We’ve all seen this scene in the grocery store: A parent navigating the cereal aisle in search of Cheerios while simultaneously trying to keep the kids from putting half of the store’s supply of sugar in the cart.If you eavesdrop for a minute or two – and who can avoid it? – you hear something […]

DEAR MR. DAD: How do I get my husband to help more with the children? I am going nuts because I can’t even run to the post office with out having to take the kids with me, while he sits on his butt watching TV. Please help. I need to do something quickly, before I […]

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Jason Bateman, 38; LL Cool J, 39; Emily Watson, 40; Faye Dunaway, 66Happy Birthday: Take a walk on the wild side this year and you will discover how capable you really are. Do not stop to daydream or to second-guess what you want to do. This is a year of […]

It’s quite true that trans-fats aren’t good for you. They used to be quite common in processed foods (in the form of hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils), and it took a pretty firm boot to get grocery manufacturers to find substitutes.But now that trans-fat content must appear on nutrition labels, most products have none – […]

Who said Saturday night was the best time to party? Three of the nation’s highest-profile events, the Super Bowl, the Grammy awards and the Oscars, are all scheduled to take place on Sunday nights in February, and each one provides a great excuse to throw a fabulous themed party. You can watch all three at […]

Giada De Laurentiis fly-fishes, rides Jet Skis and dances in her new Food Network series, but she stopped short of jumping out of an airplane.“I said I wouldn’t consider doing it,” De Laurentiis said Wednesday. “I’m just too darned scared of skydiving. The fear of that parachute not opening is overwhelming.”The skydiving idea came up […]

PASADENA, Callif. — This spring, Animal Planet will make it easy to get your fill of cute baby animals.The cable channel will premiere “Spring Watch USA” in April preceded by “Saving Grace” in March, both with unique on-air and online content to encourage audience interaction with the programs and the world outside.“Spring Watch” will be […]

PASADENA, Calif. – This is not a news flash: traditional TV sitcoms are struggling. And if this were a traditional sitcom, a precocious preteen would have had a snappy little put-down for me for even saying that.This is a big part of the problem. We always know what’s coming, and that’s why the new generation […]

The storm was one of the first touches of the old-fashioned winter storms experienced this year. Starting in early in the morning, by night the snow was piled up in drifts in places making the traveling very disagreeable. The electric cars were not able to make the schedule time and were bothered all day. By […]

AP Photo CHR801WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – Jack Black turned his “The School of Rock” role into reality when he plucked two preteen musicians from obscurity and asked them to perform with his rock band.Black played a teacher who turns his class into a rock band in the 2003 comedy, directed by Richard Linklater.The 37-year-old […]