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ABC is looking for a few people who want to be famous. Or, actually, a lot of people who want to be famous. The network is now casting for more than a dozen reality shows, including current hits ("The Bachelor," "Supernanny") and new shows — some intriguing, others bizarre. Among the new series: "Fix My Husband," in which wayward husbands will spend a week in a sort of good-man boot camp. The Read more
Go the extra mile with your food budget with these tips from LearnVest. For years, many people — my husband, mom, sister and even my son — told me to stop wasting so much food. Throwing away half a piece of chicken here or a handful of grapes there never seemed like such a big deal to me. If I was full or no longer in the mood for that particular food, then I had no problem tossing Read more
We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! We got to thinking, as we do, about the difference between being single and married . . . that is, in dollars. Currently, singles make up 49 percent of the American population, and 28 percent of all households consist of one person — the highest levels of singledom in American history. According to sociology professor and Read more
You asked, and Whitney's Chris D'Elia answered your Valentine's Day and relationship questions. The standup comedian, who says he's seeing a special someone ("she's super"), took our reader questions on the topic of love and dating in time for Feb. 14. So if you're looking for a guy's perspective before Valentine's Day, take some advice from Chris, who plays Whitney Cummings's hot boyfriend on Read more
We're thrilled to present this smart Kiplinger story here on Savvy! After about a year and a half of marriage, my husband and I have finally unpacked the boxes of his stuff and our wedding gifts that had piled up in every corner of our apartment. In doing so, we organized the whole place — finding a home within our home for all our "new" things while purging the old. Through the whole Read more
New York-based sculptor and painter Rachel Hovnanian has made a career out of exposing the worst parts of our society's obsession with beauty norms. The Texas native's work highlights everything from trophy wives (and husbands) to body dysmorphic disorder and beauty advertising. "[My parents] always told me that it's what's inside your head that counts," Hovnanian told WWD in a recent interview. Read more
There's not much that's better than a flashback episode of The Vampire Diaries, and this week takes us to the roaring '20s in Chicago. We meet the dapper, tuxedoed Stefan and Klaus in their friendlier but more violent days (for Stefan anyway), but the trip to Chicago isn't limited to just memories. Damon and Elena take off for the city too, but Elena's reunion with Stefan doesn't have the happy Read more
In the Ask Savvy community group, reader Mrs-B wonders if she should wait for her poor credit score to improve before buying a home. I reached out to credit expert Bethy Hardeman from CreditKarma.com, a free credit management service that provides free credit scores, financial education, and personalized savings recommendations. The firm helps more than three million consumers realize the Read more
We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! LearnVest presents an essay from someone with a bold opinion on a money topic. Past editions have included conversations about how living together will affect your finances, why “homesteading” could be a new feminist career and why the CARD Act may actually hurt women. In this latest essay, LearnVest spoke to one woman who Read more
This post was submitted by dtcakes77 in the Birth Stories group. At 20 weeks we found out we were having a boy. We were so excited, we already had a girl who was 2-years-old. However there was something wrong in the sonogram and they sent my husband and I, with our daughter to a children's cardiologist to look at the enlarged atrium they uncovered. We were so nervous. After six hours trying Read more
