Kelly Clarkson has the distinct privilege to be the very first American Idol. The singer lived up to the hype with a voice that blows everyone away. The Grammy-Award-winning artists' life is the fulfillment of the American dream— rising from financially humble means to go on to super stardom.  

Clarkson was born and reared in Texas. Her mother is Greek and info about the other part of her ethnicity is conflicting.  Some sources state she is half Irish while others state that she is half English, but one thing is certain—Ms. Clarkson is an American gal!   

Holidays don't have to be the only time families get together to share a meal and create lasting memories. We all know the benefits of family time – tighter bonds, better communication and memorable traditions, and recent studies confirm all the positive effect of family time, especially in children.

When it came to his own wedding, chef/restaurant owner/TV food personality Aaron Sanchez made a surprising decision. He wanted it to be a potluck. So he invited 15 of his closest friends, each one a chef (including Amanda Freitag and Chris Cosentino), and asked them to bring the dish of their choice. "We ate like kings," Sanchez says.

Soulful vocalist Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian who is of French and German descent. Bieber is able to understand some French but can't speak the language fluently. According to ethnicelebs.com, he was raised by his single mother, Pattie Mallette and is able to play the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet.

LMFAO have a shocking video and hilarious rockin' songs called, Party Rock Anthem and  I Work Out.  We haven't seen the likes of this since Right Said Fred.  I'm still trying to figure out why Wil Valderrama is in the video.  The duo that makes up LMFAO is Redfoo and Skyblu.  It is a family affair as they are uncle and nephew. 

Q'Viva: The Chosen or, simply, Q'Viva is an American reality television series. It premiered on January 28, 2012 in the United States in its Spanish-language version on Univision[1] with a one-hour premiere and the first season is expected to conclude on April 28, 2012. It is expected to make its United States English-language debut on FOX on March 3, 2012.

Learn more about author and 3rd Season's winner of Fox hit series " Hell's Kitchen" Rahman "Rock" Harper.

Gone to soon, a way to remember Whitney Houston is through her music.  She has some of the great hits regarding love whether celebrating love or nursing a broken heart.

Yes, he gets to be dubbed legendary.  Ricky Martin has been in the public eye since he was age 12 as a member of the Puerto Rican sensation Menudo.   Although familiar to many Latinos, Martin transcended the cultural demographic to become an international star with his stunning 1999 performance on the Grammy's, followed by the hit video Living La Vida Loca.

On February 1, 2012, as Black America began celebrating the first day of Black History month, the community lost one of its most familiar icons. Don Cornelius, host and creator of Soul Train, presumedly committed suicide, dying from a gunshot wound.

Raised in Colombia and the Netherlands, Ingrid's fascination with food, cooking and style began as a little girl. She started cooking with her mother, a Cordon Bleu chef, at such a young age that she needed a stool to reach the stove.

With Gina Carano, a virtual unknown butt kicking some of our favorite leading men like Ewan McGregor, Micheal Fassbender and more in the movie Haywire, everyone want to know who is this chick?  Moreover, with a last name such as Carano plus those smoldering dark good looks help people to assume she is Italian.  The Haywire/Mixed Martial Arts star's view on her ethnicity/ background keeps coming up in internet searches as "I am a small percentage Italian." Leave it to the Martial Arts Community to go directly to the source for an answer. 

In 2012 Idris Elba won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made For Televison for his Portrayal Luther, a BBC production.

He has starred in both British and American productions. He grew up in Canning Town, East London. One of his first acting roles was in the soap opera Family Affairs.  He has worked in a variety of TV roles including Ultraviolet and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.He is known for playing Russell "Stringer" Bell, a Baltimore drug lord and aspiring businessman, in HBO's critically acclaimed show The Wire. Elba is a DJ under the moniker DJ Big Driis/Big Driis the Londoner, and a hip-hop soul recording artist.

Tim Tebow is forever linked to Makati City in the Philippines, one of 17 cities that make up Metro Manila. How is he linked? That's where the former Florida Gator turned Denver Bronco quarterback was born. Tebow's parents, Robert Tebow, a pastor; and Pamela Tebow, who was featured in a Pro-Life commercial with her famous son, were both Baptist missionaries at the time and the superstar NFL player has never taken up stakes from the area.

Celebrities attending the Golden Globe Awards will be getting a meal that will fit right in with the glitz and glamor of the event. Chef Suki Sugiura will be preparing the meal which will involve foods flown in from all over the world. The three-course meal is being described as a "global food harmony" that includes an entree of braised prime short rib of beef as well as sea bass marinated in miso straight from Sendai, Japan.

We wanted to keep this list fresh so in order to do so we want to give honorable mention to guys our fans couldn’t get enough of last year and apparently this year.. Overwhelming a few guys truly were repeat leaders of the pack such as Brian White(repeat winner), Taylor Lautner, Ryan Reynolds and Harry Shum.  Alas, let’s make some room for the latest recruits to our Men Who Look Good Enough to Eat Awards.  In comparison to last year some rather mature men made the list, some blondes and Latino men.  We love the diversity.

Adam Levine is the every man when it comes to food.  In an interview with Dash, Levine claims to be a "Meat and Potatoes guy" yet  he calls Mozza 2 go, "The greatest invention of all time." Guess what? Mozza 2 is not a steak joint.

The expression diamond in the rough literally means an exceptional person with rough manners: somebody whose rough manners often hide his or her admirable or undeveloped qualities. Despite a rough periods of life including violence and tragedy in her family, the golden haired beauty CharlizeTheron managed relentlessly pursue a career in acting in the United States.  The gifted actress shines brightly in her masterful Oscar winning performance in Monster. 

The Wannabes is a kids and family comedy airing in 92 countries on several networks. Filmed in Detroit, Michigan, the show is the brain-child of writer/producer Doreen Spicer-Dannelly and follows the exploits of fame-seeking teens played by real life stars, Savvy. Spicer-Dannelly, a notable Morgan State University alum, took time out of her busy schedule to share her true Hollywood Story with MCCN editor Catrina Sally.

Oh, Americans love their football and we get a little ones started early.  Playa Vista Sports Park in partnership with the NFL Youth Football Program will start a youth flag football leauge in Los Angeles called the NFL FLAG LA.