31. Antwone Fisher

31. Antwone Fisher

Antwone Fisher is an American author, director, and film producer. What's interesting about him is that he became famous off the back of his autobiography, which was adapted for the big screen. The film, Antwone Fisher, was released in 2002 and directed by Denzel Washington. Before his career in the entertainment industry, Fisher was a member of the US Navy and also worked for the Federal Bureau of Prisons as a correctional officer.

Sadly, the cause of Fisher's success was the retelling of his traumatic life. He was born in prison and only months afterwards his father was murdered by an ex-girlfriend. He remained in foster care for the rest of his childhood and spent 14 years with a family who physically, sexually, emotionally, and verbally abused him. He was eventually removed from the home but ended up joining the US Navy because he was homeless.

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Did You Know...

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Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.

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Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.

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Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.

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Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.

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