Seasoned actor Annette Bening, the wife of legendary performer and director Warren Beatty, has four children with him; the last of which was born in the year 2000, by which time Bening was 42.
Beatty was actually Bening's second husband; she married him way back in 1992 and has been with him ever since; but prior to that she was married to a choreographer named J. Stephen White from 1984 to 1991. When she's not pursuing her award-winning career on screen and stage, which has seen her receive several Tony Awards, four Oscar nominations and her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, she's actually an ordained minister for the Universal Life Church Monastery. That's a non-denominational church open to people from all walks of life; minsters of which are permitted to perform marriage ceremonies. So, if you want to have Bening presiding over the occasion when you tie the knot, just give her a call!
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.
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.
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.
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.