Tom Hanks Born in California, Tom Hanks grew up in what he calls a ‘fractured’ family. He moved around a lot, living with a succession of step-families. No problems, no abuse, no alcoholism, just a confused childhood.His step-mother, Winifred Hanks, was a...
Elvis Presley What do you think of when someone mentions Elvis Presley? What you probably don’t think of is his spiritual side, witnessed by notes he left in a Book of Mormon. While he was filming Blue Hawaii (1961), filmmakers used the Polynesian Cultural...
Alice Cooper His father’s name was Ether Moroni Furnier. Jay Evenson, who is the Deseret News’ editorial page editor and teaches an opinion writing class at BYU, interviewed him once. His family belonged to an offshoot of the LDS Church, but his father was...
Christina Aguilera Christina’s parents met at Brigham Young University and married in the Washington, D.C. Temple. They were divorced when she was seven. When she was nine, her mother was still receiving home teachers, but it is unclear if Christina herself was...
