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As a child, I was raised on a steady diet of whole milk and public television. For fun, I would read books or write short stories for my father to critique. On really crazy nights, my cousins and I would get to rent a VHS of the Pippi Longstocking movies, not even noticing how poorly they had been dubbed into English.

When my parents finally agreed to get cable during my middle school years, my...

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Barcelo Cayo Santa Maria

Where: Santa Clara, Cuba
What: Your Ocean View Junior Suite features a private terrace overlooking the ocean.  The resort hosts 4 bars, 4 restaurants, a sauna and gym.
Price: from $775* (per person - includes airfare, hotel, taxes)

Under $1,500

We asked our favourite trainer, George Gianniotis from G2 Kinetics Personal Training to design a full body workout to get us ready for the summer.  What we love about Trainer George's moves is that they incorporate multiple muscles at once so you get fast results.  Recently, he put us through the paces with 7 intense but seriously effective moves.

What you need:
1 stability ball
2 hand...

"All that ever holds somebody back, I think, is fear. For a minute I had fear. I went into the dressing room and shot my fear in the face..."
~ Lady Gaga

I'm afraid of just three things in this world: spiders, the look my Dad gives me when he's truly angry with me, and speaking in front of people.

The first two make perfect sense: spiders are the devil's children sent to terrorize me with...

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Sure, we’re all loyal to our beauty products and favourite retail outlets.  But we’re fickle creatures too, and the lure of shiny new products or a hot closeout deal easily distracts us to try something new.  Surprisingly, one of the longest enduring relationships you’ve had might just be with a different kind of product altogether.

Ladies, I’m talking about bathroom...

Britney Spears' new music video "Hold It Against Me" is here.  And it's... somethin'.



Director Jonas Åkerlund has also worked with Lady Gaga, and so it's not surprising that this video shows a much darker side to Brit than we've seen before.

It's hypnotically mesmerizing but I'll stop short of saying that I actually like it.  Maybe it's because I find the...

The Academy Awards are just around the corner, and everyone is giving their opinion on who will be taking Oscar home with them.  (But let's be honest - we'll be spending most of our time dissecting the red carpet fashion.)  Based on what we saw from the SAGs and Golden Globes, the speculation feels solid. Here's who we think will take home the big prizes come Oscar night.

Best...

I'm a girl who likes things to be a certain way. As a child, I would take the time every evening to lay my clothes out in the shape of a person (even though I wore a school uniform). As a teenager, I owned a Palm Pilot that I used alongside a daily planner with color-coded highlighters.  In the years since, I transferred my obsessive tendencies from personal organization to dating:...

Grammys bring out the weird in people, so it sometimes can be hard to know who's serious and who's pulling our leg.

There was big hair...
Janelle Monae, Esperanza Spalding, Bruno Mars

...and outfits that bored.
Leann Rimes, Natasha Bedingfield, and Katy Perry (plus PDA-playing hubby)

The flops (both intentional and not?)...
Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Willow Smith (cool purse, hon, but the rest is...

I’ve said it before: I love Love. I never end a phone conversation with a family member without reminding them that I love them, I smother my niece and nephew with kisses and I struggle not to end every text message with an "XO". When you live like this it’s hard for Valentine’s Day to seem terribly important, but you won’t find me turning down an excuse to stimulate our economy with...