This luscious wallpaper pattern is a celebration of the giving nature of glorious flora. Screen-printed by hand, this bold pattern will bring instant style and personality to your space.(Hygge & West, $190)
Every plant lover needs a good watering can. No need to it hide away, because this elegant copper watering can has a gorgeous verdigris patina. (Shop Terrain, $88)
These soft-yet-tough leather gloves with gauntlet forearm sleeves provide full protection from thorny branches. Perfect for getting busy in the garden. (Emily Thompson Flowers, $36)
Made of forged steel and hand-stitched leather, these gardening shears are a great gift for a practical friend. Timeless and durable, they are sure to be used a long while. (Jayson Home, $98)
Plant stands are great way to get plants off the floor and display them closer to eye level. This sculptural concrete side table has an organic, industrial quality, and serves as a elegant plant base. (Souda Souda, $925)
The Sill is a company that aims to take the stress out of plant buying. These adorable hand-selected succulents can be delivered to your door and come with easy maintenance instructions. (The Sill, $40)
Our skin is a fickle organ that constantly changes — you can thank both hormones and the four seasons for that. It makes sense then not to follow the same skin care regimen in the winter as you would in the summer. When it comes to cleansers, winter skin still requires impurities to be lifted to a place far, far away, where it can't threaten us with pimples and blackheads, but it needs a lot more TLC than it demands when temperatures are warm and inviting.
"Your skin is more sensitive in cooler weather conditions, and the new breath of dry winter air can quickly wick the moisture from your skin, leaving it dry, scaly and itchy," says Dr. Jill Waibel at Miami Dermatology & Laser Institute. "The easiest way to protect your skin from encountering these common skin issues is to be prepared with a good skin care regimen."
Here's what that means: kiss cleansers and toners that contain drying alcohol bye-bye and embrace products that have a creamier, more emollient consistency. If you struggle with acne, Waibel says it's best to keep products containing benzoyl peroxide to a minimum, as these are sure to dry out the skin.
"One ingredient I do recommend in glycerin, as it is a moisturizer and moisturizing is the key to calming dry skin spells," Waibel says. "Glycerin can be found in many topical lotions that can be bought at drugstores and can also be recommended by a board-certified dermatologist."
Here are five of our favorite winter skin cleansers:
There's a good reason why many women have been faithful to Cetaphil since they were teens — it never dries out your skin or makes it feel tight or irritated. It's also soap-free and ideal for people who suffer from rosacea and other forms of dermatitis (Cetaphil, $14).
This soap-free bar cleanses using soothing and moisturizing oatmeal. It's fragrance- and dye-free and can double as a cleansing and hydrating body bar (Target, $3).
I typically associate Neutrogena with fairly potent, anti-acne formulas, but their Ultra Gentle Cleanser is far more mild and rinses without leaving an oily residue behind (Neutrogena, $9).
This is my go-to cleanser when my skin decides to flare up without warning, two days before I have an event. It contains a mixture of jojoba and almond oil, always leaves my skin feeling like silk and does a pretty stellar job at removing makeup while cleansing (Beauty.com, $39).
I recently discovered Bella Schneider Beauty and, while I wouldn't label her Royal Rose Oil Cleanser a drugstore find, it cleanses incredibly well, removing all traces of makeup, while magically restoring much-needed hydration to parched winter skin (LaBelle Day Spas & Salons, $47).
One final tip, courtesy of Waibel, has everything to do with your next move after your cleanser: "Make sure after using a gentle cleanser that you also lock in the moisture with a good moisturizer," she says. "I recommend a thicker moisturizer like La Mer cream versus a lighter moisturizer that’s ideally suited for warmer months."
When the #HatchKids sat down to talk holidays recently, one thing was abundantly clear: Holidays are simple for kids. They're not about toys and presents. They're not about any one particular religion or culture. They're really just about fun... and family. Take a look:
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Don't you love the idea of a #NoHateHoliday?
After all, it's every parent's wish that their kids have as much love in their lives as possible. The best way to do that? Raise loving kids.
The best way to do THAT, of course, is to teach our kids from the get-go the value of every person. And what better time to start than during the holiday season? After all:
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And with a spirit like that, the real spirit of the season comes alive:
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Use our discussion guide as a jumping-off point to get your kids talking about reimagining holidays. You may be surprised by what they say.
More power to you if the traditional traditions are the ones you prefer, of course! It's just that, while carols are fun to belt out and Christmas pageants are great sheer spectacle, they mostly don't work for us. Neither my husband nor I is religious, but we like celebrating Christmas with our kids and our extended families.
Since both of us come from more religious backgrounds, however, it means that many of the traditions we grew up with revolve around church -— and that doesn't really fit in with the sort of celebration we want to share with our kids.
The good news is that a more or less clean break with the past means that the slate is wide open for us to pick and choose the kinds of traditions that we want. And pick and choose we did... from Christmases all around the world.
Here's how some other folks do Dec. 25:
In Japan, the Christmas Eve meal is one of fried chicken. This apparently arose from a wildly successful KFC marketing campaign in the country, but I for one am happy to bow to marketing pressures if it means I don't have to cook and clean up after a big family meal two days in a row. (Also, fried chicken is delicious. But mostly, it's the spending more time out of the kitchen and with my family thing.) Thanks for the great idea, cultural imperialism!
Part of the benefit of saving kitchen time on Christmas Eve also figures into the fact that at some point that night, I have to start making the dessert for Christmas dinner. That tradition is shamelessly stolen from the French, who decided to start serving the culinary equivalent of a Yule log as part of a holiday dinner: the bûche de Noël, a flat cake rolled up with filling and frosted to look like, well, a chunk of firewood. (No, mine doesn't look as good as the one in the picture, but it tastes great.) When our kids are bigger, they can help frost and decorate it, which seems like a significant part of the charm to me. All holiday traditions are at least 900 percent cuter when designed by young children.
And that's not the only plan we have for Christmases when the kids are older. In Iceland, where presents are exchanged on Christmas Eve, a popular gift is that of chocolates and books (which are published in the country only during the fall). Everyone then goes to bed to read and graze on candy into the night; and what better way to shoo little kids off to bed before "Santa" arrives than a brand-new book and a chocolate bar all to themselves?
They're not big, fancy traditions; they're small and cozy and fun, and they work for us as a family because they celebrate the things we value: time together, creativity and imagination. And for us, that's what Christmas is all about.
There's good news and bad news for Sister Wives fans. First, the good news: Season 7 is a go. The bad news (depending on how you felt about this past season) is that it's definitely going to be all about Robyn and Kody.
Season 6, which just ended last Sunday with a two-hour lackluster "tell-all," focused overwhelmingly on Meri's decision to legally divorce Kody so that he could marry Robyn and adopt her three children. Fans questioned both Kody's and Robyn's motives from the beginning, convinced that the whole thing reinforced what they'd always suspected: that Robyn is Kody's favorite wife. Now that Robyn's about to give birth to another of Kody's children (she's due in January), she's been getting even more of Kody's attention, exacerbating the whole problem. Season 6 also saw Christine voicing her own issues with Kody, and Meri's much talked-about catfishing scandal, culminating in her announcement that she was thinking about leaving the family.
So with the other Brown wives disgruntled at best, Sister Wives' seventh season, which will air in early 2016, will focus on Robyn and Kody's new baby girl (their first child together, Solomon, was born in October 2011) as well as Kody's new status as legal father to Robyn's three other children, and Robyn's status as the only legal wife. The Browns maintain that they are all still spiritually married to one another and that what happened this season was only a matter of paperwork and doesn't change anything.
But what about that enormous elephant in the room — Meri's affair? What about Christine and Kody's marital issues? Will we ever hear about what happens when and if Meri and Janelle actually go to therapy? How about planning Maddie's wedding? Can the rifts that have been created by not only the divorce, but by years of insufficient communication between Kody and his wives, be mended? Focusing a season's worth of energy on Robyn and Kody will certainly clarify whether or not the Browns, and their fans, are tough enough — and willing — to endure.
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What do you think about the plan for Season 7? Will you watch? What would you want to see?
Porn star Brett Rossi — also known as Scottine or Scotty — filed a lawsuit against Sheen in a Los Angeles court on Dec. 3 citing assault, false imprisonment, battery, intentional infliction of emotional neglect and negligence, and revealed some frightening details about the couple's short-lived relationship.
According to Radar Online, Rossi claims Sheen first contacted her with an offer of $10,000 to have sex with him and when she agreed, made her sign a non-disclosure agreement — a document her lawyer now claims is "an illegal contract, one that is not recognized or enforced by law."
She alleges that while she and Sheen quickly fell in love, he would become a very different person when he was drinking. "He became violent and abusive and uncontrollable," Rossi claims in the documents, saying that he once dragged her "out of the room by her arms and… violently shaking her while screaming obscenities at her" and "screamed at her, pushed her, cornered her, broke items in and around their home, threw items from their bedroom out the balcony window and into the pool, and shook her…"
Most shockingly, Rossi states Sheen hid his HIV status from her and that she only found out accidentally after they already had sex several times. According to the documents, the couple "had sexual intercourse on at least five occasions before [she] discovered medication in [his] medicine cabinet [Truvada] that was for the treatment of HIV."
"Shortly after this discovery, [he] admitted to [her] that he was HIV-positive. [She] told Sheen that he should have disclosed this to her before they ever engaged in sex. If he had disclosed this to [her] that he was HIV positive when they met for the very first time, she would never have engaged in sex with him."
TMZ added another shocking detail: that Sheen allegedly forced Rossi to get an abortion in 2014, saying that due to his HIV status he didn't want her "to give birth to a retarded child."
Rossi claims she has been trying to resolve the issue with Sheen since earlier this year and he reneged on a promise to settle with her for $1 million plus 5 percent of his Anger Management royalties, so she has been forced to go to court.
My personal preference is chilled in an ice-filled glass (as shown), but with the rosemary simple syrup, this apple cider rum punch is also so good served warmed. I can't think of a better way to warm up those frostbitten fingers than wrapping them around a warm mug of this punch.
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Rosemary cider rum punch recipe
Serves 10-12
Total time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
24 ounces apple cider
16 ounces dark rum
8 ounces seltzer
6 sprigs rosemary, plus more for garnish
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
Apple slices, for garnish
Directions:
In a small saucepot, combine the rosemary sprigs, water and sugar. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer, and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat, set aside, and let cool completely.
In a large punch bowl, place all the ingredients, including the rosemary simple syrup, and stir to combine.
Add the apple slices and rosemary sprigs to the punch bowl for garnish.
Her offense? Protecting her niece, Pearl, from another kid.
"I love her so much," she shared. "I've been banned from two parks in the area because this kid was mean to my niece and I yelled at the child and the child's mother."
No one wants their niece — or their own child — to be the victim of bullying, but is it possible that Kelly took things too far? As parents (or aunts!), it is difficult to determine what is the best course of action when we discover our child is being bullied or teased. As it turns out, making a scene in front of her niece may have been the worst way for Kelly to respond.
Bullying is a serious problem in schools. Research suggests as many as 1 out of every 3 kids has been bullied at some point at school. One of the reasons decreasing the rates of bullying has become so difficult is that prevention isn't simple. While most parents' first instinct may be to march up to the school and confront the bully or their parents, making public scene of defending your child could actually do more harm than good. If our children are embarrassed by our response or made to feel as if they aren't capable of defending themselves, they are much more likely to hide instances of bullying in the future.
If parents shouldn't directly involve themselves in the conflict, how can they protect their children from teasing or bullying? A behind-the-scenes approach to parenting a bullied child seems to be best. Research proves that parenting style is directly correlated to a child's likelihood of being bullied at school, but it is what happens at home that really matters the most. Here is what the households of kids who are more resilient to bullying have in common:
Children who are confident that their parents support them are typically more self-assured in their unique identity, which empowers them to stand up to bullying in school. These kids also know they can turn to their parents if they are having a difficult time with someone at school.
Parenting styles that are characterized as warm and loving produce kids who are confident enough to stand up to bullies.
The children of parents who make an effort to teach important social skills and show how to build friendships are more likely to have strong relationships at school that shield them from potential bullying.
Parents of children who are more resilient to bullying are actively involved in their schooling, communicating openly with the teachers and the parents of other children in the school.
As parents (and aunts and uncles and other loved ones), it is our responsibility to do everything we can to keep our children safe. But it is also our responsibility to train our children to be confident and self-assured, able to solve their own problems as they grow older and more independent.
Even though jumping in and defending our kid may seem like the best choice in the heat of the moment, it doesn't provide them with the solutions they need if they are bullied again in the future. Instead, let's talk to our kids about what they can do in the face of bullying. Let's make sure they know they have the power to speak up for themselves and ask for help when things are getting out of hand.
If one (or both) of your parents is known as "counselor" as well as Mom or Dad, then your childhood probably looked a little different from your peers'. The dinner table was the site of lively debates, and you never returned a field trip permission slip to school without it being covered with your parent's revisions and addenda. While you might not think so, there's a good chance your parent's career in the courtroom rubbed off on you as an adult, even if you didn't follow in their footsteps to law school. Here are 15 signs you were raised by a lawyer.
6. When a friend is having trouble with a party vendor or customer service rep, you're the one they turn to for help with drafting a strongly worded email.
7. You've successfully talked your way out of a speeding ticket.
8. Shoulder pads and power ties will always hold a special place in your heart.
9. No one wants to watch crime show dramas with you because you always point out the inaccuracies.
10. Whenever you're at a party, you tell the story of how you successfully negotiated your way to having no curfew on prom night.
But, of course, in the grand tradition of the millennium and the dawn of the Internet/social media, the debut of The Wiz Live! is not without controversy, with Twitter lighting up after BuzzFeed revealed several tweets implying the production is racist because of the all-black cast.
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This, my friends, is a combination of the most egregious case of stupidity ever and a very successful instance of trolling.
If there ever was a time for a social media version of the phrase, "Remove foot from mouth, then speak," it would be now and directed to all of the people who are making serious public statements about The WizLive! being racist. First of all, The Wiz is not a new concept. It was a Broadway play in the '70s and was made into a movie starring Michael Jackson, Diana Ross and Richard Pryor in 1978.
Secondly, the production is based on the book The Wonderful World of Oz written by L. Frank Baum, the very same novel that was used as the basis for The Wizard of Oz, which, incidentally, had an all-white cast. So, yes, The Wiz Live!, in essence, has already been made with an all-white cast and it's never been referred to as "racist."
Which brings us to this point: How is it that anyone who has access to a computer and Internet connection either isn't aware The Wiz or The Wizard of Oz exists, or couldn't make the leap that The Wiz is almost the same as The Wizard of Oz if they are, in fact, aware of the existence of the 1939 movie?
Another important thing that must be noted: The BuzzFeed author did not take the time to check the tweets published for context and called out some Twitter users for their offensive tweets, but the only thing they were guilty of is making a joke in poor taste.
At least one Twitter user who was featured in BuzzFeed's article has come forward and admitted that they were trolling.
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We're going to go ahead and give them the benefit of the doubt in hopes that the original offending tweet was actually a nod to the fact that the world we live in is still extremely racist and was sarcastically acknowledging there are actually people out there who would say something like this in a non-joking manner.
SheKnows: There are a lot of people on Twitter saying they don't want to watch Survivor anymore since you've been voted off. What's your reaction to that?
Joe Anglim: It saddens my heart, man. I would tell all of them that if they are true fans of Joe, then hopefully they will watch the season with me. I love, love, love Survivor, and I want them to watch it in its entirety because it is so awesome. This is maybe one of my favorite seasons of Survivor. Please watch. Please continue to watch. If anything, I'm on the jury so maybe you'll get to see a brief second of me if that's what you're looking for [laughs]. I stayed off social media last night because we had family and friends over. I plugged my phone in, put it over in the corner and spent some quality TLC time.
SK: How does it feel that people have such strong positive feelings toward you?
JA: It's still really surreal. I never thought this would even happen. I just thought I was gonna play Survivor and do the best I could. But I guess I think I connect with all these fans. I'm a true fan that's always wanted to play this forever. I can relate to so many people who've really wanted to go out there and try their hand at this crazy, awesome game. It's humbling. I'm honored. The reception has been overwhelming. The love from so many people has me so blown away.
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SK: On the flip side, there are many other superfans relishing in your elimination, saying it was the smartest move the other castaways could've made. Looking back, did they make the right choice to vote you out?
JA: I think so. I think everyone, for the most part, made a pretty good decision. In terms of the threat analysis at this time in the game, I have a lot of pull with people on the jury and people in the game. I think I am a threat to win challenges. If you're comparing me to Abi, maybe I don't have as much in the tank and I'm not as healthy as I was prior to the challenge. I just really was pushing for Abi as taking up a slot at the end over me, who would still have to win three or four more immunities to make it to the end. So, what's the bigger threat? Numbers or me as kind of an isolated variable? I think, for the most part, looking back, if I saw somebody out there giving that much effort, then yeah, they need to go [laughs].
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SK: So if you were in Spencer's position, you would've voted against somebody like yourself, too?
JA: Oh, man. I was building a friendship and a relationship with Spencer. I thought I could trust him more than I could. I thought he would want to keep me around for one or two more votes as a shield. If anything, I thought Spencer thought he could beat me at the end. I figured if Spence took me to the end, he would build a case like, "I'm that confident in my game that I could bring Joe to the end and still beat him. All he does is win challenges, but I strategically wanted him with me to get to the end." Then the target would never be on him. On Cagayan, he pulled out some really awesome challenges in the end and got himself close. I was thinking he still wanted a shield. Just like Jeremy. I was using my challenge prowess like, "This is it. I want to win all these things. Let me be your shield. Let me take all the heat, but just keep me around." [Laughs] It's tricky.
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SK: There are some fans saying you had no shot at winning the game in the end against anybody because your strategy was lacking. The only argument you could've made, some say, is that you were a challenge beast. Is that enough to win Survivor? What are your thoughts here?
JA: [Laughs] What's hard about this game is there's so much. There were so many levels of interpersonal relationships, alliances and end-game relationships that developed. Then you have the switch-ups. The levels of gameplay, strategy, lying, manipulation and deceiving was so great. There was just so much. You just don't see 98 percent of it. We all have our own strategies. Sometimes we're not aware of our surroundings as much as the next person. We might get a little tunnel vision and lose sight of the bigger picture. If I get to the end, I'm confident in myself to make an argument for myself to win. But you've gotta get to the end first. You can't win unless you get to the end. Period. You might as well go to the end and lose. At least get to the end and give yourself a chance.
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SK: Who did you see yourself going to the end of the game with?
JA: In the beginning of the game, I honestly saw myself sitting with Jeremy and Savage. As the game kind of developed, I realized if I wanted to get to the end I needed to just play my cards to get to the end. Once we hit the merge, it was like, "I just need to get to the end." I didn't care who I was sitting next to. Looking realistically at who I trusted and where I was at, I would've liked to sit next to Keith and Spencer. I probably would've had Jeremy and Tasha at four and five. I had alliances with everybody. I had a final three with Wentworth, Keith and myself. I had a final three with Keith, Jeremy and myself. Everyone was playing everybody, man. It was a beautiful thing.
SK: You became a monstrous threat after winning all those back-to-back challenges. Did you ever consider purposely losing one as a strategy to show you're not invincible?
JA: Yes. Absolutely. The only unfortunate thing — it's really, really hard for me to do that. I'm competitive by nature. Strategically, yes, I should do that. I know I should do that. In a season with this many great players, I just figured why not go out there and compete? As a fan, personally, I don't like to necessarily see a player go out there and not compete. In my second chance, everybody already knows that I like to compete and I like the challenges. Why not go out and give them that? They voted me back for a reason. I wanted to give the fans all of myself. I wanted to give them 110 percent. It was really hard. I definitely came to those crossroads several times, but what is the one thing in the game that you know for certain? If you have the necklace, you don't go home. I didn't have a hidden immunity idol, so let's go get it [winning challenges]. Why not? I just wanted it [laughs].
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SK: Walk us through the medical emergency you had during the challenge. Were you feeling woozy leading up to your collapse or did it just come out of nowhere? Do you remember any of it to this day?
JA: As soon as the family visit was over, I had a really nasty fever. I had the chills and couldn't hold anything down. I got severely dehydrated. The next morning, I was feeling a little bit better, but I knew it was a hot day and I was trying to drink as much water as I could. As the day went on, it got hotter and hotter. The sun was directly overhead. All I could do was just stare into the sun and try to not let that stupid, little wooden figure fall off that pole. Once we hit about an hour, I was really struggling. You have this kind of cold sweat come over you. I was losing feeling in my fingers, toes and legs, trying to move 'em around and get some blood flow. I tried to advance the game and have Jeff give us some more pole lengths so we could raise it up higher to try and beat Keith. If I went higher, I figured I might be able to beat him. Then it just went black. It felt like it was in slow motion as I was falling into a pool of fog. I remember Dr. Joe giving me some oral glucose and taking my vitals. Jeff [Probst] was holding my hand and was talking to me. For the rest of the afternoon it was pretty foggy. From the tribal and that night, I don't remember too much [laughs].
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SK: You had a very emotional moment when your father got to experience the family visit. Did you watch the episode with your dad? If so, did it bring back a rush of emotion?
JA: I did. I watched it with my whole family. I looked around the room and I'm pretty sure everyone was either teary-eyed or close. I relive the show every Wednesday. It's really emotionally taxing on you. It was cool to relive that with my dad. Also, we didn't tell my family that my dad went out there and that he got to do this. We kept it a secret this whole time. The emotion on my grandparents' face and my mom's face was priceless. It's just such a cool thing to see them share that emotion with us and actually kind of get to live it vicariously through us on the TV. It was special. It was a great night. A lot of love.
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SK: A lot of fans reacted on social media to the way you and your father kissed each other on the lips. Some were saying they were proud of you for not being ashamed to express your love, while many others declared they would never do that kind of thing.
JA: As I've gotten older and my dad's gotten older, our relationship has really developed into something really special. He never was very affectionate with me and my sisters as kids. He hardly said "I love you." He wasn't really good at showing that affection. As the patriarch, you've gotten to be that tough dad and be that rock for your family. You don't show emotion. You hold it all together. But as he's gotten older, I think he's gotten a little softer emotionally, and he's really tapped into his emotions. A lot of times we love people, but we don't know how to express that love. People can say whatever they want. They can say it's weird I kiss my dad, but a kiss is a sign of affection. My mom kisses me on the forehead, he kisses me on the forehead. There's no difference. It's just love. It's something that you share with people you love. I don't know. Whatever. I was so into the moment I just didn't even think of it. How often do you ever say, "Yeah, I kiss my dad." If you ever get the chance to, it can be a very powerful, moving thing.
SK: So what does it feel like to have so many women view you as a Survivor sex symbol?
JA: [Laughs] Sex symbol? I think it's flattering. I never really thought anything about any of this. Some people bring it up and it's like, "OK. Maybe I am." It's interesting. It's very interesting, very flattering.
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SK: Lastly, are you single?
JA: I'm single. I've got a lady friend I'm currently talking to. Nothing crazy. Just getting to know her a little bit. I'm living a crazy life right now. I just went through two seasons of Survivor in the last year. I don't know if a girl would even want to date me right now. I'm like damaged goods. That could be a tough one [laughs].
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What do you think of Joe's comments? Do you think the tribe made the best decision by voting him off? Do you think he could have won it all? On a scale of 1-10, how sad are you that Joe is out of the game? Join the conversation and leave a comment now.
Blended families were a theme of the ‘90s sitcom landscape, and Molloy was no different. Bialik played the titular Molloy Martin, who had to move to Los Angeles from New York after her mom died. Suddenly, Molloy had to adjust to living with her dad, stepmother and precocious stepsiblings — including obnoxious teenager Courtney (Aniston). Hijinks undoubtedly ensued.
2. And, from the looks of it, the sisters didn’t get along too well
"Didn't you ever hear of the greenhouse effect?" Molloy asks Courtney in a clip from the show. Courtney’s exasperated reply? "I don't talk to gardeners!" These two were never going to have much in common.
Why? We’ll never know — aside from the one commercial that has been uploaded to YouTube, the episodes that aired appear to be lost in time. Perhaps it’s for the best, so we can think of Molloy fondly whenever Bialik posts a #TBT from the old days.
Hey, Molloy? Blossom Russo called. She wants her hair accessories and flamboyant jackets back.
5. Molloy was Aniston’s television debut
And, to her credit, the actress got some solid gigs in the wake of Molloy’s cancellation, including a role on Ferris Bueller, the spinoff show based on the classic John Hughes film. Of course, her breakout came four years after Molloy, when Friends hit the airwaves.
In fact, when Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland first met at University College London (UCL) in 1996, they formed under the name "Pectoralz." It gets better, though. When bassist Guy Berryman joined the group, they swapped that name for "Starfish." Fortunately, after manager/fifth member Phil Harvey and drummer/vocalist Will Champion joined the band, they settled on Coldplay — fellow UCL student Tim Crompton actually suggested it after finding it too depressing for his own band.
2. "Fix You" is sentimental in lyric and sound
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You may already know that the single "Fix You" from Coldplay's 2005 album X&Y was written for Martin's then-wife Gwyneth Paltrow after her father, Bruce, passed away. What you may not realize, however, is that you can hear Bruce's keyboard playing in the original recording. It was given to Gwyneth by Bruce before his death. In a 2012 interview with Daily Mail, Gwyneth's mom, Blythe Danner, admitted, "I weep every time I hear it."
3. They have a special clause concerning substance abuse
When the band's star began to rise, they decided to set some ground rules in stone so they wouldn't fall into the stereotypical rock 'n' roll black hole of sex, drugs and such. Accordingly, they created a clause stating that "any member of the band caught using hard drugs will be dismissed immediately." As for soft drugs, well, it would seem there's nothing in Coldplay's bylaws governing those!
4. The inspiration for "Yellow" is extraordinarily ordinary
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The release of the single "Yellow" launched Coldplay into worldwide stardom, so you may never expect that the title of the song came from a decidedly un-glamorous source — the Yellow Pages. Martin admitted that when he was writing the song, which appeared on their debut album Parachutes, that he landed on the title upon looking at the object nearest to him at the time: the phone book.
5. They're incredibly generous givers
For starters, Coldplay donates 15 percent of all band profits to charity. Above and beyond that, though, they are also just incredibly kind guys. Once, at a charity event thrown by Sean Penn, Martin dropped $400k large on a Bansky art piece in the name of charity. Plus, rumor has it the guys took a $5.5 million loss on their 2011 Mylo Xyloto tour because they went all out for their fans with stage production, catering and even multimillion dollars worth of wristbands that changed color with time.
Well, sort of. In the video for their hit single "The Scientist," Martin appears to be singing the song in reverse. In reality, he learned the phonetic movements of the words to create the illusion that he was singing the words backwards (and correctly) the entire time. Clever!
7. The first song Coldplay ever wrote and performed was about a toiletry
I kid you not. The song, "Ode to Deodorant" was originally intended as a joke. But with lyrics like "Here's an ode, ah, to deodorant/It's my thing, ah/It's my favorite hygiene/It keeps me through the day," how could it not be a hit? Real talk: In true Coldplay fashion, it's fantastic. I never thought I'd rock out to a song about deodorant, but I just did... so there's that.
8. They are not for sale
Many artists jump at the chance for endorsement deals because, well, money. In that respect, Coldplay is clearly an exception to the rule. They've reportedly turned down numerous offers from big brands over the years, including Coca-Cola and the company that makes Gatorade — the latter of whom allegedly offered the band $9 million to use the song "Yellow" in one of their commercials.
9. Sometimes, they aren't content to give a song just one title
In 2008, Coldplay released the track "Lost!" from their fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. Several versions of the song exist, however. There is "Lost+" (which features Jay Z), "Lost@," Lost?" (which includes Martin's separate recording and piano accompaniment), "Lost-" and the official "Lost!" Fun fact? The drumbeat of the song was inspired by Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me A River," which was drummer/songwriter Will Champion's jam at the time.
10. They aren't big on collaborations
Coldplay ft. Rihanna -
Coldplay ft. Rihanna -
Actually, they're not even remotely into them — with one major caveat. For Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay collaborated with Rihanna to create "Princess of China." And I think it's safe to say Martin is a fan. "I love being in the studio with Rihanna. I wasn't necessarily 'with,' I was working for her. I don't think she even asked, I just said, 'Please, can I try something?'" Martin said of working with the R&B/pop star. He has since said, "Rihanna was the only name on the list. It's the only duet we've done and the only one we wanted to do."
What's most noticeable is her new rich, brunette hair color and fringe bangs. She's rocking her new hair with a '70s Ziggy Stardust-chic ensemble. She's wearing a lace bralette, brocade high-waisted pants, a gold trench coat and a thick gold lariat necklace. She's showing a little cleavage, too.
The Pretty Little Liars star's new hair color is very different from her usual blond locks. Sometimes it doesn't work, but Benson is one of those ladies who makes any color look good. No word on whether this is a wig or permanent. Only time will tell. And Instagram.
With January just around the corner, the magazine will come out just in time for the return of Benson's ABC Family series. Pretty Little Liars will be set five years in the future from where we left off in the Season 5 finale. At this year's PaleyFest, Benson said, "I didn’t go to school, I was homeschooled, so being in a classroom I was, like, 'I want to die.'" I guess she's happy she'll finally be out of high school!
"Hairstylists always cut one side and then the other," Madrid-based stylist Alberto Olmedo says in the video published by AJ+. "And one side is always a bit different from the other... even if it is only a little bit."
Swords to cut hair
Swords to cut hair
The only way to get it perfect in a "mathematical" way, he says, is by cutting both sides at the same time. And it looks absolutely insane. He uses samurai swords and odd fingertip knives (like Scissorhands) to cut hair — and he also singes off split ends using a blowtorch that gets up to 1,300 degrees C, a common technique used in some countries.
It takes a whole lot of trust to let someone sway four-foot swords near your head, but it seems like Olmedo has dedicated clients, even if the final styles he creates aren't all that noteworthy. And, believe it or not, YouTube is full of videos of other stylists using swords to cut hair.
"Sometimes you have to use a bit of your imagination to get positive results," he says in the video. We know it's just hair and it'll grow back, but we'll take his word for it and hope his techniques don't catch on over here.
On Feb. 7, 2016, two unknown teams will battle it out for the title of the best team in the NFL. One thing we know for sure is that Coldplay will be playing in between the halves of the game and all those commercials. But not everybody is happy about it.
Fans took to Twitter to share their thoughts about the NFL's selection.
coldplay concussions
coldplay concussions
"#Coldplay is playing SuperBowl50 now we really gotta worry about players with concussions falling asleep and not waking back up at half time (sic)," tweeted @tylermorrison1.
nfl hates its fans
nfl hates its fans
"I respect the fact that the NFL hates it's (sic) fans. It knows we'll sit through anything during halftime #Coldplay," tweeted @brandonperna.
positive coldplay
positive coldplay
But not everyone is up in arms about the choice. "You want to complain about Coldplay? At least they play actual music & actually sing. Can't say that about 80% of 'music' today," tweeted @chelseamessinger.
She has a point. Maybe it's just the dudes who are upset. In past years, we've had wardrobe malfunctions and lots of ladies dancing in leotards. Perhaps the guys are just not that into seeing even more guys during the halftime break. Which I totally get. But much like referee calls, the fans can sound off but it's not going to change anything.
Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland and Will Champion, aka Coldplay, will be performing for us all at Levi's Stadium in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Coldplay's seventh album, A Head Full of Dreams, hits shelves on Friday, Dec. 4.
Coco Austin sure did bounce back quickly! Just four days after giving birth to her first baby, a daughter named Chanel Nicole, the 36-year-old model shared this snapshot as she left the hospital holding her baby and showing off her tiny waist.
Coco revealed in another post that baby Chanel arrived a bit early. “Surprise!!! Look who came early!! Welcome the new arrival of Chanel Nicole. A beautiful healthy 5.7 pound and 18-inch baby girl. Ice and I are so proud! I cried while she was coming out I was so excited to meet her!” she wrote.
In fact, little Chanel already has her own Instagram page (which already has over 133,000 followers at last count) — and on it the proud parents shared a photo of daddy Ice T cuddling up with their newborn daughter.
Ice T and Chanel
Ice T and Chanel
He looks like one proud papa!
Kristin Cavallari
Kristin Cavallari and Saylor
Kristin Cavallari and Saylor
Coco Austin wasn't the only celebrity that gave birth this week, as Kristin Cavallari welcomed a daughter named Saylor James Cutler. The Laguna Beach alum shared this first snapshot of her daughter as she cuddled with her and explained that she had to miss her 10-year high school reunion; however, “at least I have a good excuse.”
Saylor is the third child for Cavallari and her husband, Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler. The couple also has two sons, 2-year-old Camden and 1-year-old Jaxon.
Kristin Cavallari's son Camden
Kristin Cavallari's son Camden
In fact, it looks like Camden may be taking after his daddy.
Daphne Oz
Daphne Oz and kids
Daphne Oz and kids
The Chew host Daphne Oz shared this adorable bikini beach picture as she held her son Jovan, who was born in late October, in a sling while holding her daughter Philo's hand.
Ashlee Simpson
Ashlee Simpson and Jagger
Ashlee Simpson and Jagger
Ashlee Simpson’s husband, Evan Ross, shared this sweet snapshot of the family as they went on a skiing vacation in Aspen. The couple welcomed their first child together recently, a daughter named Jagger Snow, so it was only fitting that their first family vacation was in snowy Colorado. Simpson also has a son named Bronx with her ex-husband Pete Wentz.
Naya Rivera
Naya Rivera's son Josey
Naya Rivera's son Josey
Naya Rivera’s husband, Ryan Dorsey, shared this cute photo as he snuggles with his son, Josey Hollis Dorsey.
Naya Rivera and Josey
Naya Rivera and Josey
The Glee alum and Dorsey welcomed their son on Sept. 17 — and the new mom couldn't resist sharing a Thanksgiving photo of her smiling baby.
Lucy Liu
Lucy Liu and Rockwell
Lucy Liu and Rockwell
Elementary star Lucy Liu posted a photo of her son, Rockwell Lloyd Liu, wearing a onesie that said, “I’m All That and Dim Sum” on her 47th birthday. In August, the actress announced the birth of her son, who was born via a gestational surrogate.
Kourtney Kardashian
Kourtney Kardashian and Reign
Kourtney Kardashian and Reign
Kourtney Kardashian posted a selfie as she and her son Reign, both wearing winter white, celebrated his first Thanksgiving. Kourtney and her estranged boyfriend, Scott Disick, who is the father of her three children and recently in rehab, were spotted together recently; however, sources tell Us Weekly that there is nothing romantic going on with the two and he is simply spending time with the kids.
Clinical depression is one of those things that everyone thinks they would know immediately if it happened to them or a loved one, but the truth is that it often sneaks up on people, encroaching bit by bit into normal life until slowly it becomes your new normal. The scary flip side of believing this is that often people think that they can keep depression away through sheer willpower or that if they just tried harder they could force themselves to feel better.
But you can be doing everything right and still feel like everything's wrong. It doesn't mean you're crazy — it just means you're one of the 350 million (yes, that's millions) who are affected by mental illness. And for women, clinical depression can be even scarier — as even though we're 70 percent more likely to suffer from it during our lifetimes, we're also almost twice as likely to have our symptoms dismissed by a medical professional.
“Sometimes it’s hard to diagnose depression in adult women because they don’t come in and say, ‘I’m depressed.’ They’re more likely to present with physical symptoms that they don’t connect with what they’re feeling… pain, memory problems, poor sleep, a change in appetite,” said Anne Fabiny, M.D., an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and author of several research studies on depression.
So to help you better recognize the disorder, here are nine feelings that are often dismissed as moodiness, but that researchers say may actually be signs of depression.
1. Feeling fat
Let's face it: Gaining weight can be depressing all on its own. But according to the National Institute of Mental Health, a rapid and/or extreme change in the number on the scale (particularly if you aren't trying to gain or lose weight) can indicate depression. But even just feeling chronically fat without your weight changing can be a sign of depression, particularly if every day feels like a "fat day" — as women in particular are likely to use "feeling fat" as shorthand for all other negative emotions.
2. Craving a drink
No one is saying that having an extra glass of wine with dinner means you have a mental illness, but if it becomes every night at dinner or it starts earlier in the day, then you may be trying to drink away your feelings. “Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life,” playwright George Bernard Shaw once famously said. But the thing is, you shouldn't need anesthesia to get through your daily life.
3. Complaining about your constant aches and pains
Sometimes a headache is just a headache. But feeling chronic pain for no known medical reason can be your body's way of showing you how your brain is feeling, particularly if you're the type to brush off emotions.
4. Grouchiness
Snapping at your kids? Yelling at the dog? Losing it over little things? Depression can manifest as irritability, particularly in women. There's a fine line between anger and sadness, one we often don't recognize until we're crying after a fight.
5. Boredom
Feeling blah is just part of being human, but if everything bores you (and, conversely, nothing excites you) you might be depressed. No longer enjoying your favorite activities is a hallmark of the mental illness.
6. Feeling overly social
Some people retreat when they're depressed — and avoiding friends and family is one of the hallmarks of the illness — but never ever wanting to be alone can also be a symptom. Depressed extroverts may try to self-medicate by constantly surrounding themselves with a steady stream of friends, distractions and even hookups as a way to avoid their feelings.
Being suddenly unable to focus on normal tasks may earn you some adult ADD jokes from your co-workers, but inattentiveness and forgetfulness can be early signs of depression, particularly if you've never had problems remembering or focusing in the past.
8. Indecisiveness
The inability to make simple decisions, like what to order for lunch or what to wear in the morning, can be an early symptom of clinical depression. Even making little choices can just feel too hard or not worth it. You may also feel paralyzed by imagined catastrophic consequences for minor choices.
9. You don't feel anything at all
Perhaps one of the most insidious signs of depression is lacking normal emotions. We think of depression as nonstop sadness, but sometimes it's just nonstop... nothingness. Not feeling joy or excitement for things that normally make you happy is certainly a sign of depression, but so too is not being able to feel sad or cry when it's appropriate.
If you have any of these symptoms and they've lasted more than two weeks, the NIMH recommends contacting your doctor or mental health professional for an evaluation. For more information and resources on how to get help, click here.
Per the official synopsis, the episode "Chapter Thirty" will double as the show's midseason finale, and will follow Jane (Gina Rodriguez) and Rafael (Justin Baldoni) as they try to make peace with each other long enough to celebrate Mateo's first Christmas together. But putting aside their differences isn't exactly easy, especially with other problems constantly popping up. Case in point? As the holiday approaches, Jane discovers that the scholarship she thought she had been awarded isn't quite that, and now needs to find a way to pay for grad school. Needless to say, that leaves her in a less-than-cheery mood, as seen in the photos below.
In this picture, Jane, Rafael and cute baby Mateo (how adorable does he look in his little elf-like outfit?) stand in line to meet and get a picture with Santa Claus. The task starts off simply enough, but it looks like things don't stay that way for long.
Jane looks significantly less happy and way angrier in this second still from the episode. What causes the sudden change in mood? While we know she has a lot on her mind, what exactly sets her off isn't so clear… an altercation with another Santa-seeker, perhaps?
As you see here, Jane and Rafael do eventually make it to the front of the line to get their photo snapped with Santa. But by the time they finally get there, the only person still smiling is Saint Nick himself.
jane the virgin xmas episode
jane the virgin xmas episode
From the looks of these sneak peeks, "Chapter Thirty" is an episode you definitely won't want to miss. Jane the Virgin airs on The CW on Mondays nights at 9/8c.
