Baby

Gwyneth Paltrow's Gift to Blue Ivy Was Not So Awesome

Posted by April Peveteaux
on Feb 10, 2012 at 9:00 PM

gwyneth paltrow beyonceOh Goop, you've gone and done it again. Your baby gift to Jay-Z and Beyonce's prodigy, Blue Ivy (TM) is truly amazing: A top of the line Bugaboo Cameleon. It shows what style and class you have, while also allowing you to not-so-subtly brag about how much money you have. Well done! If not a bit too well done, if you know what I'm saying. What I'm saying is this, Gwyn, the Bugaboo was totally obvious.

Instead of going with such a classic, you really should have invested some of your cash into the following baby presents for Blue Ivy.

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Sports GossipMonger

Jenny McCarthy Could Teach Tim Tebow a Thing or Two

Posted by Jacqueline Burt
on Feb 10, 2012 at 8:03 PM

jenny mccarthyThe ladies love Tim Tebow! First Katy Perry made a play for the Broncos star QB, now Jenny McCarthy is ready to make Tim Tebow her own personal Jesus, if you get what I'm saying. And apparently Rosie O'Donnell is determined to play matchmaker. Hey, why not?

How did this unlikely trio get together? The magic of football, of course. And radio!

See, Rosie was at the Super Bowl with her Sirius XM radio show. And Jenny McCarthy was there, and ... so was the Tebes.

Y'know, Tim to the Tebow.

So, Jenny and Rosie and Tebowie, all just hanging out. What do you think happened next? You'll never guess! Okay, I'll just tell you.

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Pregnancy This Just In

Mom's Mood Swings May Hurt Baby's Development: Well, Isn't That Just Dandy?!

Posted by Mary Fischer
on Feb 10, 2012 at 7:41 PM

Isn't pregnancy supposed to be the one time in your life when you really don't have to worry about being all emotional and moody? I mean, I totally used the whole "Leave me alone, I'm pregnant!" excuse whenever I lashed out at my husband for no good reason got a little bit snippy with people to justify the fact that I sounded like a complete nutcase. Was that wrong?

Pregnancy brings many forms of stress and worry, and now there is a chance that all of that stress and worry will only give you one more thing to stress and worry about. Gah!

And now a new study shows that your overall mood during pregnancy can have an effect on your baby's development!

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Entertainment We Tried It

Let's Geek Out on 'Star Wars' -- It's What George Lucas Would Want (PHOTOS)

Posted by Sheri Reed
on Feb 10, 2012 at 6:41 PM

han solo in carbonite
Me and my boyfriend Han -- he hates photos!
As part of my recent all Star Wars weekend* with my son in which we visited Skywalker Ranch and LucasArts and saw a sneak peek at Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace 3D, I have to say I went into a complete and utter Star Wars mania geekout. I couldn't get enough!

I mean, how surreal is it for a former kid of the 1970s to have Stormtroopers holding the door for you and R2-D2 leading you to the loo. I swear to God I started twirling my hair nervously into Princess Leia buns while trying to shake anxiety sweats from the surges in my Midi-chlorian count.

So I just gotta share some of the best moments from our trip -- because it was a total trip, indeed. It was a Star Wars memorabilia dream. Check it out.

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Home & Garden Say What!?

Man Unwittingly Buys House With Virgin Mary Tree in Yard

Posted by Mary Fischer
on Feb 10, 2012 at 5:45 PM

Getting used to living in a new home can be a bit of a challenge, and quite often there are things you discover about the place that you didn't notice before you signed the closing papers. Sometimes it's a leaky faucet or a creak in the stairs, but one guy in Texas got a whole lot more than he bargained for. Because one day, he found a ton of people standing around a tree in his front yard. Creepy, huh?

He noticed that the people were leaving candles and flowers around the tree and assumed that there had been some sort of accident there or something like that, which seems like a logical explanation. But as it turns out, crowds have been flocking there for a much more interesting reason. They believe that they can see the image of the Virgin Mary imprinted in the tree.

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Entertainment Eye Roll

Madonna Has Very Un-Madonna-Like Reaction to M.I.A.'s Middle Finger

Posted by Kim Conte
on Feb 10, 2012 at 5:31 PM

madonna at the super bowlPretty much the ONLY person on the Internet who didn't weigh in this week on M.I.A. throwing the bird during her performance with Madonna at the Super Bowl half-time show was Madonna herself. But that all changed Friday morning when the Material Girl herself candidly told Ryan Seacrest what she thought of the flip-off.

Guess what. Madonna wasn't happy. Here's what she said about it:

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Entertainment LOL

Channing Tatum Is 'Handsome Steak' & More 'Vow' Critic Giggles (VIDEO)

Posted by Adriana Velez
on Feb 10, 2012 at 5:15 PM

channing tatumThe reviews for The Vow are in, and it looks like Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum have mad chemistry. And it's a good thing, too. Because to hear the critics tell it, if it weren't for that chemistry, we might start wondering if Channing Tatum is actually just a computer-generated vision of manliness and not an actual human being.

Oh my, the consensus seems to be that Channing is not exactly what we could call an ACT-OR, as such. Poor Channing, what are you doing in this role as a bohemian type in the first place? It's like he's a Greco-Roman wrestler in a movie about Greco-Roman wrestling who suffered a tragic head injury and wanders away only to find himself in the wrong movie, wearing a pork pie hat. And he can't remember where he really belongs!

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Love & Sex All the Rage

A Quick Guide on How to Remove Body Hair

Posted by Aunt Becky
on Feb 10, 2012 at 5:09 PM

Unless you're going with a '70s throwback look where body hair was in style, most women know they're expected to keep the hair "down there" to a minimum. But mastering the technique is a huge pain -- not to mention confusing. Just a couple of years ago, it was all the rage to go completely bare (Brazilian), and before that, it was the "racing stripe." The styles change quickly. The methods of removal do not.

So what do YOU need to know about getting control of your pubic hair? Here's a primer for the common methods used to remove unwanted hair down there.

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Baby Heartbreaking

Baby's Near-Death From Whooping Cough Is Why Moms Should Vaccinate

Posted by Mary Fischer
on Feb 10, 2012 at 5:05 PM

Seeing a baby hooked up to oxygen and feeding tubes is totally and completely gut-wrenching for any parent. And as I sat today and watched a news clip about a 4-month-old baby named Everlee who almost died after a bout with whooping cough, I couldn't help but feel my stomach sink a bit. Whooping cough is an "old disease" that we are suddenly hearing about again because more and more parents are refusing to vaccinate their kids. And that's just scary.

Poor little Everlee was just a few weeks shy of receiving her shot against the disease. But an un-vaccinated child at her 9-year-old sister's school happened to contract whooping cough before that, and the sister likely brought it home on her clothing because of how contagious the disease is, which is how doctors think Everlee probably caught it. And then she wound up in the intensive care unit fighting for her life.

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Entertainment This Just In

Sneak Peek at Bella as a Vampire in 'Breaking Dawn, Part 2' -- TONIGHT!

Posted by Jacqueline Burt
on Feb 10, 2012 at 5:03 PM

breaking dawn Listen up, Twi-Hards! Huge Breaking Dawn, Part 2 news! And I don't care what your plans are for tonight, they're getting cancelled. Ix-nay your an-plays, got it? You've got somewhere to be at midnight, and that place is Target.

No, seriously! Come back! Because just before midnight, participating Target stores across the country will be screening never-before-seen footage from Breaking Dawn, Part 2 ... featuring ... BELLA AS A VAMPIRE!!!

Our first look at the undead Bella Swan!! (Well, you know, besides that split-second shot of her eye opening at the end of Breaking Dawn, Part 1.)

And then the Breaking Dawn, Part 1 DVD goes on sale!

AND it gets even better!!

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