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Perspective | Should I be giving my little girl a bigger dose of reality about the pandemic?

Perspective | Should I be giving my little girl a bigger dose of reality about the pandemic?

The Washington Post — It's been more than seven months since New Jersey went into a near-total lockdown to keep the spread of the novel coronavirus at bay, and my 4-year-old daughter Autumn still asks me multiple times every day, "Where are we going today, Daddy?"
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I Told the World We'd Raise an Only Child. I Was Wrong.

I Told the World We'd Raise an Only Child. I Was Wrong.

New York Times — The first thing I thought when my wife told me that she was pregnant with our second child was that I was a liar. Four years ago, I wrote an article titled " One and Done " for Parenting magazine, which is now shut down. Touted on the cover with a big, fat quote, I spent much of a entire glossy page explaining how my wife and I, like many other parents, were completely satisfied with only our one beautiful child.
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I am Royce White: Living & Working with Anxiety Disorder

I am Royce White: Living & Working with Anxiety Disorder

www.sbnation.com — I am Royce White. I am not 6' 8. I can barely grow a beard, much less one of the epic varieties that White often sports. I've never been named "Mr. Basketball" in Minnesota, or anywhere else for that matter. In fact, my basketball career ended before I finished high school. I'm also not a former top-five NCAA basketball player, nor was I the 16th overall selection of the 2012 NBA Draft. Royce White plays basketball better than most people on the planet. I've merely worked typical 9-to-5 office jobs, worked in publicity, and I'm a journalist with credits for ESPN, Wired, Esquire, Details, and many other outlets.
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Thinstagram: Inside the Terrifying World of Instagram's Eating Disorder Community

Thinstagram: Inside the Terrifying World of Instagram's Eating Disorder Community

The Magazine on Medium — Warning: This article contains discussions of eating disorders, self-harm, cutting, and graphic photos, which may be a post-traumatic or other "I want to be so skinny that all my bones show through. That's my dream in life." trigger for some readers. This might be the most shocking comment I heard during several weeks of interviewing Instagram users with eating disorders, and I heard plenty that were disturbing enough. These words came from the mouth of a 14-year-old girl who I'll call Chelsea.[1] "Part of the addiction of it is the whole area of the power that [they] get from all the attention," says Gregory Jantz, an eating-disorder specialist and founder of The Center.
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Anxiety Makes the Holidays Harder | Seleni Institute

Anxiety Makes the Holidays Harder | Seleni Institute

seleni.org — I used to love Christmas. Every Christmas Eve, my parents, sister, and I would take a short, 10-minute drive to my grandparent's house, eat until we were stuffed, walk across the street to church (sometimes to the thrillingly late midnight mass), and sing a few Christmas carols with the small congregation before going back to exchange presents. Just the idea of piling into my mother's tiny, red Dodge Omni around that time of year was enough to evoke the smell of pine trees and the minty taste of candy canes. If all that sounds a little too It's a Wonderful Life, that's because it was.
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Has Odell Beckham Jr. Hype Reached a Tipping Point?

Has Odell Beckham Jr. Hype Reached a Tipping Point?

Sports Illustrated — Is there a time when media exposure hits a tipping point and becomes too much of a good thing for someone? If so, the 2014 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year might be on the brink of it. A quick Google search of "Odell Beckham Jr. NFL" on the Monday after the New York Giants' first game of the 2015 NFL season yielded approximately 10,500,000 results. A similar search for "Zach Martin NFL"?-?referencing the league's 2014 Offensive Rookie of the Year runner-up?-?spit out just 953,000 results. "Mike Evans NFL" showed a mere 2,100,000 results; this for arguably the second-most-talked-about wide receiver in last year's class.
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How 'Orange Is the New Black' Became Netflix's Best Series

How 'Orange Is the New Black' Became Netflix's Best Series

Rolling Stone — Paul Shiraldi for Netflix Jenji Kohan probably didn't expect Orange Is the New Black to be renewed before its first episode aired. But how could she? The Weeds creator, 44, didn't have that kind of job security at Showtime, where her suburban dramedy ran for eight successful seasons. Top 10 Actors Who Direct in the 21st Century But Netflix broke the mold on June 27th when it announced that Black, based on the best-selling book of the same name by Piper Kerman, had been greenlit for a second season. The show, however, wouldn't be available until July 11th. Odd? Maybe.
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Q&A: Riddick 's Katee Sackhoff on... Naked Gunfights

Q&A: Riddick 's Katee Sackhoff on... Naked Gunfights

Esquire — If you think Katee Sackhoff stopped kicking ass when Battlestar Galactica ended (on which she played fan-favorite Starbuck), you're sorely mistaken. She simply traded in the futuristic sci-fi setting for a gun, a badge, and the sweeping vistas of Durant, Wyoming, on A&E's series Longmire. Sackhoff, who is also set to star alongside Vin Diesel in next month's Riddick, plays the Philadelphia transport sheriff's deputy Victoria "Vic" Moretti and brings the show some much-needed female strength. In anticipation of Longmire's second-season finale (airing on August 26), we talked to the beautiful and talented Sackhoff about fighting in the nude, selling Riddick writer-director David Twohy on "chaps and a corset," and which female superhero she'd "sell her first born" to play.
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'The Bridge': TVs Best New Cop Show

'The Bridge': TVs Best New Cop Show

Rolling Stone — Based on the 2011 Scandinavian TV series of the same name, FX's latest drama, The Bridge, has become a critical hit while steadily pulling in ratings near the two million viewer mark. And for good reason: with Southland gone, it's easily the best new procedural on television. Warning: Mild Spoilers Ahead. Who Will Be the New SNL Cast Members? If you've yet to check out this series, here's a quick primer: A body is discovered, half lying on the El Paso, Texas side of the border and half on the Juárez, Mexico side.
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Peter Sarsgaard on His First Regular TV Role & Big Moment on 'The Killing': 'I Actually Blacked...

Peter Sarsgaard on His First Regular TV Role & Big Moment on 'The Killing': 'I Actually Blacked...

www.indiewire.com — After a controversial first two seasons on the air, there weren't a lot of viewers out there that expected AMC's "The Killing" to get another shot. Despite being darker and more unflinching than most similar shows on TV, despite the critical praise and despite, perhaps, an unfair reception for her treatment of the Rosie Larsen case, series developer and showrunner Veena Sud stuck steadfastly to a vision that proved very different than most by-the-numbers procedurals. So when word came down that Netflix would help AMC finance the cost of a third season, fans of the show rejoiced.
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David Cronenberg on Cosmopolis, Star Wars, and Exposing Twilight Fans to Don DeLillo: The Daily D...

David Cronenberg on Cosmopolis, Star Wars, and Exposing Twilight Fans to Don DeLillo: The Daily D...

www.details.com — David Cronenberg isn't quite a household name (unless your house is full of macabre horror fans who enjoy watching circa 1980s Jeff Goldblum morph into a fly). But the 69-year-old Toronto native has been one of film's most critically acclaimed directors for over thirty years. In 2012, he crafted one of the year's best (and most difficult) movies with Cosmopolis, an adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel with Twilight star Robert Pattinson in the lead. On the cusp of the film's Blu-ray and DVD release, we sat down with the legendary director to discuss his car obsession, expanding the minds of Twilight fans everywhere, and his inability to get back in the TV game.
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Joe Dante's The Hole: Gremlins director interviewed.

Joe Dante's The Hole: Gremlins director interviewed.

Slate.com — You might think that the director of hits like , Gremlins 2: The New Batch , and would have an easy time getting his latest film into theaters. is proof positive that you'd be wrong. Joe Dante's 3-D fright fest about two brothers who find a seemingly bottomless hole in the basement of their new home finally made its U.S. debut in a limited theatrical release last week and arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on Oct 2 -three long years after the film premiered to great enthusiasm at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2009.
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Classic Video Games Reborn on Kickstarter

Classic Video Games Reborn on Kickstarter

www.popularmechanics.com — Crowdsourced funding is bringing classic video game series like Leisure Suit Larry and Shadowrun back to life and letting some video game creators fund their projects overnight. Can Kickstarter change the video game industry on a large s
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Bryan Fuller on 'Hannibal,' Honoring the 'Most Cherished Villain in Pop Culture' and the Likeliho...

Bryan Fuller on 'Hannibal,' Honoring the 'Most Cherished Villain in Pop Culture' and the Likeliho...

www.indiewire.com — If you had any doubts that Bryan Fuller could not only revitalize two of Thomas Harris' most memorable characters, Dr. Hannibal Lecter and Will Graham, in a meaningful way and also do it with his signature flair fully in tact, put them to rest right now. NBC's "Hannibal" (premiering on Thursday, April 4 at 10pm) is one of the best new shows of the summer and it's also, quite possibly, the very best thing Fuller has ever done -- and that's saying a lot when you're talking about the guy that created shows like "Dead Like Me" and "Pushing Daisies."
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Q&A: Hugh Dancy on Hannibal

Q&A: Hugh Dancy on Hannibal

Esquire — After the disastrous 2007 film Hannibal Rising, there were very few Hannibal Lecter fans who thought revisiting the character was a good idea. That is, until Bryan Fuller ( Pushing Daisies, Dead Like Me) got his hands on the material and promptly signed Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen to play the iconic serial killer and Hugh Dancy as FBI Special Agent Will Graham. Suddenly, the project looked promising. Having seen the first five episodes of Hannibal, which premieres tonight on NBC, I can say it makes good on that promise, due in no small part to the performance by Hugh Dancy as Graham.
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A Guided Tour of Animaniacs: Volume 4 with Rob Paulsen and Tom Ruegger

A Guided Tour of Animaniacs: Volume 4 with Rob Paulsen and Tom Ruegger

mentalfloss.com — We sat down with Tom Ruegger and Rob Paulsen to get all the behind-the-scenes details about the show's final episodes.
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The Pros of Having an Only Child

The Pros of Having an Only Child

www.parenting.com — My daughter will turn 4 in a few months, and I've already lost count of the number of times we've had family members ask "When is she going to get a sister or brother to play with?" Sigh. At this point, I'm 99.9 percent sure that I don't want to have another child. But my wife, you see, is undecided, which technically makes me undecided. Surprisingly, it appears that many parents in the U.S. have decided, and they're increasingly coming down on the side of "one and done." Single-child families have almost doubled since the 1960s, to about one in five, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
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The Parents' Guide to Kids' Movies

The Parents' Guide to Kids' Movies

www.parenting.com — Once you add up the cost of tickets, popcorn, drinks, and a couple boxes of Mike & Ikes, it feels like your family could have financed the movie yourselves. If you're going to submit to a few kid-friendly flicks this summer, pick ones that match your own tastes. You like: Lord of the Rings, Beyoncé We suggest: Epic, May 24. This animated flick has plenty to offer if you're a fan of big battles between good and evil. If you enjoyed watching Sasha Fierce steal the show at this year's Super Bowl, don't miss her as Queen Tara.
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Lace 'Em Up: 4 Running Shoes Reviewed

Lace 'Em Up: 4 Running Shoes Reviewed

Wired — Hitting the streets to get fit by spring? We review four new specialty sneakers for runners.
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How a Young, Healthy RN Nearly Died (Three Times) and Lived To Tell Her Story - NurseZone

How a Young, Healthy RN Nearly Died (Three Times) and Lived To Tell Her Story - NurseZone

nursezone.com — March 29, 2012 - When you're a healthy 32-year-old registered nurse, the last thing you expect is to be on an operating table staring death in the face. This very scenario, however, is what happened last fall to Amy Lorincz--a nurse of more than 10 years who works in the neurological-stroke unit at JFK Medical Center in Edison, N.J. While working a normal 12-hour shift on a normal Thursday afternoon in October, Lorincz began to experience severe upper back pain and tachycardia as high as 170. "I wanted to keep working," Lorincz said.
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Ralph Macchio talks hockey & 'Hitchcock'

Ralph Macchio talks hockey & 'Hitchcock'

ESPN — Al Pereira/Getty Images The Long Island-born actor roots for the Mets, Jets, Islanders and Knicks. Well, the Knicks are good this year, right? If you're a child of the '80s, you probably know Ralph Macchio best as the crane-kicking Daniel Larusso in "The Karate Kid" series of films. If not, you might even know him from his fan-favorite stint on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars." After revitalizing his career with a hilarious Funny or Die viral video and his time on the prime-time dance floor, Macchio is keeping busy. In the month of November alone, the former child star will appear alongside Sir Anthony Hopkins in "Hitchcock" (in theaters Nov.
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Review: AfterShokz Mobile Bone Conduction Headphones

Review: AfterShokz Mobile Bone Conduction Headphones

Wired — Most headphones block out all exterior noise, allowing you to become fully immersed in your music. But AfterShokz aren't like most headphones. They use bone-conduction technology to transmit audio waves to the inner ear through the skull, bypassing the eardrum completely. You place them on your cheekbones, just in front of your ears. Your ear canals stay open, letting you retain full use of your ears and remain alert and aware of ambient sounds while you also enjoy your tunes. The concept initially gained popularity among military personnel, who need to be able to monitor remote communications while also being fully cognizant of their surroundings.
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Fan experience: Bills RB Fred Jackson

Fan experience: Bills RB Fred Jackson

ESPN — David Butler II/US PresswireUnheralded after graduating from Coe College, Fred Jackson has become an impact player in the NFL. [Editor's note: Playbook's "Fan Experience" series taps athletes to discuss their experiences with fans and their own memories of growing up as fans.] Buffalo Bills running back Fred Jackson took an unusual route to the NFL. After playing college football at Division III Coe College and racking up 29 touchdowns and more than 1,500 rushing yards in 2002, he was still deemed too small, at 6-foot-1, 215 pounds, to play in the NFL.
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Fan experience: Jaguars RB Greg Jones

Fan experience: Jaguars RB Greg Jones

ESPN — Al Messerschmidt/Getty ImagesGreg Jones enters his ninth season opening rushing lanes and protecting quarterbacks for the Jags. [Editor's note: This is the first installment in Playbook's "Fan Experience" series, where we tap athletes to discuss their experiences with fans and their own memories of growing up as fans.] Jacksonville Jaguars fullback Greg Jones is a hulking 6-foot-1, 254-pound man who was basically built to block your entire face off. Jones looks imposing -- and has the football skills to back it up -- but he's also charming and gregarious. He recently spoke to Playbook about fans in Florida, his love of basketball and how fans can sometimes be scary.
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