All great boxing matches are built around a personal rivalry. It's therefore a great shame that Bob Arum and rival boxing promoter Don King have never got in the ring to settle the score; the two premier names in the world of fight promotion have been at each other's throats for most of the past fifty years.
Arum used to work for the Department of Justice, and only became interested in boxing when he was assigned by the Government to confiscate profits from a Sonny Liston vs Floyd Patterson match in 1962. Stunned by the amount of money that a big fight could generate, Arum chose to get involved, founding Top Rank, a promotion company that would go on to shape much of the way boxing has been promoted in the years since. He's worked with everyone from Muhammad Ali to Floyd Mayweather, but has often been a controversial figure, admitting in court that he once bribed the IBF to boost the ranking of one of his fighters.
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.