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...special family values award: Carrie Fisher, who described the scene backstage this way: "It was fun. I got to introduce Al Pacino and Tom Cruise to my mother's breasts. She was very proud." (Mom DEBBIE REYNOLDS wore a low-cut gown...
...didn't come cheap. PRINCE MICHAEL JACKSON JR. earned more than $2 million for sleeping. That's what Dad reportedly charged the British tabloid OK! for photos of Prince, named after JACKO's maternal grandpa. The money is said to be going to charity. Inside the magazine, mom DEBBIE ROWE says of her husband, "Fatherhood has brought out a very protective streak in him." Jacko, who also sold the photos to the National Enquirer, says, "I want my son to live a normal life." Nice start...
Sedaris speaks of all the figures in Naked with great enthusiasm, particularly his family members. Describing the genesis of the book, he claims that "for my mom, it was a gesture of affection. These are stories the way she told stories." His childhood in rural North Carolina apparently offered him plenty of time to hear about and observe people being crazy and stupid...
Before Flatley came on the scene, Irish dance was a rigid affair that required performers to hold their arms tightly at their sides. Flatley, an American-born son of Irish parents, acquired his interest in traditional dance from his mom and dad but did not start taking lessons in his native Chicago until he was 11, an age deemed too old by teachers. In the years to come, he spent most of his time overcompensating with endless practice sessions in his parents' garage. He went on to win dance contests all over Ireland and ultimately loosened up the genre...
Hannah Hawkins understands the need for safe haven. After her husband was murdered in 1970, she started Children of Mine, an after-school program for neglected children. Every day the retired school administrative aide and mom of five acts on her philosophy that the 100 participating kids need tough mothering--along with lessons and meals. Says Hawkins: "If you get them at a young age, you can help mold them...