With two trailers released so far, we’ve only gotten a couple of brief glimpses of a young Livia (Vera Farmiga) but for fans of the original series, her limited presence looms large. Phil Leotardo, Richie Aprile, and the feds never held a candle to Tony’s dear old mom when it came to terrifying antagonists. The cruel, abusive matriarch undermined her son every chance she could, even manipulating Junior into a botched assassination attempt against Tony....

The video message McConaughey posted on Twitter is a perfect distillation of this persona, and probably the most comforting thing we’ve seen since the coronavirus crisis began. After a call for everyone to take the necessary precautions and care for one another, he segues into a weird personification of the virus. “Right now more than ever before we’re all dependent on each other than we ever have been, but we have an enemy in coronavirus that is faceless, that is raceless, sexless, nondenominational, and bipartisan, and it’s an enemy that we all agree we’re gonna beat....

In his group, members ask one another for medical advice that aims to replace traditional medicine with so-called natural remedies such as breast milk, vitamins, and supplements in lieu of prescribed medicines like Tamiflu and, of course, vaccines. Worse still, these groups offer a conspiratorial tone that pushes parents away from trusting the medical establishment (i.e. their pediatrician) over the advice of mostly uncredentialed people who have done their own research into vaccines, or naturopaths who tout supplements over medicine....

Showcased at this year’s World Mobile Congress and Toy Fair, Merge Cube is a highly anticipated add-on to Merge’s virtual-reality goggles that lets kids hold a hologram in their hands. It essentially combines virtual reality with Pokémon Go-styled augmented reality and requires little more than installing one of the free game and learning apps (iOS or Android) on a smartphone or tablet and pointing it at the cube. While the Merge Cube doesn’t actually change in real life, on screen it turns into a Rubik’s Cube, a human heart, planets revolving around the sun, etc....

On March 23td, the heavy metal band announced they were planning to debut a new streaming concert series called “Metallica Mondays.” In the announcement, the hall-of-fame group said each night they would share archived footage of past shows and post to Facebook and YouTube to give their fans something to do, and it’s totally free. “Need to take a break from Netflix before you binge-watch the entire library?” the band writes on Facebook....

“Shooting the vaccine/Bill Gates is in my bloodstream/It’s mind control,” go the lyrics. “The Earth is flat and cold/It’s never warming up/The arctics turned to slush/The second coming’s late/There’s aliens in the deep state.” Later, however, he sounds a bit more upbeat: “Everything’s gonna get really freaky,” Jagger sings. “It’s gonna be a garden of earthly delights.” He also cites such common quarantine realities as “pacing in the yard, “cancel all the tours,” “football’s fake applause,” “virtual tours,” and “that’s a pretty mask....

Recently, I took my newborn son to a diner, where we did… nothing particularly interesting. My son saw me eating and he got jealous, so I asked for some hot water and heated up a bottle and fed him. This is not exactly radical stuff. I can feed him with one hand and myself with the other. That’s what I was doing when the first woman came up to me and apologized for taking my picture....

And I’m definitely not referring to the day he earned his driver’s license, got in his car, alone, and drove to school, joining the bustling traffic. My 16-year-old son, the newly minted commander of a 10-year-old ship he had bought with money earned from several part-time jobs, was full of excitement at his newfound freedom. This story was submitted by a Fatherly reader. Opinions expressed in the story do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Fatherly as a publication....

Part of Nerf’s Rival line for older kids (14-years-plus) that debuted last year, Prometheus shoots dimpled foam rubber balls instead of darts. So it’s both more accurate and a little more in line with paintball or Airsoft than traditional Nerf guns ⏤ you’re going to want to wear goggles and definitely not at aim a glass sitting on the edge of the table. The blaster itself is a beast. Held waist high with two hands (using a shoulder strap), the chainsaw-style grip and two-finger trigger are on top of the gun....

Although we know nothing about the next Star Wars movie, we do know who the creative team will be: Director Taika Waititi will be in charge of the next big Star Wars flick, and he’ll co-write the movie with Krysty Wilson-Cairns, known for her work on 1917 as well as serving as a staff writer on the TV series Penny Dreadful. If you’re into larger-than-life movies, you probably recognize Waititi’s name as the guy who directed Thor: Ragnarok, which, you could argue, is the only Thor movie you actually could ever rewatch....

Worth up to $350 per child per month under six and $300 for older kids, the payments have helped parents afford essentials like food, clothing, shelter, and utilities along with education and paying off debt. In total, $15 billion will reach about 36 million families today, but both numbers fall well short of where they should be. That’s because today is also a massive deadline for the 13 percent of eligible parents who are not receiving (and haven’t opted out of) the monthly payments....

Melissa and Gaspare Randazzo had far from the typical pregnancy and birth experience. Melissa, who suffered from stage four endometriosis and had to go through fertility treatment to conceive their son (who just turned two), gave birth three months early. Their son spent the next few months in the NICU while Melissa recovered from her emergency c-section and Gaspare returned to work. When their son could finally come home, they were so relieved but also stressed and sleep-deprived, trying to do their best to keep up with the set schedule he demanded....

These asks don’t come from the friend-parents I may have come with or met at the park. I don’t mind doing favors for them because I like friends. I know friends. Friends also do favors for me in return because, well, they will see me again at some point in life. In any case, I have nightmares leaving my daughter with good people I’ve known for years. So it’s difficult for me to parse a rando-stranger-parent’s perspective....

Happy Autism Awareness Month! Here’s everything you need to know about the new characters with ASD on PBS, previous PBS autism awareness programs and resources, and how you can watch with your family. Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum BFFs Xavier, Yadina, and Brad travel back in time via their super-cool Secret Museum to meet Temple Grandin as a kid. If you’re new to Temple, she’s a real-life professor, best-selling author, and one of Time’s 100 most influential people....

“Basically, any sort of discharge along the eyelashes could be concerning for pink eye,” says Dr. Aishwarya Deenadayalu of Metropolitan Pediatrics in Portland, Oregon. “It’s yellowish-green most commonly … thick discharge that crusts the eye shut.” How to Diagnose and Treat Pink Eye Look for ooze that seals the eyes shut, itchiness, and swollen eyelidsMake sure to keep the kid away from schoolWash hands thoroughly and change pillows regularlyUse antibacterial eye-dropsKeep the child comfortable and try not to wipe their eyes too much...

Pixar, it turns out, has a YouTube channel series called “Cooking With Pixar” that features recipe videos and step-by-step instructions of how to make some of the most iconic foods in Pixar’s movies. It looks like they update the channel about once a month, so a new recipe might come soon. One video teaches you how to make dumplings like those featured in Bao, the smashing hit short film about parenting, love, and growth, with the title character himself....

RELATED: How to Trick Kids Into Posing for Pictures The Polaroid Zip Instant Photoprinter outputs the same adhesive-backed, 2″ by 3″ prints as the aforementioned Snap camera, using the same inkless, smudge-proof, too-rugged-for-Junior-to-tear ZINK Paper and printing process. The difference with Zip is you don’t need a separate device to capture the moment. Take a photo with your phone, link to Zip via Bluetooth or NFC technology, and within 60 seconds you can share it with an actual human sitting next to you and all those Instagram followers you’ve never met....

In 1996, the (mainstream) message about fossil fuels was very different than what we hear today. This is evident in a Disney ride that spread the message that climate change isn’t a big deal and that fossil fuels are actually a good thing. The ride, called Ellen’s Energy Adventure, named after Ellen DeGeneres, who hosted the ride via recorded video, took riders through the glorious history of energy resources. The ride was star-studded beyond just Ellen....

RELATED: The Best Backyard Camping Gear The easiest way to banish the fear of a night full of Smurf-eaters? Light that campsite up like your backyard on the 4th of July, with the help of this new uber-portable lantern. Honestly, calling the Project Lunar just a lantern is a bit of an understatement. Sure, it can sit on the table and hang from a tree, but it also converts to a flashlight with an adjustable zoom range, a floodlight that can mount magnetically to a trailer, and even a quasi-headlamp that attaches to your backpack....