The whole thing began with a puzzle in the “phrase” category. The answer seemed super obvious, according to the internet, but not at all to the contestants who had a heck of a time trying to figure it out. The puzzle was “AN_THER FEATHER _N Y__R A” and first up to guess was Laura. She chose to spin the wheel, asked for an “O” which made the answer of the puzzle even more obvious....
A group of economists set out to measure just how much money is wasted on holiday gifts, and ended up producing cold hard data on who the worst Christmas gift-givers really are. Their findings may… not surprise you. The 1993 study, published in the American Economic Review and aptly named “The Deadweight Loss of Christmas,” looked at the value of gifts given by spouses, friends, parents, and grandparents. Researchers measured the quality of gifts by calculating the difference between their monetary value and the amount of cash that people would trade them for....
You don’t even need to be in on the Pitt jokes to notice that sometimes couples look-alike, or start to overtime. It’s not just in your head. Decades ago, researchers at the University of Michigan decided to study why married couples who grow older together tend to look like each other over time. They analyzed pictures of white, heterosexual newlywed couples, and then the same couples 25 years later and found that couples had grown to look similar....
It made sense that we had to miss these casual friends. Either by mandate or choice, we didn’t go out unless it was necessary. It kept us safe, but in the process, it made our world small by cutting out the people we would have run into on a regular basis if any semblance of regular still remained. Now, as the world opens up, we’re all reassessing our lives and asking “Do I really need to go back to the gym?...
“Teenagers actually do stink,” says Ann-Sophie Barwich, Ph.D., a cognitive scientist, philosopher, and historian who studies smell at Columbia University. “It’s very hard to say out loud. People are very touchy-feely about body odor. But it’s actually based on hormonal changes.” Girls are no exception. “Girls stink too,” Barwich says. “We just have a better reputation.” Body odor is one of the earliest signs of puberty. Due to hormonal changes, children begin to sweat profusely as their sweat glands start pumping out more moisture....
“A changing body can be very difficult for some men,” notes Mary Jo Rapini a psychologist who specializes in sex and intimacy issues. “Some guys hold to a picture-perfect image of women they’re sexually attracted to.” The aesthetic of maternity wear probably doesn’t help matters much either. “A lot of women dress differently during their pregnancy,” Rapini says. “Some guys perceive that as a form of rejection.” Take Colby. He’s been with his wife for six years....
My wife made our calendar event “P+V” mostly because she thought it was funny — and we wanted it to be a secret code so people who glanced at either of our screens didn’t know the truth comment or cock an eyebrow. Also: It would feel odd to have an event labeled “Sex with wife” or “Bone o’clock!” appear near Ash Wednesday, Memorial Day, or Presidents’ Day. In the early days of our sex scheduling, the “P+V” calendar event appeared to me like some horrid thing, a reminder that I was old, boring, inhibited....
A medium that was a life-changing revolution to a generation is now becoming an afterthought when compared to the Internet and, as a result, companies are scrambling to find ways to stay relevant in a cord-cutting world. In my house, we have the complete cable package, but if it were up to my daughter, we wouldn’t need it anymore. When you have an infant, you can watch whatever you want....
Many of us have heard: “Don’t go outside without a coat; you’ll catch a cold.” That’s not exactly true. As with many things, the reality is more complicated. Here’s the distinction: Being cold isn’t why you get a cold. But it is true that cold weather makes it easier to get the cold or flu. It is still too early to tell how weather impacts the COVID-19 virus, but scientists are starting to think it behaves differently than cold and flu viruses....
According to a statement made by the social media platform on Thursday, the ban, along with other updated privacy controls, will be implemented in the coming months. “Over the past week, we disabled comments from tens of millions of videos that could be subject to predatory behavior,” the statement read. “These efforts are focused on videos featuring young minors and we will continue to identify videos at risk over the next few months....
But music isn’t Marley’s only area of knowledge. As the father of seven kids, he also knows a thing or two about parenting, so a new album of children’s songs is something of a combination of his passions. More Family Time is definitely worth checking out if you and your kids like good, happy music. The same can be said of the kid-friendly songs that inspired him, which he helpfully arranged into a playlist....
The Peabody Award-nominated series was created by Robia Rashid (How I Met Your Mother, The Goldbergs). The series follows the Gardner family: Sam (Keir Gilchrist), a teen on the spectrum; Casey (Brigette Lundy-Paine), his cool, smart, popular track-star younger sister; and their parents Elsa (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and Doug (Michael Rappaport). They’re a loving, supportive unit, with Casey and Elsa uber-protective of Sam, who works at a local electronics store and obsesses over penguins....
Huge audiences will see a black lead character – not a sidekick or part of a team – in a superhero movie by a major studio, with a black director (Ryan Coogler), black writers and a majority black cast. This is a significant step toward diversifying our culture by improving the lackluster representation of minorities in our major media. It’s also a filmmaking landmark because black creators have been given access to the resources and platforms needed to bring different storytelling perspectives into our mainstream culture....
As of June 22, 2022, Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness will be streaming on Disney+. To be clear, it will not be hidden behind a wall of premier access. There will not be an additional fee. The big Marvel epic, complete with bizarre (and hilarious) cameos will simply be part of the regular Disney+ catalogue before the end of the month. Even the cast announcement (watch below) acknowledges that this seems early....
Well…maybe not exactly like the classic Mister Rogers. While Donkey Hodie does bring back some more old-school puppets, it also feels contemporary and relevant for kids now. The characters are quick and the situations are fun. To be clear, just like Daniel Tiger is supposed to be the son of the OG puppet Daniel Tiger, this new Donkey Hodie is the granddaughter of the puppet Donkey Hodie from the classic Land of Make-Believe....
It should come as no surprise that the internet is full of crazy fan theories about Frozen 2. It should further come as no surprise that most of these theories are absolute gibberish and do not warrant consideration. That said, some of them are genuinely interesting or so deeply bizarre they warrant some thought — if only about how deeply screwed up the viewing public, perverted by the icy echo chambers of Reddit and Twitter, has become....
The last person we see at the end of Hawkeye Episode 2 is actress Alaqua Cox. And, during Disney+ Day, it was revealed that Cox was getting her own Marvel spin-off show called Echo, starring her as the titular character. But who is Echo? And what is she doing on Hawkeye? Echo in the Marvel comics explained Although we see Echo aligned with some bad people in the second episode of Hawkeye, the character is actually a hero in the comics....
The source of the conflict? Spanking. Specifically, Kris Jenner’s boyfriend Corey Gamble saying that he would spank her granddaughter, Penelope Disick. That did not sit well with Penelope’s dad, Scott Disick. “If P[enelope] scratch me, I’m whipping her ass,” Gamble says. A clearly distressed Disick replies, “My daughter?” “Give her a spanking for sure,” Gamble replies to him, as if hitting someone else’s kid is the most natural thing in the world....
But it turns out that no so long ago, one of them was living a much less glamorous life. Justin Theroux, who is voicing Tramp in the movie, revealed in an Instagram post that Monty, who plays Tramp, was found by Disney in a no-kill shelter in Arizona. “Monty was rescued from @halorescue … an amazing NO KILL shelter in Phoenix AZ… he was found by @disney who was looking for shelter animals to cast in LADY AND THE TRAMP!...
Following the events of Spectre (2015), this movie seems to be about James Bond coming out of retirement after having lived happily and quietly with Madeline Swan (Léa Seydoux) for a little while. And as we know in the previous trailer (released much earlier in 2020), Swan will have some kind of secret past that puts her at odds with Bond. Is she a secret spy? Someone being controlled by another baddie, like Vesper was in Casino Royale?...
