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The Best Dressed Stars At The 2020 Billboard Music Awards Kevin Winter/bbma2020/Getty Images By Melissa Willets/Oct. 14, 2020 9:40 pm EST Another night, another awards show trying its best to keep America’s spirits up in the midst of the pandemic. Fans need a little escape, and what better way to forget about COVID-19 than to see our favorite recording artists all glammed up for the Billboard Music Awards? Not surprisingly, the stars let their individual styles shine through....

The Christmas Movies You Don’t Want To Skip This Year Shutterstock By Shana Aborn/Dec. 22, 2020 10:50 pm EST Perhaps now more than ever, we can appreciate the simple pleasures that the holiday season brings. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced millions to cancel their travel plans and reduce or eliminate their guest lists. Even Prince William and Kate Middleton will be missing out on their traditional royal family get-togethers. But there are some seasonal joys that don’t require gift wrap, a large crowd, or a plane trip — and watching Christmas movies at home is among them....

The Real Reason Joe Biden Is Wearing An Ankle Boot Mark Makela/Getty Images By Hope Ngo/Nov. 30, 2020 11:18 am EST Dogs may be man’s best friend, but they can also be a key reason why pet owners end up in the hospital for injuries that include fractures, bruises, and abrasions (via PetMD). Just ask President-elect Joe Biden, who will be spending the next few weeks in a walking boot thanks to a weekend Thanksgiving injury that happened while he was playing with Major, one of his two German shepherds (via The New York Times)....

Why the Queen of England doesn’t need a passport Max Mumby/indigo/Getty Images Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Prince William, and Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge all travel with passports in hand. In fact, The Queen is the only member of the royal family to have the privilege of traveling without one (via Royal). Why? All British passports are technically issued in the Queen’s name. Open up a British passport and you’ll see, clearly written on to the first page: “Her Britannic Majesty’s Secretary of State requests and requires in the name of Her Majesty all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance and to afford the bearer such assistance and protection as may be necessary....

The Real Reason You Need To Clean Your Earbuds Shutterstock By Hope Ngo/Aug. 13, 2020 12:16 pm EST It’s almost too easy to drop your earbuds, whether you’re on a train, in a restaurant, at the office, or at home. Small wonder that a study found that earbuds can play host to as many as 119,186 CFU or colony-forming units of micro-organisms like bacteria and fungi (via Senior Living). This means they can contain as much as six times more bacteria than a kitchen faucet, 330 times more than a countertop, and 2,708 times more than a cutting board....

The Real Reason You Recognize J.D. Vance From Hillbilly Elegy Michael Buckner/Getty Images By Cynthia Cook/Dec. 21, 2020 2:56 pm EST Netflix has generated a great deal of buzz with one of its latest films, Hillbilly Elegy, which focuses on the domestic drama of a blue-collar family in Ohio. The film, which is directed by Ron Howard and stars Amy Adams and Glen Close, is based on the memoir of the same name by J....

The Truth About Donald Trump’s Last Day In The White House Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty Images By Hope Ngo/March 3, 2021 12:17 pm EST Jan. 20, 2021 will be forever remembered as the day political traditions were broken but the Constitution held when Donald Trump did not concede, agree to meet with, or attend what turned out to be the peaceful inauguration of his successor, President Joe Biden. Instead, Trump left tradition and the White House at 8:13 in the morning with wife Melania Trump aboard Marine One to Joint Base Andrews (via The Washington Post)....

The Unexpected Items In Marie Kondo’s Home She Can’t Part With Amy Sussman/Getty Images By Hanna Claeson/Oct. 28, 2020 11:31 am EST When NASA asked Marie Kondo what she’d take with her on a trip to the moon in October 2020, the Queen of Clean replied with three unsurprisingly perfectly-reasoned items via Instagram. She wrote to her millions of followers, “I landed on: 1) A set of boxes to keep my area tidy....

If you’ve recently had a miscarriage, your test might come back positive Shutterstock Did you take a pregnancy test within a month of having a baby or miscarriage? After a miscarriage or a birth, the hCG levels in your body don’t disappear right away. Instead, they decline slowly, over a period of four to six weeks and sometimes longer. So-called chemical pregnancies are pregnancies that result in miscarriages so shortly after implantation that women often get their periods on time, but if you test, it may detect hCG in your urine (via American Pregnancy Association)....

These Tricks Will Help You Become A Composting Master Shutterstock By Paige McBride/Dec. 17, 2020 1:31 pm EST While the pandemic has allowed many people to explore new hobbies at home, composting may still elude even the greenest among us. Especially for those of us who live in apartment buildings or don’t have access to a large backyard, this recycling method may appear to be a bigger chore than it’s worth....

This Is What It’s Really Like To Be Dolly Parton Taylor Hill/Getty Images By Korey Denton/Dec. 22, 2020 9:08 am EST There aren’t many celebrities out there quite like Dolly Parton. The southern charmer has completely captured the hearts of her fans, as well as listeners all over the globe. But what exactly goes on in Parton’s day-to-day life? When does she wake up? What does she eat? And how does she stay so coifed all the time?...

This Is What Really Happens When You Eat While Watching TV Shutterstock By Gabrielle Gayagoy Gonzalez/Aug. 25, 2020 1:02 pm EST Turns out, those binge-watching sessions of I May Destroy You may be destroying your waistline. New research from the University of Sussex in England found eating while engrossed in something perceptually demanding makes it harder to notice when you feel full (via Appetite). Study researchers gave 120 participants either high- or low-calorie drinks while they completed tasks demanding different degrees of attention....

What It Really Means When You Dream About Falling Shutterstock By Jorie Mark/June 29, 2020 3:54 pm EST Dreams have their own logic. One minute you might be wandering through a foggy street, or eating an ice cream cone, or slow-dancing with your high school crush. And then the next, you’re free-falling — a sensation so vivid that you might even jerk awake. The feeling of wind through your hair as you descend downward can seem so real; the impending ground getting closer and closer....

What Luke Bryan’s One Margarita Is Really About Terry Wyatt/Getty Images By Gabrielle Gayagoy Gonzalez/Aug. 7, 2020 1:27 pm EST If you caught Luke Bryan’s socially distanced performance of his number-one hit “One Margarita” on Today this morning, consider yourself reminded: Summer is not over yet! Despite the notable contrast with the official video, shot during pre-lockdown times at Bryan’s “Crash My Playa” event at the Moon Palace Cancun resort in Mexico, Bryan and his band performed the catchy summer anthem to a virtual crowd....

The long-necked women of Myanmar Getty Images We’ve all seen images of the Karen women in parts of Myanmar and Thailand who wear heavy, brass rings around their neck. The group of people known as the “long-neck” or “giraffe” tribe is really a sub-group of the Padaung. The seemingly odd practice makes a woman more attractive to a possible mate because it is a sign of beauty and wealth. Although it may appear to many Westerners that it must be torture for a woman to undergo the lengthening of her neck, this is really just a myth....

Whatever Happened To AGT Winner Shin Lim? Gregg Deguire/Getty Images By Lindsay Cronin/Jan. 10, 2021 4:00 pm EST Shin Lim is one of the more notable America’s Got Talent winners, mainly due to the fact that he didn’t win just one season. Instead, as avid viewers of the NBC competition may recall, he won two. Following his season 13 win in 2018, Lim appeared on the debut season of the show’s spinoff, America’s Got Talent: The Champions, in 2019, where the self-proclaimed sleight-of-hand artist was once again deemed as the most talented competitor (via Good Housekeeping)....

Fans were also upset about the lack of safety precautions at Kelly Dodd’s bridal shower Instagram Some of Kelly Dodd’s co-stars on RHOC also attended the party including Emily Simpson and Gina Kirschenheiter, according to E! News. Fans weren’t happy to see that guests weren’t wearing masks or social distancing, despite being in a pandemic. After Dodd posted pictures from her bridal shower on Instagram, users wrote comments like, “Looks like a great Covid party!...

Why Sister Wives Fans Think Meri And Kody Brown’s Marriage Is In Trouble Ethan Miller/Getty Images By Erin Fenton/July 31, 2020 3:44 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Every marriage has its rough patches, especially when one person is in more than one marriage, like Sister Wives star Kody Brown. Kody and his wives, Meri, Janelle, Christine, and Robyn, have shared their relationship issues with their fans since the series premiered on TLC in 2010 (via IMDb)....

Before Shopping At H&M Again, Here’s Everything You Need To Know Shutterstock By Nishi Amaratunga/Aug. 28, 2020 11:13 am EST You’ve likely heard of H&M, whether you’re a regular customer or not. After all, the brand was partially responsible for Meghan Markle’s stunning pregnancy style. H&M has grown by leaps and bounds since its modest conception as a single-store women’s fashion business in Sweden in 1947. According to H&M’s website, the store was originally named Hennes, which means “Hers” in Swedish....

Danica Patrick’s Cryptic Post Has Rumors Swirling Over Aaron Rodgers’ Engagement Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images By Olivia Jakiel/March 5, 2021 6:26 pm EST Aaron Rodgers surprised the world after he thanked his fiancée during his NFL MVP acceptance speech on Feb. 6 (via People). After all, no one even knew the 37-year-old Green Bay Packer was even dating anyone, let alone engaged! After weeks of speculation about who Rodgers’ mystery bride-to-be was, Big Little Lies actress Shailene Woodley confirmed the news that she and the football legend had gotten engaged a while ago....