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The Real Reason You Can Remember Song Lyrics Better Than Most Other Things Cast Of Thousands/Shutterstock By Sheri Radford/July 9, 2022 2:24 pm EST No doubt about it, earworms are irritating. We’ve all suffered through getting the lyrics of an annoying hit stuck in our heads on a seemingly endless loop. “Who Let the Dogs Out?” and “Baby Shark” are habitual offenders, but innocuous songs can also be earworm culprits, such as the themes for “Sesame Street” or “Barney” — both of which, incidentally, have been used to torture prisoners....

The Real Reason You Should Avoid Shopping At American Eagle Ken Wolter/Shutterstock By Rhiannon Ireland/Sept. 26, 2022 4:09 pm EST Known for its wide range of jeans and preppy style of clothing, American Eagle is a staple American brand, much like the similar retail store Old Navy. The brand also owns underwear company Aerie (via American Eagle Outfitters), and though by its own admission it caters to 15-to-20-year-olds, American Eagle appears to be well-known among older women, too....

The Sweet Way Tarek El Moussa Found Out Heather Rae Was Expecting Michael Mattes/Shutterstock By Joey Keogh/July 15, 2022 9:36 am EST Earlier this week, Heather Rae and Tarek El Moussa shared exciting family news, with the happy couple confirming they were expecting a baby after struggling for months with fertility issues. In fact, according to People, the El Moussas were actually in the midst of undergoing IVF treatments, with the goal of transferring an embryo sometime in the fall, when Heather discovered she’d actually conceived naturally....

The stars of Welcome to Plathville have a connection to another TLC family Instagram You don’t have to be a TLC fanatic to recognize the similarities between Welcome to Plathville’s Plath family and the Duggar family of 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On fame, who’ve faced major controversy over the years. While there’s little evidence to prove the two families pal around, social media posts from a mutual family friend seem to reveal that the Plaths and Duggars have at least been acquainted with one another....

What Do The Duggars Really Think About Using Contraception? D Dipasupil/Getty Images By Joey Keogh/June 13, 2022 11:51 am EST “19 Kids and Counting” introduced the world to the Duggars, an ultra-conservative Christian family residing in rural Arkansas that live every aspect of their lives according to God’s will. As The U.S. Sun notes, parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar keep their brood in check with a variety of rules dictating what they can wear, what they can watch on television, and even who they can physically interact with prior to marriage (read: basically, nobody besides immediate family)....

The Sussexes lived in Tyler Perry’s house when they first moved to America Paras Griffin/Getty Images Tyler Perry wants to make it clear that what Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have is special. People reports that during an interview on “Today,” the prolific filmmaker and close friend of the Sussexes recalled how he took the famous couple in while they were between homes, during their relocation to the States. Meghan and Harry briefly lived at Perry’s Los Angeles mansion, shortly after defecting from the royal family....

Here’s What Users Dislike The Most About Match.com rafapress/Shutterstock By Sara Caskey/Sept. 10, 2022 7:08 pm EST The World Wide Web was still in its infancy in 1995 when Match.com came onto the market. Match changed the dating world for good, becoming the blueprint for modern apps like Tinder and Bumble. Gary Kremen, the founder of the site, sought to pair couples based on a series of questions: Politics? Religion? Age?...

How Much Does It Cost To Hire A Wedding Planner? Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock By Jessica Tzikas/Aug. 6, 2022 7:45 am EST Planning a wedding is hard work. While from the outside, it may seem like a fun time, once you get down to it, it can actually be quite stressful and overwhelming, even for the most organized brides. Luckily, you don’t have to do it all alone. Wedding planners can help you from the very start of your planning to the moment you say “I Do....

How To Pull Off A Harry Potter-Themed Nursery vedrana2701/Shutterstock By Rhiannon Ireland/Aug. 29, 2022 11:31 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The first “Harry Potter” book was published back in 1997, but the hype amongst fans of the book and film franchise isn’t dying down any time soon. Discovering which Hogwarts house you are in is still a hot topic amongst fans; surprisingly, many of us seem to be Slytherins or Gryffindors, but make sure to give some love to Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws too....

Meghan Markle Felt Pressure To Reconcile With Her Father From An Unlikely Source Max Mumby/indigo/Getty Images By Melissa Willets/July 17, 2022 1:19 pm EST Meghan Markle and her father Thomas Sr. have had their strained relationship splashed all over the media ever since Prince Harry asked her to marry him in 2017. The drama between the dad and daughter seemingly culminated in his decision not to attend the royal couple’s 2018 wedding, with the Duchess of Sussex releasing an official statement that confirmed Thomas Sr....

Obstacles Liz Cheney Had To Overcome To Get Where She Is Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images By Amanda Chatel/Oct. 1, 2022 12:25 pm EST When it comes to talking about headline-making GOP members, Liz Cheney usually comes to mind. She’s the daughter of a storied Republican, and politically conservative herself, but she was also ditched by her fellow GOP members over her taking a stand against Donald Trump — first by House Republicans, then again when she lost her re-election bid this past summer (via BBC News)....

Of All Halsey’s Looks - This Stands Above The Rest Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images By Leslie Leon/Oct. 5, 2022 11:04 am EST If there’s one thing Halsey knows best, it’s how to tell a story. The singer-songwriter is not only long recognized for their chart-topping hits but also their incredible fashion sense. The artist, who goes by she/they pronouns, burst onto the scene with her breakout album “Badlands” and since then she’s shown no signs of slowing down....

The Last Person To See The Queen Lying-In-State Has Some Words For King Charles Max Mumby/indigo/Getty Images By Joey Keogh/Sept. 19, 2022 12:30 pm EST Waiting in line for hours was worth it for Grant Murrell, who holds the dubious honor of being the last person to see the queen lying-in-state at Westminster Hall ahead of her funeral. “I’m too exhilarated to be exhausted,” Murrell told People. “This is something I’ll never forget to my dying day....

The Shocking Number Of Lawsuits Meghan Markle And Prince Harry Have Been Involved In Max Mumby/indigo/Getty Images By Melissa Willets/July 18, 2022 1:13 pm EST It seems as soon as Meghan Markle and Prince Harry got married in 2018, it was them against the world. Soon after officially becoming the Duke and Duchess of Sussex — titles are handed out at the wedding — the couple promptly announced they were stepping back as senior royals (via Glamour)....

The Showbiz Icon Who Played Ann Douglas On The Bold And The Beautiful Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images By Joanna Mazewski/Oct. 5, 2022 12:52 pm EST “The Bold and the Beautiful” has seen a lot of different characters come and go over the years, while some actors have been there since day one, like John McCook (Eric Forrester) and Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan). There have also been plenty of familiar faces that have popped up over the years to wreak havoc in this fictional version of Los Angeles....

Unaired Clip Shows How The Plaths Felt About Ethan Being In The Family Home For The First Time In Years TLC/YouTube By Haley Van Horn/July 7, 2022 6:42 pm EST The stars of TLC’s hit reality show “Welcome to Plathville” have had much of their family’s drama unfold in front of cameras for the world to see. A central plot point throughout the series is trouble between the eldest son, Ethan Plath, and his wife, Olivia Plath’s marriage, per Us Weekly....

The most challenging designs have been the most rewarding Cindy Ord/Getty Images Chip and Joanna Gaines have helped dozens of families find and renovate their dream homes. Over the years, they have entertained many design requests from clients. This has led to every home becoming a reflection of the homeowner, making every house different from the one that came before it. Variety is the spice of life, and according to House Beautiful, the couple’s favorite flips run the gamut as far as design aesthetic is concerned....

What You Need To Know Before Becoming A Surrogate For Someone You Know Fizkes/Shutterstock By Jessica Tzikas/Aug. 24, 2022 9:25 pm EST As we get older, we begin to learn that getting pregnant wasn’t as easy as they made it seem in health class. In fact, many of us may have struggled, or know someone who has struggled, to get pregnant. Not to mention, the many couples who biologically cannot have kids, like some celebrities you may not have known used surrogates....

Why Prince Harry Really Hates Twitter Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images By Joey Keogh/June 30, 2022 12:42 pm EST There’s been speculation that someone else knew about Megxit before Queen Elizabeth after an insider revealed the bombshell conversation Prince Harry had with Oprah ahead of his U.K. exit. Andrew Morton, Princess Diana’s biographer, shared during an appearance on The Mirror’s “Pod Save the Queen” podcast that the Sussexes began planning their escape much sooner than anybody realized....

General Hospital’s Briana Nicole Henry Pens A Raw Message That Millions Of Mothers Will Get Kevin Winter/Getty Images By Kassie King/Aug. 3, 2022 12:05 pm EST Briana Nicole Henry was a major player on the set of “General Hospital” from 2018 to 2021, as she was one of the actresses who embodied Police Commissioner Jordan Ashford. Her time on the soap was certainly busy; her character went through a marriage and divorce to Curtis Ashford (Donnell Turner), the capture of violent serial killer Ryan Chamberlain (Jon Lindstrom), and an investigation into major drug kingpin Cyrus Renault (Jeff Cober) (via Soaps in Depth)....