By Linda Loons
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Jessica Marie Alba (/ˈælbə/ AL-bə; born April 28, 1981) is an American actress and businesswoman. She began her acting career at age 13 in Camp Nowhere (1994), followed up by The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994), and rose to prominence at age 19 as the lead actress of the television series Dark Angel (2000–2002), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination.
Her big screen breakthrough came in Honey (2003). She soon established herself as a Hollywood actress, and has starred in numerous box office hits throughout her career, including Fantastic Four (2005), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), Good Luck Chuck (2007), The Eye (2008), Valentine’s Day (2010), Little Fockers (2010), and Mechanic: Resurrection (2016).[9] She is a frequent collaborator with director Robert Rodriguez, having starred in Sin City (2005), Machete (2010), Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011), Machete Kills (2013), and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014). From 2019 to 2020, Alba starred in the Spectrum action crime series L.A.’s Finest.
In 2011, Alba co-founded The Honest Company, a consumer goods company that sells baby, personal and household products. A number of magazines, including Men’s Health, Vanity Fair and FHM, have included Alba on their lists of the world’s most beautiful women.
The Honest Company
In January 2012, Alba and business partner Christopher Gavigan launched The Honest Company, selling a collection of household goods, diapers, and body care products. The company was successful, and was valued at US$1 billion as of 2014.
In early 2013, Alba released her book, The Honest Life, based on her experiences creating a natural, non-toxic life for her family. The book became a New York Times Best Seller. In October 2015, Alba launched a collection of skin care and beauty products called Honest Beauty.
As of April 2022, Alba owned 6.5 percent of the company. She was employed as the company’s chief creative officer, receiving an annually base salary of $700,000 and restricted stock valued $1,500,000. Alba stepped down as chief creative officer in April 2024.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
When you’re planning to build a structure or do some landscaping, two good resources are the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Cooperative Extension Service. In most cases, fees are nominal or nonexistent. Call directory assistance for your county seat and ask for listings under county services.
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- James Monroe (5th U.S. president) –
- Oskar Schindler (businessman) –
- Ethel Catherwood (1928 Olympic gold-medal winner for high jump) –
- Harper Lee (author) –
- Eugene Shoemaker (American astrogeologist) –
- Ann-Margret (actress) –
- Paul Guilfoyle (actor) –
- Jay Leno (talk show host) –
- Penelope Cruz (actress) –
- Jessica Alba (actress) –
Died
- Benito Mussolini (Italian dictator) –
- Penelope Fitzgerald (writer) –
- Alexander Lebed (general) –
- Dabbs Greer (actor) –
- Will Robinson (first African American basketball coach at a Division I school) –
- Mel Bartholomew (construction engineer and gardener known for his Square Foot Gardening method) –
Events
- Maryland became the seventh state of the Union –
- Coal mine explosion occurred in Eccles, West Virginia–
- Vaccine for yellow fever announced–
- A six-man expedition, led by Thor Heyerdahl, sailed from Peru aboard a balsa-wood raft named Kon-Tiki on a 101 day journey that would take them across the Pacific Ocean to Polynesia–
- At age 98, Walter Sitch of Halifax, NS, became a great-great-great-grandfather–
- Charles de Gaulle, president of France, resigned–
- A Chorus Line closed after 6,137 performances on Broadway in New York City–
- The Soyuz-TM 32 launched, carrying the world’s first space tourist, Dennis Tito, to the International Space Station–
- Ashes of actor James Doohan, who portrayed engineer Scotty on Star Trek, and of Apollo 7 astronaut Gordon Cooper soared into space aboard a rocket–
- Six endangered red wolf pups were born at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, North Carolina–
Weather
- Coastal storm caused tremendous late season snow, 35 inches fell in Bayard, West Virginia–
- Six feet of snow blocked roads in Buffalo–
- Tornadoes swept through central and southeastern Virginia–
- A total of 13 inches of snow fell overnight on New York’s Adirondack Mountains and in northern Vermont–
- Hailstorms hit parts of Texas and Oklahoma, with a 6.4-inch hailstone falling in Hondo, Texas –
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