If you watch TV or read glossy magazines and gawk at the storied lives of celebrities, you may pause and do a double take when you see what they're doing now. Increasingly, a spate of actresses, supermodels, and offspring of political families have jumped over to the other side, entering or dabbling in the world of print and TV journalism. Here is the latest crop:

Actress, producer, and yes, aka Mrs. Tom Hanks, the gorgeous 54-year-old puts her hand, and signature style, to a new gig — editor of Huff/Post 40, a site dedicated to the Boomer generation.

If you're tired of reading about yet another celebrity marriage or child gone bad, take heart. While Dina Lohan, 47, is visiting her daughter, Lindsay, in jail, and Mel Gibson, 54, is ranting, other famous parents are quietly hanging out at home with their kids. DUI- and probation-free families often go unheralded. No more. Read on.