"Does a passion for showbiz run in Alyssa Milano's family?
"The fun thing about having kids is you encourage who they are naturally," the actress told ET, "and then you get to see how they end up."
Milano shares two children -- Milo, 5, and Elizabella, 2 -- with husband David Bugliari, and hasn't yet seen them showing off a flare for the dramatics. They may, however, have inherited their parents' passion for sports.
"It is interesting, my son is definitely more outgoing. [Elizabella] is a little bit more shy, but she has got an amazing imagination," Milano shared. "She goes into these worlds, you can see her create them in her head, so it is very, very sweet."
"She just started tap classes, so she walks around the house going, 'Heel, toe, heel, toe.' It is socute," the actress said. "She is definitely not the natural athlete my son is. My son skis, he plays golf, he plays baseball, hockey. He is just that kid, whatever he picks up, he is very athletic. My daughter is more girly with it, but can appreciate it."
If Elizabella does grow up to discover a passion for sports, Milano would "absolutely" encourage a career in that field.
"I would try to help her follow whatever dream she had," she said. "
"Alyssa Milano is sending lots of well wishes to Shannen Doherty. The former Charmed co-stars have re-connected in the wake of Doherty's stunning breast cancer diagnosis, with Milano telling ET that she continues to reach out to Doherty regularly on social media.
"I've reached out to her, yes, and I try to continue to reach out to her once a week," Milano told ET on Tuesday. "I tweeted, I [direct messaged] her and I obviously told her my concern and how everyone was on her side, and we're all supporting her, and she was very appreciative that I reached out, which was very sweet."
Though the actresses have famously had their differences since sharing the screen more than 15 years ago, Milano had nothing but kind words for Doherty. "It's such a horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible illness, so to see anyone struggle like that in such a public way is heartwarming and gut-wrenching all at the same time," she said.
In a more lighthearted reunion, Milano met up with her former Who's the Boss? co-stars last week to reminisce about their time on the beloved '80s sitcom.
"We had the best time," Milano gushed.
"Tony [Danza] came in and he was like a tornado, and everyone was so excited to see him. And then he said, 'Just wait here, one second, I got to go get Lucy.' We were like, 'Lucy? Who is Lucy? Is it a new dog? Like, what is Lucy?'" she recalled. "He brought us this little ukulele that he named Lucy that apparently he taught himself how to play a couple years ago and he serenaded us for like a good 15 minutes, and it was so sweet. Judith [Light] and I, of course, we just melted."
Who's the Boss? wrapped in 1992, but Milano said that the tight-knit cast has managed to stay in touch in recent years with the help of social media.
"It's such a weird thing because when our show ended, nobody texted, there wasn't Facebook, there wasn't social media, so it was a lot harder to keep in touch with people," she said. "There were many lost years, but now it's so convenient to just be able to send a text and say, 'Thinking about you!' and 'Love you!' It's made it a lot easier, so we talk to each other all the time."
"Danny [Pintauro] is doing really well too," she added. "[He's] just so brave in coming out as HIV positive and all of his advocacy that he's been doing. We're all so very proud of him."
ET caught up with Milano at the Los Angeles Rams' practice facility in Thousand Oaks, California, where she also opened up about creating her highly successful NFL clothing line, Touch, and making Atkins-friendly game day snacks for the whole family. For more from the interview, tune in to Entertainment Tonight on Thursday. "
"As one of the hottest sitcoms of the 1980s, “Who’s the Boss?” centred around a former professional athlete (Tony Danza) who worked as a housekeeper for a high-powered female executive (Judith Light), her children (Alyssa Milano and Danny Pintauro) and their eccentric grandmother (Katherine Helmond), and fans have been clamouring for a cast reunion ever since the show went off the air in the early ’90s.
Entertainment Weekly has heard the pleas, and 30 years later brings together the cast in its latest issue, with Danza and his co-stars reminiscing about the sitcom hit.
“When we’re together, it just feels like it was yesterday,” says Milano in behind-the-scenes video of the reunion.
Sitcom standards sure have changed since the heyday of “Who’s the Boss?”, and the cast reminisce about the classic episode when Tony’s character (not coincidentally named Tony) buys a bra for then-teenage Milano’s character, Sam. “This was at a time when we could only say ‘bra’ once,” notes Milano, which led to the writers cooking up the term “foundation garment” for subsequent mentions.
In addition, Light (currently seen in the third season of critically acclaimed “Transparent”) recalls that Danza “taught me how to play baseball, basketball,” and even taught his co-stars to tapdance — resulting in a not-as-rusty-as-you’d-expect display of what they learned:
You can read more with the cast of “Who’s the Boss?” in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly."
"Plenty of us grew up watching Alyssa Milano as Sam on Who’s the Boss? So, when we were invited to take a spin class at Peloton in New York with the actress for the launch of the 2016 NFL Women’s Apparel Collection, including Milano’s GIII Touch line, we couldn’t resist. Before subjecting ourselves to 45 minutes of intense cardio, the Cut chatted with Milano about being the busy mother to two young children, making time for wellness, and why she loves football.
How I start my day: The kids [Milo, age 5, and Elizabella, age 2] wake me up and then I can’t even think about it. I have to just dive into getting them ready for school, which is different with two than it was with one. I eat the Atkins lifestyle, so I do no carbs. In the morning, I’ll do a cup of coffee and then on the way to the gym, I’ll do an Atkins shake or one of their protein bars, or something else that’s fast, so I’m not going to eat the pancakes I make for the kids. It’s all a balancing act.
What wellness means to me: It’s an overall sense of feeling good, whether that be mentally or physically or health-wise. Just feeling good about who you are and the choices you make. Honestly, I think it’s really important that we take care of ourselves, and with the amount of things that I juggle in a day, as far as trying to balance motherhood and being a working mom, I don’t think I could do it without a sense of wellness.
On Atkins: First of all, I love that I can consider it a lifestyle. I’m not really good at dieting and I just think that for me, that word is setting myself up to not succeed. So really, the Atkins lifestyle has allowed me to not feel deprived, and to keep my energy level up throughout my crazy, crazy day. I feel healthier while I’m trying to balance it all.
The products that they have really helped me stick with it, because they have a lot of really delicious treats that help satisfy my sweet tooth, and you don’t feel like you’re cheating. They also have a great online community. I write a blog [for the Atkins website] and there’s lots of responses, chat rooms. They have a great carb-counting app as well.
How I like to sweat: I love spinning, which is why we’re here [at Peloton]. I also love Pilates and yoga. Occasionally I’ll take a dance class or a Zumba class. But I really like to spin because I feel like it’s a full-body workout: 45 minutes, you’re in and you’re out. I don’t really have time for much more than that. I used to do a lot of yoga, but I just don’t have time for a 90-minute class anymore.
How I sleep: I struggle to find enough sleep. I sleep usually from about midnight to 6 a.m. It’s interesting, but I grew up in this business, so I’m used to waking up very early, because you have to be in hair and makeup at 6 a.m. And you’d work crazy, crazy hours, and you’d come home and you just crash. Honestly I think that I just function okay with small amounts of sleep if I have to — I think my body’s just preconditioned to that.
Of course, motherhood puts a whole new spin on it because it’s very rare that you’ll sleep solidly because you always have one eye, one ear open to see if everyone’s okay. And I have weird hormonal insomnia: Right before I get my period I get where I can’t sleep at all, and those are the nights that I just kind of surrender to it and try to not stress myself out about not sleeping. If I’m traveling, I’ll bring melatonin just in case, if there’s a time difference.
How I’m teaching my kids about wellness: My kids are really young but they’re naturally super, super active, so for us it’s just about encouraging them and giving them the opportunity to be themselves, and to encourage activity over screen time and watching TV. I don’t believe in totally withholding sugar from kids because I feel like there is a good lesson in them learning moderation for themselves, so I do allow them to have sugar when they want to have sugar. And it’s so interesting in that they stop eating when they don’t want any more, whereas in adults I think we’re conditioned to just keep eating, especially with sweets.
We have an organic vegetable garden in the backyard. So my kids from a very young age would be in the garden with me and pick tomatoes or peppers off the vine and eat it there. And I think that’s so important. Kids love to see vegetables grow, and get to see that that’s where their food is from. To this day, both my kids, if there’s French fries on the plate and broccoli, they will go for the broccoli — even my 5-year-old.
On eating alone: I actually don’t like to eat alone. I think that has something to do with the fact that I’m Italian, and food is always about family and celebration and having meals. So if I’m alone, I’m much more likely to pick up a shake or a bar than I am to actually sit and have a meal by myself.
Why I love football: I love everything about football. I love that it’s almost like a choreographed ballet dance that they all do on that field. I love how smart the quarterback has to be, and how he runs the show. I love the thinking aspect of football. So often we think of it being this gladiator sport where they’re just ramming into each other, but a lot of preparation, thought, and intelligence has to go into winning a football game.
My best wellness advice: I always say, “Eat less, move more.” It’s about eating less carbs and moving more; that could mean anything that you enjoy doing that is actually active. It doesn’t have to be working out; it could be gardening or hiking or taking the kids out for a walk in the stroller."
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