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School is back in session, which means that homecoming is just around the corner. If you’re looking to do something over-the-top, you may already be planning your homecoming proposal or picking out your outfit for the homecoming game. But the most-anticipated event of all is sure to be the homecoming dance. It’s the best time to get glammed up with your girl gang and dance the night away. It doesn’t matter if you’re bringing a date or going with your best gals, snap some photos so you can have everlasting memories of this magical night....

Ready for some football this Sunday? As the country gears up for Super Bowl LV between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, two Southern chefs are firing things up in the kitchen. Chef Douglas Rodriguez of Hotel Haya in Tampa, Florida, and Chef Ian Wortham of Crossroads Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, are swapping signature menu items this week, with part of the proceeds from the dishes going to a charity in the city of the winning football team — Feeding Tampa Bay in Tampa or Operation Breakthrough in Kansas City....

When women are dealing with disabilities, there is almost this unspoken rule that engaging fashion and style would be something they no longer have the right to do,” says speaker and advocate Katherine Wolf (@hopeheals). “That couldn’t be further from the truth!” When Wolf was just 26 years old, with a husband and a 6-month-old baby, she suffered a massive brain stem stroke, leaving her with limited mobility, a paralyzed face, and doubts about whether she’d ever be able to play with her son again....

Caladium leaves create shapes like hearts, arrows, or lances in color combinations of red, pink, rose, white, chartreuse, and green. The brilliant foliage of this classic plant is often translucent, which makes them light up your garden. They’ve brightened shady spots for generations, but now you have the option of newer selections that can take some direct sun. It is best to plant caladiums after Mother’s Day because the soil is warm....

We love getting glimpses of the father-daughter relationship between Jenna Bush Hager and former President George W. Bush. Sometimes, they’re funny vignettes from their personal lives. But other times, they’re more serious. The latter is what happened earlier this week on TODAY, when Bush Hager shared with co-host Hoda Kotb, and all of us the advice her father once gave her about drinking. The topic came up as the colleagues were discussing Ben Affleck’s recent admissions to The New York Times about his own struggles with alcohol abuse....

Amy Adams and Jennifer Garner are doing their part to make sure kids have access to food and learning amid school closures spurred by the coronavirus outbreak. On Monday, the pair revealed that they have teamed up with Scholastic to launch Save with Stories, which will benefit Save the Children and No Kid Hungry. Under the new initiative, the actresses and their celebrity friends will read their favorite books on social media to drive donations to both organizations’ coronavirus responses....

The Red River Gorge is a place where mighty sandstone arches rise to the heavens and forest niches hide delicate wildflowers that grow nowhere else on the planet. This rugged region of geological wonders astounds visitors from other places, but it is beloved by Kentuckians and known the world over to rock climbers, partly because of its many overhanging cliffs. “When you fall, you fall into the air,” famed local climber Dario Ventura told me....

What would the holiday season be without a little gingerbread? Okay, what would the holiday season be without a lot of gingerbread? And as much as we love gingerbread houses and gingerbread cookies, sometimes our sweet tooth is hankering for something softer, something sweeter, that wonderful thing called a doughnut. Now, we’re pleased to report you can satisfy two cravings — one for gingerbread, the other for doughnuts — in one bite with the return of Krispy Kreme’s Gingerbread Glazed doughnuts today on Wednesday, December 16....

As someone with fair skin with an olive undertone, I must admit that it’s extremely difficult to match my complexion products to my skin. More often than not, I have to buy two colors of the same skin tint or foundation to mix together to achieve my perfect color match—which gets expensive and excessive. There are a few formulas that I’ve come to rely on for perfect matches over the years, one of them being L’Oréal’s classic True Match Super-Blendable Foundation—a product I’ve used on and off since my college years....

To put it mildly, the mesquite tree doesn’t have a stellar reputation. In the Texas Hill Country, it’s generally regarded as a pest, a weed—one with two-inch-long spiky thorns that might consider being used as toothpicks in their spare time. You know, when they’re not tormenting innocent passersby. In fact, so hated was the tree that Texans started chopping it up into wood chips for smoking really good barbecue. Take that, pest!...

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s combined star power is blinding. She’s an Oscar-, Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning actress and he’s a Grammy-, AMA-, and CMA-winning country singer who sells out world tours. But when it comes to raising their two daughters, Sunday, 10 and Faith, 8, the Nashville-based couple are decidedly down to earth. In fact, Kidman says her parental policies might even make her “unpopular.” “They don’t have a phone and I don’t allow them to have an Instagram,” she revealed in a recent interview with Vanity Fair....

It’s always a great time to visit Gatlinburg. This week, however, is a particularly awesome moment for those in the east Tennessee town. Starting yesterday, and running through January 28th, the Gatlinburg resort Ober Gatlinburg is hosting the 35th annual winter games for Special Olympics Tennessee with 400+ athletes, coaches, and volunteers expected to participate. The games, open to adults and children with intellectual disabilities, commenced yesterday with the Law Enforcement Torch Run with officers taking the Flame of Hope from the Gatlinburg Welcome Center to the Gatlinburg Convention Center to open up the competition....

Alton Brown knows his way around the kitchen. And while you may assume his kitchen is filled with expensive gadgets like state-of-the-art blenders and thermometers, the host of Food Network’s Good Eats: The Return is a huge fan of a bench scraper that can be yours for just shy of $6. Brown talked with Men’s Journal about his must-have kitchen gadgets and his love for the simple tool was clear: “I don’t understand how people can exist without a board scraper or a dough blade....

Even if you’re full, even if you’re stuffed, even if you snuck that extra handful of fries, there’s always room for an OREO. Especially when it’s a unique release. Well, cookie enthusiasts, you’ve lucked out: Per a spokesperson, Southern Living has learned that OREO Red, White and Blue cookies, the first tri-color OREO cookies with layers of red, white, and blue original creme, were made available to consumers starting Monday, June 15th....

There are few things in your kitchen more taken for granted than the pepper grinder. Perhaps one of the least sexy, flashy tools, it contains one of the most called-for ingredients. If you are like most people, your black peppercorns sit in a wooden mill that must be turned at minimum 80 times to produce more than a dusting. WATCH: How to Make Fire Crackers The labor-to-result ratio may be so off that you have bought pre-ground pepper at the grocery store or thought about using your coffee grinder to speed up the process, only to hate yourself the morning after when your coffee turns you into a fire-breathing dragon a la Game of Thrones....

If you’ve been keeping up with recent Color of the Year announcements from paint companies, you’ve probably noticed the top-trending hue for 2022: Green. Verdant shades from sage to cypress have claimed the title for several major paint brands, meaning green will define color palettes in the coming year. Blame it on being cooped up inside, but many homeowners have veered away from the neutral schemes that previously dominated design trends....

It was just another day volunteering at the Outer Banks’ Hotline Pink Thrift Shop in Kitty Hawk for Wendy Hawkins late last year when she stumbled upon something she suspected was truly remarkable. Her hunch was correct: Hawkins had discovered an original Salvador Dali painting on the floor of the thrift shop as she was sorting through paintings. “One day I saw this, with a bunch of other paintings lined up on the floor, and I said ’this is old, this is something special,’” Hawkins told WAVY-TV 10 out of Portsmouth, Virginia, in a recent profile of her impressive find....

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably baked a dozen — or 900 — batches of brownies. But before you roll up your sleeves to commence on your next round of fudgy treats, here’s a genius tip: Line your pan with parchment paper. Why, you inquire? Oh, because it makes removing your brownies from the pan a cinch, and makes clean-up quicker too. “Line all your pans with parchment paper!” notes Molly Hanson, executive pastry chef, Grill 23 & Bar in Boston, Massachusetts....

A messy desk is a sign of genius. At least, that’s what I tell myself because my desk is a perpetual disaster that looks like a tornado blew through. However, despite my current working environment, I do work best when things are tidy. Enter the DIY cloffice. It might be the epitome of organized efficiency. Search for cloffice ideas and you’ll find plenty of inspiration. Stylish photos show off lilliputian spaces expertly finagled to fit everything you’d need in your office while keeping things uncluttered....

It’s Christmas Eve, and you’ve forgotten to wrap a few presents. You quietly sneak upstairs to grab the roll of wrapping paper, scissors, and tape that your mom left in the guest bedroom – the not-so-official present wrapping headquarters – before you have to head out the door for the evening church service and subsequent feast. You hide in your bedroom, unroll the wrapping paper on your desk, and begin cutting the paper at the correct length....