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Michelle Obama had expectations for her first visit to Hawaii with then-boyfriend Barack Obama, and the future president shattered them all. The former first lady told Jimmy Kimmel that she was a second-year law associate dreading another Chicago winter when Obama invited her to meet his grandparents, “Toot” (Madelyn Dunham) and “Gramps” (Stanley Dunham), for Christmas in Hawaii. She had never…

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Christian reality TV star Sadie Robertson Huff recently warned Christians not to take Bible verses intended for marriage and apply them to dating relationships. In an episode of the “Whoa That’s Good Podcast” posted to YouTube, the “Duck Dynasty” star and her husband, Christian Huff, discussed the topic of dating and relationships. “I think sometimes we…

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Demi Moore took to Instagram to share a sweet photo of her blended family with ex-husband Bruce Willis, his wife Emma Hemming Willis and their children. The image shows Demi and Bruce with their daughters, Rumor, 34, Scout 31, and Tallulah, 28, as well as Emma with her and Bruce’s daughters Mabel, 10, and Evelyn,…

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Hubert and June Malicote, both 100, have had a strong romance for nearly 8 decades, and that romance ended for them when the pair passed away just hours apart. “They went out together,” said their son, Sam. The couple had hosted a family Thanksgiving pizza party, but that ended in June falling ill that evening.…

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Blake Shelton treats Gwen Stefani’s sons as if they were his own. He told PEOPLE, “Even though I’m a stepparent, I take that job very seriously. The kids see me as a very important person in their life.” Shelton recently announced that after the 23rd season of NBC’s “The Voice,” he is stepping away from…

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Matthew McConaughey spoke to People magazine as one of its “People of the Year” honorees and spoke candidly about he and his wife, Camila Alves’s, decision to bring their children to the viewing of a deceased Uvalde victim. A gunman killed 21 people on May 24th at a school in Uvalde, TX, including 19 children. Being a…

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Kate Hudson reflected on amicably co-parenting her three children with their three different fathers. The 43-year-old actress shares son Ryder, 18, with ex-husband Chris Robinson, son Bingham, 11, with ex-fiancé Matt Bellamy, and daughter Rani Rose, 4, with fiancé Danny Fujikawa, opened up about her blended family in an interview with The Sunday Times. “It might…

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Kansas City Cheifs superstar Patrick Mahomes and his wife Brittany welcome their second child, Patrick “Bronze” Lavon Mahomes III, who is named after the quarterback. Their baby boy was born on November 28 and weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces, the parents wrote on social media. The quarterback, who is named after his father, former baseball…

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During a recent sermon, megachurch Pastor Craig Groeschel of the multi-campus Life. Church shared five “red flags” Christians should watch out for when dating. The first red flag, the pastor said, is when the person a Christian is dating is not consistently pursuing Jesus. Groeschel clarified that this doesn’t mean they need to be “perfect”…

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James Van Der Beek recently opened up about his family’s decision to move from Los Angeles to Austin, Texas in 2020, saying it’s been very “grounding.” He spoke about how amazing it is that he now gets to spend quality time with his six children and wife Kimberly, who he has been married to since…

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