46. Ted Turner

46. Ted Turner

Broadcast billionaire Ted Turner was once something of a revolutionary in the world of television, having founded the Cable News Network and therefore starting the trend for the availability of 24-hour news on television. TBS and TNT are also channels which fall under Turner's purview. He's still very rich, but lost a lot of money pursuing an unlikely and unwise professional wrestling territory war, with the Turner-owned World Championship Wrestling going head to head with Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Entertainment.

We don't know if losing that battle is what persuaded Turner to sell St. Phillips Island in South Carolina, but we do know he got less than he wanted for it. He initially listed it for $24m in 2014, but eventually sold it back to the state of South Carolina for $4.9m last year. Turner's old vacation residence is still on the property, but we're not sure how much he enjoyed it, given that the island doesn't have its own water or electricity.

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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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