That's pretty impressive considering it's basically a ham and cheese sandwich. Granted, it's doused in butter, so that might help a little (OK, a lot) too.

That lunch inspired this casserole. It's the dinner version of a croque monsieur minus all the butter but still decadent thanks to the eggs and milk it gets soaked and baked in. It's basically like making a sandwich for dinner, but it'll look like you put a heck of lot more effort into it when it comes out in a baking dish.

Croque monsieur casserole recipe

The decadent French sandwich is turned into an easy casserole that will feed the family. Serve with a nice green salad, and dinner is on the table in 30 minutes.

Serves 4

Prep time: 10 minutes | Cook time: 20 minutes | Total time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 small French baguette, thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1/4 pound deli Black Forest ham, sliced
• 1/4 pound deli Swiss cheese, sliced
• 1/3 cup grated Gruyère cheese
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup whole milk

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F, and grease an 8 x 8-inch baking dish.
2. Chop 1/3 of the bread slices into cubes, and set them aside.
3. Spread the Dijon mustard on top of the remaining slices of bread.
4. Arrange the bread slices so that they're slightly overlapping in the baking dish.
5. Fold 1/2 the cheese on top of the bread.
6. Fold the ham slices on top of the cheese.
7. Top the ham with the remaining sliced cheese.
8. Put the bread cubes on top of the cheese.
9. In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs and milk.
10. Pour the mixture over the top of the casserole, soaking the bread cubes evenly while doing so.
11. Top with the grated Gruyère, and place in the oven to bake for about 20 minutes.
12. Remove from the oven when the top is golden brown and crispy.
13. Let the casserole set for 3 to 5 minutes before slicing.

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This Saturday, I spent nearly four hours with a group of about 100 women.

Most of them I knew, some of them I'd just met that day, others I met during a get-together the week before. And just two days later, on Martin Luther King Jr.'s observed birthday, I was with these same women yet again. We marched two miles with a group too large to count in honor of Dr. King. These women were my sisters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., an organization in which I've been a member for nearly 17 years.

We talked about business, our jobs, our kids, our husbands, our pets. Not one person mentioned Spanx. Not one person commented negatively on the sorority T-shirt that I've (obviously) had during all 17 of those years. So it burns me to no end to see these endless posts about how horrible sororities are, and OMG they are such b****es and no one will tell me how to wear my hair or what to wear and I'm soo glad I never joined a sorority anyway.

I got my degree in journalism, so I understand the news cycle. I understand that no one is interested in covering my sorority sisters who wake up early on the weekends to mentor high school students, and are more interested in articles that confuse successful fraternity members with gang members because they don't understand what we call Greek life.

Don't get me wrong — it's clear the now-viral venomous emails from different sorority members to their pledges are appalling. They're wrong. They're not sisterly. But that's not a sorority issue. That's a character issue. I remember being in college. I didn't always do the right thing. I was mean to people. Roommates. Fraternity members. Random people. And yes, sometimes my sorority sisters. It wasn't right. But don't decry an entire sorority or fraternity, actually several organizations with hundreds of thousands of members located across the globe, because of one thing that happened to you that one time at rush. Or even more so, because of something you read that happened to someone else. I also know that hazing is a very real issue that has led to people being seriously hurt, even killed. But hazing doesn't just happen in fraternities. That's not to minimize the Greek hazing that does go on; it's to further prove my point that we shouldn't throw the baby out with the bath water.

For us Greeks, those letters are important. We don't support actions that portray us inaccurately or in a negative light. Those letters, to me, mean more than 100 years of service to the community. It means that I have a group of sisters, no matter where in the world I may be, with whom I share a common bond. It means that when I pick up a shovel or a piece of trash to help clean up a neighborhood playground, I won't be doing it alone.

So the next time you see someone wearing Greek letters, strike up a conversation with them. Ask them about what their organization is doing to help the community. And I'd venture to guess you'll quickly realize you can't judge an entire sisterhood by one or two viral emails.

And when you decide to come out and help us in that community service, we'll be happy to have you.

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So, what did the The Interview actor say about the Clint Eastwood film, which tells the true story of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, that made fans so upset? Well, he essentially compared it to a Nazi propaganda film with his tweet, which read, "American Sniper kind of reminds me of the movie that's showing in the third act of Inglorious Basterds [sic]."

Now, five days after the tweet that caused so much anger, Rogen is taking to Twitter once again, but this time with a very different message.

On Thursday, the comedian wrote, "I truly hope this clears things up," alongside a lengthy message about how very sorry he is if his comments offended anyone — which they clearly did — and that he, in fact, enjoyed the film.

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"My grandfather was a veteran. My comment about the movie was not meant to have any political implications," reads an excerpt from Rogen's tweet.

Aside from the public backlash, Rogen has also received hate mail from celebrities, including Dean Cain and Kid Rock, the latter's tweet reading, "Seth Rogen, your uncle probably molested you," a comment that Rogen responded to on Thursday, too.

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With hope, those little acts of sweetness are still going on in your marriage (with the exception of all of those flowers, which just become a pain to try and keep alive). But the traits and actions that truly make us fall head over heels for our partners are often those unusual and sometimes quirky things that don't pop up in Nicholas Sparks' films.

We spoke with 11 women, who happily revealed the secret weird things they love the most about their husbands. Here's what they had to say:

1. "I love that my husband still plays silly practical jokes on me, even after 30 years of marriage. He'll pull my bathing suit bottom down while we're in the swimming pool (alone) and recently filled his side of the bed with pillows so that it took me five minutes to realize I wasn't sleeping next to him. He has a way of making me feel like a kid again." – Marianne P.

2. "I love that he has a slight lisp. He hates it, but I just love it." – Catherine F.

3. "My husband is a gardener — oh, I mean a spicy pepper farmer. He, literally, has 20 varieties of hot peppers growing in our backyard. And it doesn't stop there. He uses them to make sauce or dehydrates them and makes crushed pepper. It adds a ton of flavor to a lot of my dishes. My favorite was a chocolate scotch bonnet pepper." – Enrica S.

4. "My partner used to wake up in the middle of the night to get 'frisky.' He almost never remembered initiating things in the morning and almost seemed shocked when I'd tell him what he did during the night. Then I started realizing he was in a sleep-like state when he did this — almost like a sleepwalker … just not walking. I thought it was kind of hot, but also very, very weird. I loved him so I rolled with it." – Mariann

5. "I don't usually like it when other people challenge me in an argument, but my husband is so passive that I really like when he stands up for himself. I probably shouldn't admit this, but I sometimes say things just to provoke him so he'll react." – Anna C.

6. "My husband will stop anything and everything to pull out a stray dandelion out of our grass. I make fun of him, but love that he is so passionate about our yard (because I couldn't care less)." – Joanna P.

7. "My husband is obsessed with technology. He has been trying for years to rig up a system by which every single light and device can be turned on and off with one button. I think he’s nuts, but at the same time, I really admire his commitment to making our home more comfortable because it makes me feel like he's nesting, which is hot." – Lisa F.

8. "My husband is a cornucopia of weird. He builds airplane and boat models, as well as power plant models. Early on in the relationship, he actually pulled out one of his models to show me and said, 'This is my favorite power plant.' Who has a favorite power plant?" – Diana A.

9. "I love how my husband treats his cars — he treats them like they're his babies. He won't let anyone drive, park or even wash them. It's extreme behavior, but I get a kick out of watching him take care of his cars." – Rose C.

10. "He bursts into a spontaneous song and dance routine every single time we go grocery shopping together. He knows how to make even the most boring chores fun and I've always loved that about him." – Rebecca S.

11. "Ever since my husband took control of his diet and exercise regime, I call him a 'M.A.M.I.L' because he's a middle-aged man in lycra. To some, that might be an insult — but I think he's totally hot." – Kim B.

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Dr. Jasmine Johnson is the kind of mom you might want to avoid if crazy inspirational stories make you uncomfortable. Because in one word: Dang.

A senior in college at the University of Michigan when she found out that she and her boyfriend were unexpectedly expecting, Jasmine was devastated as what she saw as the ultimate wrench in her carefully made plans to go on to medical school. "I just kept thinking about how convinced I was that I could not have a baby and go to medical school, but how devastated I would be if I didn't have this baby," writes Jasmine on her blog, The Mrs. The Mommy. The M.D.

Eventually, after discussing her options with her boyfriend, visiting Planned Parenthood and meeting some real-life M.D. moms, Jasmine decided to continue with her pregnancy and became a mom to little Nate early on into her winter semester. Knowing that she had medical school interviews lined up, Jasmine chose to get induced as soon as it was medically safe to do so. "I was induced at 40 weeks and had my first medical school interview eleven days after Nate was born," Jasmine explains.

Let's say that again. Eleven days. I don't think I could form a coherent sentence eleven days after birth and I definitely couldn't have found any clothes to fit me that would be appropriate for a medical school interview. But Jasmine was determined, working from home through her two week "maternity leave" and getting back to campus within four weeks of giving birth.

After graduating in May with 14 med school rejections, Jasmine took a year to work through a post-graduate program and looked for the positives in her situation. "I completed the school year alone with my son in Indianapolis not only more prepared for medical school, but also more prepared to be the woman I was born to be," Jasmine says.

And her hard work paid off. The following May, Jasmine accepted a full-tuition scholarship to Indiana University School of Medicine and married her boyfriend and father of her baby. Since then, she has successfully graduated from medical school, had another baby (a beautiful daughter) and is now officially an OB-GYN resident, living a life of night-shifts, C-sections and grocery shopping marathons that most of us could never even imagine.

It's not always easy for Jasmine, juggling the duties of a full-time doctor and a mother of two, and although I've had my doubts if she was actually a mortal mom like the rest of us, she assures that she is. "Most days I am so thankful for this life that I have been given and this dream that I have been blessed to pursue," she says. "But some days have been guilt ridden and filled with questions of what I am doing to my family and myself. I'm sure I am just going through what all working moms/wives go through."

You got that right, Jasmine. But we're not all delivering babies and then coming home to our own, so in my mind, you're a hero.

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Teresa Giudice's eldest daughter Gia recounted visiting her mom in jail to E! News and — shockingly — had nothing but great things to report.

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"Honestly, it was amazing. She looked so good," Gia said. "It's nothing like anyone would expect."

This sounds nothing like Orange Is the New Black.

And Gia's glowing reports continue, "She just looks so amazing. It was so good to see her... They just had her makeup done. It was fun."

There are makeup artists in prison?

Granted, Gia is only 14 years old, so it could be that her mom is just putting on a brave face for the sake of her family.

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"Me and my mom are extremely close. We're like sisters. Honestly, I was with her every step of the way. There were obviously things where she, like, didn't tell me, but basically, like, I was with her every step of the way... My sisters, they really had no idea. They would see things in, like, magazines, but they really had no idea. It was really just me because I was older, I was 13 at the time and I did understand."

Gia has three younger sisters, Gabriella, Milania and Audriana.

The eldest Giudice girl also spoke with Access Hollywood recently, explaining, "My family is probably one of the strongest families I know. So we'll get through this. It's gonna be fine. And when it's over, we're gonna be better than ever."

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Giudice is allowed 12 visits per month from her family and she can pay for up to 300 minutes a month for evening phone calls, according to Daily Mail. That's roughly 10 minutes a day.

Teresa Giudice is currently serving 13 months for bankruptcy fraud charges and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.

USA will debut a new series this summer, and it's definitely going to be a part of the darker feel the network has been going for with shows like Graceland and Satisfaction. In this latest series, Jason O'Mara plays a doctor whose life is already in turmoil when he is forced to become a hero in order to save a child's life during a drive-by shooting.

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1. He's a spy

I'm gonna be honest and say I didn't really see anything in the preview that would support this theory, I just like the idea that John is hiding this secret life and he's really a spy.

2. He's having an affair with one of his nurses

I know this is a well-used plot point, but I thought I spotted some chemistry between John and the nurse who helps him out. In the preview, she gives him a look that seems to tell me there's some history there. What kind of history it is, I'm not sure.

3. He's ex-military or law enforcement

Just by the way John picked up the gun in the preview, I have to wonder if he's got some training under his belt. If he does have previous training, maybe he got it in the military or in law enforcement. It would certainly make for an interesting backstory.

4. He and his wife are in the witness protection program

The reason I like this theory is that I just feel like John is more than he seems. That could lead to a lot of possible explanations, but one of those could be that his current life is brand new. I'm sure he was a doctor (because the witness protection program can't exactly turn you into one if you're not already), but the rest of his life could have been completely different.

5. He's an ex-criminal

This also goes along with my theory that John couldn't have just picked up a gun and killed somebody without knowing how to use a weapon. There are ways to get that training by being a good guy, but there are also ways of doing it that involve being bad. So maybe he used to be a hardened criminal and this new incident is going to bring his past back to haunt him.

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6. He's an assassin

If he's not ex-military, law enforcement or a criminal, then the only other explanation I can think of is assassin. Maybe he decided to give up that life and become a doctor to make up for all the lives he took in his past.

7. He's not really a doctor

This is another theory that doesn't have a lot of evidence to back it up in the preview video, but if we're talking about secrets here, that would be a doozy. Just imagine what would happen to his life if that bit of information got out.

8. He used to be in a gang

I know, I'm grasping at more straws here, but with a preview that brings in the gang element, how could my brain not go there? It's totally a long shot, yet it would explain his need to get involved in saving the boy's life from the rival gang members.

9. He's got super powers

No, the preview doesn't hint in any way that this series is going to be based in the supernatural. That doesn't mean I can't toss out a wild theory. I mean, come on, how amazing would that be?

10. He's a robot

This one is pretty much like the super powers theory but taken to a different level. This is what could be possible if the series was set in a sci-fi universe, and frankly, I like it.

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11. His whole life is a dream

The show is called Complications and boy, does it look like John will be dealing with a lot of those. What if it turns out that the reason it seems like no one could have the bad luck he does is that it's not really happening? Maybe John was in an accident and the whole series will be the dreams he has while in a coma.

We'll have to wait until Complications premieres this summer on USA to find out if any of my crazy theories turn out to be true. Have you got any theories of your own based on the preview?

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According to OK!, Middleton and Prince William are most likely to name their baby Charlotte if it's a girl. Charlotte is Pippa Middleton's middle name. Plus, let's be honest, it definitely has that royal vibe to it.

William Hill spokesman Rupert Adams told the outlet, "Charlotte is Pippa's middle name, and with just a couple of months to go until the baby's arrival, the Duke and Duchess will undoubtedly have a couple of names in mind."

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Of course, Elizabeth is also up there if the baby is a girl, but Charlotte takes the top spot for most likely name.

If it's a boy, James tops the list of most likely names, with Arthur and Henry tied for second. James is Kate Middleton's brother's name. Arthur is part of Prince Charles' name, and Henry is Prince Harry's real first name.

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It should also be noted that the new little prince or princess won't be limited to just one name. The royal couple's first child is Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge, after all. The name is very much linked to royal heritage. King George VII was Queen Elizabeth's much-loved father. Alexander is most likely a tribute to the Queen herself, whose middle name is Alexandra. As for Louis, it's also a name that shares some rich royal history. But it's most specifically a tribute to Prince William, whose full name is William Arthur Philip Louis.

No doubt baby No. 2 will get the same royal treatment when it comes to names.

Let the royal baby betting begin! Which name do you think is most likely?

After joining the Navy in 1993, Webb became a SEAL sniper in 2000 and was then deployed to the Persian Gulf. In 2003, Webb served as the Navy SEAL Sniper Course Manager, where he developed new curricula and trained snipers — including Kyle, the subject of the narrative film American Sniper, starring Bradley Cooper.

Of course, Webb had high hopes for the film to accurately tell Kyle's story. Here are the three things he told ABC News that the film got correct.

1. Webb forgot that Bradley Cooper wasn't Chris Kyle

Cooper so brilliantly captured Kyle's look, demeanor and accent, Webb couldn't help but forget he was watching an actor, saying, "There were moments in that film where I thought I was watching Chris on screen. So Bradley Cooper's performance, I thought he nailed it."

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2. The split-second judgement calls snipers often have to make

"The situations that Chris is put into as a sniper, having to make those judgment calls... this isn't President Obama ordering a drone strike that's potentially going to come with a lot of civilian casualties as a result of that, just as a collateral consequence, you have Chris making these decisions and really being a precision tool," said Webb.

3. The struggles of American troops after returning home

Webb thought this part of the film was most accurate, saying it helped him to like the film much more than he did initially. "Chris coming home and dealing with that, going back and forth from America to Iraq, seeing that effect play out in real life, has completely changed my opinion of the movie," Webb said.

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But the one big place where American Sniper missed its target, according to Webb? The way it depicts Navy SEAL sniper training, especially in regards to covering a gun's shiny scope — because any reflection, no matter how small, could easily give a sniper's position away to the enemy.

"Because we're really concerned, especially in an urban environment, about eliminating that [reflection]. You don't want to have a piece of glass that's a signal mirror on the battlefield... Here's one of the most deadly snipers in military history and he doesn't have a cover over his scope?"

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Webb also thought the part of the film that shows SEAL sniper training was "amateurish," adding, "I'm not saying let's give the world a look at exactly how the SEAL sniper program is, but it's one of the best programs in the world and I thought that [filmmakers should] at least give it that respect that the program produced this guy... You're going to show his training like it's a couple of rednecks plinking at cans in the back of a trailer? That's what it felt like to me."

American Sniper also stars Sienna Miller and Kyle Gallner. The film is currently No. 1 at the box office.

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Jason Sudeikis: A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

Think camp movie meets high school comedy. Sudeikis' character is in his mid-thirties, and several times a year, he hosts a massive blowout at his father's beach house. When his midlife-crisis-having pops decides to sell their beloved escape, the group of friends decides they need to do something to blow all the other parties out of the water. Obviously, the only reasonable answer is an orgy.

Tina Fey: Martin and Orloff

Since nearly all of Fey's previous work has been properly loved already, we think this might be the film most people are unaware of. Here's what you need to know: After Martin makes a nonfatal attempt at suicide, he becomes the patient of the world's worst psychiatrist. It's all downhill from there.

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Amy Poehler and Seth Myers: Spring Breakdown

Amy Poehler, Parker Posey and Rachel Dratch head off on "vacation" and end up in a town that is massively famous among college kids on spring break. How will these thirty-something women handle being surrounded by hot young girls?

Will Ferrell: Winter Passing

We legitimately hate ourselves for not seeing this sooner. Re-pairing Ferrell and Zooey Deschanel, it tells a funny but bleak story. Deschanel is a young woman who heads home on a mission to retrieve her reclusive father's writing and submit it to a publishing company for a hefty sum of money. In the end, will she betray the dad she barely knows?

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Rachel Dratch: Looking for Kitty

Rachel Dratch is at her best in this tiny role, playing a kooky girl at a bar. While her role (as well as Chris Parnell's) is relatively small, the film is too good to not see. Watch Ed Burns' dry humor make a wife's disappearance seem comical.

Molly Shannon: Year of the Dog

This is quite possibly the most perfect movie in the history of the world. When Peggy's (Shannon) dog dies, people encourage her to finally start fostering a relationship with people instead of pets. Will another dog be what ultimately connects her with a man? Well, duh.

Bonus: You haven't seen anything until you see Shannon as the mother of a zombie (played by Aubrey Plaza) in Life After Beth.

Darrell Hammond: Kiss Me Again

Hammond watches as a young couple explore uncharted territory by letting an intriguing third party enter into their relationship. Will the ultimate idealists make it out unscathed? Hammond's character might like things a little kinky, but even he has his doubts.

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Kristen Wiig: Hateship, Loveship

Wiig's poor character is taken on a wild and heartbreaking ride when a teenager orchestrates a fake email relationship between her father and Wiig's character. Obviously, it all works out. And Guy Pearce plays one seriously hot mess.

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James McAvoy and Jessica Chastain star as two new lovers caught in a world of perfect — that is, until Chastain's character retreats from the romance, seemingly out of nowhere. Hader (and Viola Davis!) work to help pick up the pieces and figure out why. So. Damn. Good.

Maya Rudolph: Away We Go

Simply put: The most romantic and funny movie about pregnancy ever.

Jimmy Fallon: Factory Girl

Guy Pearce is less hot in this film, but it's still amazing. Factory Girl follows Edie Sedgwick during her time of friendship with Andy Warhol. Fallon's role isn't huge, but it's noteworthy... and far less silly than his time in Almost Famous.

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I still remember the day that I realized my long-awaited growth spurt was never going to come. Mortifyingly, it wasn't until my senior year of high school, when I was shopping for a dress for prom. The dress itself was no problem, I was handy with a sewing machine, so I could take the necessary 10 inches off the hem if I needed to. It was the shoes.

After searching everywhere for shoes, I found myself in the children's department of a J.C. Penney's, face-to-face with a pair of strapped sandals designed for the under 10 set. They had an adorable flower on them and a dazzling array of rainbow sparkles. It was then that I realized I was finished growing.

I stand at a lofty 4 feet, 10 inches. Okay, a lofty 4 feet, 9-3/4 inches, if I'm being honest. My daughter, I am coming to realize, is unlikely to outpace me. Her pediatrician tells me it is highly unlikely she'll hit the 5 foot mark herself. Fine. Being short is nothing to be ashamed of. We short women date whom we please and kick ass at limbo competitions, so I'm not concerned. Or I wasn't, until I had to buy a new booster seat.

The old one had become progressively skeevier, as children's things do, crusted with snacks and juice spills and the smell of car funk. Soon, I thought, I won't have to do this anymore.

Except...

Except that as I was exploring my options, I came face-to-face with my state's car safety laws, which read:

"After age 4 and 40+ pounds, children can ride in a booster seat with the adult lap and shoulder belt until the adult safety belt will fit them properly (usually when the child is 4 foot 9 inches tall, 10 to 12 years old)."

I'll admit that I laughed. At age 10 I was still somewhere in 3-foot-tall land, and I suspect my child will be, too. Then a sobering thought struck me: If we have to wait until the adult safety belt properly fits her, we will be waiting forever. I know this because I am a grown-ass woman and my seat belt doesn't even fit me right. This is one of those things that is unlikely to ever, ever happen for her.

Suddenly, I had visions of my daughter at 17, heading off to college in a car of her own, suitcase in one hand and hot pink booster seat in the other. Poor thing. She's in for a lot of humiliation.

In truth, I'm obviously not going to make her sit in a booster seat forever. Realistically, it's preposterous to imagine that she would be required to. I'm just not sure when we'll be able to safely flout the law of the land. Age 10? Age 12? When she goes to her first boy-girl party? After we purchase an honest-to-god bra for her?

I'm by no means a paranoid helicopter parent, but I am a morbid one with Google at my disposal. I've explored the option of disabling my own airbags because the risk of my own decapitation is actually — horrifyingly — a possibility. It's essentially like being a fifth grader in the driver's seat.

But don't worry. I'm not going to project all of my own weird phobias on my kid. All I need to do now is figure out the point at which I will be least likely to get in trouble for flouting the law to salvage her dignity.

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The Mortdecai actor was already engaged, but new photos show he may have already secretly tied the knot to actress fiancée Amber Heard.

Radar Online reports that Depp was sporting a suspiciously wedding-like band on a certain finger at the Mortdecai premiere in Los Angeles Wednesday, sparking the rumors that he and Heard said to heck with waiting and just got it over with.

According to the site, similar rumors were flying last spring, when Depp was seen wearing a different ring on that finger. According to People magazine, Depp vehemently denied rumors at the time that he and Heard had gotten hitched, saying that the ring he was wearing was "actually a woman's ring." Apparently, he had purchased that ring in order to pop the question to Heard, but it was too big to fit her, so he just wore it himself and bought his leading lady a new ring. The guy's a problem solver.

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But the ring Depp is wearing now is reportedly not that ring. At the Mortdecai premiere, Radar Online reports, it had been replaced by a new ring — one that definitely resembles a wedding band.

So does this mean yet another secret celebrity wedding has taken place? Not so fast — reps for Depp and Heard have yet to comment, so there's no confirmation just yet.

Depp and Heard met filming The Rum Diary in 2011 and started dating the following year, after Depp split from his longtime partner, Vanessa Paradis. Depp proposed around Christmas of 2013, and despite recent rumors of a split, the couple appeared to be going strong when they appeared together at the Mortdecai premiere. And if the wedding rumors are true, well, that answers that.

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Check out the pic below and then tell us in the comments: Is Depp just accessorizing? Or is that definitely a wedding band?

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The singer spoke with E! News about the possibility of bringing her Disney character back and didn't seem against it at all. She just has some expectations.

"I don't know, only if she, like, has an alter ego and is actually me," Cyrus explained. "Reverse it all the way around."

Of course, the risqué pop star also had to add a joke in there for good measure: "People want to see a lot of things that I can't do... on TV."

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Shortly after her interview, Cyrus posted a fun #TBT to her Hannah Montana days on Twitter.

Although Cyrus no longer looks like her Disney Channel character, the two do still have a few things in common — like the way they can definitely rock a wig.

"I love wigs. Everyone loves wearing wigs," Cyrus said. "It's so easy. If I could get away with it, with wearing wigs every day, which I guess I could, but my wigs are a little less professional."

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We know what she means: She recently rocked some long silver tinsel-looking locks with pasties to match. Not very business-appropriate.

Even though the starlet got to rock a lot of colorful hairstyles on her breakout show, Cyrus says she never got to keep one of the signature Hannah Montana wigs.

"They're probably on a wax figure somewhere. I'm going to break into the Disney archives and get it out because they are definitely more high-quality than the ones I'm rocking."

Somehow we doubt Cyrus would really have to go through all that trouble if she wanted one. Maybe she should start with an email?

Would you watch a Hannah Montana reunion?

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A few rounds of the classic party game revealed some dark and dirty secrets when Gwyneth Paltrow, Johnny Depp and Paul Bettany played with Ellen DeGeneres.

The three stars were on Ellen's show promoting their new movie, Mortdecai. They didn't look like they expected to be handed paddles reading "I have never" and "I have" on either side, but all three took on the confessional stunt like pros.

"We're gonna play a game, it's called Never Have I Ever," Ellen explained to the three laughing stars. "I'm going to ask a series of questions and I'll play along with you... and we will all answer 'I have' or 'I have never.'"

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One thing Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow and Paul Bettany all have in common? They've joined the infamous Mile-High Club… and so has Ellen.

The segment is full of laughs, but it sounds like that's just the status quo for those three — Gwyneth told Ellen that Johnny makes her crack up all the time.

"He is the funniest person I've ever worked with," she said. "I wet myself and like pitted out laughing... He's sort of perfect."

Want to know which Mortdecai stars have visited a nude beach? Which of the three have been arrested? Do any of them have tattoos that they regret? Has any of them ever seen a Mortdecai co-star naked? What lie have all three of them told before? Check out the full video below to find out all these answers and more, and then tell us in the comments: Which confession did you think was the most shocking? Were you surprised by any of the stars' answers? Head to the comments and sound off!

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So why is she so stoked about going to the Grammys this year?

According to Hollywood Life, JLaw has her eye on a very specific prize: She wants nothing more than to be on-again, off-again boyfriend and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin's date for the award show.

According to Hollywood Life's sources, the 24-year-old actress "would be so psyched" to accompany 37-year-old Martin to the 2015 Grammys.

“Jennifer loves Chris’ music and would be so psyched to go to the Grammys with him," the source said. "She wants to support him, but totally understands if he ends up taking his kids."

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Lawrence and Martin started dating back in August. They had a brief break in October but seem to have been going strong since reconciling.

Hollywood Life's source added, “She would love for them all to go together but knows it would be a media frenzy for Apple and Moses and doesn't want to call the attention to them going as a family when the focus is on him and the band.”

The pair didn't attend the Golden Globes together, but the reason for that doesn't seem to be rooted in relationship woes. According to Perez Hilton, Lawrence was in Boston, filming an upcoming movie with Bradley Cooper. At the time of the awards, she was dining with friends at Bricco, an Italian eatery, where she was “down-to-earth and nice to the staff,” according to a source.

Martin, meanwhile, was hanging out one-on-one with his son, Moses, the Daily Mail reports. Martin's ex-wife, Gwyneth Paltrow, attended the Golden Globes, leaving Dad at home to babysit.

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Do you think Chris Martin will take Jennifer Lawrence to the Grammys? Or should the awards be about family time for the Coldplay frontman? Tell us what you think in the comments below!

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Oh, wait. Tons of people already have. Critics have been panning the popular CW teen drama Gossip Girl since all the way back in 2007 for its lack of diversity — the show's core actors, a group of uber-privileged Upper East Side New York socialites, were glaringly, blindingly white, critics complained. And now that the show is over, one of its stars is getting on board.

Penn Badgley, who played Dan "Lonely Boy" Humphrey on Gossip Girl, posted a photo to Twitter of the series' DVD cover, which shows its white, privileged characters haphazardly strewn on top of New York City's skyline.

"Lol s*** we are *reclining* on New York City," Badgley wrote. I'm posted up like its [sic] a futon. Talk about an image of white privilege."

Silly Badgley — everyone knows futons are for college kids and bachelors, not wealthy students like Gossip Girl's Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen, with their old-money names and implied privilege.

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It's funny that Gossip Girl featured so few minority characters, as one of the show's producers, Josh Schwartz, is Jewish and was lauded for his work bringing minorities to the cast of The O.C.

"It’s interesting, because on The O.C. I went out of my way to make those characters Jewish, not what you would expect to find in Orange County," he explained in 2008. "But in New York, weirdly, I failed. I was working off of the source material."

Maybe it's the fact that much of Gossip Girl takes place on the Upper East Side, an area that ranges from 78 to 88 percent white, according to Census data. That's almost 20 percent higher than the national average, so maybe Gossip Girl isn't actually so far off.

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Is Badgley's tweet right on, or should he cut Gossip Girl some slack? Head down to the comments and tell us what you think.

Two brothers, 9-year-old Kemuel McNeil and 13-year-old Londell Smith, were carjacked at gunpoint as they sat in their mother's GMC Yukon on Wednesday morning before school. The carjacking occurred directly in front of the brothers' home in Pinole, California, as their mother, Latrice Hayes, was gathering her belongings from the house.

Older brother Londell recounts the terrifying incident: "They was like, 'Get out the car, get out the car.' I stared at him for, like, one second, then he pointed the gun at me, and I was like, 'Oh snap.' So I had to think fast, and I had to get my brother out quick."

Younger brother Kemuel says the carjackers forced him out of the car and punched him "really hard" in the arm. Authorities believe the carjackers drove up to the parked SUV left running in front of the house, pointed a semi-automatic handgun at the kids and stole the vehicle. When Hayes left the house to take the kids to school, she realized her car was gone.

According to Hayes, "My kids were running from the sidewalk to me, crying and yelling my name out and stuff, saying, 'Mama, Mama, we just got carjacked.'"

Since the early-morning carjacking, police were able to recover the stolen SUV and arrest four suspects, with one more suspect at large. Authorities confirmed the alleged criminals had been tied to another carjacking and several robberies that took place earlier in the day in the county.

Thankfully this story has a happy ending. Both young children were unharmed. But after an event like this occurs, it isn't just an open-and-shut case. Young Kemuel says he was "horrified" and now doesn't even feel comfortable playing at school. Londell adds that while being held at gunpoint, he truly believed he was going to die.

Kids should never have to feel this way. Because of crimes like this, our world is becoming a place where parents feel pressured to watch their children every second of the day, just in case the worst happens. Hayes made a decision any parent of a 9- and 13-year-old would make — she didn't helicopter her kids because she believed her street to be safe.

It's outrageous to think two older children can't wait in front of their own house for even a few minutes without the threat of danger. Hayes says she will never leave her kids alone again.

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These scones have mashed sweet potatoes in them, giving them a lovely orange hue. To amp up the savory flavor, I added in finely chopped bacon along with salty Parmesan cheese and fresh parsley for a little bit of earthiness. These are wonderful for breakfast or brunch alongside eggs, hash brown potatoes or even fresh fruit.

Savory sweet potato scones with bacon and Parmesan recipe

Mashed sweet potatoes, bacon and Parmesan cheese give these savory baked goods the perfect balance of flavor alongside breakfast.

Yields 8

Prep time: 20 minutes | Bake time: 20 minutes | Total time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2-1/4 cups pastry flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 4 tablespoons cold butter
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 cup mashed sweet potatoes
• Small handful fresh parsley, finely chopped
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 4 strips cooked bacon, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and butter.
3. In a separate bowl, combine the sweet potatoes, parsley, egg and buttermilk, and mix well.
4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, then fold the bacon, garlic and Parmesan cheese into the dough.
5. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface, and gently knead (note that the dough will be very crumbly). Cut the scones into desired shapes, and place them onto the baking sheet.
6. Bake for about 18 to 20 minutes or until the scones start to turn golden brown.
7. Remove from the oven, and enjoy warm.

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During the four years I spent working in labor and delivery, I witnessed just about every type of birth you could imagine — with just about every type of couple and noncouple situation you could imagine.

And although every birth is different, I have to tell you that there is one thing that often doesn't get mentioned in all those articles on birth plans and preparing for your baby — and that's how men handle being in the delivery room.

While the woman giving birth is always my primary focus, of course, the man who got her there is never far from my mind and, in many instances, has been the one to take front and center. I've had men do everything from ask me for a comb to fix his hair while his wife was pushing to men full-on passing out to even the highly uncomfortable situation of being hit on while my hand has been in a cervix.

In the most extreme circumstances, I have longed to kick men out of the delivery room. I understand that many of them honestly just don't get it, but that's really the worst part — they just don't get it. They don't realize how rude it is to openly eat a sub in front of their wife, who is starving and trying to concentrate. They don't realize how hard it is to focus through a contraction while blabbing updates on the phone. And they certainly can't understand what it's like to journey through the most painful, emotional and, for some women, spiritual time of their lives — all while on full display in an unfamiliar environment.

For some women, having their men in the delivery room has honestly bordered on abuse, and to help a woman get through her labor, I have done everything from come up with errands for him to run to threatening to call security. And while any OB nurse can tell you that sometimes men can simply be a pain in the delivery room, a new study shows that men can literally be a pain: For women who aren't emotionally connected to their partners, simply having the men in the delivery room with them actually physically increased their pain levels.

Now, don't get me wrong. I fully believe there's no such thing as "women's business" or that men can't handle seeing the messy business of birth or that a woman should fear losing her sexy factor just because her partner sees another human being extracted from her body. Give me a break. When men would whimper "I can't do it!" when it came time to cut the cord, I always got the urge to smack them upside the head. Were they watching what just went down for the last nine months? Did they catch what their wife/girlfriend/accidental one-night stand just went through? And you're telling me you can't exert a little pressure on a pair of scissors? If I believed that such a phrase made any sense, it would be one instance in my life when I'd be tempted to say, "Man up, now!"

But when it comes time to help a woman with her journey through labor and into motherhood, I stand firm that when push comes to shove, she needs to do what she needs to do. And if that means keeping her man the hell out of the way, then so be it.

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Yes, every body; the word separation is intentional.

Perfection does not equal great sex. No matter how many times we hear or read this, it does not seem to settle into our conscious minds. Branded into our cerebrum is the notion that you need all parts of your body in perfect working order with levels of self-esteem nearing 100 percent to have great sex. Through avid reading of magazines like Cosmopolitan, we have come to accept the minor blunders and faux pas that can occur during sex. But a truly radical shift in our society's concept of great sex has yet to occur, leaving the majority of us believing we can only have mediocre sex, feeling bad about our ability to perform or believing that we are not capable of having intercourse, period.

The museum

Strolling through the Museum of Sex in Manhattan one Saturday afternoon, I found myself between two particular exhibits. Playboy centerfolds from past to present captured my attention because, out of the many, there was a single woman in a wheelchair. Across the room, there was an exhibit on Kink sex, showing a wide range of unconventional sexual practices and fetishes, which could be described by some as bizarre and even disturbing. I wondered, "Can't good sex be somewhere in the middle?"

My erotic trip to the museum that day reinforced the dichotomous way that America views sex. On the one end is the traditional form that we see in the media: physically vigorous, cookie-cutter sex, involving individuals taken from the centerfolds of Playboy or the covers of GQ. On the other end of the spectrum, we have sex that is viewed as kinky, out-of-the-ordinary and underground. But what about that sweet spot somewhere in the middle where people of all shapes, sizes and abilities can participate fully and "outside the box" without judgment and self-consciousness? Now that is sex worth talking about, and achieving it can make Woody Allen's comment that "sex is the biggest nothing of all time" null and void.

Forget imperfections

Forget your "imperfections." Not to worry if your nipples are not perfectly aligned or that you may not have the muscle strength to contort your body in many different positions. Put your best feature forward, baby! Whether it be a great booty or too-sexy hair, identify the parts of your body that you love and display them full-frontal.

Be creative to use your body in ways that are comfortable and fun. Use the parts of your body that are the most sensational, meaning where the most intense feelings are focused, or that have the strongest muscles. Putting this in perspective, if you don't need a penis and vagina, then you do not need two perfectly working bodies to have great sex. Utilize all five senses or even just one. A colleague of mine described an episode where sneaking away from a party for some passionate kissing led to an unforgettable hot moment.

Insert erotica into activities that you never thought could be sexy. Maybe it's making love when you are doing the laundry. Or, inspired by a movie I just screened about a woman with cerebral palsy, maybe it is the moment when you are on the toilet and you need the help of your hot boyfriend to pull up your panties. I ask, when people are getting wrapped up in twine and faux-roasted on a spit, as demonstrated in the Kink exhibit, why is it still considered "not sexy" and "embarrassing" when a partner has to help you put your clothes back on after sex? In fact, this very activity of helping a partner, who is unable, to get dressed after sex (an activity that is cast out from either of the dichotomous categories of sex), can actually lead to another round of intense love-making.

Listen and communicate

Finally, communicate withand listen to your partner, as neither one of you are mind readers. Explain what you need without hesitation, whether it is to touch you a little bit more to the right or to move your legs around his hips. As humans, it is easy to assume. Ask what would make them happy, and do not assume it is porno-style sex when it may be that they want you simply to blow and whisper in their ear.

The beauty of this new "position" on sex is that it takes away the need to have a perfect body in complete working order, as well as the harsh criticism, both internally and from others, when we uniquely blend together the dichotomous views of sex. We can make sex what we need it and want it to be, limitless, with no physical boundaries.

As my colleague elaborated, "Great sex is about taking me to another level, a level which I may not have known even existed." This new great sex transcends rigid categories, body types and societal stigmas. Here's hoping that this concept finally settles into the broader consciousness and becomes a fertile territory in the new sexscape of 2015.

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