We have two former wives of Tom Cruise in a row! Katie Holmes helped a lot of us through our teenage years as Joey in 'Dawson's Creek,' but we wonder who it was who helped her find her own confidence to become a teen star? She looks like butter wouldn't melt in her mouth in this picture. The hairstyle and the decorative bow make her appear younger than she actually is, but her face is still basically the same.
Holmes' ascent to fame might have come even earlier than it did. She was offered the lead role in 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' - the part that eventually went to Sarah Michelle Gellar - but at the time she wanted to focus on completing her studies. The decision didn't affect her potential, and movies such as 'Batman Begins' appeared when she was ready for them. She no longer married to Cruise, but she's working as a director and a producer as well as still stepping in front of the cameras when the mood takes her.
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.