOB – April 30.” In: New York City
Hobbies/Interests: “I paint when I’m brooding. If I can’t sleep and I’m up at night, I’m throwing some paint on canvas. Most is terrible, some is good. But I stick it up on the wall anyway. As [...]
