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Kanye Just Made A Huge Announcement About His Presidential Run Kevin Mazur/Getty Images By Hanna Claeson/Nov. 4, 2020 11:44 am EST As of Wednesday, November 4, Kanye West had accrued nearly 60,000 votes in the 2020 presidential election, according to Cosmopolitan. While the road to victory for either Biden or Trump remains unclear, per The New York Times, West’s 60,000 vote turnout means that his campaign is definitively over. Just past midnight on the east coast, the rapping sensation conceded via Twitter....

Mike Pence Got His COVID-19 Vaccine On Live TV For Good Reason Pool/Getty Images By Melissa Willets/Dec. 19, 2020 7:50 am EST A mask-wearing Vice President Mike Pence, who is also the head of the White House’s coronavirus task force, received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on live TV Friday. The shot was administered by a staff member from the Walter Reed National Medical Center on White House grounds, according to USA Today....

Politicians Who Have Stunning Grandchildren You Need To Know About Pool/Getty Images By AnnaMarie Houlis/Dec. 22, 2020 2:07 pm EST Politicians become well-known for their policies and the change they promise to create in this world. Whether or not we agree with everything they say or do, we often see them as leaders and yet, seldom as… people. People with families like the rest of us. People with grandchildren — grandchildren who happen to do pretty inspiring things, too....

Read This Before Trying On Clothes At A Store Shutterstock By Phoebe McRae/May 27, 2020 6:52 am EST COVID-19 and the need for social distancing may just change the way we shop forever. As Jamie Nordstrom, president of stores for Nordstrom, revealed to Vicky Nguyen on Today those changes start the second you walk in the door or a store: “We certainly will have a lot of visual cues as you enter, we’ll have some stickers on the ground, we’ll have lots of signs....

Shea And Syd McGee Reveal Why They Can’t Watch Home Makeover Shows Netflix By Joey Keogh/Feb. 15, 2021 7:10 pm EST Home renovation shows are big business right now, particularly given the all-conquering HGTV network. Dream Home Makeover is Netflix’s attempt at cashing in on the craze and, predominantly thanks to lovable central couple Shea and Syd McGee, it’s proven ludicrously popular for the streaming giant. Their success story is impressive, with the McGees risking everything to make their dreams come true and, eventually, managing to pull it off against the odds....

More ways to use up extra basil Shutterstock Keep any extra basil leaves on hand for the next time you have a cocktail party to add a tasty twist to many classic drinks. You can add leftover leaves to gin and tonics, mojitos, and vodka sodas (via Gardening Know How). You can simply muddle the leaves to add an earthy taste to your 5 p.m. staple or even add them to a non-alcoholic drink for a mocktail....

Tayshia Adams Dropped A Big Hint About Her Bachelorette Season Paul Archuleta/Getty Images By Christine-Marie Liwag Dixon/Nov. 10, 2020 3:16 pm EST A Bachelorette season doesn’t get much more dramatic than having the star fall in love with a contestant at first sight and drop out of the show altogether like Clare Crawley did this season, but her replacement, Tayshia Adams, is promising some drama of her own over the course of the show....

What Twitter has to say about Ella Emhoff’s coat Win Mcnamee/Getty Images For the most part, Twitter seems to be on board with the more individual fashion choice of Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter. Fans quickly weighed in with statements like, “Excited for Ella Emhoff to become a style icon over the next four years” getting over 1,000 likes in less than an hour (via Twitter). Another tweet showed Ella’s inauguration look next to another stunning coat ensemble with the comment: “Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter Ella Emhoff wearing Thom Browne & an embellished coat....

Here’s how the Golden Girls came to live together in Miami Hulu The Golden Girls foursome might be BFFs, but that doesn’t mean they’e known each other forever. As revealed in Season 1, Episode 25, Blanche — a widow who was living all alone in her Miami home — was putting up a “roommates wanted” sign at the grocery store when she met Rose (played by Betty White), who walked up looking lost just as the Southern belle was pinning up the ad....

The Myth You Still Believe About Weightlifting Shutterstock By Phoebe McRae/Oct. 6, 2020 12:09 pm EST In recent years, weightlifting has become an increasingly popular form of exercise. But there’s one particular myth that will not die — that heavy weightlifting makes you bulk up. As Riley O’Donnell, trainer at Fhitting Room, told In Style, “This is one of the oldest myths in the book and my least favorite.” O’Donnell continued, “‘Bulking’ like a bodybuilder or professional athlete is impossible without extreme and specific training and dieting....

The Real Reason The Super Bowl Halftime Show Is So Expensive Focus On Sport/Getty Images By Hanna Claeson/Jan. 30, 2021 3:52 pm EST The Super Bowl halftime show’s ginormous price tag isn’t about paying the artists. They do it for free. Kind of. After Justin Timberlake’s 2018 half time show, sales of his music rose 543%, the same day (via CNBC). Lady Gaga’s 2017 appearance increased her digital sales by over 1,000%....

The Strange Reason Dolly Parton Likes To Spend Time In Cemeteries Ed Caraeff/morgan Media/Getty Images By Hanna Claeson/Oct. 21, 2020 11:30 am EST In 1977, the same year that Dolly Parton recorded her first Top 10 pop hit, “Here You Come Again,” the country legend wrote “To Daddy,” a song destined to become a chart-topping feather in another country goddess, Emmylou Harris’s, cap (via Wide Open Country and CMT). Maybe she wrote it in a cemetery....

The Truth About Alexander Hamilton And Angelica Schuyler’s Relationship Disney Plus By Christine-Marie Liwag Dixon/July 8, 2020 11:40 am EST Thanks to a recording of the smash hit Broadway musical Hamilton coming to Disney Plus, fans can’t stop buzzing about not just the show but the historical characters it portrays. For those of you who don’t remember much from your high school American history class, the show’s titular character, Alexander Hamilton, is kind of a big deal....

The Untold Truth Of Micah Plath Instagram By Joey Keogh/Oct. 15, 2020 5:27 pm EST The highly-anticipated sophomore season of Welcome to Plathville sees cool kids Micah and Moriah out on their own, trying to establish some independence away from their domineering parents. Kim and Barry’s strict rules for their nine kids are well-broadcast at this point; the Plath brood aren’t allowed watch TV or movies, use technology including cellphones and social media, drink soda, or eat sugary junk food....

She’s self-taught Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images When you first see Dossi doing that thing she does so well, you likely wondered how long she trained at an Olympic gym to be so flexible. Or perhaps you figured she went to some kind of special sports academy. But surprisingly, that’s not the case — homegirl is self-taught. “I was 12 years old and watching Cirque du Soleil videos on YouTube seeing performers bending and twisting and thought, ‘Hey, I can do that!...

Tom Holland Reveals Why He Doesn’t Like Being In The Public Eye Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images By Joey Keogh/Dec. 24, 2020 2:58 pm EST Tom Holland is one of the biggest stars in the world thanks, in large part, to his key role as a cog in the all-conquering Marvel machine. The British actor plays Spider-Man himself, aka Peter Parker, which made him an overnight sensation. Director Antonio Campos, who cast him in the dark, southern-fried gothic thriller The Devil All the Time before he put on the tights, told Vanity Fair how surreal it was watching Holland being catapulted to superstardom....

Unexpectedly Easy Ways To Get More Vegetables Each Day Shutterstock By Paige McBride/Sept. 29, 2020 1:41 pm EST While most people know that they’re likely not getting enough servings of vegetables each day, very few of us know why this food group is so important in the first place. The high levels of nutrients that come from getting your greens help with vital processes like digestion, blood sugar regulation, and disease prevention (via Livestrong)....

Why You Should Think Twice About Eating Baby Carrots Shutterstock By Paige McBride/Nov. 5, 2020 4:09 pm EST Since baby carrots made their debut on supermarket shelves in the 1980s, carrot consumption went up nearly 33 percent, according Dr. Weil. Over the decades, they’ve provided a quick option for a boost of veggies and an easy snack. But, recently, various groups have called their purity into question. Baby carrots are actually large carrots that are cut and peeled into smaller versions of the vegetable....

You May Have Missed Travis Barker’s Ex’s Subtle Dig At Kourtney Kardashian Michael Loccisano/Getty Images By Melissa Willets/Feb. 18, 2021 1:26 pm EST Just a few days ago, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker made their relationship Instagram official, with the former reality star posting a photo of the lovebirds holding hands. “When friends become lovers,” she captioned the sweet share. According to People, the pair have been friends for years, with things getting romantic in January....

Bindi Irwin Shares A Heartwarming Pregnancy Update Instagram By Melissa Willets/Dec. 23, 2020 11:33 am EST Just weeks shy of entering her third trimester, conservationist and zookeeper Bindi Irwin, who married Chandler Powell earlier this year, has taken to Instagram to share a sweet “bumpdate” with her 4.1 million followers (via Today). “I thought I’d share a bumpdate with you,” the soon-to-be first time mom wrote as a caption to her post, which featured an adorable selfie of her growing tummy....