Beth Ostrosky Stern Explained

Birth Name:Beth Ostrosky
Birth Date:1972 7, mf=yes
Occupation:Author, model, animal-rights activist
Yearsactive:1996–present

Beth Ostrosky Stern (born July 15, 1972)[1] is an American actress, author, model, and animal rights activist.

Early life

Stern was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1] Her mother, Judy, is a former model and her father, Robert Ostrosky, is a dentist.[2] Stern was raised Roman Catholic.[3] She has two brothers.[4]

Stern attended Fox Chapel High School in suburban Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania,[5] and took classes for three years at the University of Pittsburgh before leaving to pursue a modeling career in New York City.[6]

Career

Stern received her first noticeable role as one of the daughters of Ben Stiller's supposed birth parents in the 1996 film Flirting with Disaster. She played a more prominent role four years later in the film Whipped, with Amanda Peet. Stern has also appeared on television, appearing in the final season of G4 show Filter, and the Spike TV series Casino Cinema.

She has appeared in her own line of calendars, as well as on the covers of several magazines, including three times on FHM. Votes from the readers of For Him Magazine ("FHM") placed Stern among FHMs 100 Sexiest Women of the Year in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2007(#76). AskMen.com placed Stern 96th in its list of the Most Desirable Women for 2007.[7]

In 2010, Stern authored Oh My Dog: How to Choose, Train, Groom, Nurture, Feed, and Care for Your New Best Friend,[8] which reached #5 on The New York Times Best Seller list of paperback advice books.[9] In 2014, she wrote the children's book Yoda: The Story of a Cat and his Kittens, which tells the story of a Persian cat with a heart condition that she and her husband adopted. She released a sequel, Yoda Gets a Buddy, the following year. Proceeds from both books went to support Bianca's Furry Friends, a 14,000-square-foot, cage-free animal shelter at the North Shore Animal League, named after the couple's deceased bulldog.[10] [11]

Stern hosted the short-lived National Geographic reality television show Spoiled Rotten Pets in 2013.[12] Later that year, she was named as the host of the first annual Kitten Bowl, a Super Bowl counterprogramming special on the Hallmark Channel which,, has continued to air annually with Stern as a cast member.[13] [14]

Personal life

Radio personality Howard Stern, who is 18 years her senior, proposed to Beth Ostrosky on February 13, 2007, after seven years of dating.[15] The couple married at Le Cirque restaurant in New York City on October 3, 2008, in a ceremony officiated by actor Mark Consuelos.[16], the Sterns primarily reside in the Town of Southampton on Long Island, though they also own homes in Manhattan and in Palm Beach, Florida.[17]

Beth Stern maintains dedicated "foster rooms" in all three of her residences for cats and kittens in need of permanent homes, a project she began in 2013.[18] That same year, she launched a personal Instagram account which soon became focused on the animals in her care.[19] [20], it has more than half a million followers and has helped Stern to facilitate roughly adoptions.[21]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beth Ostrosky . . October 6, 2008 . March 27, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190327233532/https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/beth_ostrosky/ . live.
  2. News: [No headline] ]. Liz . Allen . April 25, 1997 . September 4, 2019 . . Pennsylvania . Newsbank.
  3. Web site: Hollywood Now: Elizabeth Banks Tackles Drama, Comedy & Directing . Interfaith Family . Miller, Gerri . May 14, 2015 . April 17, 2017 . April 18, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170418081502/http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Hollywood_Now_Elizabeth_Banks_Tackles_Drama_Comedy_Directing.shtml . dead .
  4. https://archive.today/20130203125510/http://www.superiorpics.com/beth_ostrosky/ Bio
  5. News: Patricia Sheridan's Breakfast With ... Beth Stern . Patricia . Sheridan . . Pennsylvania . January 27, 2014 . September 4, 2019 . February 15, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150215222501/https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/breakfast/2014/01/27/Patricia-Sheridan-s-Breakfast-With-Beth-Stern/stories/201401270022 . live.
  6. News: Pet Tales: Fox Chapel's Beth Stern co-hosts Hero Dog awards show . Linda . Wilson Fuoco . . Pennsylvania . October 19, 2018 . September 4, 2019.
  7. FHM. 2007
  8. Web site: May 5, 2010 . 'Oh My Dog': Caring for your buddy . . November 10, 2015.
  9. News: May 23, 2010 . Best Sellers > Paperback Advice . . November 10, 2015.
  10. Web site: Garvey . Marianne . November 18, 2014 . Beth and Howard Stern and the comeback kitty . . November 10, 2015.
  11. Web site: Yin . Maryann . September 28, 2015 . Beth Stern Inks Deal With Aladdin Books . . November 10, 2015.
  12. News: Jacobs . Matthew . Beth Stern On 'Spoiled Rotten Pets,' Kim Kardashian's Fur And Howard Stern's 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' . November 18, 2019 . . April 18, 2013.
  13. News: Block . Alex Ben . Howard Stern's wife to host first-ever Kitten Bowl . November 18, 2019 . . . October 21, 2013.
  14. News: Levingston . Katie . Beth Stern has opened her home to close to 900 foster cats . November 18, 2019 . . . January 31, 2019.
  15. News: Harris . Chris . Howard Stern's Valentine's Day Shocker: He's Engaged! . https://web.archive.org/web/20150312175308/http://www.mtv.com/news/1552390/howard-sterns-valentines-day-shocker-hes-engaged/ . dead . March 12, 2015 . November 18, 2019 . . February 14, 2007.
  16. News: Gebauer . Dianne . Strange things about Howard Stern's marriage . November 18, 2019 . . January 11, 2018.
  17. News: Bashinsky . Ruth . Beth Stern: The Cat's Meow . November 18, 2019 . . February 11, 2019 . We have an apartment in Manhattan with a foster room. Our house in Palm Beach has a foster room and our house in the Hamptons... Howard and I are happiest when we are at our home in Southampton. We spend most of our time on Long Island....
  18. News: Rosenbaum . Sophia . Beth and Howard Stern Love Cats. And They're Using Their Fortune to Save Them . November 18, 2019 . . October 27, 2017 . Beth Stern, a former model, says she and her radio-show-host husband have saved at least 500 cats and kittens since 2013....
  19. News: Kirby . Jillian . Best Celebrity Instagrams Of The Week: Nicole Richie Parties With Famous Pals, Twilight Cast Have Mini Reunion and More! . November 18, 2019 . . November 8, 2013 . 'I just got Beth drunk and made her join Instagram. Follow her @BethOStern,' Whitney Cummings wrote..
  20. News: Take a Look Inside Howard and Beth Stern's Unapologetically Cat-tastic Life! . November 18, 2019 . One Green Planet . July 29, 2014 . With a near constant flow of daily kitty pics filling 99% of her Instagram and Twitter accounts....
  21. News: Martoccio . Angie . Beth Stern on Landing Her Foster Kittens on the Cover of 'Rolling Stone' . November 18, 2019 . May 22, 2019.