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Channing Tatum Named PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive

Last year, PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive title went to Bradley Cooper but not without much hullabaloo from fans of Ryan Gosling. In fact, there was speculation this year that maybe Gosling would receive the title. But, no, this year is all about Channing Tatum and today, he was named PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive. Tatum has starred in four movies this year – Haywire, The Vow, 21 Jump Street, and Magic Mike, which have grossed over $589 million worldwide. Magic Mike was made for only $7 million and grossed $158.9 million alone, making it the highest grossing movie under the Dance … Continue reading →

She’s the Man (2006)

“She’s the Man” is a loose adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play, “Twelfth Night.” Amanda Bynes plays Viola, a high school student at Cornwall who loves playing soccer, and she’s pretty good at it. Her boyfriend Justin is on the boy’s team at school and tells her she’s just as good as anyone on his team, but the school budget doesn’t extend far enough and the girls’ team is cut. She thinks the girls are just as good as the boys and wants to prove it, but the coach doesn’t even want to let them try out and create a co-ed … Continue reading →

The Man from Snowy River (1982)

With a gorgeous soundtrack and breathtaking cinematography, it’s no wonder that “The Man from Snowy River” is one of the most famous movies ever to come out of Australia. Twenty-five years later, the film is still touching audiences world-wide, and I was one of them last night, for probably the third time. Jim Craig (Tom Burlinson) and his father are cutting logs when a herd of wild horses, known as the brumbies, comes dashing across their land. Bess, their stock mare, takes off with them, and the gelding holding back the logs jerks away, causing the logs to fall and … Continue reading →

Tristi’s Picks: Best Children’s/YA Books Read in 2006

To go along with the blog posted earlier about the best novels I’ve read in the year 2006, I’m sharing with you a list of books for children and young adults that I particularly enjoyed. Again, it was difficult to determine an order; I happened across some wonderful books this year. Click on the book title to read the full review. 1. “Ashes of Roses” by Mary Jane Auch. The story of the Triangle Factory Fire in New York City, I learned a great deal about the young immigrant workers who perished in the fire and the labor laws that … Continue reading →

The Marriage Blog Week in Review for Dec 23-29

Whew! What a week! We started with the roll into Christmas and we’re ending it counting down to the New Year. Tomorrow is New Year’s Eve and we’ll be officially counting down the last few hours until 2007 is born. So let’s take a look at our last week of 2006 here in the marriage blog and the articles that we wrote to share with you. If you missed anything this week with the holidays, this is your chance to catch up on all of that. Saturday, December 23 We marked the approach of the end of the year with … Continue reading →

Lohan Calls Out Bynes in a Tweet

Call it a case of Disney vs. Nickelodeon, even if on the smallest of scales. Former Nickelodeon star Amanda Bynes, most famous for “All That” and “The Amanda Show,” has had multiple run-ins with the police lately. The 26-year-old sideswiped a police car of all things on April 6th. She was released but later charged with DUI for refusing a breathalyzer test. Then, April 10th, she was involved in a hit-and-run. On August 4th, she rear-ended another motorist. She stopped briefly, but I guess thinking there was no damage, she left. But, there was damage and it turned out to … Continue reading →

IIHS Says July 4th is Deadliest Driving Day for Teens

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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gathers data on automobile crashes. A new analysis of this data shows that July 4, Independence Day, is the deadliest day for teenagers to be driving. Parents should remind their teens about driving safety before handing over the keys on this holiday. Independence Day, or The Fourth of July, is a national holiday. Many people will have the day off of work, and banks are usually closed. This is a day to spend with your family watching fireworks and celebrating the birthday of the United States of America. Unfortunately, it also just so happens … Continue reading →

Boy Gets Revenge on “Bad Dad”

Subtitle: Pi*sing off kids comes with consequences. Here’s a story that may make you think twice about the way you treat your kids: UK resident William Ireland has so much disdain for his father that even when the elderly man died he couldn’t bury his hatred. Rather than let bygones be bygones, William cremated his old man, and then sold his father’s ashes on eBay. In the product description portion of the online auction site William wrote: “Here are the ashes of my father, Kenneth Ireland, an adulterer who left a wife, two children and just £17 in her pocket. … Continue reading →

Kirstie Alley Comes Clean and David Ogden Stiers Comes Out

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These two news stories may come as no big surprise to some of you, but at least the two celebrities are coming clean with the truth. After months of seeing photos of Kirstie Alley looking – well, let’s just say a little heavier than her bikini shot on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in November 2006, she has finally admitted publicly that she gained weight. She said that she started screaming when she stepped on the scales for the first time in 15 months because the scale read 228 pounds. Alley had gained 83 pounds and was at her highest weight … Continue reading →

Another Type of Adoption: Embryo Adoption

Soon after I became an adoption blogger for Families.com over two years ago, I wrote blogs introducing three kinds of adoption—domestic infant adoption, adoption from the child welfare system, and international adoption. But now there is another kind of adoption: embryo adoption. “Embryo adoption” or “Embryo donation” is when a couple donates unused embryos that were created and frozen during infertility treatment to another couple. These embryos are transferred to the womb of the recipient mother. Technically this is not “adoption” at all in most states, since most states agree that the legal mother of a child is the mother … Continue reading →