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Grey-collar refers to the balance of employed people not classified as white- or blue collar. Although grey-collar is sometimes used to describe those who work beyond the age of retirement,^[1][2] it is also used to refer to occupations that incorporate some of the elements of both blue- and white-collar, or are completely different from both categories.

Examples of Grey Collar industries:

• Farming, fishing, forestry, and other forms of agribusiness
• Health care, aged care, child care, and the personal service sector
• Protective services and security
• Food preparation and the catering industry
• High-tech technicians^[3]
• Skilled trades, technicians, etc.
• Typists, stenographers

Grey-collar workers often have associate degrees from a community college in a particular field. They are unlike blue-collar workers in that blue-collar workers can often be trained on the job within several weeks whereas grey-collar workers already have a specific skill set.

The field which most recognizes the diversity between these two groups is that of human resources and the insurance industry. These different groups must be insured differently for liability as the potential for injury is different.

Other definitions[link]

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote that another definition for grey collar could be the underemployed white collar worker.^[4]

Charle Brecher of the Citizens Budget Commission and the Partnership for New York City defined it sub-blue-collar jobs: "maintenance and custodial".^[5]

The Narrator from both the Movie and Book Fight club is a good example of a Grey-Collar worker.

References[link]

Look up grey-collar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Matthew Bomer
Bomer during filming of the White Collar episode "On the Fence" in Manhattan in June 2011
Born	Matthew Staton Bomer (1977-10-11) October 11, 1977 (age 34) Spring, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater	Carnegie Mellon University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present
Partner	Simon Halls
Children	3

Matthew Staton "Matt"^[1] Bomer (born October 11, 1977) is an American film, stage and television actor, best known as the star of the USA Network television series White Collar, which premiered in 2009.

Making his television debut with Guiding Light in 2001, Bomer received notice with his recurring role in the NBC television series Chuck as Bryce Larkin. Bomer has featured in supporting roles in such films as the 2005 thriller Flightplan and the 2011 science fiction thriller In Time.

Bomer has also starred in the Dustin Lance Black play, '8', on Broadway and at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre as Jeff Zarillo — a plaintiff in the federal case that overturned California's Proposition 8.

Early life[link]

Matt Bomer was born in Spring, Texas, a suburb of Houston, the son of Sissi and John Bomer, a former Dallas Cowboys draft pick.^[2][3] He attended Klein High School (located outside of Houston) with fellow actor Lee Pace.^[3] In addition they both acted at Houston's Alley Theatre, a non-profit theatre company.^[2]

In 2001, Bomer graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.^[4]

Career[link]

After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama in 2000, he moved to New York City, New York, and worked on stage until he was cast in a small role, as Ian Kipling, on All My Children,^[5] a daytime soap-opera serial on the ABC television network. From 2001 to 2003, he portrayed the role of Ben Reade on another daytime television soap opera, Guiding Light, on the CBS television network.^[6]

He starred as Luc, Tru's (Eliza Dushku) ill-fated love interest, in Tru Calling (2003–2004), a supernatural, science-fiction television series on the Fox television network.

Bomer appeared on North Shore (2004–2005), a prime-time television soap opera, as well as in Flightplan (2005), a thriller film with Jodie Foster.

In the slasher film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006), Bomer portrayed Eric, a Vietnam-War veteran who is driving across Texas to re-enlist after his brother is drafted. The brothers run afoul of Sheriff Hoyt and are taken captive by the Hewitt family. Bomer costarred in Traveler (2007), a short-lived midseason replacement television series which premiered on ABC on May 30, 2007. He has had the recurring role of Bryce Larkin on action-comedy series Chuck (2007–2009) on the NBC television network.

On October 23, 2009, Bomer began starring in White Collar, which chronicles the fictional partnership between a con artist named Neal Caffrey (Bomer) and FBI agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay).^[7]

BuddyTV ranked him #1 on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011".^[8]

In September 2011, Bomer starred in the Broadway debut of Dustin Lance Black's play, '8', a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Proposition 8.^[9] In March 2012, he was featured in the Wilshire Ebell Theatre production as well, portraying Jeff Zarillo, one of the plaintiffs in the trial.^[10][11]

In October 2011, Bomer appeared in the science fiction thriller film In Time, in which he plays a 105-year-old man Henry Hamilton, who gives his "time" to Justin Timberlake before committing suicide, setting the main plot into motion.

Personal life[link]

Bomer is in a relationship with publicist Simon Halls. They have three sons via surrogacy, including a set of twins.^[12][13] Bomer publicly came out as gay in February 2012, when he thanked Halls and their children during his acceptance speech for a Steve Chase Humanitarian Award.^[13]

Bomer is good friends with his high school classmates Lee Pace and Lynn Collins.^[14]

Filmography[link]

Television[link]

Film[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Matthew Bomer

• Matthew Bomer at AllRovi
• Matthew Bomer at the Internet Movie Database

Hilarie Burton
Burton at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, 2008
Born	Hilarie Ross Burton (1982-07-01) July 1, 1982 (age 29) Sterling, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, producer
Years active	2000–present
Spouse	Ian Prange (m. 2004–2009)[1]
Partner	Jeffrey Dean Morgan (2009–present; 1 child)

Hilarie Ross Burton (born July 1, 1982) is an American actress. A former host of MTV's Total Request Live, she portrayed Peyton Sawyer on The CW drama One Tree Hill for six seasons. Burton gained wider recognition with leading roles in the films Our Very Own, Solstice and The List, and currently stars as Sara Ellis on the USA dramedy White Collar.

Early life[link]

Hilarie Burton was born on July 1, 1982 in Sterling, Virginia. She graduated from Park View High School in 2000, where she was student council treasurer her sophomore year,^[2] vice-president her junior year,^[3] and head cheerleader, student council president, and homecoming queen her senior year.^[4] Burton attended New York University and Fordham University.

Career[link]

Burton's first big break came when working as a VJ for the Total Request Live on MTV. She was supposed to be a guest commentator for one segment but producers decided to offer her a permanent job. Burton had a small part on the TV series Dawson's Creek and this led to her role as Peyton Sawyer on the series One Tree Hill. In 2004, she was nominated for a Teen Choice Award in two categories for her work on One Tree Hill: "Choice TV Actress in a Drama/Action Adventure" and "Choice Breakout TV Star - Female".^[4] In 2005, she was again nominated for a Teen Choice Award for "Choice TV Actress: Drama". In May 2009, the CW announced Burton would not be returning to the show for the seventh season in her role as Peyton.^[5] Burton appeared once on the television series Hey Dude. She made her feature film debut in Our Very Own, a comedy set in 1970s Nashville, and was featured on the cover of the Jan/Feb 2004 issue of American Cheerleader magazine. Our Very Own, whose ensemble cast features Allison Janney, Jason Ritter, and Cheryl Hines, was screened at the prestigious Sarasota Film Festival. Burton was honored with a special Outstanding Ensemble Acting award at that festival. The film was also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award.^[6]

Burton appeared in the music video for Jack's Mannequin song "The Mixed Tape" as Peyton Sawyer.^[4] Later, she recorded a song for The Road Mix: Music from the Television Series One Tree Hill, Volume 3 called Peyton's Podcast Mix.

In 2008, Burton starred in the independent movie The List as Jo Johnston. Burton also had a role in the major motion picture The Secret Life of Bees, in which she played Deborah Owens.

Burton's latest film project was The Sacrifice and it is based on another book by Robert Whitlow (The List). She will be reunited with Malcolm McDowell and Gary Wheeler, who also signed on for the project, when it starts filming early next year.^[4] She is currently working on Provinces of Night, a film based on the novel by William Gay.

Burton joined the cast of White Collar as a series regular in Season 3.^[7]

Personal life[link]

Burton holding an M4 carbine during a USO visit.

Burton has three younger brothers and resides in Wilmington, North Carolina, where One Tree Hill is filmed.^[1][4] In 2004, Burton married One Tree Hill assistant director Ian Prange, son of executive producer Greg Prange. The two have since divorced.^[1] She has a cat named after writer Edgar Allan Poe^[4] and is close friends with fellow One Tree Hill stars Bethany Joy Galeotti, Sophia Bush, James Lafferty and Chad Michael Murray.^[4] Burton's hobbies include collecting antiques, vintage clothes shopping, knitting and crocheting.^[4] In May 2007, Burton ranked #77 in the Maxim Hot 100 List of 2007.^[8] She also appeared on the cover of the November 2006 edition of Maxim with One Tree Hill co-stars Sophia Bush and Danneel Harris. In previous years, Burton ranked #2 on Femme Fatales: The 50 Sexiest Women of 2005 and #12 on Much Music's 20 Hottest Women of 2003.

In 2007, Burton created her own production company called Southern Gothic Productions (SoGoPro) along with Nick Gray, Kelly Tenney, James Burton and Meg Mortimer.^{[9][10][11][12][13]} Burton is also on the North Carolina Film Council. ^[14]

Burton has been in a relationship with fellow actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan since 2009. The couple welcomed a son named Gus in March 2010.^[15][16]

Discography[link]

Soundtracks[link]

• The Road Mix: Music from the Television Series One Tree Hill, Volume 3

Filmography[link]

Awards[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Hilarie Burton

• Hilarie Burton at the Internet Movie Database
• Hilarie Burton at AllRovi
• Hilarie Burton on Twitter
• Hilarie Burton cast bio on The WB
• Hilarie Burton's page on CWTV.com
• Hilarie Burton's SoGoPro Productions creating a stir - starnewsonline.com
• SoGoPro

Vince Camuto, CEO/Chief Creative Officer of the fashion company Camuto Group, is an American women’s footwear designer who is known for co-founding and establishing Nine West Inc. as a leading women’s fashion brand.

In 1978, Camuto co-founded the Nine West Group Inc., and served as its creative director . Over the next two decades, Nine West became a household fashion brand – recognized internationally. In 1993 Vince was appointed CEO as the company was taken public. In 1999, Nine West was sold to Jones Apparel Group as a multi-branded footwear powerhouse.

In August 2001, Camuto established Camuto Group, which provides design, sourcing, marketing and production services to over 5400 department and independent retailers throughout the world.

In 2002 Vince Camuto launched four exclusive footwear brands for Dillard’s Department Stores, including Antonio Melani, Gianni Bini, Nurture and Michelle D. Expanding on that success, Vince introduced an additional three brands in subsequent years, leading to seven unique collections. Later that year, he acquired the footwear licenses for BCBG Max Azria and BCBGirls and developed these footwear lines.

In 2005 he launched his namesake footwear line, Vince Camuto. Closely thereafter in 2006, he partnered with Tory Burch to launch her footwear collection and collaborated with her to create the “Reva” ballet flat.

In 2008 Vince Camuto announced a number of key partnerships aimed at expanding Camuto Group’s portfolio. At the beginning of the year, he partnered with Sanctuary Clothing. He also signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Lucky Brand Jeans to produce and market a collection of women’s footwear. Vince also partnered with Banana Republic to design and manufacture women’s footwear for the brand. He also partnered with the Council of Fashion Designers of America, the CFDA, as the first ever footwear Business Service Network (BSN) Corporate Affiliate Member.

In 2009 Vince Camuto added Lucky Brand Jeans footwear and kensiegirl footwear to Camuto Groups growing portfolio. In addition, he has expanded his namesake footwear brand to include a handbag collection.

Vince Camuto is also an avid supporter of charities benefiting children, including Ronald McDonald House ^[1], St. Jude's Hospital, Leukemia Society of America and The Domestic Abuse Awareness Foundation. In addition, he serves on the board of Wish-And-A-Smile, an organization dedicated to supporting numerous children's charities. ^[2]

Partnership with Jessica Simpson[link]

In 2005 Mr. Camuto purchased the master license for Jessica Simpson. In 2007 Vince opened the first Jessica Simpson Collection shop-in-shop at Macy’s Herald Square, New York. Additional shops have opened in other cities, including Macy’s Boca Raton, Pembroke and West Dade as well as a location at Belk’s South Park.

Personal life[link]

Camuto is married to former model and Miss Sweden 1989 Louise Camuto.

References[link]