Monthly Archives: December 2009

There’s going to be some major girl power at next year’s Grammy Awards. The nominees were announced last night, with Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift each scoring noms for Album, Record and Song of the Year.

Serena Williams was recently fined $82,500 for freaking out at a line judge – and now she’s so calm she’s letting it alllll hang out!

Tis the season for gobs of goodies, too much to drink, and holiday party after holiday party. You might think you have your strategy down for managing all the wining and dining without packing on any pounds, but do you really?

Nothing says true love like Fran Drescher and Jason Alexander.

It’s that time of year, a time for shopping frenzies, turkey-based food orgies, and finding out what everyone was Googling all year long! Therefore, in a certain way, the end of the year is extremely sad and depressing. Sorry.

If you want to glow this holiday season the first step is to take care of your skin. Here are eight tips for putting your best face forward.

Freshmen entering Lincoln University will now be forced to hop onto a scale. Those students with a BMI over 30 will be required to take a weight management class until they drop their BMI or start playing a sport. Problem is, sticking someone on a scale and then classifying him or her accordingly is going to do damage to students of all shapes and sizes, and thinking otherwise is simply naive, reckless, and dangerous.

I really wanted to believe that all this Tiger Woods hoopla was a fake media circus, but US Weekly has its hand on a phone call from Tiger to his alleged mistress — and it’s pretty incriminating. Take a listen.

The secret’s out. Meredith Baxter, the 62-year-old actress best known as mom Elyse Keaton on Family Ties, has announced that she’s gay. See her interview on The TODAY Show!

Will you vote for Amanda or Liz to compete in the finale? Who do you think will win the big prize?

Who doesn’t want free makeup, especially when you’re getting dolled up for those holiday parties?

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I’m so up in the air about this product that I find myself having a hard time organizing my thoughts, so I apologize if this post is a little scatter-brained. I was flipping through this months Allure when I came across an ad for a prescription drug called Latisse, a new treatment for a condition called Hypotrichosis. Here are my thoughts:

We set up our lives to be stressful, whether we mean to or not. Work deadlines, relationship problems, stick-thin models flaunting their stuff in magazines making us feel bad about our bodies — it’s no wonder so many of us find comfort in food.

Week 6: after complaining about being shackled to my bedroom for my workouts, I have had an epiphany. Perhaps that’s a strong term. Actually I just remembered you don’t have to watch the DVDs to do the workouts. And with that, I took my workouts with me.