Gerard Way

Gerard Way has been the lead singer of rock group My Chemical Romance for 12 years...until this past weekend. Much to the sadness of their many fans (including me), My Chemical Romance announced they were breaking up. My Chemical Romance has produced many hit songs from four studio albums including "I'm Not Okay," "The Ghost of You," "Welcome to the Black Parade," "NaNaNaNaNaNa," and "Sing." My Chemical Romance also recently released two songs each month for five months from what they called the Conventional Weapons sessions. 

Gerard Way is also an author. He has written a comic novel series titled The Umbrella Academy. He is also featured with Joss Whedon in MySpace Dark Horse Presents collections.

What is Gerard Way reading to his daughter?

Gerard tweeted a few days ago, "We've had Chu's Day for 2 weeks and Bandit asks for it every night! Thank you, sir. @neilhimself."

Chu's Day is the newest picture book written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Adam Rex.

Here's one of my favorite MCR songs, "Famous Last Words."
You can follow Gerard on Twitter.

Salma Hayek

Photo by BollywoodHungama (BollywoodHungama) [CC-BY-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Salma Hayek's acting career started in Mexico where she starred in the telenova, "Teresa." In the 1990's, movies like Desperado, Wild, Wild West and Fools Rush In helped her breakthrough to stardom in the U.S. The beautiful actress received an Academy Award in 2002 for her starring role in Frida. In 2007 Salma was nominated for an Emmy for guest-starring in "Ugly Betty." Her most recent films include Grown Ups and Puss in Boots.

What is Salma Hayek reading?

According to the March 11, 2013 issue of Us Weekly, Salma states in the "What's In My Bag" feature, "I'm reading the memoir An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff. I enjoy stories that celebrate human connection."

The full title of the book is An Invisible Thread:The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny. 

Anthony Field

If you have children, you surely recognize Anthony Field as the blue Wiggle of the popular Australian children's music group the Wiggles that aired on Disney channel for many years and currently airs on other television channels. My children loved the show, and I was even front row at a Wiggles concert with my daughter in 2006. The Wiggles have sold more than 30 million DVDs and CDs worldwide. After 21 years, the Wiggles continue to tour, but now with a new group of four, including Anthony,  Emma Watkins, Lachlan Gillespie, and Simon Pryce.

The four original members of the Wiggles had the honor of being appointed Members in the Order of Australia for their service to the arts in Australia and for their contributions to charities in 2010.  Anthony hosts the Australian reality television series RSPCA Animal Rescue as well.

Field also penned an autobiography detailing how he overcame depression, illness and chronic pain to get his life back. "How I Got My Wiggle Back" was released in 2012.

What is Anthony Field's book recommendation?

I recently asked Anthony about his favorite book.

Anthony tweeted, "My fave book is a spiritual book,"The Broken Body" by Jean Vanier. It helps this broken man cope!. A reflective read!"

He added, "I take that book everywhere with me, read a few paragraphs here and there, beautiful."

Thank you, Anthony!
You can find more about Anthony at his website http://anthonyfield.com/, and  follow Anthony on Twitter !

Enjoy a Wiggles song!

Blake Michael

Photos from @blakemichael14

Blake Michael currently stars in the Disney channel show, Dog With a Blog, which was recently renewed for a second season. He starred as Charlie in Disney's 2011 made for TV movie "Lemonade Mouth" which was adapted from the YA book of the same name. He also portrayed a young Alcide in HBO's True Blood last season. Blake DJ's as DJ Blaze.


What is Blake Michael reading?

I asked him last week, and Blake tweeted, "reading the misfits by james howe. good lil quick read."

Thanks, Blake!

And here's a peek of his Kindle!

You can find out more about Blake at http://www.blakemichael.com/ and follow Blake on Twitter.



Enjoy Blake's own Harlem Shake video!

Josh Todd

Photo by me

 

Josh Todd is the lead singer of hard rock band Buckcherry. Buckcherry is known for their hit songs "Lit Up," "Crazy Bi@#$," "Sorry," and their latest single, "Gluttony."  Buckcherry just released their sixth album, Confessions, today. I already purchased it! Josh tweeted this about the album, "Confesssions is a very personal record for me (like all BC records). I thought it was time to let our fans in to a deeper side of things."

Josh has appeared in movies such as "The Banger Sisters," "The Salton Sea" and "The New Guy." His TV guest appearances include The Shield and Bones. Buckcherry is currently touring with Kid Rock. Check here for tour dates. Todd is such an amazing frontman; you need to check them out live!


Josh is also an avid reader, and I recently asked him what he is currently reading.

What is Josh Todd reading?

Josh tweeted, "Finished Spillover now reading The Racketeer, Grisham."

 He also tweeted last week regarding Spillover, "Almost done with Spillover what I've learned: don't f@#* with bats, monkeys, or birds. HIV started in 1908 and H5N1 possible next pandemic."

Thanks, Josh!

You can follow Josh on Twitter and find out more about Buckcherry at www.buckcherry.com.

Check out their latest and very catchy song, "Gluttony."

Lena Dunham

Photo by David Shankbone.

Lena Dunham is today's It Girl. Lena is the star and creator of HBO's hit series, Girls. Dunham appeared as Cat in This is 40, and she also wrote, directed, and starred in the 2010 movie Tiny Furniture. She even won two Golden Globes this year: one for her role as Hannah in Girls and one for Girls for Best TV comedy or musical series. Multitalented Lena has a book deal with Random House for an upcoming essay collection.

What is Lena Dunham reading?

According to the February 8, 2013 issue of Entertainment Weekly, Lena is currently reading the Wendy Wasserstein biography by Julie Salamon titled, Wendy and the Lost Boys. In the article, Lena said, "She was one of the first adult writers I ever read. I was obsessed with [her play] The Heidi Chronicles."

What is Lena's all time favorite?
 Lena shares with Entertainment Weekly, "I love Lolita. I read it for the first time in fourth grade, because I was told that it had sexy parts...It has this incredible ability to flip the tables and remind you that characters are complex and humans are troubled."

You can follow Dunham on Twitter.

Josh Radnor

Josh Radnor is an actor, writer and director. You most likely know him as Ted Mosby from the funny CBS series "How I Met Your Mother" (one of my favorite shows!). Josh has also written and directed two films: happythankyoumoreplease and most recently, Liberal Arts.

What book does Josh Radnor recommend?

Josh recently tweeted, "You don’t have to be a youthful young person to enjoy my friend @toddhasaklowy’s funny/sad/great book “33 Minutes.” I’m not and I did."

Book Description from Amazon.com:
"Sam Lewis is going to get his butt kicked in exactly thirty-three minutes. He knows this because yesterday his former best friend Morgan Sturtz told him, to his face and with three witnesses nearby, “I am totally going to kick your butt tomorrow at recess.” All that’s standing between Sam and this unfortunate butt-kicking is the last few minutes of social studies and his lunch period. But how did Sam and Morgan end up here? How did this happen just a few months after TAMADE (The Absolutely Most Amazing Day Ever), when they became the greatest Alien Wars video game team in the history of great Alien Wars teams? And once the clock ticks down, will Morgan actually act on his threat? Told with equal parts laugh-out-loud humor and achingly real emotional truth, 33 Minutes shows how even the best of friendships can change forever."

Thanks, Josh!  You can follow Josh on Twitter.

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