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BEDFORD & NEW CANAAN MAGAZINE
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Sharon Prince & Grace Farms
It’s been ten years since Sharon Prince established Grace Farms on an 80 acre property in the Northwest corner of New Canaan…and ten years later Grace Farms has proven itself to be a revolutionary cultural institution providing unique benefits to its surrounding communities - and innovative solutions for the world.
Judy & Michael Steinhardt
MICHAEL STEINHARDT is a renowned Wall Street pioneer, has been a shaper of the American political landscape. He’s also passionate about his residence in Mt. Kisco, called Iroki - Japanese for ‘garden of surprises’ - which is complete with a zoo, one of the largest displays of tree varieties in the U.S., and years of collected follies.
Absolutely Inspirational Ali Truwit
A year after losing her leg in a shark attack, Ali Truwit won two Paralympic silver medals in Paris and launched a foundation supporting girls in need of prosthetics, water safety, and the Paralympic movement. She’s been featured on national TV, at global events—and now in the swimsuit issue Sports Illustrated too!
David & Nicki Pogue
David Pogue is the kind of famous where just about everyone recognizes him as a somebody, while it might take a minute to realize that he’s the seven- time Emmy winning correspondent on CBS Sunday Morning who — in 35 stories each year — explains anything and everything that’s complicated.
Marissa Winikour & Judah Miller
Marissa Winokur is a star of stage and screen, most famous for having played Tracy Turnblad in the Broadway production of Hairspray, and Judah Miller is a comedy writer who most recently wrote and was the showrunner for the television series called Bupkis. Together, Marissa and Judah are amongst the elite of ‘Hollywood’ power couples… and in 2021, they bought a house in Bedford!
Martha Stewart
Warren & Stefani Haynes
Warren Haynes is most famous for being a member of the Allman Brothers, playing with The Dead, leading his band Gov’t Mule, and a whole lot of other collaborative and solo work…but around the B&NC MAG area, Warren and his wife, Stefani, and their son Hudson, are just…proud B&NC locals!
Natasha Bedingfield
Natasha Bedingfield is the chart-topping singer/songwriter best known for catchy tunes like Love Like This, Strip Me, Freckles, These Words, Wild Horses, Neon Lights, and of course her massive hit singles Unwritten and Pocketful of Sunshine. She’s also become well known as an advocate for LGBTQ rights and the environment.
Jayni & Chevy Chase
Chevy is a comedic giant, best known for his performances as a cast member in the first season of Saturday Night Live in 1975-1976 - including his legendary roles as the original anchor on the Weekend Update segment and his portrayal of a bumbling and stumbling President Ford - and then for his leading roles in Foul Play, Caddyshack, Fletch, Spies Like Us, Three Amigos, and as Clark W. Griswold in four National Lampoon Vacation movies.
Nicole Bloom… Blossoming!
Jean-Georges Vongerichten
Jean-Georges is ebullient! He’s the ‘Toujours Pret Lapine’ - but full of heart! He developed, owns, and is fully involved in running the largest haute cuisine enterprise in the history of the world! And at 66, he exclaims, “I’m just warming up!”
Joby Harold & Tory Tunnell
Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell are a Hollywood A-list writing and producing duo, who moved ‘back home’ to New Canaan from Los Angeles during the pandemic, and are now living the dream life, with their three boys - Will 13, James 10, and Jack 7 - and their Goldendoodle Bodhi - on an idyllic and secluded estate with a home that dates back to 1710
Swedish American Sensations
In Hilma, director Lasse Hallström joins forces with wife Lena Olin and daughter Tora, blending art, family, and film in a luminous portrait of visionary painter Hilma af Klint.
Dominique Bluhdorn
An invitation to Dominique Bluhdorn’s is something special! Five years ago she acquired the Louis-Dreyfus estate in Mount Kisco, and has since completely renovated it - with the help of her interior decorator Stephen Sills and the encouragement of her friend Martha Stewart.
Arielle Kebbel
ARIELLE KEBBEL: Film and TV Star, passionate about horse rescue… and now putting down roots right here in the B&NC area.
Clive Davis
Clive Davis, a living legend in the music industry. He’s won 5 Grammy Awards as a Producer and both the Grammy Trustees Award and President’s Merit Award - the theater at the Grammy Museum is even named the Clive Davis Theater. And in 2000, Clive was inducted as a Non-Performer into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame. …And he’s a long-time Pound Ridge local!
Newcomers Holiday House Tour
Five fabulously furnished New Canaan residences are showcased on the iconic New Canaan Newcomers Holiday House Tour.
Chazz & Gianna Palminteri
Chazz Palminteri wrote A Bronx Tale, a semi auto-biographical story of his own Bronx childhood… and since, he’s gone on to have a big career in Holywood. Now, he and his thespian family live in Bedford.
Chris “MAD DOG” Russo
As headliner of Mad Dog Sports Radio, at Ch. 82 on SiriusXM Radio, and host of the afternoon radio show on that channel called Mad Dog Unleashed, as the television host of High Heat on MLB Network, and with his new gig on First Take as partner to Steven A. Smith on ESPN television, “Mad Dog” is one of the biggest names in sports talk today. …And yet the moniker doesn’t do justice to his radio skills, and totally fails to describe Chris Russo.
Becoming Martha Stewart
Martha is transcendent. She’s at the top of any list of women-in- business when it comes to total revenues she’s generated, money she’s made for herself, and the strength of her personal brand. Her longevity - having published her first book in 1982 - defies gravity.