My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist.

I wanted to grow up to be just like my father.

I didn't know a damn thing about style.

We live in a kissy society.

I began to believe the fairy tales: You know, how we're all out there looking for our magical missing half.

Thank God for little miracles, right?

It struck me that what I'd heard about certain celebrities was true: they had It, whatever the hell It was. Star power isn't a myth; it is tangible and forceful.