Wednesday 18 September 2013

Brandi Cyrus

NAME: Brandi Cyrus

SIBLING: Miley Cyrus

CAREER: Singer (Barely Love You Too - with Frank + Derol); Model (with Rad + Refined); Actress (Old 37 - as 'Angel' / Zoey 101 - as 'Band Member #5', with Jamie Lynn Spears / Hannah Montana, with Miley Cyrus / Hannah Montana The Movie - as 'Hoedown Throwdown Dancer', with Miley Cyrus)


QUOTE: "You can't decide the future and I don't have all the answers / First it's all confusing, but the truth is all we're after / All I really know is / I don't know" - from Let It Go

Brennan Thicke

NAME: Brennan Thicke

SIBLING: Robin Thicke

CAREER: Voice actor (Dennis the Menace [cartoon], as Dennis; M.A.S.K. [cartoon], as Scott Tracker); marijuana entrepreneur (Founder, Farmacology / Venice Beach Care Centre).

NOMINATIONS: Young Actor Awards (twice)

QUOTE: "It's the difference between being - I hate to use the term - but a street dealer and being a legitimate business operator."

Thursday 16 May 2013

James Grint

NAME: James Grint

SIBLING: Rupert Grint


CAREER: Rally driver


QUOTES: " At first everyone knew me as Rupert Grint’s brother. Then I had to carve out an identity for myself, which I did by being good at sports."


"I’ve never looked at Rupert’s success and thought, 'That could have been me'... If anything, Rupert’s success spurred me on to excel in my own field."

Thursday 9 May 2013

Alex Watson


NAME: Alex Watson

SIBLING: Emma Watson

CAREER: Male model (Burberry 2010 campaign - with Emma Watson)

QUOTE: "It's such a privilege to be part of this. It's so exciting."


[on modelling with Matt Gilmour, son of David, and Max Hurd, grandson of Douglas]

Thursday 25 April 2013

Anthony Ciccone

NAME: Anthony Ciccone

SIBLING: Madonna


CAREER: Piano tuner / salmon canner / hobo


QUOTES: 
"My sister’s a multi-millionaire; she earned it, I have to give her credit for that. But you’d think there’d be some family loyalty, and that’s not the case. We hated each other - sibling rivalry." 

 "She was a bitch, just like she is now. She remains true to form. You have to give her credit for consistency."

"He pulled away, turned around and confronted the female officer in an aggressive manner. She turned him around and brought him to the ground, which is when he struck his face on the bathroom floor" 
- Traverse City, Michigan Police Captain Brian Heffner

Wednesday 17 April 2013

Muriel Roberts


NAME: Muriel Edith Roberts

SIBLING: Margaret Hilda Thatcher

CAREER: Home-maker / nurse / philanthropist

QUOTE: "Our mother was gentle and warm and didn't like the limelight, just like me."

"Didn't anyone tell you I was the short, dumpy one?"

Monday 15 April 2013

Rob Kardashian

NAME: Rob Kardashian

SIBLING: Kim Kardashian

CAREER: Reality TV (Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Dancing With The Stars [runner-up], Miss USA 2012 [judge], The Choice) / Sock entrepreneur / Academic

QUOTES: "Going to Law School very soon and so excited and can't wait! School just never ends for me! #University ofSouthernCal #Trojans #FightOn." (@RobKardashian)

"Rob Kardashian isn't coming here, but we're glad he's a Trojan fan. Rob hasn't even applied to USC law." (USC statement)

Monday 25 February 2013

Tamasin Day-Lewis

NAME: Tamasin Day-Lewis

SIBLING: Daniel Day-Lewis

CAREER: Extra (The Age Of Innocence, with Daniel Day-Lewis) / Filmmaker (Private Wound) / TV chef (The Good Food Channel) / Writer (The Art of the Tart, Smart Tarts, Tarts With Tops On, Tamasin's Kitchen Bible) / Model

AWARDS: The Independent Cook of the Year 1994 (Runner-up)

QUOTE: "We don't even speak about process and how we work to each other. The self-doubt that accompanies any artist is best not spoken about to outsiders."

Friday 11 January 2013

Jerome Garfunkel

NAME: Jerome Garfunkel

SIBLING: Art Garfunkel

CAREER: Actor / Travelling salesman / Motorcyclist / Teacher / Programmer / Calligrapher / Writer (Collected Garfunkel COBOL Papers, My Dreams Are In COBOL, VideoConferencing (IVC) Considerations,
COBOL: Still Relevant After All These Years)

QUOTE: "While each of us is an individual on the plannet (sic), we are also part of a community that is bigger than us.  There is an interdependency, incredibly complex, involving everyone and everything on the plannet (sic), in the universe, every part of humanity."

"My 7th grade typing class at Parson's Junior High School turns out, in retrospect, to be among the five most valuable classes (measured by impact) I've attended."

Eddie Simon


NAME: Eddie Simon

SIBLING: Paul Simon

CAREER: Musician (solo / Guild Light Cage / Crib & Ben) / A&R Man (Decca Records) / Guitar teacher (The Guitar Study Center) /  Radio station proprietor (WWHB Long Island, with Paul Simon) / Artist management (Paul Simon)

QUOTES: "I did meet some of these people initially through my brother. But I wouldn't say I got the job because of him."