Are You Tired of Wizard of Oz Remakes and Spinoffs?


Updated 04/09/08 2:08 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 33 comments

Are You Tired of Wizard of Oz Remakes and Spinoffs?

Variety recently reported on the next Wizard of Oz variation, Dark Oz, based on a comic series. Fugee member Pras Michel has optioned the rights and will produce the trilogy as three separate films, and will also star as Scarecrow. Apparently the Dark Oz storyline "follows an older Dorothy Gale in a 'gothic and more macabre' setting as she journeys through Oz." Sometimes it seems like the Wizard Read more

Jennifer Garner and Johnny Depp Light Up CinemaCon!


Updated 04/26/12 12:15 AM · Posted by · 6 comments

Jennifer Garner and Johnny Depp CinemaCon Vegas Pictures

Jennifer Garner, James Franco, Mila Kunis, and Johnny Depp were among the stars who stepped out for the Walt Disney Studios CinemaCon event in Las Vegas on Tuesday evening. It was Jennifer Garner's first event since giving birth to Samuel, her first son with husband Ben Affleck, at the end of February. She also celebrated her 40th birthday earlier this month and was looking fantastic on the red Read more

From the Community: Dr. Oz’s Top 10 Healthy Eating Musts


Updated 03/13/12 10:49 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

Healthy Eating Tips From Dr. Oz

FitSugar reader JessicaSmithTV posted these healthy eating tips from Dr. Oz in our 10 Pounds Down! community group. In honor of National Nutrition month, we asked Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon, author, and host of the Dr. Oz Show, to share with us his top 10 musts when it comes to eating for better health, weight loss, and overall wellness. We were surprised to learn a few of these! 1) Read more

Down but Not Out: Tori Spelling Shares Her Friend's Perspective on Raising a Child With Down Syndrome


Updated 02/28/12 2:05 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Raising a Child With Down Syndrome

We're excited to bring you a new post from mother and actress Tori Spelling! Every other week, we're bringing you the best parenting and lifestyle advice from ediTORIal by Tori Spelling, which is Tori's daily blog about everything from food and fashion to parenting and relationships. This week, Tori shares a letter from her friend about her baby who was diagnosed with Down syndrome. Today, I’m Read more

Simple Tips For Staving Off Holiday Sugar Cravings


Updated 12/24/11 3:30 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Curb Sugar Cravings

You know you're getting into the holiday spirit when the movie Elf is on repeat in your DVD player. If this is the case, let's just hope you aren't influenced by Will Ferrell's bad dietary habits, which include copious amounts of candy, candy canes, candy corn, and syrup! We may not be guzzling down bottles of syrup, but when confronted with tables full of cookies, candies, chocolates, and Read more

Have a Happy Hour: Calories in Popular Cocktails and Bar Food


Updated 09/25/11 11:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Happy Hour Calories

Just how many calories are in that mojito and mozzarella stick? Check out the chart below before heading out after work so you can keep your happy hour, happy. Let's start with the drinks first and then move on to the food. Drink Serving Size Calories Fat (g) Sodium (mg) Carbs (g) Apple Martini 2.5 oz. 175 0 0 8.5 Budweiser Beer 12 oz. 147 0 0 10.7 Bud Light 12 Read more

Making Soup Sing: Chicken Minestrone With Crispy Chickpeas


Updated 10/11/11 6:24 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Chicken Minestrone Soup With Crispy Chickpeas

To put a classic soup truly over the top, Food Orleans adds a fun twist: crispy chickpeas. Soup weather, a.k.a. my favorite season, has arrived! Once the high dips below 90 for several days in a row, I consider it official. There are so many delectable soups to rustle up and dig into, though, and it's really hard for me, as a devoted soupster, to choose which to make first. This year, I Read more

Valentine's Day Candy Breakdown


Updated 02/11/11 7:36 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 5 comments

Calories in Valentine's Day Candy

What's Valentine's Day without a sweet, decadent indulgence? We love it all, from delicately frosted sugar cookies with fancy pink icing to chocolate of all kinds. Whatever your passion is on this day of love, you don't want to overdo it and undo all the good you've been doing with your healthy diet and exercise. The best way to prevent weight gain (and an awful sugar high) is to know the Read more

What Does Your RDI Look Like: Iron


Updated 03/29/12 7:21 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 15 comments

Sources of Iron

Back in my vegetarian phase during college, my mom always said, "If you don't eat beef, you won't get enough iron." While it is a great source of this valuable mineral, red meat is not the only meat that contains iron. Chicken, turkey, and seafood such as oysters, tuna, and salmon are also high in iron. When it comes to vegetarian sources, beans, leafy greens, nuts, egg yolks, potatoes with the Read more

Are You Eating Too Much Cholesterol?


Updated 10/14/11 11:49 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 17 comments

Are You Eating Too Much Cholesterol?

I was vegan for a short time in college, and was shocked when I had my cholesterol tested and found it was high. I wasn't even eating cholesterol! The thing is, your liver makes cholesterol and it's actually essential for your body to function normally. Cholesterol is also found in food and appropriately called dietary cholesterol. Since your body produces enough, you don't need to worry about Read more