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Trump Chose Not To Pardon His Children. Here’s Why Eric Thayer/Getty Images By Elizabeth S. Mitchell/Jan. 20, 2021 11:27 am EST Before his departure from the White House, Trump made headlines for doling out several presidential pardons; some to his own former allies, like his former chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon, and others to celebrities like rapper Lil Wayne (via The New York Times). Many expected Trump would use his power of clemency to grant pardons to his children and even to himself, and that he may also let off the hook his fellow republicans who are under investigation for allegedly inciting the insurrection at the capitol earlier in January....

What Mary Trump Thinks Of Ivanka’s Political Future Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images By Hope Ngo/Feb. 10, 2021 8:45 pm EST When political commentator Rachel Maddow first picked up Mary L. Trump’s book about her uncle Donald, she told The Tonight Show that she was chilled by a prediction that Mary had made: that there would be no way Donald Trump would leave the White House peacefully if he lost the election. Maddow then said, “I don’t know if that’s true, but for her to say ‘Listen, I’ve known him since I was a kid, I’ve known him since I was a toddler, and I can tell you from a life’s worth of observation and every other hard thing I’ve ever seen him go through, there’s no way” (via The Independent)....

Why Joe Biden’s Dog Is Different Than Any White House Pup In History Twitter By Jennifer Leonard/Nov. 7, 2020 3:46 pm EST The White House is about to welcome two brand-new residents. And no, we’re not talking about president-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill. These two new faces actually each have four paws: Major and Champ, the Bidens’ German shepherds. And while Champ has been with the family since 2008, Major is a more recent addition, coming to them in 2018, according to Vogue....

Are Meal Replacement Bars Actually Good For You? Shutterstock By Joey Keogh/Dec. 8, 2020 4:47 pm EST We’re all trying to be healthier and eat better, but sometimes there isn’t enough time to prepare a full meal. When running out the door or trying to recover from a workout as quickly as possible, meal replacement bars can be really handy. For those who are really good in the kitchen, you can even make your own so there’s no guessing about what kind of weird, unpronounceable ingredients are in them....

Betty White shares her surprising secrets to youth David Livingston/Getty Images While we’re sure Betty White doesn’t skimp on her fruits and vegetables, she doesn’t credit either to her lengthy life. No, the hilarious (and sometimes down right NSFW) comedian shared a much more unpredictable answer to her dietary suggestions. According to a January 2021 article from Taste of Home, the actress credited hot dogs to be the magic trick and vodka to be her youth elixir....

Bling Empire’s Kevin Kreider Reveals Just How Real The Show Is John Wolfsohn/Getty Images By Joey Keogh/Jan. 28, 2021 1:04 pm EST Bling Empire is the latest Netflix must-watch to which you can happily lose an afternoon without being forced to pay much attention, or think too deeply about it. Following in the footsteps of Selling Sunset, the Los Angeles-based reality show follows a group of super-rich, super-hot men and women as they party, fight, work (sometimes) and flash the cash all over town for our entertainment — it’s fluffy, escapist wish fulfillment with zero guilt attached....

Here’s How You Can Watch Every Episode Of Renovation Island sarahbaeumler/Instagram By Jennifer Parris/Feb. 5, 2021 6:38 pm EST The setup for HGTV’s Renovation Island is a romantic renovation fan’s dream come true: an intrepid Canadian couple take their four children on an experience of a lifetime when they purchase (and then painstakingly renovate) a rundown beachfront resort in the Bahamas. During the show’s pilot episode, contractor Bryan Baeumler and his wife, design expert Sarah Baeumler (pictured), stepped foot on the resort and knew it wasn’t going to b any ordinary renovation....

Here’s What Catelynn Lowell From Teen Mom OG Really Does For A Living Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images By Lindsay Cronin/Feb. 25, 2021 4:48 pm EST Catelynn Lowell first hit television screens in July 2009 when she appeared on the debut season of MTV’s 16 & Pregnant. Since then, she’s continued to be seen alongside husband Tyler Baltierra on the network’s other shows, Teen Mom and Teen Mom OG in the years since....

Here’s Why Mike Pence Won’t Attend Trump’s Departure Ceremony Pool/Getty Images By Caitlin Flynn/Jan. 19, 2021 5:23 pm EST Breaking with tradition, Donald Trump will not attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, January 20, 2021. Instead, USA Today reports that he’ll head to Florida shortly before the ceremony begins. Rather than participating in the typical peaceful transfer of power, Trump will hold his own departure ceremony at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday morning....

How Kate Middleton Keeps Her Bra Straps From Showing Wpa Pool/Getty Images By Christine-Marie Liwag Dixon/June 29, 2020 11:55 am EST There’s no doubt that Kate Middleton always looks fashionable, in spite of having to follow a strict royal dress code. Her hair is always perfectly coiffed, and her clothes always seem tailor made. At any given moment, the Duchess of Cambridge looks like she just stepped out of the pages of a fashion magazine — we never even see so much as a hint of a bra strap....

Inside Ariana Grande’s Relationship With Her New Fiancé Kevin Winter/Getty Images By Paige McBride/Dec. 21, 2020 12:46 pm EST Ariana Grande made headlines over the weekend after she flashed a diamond on her left ring finger on Instagram. The photo, captioned “forever n then some”, showed off her new bling along with photos of her and her fiancé, Dalton Gomez. According to People, Gomez works as a real estate agent, and following her highly publicized break up with Pete Davidson, the pair have kept their relationship rather private....

Is There Going To Be A Third Mamma Mia! Movie? Jeff Spicer/Getty Images By Melanie Curry/Feb. 26, 2021 11:35 pm EST Mamma Mia! first premiered in July 2008, and it immediately became a cult classic. With iconic stars such as Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, and Colin Firth, how could it not? Fans were jumping out of their seats trying to decipher Sophie’s — Seyfried’s character — father. Her mother Donna, played by Streep, went above and beyond preventing the revelation from both the three potential fathers-to-be, according to IMDb....

Mary Trump’s Prediction About The 2024 Election Is Turning Heads Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images By Hope Ngo/Nov. 13, 2020 9:56 am EST We haven’t seen much of President Donald Trump since President-elect Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 elections, but we have heard rumors being floated about that the soon-to-be former President is considering a return to the White House in 2024. But his niece, Mary L. Trump, who wrote the tell-all book Too Much and Never Enough on her uncle, doesn’t think that is a possibility that will play out....

President Trump’s Supreme Court Nomination Is Causing Quite A Stir Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images By Hope Ngo/Sept. 26, 2020 5:46 pm EST President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett, who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who passed away last week. If confirmed, Barrett would be the third Trump appointee to the high court in four years, and gives the court’s conservatives a 6-3 majority....

Real Ways To Support Your Partner When They’re Depressed Shutterstock By Cassandra Rose/March 2, 2021 11:40 pm EST When you’re in a relationship with someone who’s depressed, watching them struggle can also hit you hard. You’re 100 percent committed to being there for your partner and showing them that you care, but you’re unsure about how to support them in a way that is actually helpful and also respects their boundaries....

RHOC’s Braunwyn Windham-Burke Posts First Photo With Her Girlfriend Noel Vasquez/Getty Images By Shana Aborn/Dec. 3, 2020 9:55 pm EST Living her truth. Real Housewives of Orange County’s Braunwyn Windham-Burke, a married mom of seven, stunned fans this week when she came out as a lesbian for the first time. In an exclusive interview to GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Discrimination), the reality-drama star expressed her joy in being her authentic self....

Why some skincare products don’t benefit your skin Shutterstock So why aren’t all of those bottles in your bathroom doing what they promised? Did you just end up buying a big batch of snake oil? Before you run raging back to your derm or the salon — or fire out an angry review — consider whether you might just be using too many of them. “We are encouraging people to overload their system and spend more money than is necessary,” skincare expert Abi Cleeve told Refinery21....

The Color Coordination Tip You Need To Know For A Perfectly Organized Closet Shutterstock By Paige McBride/Feb. 10, 2021 3:42 pm EST Research continues to find a correlation between your mood and the colors in your life; apparently, this might hold true when it comes to your closet as well. Rather than organizing by item, displaying your colors may be helpful when you’re running late or need the perfect red to go with your denim — especially if your closet doesn’t currently have any rhyme or reason, a color-coded system may be best for you....

The Most Disgusting Thing The Good Bones Team Finds In A Ton Of Houses Michael Kovac/Getty Images By Joey Keogh/June 11, 2020 12:35 pm EST Good Bones, as its title suggests, is all about the feel-good nature of renovating neglected homes and proving they really were palaces, underneath everything, all along. The killer hook isn’t just that it’s a fun, addictive, HGTV show like all the others we can’t stop watching, loaded with satisfying makeovers, but its central stars....

The Scary Reason Hasbro Is Recalling Nerf Super Soakers Instagram By Hope Ngo/Aug. 21, 2020 9:45 am EST They were meant to be a blast from the past. The Nerf Super Soaker XP20, XP30, and XP100 were built to look and feel like the original Super Soakers, from its bright neon colors to its air-pressure system. They were one of the biggest toys from the ’90s. They were also meant to be a Target exclusive and would go on sale from March to July of this year (via The Verge)....