So practice cutting a butternut squash for dinner tonight. Once you perfect your knife skills and your recipe, you'll be set.

Directions:

1. Slice the bottom of the squash.
2. Use a peeler to remove the skin.
3. Scoop out the seeds.
4. Cut into disks.
5. Dice the disks into cubes.

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Bynes is on the loose again after being released from psychiatric hold, so obviously she's tweeting up a storm — and she sounds pretty pissed. But she also sounds like someone who has a case to be made, which could be more frightening than her having a mental illness. While she is still accusing her father of abuse, these tweets have a different tone than others she's written in the past. They seem calmer, more thought-out — but they do make some claims we're unable to verify.

Here's what she wrote this morning:

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Bynes makes a compelling case with the facts presented, especially since Sam Lufti is involved. Remember, he was the guy mixed up in Britney Spears' 2007 breakdown. She was also clearheaded enough to convince an official at the psychiatric facility to release her. But are the facts she's presenting actually true? Despite her suddenly coherent writing, here's what we're questioning:

1. Is there actually a police report and restraining order filed against her father? In what jurisdiction? An LAPD spokesperson confirmed to the Daily Mail that they have no report on file.

2. Was she really staying at nice hotels? Which ones?

3. Was she actually succeeding at FIDM? Rumor has it she was actually being really flaky at school and was kicked out.

And of course, after this diatribe, as intelligent-sounding as it is, she went right back to her old tricks.

And her alleged secret Twitter account is just tweeting horoscopes.

Sigh. We can dream of Bynes being healthy again, but that doesn't make it true.

Blueair Sense: All you need is the air you breathe (and to not sneeze)

My son and I both have severe environmental allergies. If I want to air out the house at all, we pay the price with stuffy noses and sneezing. Because we're both allergic to dust mites and other perennial allergens, our allergies affect us year-round. After years of experimenting, I've found that the best defense is a heavy-hitting HEPA air purifier. The Blueair Sense uses very little energy, doesn't have a bunch of confusing settings and looks like something James Bond would have in his office. If your kids have frequent ear and sinus infections from allergies, then you know how quickly those costs add up — not to mention time off from school and work. A good air purifier is a major investment, but it's one worth making if your family suffers from allergies. (Blueair, $479)

Babyganics: Because kids never stop being gross

I don't have babies anymore, but I still have to clean up after my kids. From food they sneaked into their rooms to boogers smeared on the wall, weird stuff makes its way onto every surface of their bedrooms. I use fragrance-free cleaners with minimal chemicals. If I'm spending a fortune on allergy-proofing, it's important to me to not load up our air with chemicals and fragrances that trigger asthma. Babyganics makes a good multisurface cleaner that works just fine whether or not you have a baby. (amazon.com, $14)

Allergy pillow cover: Your kids should rest easy at night

Your child spends most of the night smooshed up against a pillow. The best way to make that pillow allergy-friendly is to use a pillowcase with an allergen barrier. They're nothing special to look at, but these plain cases help keep dust mites and other nasties from accumulating in your kid's bed. You can use a regular case over the white case — just wash it frequently in hot water. (Target, $11)

Sweet Velvet Teddy Bear: A buddy for kids with allergies and asthma

My 8-year-old still sleeps with "buddies." For many kids, special stuffed animals are a critical part of a comforting bedtime routine. It broke my heart when I had to limit his buddies to two after he'd been used to sleeping with an entire pile. I have to put them in the freezer regularly to kill dust mites. If your little one has allergies, then consider sticking to stuffed animals that are specifically made to resist buildup of allergens. Build-a-Bear has an adorable Sweet Velvet Teddy Bear. If you buy clothes for the bear, then wash them regularly. (Build-A-Bear, $16)

The writer received the Blueair Sense from the respective brand so she could try out the product. All opinions expressed in the article are based on the reviewer's own assessments of the products.

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We do, however, know that name will not be Batmo.

Get it? Batmo-Biel? If you're rolling your eyes, imagine how often Biel has had to hear the joke. Yes, people actually say that! In fact, in 2012 she tweeted an absolutely perfect response:

Oh, you think this isn't a thing? Allow the internet to disagree: 

Now that that "future kid" is baking in her belly, we're sure they'll be a resurgence of suggestions like these. Perhaps Playmo, Automo, Snowmo, or frankly, just Mo?

Sorry, girl. we know you've heard enough. Especially since nothing puns well off of "Timberlake."

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Look out — is that Superman, a street cone, an orange plane? No, it's Katy Perry dressed as a giant Crunchy Flamin' Hot Cheeto! Yes, the "Firework" singer opted to forgo the sexy costume craze most celebs go for, and instead went for an unflattering but hilarious flaming orange look.

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The hysterical getup consisted of an orange Lycra bodysuit covered by a big lumpy and fluffy orange outfit that covered her torso and head. She also sported matching orange lace-up shoes, orange nail polish, orange lipstick, and carried a bag of Cheetos to complete the ensemble. To add more humor to the very original and imaginative costume, Perry attached handles to the Cheetos bag so she could carry it like a purse.

Perry has said in the past that Cheetos are one of her favorite snacks of all time. She also admitted to bingeing on the crunchy yummies as she nursed herself through her infamous divorce with ex Russell Brand.

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"There were two weeks of my life after I found out the truth of my marriage where I was like, 'OK. All right. I can't feel this. This is too intense right now,'" Perry told Marie Claire in an interview. "I was like, 'I'm just eating Flamin' Hot Cheetos and drinking, and that's it.'"

Fortunately, Perry was able to move on from her painful breakup and is now back to her happy self. Luckily, though, she can still enjoy eating Cheetos, even after she used them as an escape from harder times. Apparently, she loves them enough to actually become one with a Cheeto, even if it's just for one day.

Happy Halloween!

The survey, which questioned 2,000 Brits, was sponsored by L'Oreal to promote their new Serioxyl haircare line for — you guessed it — women with thinning hair. So it's not much of a surprise that they came to the conclusions they did. But that doesn't mean the results still aren't interesting. For instance, one in four women said they'd rather be celibate than bald. Wait, what? I mean, you can always wear a wig but no sex ever again? Yikes.

Assuming that women aren't losing hair at a faster rate than our ancestors, why are women so likely now to think their hair is thinning? I blame Ariana Grande. The tween starlet is known for two things — her pop songs and her crazy hair extensions. In fact, she's worn so many extensions for so long that she had to issue this disclaimer after people kept criticizing her signature Barbie-esque waterfall ponytail:

"My real hair is back to brown and I wear extensions, but I wear it in a pony tail because my actual hair is so broken that it looks absolutely ratchet and absurd when I let it down. So as annoying as it is for y'all to have to look at the same hair style all the time, it's all that works for now [...] And trust me, it's even more difficult for me to have to wait forever for my natural hair to grow back and to have to wear more fake hair than every drag queen on earth combined."

See, I think we may actually not know what real hair looks like anymore. Thanks to the ubiquity of wigs, weaves, extensions and, of course, Photoshop there's a real misunderstanding about how healthy hair should look and move. We see bountiful (enhanced) manes on the red carpet, in glossy photos, on TV and even in real life as more and more girls clip, glue, sew and clamp extra hair onto their scalps.

Having thinner strands of hair and fewer of them is simply a part of the aging process, like wrinkles and sagging skin. By age 70 the vast majority of us will have significantly less hair. But unlike wrinkles and aging skin, up until now hair loss hasn't gotten as much attention as something women need to fix to not look like old hags. What used to be a little-known market, hair-regrowth and thickening lines are now top sellers. Is this simply a matter of creating the need to fill it?

Women explained their hair loss by saying it was due to stress from work, dieting, shock or trauma, and damage from hair extensions/weaves. Interestingly we largely have control over three out of those four things — and none of them can be fixed by changing your shampoo.

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A weatherman named Jude Redfield got really creative while reporting the Halloween weather forecast on Friday morning for Louisville, Kentucky's, WDRB. Mr. Redfield decided to green-screen himself, and the result was pure brilliance.

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Thanks to green-screen technology, Redfield looked like his head was floating above a skeleton's body as he pointed to the weather map with his bone hand and gave local residents not only the latest on the upcoming rain showers but also a great laugh.

To make the WDRB Halloween news even more awesome this morning, the rest of the crew decided to get in on the action, and an anchor even tried to put candy into Redfield's skeleton ribs — but he just didn't have the stomach for it.

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If you're wondering how this is even possible, well, thanks to Twitter, there's a behind-the-scenes shot of Redfield, which shows him wearing a green morphsuit with a fake plastic skeleton sewn onto it.

Super-spooky and super-awesome! We salute you for going all-out this Halloween, Mr. Redfield. However, this is not the first time that Redfield has gotten by with a little help from the green screen. According to Today, last October he went headless on the air after the Cincinnati Reds lost in the MLB playoffs.

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It's now not enough to get your wedding pictures taken in front of a wildfire or a tornado. These days, it's all about drone photography.

Once a staple of military intelligence, unmanned aerial vehicles — otherwise known as drones — are going commercial. Amazon is even testing drones as a way to deliver stuff to you faster than land-based methods, because your Friends box set just can't wait for two-day Prime delivery.

And the technology is now on its way to becoming a tool for wedding photographers. Because, why not? It looks freaking stunning.

There's just one little problem... it's illegal. The Federal Aviation Administration still outlaws drones for commercial use, though a Virginia judge recently threw out a fine for a drone photographer. Many — including Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York — interpret this as a thumbs-up for these types of photo shoots.

Companies specializing in the aerial arts are now popping up all over. Iowa-based Picture Perfect Portrait and Design charges $300 and up to shoot 30 minutes of photos from the air.

"The greatest part of this aerial option, is that it is non-intrusive, and only last 30 minutes," reads the company website. All while providing five unbelievable images of your special day. Your day goes exactly as any normal wedding session. Our drone pilots are already on location waiting for the wedding party to arrive to our predetermined location. The five images are then captured in little to no time."

Other companies, including the one that shot Maloney's wedding, charge $2,000 or more for photos shot 150 feet up in the air. That's quite pricey, but it's better than strapping a GoPro to a remote controlled helicopter and giving your drunk uncle the controls.

"You could just get your uncle to do it... but then you’ll end up with footage taken by your uncle," Parker Gyokeres, owner of Propellerheads, told Refinery29.

So, are one-of-a-kind wedding photos worth it to risk breaking federal law? We're not sure, but the drone shots are ah-mazing. Maybe we can just budget the fine into the wedding budget... and look at a possible jail sentence as the honeymoon.

Tell us: Would you break the law to get drone photos taken during your wedding?

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Mama June fires back at the claims she's dating a convicted child molester

Cardwell has since spoken out about her mother's betrayal during a heartbreaking interview with Entertainment Tonight, where she explained how she would react if she ever had to see her abuser again.

"I would look at him in disgust and spit in his face and say, 'You f***ing leave or I'm gonna call the cops," she told Entertainment Tonight. "You're not supposed to be here, you know what you did.'"

Anna Cardwell exposes the horrible, full extent of Mama June's betrayal

Although Mama June denies the claims that she is dating McDaniel again, the evidence against her is certainly mounting.

After the abuse Cardwell suffered, she went to live in Griffin, Georgia, with her grandmother, Sandra Hale, However, according to recent reports, Mama June wanted to be closer to her daughter in 2012 after she scored the TLC show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, and the alleged reason why will disgust you.

A source revealed to RadarOnline that Mama June wanted to bump TV ratings, and she thought that her daughter Anna's teenage pregnancy would do that.

"June bribed Anna with money to move in with the family," a source claims. "She offered her $500 a month because she believed Anna's unmarried teenage pregnancy would create good story lines."

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The thing that makes this even more revolting is the fact that Anna has since revealed to the publication that she feels "uncomfortable" with fame, but now she has been forced to deal with her mother's betrayal in front of millions of people.

To make this cloud dough recipe, you'll want to create a 1:8 ratio (1 part oil, 8 parts dry ingredients). Feel free to double or even triple this amount if you want to fill a large container.

Supplies:

• 8 cups, minus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• Oil-based orange food coloring or crushed chalk or tempera paint (enough to achieve desired shade of orange)
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• Large bowl for mixing the wet and dry ingredients
• Storage bin or sensory tub for play

Directions:

1. Although you can typically swap out the vegetable oil for baby oil, we don’t recommend doing it here because the competing scents of the baby oil and pumpkin pie spice will likely create something not so wonderful.
2. To color the cloud dough, you can do one of two things: You can use crushed orange chalk (or powdered tempera paint) and mix it in the flour before adding the oil or you can use oil-based food coloring and combine it with the oil before adding it to the flour.
3. Have your child add the dry ingredients (flour, pumpkin pie spice and chalk or powdered tempera, if using dry color) to the bowl and mix thoroughly.
4. Slowly add the oil, combining with a fork or a whisk. Or, put the kids to work and have them roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty.
5. Once the mixture is thoroughly combined, add the cloud dough to a large storage box or sensory bin and let the kids dig in.

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Or worse yet, no candy at all. Or a nonfood item. Leave the erasers at the school store, because tonight is all about one thing: shoving your face full of delicious, delicious sugar. Unfortunately some people seem unable to grasp the spirit of Halloween, and their offerings leave a lot to be desired.

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1. Condiments

You have to be seriously twisted to give someone your unwanted Taco Bell fire sauce packets instead of candy... That stuff's not even spicy.

2. Spermies

The candy itself won't scare your kids, but the "special talk" you need to have with them after they receive a box of Spermies will probably scar them for life.

3. Black jelly beans

If your kid actually likes black licorice jelly beans, then watch out. They're probably (definitely) a sociopath.

4. Camel Balls

I can think of literally no reason why liquid-filled, sour bubble gum Camel Balls exist.

5. Halloween pretzels

100 percent guarantee these are the stalest pretzels you've ever tasted.

6. These weird things

Where do people even buy these? I think they just start sending you bags of them when you join the AARP.

7. Zit Poppers

This is actually the grossest candy I've ever seen in my life. It's just... too real.

8. Toothbrush

This one always feels kind of like a slap in the face. It's like going to an all-you-can-eat buffet where they hand you a Jenny Craig brochure at the door. Stop ruining our fun, toothbrush guy!

9. Fiber One

Don't be the person who hands out your leftover adult snack food on Halloween. The only thing worse than getting one of these would be getting...

10. Raisins

There's one house on every block that commits this gravest of Halloween sins — giving out a box of raisins. Nothing is more soul crushing than seeing a bowl of these little red boxes, and the raisins are always the driest, grittiest you've ever had. If you're the raisin person in your neighborhood, I beg you, from all of us: STOP!

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But when Instagram made the completely tone-deaf decision to censor the image from Handler's account, it hit a nerve with ladies everywhere.

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From breastfeeding to social media, society worships at the altar of cleavage, but as soon as those little brown nips make an appearance, everyone starts clutching their collective pearls. Double standard much?

Rhianna quit Instagram altogether, disgusted with the image and video sharing platform's constant censorship of her wildly popular, and racy, images.

Dudes, on the other hand, are perfectly free to oil up, take off their shirt and sex it up for their Instagram followings at will. Here are some hot and heavy man nipple pics that are way sexier than a comedian topless on horseback making fun of Putin.

Ryan Lochte nipples

Since he's dumb as a box of rocks, one would have to assume Olympian Ryan Lochte's Instagram followers aren't looking for investment advice. No, they want shirt off and package highlighted just like this Instagram which was A-OK with the powers that be over there.

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Isn't this kid still underage?

Tom Daley nip and package wetness

As an added bonus, Instagram allows us to gaze not only at Tom Daley's wet nipples, but a drenched package as well.

Tyson Beckford nipples can light a fire in your pants

And just in case there's any question that Tyson is ready to get sexy, he poses shirtless in front of a nudie bar. That's probably a little sexier than Chelsea Handler topless on horseback.

Usher nipples on full display

In this Instagram shot Usher puts his super erect nips center frame. This one makes me a little uncomfortable.

Ricky Martin knows what his fans want, shirtless pics!

Ricky Martin has been a juicy piece of man meat since the '90s, so he knows exactly how to shake his bon bon, and his nekkid nipples for his Instagram faithful.

Joe Manganiello

Bona fide bohunk Joe Manganiello uses his Instagram to keep us all up to date on his latest workout results. Nips everywhere, people.

After checking out a few of the hot sex-drenched posts with men's nipples on full display, it's hard to see why Instagram would deny us content from the likes of of funny lady Handler and Rhianna, everyone's favorite bad girl. Pull it together Instagram and stop trying to censor our lady parts. Everyone's nipples deserve equal treatment and respect.

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Her sales are dismal

According to RadarOnline, Spears has a shockingly low number of people attending her Piece of Me show.

The site reports that for her Halloween performance "nearly half of many sections in the 4,500-seat stadium are empty, and the $525-a-pop VIP section is a complete ghost town."

It cannot be fun performing for an almost half-empty stadium.

She was accused of lip-syncing

At one of Spears' Las Vegas residency gigs, she got accused of lip-syncing while she performed her hit song "Perfume." The most scandalous part? The songstress hadn't even pre-recorded her own voice because according to Billboard, it was apparently Sia's acoustic version of the track that the audience was treated to.

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Her boyfriend cheated on her

Yes, it's not Spears' Las Vegas residency's fault that her now ex- boyfriend David Lucado was a douche and decided to cheat on her, but it did happen while she was in Sin City.

Spears confirmed the rumors that she and Lucado had split during one of her shows, when she told the crowd, "Well, by now everyone knows my boyfriend cheated on me."

She's getting tired

Spears has signed on for another three years in Las Vegas, but she already looks like she needs a break, because her dance moves are apparently less than impressive.

According to RadarOnline, a concertgoer previously wrote a message on Planet Hollywood's complaints log after attending one the pop princess's shows. It read, "the lethargic dancing along with the terrible miming….we decided to leave the venue. The show was shockingly fake and Britney looked bored as hell, to put it bluntly." Yikes!

Celine Dion is squashing her

Britney Spears is not the first star to secure a Las Vegas residency, but while Celine Dion and Shania Twain killed it with their sales, Spears has been left in their wake. Not to mention that Dion is making much more money than Spears. According to E! News, Dion reportedly makes $33 million per year for her gig at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

One way to prep is to make your home a fortress and safe haven from doomsday. But who's to say prepping for humanity's grand finale can't also be elegant and stylish?

1. Water, water not everywhere

The water could all dry up, get poisoned or become contaminated with radioactivity. Of course, preppers will want their own naturally gathered water supply. This environmentally conscious home by Feldman Architecture, Inc. has large cisterns that capture rainwater. In this case the water is used for landscaping irrigation, but in a water emergency, well, it's there.

2. Hey, you kids get off my grid!

It's not outrageous that a number of sources could cause a massive electromagnetic radiation discharge upon the Earth and its interconnected power grids. Think of a giant zapping sound and worldwide power outage. Preppers might construct an outbuilding like this one that houses batteries and generators for the main structure to support off-the-grid living. It's made of a concrete shell with steel doors and log-timber detailing. The landscaping around it gives it the look and feel of it being built right into the hillside.

3. Gimme shelter

Prepping for the perfect storm or a planetary collision wouldn't be so bad if you had a cabin lake house complete with this shelter by RMT Architects. It's made of real six-inch-thick stone. I can image a cozy, candlelit interior with lots of blankets. Some say it looks like a root cellar, others a bunker. What do you think?

4. Food shortage storage

When talking about gearing up for the big finish, one of the first things people think of is stockpiling food. Multiple types of disasters would cause transportation to cease and food to go undelivered. For warehousing food you need a great pantry like this one. Anyway, everyone needs nine large jars of peanut butter and six bags of Starbucks coffee squirreled away, right? Better get it before the hoarders do.

5. Guns and ammo

No proper prepper would be without an impressive set of guns. Unfortunately, we're not talking about Chris Hemsworth's biceps. Sigh. Of course, who wouldn't arm themselves for an alien invasion by making sure the gun lair is fully stocked with weapons and ammo?

6. Hidden guns and ammo

Here's another option if you prefer to have a hidden room for your stockpile of guns. A classy combo by Creative Home Engineering has an upscale bookcase that hides a secret gun closet. This way you can be sure your guns are secure in case of a burglary or an attack by robots created by artificial intelligence. This is the perfect gun vault for those who want to do a little light reading while in the presence of their assault rifles.

7. Hidden rooms in general

Not only are they great for stashing valuable possessions, they're also great hide-outs for you. If you need a place to hide away, these hidden rooms would be amazing!

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Ellen Buralli and Sherry Oliphant quickly made the transition from my neighbors to friends to a second family and pair of bonus moms to my kids. Their toddler son, Parker, is affectionately known as my sons' "little brother."

While expecting their second child, I was thrilled to find out that they had recently converted their civil union to marriage, now that same-sex marriage is legal here in Illinois. I figured things would be easier for them as same-sex parents.

I was wrong.

They may have the legal rights that come along with gay marriage, but parental rights?

There's still a long way to go to achieving equality.

Photo credit: Ellen Buralli

Same sex marriage wasn't recognized in our home state of Illinois when Parker was born, so it made sense that Buralli adopted him. However, although she and Oliphant are legally married, Buralli still needed to adopt their newborn daughter, Presley. She explains, "Unlike a heterosexual marriage, our marriage is not recognized everywhere. If we are in a state that doesn't recognize same-sex marriage, as the non-birth mother, I have no rights when it comes to my children."

Ridiculous, right?

Illinois State Representative Greg Harris, a cosponsor of the bill that made same-sex marriage legal in our state, explains, "The protections, benefits and responsibilities of marriage may change or disappear when a state line is crossed. This is particularly important for families who travel or move to other states where full equality is not recognized. Children may not be recognized as being children of both parents, parents may be denied healthcare decision making, [or] hospital visitation rights."

I figured Oliphant would have it easier as the biological mother. I was wrong again.

It turns out, she had to give up parental rights of the babies she gave birth to in order for Ellen to adopt their kids.

Is your head spinning, too?

"As you would imagine it makes me extremely uncomfortable to have to give up my rights temporarily in order for my wife to gain parental rights to our children," she says. "It makes no sense. It's shocking to me that children are handed over to deadbeat parents every day, but we have to jump through ridiculous hoops just because we are two women — two loving, nurturing, capable parents that want nothing more than to raise our children."

As a mom in a "traditional" marriage, I can't begin to explain how much this angers me. I am thrilled that same-sex marriage is legal in Illinois, yet disheartened when people I care about so much have to go through this.

"Our marriage brings more rights and changes certain things from a legal standpoint, which we are thankful for," Oliphant says. "But obviously, more change is still necessary because we still do not have equal rights."

Buralli adds, "Our family shares the same struggles and successes as any other family. We work just as hard to provide a good home as any other family. We shouldn't have to work so hard or at all to be considered equal."

I couldn't agree more.

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The USC college student is now suing her driver and the tractor-trailer driver for damages because of her delayed tour. In the suit, Cosgrove claims she lost 25 concert dates worth $400,000, $560,000 in future shows and her $400,000 Neutrogena spokesperson gig. The Nickelodeon actress was also let go from Sony Music after the accident.

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In addition, Cosgrove says her medical bills totaled $184,490.16 from the injuries that left her "disabled and disfigured." However, the truck driver isn't buying it. He filed his own suit, which states that the bills don't add up and he doubts that several of the treatments were for the accident injury.

The driver also denied that the former teen star lost her Neutrogena endorsement contract because of the accident. He's crying foul on her lawsuit.

At the time, People reported that Cosgrove was expected to make a full recovery and that it was the bus driver who was seriously injured.

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A source said, "She's expected to fully recover, but it's scary because the driver was hurt, too, and he's in really bad shape. A piece from the tractor-trailer went straight through the windshield and the driver's arm was sliced all the way through."

Is Cosgrove's lawsuit a bunch of baloney, or do her claims have some merit due to the canceled concert tour? The courts will decide whether she's deserving of a hefty sum or if she should just forget the whole thing.

E! News is reporting that the couple are doing their best to keep it together, but a split might still be in the works.

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According to a source, "Things still aren't good, but Avril's friends are encouraging her to try and work it out. They don't like Chad, but she's already been through one painful divorce and they don't want to see her going through another unless there's no other option. Also, she and Chad haven't been married that long so her friends want her to make sure she's given it every chance before pulling the plug."

The duo married in July 2013 after a whirlwind six-month courtship.

Adding to Lavigne's stress is the state of her career. The insider said she's "a bit lost right now" since her latest single and music video, "Hello Kitty," has been criticized as racist.

One thing the "Smile" singer and Kroeger are considering is having a baby. However, this might not be the best move if the relationship is a sinking ship.

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"Motherhood is something she really wants for herself," the source said. "So this thing with Chad, it's going to go one of two ways. Either they're going to get rid of each other or there's a shot they might try to have a baby to save the marriage. My bet is they end up splitting."

Both Lavigne and Kroeger are also acting out, which spells doom for the relationship.

"There's jealousy on both sides," the insider continued. "She flirts, he flirts. She's very insecure to begin with."

Could this be the beginning of the end for the musical duo, or will fans be watching for a baby bump in the near future?

And she should know. Fowler works closely with women stuck in the cycle of extreme dieting, and she often sees the following negative outcomes when women try to lose weight with a quick fix.

1. Mental health disorders are linked to diets

Which comes first, the diet or the eating disorder? That may sound cavalier, but it's the truth. "Dieting itself is a risk factor for eating disorders," explained Fowler. In other words, people don't diet because they have an eating disorder. They have eating disorders because they're stuck in a cycle of emotional upheaval related to dieting.

2. Diets create nutrient deficiencies

Fowler explains that it's nearly impossible to obtain necessary nutrients from the stingy portions and varieties of diet foods on the market. When you start messing with nutrients, then you start messing with the body's optimal function. For example, magnesium is found in high-calorie foods like dark chocolate and avocados, which often don't make the cut for dieting. However, a magnesium deficiency is linked to terrible health outcomes like insomnia, poor memory and even tremors.

3. Fatigue is the enemy of health

Your entire body runs on calorie consumption. Calories are energy, and extreme dieting prevents energy from adequately reaching all of your body's systems, which Fowler says leads to fatigue. And guess what people tend to do when fatigued? Eat high calorie foods.

4. Diets obliterate a healthy metabolism

Metabolism is the rate at which bodies use caloric energy. Fowler explains that when bodies are shocked into believing that energy is nowhere on the horizon — since, sadly, bodies don't get a memo from the dieting brain — the metabolic rate plummets.

5. Dieting may cause long-term weight gain

When metabolism plummets, weight gain isn't far behind. Yes, a quick diet will likely cause a drop in weight, but it's not a permanent fix. "Over the long-term, research demonstrates that the majority of people who diet will gain back even more weight than they lost," Fowler said.

Of course, if you could still stand to lose a little weight, it's worth it to consider a handful of life changes. "Instead of extreme dieting, consider creating your own personal nutrition plan," said Fowler. She says that women should start with gradual changes, like increasing intake of water and vegetables over time. "These small habits will make you more successful by creating sustainable habits over the long-term," she concluded.

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Nor do you have time to stop and pick one up. Or worse still, there isn't a convenient location on your way to work.

Get ready for all your morning problems to be solved in 2015, because Starbucks is going to start delivering.

To say we are excited by this development is an understatement.

Our bank accounts may be crying, but the idea of having our perfectly complicated beverage of choice at our beck and call after years of wishing for it is more than we could ever ask for, especially as we approach the holiday season. Yeah, caffeine is really that good. As is the option of being completely antisocial prior to satisfying our morning craving.

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"Imagine the ability to create a standing order of Starbucks delivered hot to your desk daily," Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said during his announcement in a conference call with investors. "That's our version of e-commerce on steroids."

As someone who spent her first year out of college running drinks around to executives, let me just tell you that delivery will solve so many world problems. And hopefully, low-level staffers' coffee runs will be replaced with actual learning experiences.

"Now what you're going to see in the years ahead will be a rapid acceleration in mobile device purchases and a continued significant migration away from bricks-and-mortar commerce," Schultz continued. "There is obviously a huge prize there and that's why we're seeing so much activity around the pavement space from all kinds of companies."

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The coffee company will start making delivery available in select areas before expanding it nationally. No word yet where Starbucks will start first, but we really, really hope it's Los Angeles.

Modern Family cast helped Sarah Hyland get rid of her abusive boyfriend

Somebody's being a very naughty boy on this wicked holiday. In a trick we could see being played on the hit TV show he stars in, Stonestreet made a jaw-dropping message on his Twitter feed.

Just two simple words, but what do they mean? Well, the link takes fans to a page on Clickhole announcing that Modern Family has been canceled.

Gasp! Shock! Horror! Cue the "dun dun dun!" music!

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OK, wait. Let's all get hold of ourselves here. A closer look at the article reveals that it's probably a hoax. Just take a look at the proposed reasoning behind the supposed cancellation.

"It saddens us to cancel a show as beloved as Modern Family, but people need to be taught that having something you cherish suddenly and inexplicably wrenched from your grasp is intrinsic to life. Fans of the show are better off learning that sooner rather than later, so they're prepared when it happens over and over again for the rest of their lives. Ultimately, that's what this cancellation is about. Not numbers or logic, but demonstrating the terror of our powerless existence on this earth."

That's supposed to be from ABC executive Leon Kisch, but it's got us giggling over here at SheKnows. Think that quote is hilarious? Check out this one, supposedly from star Julie Bowen.

"We've had a blast making this show for the last six seasons, but I trust the network's decision to cancel it as a way of showing people firsthand just how quickly the things that we love can be erased from existence," said Bowen. "In an instant. In the blink of an eye. When we least expect it and it hurts us most. If Modern Family has to die in order for people to realize that, then that's just the price we'll have to pay."

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The biggest clue, of course, to the fact that this is all just a big ruse is the website where the "news" was announced. Clickhole is one big laugh factory, folks. So you don't need to pull out those tissues quite yet.

What do you think of this Halloween prank about Modern Family's supposed cancellation? Did you fall for it?