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, interim host of Jeopardy!, end each episode as he takes on temporary hosting duties of the best game show in America? It turns out the way he does it is wonderfully appropriate and sweet.He’s been sending off each show with a heartwarming tribute to the late, longtime host, Alex Trebek. Ken Jennings, whose episodes as the host began airing in January and will wrap up his hosting duties on February 19, is making sure that Alex is still and forever a part of the Jeopardy!...

Indeed, N95 masks are the gold standard for particle filtering and are far safer than surgical or cloth masks, no matter how cute they are. The 95 in the name actually refers to the fact that N95 masks are proven to filter up to 95% of all particles in the air. But even though N95 and KN95’s are the best masks to get at the moment, not all of them are created, or manufactured, equally....

“Anyone who watched the original show may have had an inkling Betty was a member of the alphabet mafia,” Morales told the A.V. Club in an exclusive statement. “Betty is (now) a single mom with her own business who has twins and still has time to hang out with her friends and her community, and I think it’s just so great because examples of living your life happily and healthily as an out queer person is just such a beacon for young queer people who may not have examples of that....

Barry never had kids, so it probably goes without saying that we don’t talk to Barry anymore. This is pretty heartbreaking if I think about it too much. Barry played an integral role in our friend-movie for a long time, through the moronic years of early adulting, through cigarettes and breakups and cross-country moves, through all of us seeking out our little spot of hard ground. And yet when we dug our feet into those places, when we reshuffled ourselves into downtown jobs and suburban houses and nascent routines, we found that there wasn’t really space for Barry....

Most of us know Macaulay from the ’90s movie Home Alone. We grew up watching it and have re-watched the movie several times since with our kids. He played homage to his iconic role and turned it into a hilarious face mask of his child-self. Posting to Instagram, the actor used humor and a cleverly printed face mask to encourage and remind everyone to wear their masks. “Just staying Covid-safe by wearing the flayed skin of my younger self,” he wrote....

Among all these various twists and turns, at least one animated short will also feature the return of a Marvel character that almost no one has been clamoring to see again. That’s right, it’s your 7th favorite talking duck, Howard the Duck. For clarity, we’re assuming the ranking goes: Uncle Scrooge, Daffy Duck, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Donald then Howard the Duck, right? (In the immortal words of Chloë Sevigny, we love Uncle Scrooge....

Mattel’s Alpha Training Blue stands a little over a foot tall and weighs six pounds. She has her namesake blue stripes running down her grey body and orange eyes that move around and blink. She can turn her neck from side to side, move her tail, and open her mouth to roar. Wheels on her feet help her move around. Physically, Blue would look good as a model left on a shelf, but she’s packed with interactivity Blue has four modes, each with a different play style that shows off distinct features of the toy....

He said that he’d been keeping journals for a whopping 38 years (for reference, he’s 50). He stored them in a “treasure chest” and always lingered on the idea of sitting down and turning the thousands of pages stored there into a book. One day, when he had some free time in his schedule, he looked at the treasure chest, which he felt was almost “staring” at him, and he began writing in a sort of “solitary confinement....

“Some research suggests that women are more likely to cheat when they don’t feel appreciated, loved, or understood,” says Tim Cole, Ph.D., a professor of communication at DePaul University and author of Broken Trust: Overcoming An Intimate Betrayal. Studies suggest that men make fewer such calculations. “Men might be a little more opportunistic on average,” he says. From an evolutionary standpoint, infidelity makes sense. “We romanticize the idea of marriage and finding that one person and tend to have a very negative view of infidelity....

Obama spoke with Juana Summers, host of NPR’s “All Things Considered” radio program. In their 30-minute conversation, which was posted on YouTube, the two talked about parenting lessons Obama learned from her mom. Obama spoke about one of the most important aspects parenting to her: Obama’s mom raised her to be self-sufficient early. She took that parenting philosophy on when it came to raising her own kiddos. The conversation is worth a full listen, but here are four great pieces of parenting advice former First Lady Obama shared for parents hoping to raise a self-sufficient kid, too....

Chrissy Teigen is known for being open and honest about nearly all aspects of her life, and her refreshing candor is what has made her an American sweetheart, with many loving her no-bullshit personality and her brutal honesty about her life and the world. The way she approached talking about her miscarriage is no different. But Teigen is, in a sense, breaking the script. Many miscarriages aren’t discussed because they happen within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, which is often weeks before people even reveal that they are pregnant....

The post comes courtesy of Stephanie Blakely Calabrace, who said that if you “have to bathe and dress your kid, comb their hair, scramble them an egg, and write them a send-off letter before they can exit the car” then you “DO NOT BELONG IN THE SCHOOL DROP-OFF LINE.” She said that kids should be trained to “jump out of the car with backpacks loaded like they are storming the beaches of Normandy while the car is at a slow roll....

A new study has revealed the most popular Disney songs based on the number of Spotify plays — and if you’ve had a child in the past 10 years, you won’t be surprised by the top dog. Frozen‘s “Let It Go” topped the list with 298 million plays. Obviously. The rest of the list, published by PlayLikeMum.com, makes sense for the most part: 2016’s Moana takes numbers two and three on the list, two being “How Far I’ll Go” with 205 million plays and three being “You’re Welcome, Moana” with 181 million plays....

Claims such as “natural,” “nontoxic,” and “free of [scary-sounding chemical goes here]” don’t guarantee a safe product. Most are merely marketing terms designed to catch your attention. None are regulated. And if you aren’t reading labels with an informed eye, it’s hard not to fall for one of the many marketing traps. Wherever there are anxieties, scammy marketers and snake oil salespeople are never far behind (we’re looking at you, Gwyneth Paltrow)....

The big problem people have is how Scar looks. In the original Lion King, Scar has a sneaky, untrustworthy vibe. He slinks around with dark brown fur, black mane, goatee, and green eyes that mark him as evil, an obvious contrast to the upright posture, yellow fur, and chestnut mane of his brother Mufasa. In every trailer we’ve seen, Mufasa appears strong and kind in the remake and having James Earl Jones reprise his role means his vibe will be consistent between the films....

So what should you do if your child experiences night terrors? “Plain and simply, nothing,” Menkes says. “Even though it’s every parents inclination to pick up or wake up their little one, the best thing you can do is let them be.” Menkes explains that if you do pick your child up, they will stare right through you as if you are not even there. Besides being creepy as hell to the parent, this is not helpful to the child....

READ MORE: The Fatherly Guide to Sleep A child who wakes terrified from a nightmare should be comforted. Most medical establishments, including The Mayo Clinic, recommend that parents stay with the child for a brief period following the nightmare, and continually reassure him that he is safe. Empathize with your child that you understand it seems really scary, but that it’s not real. Leaving his bedroom door open, and using a nightlight can both be helpful techniques when nightmares start....

The Washington Post reports that eight million people applied for loan forgiveness through the open beta testing on the weekend. “It’s easy. It’s fast,” Biden said in a press conference announcing the application process is now open. He said that applying for loan forgiveness will take less than five minutes, and it’s accessible across devices, including desktops and phones. “This is a game changer for millions of Americans to get moving,” he added....

The law states that schools must make single-occupancy facilities available to students who do not wish to use the multiple-occupancy facilities designated for their assigned sex on their birth certificates. The law also requires schools to adopt disciplinary procedures to punish students who do not comply and allows parents and guardians to take legal action against any school that does not comply with the new law, which takes effect immediately....

A video Whitlock shared on Twitter shows him walking through Heathrow Airport just after landing when Willow runs towards to give him a gold medal hug. It’s an absolutely adorable reunion and the video quickly went viral, as it has been viewed almost two million times since it was uploaded on Wednesday. “What an amazing surprise, my family kept it a secret so I didn’t think they were meeting me at the airport!...