Now that Chicago P.D. Season 3 is officially wrapped, what does Season 4 have in store for viewers? Well, I think it's safe to say that after Voight's major decision (spoilers ahead!) at the end of the finale in which the head of intelligence murdered the man who ultimately killed his son, Justin, and now that Brian Geraghty will not return as Sean Roman, a lot of changes are ahead.

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But what about the series' beloved couple, Linstead? Will their relationship still be a focus? You bet it will, but don't expect any fast moves, like the two getting married anytime soon.

According to P.D.'s executive producer Matt Olmstead, there's a lot ahead for Lindsay and Halstead, especially when it comes to taking the next step in their relationship. As teased in Season 3, the two are looking to move into together. Olmstead told TV Line, "We want to have them move in together and just play the baby steps of what it’s like to live with someone [for] two very independent people who have always done their own thing."

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He also said that they'd like to see them together more, which is great for their shippers. In my opinion, the more Linstead, the better. Based on the end results of the Season 3 finale, Voight's actions had a serious effect on Lindsay, so I can only imagine that her relationship with Halstead will be the bit of happiness she'll need to cope with what Voight did. Olmstead also told TV Line, "[During] some heavier aspects of the show, specifically what Voight did and what’s going to happen with Voight, we’re going to play a little bit of the sun breaking through the clouds here, and that’s going to be those two kicking the tires and moving in together."

Now that they are becoming more serious and taking their relationship to the next level, will fans still get those skinstead (you can thank the fandom for coining that term) scenes? When P.D. star Jesse Lee Soffer (Halstead) opened up to Us Weekly about Season 3, he said, "Linstead is going strong. If you are a big Linstead supporter, I think now until the end of the season there might be some skinstead, if you follow what I'm saying. It's going to get steamy."

Basically, both Linstead and skinstead don't seem to going anywhere anytime soon. Who else is ready for Season 4?

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You're not going to make it through those hot summer months without a cold drink in hand. While most poolside drinks are made for grown-ups (read: alcohol), we're not so ready to leave the kids and the nondrinkers behind. We've come up with two fun, fruity, layered summer sippers just for this reason — to provide an alcohol-free and kid-friendly alternative at your next summer cookout.

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To up the "wow" factor with these refreshing drinks, get creative by using different types of juices, beverages and sugar-free sodas. To properly layer the drinks, start with the beverage that has the highest sugar content, and end with the sugar-free soda since it has the least amount of sugar. These drinks can be enjoyed by kids of any age since they use nonalcoholic ingredients. However, feel free to spike them if your party is for adults!

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Patriotic layered drink recipe

Serves 6

Ingredients:

• 1 (2-liter) sugar-free lemon-lime soda
• 1 bottle cranberry juice (not diet)
• 1 (32-ounce) bottle berry blue or any blue-colored Gatorade
• 6 tall glasses
• Ice cubes

Directions:

1. Fill the glasses with ice cubes.
2. Pour the cranberry juice into a glass, filling it just less than halfway full. Repeat with the remaining 5 glasses.
3. Very slowly pour the blue Gatorade over the ice cubes so that it layers onto the cranberry juice.
4. Once all the glasses are filled with the cranberry juice and Gatorade, top each glass off with sugar-free soda. Best if served immediately.

Over the rainbow layered drink recipe

Serves 6

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Ingredients:

• 2 – 3 ice cube trays (you can get creative and use trays with different shapes)
• Variety of juices or colored beverages in all colors of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple)
• 1 (2-liter) bottle sugar-free lemon-lime soda
• 6 tall clear glasses

Directions:

1. One by one, add each colored juice or beverage to the ice cube tray, creating 6 ice cubes for each color you are using. You need 1 ice cube of each color per drink.
2. Place the ice cube trays in the freezer until the juice is frozen solid.
3. In a tall glass, start by adding 1 of each color ice cube in this order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.
4. Right before serving the drinks, gently pour the sugar-free soda over the ice cubes, filling the glass. As the ice cubes begin to melt, they will form a rainbow. Serve immediately.

Editor's note: In general we're not fans of drinks like Gatorade that contain artificial coloring, especially for children. But a brightly hued drink every once in a while to celebrate a holiday isn't the worst thing in the world.

Updated by Bethany Ramos on 4/26/16

For all of those nights when your dogs are barking after a long day of work, this is the simple foot massage tutorial you'll want to have bookmarked for later. Consider this just one of many ways to practice self-care, by giving your tootsies some much-needed TLC — or asking a partner to do it for you.

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(As a quick note: Be careful when receiving a foot massage during pregnancy. Some pressure points may cause contractions.)

Here's how to give a foot massage like a pro:

How does a foot massage sound?

Regardless of whether you're on the receiving end of a foot massage or you're the one giving it, you both will experience many benefits, Even if you are simply massaging your own feet, it can still be a rewarding and satisfying way to end your day.

• The giver: Giving a friend or loved one a foot massage is very soothing and calming for you, too, and can actually cause your blood pressure to decrease. It's a very caring, nurturing, and bonding experience to share with another person (as weird as that may sound).
• The receiver: Obviously, this is really the best position to be in. Foot massage will help reduce your stress, boost circulation, and relieve blood stagnation from wearing ill-fitting shoes. In addition, it will dramatically relax your body, soothe foot muscles, and undo knots and tension in your toes, balls of your feet, arches, and ankles. It will even soften your feet if a cream or massage oil is applied!
• One-on-one: Though not as fulfilling as having your feet massaged by another, self-massage enables you to care for your feet on a regular basis, to de-stress and pamper your feet as you see fit.

Next Up: Techniques for foot massage

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Techniques for foot massage

A foot massage can be performed at any time you wish or as part of a home pedicure procedure. The following illustrations depict some standard foot massage techniques that a nail technician might perform on a client during a pedicure. If you do not have a willing partner to give you a massage, never fear. These techniques are just as easily done (with some minor alterations) alone.

If a partner is involved, have the one receiving the foot massage recline against a big pillow on the sofa or bed to fully relax the entire body. Foot massage feels really great if the whole body is at ease.

If you're going solo, find a comfortable chair, preferably one with padded arms and a foot rest, such as a recliner. Sit back, prop one foot in your lap and let the other rest extended in front of you, and massage those feet until they smile.

If using a massage oil or lotion, protect clothing and furniture with a towel or two. Rub oiled or creamed hands together vigorously to warm them before beginning the foot massage.

Complete all six steps on one foot before moving on to the other.

Step 1: Stroke the top of the foot

Stroking stimulates circulation and warms the foot. Holding your partner's foot in your hands, on the top of the foot begin a long, slow, firm, stroking motion with your thumbs, starting at the tips of the toes and sliding back away from you, all the way up to the ankle, then retrace your steps back to the toes with a lighter stroke.

Repeat this step three to five times, then stroke the bottom of the foot in the same manner.

Step 2: Ankle rotations

Loosens joints and relaxes feet. Cup one hand under the heel, behind the ankle, to brace the foot and leg.

Grasp the ball of the foot with the other hand and turn the foot slowly at the ankle for three to five times in each direction. With repeated foot massages, any stiffness will begin to recede. (This is a particularly good exercise for anyone suffering from arthritis.)

Step 3: Toe pulls and squeezes

Toes, like fingers, are quite sensitive to the touch — this massage can be very calming. Grasp the foot beneath the arch. With the other hand, beginning with the big toe, hold the toe with your thumb on top and index finger beneath.

Starting at the base of the toe, slowly and firmly pull the toe, sliding your fingers to the top and back to the base.

Now repeat, but gently squeeze and roll the toe between your thumb and index finger, working your way to the tip and back to the base.

Repeat these two movements on the remaining toes.

Step 4: Toe slides

Grasp foot behind the ankle, cupping under heel. With the index finger of the other hand, slide your finger between the toes, back and forth for three to five times.

Next Up: Step 5: Arch press

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Step 5: Arch press

Releases tension in the inner and outer longitudinal arches. Hold foot as you did in Step 4.

Using the heel of your other hand, push hard as you slide along the arch from the ball of the foot toward the heel and back again. Repeat five times. This part of the foot can stand a little extra exertion on your part, just don't apply too much pressure. Push your hand along the arch of the foot.

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Step 6: Stroking. Repeat step 1

This is a good way to begin and end a foot massage.

Agony of the Feet Relaxing Massage Oil

You'll need:
2 teaspoons (10 ml) castor, jojoba, soybean, or extra-virgin olive oil
3 drops lavender essential oil
1 drop German chamomile essential oil
1 drop geranium essential oil

To make:
Combine all the ingredients in a small bowl. Stir thoroughly. Yields one treatment.

To use:
Use approximately 1 teaspoon (5 ml per foot and massage in completely. Inhale the aroma on your hands before you massage, and continue to breathe deeply, as these particular oils are extremely calming. Put on socks after massage to absorb excess oil and soften feet.

Updated on 5/24/2016

There are so many factors that might contribute to why you and your partner are having more or less sex that it seems absurd to try to distill it down to one thing. However, since everyone loves a sex study, that's exactly what these researchers tried to do. Unfortunately while their intentions might have been good, their parameters and results seem rather skewed. Let me explain.

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The study, which was recently published in the Journal of Research in Personality, aimed to find links between personality types and frequency of sex between couples. As such, it examined three separate studies that looked at the sexual behavior of newlyweds. That's a narrow view right off the bat, especially because it was taking only married, heterosexual couples into consideration. How is that a comprehensive analysis of today's modern world?

The couples in the various studies were asked to keep journals in which they would record when they had sex and how good it was on a scale of 1 to 7 (weird scale, but whatever). They were also asked to fill out a classic five-trait personality test. After several weeks, the researchers found that the newlyweds were having sex three to four times in two weeks on average, and that the men were more often than not the ones initiating it. While that's not terribly surprising, the next part of the conclusion made me do a spit take. According to the studies' data, the couples who tend to have more sex are the ones in which the woman is more "open and agreeable."

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There are so many things wrong with this I don't even know where to start. First off, of course the women would need to be agreeable if their men are the ones initiating sex for the most part. However, that's essentially saying that a woman saying "yes" is the only factor that determines whether or not the couple's going to have sex. That's like saying that men are always up for it, and a woman's compliance is the only thing standing in the way. Even though it's in the name of science, it's notions like this that promote the rape culture that has taken hold of our society.

What about the bajillion other reasons a couple may choose to engage in sex or not? Personality is far from the only factor that contributes, and while this may be a personality-based study, those other factors should at least be noted as possible influencers.

Oddly the study stated that "openness" in men led to less sexual satisfaction overall, but by the time I reached that point, I was already too dubious of these so-called conclusions to care. If you're going to do a relationship study focusing on the link between personality and sexual frequency, then limiting your participant pool to heterosexual newlyweds is not nearly a wide enough sample. Newlyweds are usually in a honeymoon phase, which automatically skews the data. And of course, as I mentioned above, not taking homosexual couples into consideration makes the research practically archaic.

So my conclusion is to take this study with a big ol' grain of salt. Not only is the data pool far from an accurate representation of today's couples, but it's pervading a sexist stereotype that women are the sexual gatekeepers in all relationships. If I wanted to think that way, I'd just watch a romantic comedy from the '80s.

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In good news for Live! fans and bad news for Fred Savage, Andy Cohen co-hosted alongside Kelly Ripa this morning. Cohen is such an experienced host that even his opening banter with Ripa was about a fashion mistake he made this week — while hosting a charity event.

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"I [wore] a gorgeous, mint green summer suit," Cohen says, before going on to explain that he was termed one of GQ's 'Fashion Don'ts' of summer. "Andy, it's beautiful," says Ripa. The two are already on the same page and it's only day one.

Ripa lets Cohen carry the conversation for a few minutes as he elaborates on the horror of being the only one dressed in color — even worse, mint green — at a black tie affair. It's clear that the Watch What Happens Live host is used to running his own talk show, no co-host necessary.

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The two later chatted with guest Susan Lucci, with Cohen sharing that he's a lifelong soap opera fan. Live! fans are totally on board with that, and they want him in the co-host seat. Fans are now casting their votes on Twitter for Andy Cohen to replace Michael Strahan. Sorry, Fred Savage, you may have just been kicked out of the running.

Who do you want to see next to Kelly on Live!? Let us know in the comments.

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As a devoted fan of FX's quiet success The Americans, I have lived in fear of a sudden cancellation, effectively abandoning the storyline of the Jennings family. After all, I've been burned by FX before. I am still reeling from the unsolved mystery that was The Riches. The idea that I might have my show ripped out from under me, never to know just what will happen to Philip, Elizabeth and their children, as well as Agent Stan Beeman, was darn near unbearable.

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Lucky for me, while I have no idea how they will end up, I do know the when. FX announced on Wednesday that The Americans will draw to a close in 2018 after 23 more episodes, which will be divided into two more seasons of 13 episodes and 10 episodes, respectively. The show has taken so many twists and turns so far, between nearly being caught at the end of the first season to having to divulge the secret identities of Philip and Elizabeth to daughter Paige, that it seems like 23 more episodes is more than enough time for basically anything to happen to the beloved characters.

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Considering this generous gift of both time and of knowing when the show will end, the writers are now in possession of the tools to properly tell the entire story. But will they? I wonder if the writers have known how the Jennings' story will end since they started the show, or have they been writing it as they go along? Even though Keri Russell's current pregnancy wasn't written into the story, for example, is it possible that Elizabeth Jennings might become pregnant before the last episode? Will daughter Paige join the family business, or will Elizabeth and Philip lose her for good as she will be unable to face the reality of the KGB life?

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I hope the show will end as I've always hoped it would, with Philip and Elizabeth breaking free of the KGB, perhaps resettling with their children in Canada. Maybe even with the help of their good friend, Stan, who has become increasingly disillusioned with the FBI since moving to Virginia. However, The Americans is not a fairy tale, and as a whole, has never shied away from realistic and gruesome ends. I fear that the finale may instead see my favorite sleeper agents being held accountable for their crimes, in which case, I can only hope that poor Martha manages to be exonerated and returned to the United States. I cannot bear to imagine her wasting away on the shores of the Black Sea, pining for her beloved Clark.

What do you think: How will The Americans end?

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When my 5-year-old daughter told me her feet hurt, I wasn't terribly surprised. In the previous week-and-a-half, she'd already been through a couple different illnesses, and I assumed that she was just feeling the effects of being worn down. A quick glance at her ankles, though, told me that this was not what was going on.

They were red and slightly swollen.

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This whole ordeal started routinely enough. She began running a fever about 10 days prior to the ankle problem. She spiraled downward pretty quickly, and I got her into her pediatrician right away (as a mom of 20 years, I can usually tell when something is probably viral and when something needs attention). Her rapid strep test was positive, so we were sent home with an antibiotic called Omnicef. She started to improve within a few days, so I assumed we were in the clear.

However, it was not to be. She stopped her uphill climb and tumbled back down about a week later, when she developed a severe cough. Another pediatrician visit turned up a new issue — now, they said, she had walking pneumonia. We stopped her Omnicef, started on Zithromax (another antibiotic that works better on walking pneumonia) and again, she seemed to get better.

Fast forward to the day she told me her feet hurt. I wasn't expecting to see anything when I looked at them… after all, she'd been through two significant illnesses and was probably sore and tired from her recovery. Bright red swollen ankles, however, told a different story.

I immediately began to worry that she was developing juvenile arthritis (her sister is afflicted with that chronic autoimmune disease). Saturday is walk-in clinic day at her doctor's office so we went right in.

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By the time we got there, she started breaking out in an unusual rash all over her legs and arms, and her knee, toe, and ankle joints on both sides of her body had turned red and started to swell like crazy. Under those harsh fluorescent lights, it looked completely terrible. The doctor looked through her recent history, looked her over and sent off a ton of bloodwork.

The pediatrician on duty that day did nothing to allay my fears. We were there a total of two-and-a-half hours, during which he said that she could have rheumatic fever, reactive arthritis or juvenile arthritis — none of which are nice things. We were sent home with a steroid and while she improved within about 36 hours, I was still completely puzzled by the experience.

Her bloodwork came back pretty clean, but I booked an appointment with my older daughter's rheumatologist anyway. I wasn't satisfied with the incomplete explanation we'd received, and I wanted to have her looked over by a specialist. I had taken plenty of photos of my girl's joints and rash, so along with that, her exam and the timeline I gave for her experience, the doctor had a pretty good idea what had happened.

It wasn't a traditional allergic reaction, she didn't have rheumatic fever and she didn't have signs of juvenile arthritis. Instead, the doctor said that she had likely suffered from a serum sickness-like reaction to the antibiotic. Of course, I had no clue what she was talking about, so she explained that some drugs cause unusual reactions like my daughter experienced — it usually pops up between seven and 14 days after starting on the drug, and can include joint pain, joint swelling and an unusual rash.

Traditional serum sickness can develop after someone is given an antivenom or antitoxin (for example, after a snake bite), but for some reason, and for some people, a similar reaction can happen after taking antibiotics or a few other drugs.

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Also, it's pretty rare. Its reported incidence for kids who were treated with an antibiotic called cefaclor (related to the medication she was on) is around two out of every 100,000 kids, and that's one of the more common causes of serum sickness-like reactions. For kids on other antibiotics, it's even more rare.

There is good news, too — usually these sorts of reactions, while scary and painful, are limited, and she has no ongoing ill effects from her experience. Of course, now she will not be able to take Omnicef ever again, so in addition to her allergies to other drugs, we'll have fun times trying to figure out what to give her next time she gets sick.

Hey, Tucker, Olivia Benson has a tough job — so lay off her a little, OK?

Benson's latest romantic interest on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit may have stated his concerns about Benson's consumption of alcoholic beverages, but Mariska Hargitay wants to assure fans that Benson has everything under control.

"I think it was a moment, not even a lot. I think it was a moment and that was about, again, external manifestation of what was going on inside, the balancing, but I think it was a moment," Hargitay recently said to E! News about concerns surrounding Benson's wine drinking. "It was a moment."

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Hargitay hasn't forgotten about Benson's familial history surrounding alcohol abuse, either. Actually, she thinks the fact Benson's mother died tragically after falling down the stairs drunk is exactly why Benson won't let her drinking get out of hand.

"It was a moment and that is why she will never. That's not her issue, it was a moment," said Hargitay. "I really think it was about — it was a moment, we'll leave it at that. Nothing to worry about," she said.

Did everyone get that? It was just a moment.

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And while Tucker and Benson may butt heads when it comes to Benson's method of unwinding, Hargitay is convinced that they are pretty much a perfect match otherwise.

"[Tucker] has been such a game-changer for me because not only is he as powerful — she's such a powerful character — to have somebody that energetically matches her has been incredible," Hargitay said of the Benson/Tucker matchup. "But also have somebody that understands because he's even more complicated and a leader more than her... He's so masculine and so strong and so powerful that she can [exhale] because he's that, so [Benson] gets to be a different color."

What do you think of the Tuckson relationship? Is Tucker perfect for Benson?

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My oldest daughter just turned 7, and as is our style, we threw a big birthday party. We rented out a local bounce house facility and invited her whole class, because we know better than to leave people out. Since we sent out so many invites, I expected a big turnout. I expected the per-child bill at the end of the day to make me wince.

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I did not expect to have a building half-full of children both the birthday girl and I didn't know, with no parents on hand to claim them.

It all started the day the invitations went home in backpacks from school. I got an email from a mom who said her daughter would be attending, along with her other daughter. The she told me what time she would be back to pick them up.

Um, no.

First of all, let me say that I do understand the quandary parents find themselves in when parties happen and you have more than one child. My husband works odd hours, and I've often found myself having to drag an uninvited child to a birthday party. But I always ask if it's OK, and when it's a party that charges per-child, like this one, I offer to pay for the extra kid.

This parent didn't ask nor did they offer to pay. But I haven't even gotten to the major offense. She wanted to leave both kids.

If you're comfortable leaving your child at a party, then why wouldn't you take the other child with you when you go? The only reason it's really excusable to bring an uninvited child to a party is if you're planning on staying, and you don't have anyone else to watch the extra kid. It seems this mom was just looking for a place to dump her kids for a couple hours while she and her husband had a nice dinner.

And worst of all? It wasn't an isolated incident. I also had a parent drop off her child and her child's much older cousin, who just wanted to tag along. Again, she didn't ask. It took me some time to figure out who the 12-year-old running around was (I finally just asked her), and when the mom came back to pick up the kids, at the end of the party, she introduced me to her niece, whom she had dropped off two hours before.

We had parents who left in the middle of the party without alerting their children (who ended up hysterical in the corner of a bounce house when they figured out Mom was nowhere to be seen). We had kids with stubbed toes, twisted ankles and bad behavior — and no parents on hand to soothe and control.

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I spent more time calming and corralling other people's kids than I did with my own. My daughter had a great birthday party, but I feel like I missed it.

I can understand when you're a parent stuck in difficult situation — been there, done that. But the majority of rule-breakers at our party were simply displaying bad manners and a disregard for someone else's plans and money.

I tried to be polite. I kept a smile on my face and I paid for the children who shouldn't have been there.

In the end, we had 27 kids at the party. Nine of those kids were uninvited siblings, family and friends. This meant a bill that was nearly double what it should have been, and the party favors my daughter painstakingly selected were gone long before all of her invited guests (or any of my own children) received theirs.

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I'd like to say this was a lesson learned, but the only thing it really taught me is that you can't always depend on other parents to be polite or considerate. An invitation to a child's birthday party is just that. It's not an offer for free babysitting, and it's not a free pass to dump all of your kids on the hostess for two hours while you run free. Unfortunately, too many parents aren't familiar with these unwritten rules of adulthood.

And he was doing so well, too. According to the AP, it's time for '80s kids to lose hope yet again because Saved by the Bell's Dustin Diamond is back in jail. He's violated the terms of his parole in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. There's no information on what, exactly, led to the probation violation, so it's time to be as imaginative as Screech was in thinking of all the ways a parolee could break the law.

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Diamond was recently released from prison after serving time for disorderly conduct and possession of a concealed weapon. After the barroom fight — in which he stabbed another man — he was sentenced to four months in prison and released this April.

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Diamond sat down with his former Saved by the Bell co-star Mario Lopez earlier this month to explain the circumstances that led to the fight, which took place on Christmas Day. “I had my pocket knife like this... and the blade was right here and the guy came from around me and grabbed my throat, and so he nicked his arm on the tip of it — it was a Band-Aid, the most expensive Band-Aid I’ve ever bought.”

He spoke of wanting to turn over a new leaf, telling Lopez, “I want to put the tomfoolery and malarkey behind me… for that clean slate. Time for a change.” OK, maybe now is the time for a clean slate.

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Amber Heard pulled an ice-cold move filing for divorce from Johnny Depp just days after his mother died, but to her, trouble had been brewing for far too long already.

Heard had doubts about the marriage before it even happened, a pal revealed, and went so far as to tell her friends she was having cold feet at the couple's engagement party.

"Before Amber met Johnny she was just a regular super cool hipster chick living with roommates who dated girls," a source told People. "At their engagement party she kind of got cold feet... she was just like what is this scene and what am I doing here? She kind of couldn't believe it was her life now."

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The pair did eventually tie the knot in February of 2015, but their union was never a traditional one, insiders say. When they would argue, they would go days without speaking until it blew over, and often would not speak at all when away on separate film shoots.

And, People reports, Depp was not present for Heard's 30th birthday celebration in Palm Springs in April.

Rumors plagued the marriage from the start: Depp's alleged drug and alcohol use versus Heard's rumored affairs could not have been easy on the couple. Adding to the strife? Apparently, Depp's family could not stand Heard.

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According to TMZ, Depp's children Jack and Lily-Rose, as well as his sisters and mother, absolutely hated Heard, and the relationship with his mom was strained even further when he moved her into the couple's home while her health was failing. But sources in Heard's camp denied the rumors, telling People she "regularly visited [Depp's mother] in the hospital," and that "she and Jack had a loving relationship."

Neither Depp nor Heard have personally commented on the split.

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Oreo has been going crazy with new flavors in the past few years, and not all of them hit the nail on the head. But their two latest flavors, which are perfect for summer, totally have me drooling.

Blueberry Pie and Fruity Crisp are their newest flavors, and both sound pretty freaking amazing.

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Blueberry pie features a blueberry cream filling sandwiched between two graham cracker-flavored cookies. This variety will be available exclusively at Target starting on June 6th — if you ask me, it's totally worth battling the big box crowd to get your hands on a package.

The Fruity Crisp flavor is really cool. It's sort of a new take on funfetti. You get graham-cracker flavored cookies that are stuffed with a Fruity Crisp cream — a vanilla cream that's studded with fruity and colorful rice crisp bits, a la Fruity Pebbles. You can snag a package of Fruity Crisp Oreos at select grocery stores (including Ahold, Wegmans, HEB, AWG, Hy-Vee, Winn-Dixie, BI-LO, Giant Eagle, Price Chopper and Meijer) for a limited time starting on June 1.

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Past Oreo flavors, like watermelon, cotton candy and fruit punch, seemed weird to me. But I think these are going to be really good — both flavors are based on sweet, fruity carbs, so it makes total sense that they'd be great as cookies.

Now, time to go about the important business of clearing out some room in my snack drawer so there will be space for these babies come June.

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Zika is quickly turning into a worldwide terror. And unfortunately, the news coverage is leaving us with a lot of scary questions we'd like answered.

It just takes one look at the heartbreaking pictures of the South American babies born with microcephaly to make you realize what a serious threat this. And last week the virus hit a little closer to home when the CDC announced a total of 279 pregnant women have tested positive for Zika in either the U.S. or its territories. While 279 isn't a huge number, especially in a country of 319 million people, the CDC's announcement was alarming as it shows how fast the disease is moving.

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What we do know

It's most common to get the disease from a bite from an infected mosquito, but you can also catch it from having sexual contact with an infected person. There is no vaccine for it (yet!), but once you've had it you have a lifelong immunity to it.

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That's obviously not a lot of information. I reached out to the CDC for more details but they don't have a lot more to add right now. (Yet another reason we need Congress to approve more funding for this, stat!) Here are some questions we'd really like answered:

How long does it stay in your system?

Since people can test positive for it decades after having it, it appears that we retain at least an immune response to it. But can it affect us even after the initial infection has passed? The CDC says it's unknown at this time how long the effects will last as each person reacts a little differently to it. Most people get a very mild case — so mild they may not even know they have it!

I'm pregnant or wanting to get pregnant. Am I dooming my baby?

Right now it's unknown how frequently a mother with Zika passes it to her fetus or how frequently a fetus with Zika develops the birth defects. (It's definitely not 100 percent as many women have tested positive for the disease and gone on to have perfectly healthy babies!) The CDC offers no official recommendation except to say that women should practice safe sex and guard against mosquitoes during pregnancy or when attempting to get pregnant.

Will I ever be able to get pregnant if I've had Zika?

"Based on the available evidence, we think that Zika virus infection in a woman who is not pregnant would not pose a risk for birth defects in future pregnancies after the virus has cleared from her blood," says the CDC.

Are all Zika babies the same?

It does not appear that the birth defects are all equal in severity, with some babies experiencing severe, life-ending microcephaly while others don't have the microcephaly at all but do experience blindness, hearing loss and stunted growth, according to the CDC.

How worried should we be if our kids get it?

Zika kills almost no one. That's the good news. Most people just experience a fever, red eyes and a headache — kids included. But rarely it can lead to Guillain-Barré syndrome, an autoimmune disorder.

Will our kids be able to have babies later without danger?

I currently have a 19-year-old sister living in Brazil and I can tell you this is a big concern she and her friends there have. But good news, according to the CDC, it appears the virus does not have a long-lasting effect on fertility.

While we wait for more answers, the CDC adds it's best for all women to take extra precautions against mosquito bites, especially as North America is now headed into peak mosquito season. This includes not going out during daytime hours (as this is when the bugs are most active), wearing clothing that provides full coverage and using a repellent. The CDC recommends using only an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-registered insect repellent with one of the following active ingredients: DEET, picaridin, IR3535, oil of lemon eucalyptus or para-menthane-diol. They say that when used as directed, EPA-registered insect repellents are proven safe and effective, even for pregnant and breastfeeding women.

Contrary to the popular adage, if you teach a man to cook, there's still an excellent chance he'll starve if he has no food in the house. What you may not realize is that it's extremely possible he can also starve if he has too much food in the house.

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He comes home with the illusion of having plenty to eat, but upon closer inspection, he realizes that what he has, in fact, are four cabinets and half a refrigerator full of nothing but condiments. Not knowing how to properly meld together honey mustard, rainbow sprinkles and a half-full jar of pickled jalapeños, he falls back on Chinese takeout, adding more packets of duck sauce and hot mustard to the collection.

This is often due to the misguided notion that we need tons of ingredients on hand to make a good meal. There have been so many times I've gone to the supermarket with a list of ingredients to make one dish and come back $80 poorer with a sack of ingredients I'll use once. Somehow I'd manage to make eating in more expensive than eating out.

That's why I've pared down the items I keep on hand at all times to the ones you see here. Even though I'll buy a few specialty items each week to go with my menu plans, for the most part, these items are capable of making a killer dish out of any meat, seafood or vegetables you happen to bring home. Stick to the list, and you'll never starve (not to mention save a boatload of cash).

And speaking of sticking to the list -- read to the end and you'll found a short, printable checklist version of this pantry list.

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The bottle section

• Extra-virgin olive oil: Even if TV tells you to, you should not always use this for cooking. Olive oil smokes and burns at a lower temperature than other oils do, so it shouldn't be the only one you have in the kitchen. Use olive oil for salad dressings and dips, roasting vegetables or in anything where the flavor can shine through. Splurge on a fancy one. You're worth it.

• Grapeseed or canola oil: These are the oils you should be using for high-heat cooking. Also good for baking cakes or adding to any recipe in which you don't want the oil to add any flavor.

• Soy sauce: If you live by an Asian grocery, buy this there — you'll get a large bottle of it for far cheaper than at your standard supermarket. In fact, if you live near an Asian supermarket, you should buy a ton of things there. Especially candy. Have you had Asian candy? Those guys are on an entirely different plane of existence when it comes to snack foods!

• Apple cider vinegar: The internet says this cures every health problem that has ever existed. I think a splash of it makes lots of soups pop. Soup is good for you — maybe these are related?

• Red wine vinegar: Makes a salad a billion times snazzier than balsamic does. Try it, and convert!

• Balsamic vinegar: I actually rarely use this, but I like knowing it's there. It helps me sleep at night.

• Honey: Fun fact — vegans won't eat this because it's technically bee spit. This doesn't bother me, because I eat things like ham. Ham is nothing but pig butt. I'll eat butt if it's delicious; why not spit?

Things in cans and jars

• Peanut butter: For eating out of the jar at 2 a.m. (See chia seeds farther down this list for a hack that will make you less depressed when you do this.)

• Tahini: Like peanut butter but made out of sesame seeds and not sweet, so really, it's nothing like peanut butter. You can find this in Middle Eastern specialty stores, though it’s now readily found in many supermarkets. It's the backbone of hummus, which is another thing that's good for eating at 2 a.m.

• Pitted Kalamata olives: Pitted. Pitted. Piiiiiiittttteeeeeed. Seriously, you have no idea the rage that comes over me when I'm eating and then bite into an olive pit. It's like putting a bear trap into your salad. Just check the damn jar before you buy and again when you get home to make sure it didn't change through black magic.

• Artichoke hearts: To use in recipes, buy them either frozen or canned in water. For sandwiches, salads and "other," grab the marinated ones.

• Capers: The ones in brine are great. The ones packed in salt need to be rinsed in water, yet no matter how much you rinse them, you'll still somehow get a big piece of salt in your mouth and will feel like a failure.

• Pepperoncini peppers: True story — one time a guy played a practical joke on my husband and gave him a glass of pepper juice while telling him it was lemonade, and now he can't even smell them without getting nauseated. I still keep them in the house, because I don't care — they're delicious.

• Pickles: Sliced, whole, dill, gherkin — no one has ever said, "Mamma Mia! I have too many pickles! How will I ever eat them all?" Never. Never, ever happened. Not once.

• Mayonnaise: Hellmann's or GTFO.

• Ketchup: Not my favorite condiment, but I'm pretty sure that as an American you're required to have this in your kitchen at all times.

• Mustard: I have 1,000 different mustards in my fridge, and I don’t know where they came from. Yet somehow I need all of them.

• Hot sauce: All hot sauces are not created equal! And many people have many strong feelings about this, so we won't bother getting into it. I cannot deal with the emotional fallout that will bring. (The answer is, Baron’s Hot Sauce is the greatest ever, and the rest of you are wrong!)

Beans, beans, the musical fruit

Best thing about beans, aside from the farting (c'mon — who doesn't find them hilarious?), is the fact that I can use them in place of carbs like rice or potatoes without cooking, so I don't have to be in the kitchen forever, chopping and boiling and having to wash another stupid pa... I mean, it's really healthy. Yeah. Beans are really healthy, and that's why I use them all the time.

• Cannellini beans: Buy canned; use as a substitute for potatoes.

• Chickpeas: Again, canned, and use 1,000 different ways. They are the true magic bean.

• Black beans: One can of black beans means you're always one minute away from tacos!

• Lentils: Buy dried. Aside from soup, lentils make great salads that you can make in bulk and keep in the fridge at all times. You can eat a bunch of them, feel full and be proud of your choices for a few hours.

• Split peas: Buy dried. Like lentils, they make for a fantastic soup, but I like using them for a quick version of mushy peas, a British staple that's unique in that it actually contains more vegetables than bacon grease. Though you certainly can add a ton of bacon grease if you want.

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Caaaaaaaarbs!

• Pasta: The kind of pasta you buy is an entirely personal decision, so don't hold back. Go crazy with it when the 5-for-$5 rolls around! So many shapes, so little time!

• Lasagna noodles: I can think of only a few other products that have the ability to make half-assed attempts at dinner look like feasts that required months of planning.

• Boxed macaroni and cheese: Stop lying to yourself like you don't want a closet full of this stuff.

• Flaxseed powder: I have been told this is good for me, and it certainly tastes like it. What makes it a staple is that I can easily sneak in a few tablespoons in tons of dishes without affecting the flavor or texture, so why the hell not, right? Throw some into your breading mixture, and fried chicken becomes health food. Works for me.

• Chia seeds: There are a lot of things I want to compare chia pudding to, but all of them are so vulgar that I'm actually pretty disgusted by myself for thinking them in the first place. When you don't put the chia seeds in liquid, they stay nice and crunchy, which makes them a nice addition to many things — in my case, peanut butter out of the jar. Its massive amount of antioxidants is likely counteracting any negative effects eating half a Costco-size jar of Skippy would have on my heart.

Spices: You don't actually need that many, so calm yourself

• Kosher salt: Duh.

• Black pepper: Get yourself a proper pepper mill. You're a grown-up now. Seriously.

• Garlic powder: Garlic powder can pretty much stick his nose into whatever you're making, and nobody would mind. Except for the Chocolate Pudding twins. They'd mind.

• Cayenne: Caliente!

• Cumin: This is what chili smells like. If anything, always keep it around for chili making, which is one of those dinners that will keep on giving long after you're finished cooking it. And finished eating it as well.

• Coriander: The ground seed that cilantro comes from. Not the first spice anyone would think of, but I'll tell you, this comes in surprisingly handy very often!

• Oregano: And oddly, this one doesn't come in handy as often as I thought it would. Still delicious, though.

• Smoked paprika: Like regular paprika, but smoked.

• Za'atar: First off, if you haven't visited a Middle Eastern specialty store, you are pretty much just throwing your money away. Like, putting cash in a giant pile in the middle of the supermarket parking lot and torching it, every single week. You can get most of the staples mentioned on this list at ethnic markets at less than half the price of American grocery stores — even the big-box ones. Za'atar is actually a blend of several herbs and spices and is so delicious that you can pretty much drown whatever you're making in it, and not only will it come out tasting delicious, but it will also have a mystique of exoticism and danger about it. (By danger, I mean oregano.)

• Old Bay: Do not snort this. I will take no further questions on this matter.

• Sugar: This isn't actually a spice, but I didn't know where to put it on this list, so here it is.

You're almost done. Did you know... some pantry items actually go in the refrigerator?

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Produce

• Lemons: Memorize this fact — when you're tasting food and think it's missing "a little something," 20 percent of the time it's salt, and the other 80 percent of the time it's acid. My favorite acid is lemon juice because it's bright like sunshine, and a spritz of it makes any dish sparkle. Plus, you'll always have the ingredients on hand to make a refreshing glass of lemonade. Can't step to that now, can ya, apple cider vinegar?

• Onions: Did you know onions are an allium? Has knowing that made your life better in any way? I do hope so.

• Garlic: I buy the prepeeled cloves you find in a plastic container in the produce fridge because I hate having to go through peeling a whole head of garlic just to find they all secretly sprouted those little green centers, and then I have to go through them one by one and remove them. The plastic container offers me transparency, which is something I find important in a relationship.

• Flat-leaf parsley: Aside from adding some oomph to salads, marinades, side dishes and the lot, sprinkling chopped parsley across the plate is like sprinkling pure culinary razzmatazz!

• Boxed salad greens: Sure, you may logically think that it’s smarter to pick up loose greens because they’re cheaper, but you are so incredibly wrong. I will bet you 10 bucks that every week, you buy yourself a bunch of loose greens, and at the end of the week, you throw them all out because you threw them into the crisper drawer but never used them because you didn’t want to go through the hassle of washing them. Or you just forgot, because you can be inconsiderate like that. This won’t happen with boxed salad greens. They’re a bit hard to jam into crisper drawers, so you’ll probably jam it into the space between the milk and top of the fridge, meaning every day you’ll have to look at it. And it’s easy enough to use, so you’ll just grab it with some of the lemons you always have on hand, toss with a bit of olive oil and a touch of salt, and boom! Salad! You weren’t even thinking about cooking, yet somehow salad happened.

The fridge

• Whole milk: I don’t waste my time with skim milk, because I’m not a little bitch.

• Butter: For making a great pan sauce or making healthy foods unhealthy… but delicious!

• Parmesan cheese: Please buy the kinda-good stuff. You don’t have to buy the expensive stuff from Italy, but just not out of a can. Please don’t make me cry for you.

• All the cheese: My fridge is actually 75 percent cheese. I recently found out I have high cholesterol, but I refuse to believe these facts are related. I’m blaming my father and his lousy genetics.

This is a lot, we know. So we created a short version -- your handy, dandy printable pantry checklist. You're welcome!

I had a feeling this day was coming. The lovely dance instructor peeked around the door with my daughter and a couple more girls in hand. They were all on the verge of being kicked out of class, thanks to my daughter, the ringleader.

“I think we need to have a talk about listening,” she said, making eye contact with me.

Soon after our talk, my daughter was back in class and at it again: egging on the other girls to join her in hanging from the ballet barre, tapping their tap shoes against the wall as they swung back and forth. She got kicked out of class, the first of many instances I’m sure.

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I sat her on the couch outside the dance room, in clear view of all the other parents, taking off her tap shoes while she flailed and screamed indignantly. It only registered to me that I should be embarrassed because this was a new group of parents and teachers, unaccustomed to my strong-willed daughter and her regular outbursts. Every little thing that does not go her way is a loud and vicious struggle. The faculty at my son’s school is well-acquainted with the sight and sound of my daughter being carried like a thrashing sack of potatoes under one arm as we walk out to the car. To be honest, strong-willed is an understatement. She is hellbent on being in charge.

Whenever she is playing with friends, I will hear her voice calling out instructions based on whatever she wants to play. If she wants to run to the other end of the soccer field at school, she will motion and rally all the other kids to come with her. When she sees me approaching when they are misbehaving (often at her request), she responds by yelling for everyone to “hide” while holding her hands out at me like Gandalf the Grey, insisting I shall not pass.

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While I love the prospect of raising a daughter who is a natural-born leader, it’s happening at the expense of my sanity in these early years. It’s hard to pick your battles when every single thing is a battle. She wants to make every single decision, and when she doesn’t get her way, there is hell to pay. I can’t give in to her every whim, nor do I want to, but I wonder how I am supposed to let her take the lead in her life without giving up my authority as a parent.

Of course I don’t want to squash her will or crush her spirit. I want her to be vibrant and confident, to learn to harness her ringleader skills and use them to her advantage. But I also want to be able to take her to dance class without the other parents thinking, Oh no, here she comes again. I worry about how her strong-willed leadership will affect her friendships, and how other parents, teachers and peers will react to her. I worry about her becoming too confident, too bold. I don’t want her ringleader tendencies to turn into trouble, which is clearly becoming a problem already.

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There is a fine line between finding that sweet spot where her leadership can shine and letting her raise hell. I want her to be the most authentic version of herself, but right now, the most authentic version of herself is often an awful, pint-sized dictator. I’ll sometimes find myself wishing she was more calm and sweet and demure — embodying the antiquated stereotype of what a little girl should be.

But then I’ll watch her run at the front of a pack of kids, jump off the top of a tall rock without fear, confidently stand up for herself when another child tries to quiet her — and I remember that’s not who she’s meant to be. Even though she may be a struggle to parent, she is exactly the child I want. I’m glad I’m raising the ringleader, even if it does make my life an absolute circus.

Bristol Palin's bank account is about to get a nice injection after a judge ordered her first baby daddy to pay her a hefty chunk of change.

According to court documents uncovered by TMZ, Levi Johnston must fork over a grand total of $61,915.20 to satisfy his back child support obligations for the couple's 7-year-old son, Tripp.

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While the pair seems to have finally put their acrimonious parenting relationship behind them, the road has not always been so smooth. A drawn-out custody battle reportedly cost Johnston $100,000 in legal fees, according to a Facebook post he made last winter.

"I'm so happy to have my son in my life, and to put all of this back in [sic] forth in the courts behind me," he wrote. "It might have taken me 7 years and cost me around $100,000 in lawyer fees, spread out among 3 different lawyers, as well as a lot of patience, but it was all worth it."

The pair now shares joint custody of their son.

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This was not Palin's only legal issue regarding her children. She has been working out custody details for her infant daughter, Sailor Grace, with Dakota Meyer, and that seems to be going a lot more smoothly — or, at least, a lot more quickly.

She recently agreed to Meyers' request that Sailor's last name be changed from Palin to Meyers, and that he be added to the birth certificate as her father. The couple has agreed that Meyer, who lives in Kentucky, can visit the baby twice a month for four consecutive days.

"Bristol consented to the change of name some time ago," Palin's lawyer told People, adding that both Palin and Meyer are "talking directly and just being parents without involving the lawyers."

Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers from Wednesday night's Nashville Season 4 finale.

Nashville fans shook their collective fist at television screens on Wednesday night, after the finale left everyone reeling with the uncertainty of Juliette's fate. A death is always hard to swallow, but we're not even sure where Juliette's plane is right now, which seems like a serious series finale no-no.

But before you lose any more sleep over whether Juliette is alive or dead, consider this: That infuriating cliffhanger was most likely a carefully plotted maneuver to bring the canceled show back in the not-so-distant future.

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That's right, ABC might have called uncle on the popular series, but Lionsgate, the studio that produces the show, is not yet ready to give up. According to a Variety source, Lionsgate is actively shopping the show around to other platforms and "remaining optimistic" that it will be picked up.

Lionsgate's head of TV, Kevin Beggs, confirmed that the studio does indeed have a long-term plan for Nashville's future.

"The fans and everyone else is clamoring for many more seasons," Beggs told Variety. “We kind of go one season at a time in our thinking. Our near-term plan is to get another full season... these kinds of shows can go forever and ever — obviously that’s our hope and expectation, but we’ve to to do it one season at a time. So right now, we’re all about Season 5. So we hope to land Season 5 and keep talking about this show for years to come."

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Lionsgate also tweeted a little tidbit that really got fans' hopes soaring on Thursday.

Getting picked up by another platform like Netflix or Hulu is definitly not far-fetched, considering The Mindy Project was similarly saved by Hulu after it was axed by Fox.

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And it seems like the cast is still on board, as well. Beggs confirmed that Lionsgate has long-term deals with the actors, and Nashville stars Sam Palladio and Chris Carmack both tweeted their hopefulness for a revival.

So fret not, Nashies, it isn't over quite yet.

Would you keep watching Nashville if it got picked up by another platform?

A menstrual cup can be a great, more environmentally friendly alternative to tampons and pads, but it does come with certain drawbacks. It can be a huge mess to change, women occasionally have problems with insertion and removal, and it can create difficulties if you decided to leave it in during intercourse.

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However, if you're intent on doing it while your cup is in place, there are particular guidelines you should follow for your own comfort and safety. I got the lowdown on the issue from Vili Petrova, creator of the LENA Menstrual Cup.

"While it is easy to forget you are on your period while wearing a menstrual cup, it is important to remember that reusable menstrual cups are not a contraceptive device and should never be worn during intercourse. Disposable menstrual cups can be worn during sex as they are positioned directly below the cervix, are made of soft material, and are intended for a single use. Reusable menstrual cups are made from sturdier, long-lasting silicone and are designed to sit lower in the vaginal canal, away from the cervix, making them unsafe for use during sexual intercourse," Petrova said.

Makes sense, right? Since a Soft Cup is designed to be used once, it's made of more pliable material, and can go all the way up behind your cervix. Sure, the insertion process is trickier, but the end result is period sex with no mess, so for many women, it's worth it.

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Thankful, since we live in a world where we have anonymous online public forums, ladies who've embarked on menstrual cup sex adventures are talking about it. Based on their reported experiences, it seems like sex on the menstrual cup (disposable only) is worth a shot.

OK, so here's what we've learned from these intrepid explorers.

1. Sex with a menstrual cup definitely cuts the mess.
2. It can be hard to retrieve said cup afterwards, but you probably shouldn't leave it up there.
3. Some men will be able to feel it on occasion, but most don't seem to mind it.
4. If it gets pushed too far in, pushing down like you're pooping will help move it down.
5. While it appears possible to have sex with a reusable menstrual cup, it is not recommended by any of the manufacturers.

Will I be trying this period sex method anytime soon? Probably not, but that's more to do with my issue of not being able to remember there's a foreign object floating around inside me. If you're going to give it a whirl, use disposable cups and pee afterwards, because nobody likes getting a UTI.

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Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin are legally dunzo — the couple has finalized their divorce settlement.

After a year-long separation, Paltrow and Martin have finalized their divorce and agreed to a financial settlement with both waiving their right to spousal support.

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Twelve years after they first wed in a private civil ceremony in the U.K., the couple seems almost closer than they were during their marriage. They spend nights at each other's homes while spending time with their two children and frequently vacation together.

"And isn't that the ideal?" she told Glamour in February. "Well, the ideal is to stay married. But if you can't stay married, wouldn't the ideal be that you could still be a family and you could put aside your own stuff long enough to explore — what is this new family and who am I in it? And Chris is a great ex-husband 'cause he's a very, very willing partner in how to do that. We're constantly putting aside our own stuff and trying to reimagine something that we don't personally have an example for.

"We're not living together, but he's more than welcome to be with us whenever he wants. And vice versa: I sleep in his house in Malibu a lot with the kids. We'll have a weekend all together; holidays, we're together," she continued. "We're still very much a family, even though we don't have a romantic relationship. He's like my brother."

Since their split, Paltrow has moved on with director and producer Brad Falchuk, and Martin has been tied to British actress Annabelle Wallis and Jennifer Lawrence.

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Interestingly, the finalization comes after Martin was deemed unresponsive to Paltrow's divorce petition. According to TMZ, this was actually a calculated move to avoid press attention every time a new piece of paperwork was filed.

1. This bulldog posing in front of the flag.

2. This beautiful Pomeranian enjoying the outdoors.

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3. This German shepherd in training that just happens to be carrying a flag.

4. This black Lab, who solemnly gazes into the distance as he contemplates his unending loyalty to his country

5. These pretty Goldens just really like cake — I mean, the American flag

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6. This little buddy, earnestly pledging his allegiance to the flag

7. Whatcha doin', big guy? "Oh, you know, just thinking about America and stuff"

8. This fierce Rottweiler gazes out of the window, reflecting on his duty to his motherland

9. This pooch, whose glorious locks are flowing in the wind beneath an American flag — you can't get any more American than this

10. This pup who is enjoying some patriotic streamers

11. And finally, we love this little hat on this beautiful white pup

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