The Star Report: What celebrities are thankful for (besides wealth and fame)

Mercury News - 26th Nov 2008

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Faith Hill: In honor of the holiday, the Star Report takes a momentary snark break to bring you celebrity quotes re thankfulness, helpfully complied by the Associated Press. Happy Thanksgiving! "I am grateful for so many things in 2008. I feel like there's a chance of real promise in this country." — Faith Hill. "I think we want to be, most of all, thankful for the fans. The fans are the best. They've come to every concert. And we can't thank them enough." — Joe Jonas of The Jonas Brothers. "Health. It's all about health. My health. My loved ones' health. We're all here. We're all OK. As I get older (starts to chuckle) we're all hanging on! What's going to happen next year? So far, we made it through another one." — Barry Manilow. "Mostly it's my family. I think I've realized that mostly this year, because there's been so many crazy ups and downs, and I've always had the same family to come home to that will treat me like the same Miley as I was in Nashville. So, cool." — Miley Cyrus. "In 2008 my son was born, Zuma Nesta Rock. So, that is clearly the most massive thing for me. ... I lucked out because my wife is really good with him. So, right now (wife Gwen Stefani is) doing most of it." — Gavin Rossdale. "I'm just blessed to have two very lovely children in my life, and health. It's something people don't think about a lot. I'm very lucky to be healthy and have healthy kids." — Reese AdvertisementWitherspoon. ——— "I'm most th

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