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How I Met Bill Cosby: The Behind the Scenes Story

By: MaryAnn Cooper

Just Cos: Sharing Pizza and Pleasantries with Bill Cosby

People often ask how do you get famous people like Vice President Biden, Colin Powell, Martin Sheen or Julie Andrews to agree to an interview. The truth is there is no easy answer. Sometimes it all comes together with one or two well-placed [...]

Bill Cosby: America’s Favorite TV Dad

“What is it about grandparents that is so lovely? I’d like to say that grandparents are God’s gifts to children. And if they can but see, hear, and feel what these people have to give, they can mature at a fast rate.”

— Bill Cosby

 

William Henry Cosby, Jr. was born on July 12, [...]

Elvis Through Lisa Marie’s Eyes – Keeping The King’s Legacy Alive for His Grandchildren

By Mary Ann Cooper

Editor’s Note: In honor of the memory of Elvis Presley, GRAND Magazine is making a special offer to Elvis Fans: A complimentary subscription to GRAND ($19.95 value – 12 issues). http://tinyurl.com/freegrandsub

Lisa Marie Presley

In 1977 cultural and music legend Elvis Presley died at his family estate, Graceland. This left [...]

Naomi Judd – My Grandchildren Inspire Me

Originally published in GRAND Magazine Issue 16 May/June 2007 pp 42-47

Singer, songwriter, author, actor, public advocate and television personality Naomi Judd says she has a passion for communication, which was first publicly on display as one half of country music’s most famous mother/daughter team, The Judds. She and daughter Wynonna, the other half [...]

General Colin Powell – I am Always There for My Grandchildren

GRAND Magazine Issue 18 Sept Oct 2007

When the readers of GRAND Magazine voted General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.), one of the sexiest celebrity grandparents in America, we had no idea that this distinction would make its way into the General’s remarks on the lecture circuit. But after speaking to this remarkable [...]

Joe Biden – America’s Second Family

We’ve had several grandfathers in the Vice President’s Residence before, but we’ve never had one who was quite so grand.

When he was a child, Joe Biden’s father used to tell him, “Champ, when you get knocked down, you get up. You just get up.”

Little did Joe Biden know how many times [...]

Grandmother Cathy Rigby Is Flying High

Published in Issue 22 May/June 2008

Grandmother Cathy Rigby knows a lot about the highs and lows of all-out dedication to the regimented life of an Olympic athlete. She burst on the scene as a blond, pigtailed 15-year-old at the Mexico City Summer Olympics in 1968. But the thrill of victory was paved with dangerous [...]