Guang hua / APAmy Chua When the Wall Street Journal published an excerpt from Yale law professor Amy Chua’s book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother in January, the editors titled the article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,” and readers lost their collective minds. But it wasn’t just the headline that offended; it was everything that Chua went on to recount about how she, as a Chinese mother, parented her two daughters Sophia and Lulu. She did everything in her power, including insulting, threatening and screaming until she lost her voice, to make sure that her daughters were straight-A students who were first in their class and had mastered either the piano or violin. Read More...
Was 'Gossip Girl' Star Leighton Meester Actually Born in Jail? Not Exactly"Anything that her mother and I did that was questionable occurred before she was born," Leighton's father Doug has said.
By Elissa NoblittPublished Aug. 14 2024, 12:28 p.m. ET
Source: Getty imagesEveryone loves a good underdog story, from formerly homeless Hollywood stars like Ed Sheeran to celebrities who struggled with addiction and lived to tell the tale like RDJ. But can you be any more of an underdog than someone who was born in prison and then went on to star in one of the biggest shows in television history? Read More...