If you haven’t heard of Chris Madden, you are among the few. Author of 16 lifestyle books (including, of course, volumes on interior design), Madden hosted her own HGTV show, Interiors by Design, for ...

Chris Madden has been an avid Oscar-watcher since she was a kid. So when a JCPenney ad featuring her furniture collection was slotted to run on last Sunday's telecast, she figured it merited a little ...