The Doctor Will Speak to You Now
I experience nothing unexpected when I first meet Mehmet Oz, known better on TV as Dr.
Conan the King
It’s gone down as one of the biggest off-screen battles in the history of television: In 2009, Jay Leno left The Tonight Show to launch his own prime-time variety show. Conan O’Brien succeeded him in what was O’Brien’s dream job. “Every comedian dreams of hosting The Tonight Show,” he has said. The dream didn’t last. […]
The King of Clutch
Derek Jeter has the kind of credentials that legends are made of: Rookie of th
Play it Like Beckham
When David Beckham was 13 and dreaming of playing pro football (soccer to the Americans
There Are No Small Roles
Until Glee became the pop culture phenomenon it is, with Jane Lynch’s viciously
Career vs. Family: Ways to Make It Work
We always speak well of the good ol’ days because, well, they were good. But even if they
On a Re-Mission
In less than a year, Ethan Zohn went from being a cancer patient to a runner in the New
The Reinvention of Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan has felt fear. That’s what he tells me, though I’m not
Craig T. Nelson: Coach of His Success
The world is full of stories about people who decided to quit their jobs and d
Buzz Aldrin: the Rocket Man
“How can you do anything better than be among the first to land and walk on the m
Eva Longoria: Hardly Desperate as Actress, Producer and Restaurateur
Sometimes the most successful people hide in plain sight, not necessarily underestimated—they have serious achievements, after all—but definitely thought of as successful only in a certain way. That’s Eva Longoria Parker. Most folks think of her as Gabrielle Solis on ABC’s Desperate Housewives, one of the funniest and sauciest characters in a show full of […]
Anthony Hopkins: The Oscar-Winner Finds His Place in the Sun
Anthony Hopkins calls his cliff-top Malibu, Calif., home a sanctuary. And in the obvious sense, it is. From the front yard, you stand several hundred feet above Zuma Beach, gazing out at the pristine Pacific. Breathtaking. Then walk to the back of the house–a large white colonial with a steep red-tiled roof–and you enter another […]
