Ask American Profile 12/29/2008

Q What is former NBA player Jalen Rose doing now that he’s no longer on the basketball court? I loved watching him with the Bulls.
—Phillip Grant, Kankakee, Ill.

Rose, 35, who played for six professional basketball teams during his 13-year career, has been busy since leaving the court in 2007. He serves as a sports com- mentator for ABC/ESPN, oversees his own clothing line, runs a Los Angeles-based media production company and writes a style column for Hoop magazine. And his Jalen Rose Foundation awards more than $50,000 annually in scholarships to youth in his hometown of Detroit. “It’s important that people with influential roles in society take the initiative to help others in need,” says Rose, who’s been cited several times by The Sporting News as one of the National Basketball Association’s “Good Guys.”

Q My girlfriend told me that Madison Michele, the TV Guide Channel girl, has made movies and appeared in Playboy magazine. Is that true?
—J. Vega, Lake City, Fla.

Michele, 37, was named one of MTV’s hottest VJs, but she never modeled for Playboy. The Alexandria, Va., native currently hosts the TV Guide Channel’s Hollywood 411, has appeared in the movies 1999, The Definite Maybe and Scorpion King, and played herself in Being Michael Madsen. She first caught the public eye in 1996 as the spokesmodel for Wonderbra. She is married, has one daughter and lives in Los Angeles.

Q I loved watching Daniel Boone on TV. What ever happened to the actor who played his son?
—Betty Frieling, Waseca, Minn.

Darby Hinton, who played Israel Boone on the popular 1960s TV series, grew up to travel the world, learn martial arts and appear in small roles in dozens of other television shows throughout the years. His most recent project: providing commentary, alongside Fess Parker and other stars of the show, for the new DVD Daniel Boone: The Final Season. “I really liked being a part of a show that the whole family could sit down and watch together,” says Hinton, 51, a father of five who lives in Los Angeles with his wife of 15 years, Shan, an interior designer. He’s also working on a documentary about the real-life Daniel Boone.

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