For his first two picks, Hanks went with a couple of fan favorites, naming Cast Away and A League of Their Own as favorites in his extensive filmography. The real surprise was his third choice, as Hanks told Simmons that Cloud Atlas holds a special place in his heart due to being “part of this big, massive ensemble of fantastic people who were just trying to do the hardest, best work on a deep throw....

The book, which somehow resurfaced on Twitter recently, was written before Tom secured the role of Spider-Man. In is, his father hilariously recalls realizing his son had “Eclipsed” him in fame. The book’s description reads: “Eclipsed is a hilarious story and insight into family life. We all want the best for our children and we hope that they might eclipse our own achievements. But in the same business as us and before they even hit their teens?...

A dad, who goes by Be Yourself across his social media channels, made a spoof video of these popular unboxing clips. What was the unboxing and giving an honest review about? His two-month-old baby. “Hey guys, I’m back with another review today,” he starts off, holding his young son in his arms. “This is my little boy. I just got him about two months ago. Good quality hair, the cheeks are very chunky and very kissable,” he added, with the air of someone talking about the specs of a new iPhone or electronics....

In the video, the pair dance in their living room, with a gleaming Christmas tree in the corner, and joke about their apparently quite different tastes in food. The trend basically means that there will be two choices on the screen, and the people playing just having to walk or dance to the side with their preference. From it, we learn that Gordon prefers spicy while Tilly likes the plainer variety; Tilly surprisingly roasts her dad, saying that she likes mum’s cooking more than dad’s; the father and daughter both like going out more than staying in; Gordon (of course) prefers expensive wine whereas Tilly likes cheaper, more bang-for-your-buck bottles, and they both admit to being “high maintenance” over “low maintenance....

In the segment, John notes that for the more than a third of Americans rent their home, prices are “skyrocketing.” Oliver referenced a Redfin study that shows that the median monthly rent has surpassed $2,000, which is a 15 percent increase over the last year, well above inflation rates. But that’s the minimum. In some other cities, like Seattle, rent has risen on average 30 percent. In Austin, rent has increased on average by 50 percent....

I have a 4-year-old and a 16-year-old. The 4-year-old, he’s only going to go so deep with the movie. All he knows is he has a costume that he runs around in. I think he understands the symbolism behind it, but my 16-year-old takes a more deep, introspective view of it. One thing about Black Panther that struck both of us was how cutting the social commentary was. I really didn’t expect the down-to-earth depictions of some of the things that a lot of African Americans — and black people across the world in general — face today....

Dandruff occurs when a person’s head has an excess of skin cell growth and death, which can be caused by anything from stress to a fungus to dermatitis. But thankfully, because dandruff is hard to miss, it’s also easy to diagnose, and there are many different ways to get rid of dandruff. What Causes Dandruff? “Dandruff is a very common condition, but the cause is unknown,” says dermatologist Peter Young, M....

Because Oedipus Rex is less a tabloid tale of incest and patricide, than it is a confusing saga of self-fulfilling prophecies. Just ask psychotherapist Jeffrey Rubin, who dared to read Sophocles with fresh, non-Freudian eyes. “When I read Oedipus Rex, what struck me is at the begging of the play the parents abandon their kid,” Rubin told Fatherly. “It’s not so much about the Oedipus Complex. I think Freud read that in....

Traditionally, men struggle to lift themselves out of mental or physical health problems. Dr. James Mahalik, M.D., lead author on this study, has seen this in his 30 years as a counseling psychologist and professor at Boston College who has spent his career studying psychology, health, and gender. “In some of my early work, we focused on how men who endorsed traditional masculine rules in a rigid way were more depressed or anxious, had poorer relationships and worse social support, drank more and lived less healthy lives generally,” says Mahalik....

Dr. Dean Burnett, a neuroscientist (and author of the Idiot Brain, and Guardian columnist who moonlights as a stand-up comic), says that the early days of brain development are fascinating because all of the connections needed throughout life are forming and coming together. Dr. Burnett is also father to a 4-year-old son and a one-year-old daughter, so this is basically applied science. Here’s why your kid’s still-forming gray matter makes their behavior anything but black and white....

The budget is more or less a restatement of Biden’s previously announced spending priorities like those laid out in the massive American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan, the growth of mandatory social safety net programs, as well as some discretionary spending in places like the Department of Defense, Health and Human Services, and the Education Department. But what does this budget really mean? What does it include? What doesn’t it include?...

Beards Probably Don’t Have Poop In Them (But They’re Still Dirty) First, gross. But past reports that beards were laced with fecal matter were based on a single, solitary local news report, not rigorous scientific study. Although a spokesperson from Quest Diagnostics lab in Albuquerque did tell a reporter that a few bearded volunteers had trace amounts of fecal matter in their beards (how? HOW?), these observations were not a part of any national trend....

These are all true statements. More people could participate in the workforce if child care was less expensive. Elizabeth Warren, who has made child care policy a tenet of her Presidential platform, suggested as much in her book “The Two Income Trap.” Many dual-income middle-class families, it so happens, make money but not enough money to send a child to daycare, which, as Warren herself has noted, can cost up to 36 percent of a family’s income....

First of all, don’t panic. For most babies, eating poop or other non-food items is part of natural and developmentally appropriate exploration. The lips, tongue, and face have the most nerve receptors in the body, after all. All a kid needs to do to get information about something is shove it in their pie hole, and some scientists even consider tasting a valid form of inquiry. What Happens If Your Baby Eats Poop?...

“Unfortunately, not every child can be invited to every birthday party or other outings. As a child that can be pretty disheartening and difficult to understand,” advises Sharon Somekh, M.D., a pediatrician, parenting consultant, and founder of Raiseology.com. “I think if your child brings it up, it’s important to ask about and validate their feelings. If it seems the parent is more bothered than the child, then they should let it go....

From Dr. No to No Time To Die, we’ve got the latest on all the streaming options for Bond, James Bond. (We update this all the time, so be sure to bookmark this page.) Here’s the latest James Bond streaming update as of January 2, 2023. James Bond On Paramount+ As of November 2022, a smattering of six James Bond movies quietly hit Paramount+. But, as of January 2023, they’re all gone....

“Compared with the highest earners, whites who perceived themselves to be members of the lower or working class were 25 percent more likely to agree that ‘a good, hard spanking is sometimes necessary’ than similarly set black parents,” William Schneider, a University of Illinois social work professor who conducted the research, said in a statement. As many as 70 percent of parents agree that spanking is sometimes necessary, and prior to the mid-1980s, that figure was over 80 percent....

When was the last time you yelled? A few months back I was picking my son up from his mother’s house and I noticed he had his iPad behind his back. Why was this such a big deal? The iPad is from my house, and he hadn’t asked permission to take it or take it to school. As I was getting out to greet him and help him into our car, I saw him quickly stuff it into his backpack....

He has five kids under 12. They’re all good kids — remarkably good kids, in fact. But no kid on earth is perfectly behaved 100 percent of the time. And five kids is a lot of kids. One or two of them will stray from the pack and get into some kind of mischief. It’s inevitable and mostly not a big deal. I’ve been around these kids for their whole lives, so here and there I give them some light pushback for minor infractions....

Carving faces into seasonal produce dates back to Celtic tradition. But the origin of the jack-o’-lantern stems from an ancient Irish myth about a man named Stingy Jack. As the story goes, Jack, a drunk and a scoundrel, was wandering home one night a bit blitzed and happened upon the devil, who had come to claim his scuffed-up soul. Through various shrewd tactics, Jack was able to dupe the devil on not one but two occasions and escape eternal torment....