The name David Alexis pulls up two very different musicians, and both of them have built careers that most people in the industry would respect. One is a Boston-born jazz vocalist and Berklee College of Music professor. The other is a Los Angeles-based producer and songwriter who worked with Capitol Records, helped define a sound…
Dame Darcey Andrea Bussell, born Marnie Mercedes Darcey Pemberton Crittle on 27 April 1969, is arguably the most recognisable British ballerina of the modern era. Not just recognisable to people who follow the Royal Opera House, but recognisable to millions of Saturday-night TV viewers, schoolchildren who’ve seen her pop up in PE lessons, and anyone…
Danny McBride Wife has spent over two decades making people ugly-laugh at characters who think way too much of themselves. But behind the bluster of Kenny Powers and Jesse Gemstone, there’s a genuinely grounded home life and a lot of that comes down to his wife, Gia Ruiz. She’s not a tabloid fixture. She doesn’t…
There are actors who peak early and drift away. Then there’s Craig Roberts, who has spent the better part of two decades quietly building one of the most varied careers in British entertainment. From playing a moody teenager in a Richard Ayoade indie film to writing and directing his own movies, to now starring alongside…
Corrie Bird was born on August 14, 1977, to Larry Bird and Janet Condra, Larry’s high school sweetheart. Her father would go on to become one of the most celebrated players in NBA history. Corrie, though, grew up far from the cheering crowds and championship rings, raised quietly in Indiana while the rest of the…
Not every member of a dynasty plays the role they’re handed. Conrad Hughes Hilton is widely recognised as Paris Hilton’s younger brother and the great-grandson of Conrad N. Hilton, founder of Hilton Hotels. But unlike his sister, who turned her name into a global brand worth hundreds of millions, Conrad has spent most of his…
There’s something genuinely refreshing about a celebrity kid who doesn’t want to be famous. Cody Alan Williams is the youngest son of Robin Williams, one of the most loved actors in the world — but unlike his father, Cody did not choose fame. He chose peace. No reality show. No tabloid drama. No Instagram presence…
There aren’t many people who have gone head to head with the U.S. government over capital punishment, won, and then turned around and taken on Guantánamo Bay for good measure. Clive Stafford Smith OBE, born on 9 July 1959, is a British attorney who specialises in civil rights and working against capital punishment in the…
There aren’t many executives who can say they’ve operated a locomotive before they ever sat in a boardroom. Claude Edward Elkins Jr, widely known in professional circles as Ed Elkins, is the Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Norfolk Southern Corporation, one of America’s largest freight railroad companies. What makes his story worth…
Before the Oscars, before Yellowstone, before the headlines about second divorces and Santa Barbara mansions, there was Cindy Costner. She was the woman standing next to a broke, ambitious guy at a California State University frat party in 1975, long before the world had any reason to know his name. Cindy Costner, born Cynthia Silva…