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In the 1960s, Marlo Thomas broke the mold with her forward-thinking TV series "That Girl" in which she played a career-minded single woman attempting to make it on her own in New York City.

She's been inspiring women ever since. In 2014, President Obama awarded Thomas the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, not only for her "trailblazing career," but for her tireless work as national outreach director for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

On Tuesday afternoon, the 78-year-old author, actress, producer and social activist talked about a few other topics near and dear to her heart -- sex, aging, and the rapidly changing times.

"What a great world girls today are growing up in. A woman is running for president. Barbara Walters just retired at 84. Angela Merkel is running a country at 61," she said. "When I was producer of my show in 1966, I was the only woman in every room I was in and I felt that every man either wanted to kill me or sleep with me. Probably a little of both."

Speaking at "50 Over 50," a luncheon sponsored by "Good Housekeeping" to honor inspiring women over 50, Thomas also shared her thoughts about aging.

"I don't bungee jump but I didn't do that at 18 so I don't feel deprived in any way at all," she said. "I am surprised when I think about my age because I feel exactly the way I always have."

So what keeps her so youthful and fit?

"I do get a facial once a week. I use oil on my skin. Oil is the best. I exercise five times a week. And I have a motto. I think everyone needs a motto," she said. "Mine is 'never face the facts.' There is no reason to get up in the morning if you think about the facts. They are against you.

"People will tell you that you can't do something at your age, but don't listen to them and don't listen to the facts," she added. "I believe in motion. Do one thing every day that gets you closer to your dream, even if it's just one very small thing."

Married since 1980 to daytime TV talk show host Phil Donahue, she revealed her recipe for a successful marriage.

"Sex, of course, is important. But what really adds to a good sex life is listening to your spouse so that they feel listened to ... and good about themselves," she said. "I was always offering my husband advice and after about 10 years, he finally said to me, 'I don't want you to tell me what to do, I just want you to listen.'"

Thomas said that if you really do listen, the more intimate you become with your partner.

Sex will improve "the more inside each other's head you get," she said.

Finally, she urged the younger women in the audience not to worry about growing older.

"What I am learning is that it is getting easier to be older. Why? Because I've done it all before. My work, my marriage, my friendships," she said. "I don't have the same anxieties I had when I was young because by now I have done it all and I'm just having fun."

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Putting a tongue-in-cheek twist on Donald Trump's favorite catchphrase, American Apparel wants to make America gay again... with a colorful LGBT Pride Month line. 

The Los Angeles-based clothing retailer on Monday introduced new T-shirts, tank tops and baseball caps emblazoned with the words "Make America Gay Again." The items are available both on American Appeal's website and in stores across the country. The line was produced in a partnership with the Human Rights Campaign and the Ally Coalition, which is co-founded by singer-songwriter Jack Antonoff and his sister, Rachel Antonoff, who is a fashion designer.

To promote the release of the line, the Antonoffs appeared in a quirky YouTube video, which can be viewed above, explaining their support for the LGBT community. 

Jon Henry Szymanski, who is American Apparel's director of co-branding and philanthropy, told The Huffington Post that his company was "thrilled" with the collaboration. 

Pointing to the company's history of inclusive products, he said, "It baffles us that nearly a decade later we are still using our voice to advocate for basic rights. But until that day comes, we will continue making limited edition shirts to promote equality!"

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"Sooner or later, it has to drop." 

Those were the iconic words uttered by Freddie Prinze Jr. during his infamous hacky sack scene in 1999's "She's All That." How could you forget it? While attempting to win a bet by wooing the "unattractive girl" in school, Laney Boggs (Rachael Leigh Cook), "popular guy" Zack Siler (Prinze Jr.) attends a theater lounge with Laney and improvises a hacky sack monologue, per se, in order to impress her. 

It's a weird scene that was oddly enough written by M. Night Shyamalan, who was involved in re-writing part of the teen rom-com's script. (R. Lee Fleming Jr. is the credited screenwriter.)

"It made no sense to me whatsoever. But now, in terms of the hacky sack scene? Pretty much the same as 'Signs.' It's amazing," Cook told The Daily Beast of Shyamalan's involvement in the project during a 2014 interview. 

As for what Prinze Jr. thought of the scene, he told The Daily Beast that he wanted to keep it "organic," but he wasn't good enough at hacky-sacking to carry the entire sequence. When asked to attempt the routine on AOL Build Tuesday (as seen above), Prinze Jr. told The Huffington Post that he would try his best. 

"So, here's the story. The first two hits, maybe four, that's me. The rest of them was a guy that's like 6-foot-5, a professional hacky-sacker, his name's Ryan -- I'm sorry I don't remember his last name, I'm 40 now -- and he's way better at hacky sack than me, but I'll give it a shot."

Prinze Jr. lasted two reps before he "let it drop." Still, the actor indulged in the footbag fun, and for that, we're grateful. 

Make sure to pick up a copy of Freddie Prinze Jr.'s new cookbook, Back to the Kitchen, on sale now. 

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The Tony Awards are fast approaching, and the enthusiasm surrounding Hamilton remains fervent. The musical sensation is nominated for 16 awards, and die-hard fans are gunning for as many wins as possible. 

From White House performances to Grammy showstoppers, the spread of Hamilton mania is "non-stop" -- even finding fans in new parents. To help moms and dads show their love for the Broadway smash (beyond the lullabies and baby names), we've scoured the internet for Hamilton-themed onesies, nursery décor and more. 

Here are 49 baby products that celebrate A-dot-Ham, A-dot-Burr and the rest of the revolutionary gang. These items are fit for the best of babies and best of toddlers.

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While you're looking back at prom photos thinking, "What was I thinking?" like Rachel and Monica from "Friends," Lily-Rose Depp attended her prom in a timeless gown more fit for an awards show than a high school dance.

Depp attended prom in Los Angeles on Sunday alongside Harley Quinn Smith, the daughter of director Kevin Smith, with whom she co-stars in his new movie "Yoga Hosers." The doting dad was on hand for pre-prom festivities and, lucky for us, he shared a photo of the two lovely ladies all dressed up and ready to go:

Quinn looked a little more like a teenager in a sleeveless black gown that gathered in front, which she wore with a gold clutch. Depp, who left her hoodie at home but brought her keen modeling chops, wore a nude slip dress that appeared to be crushed velvet.

The one giveaway that this was prom and not a big Hollywood event? Depp dutifully held her cell phone in her hand. "All the better to snapchat with," she probably thought.

Kind of puts your big, pouffy gown to shame, eh?

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Not many people can say they've started a company that has revolutionized an entire industry. And even fewer people can say their company has a $1.2 billion dollar valuation. But then again, the founders of Warby Parker aren't just anybody. 

The eyewear company was created by Neil Blumenthal, Andrew Hunt, Dave Gilboa and Jeffrey Raider, who met at Wharton Business School. And since its creation in 2010, Warby Parker has transformed the glasses industry. Warby designs all glasses in-house, sells direct-to-consumer to avoid retail markups and offers at-home try-on services free of charge. And if that wasn't enough, for every pair of frames sold, one pair is distributed to someone in need. 

We chatted with Gilboa and Blumenthal, the two co-founders who are still involved in day-to-day operations, to find out how this genius idea came to be, what they have to say to copycats and how they are basically taking over the world eyewear industry:

On the problem they were solving for:

Dave Gilboa: The biggest problem was that glasses were needlessly expensive and it didn't make sense to us. We started off, with our two co-founders, really solving our own problems. We each had a frustrating experiencing, or we lost a pair of glasses or broke a pair of glasses and just couldn't understand why they cost several hundred dollars. This technology has been around 800 years and just doesn't make sense -- that was the main pain point that brought us all together. We were classmates at Wharton, getting our MBAs. We were friends first and I had been traveling before business school and I had lost my $700 pair of glasses. I didn't have glasses on campus and we got together in the computer lab and were talking about it. Neil [Blumenthal] had spent five years running this great non-profit called VisionSpring where they were producing glasses for people in the developing world and knew that there was nothing in the cost of materials that justified the high prices, so that was an initial spark for the business idea. 

On how business school was instrumental to the launch of Warby Parker:

Neil Blumenthal: One of the best classes we took was called "The Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship" that was taught by two attorneys, and it was basically teaching you how everyone else can screw you when you're starting a business. How landlords screw you when you're signing a lease, so how to read a lease properly. How investors screw you when you're raising money, so how to read a term sheet. How employees can screw you, so a little bit about employment law, so just enough to be dangerous ... 

DG: Every day we were sitting in class and scribbling down, "OK we're doing these few things wrong" or "We could get sued for this and that." 

On a major misconception about entrepreneurs:

NB: There is this false methodology that founders or designers have to take these giant risks to be successful and that's what separates entrepreneurs from the rest of the population -- that they are crazy risk takers. Whereas, in reality, entrepreneurs are just like everyone else, they might just be better at managing risk. So what I mean by that, since we were full-time students we were already forgoing a salary, so it wasn't like we had to quit our jobs to start the business. And then every step of the way we would figure out, what do we need to know to feel confident to invest more time and money into the idea, so even take Apple for example. Wozniak didn't leave HP for a year and a half after founding Apple. There is this thought process that you quit your job, you put your life savings into this business and it takes off, it's just not true. We were very methodical. For example, we met with 40 different PR freelancers and firms before selecting the first person that we wanted to work with. Designing our first collection was meticulous, we culled it down to 27 shapes and roughly three colors. We launched with just acetate frames with single vision lenses. And then a year later we introduced sunwear and prescription sunwear, and a year after that we introduced titanium and mixed material frames, and a year after that we introduced progressive lenses. The whole process has been a process of de-risking. 

On how they feel about copycats:

DG: I think it depends. We have had a lot of copycats within the eyewear space and, especially initially, we had a pretty strong emotional reaction where we had been pouring our heart and soul and our life savings, every waking hour, into launching this business and then people were just blatantly copying what we were doing. We quickly realized that none of those companies were really impacting our business at all. The world is so connected today that there is transparency in every aspect of business and authenticity wins and no one wants to write about or talk about or wear something that really isn't authentic or that is a clear copy of someone else. Now we still see copycats pop up, but most of the copycats in the eyewear space have already gone out of business. None of them have scaled and we realized that it's not something that needs to illicit a reaction. In terms of other categories, there have been some articles, I think there was a Fast Company article called Why Your Company Is Not The Warby Parker of X. 

NB: I think that what makes Warby Parker special is [that it provides] great design and premium materials and construction for a fraction of what it would usually cost. So you have this industry dynamic where there are a few very large companies who have been over charging consumers for decades and you bring in a brand that is socially conscious, that designs beautiful product and by working directly with customers, brings down the price. If more people do that, in different industries, that's the best thing in the world. And that's actually what motivates us. We want to build a great brand that can scale, that's profitable, that does good in the world, without charging a premium for that and if we can do that, hopefully we can inspire other entrepreneurs and executives to run their businesses in a similar manner. 

On why they have their employees rate their happiness on a scale from one to 10 every week:

NB: It's more to provoke conversations between managers and direct reports to understand, "Hey this was a rough week, why was it rough?" Or, "What could we have done differently?" It's to help employees become more self-aware and to help managers and direct-reports work together more effectively. I would say the more important thing that we do, twice a year we do an anonymous employee engagement survey and we have a 99 percent participation rate and it's completely anonymous and it helps us really evaluate how we're doing. [Why] is Warby Parker an awesome place to work, what are things that we can be doing better to have our employees be more engaged? We spend a lot of time dissecting this survey and then there ends up being a lot of work coming out of it: How can we communicate better? How can we collaborate better? So we apply the same rigor as we do to something like financial performance as we do to employee engagement. 

On the advice they would give their younger selves:

DG: I think we found that so much about starting a business can't be learned from previous experiences -- you just have to trust your gut, find a real problem that you're passionate about and you can do that whether you're in college or twenty years into your career -- there is never an optimal time. You never know enough.

NB: I wish that I spent more time understanding what people do. So what is a management consultant, what do they do? What is a data scientist, what do they do day-to-day? What does someone who works in production do? What does a designer do? And really understand what the day-to-day work is. 

DG: I also tell myself, I wish I learned how to code. 

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. 

“Yes, You Can Make It In Fashion” is a HuffPost Style series that profiles men and women across every area of the fashion industry and explores how they rose to the top, how they thrive and their practical advice for young people trying to break into their world.

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Brides can rock a simple dress, a skirt, or a suit and look absolutely ravishing. 

But for ladies who want to make a more dramatic statement with their wedding attire, an out-of-the-ordinary gown is the way to go. Whether it's a bold color choice, exquisite detailing or the sheer size of the garment, the 27 dresses below make quite the impression. 

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Kanye West's preference for monochromatic clothing has become his signature in recent years. Whether in a fancy tux or dressed down in sweats, West seems to have a strict neutrals policy in place -- especially when he's out with his wife, Kim Kardashian-West.

But as any real Yeezy fan can tell you, it hasn't always been this way.

Long before the days of couples coordinating, there were polos, blazers, red carpet sunglasses and an everlasting love of ripped denim. GQ's Most Stylish Man of 2015 and Vogue's pick for best-dressed at the 2016 Met Gala has evolved sartorially just as much as musically over the years. 

In honor of the dapper dude's 39th birthday, let's take a walk down memory lane, shall we?

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Hold on to your makeup bags, people. Kylie Jenner has released photos of yet another new shade for her cult-followed, sometimes controversial lip kit collection.

The teen mogul surprised fans Tuesday when she revealed the newest color is a rich, matte black, aptly named "Dead of Knight."

Devoted Kyliephiles had been waiting with bated breath for the release of KyMajesty, a shade Jenner teased two weeks ago that appears to be a deep metallic navy: 

But Jenner said she decided to release the darker option first. In a slew of Instagram posts, she showed off the new hue, which she said came as a result fan requests.

"When I asked what lip kit you would love to see next for Kylie Cosmetics the majority of you surprisingly said BLACK!" she wrote.

She also shared what appears to be a throwback image with beloved family makeup artist Joyce Bonelli, both of them wearing a black lip.

"Back when I only dreamed of having my own makeup line," she captioned the photo. "16-year-old me would be so proud." 

The new bold new shade, which we can only imagine is Taylor Swift-approved, will be available for purchase on Friday.

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It’s about that season when we strip our closets of its sweaters and jackets, and clog up landfills with all that winter gear.

A new survey found that the average American will toss out 81 pounds of clothing this year. That amounts to 26 billion pounds of textiles and clothes ending up in landfills -- but it doesn’t have to.

Savers, a global thrift retailer, surveyed about 3,000 adults in Canada and the U.S. to get a better sense of how people discard and reuse clothing.

The group found that people often don’t know that nonprofits and thrift stores could actually use their old duds or they just don’t want to be bothered with hauling their discard pile to a donation center.

One in three people who didn’t donate said it was “easier” to throw things out. Of those respondents, 54 percent said they didn’t think anyone would take their used stuff.

Turns out, plenty of organizations will gladly take last season’s items. In fact, giving clothing away is actually even better than recycling in this case.

While contributing old sneakers to a project that uses soles to build a new track can feel rewarding, it’s not the greenest option. It still requires water and energy to recombine the ingredients into something new, Savers pointed out.

There’s also a major economic factor at play.

Goods that were not recycled or reused translate into about an $88 billion loss. That’s due to a loss in value and resources that went into making them.

On the other hand, contributing to the secondhand industry, helps to infuse money into the economy. The industry employs nearly 100,000 workers and creates $1 billion in wages in the U.S. alone.

By extending the life cycle of secondhand clothing, the reuse industry employs nearly 100,000 workers and creates
 $1 billion in wages in the U.S. alone.

There are numerous organizations that accept used clothing and some are even willing to do the heavy lifting, as the case is with the Pass the Bag project.

Schoola, a donation program, partnered with the Malala Fund, the group that provides education for girls, to make it super easy for people to donate clothes.

The project sends bags to donors, with prepaid postage, to fill up and send back. Schoola sells the clothes and donates the proceeds to the Malala Fund.

As of January, it had raised more than $103,000 for the educational organization, according to TakePart.

“In the circular economy, everybody wins," the survey added, "and the Earth doesn’t get trashed."

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Next year, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary. Royal biographer Gyles Brandreth says he thinks he knows the secret to their marriage -- and it's one that is perfectly simple.

"Laughter isn't just the best medicine," Brandreth writes in the latest issue of Radio Times. "It's also the foundation for a good marriage."

It can't be easy being Queen, but we think we know how she keeps her cool.

Brandreth reveals that the 90-year-old monarch's husband, who turns 95 on Friday, has a great sense of humor. And don't think that, just because she's Queen, she's the ruler of her own household. 

"The Queen wears the crown, but her husband wears the trousers," Brandreth writes, adding that the Duke has been a source of unwavering support for her since they married in 1947.

And though their marriage is strong as ever, don't expect to see them engaging in any PDA. The couple, like many royals, are reserved when it comes to their private lives. Brandreth notes you'd be hard pressed to find any photos of them holding hands. 

The couple first met as teenagers, when the Queen was just 13-years-old. Less than a decade later, they were engaged. Even as young lovebirds, the pair never showed their affection publicly. But Prince Philip did write a letter to his princess before they were married saying, he wondered if he deserved “all the good things which have happened to me,” in particular, “to have fallen in love completely and unreservedly.”

A love story for the ages.

h/t Radio Times

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Hairdresser Joshua Coombes transforms Londoners' looks on a daily basis, and is making a difference at the same time. 

Coombes, who is originally a musician, gives haircuts to homeless people free of charge along the streets of London. His altruistic endeavor started late last year, when an idea sparked after he passed a homeless person on the street. 

"It just happened one day. I had all my gear on me and I was walking past somebody who was homeless and it went from there, really. It was a lightbulb moment in my head and I was like this is an amazing way to connect with people," he said.  

Since Coombes started cutting hair five years ago, he's seen the impact that a little trim can have on a person. When someone sits down for a haircut, Coombes catches a glimpse into that person's life, even if for a moment. Then his friend, photographer Matt Spracklen, captures it for Instagram. 

"I approach somebody, I talk to them on a human level," he said. "During the haircut, it's quite an intimate thing and you really see someone come out of their shell and they start talking to you a bit deeper about their life and their situation. And you show that look in the mirror and you're like their best friend."

Coombes hopes his work will inspire others to give back as well and document their random acts of kindness with #DoSomethingForNothing, a phrase that he, Spracklen and Be Social Global CEO Dave Burt dreamed up together. 

"I saw a vision where this could be a social goodwill movement, rather than just me cutting hair for homeless people," he said. "Everyone's got a compassionate side within themselves and I really believe that it's about waking that up in people sometimes."

Coombes is putting that vision into practice with a day of giving back in London on July 9. 

Learn more about the story in the video above. 

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It annoyed me that so many people felt the need to comment on the length of my hair as if it was a prize, the greatest stroke of luck a girl could possibly have.

Making a conscious effort to care for my hair led me to making a conscious effort to take care of myself holistically.

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If you've yet to listen to Leslie Odom Jr. croon the words to "Dear Theodosia" in Act I of a little musical called "Hamilton" -- well, that's fine, because it's pretty hard to get a ticket. You should really listen to the song, though. On Spotify, on YouTube, or, on Olivia Bell's Instagram account. 

Bell is, according to her Instagram, an 11-year-old dancer who's participated in American Ballet Theater's Young Dancer Summer Workshop, The Alvin Ailey School's Summer Intensive, and is an ambassador for Brown Girls Do Ballet. 

She is, in a word, amazing. And her Instagram account shows it:

She recently posted a video of herself dancing to the "Hamilton" song at the Dallas Conservatory, posted above. We love it for a couple of reasons:

1. The Tony Awards are happening this Sunday and "Hamilton" is bound to win at least a couple of the 16 statues it's nominated for. Good timing, Bell.

2. Bell is such a fan, she's even aware of that time a woman rolled down her car window in front of creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and screamed, "Congrats on 'Hamlet'!"

#YayHamlet.

Yup, she's your new hero.

Who's ready for the Tonys?

The 2016 Tony Awards will air on CBS on Sunday, June 12, at 8 p.m. ET. From “Hamilton” to “Spring Awakening,” “Eclipsed” to “The Humans,” Sophie Okonedo to Leslie Odom Jr., check out our live coverage of all things Broadway on Twitter this weekend.

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