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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 [...]
“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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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