First lady Melania Trump and son Barron Trump made a rare appearance at the White House on Monday to help President Donald Trump celebrate the annual White House Easter Egg Roll.

As the national anthem played, the first lady had to gently remind her husband to place his hand over his heart.

When Barack Obama was president, fact-checkers frequently had to debunk claims that he refused to place his hand over his heart during the national anthem.

The false theories were distributed via chain emails and relied on altered images or misattributed information. They may have stemmed from an instance in 2007 when Obama was pictured without his hand over his heart during the national anthem. 

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Serena Williams doesn’t need a reason to post a swimsuit pic. She can do it whenever she damn well pleases. 

The greatest tennis player of all time uploaded a photo of herself in a yellow bikini on Instagram recently, revealing her awesome abs. The picture is from her shoot with Sports Illustrated in February. 

“Just because,” the 35-year-old captioned her photo. 

The tennis star rocked a variety of looks for her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue spread. In her interview with the magazine, she spoke about everything from designing her own line of bathing suits to the media’s ever-evolving perception of beauty. 

“I think the media as a whole is finally starting to embrace and celebrate all different body types, and women are more confident about being themselves because of it,” Williams told SI. 

Confidence looks good on her. 

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For Glamour, by Elizabeth Logan.

I firmly believe it’s weird to pay to hold hands with a stranger for the better part of an hour, which is to say, I don’t like getting manicures. But I do like having my nails painted, so in eighth grade, I set upon the tedious task of teaching myself to do it. At that point, I’d owned two bottles of polish: black and iridescent blue. (So punk.) My mother hated to see me wear the black, and I admit it didn’t look right with my Sailor Moon–style school uniform, so I alternated between blue and black with blue over it.

One day during the fall of freshman year, as I reached to get something from my backpack, I guess my iridescent blue fingernails (still working with two colors at this point) caught the light, because the coolest/most terrifying girl in school we’ll call Karen (name changed, you think I’m gonna commit social suicide?), a sophomore with great style, grabbed my hand and demanded, “Where did you get this color?”

“Walgreens.” I mumbled, starstruck. Karen said I was wearing the “exact” shade Hallie Parker (Lindsay Lohan) wears in The Parent Trap’s infamous poker scene, and she’d been searching for it “forever.” (Bear in mind we were having this conversation circa 2007 and The Parent Trap came out in 1998, but a girl doesn’t forget an iconic nail color.)

Karen pulled me over to one of her friends and showed her my self-administered manicure: “Lizzie found the color.” I shrugged like it was NBD and offered to bring the bottle in some time so they could borrow it, but I never did. I wasn’t ever letting those 0.5 ounces of liquid cool out of my sight.

It wasn’t until college, however, that I embraced the truly healing powers of nail polish. By this time, I’d realized that in addition to painting your nails, there are a number of other semipermanent modifications you can make to your appearance that sort of do the same job as makeup without making you deal with makeup. You can get your nose pierced, cut bangs, dye your hair red, bleach a chunk of your hair, dye the chunk purple using Manic Panic that will, sure as the sun rises, fade to blue and then to green every three weeks. I did all these things! But the main thing I did was invest in a number of pastel Essie shades, my favorite being a light lavender color that just made me happy when I looked at it. This was important since, well, let’s just say college wasn’t the greatest time of my life, despite what Van Wilder promised.

Some things I could not bring myself to do on a regular basis during my first two years of college: my reading, my assignments, attend class, exercise. Some things I did as often as possible during my first two years of college: my laundry, shower, watch Veronica Mars, my nails.

Any small, easily accomplishable task with immediate results was worth my time. Things like education were not. So every other night I’d queue up an episode of some sitcom and carefully paint my nails, making it last as long as possible, which meant three thick layers on every finger. I didn’t get into nail art, because I didn’t want to be frustrated or have to concentrate. I just wanted to Zen out. The next day, every time I looked at my usually lavender fingertips, I’d feel momentarily calm and happy, and, well, it looked nice, and I’m not above wanting to look nice.

It seemed mature and responsible. Some of my classmates were biting their fingers down to the cuticle in pre-exam stress; mine were long and shapely. (It did help that I had very little pre-exam stress because I was skipping most of my exams.) When even the tiniest crack would appear in my mani, I’d pick and peel and chip away at the polish to give myself an excuse to ritualistically paint them again, because if I could start over, if I could do it again, maybe it would turn out different. I left a trail of Essie chips across campus, and to the maintenance staff who had to vacuum it out of the industrial carpet, I am truly sorry.

Turns out, I’m not alone in using polish as a coping skill of sorts, and there’s a sound psychological basis for doing your nails.

“I often recommend that clients include painting their nails as one of many helpful coping skills,” said Greta Angert, a Los Angeles–based licensed psychotherapist specializing in anxiety. “Sitting down to paint your nails is a simple gesture that tells you ‘I’m worth it,’ ‘I deserve this.’” Angert added: “People also talk with their hands, and seeing a pretty color can brighten their mood. Women also compliment each other’s manicures quite frequently, and there’s nothing wrong with a little ego boost during your day.”

According to Angert, people who struggle with minor anxiety often find solace in the repetitive motion of nail painting, and — because it requires concentration — those of us who have racing negative thoughts can get a reprieve.

Thinking about the therapeutic uses of nail polish made me remember something I’d heard years ago, a rumor that’s, fair warning, a little dark: Just like painting your nails can remind you to stop biting them, it can also remind recovering bulimics not to use their fingers to purge. I asked my close friend Clarissa (name changed, you think I’m gonna be that irresponsible?), who has been in recovery from bulimia for a few years, if she’s ever heard this. Here’s what she told me:

“In early recovery the urges to use behaviors [binge and purge] are strong and irrational. They can feel blinding and totally out of your control, and it feels like there’s nothing you can do except use the behavior. Delay tactics, like nail painting, teeth brushing, etc., are helpful ways of getting through these urges until they pass. Like, painting one’s nails is not going to override to binge or purge, but it forces you to pay attention to something else for a while.” She stressed that it’s not a long-term strategy, but that she’s used it a couple of times and found it calming.

These days my nails are shorter and often nude; I’m trying (and failing) to learn the acoustic guitar. When I do paint them, I favor neutral tones. But last week I decided to resurrect the iridescent blue after years of dormancy. A coworker saw my hand and said, “Oh, I love your nail polish! Is that because of, like, the mermaid-unicorn trend?” I got defensive and said: “No, it’s not because of the ‘mermaid’ or ‘unicorn’ trend. I’ve been wearing this shade for years. This this is the shade Hallie Parker wears in the poker scene in The Parent Trap, and it’s kind of my signature color.”

P.S. Okay, so I don’t know FOR SURE that the color I have is the same one Lindsay wore in The Parent Trap, since I haven’t talked to The Parent Trap’s makeup people, but if you are looking to approximate the look, here are my suggestions:

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in "Black and Blue" (that's what I'm wearing in the picture. Be warned you have to put on four coats to get it to really pop but it stays on well.) or Sally Hansen HD in "Pixel Pretty".

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Kate Upton is in full Britney-mode for her “Lip Sync Battle” debut. 

The supermodel channels none other than Britney Spears for an upcoming performance of “... Baby One More Time” on the show. She looks every bit the part in Spears’ now-iconic schoolgirl look, complete with a tied white button-down blouse and braided pigtails.

Upton, who goes head-to-head with Ricky Martin in the episode, admitted to some pre-show jitters. 

“I’m definitely nervous. I’m going against Ricky Martin who does this for a living,” she said in an interview with Spike’s Elliott Morgan. But Upton made sure to practice her moves beforehand. “I dropped it like it was hot. A lot.” 

Based on Chrissy Teigen’s reaction, the routine seems to be a crowd-pleaser.

Watch the full episode Thursday at 10 p.m. ET on Spike.

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“Adulthood is bullshit,” multi-hyphenate creative Hunter Schafer told Dazed when she was selected as one of the Dazed 100, a list that highlights the next generation of youth culture. “And I think some of the most successful and radiant people are those who have been able to get back to that instinctive and child-like part of their selves again.”

It’s an amusing comment coming from someone who, at 18 years old, has accomplished more than many twice her age. Schafer, who has been drawing since she can remember, is a gifted illustrator and comic artist, tweaking the styles of influences like Tim Burton and Skottie Young to create aqueous ink and watercolor images that combine moody fantasy with teen angst. “My parents were really good about not sitting me down in front of a TV,” Schafer told The Huffington Post. “They really nurtured the creative part of me.”

When Schafer got an Instagram account, she started exploring the potentials of photography. Today, with almost 5,000 followers, she uses the platform to hone her artistic vision and weave visual stories about herself and her community. “I became more aware of an aesthetic that I was interested in and wanted to uphold,” she explained. “I realized that just drawing things wasn’t enough for me; I could convey my voice artistically through other mediums outside of two-dimensional, surface work.”

Influenced by David Bowie, Schafer is a quickly evolving artist driven by experimentation, self-discovery and play. Her works break down binaries of all kinds ― between exterior and interior, personal and political, authentic and artificial, serious and fun. 

Schafer is also an activist, specifically advocating for trans youth. Having transitioned at 14 years old, Schafer has actively protested North Carolina’s House Bill 2, which forces transgender individuals to use bathrooms that don’t reflect their gender identity. After the bill passed, Schafer joined a lawsuit filed by the ACLU and began sharing her experiences through art and writing. Though HB2 was technically repealed in March, the compromise passed in its place perpetuates the discriminatory views that propelled the original law, and does nothing to protect trans populations from prejudice or abuse. 

As a high school student based in North Carolina, Schafer has firsthand knowledge of the emotional damage and physical danger inflicted upon trans teens when they are denied the basic liberty of using a bathroom. “Every time I use a public bathroom, I have to make a choice,” she wrote for Teen Vogue. “Do I break the law, or do I disregard my comfort and face the risk of harassment and violence?”

Initially, Schafer viewed art and activism as separate parts of her life. But more recently, she’s begun to experiment with the ways creative expression and political resistance can bolster one another. For her high school senior thesis project, Schafer is working on a series of garments aimed to fight discrimination against trans communities, exploring how imagination can wrestle the body away from binary understandings of gender.

One of Schafer’s recent wearable creations is a pair of bulky red underwear with two large hands covering up the wearer’s genitals. Lettering across the unorthodox undergarments reads: “Peel away every perception.” On the item’s backside is a black-and-white line drawing of a wrinkled face, lips pursed in what resembles judgment. The garment speaks to the absurdity of discerning one’s identity with one particular body part we rarely even, if ever, see.

“The piece is dealing with how people perceive me versus how I feel,” Schafer said. “I am encountering new facets of being trans every day. I need to process that through my work. They’re almost like journal entries.”

Another biographical ensemble, titled ““Pubescent,” is a yellow two-piece featuring felt cutouts of writhing torsos placed atop the wearer’s breasts. The outfit, with its exaggerated, proportions, visualizes the changes a body undergoes during puberty, or gender transition. Awkward, unruly and ultimately beautiful, the outfit visualizes the experience of inhabiting a changing body. 

Schafer also communicates her personal experiences through illustrations, like this 2015 series on Rookie, which navigates the difficulty of dressing up for formal events like school dances, where a strict gender binary was especially enforced. “I longed to escape, and to express what I felt inside me — not what was expected of me,” she said in a statement.

So far, Schafer has enjoyed incorporating the spirit of activism into her art. “I want to do something meaningful with my work,” she said. “Being able to translate my experiences as a trans person into my artwork, and using my work as a platform to support marginalized communities in general, those are things that are really important to me now. They’re definitely becoming part of my artistic identity.”

Aside from the many media she’s already successfully dipped into, Schafer is beginning to explore modeling and modern dance as other modes of storytelling. In part, she credits the internet for eliminating rigid boundaries between artistic disciplines and encouraging young artists to create without limitations.

“The internet is changing the young artistic scene because we have such a fast way to share and react and create our own platforms,” Schafer said. “I think the internet has empowered young artists to create these online personas and carry out aesthetics that they want to try out. We can receive direct feedback from other young artists, react to them, and share and spread our ideas. It’s completely youth led and that’s what is so wonderful.”

Schafer is currently finishing up her final year of high school and is planning to take a gap year before college to live and make work in New York City. Her contributions as an artist and activist are wildly impressive, regardless of the fact that Schafer is still a teenager. Thankfully, the young creative force shows no signs of slowing down or growing up anytime soon. 

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The British royal family celebrated Easter together on Sunday, but if we didn’t know any better we might think the Duchess of Cambridge was dressed as a first lady for Halloween.

The media phenomenon formerly known as Kate Middleton gave us major Jackie Kennedy vibes in a cream dress coat, pillbox hat and matching pumps.

The sweet hat, which she wore over a rare updo, was adorably adorned with a bow in the back. 

Seriously, the similarities are pretty uncanny. 

Swoon. Check out the rest of the family below. 

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Victoria’s Secret debuted its annual “What is Sexy” winners Monday, and many people are calling the brand out for its outdated stance on what sexy looks like.

Winners in categories like “Sexiest DJ” and “Sexiest Entertainer” went largely to young, thin, white women. Many on social media slammed the lingerie brand for its lack of diversity and inclusivity.

It’s never a good thing when brands declare just a narrow range of body types or skin tones as “sexy,” and unfortunately this kind of move is pretty much par for the course when it comes to Victoria’s Secret. 

Year after year, VS has failed to embrace a wider range of beauty both in stores as well as on the runway of its highly watched fashion show. At a time when even high-end designers are using their platform to showcase women of different sizes and ages, the closest we’ve gotten to Victoria’s Secret following suit has been words of encouragement to do so by models like Denise Bidot and Ashley Graham. 

Other lingerie brands have done a better job of squashing outdated beauty standards, whether through committing to un-retouched advertisements or a wider range of models starring in their campaigns. Social media is flush with more body positivity and underwear selfies than ever. And still, we are yet to see a shift from what is arguably the most well-known, wide-reaching lingerie brand of them all.

The brand’s lack of offerings over a certain size has been credited with costs and resources. Cora Harrington, a lingerie expert, told Business Insider in 2016 that “what a lot of people may not realize is that each size grouping basically requires a different factory and a different set of patterns.”

But broadening your horizons to include more people on your list of “what is sexy” or, you know, not putting out a list declaring “what is sexy” in the first place doesn’t cost you anything, and would send a message to your customers that yes, thin can be sexy, but so can fat. White can be sexy, and so can black.

Sexy is not one size, race or color. If Victoria’s Secret hasn’t figured that out by now, we’re not sure it ever will. And that, for one, is pretty un-sexy if you ask us. 

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If you ask me, the shoddiest products on earth are toys. I don’t mean that in a derogatory sense ― as in, they advertised a computer, but instead they sold me a toy. I mean a literal toy.

I’ve never had any luck with playthings. My three kids have broken so many of them, often within minutes of receiving them, I’ve lost count. And I’ll never forget the model train set I received as a Christmas gift many years ago as a child. It never worked and if I remember correctly, my father never received a refund.

You probably have your own toy story, too. I’ll get to those in a second. American businesses have a new license to inflict these horrible products on us, and you know why. A pro-business administration has assumed power in Washington, promising to eliminate the regulations that kept businesses honest. As the rules slowly come undone, it’s fair to assume these poor products will flood the market, and eventually reach your doorstep:

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  Craftsman portable table saws, sold at Sears, were recalled after several owners reported the stand can collapse unexpectedly, posing laceration and impact injury hazards to the operator. Sears received reports of the table saw collapsing, including nine reports of injuries to fingers and hands, including broken bones, lacerations, a shoulder strain, and a partial fingernail amputation.

  
  


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  RDG Global, an apparel manufacturer carried by Nordstrom’s, recently removed its line of girls’ hooded sweatshirts from its shelves. Why? Seems the drawstrings can become entangled or caught on playground slides, hand rails, school bus doors or other moving objects, “posing a significant strangulation or an entanglement hazard to children,” according to the company.

  
  


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  Perhaps the most embarrassing shoddy product in recent memory was Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 recall. Remember that? That one had all the drama you could want from a bad product, and then some. We’re talking exploding phones, a tepid corporate response, consumer outrage ― and oh yeah, a $7 billion price tag.

  
  

You don’t have to be a victim of these horrible products, even as they become more common. Know how to find the underperformers, how to spot a substandard product and what to do if you’re stuck with one.

Find the bad products ― and the bad companies The Consumer Product Safety Commission site is a great resource for the careful shopper. Its product recall list is a must-read, especially if you’re buying something secondhand. If it shows up here, don’t buy it, obviously. But also, you get a pretty good idea of which companies to avoid. Some companies are frequent offenders. Not to pick on Sears, but a search by name reveals it recalls quite a few products.

Give it the sniff test. (Sometimes literally.) Spotting a product that doesn’t meet standards is actually pretty easy. Sometimes all you have to do is glance at it to know that it won’t hold up. Or smell it. That’s what Tyler Dishman, who manages an online supply business in Greenwood, Ind., did when he received a shipment from China: He inhaled. Something smelled funny. “Upon further inspection, we discovered that every filter in the batch was covered in some sort of black mold,” he recalls. “Worst. Product. Ever.” Also, an important lesson. Kick the tires before you drive away.

What to do if you’re stuck If you’re the proud owner of a recalled product, follow the instructions for returning or repairing it. But there’s a whole other category of bad products ― unrecalled, but probably shoulda been recalled ― out there in consumerland. What about them? If something really doesn’t live up to its billing, you should make every effort to return it. The executive contacts section on my consumer advocacy site can be a highly effective tool for persuading companies to take their awful products back.

There’s one final strategy when you’re on the receiving end of a shoddy product. You can do what Veronica Wittmann did when the gift card she purchased was unceremoniously removed from her account: She filed a dispute with her credit card company. And she won. If you can convince your credit card company that the product wasn’t “as advertised” you can get a full refund. The Fair Credit Billing Act allows you to dispute charges for goods and services you didn’t accept or that weren’t delivered as agreed.

Put differently, corporate America might try to rain substandard products on you, but you’re protected. And if none of these strategies does the trick, don’t play around. You know how to reach me.

After you’ve left a comment here, let’s continue the discussion on my consumer advocacy site or on Twitter, Facebook and Google. I also have a newsletter and you’ll definitely want to order my new, amazingly helpful and subversive book called How to Be the World’s Smartest Traveler (and Save Time, Money, and Hassle).

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Just in time for warm weather, celebrities are chopping off all their hair and dyeing it platinum.

So far, Zoë Kravitz, Katy Perry and Kristen Stewart have all taken the plunge and undergone major hair transformations. Cara Delevingne is nearly there, though she has a few inches left to lose before she can join the ranks of this girl gang.

Check out their awesome before-and-afters below: 

Katy Perry

Zoë Kravitz

Kristen Stewart

If you’re interested in dyeing your hair platinum, The Huffington Post got a few tips from Kim Kardashian’s colorist, Lorri Goddard. 

“It is extremely difficult to take dark hair to platinum as it shifts the condition of the hair, but hair can be kept strong if the proper conditions are taken,” Goddard told HuffPost in an interview in 2015.  “Always start with a strand test to establish if hair is strong enough to take the platinum journey and begin the hair process away from the scalp working with ends first as the scalp exudes heat, which quickens the process.” 

She added, “Make sure the hair is freshly cut and preferably uncolored for three to six months as that will yield the best results.” 

We can’t guarantee you’ll look at cool as Kravitz when you’re through with the process, but this bold haircut and color is sure to stun. 

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Few stories about Ivanka Trump’s brand have been quite as controversial as the “free commercial” presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway gave the first daughter’s company on national television on February 9. 

Conway’s endorsement, which she offered in response to Nordstrom dropping the label from stores, renewed conflict of interest concerns over Trump family holdings and earned Conway a discipline recommendation from the Office of Government Ethics for using her White House position to sell products.

A graph included in a new Associated Press report about Ivanka Trump’s conflicts of interest regarding China shows that concern was warranted ― by thousands and thousands of percentage points.

The AP compared U.S. sales of Ivanka Trump merchandise at the online marketplace Lyst in February 2017 with the same month the previous year. Lyst had already reported an uptick of 346 percent in sales of Trump’s brand between January and February 2017 alone, bumping Trump from its 550th most popular brand to its 11th most popular brand in one month.

But one day in particular saw a staggering 10,700 percent increase over the previous year: February 9, the day of Conway’s infamous appearance on Fox News.

“Go buy Ivanka’s stuff! I hate shopping, and I will go get some myself today,” Conway said after calling Ivanka “a champion for women empowerment.”

There was a clear trend in larger support and new support from red states.
a Lyst spokeswoman

While the brand’s sales increased in general year-over-year, “there was a clear trend in larger support and new support from red states,” said a spokeswoman for Lyst. The brand saw an 802 percent increase in February in Kentucky and a 1,173 percent increase in Texas. There was also a 598 percent increase in Florida, which is not technically a red state but did go for Donald Trump in the 2016 election. 

There was only a slight increase in sales in blue states, and Washington, D.C. even saw a 10 percent decrease in gross merchandise volume, according to Lyst. Ivanka Trump saw February sales on Lyst from 15 states where there were previously no sales at all, including Arkansas, Iowa, Mississippi and North Carolina. 

The November section of the graph shows that sales of Trump’s brand also went up on the day of the election, but “only” by 600 percent. That feels like child’s play compared to the huge spike that followed Conway’s remarks ― remarks over which the White House declined to discipline Conway despite the OGE’s recommendation.

Although Lyst is one of many retailers at which U.S. consumers can purchase Ivanka Trump products, the data above includes millions of registered users. And the trend seems to hold overall: Market research data and the Ivanka Trump company itself confirmed sales surged in February. 

“In some of the categories it was the [brand’s] best performance ever,” company president Abigail Klem said last month. 

Clearly, Conway got the result she was hoping for. And with Trump becoming an official White House employee but still profiting from her business, the concerns about conflicts of interest related to her brand are only getting worse. 

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Adidas has apologized for a tone-deaf email subject line related to the Boston Marathon. 

On Tuesday, one day after the Boston Marathon, the brand sent out an email about the big race. The email, which was sent to The Huffington Post, advertised new products and also asked runners to share pictures of their marathon experience. 

But it was the email subject line, “Congrats, you survived the Boston Marathon!” that got people talking. In 2013, three people were killed and 264 injured when two homemade bombs went off at the marathon’s finish line. 

People on Twitter were not pleased: 

Some didn’t find it offensive: 

Others were busy preparing for an Adidas apology and a new PR job opening (similar to what happened with United):  

A few hours after the email was sent, a spokeswoman for Adidas sent The Huffington Post a statement via email, writing: 

“We are incredibly sorry. Clearly, there was no thought given to the insensitive email subject line we sent Tuesday. We deeply apologize for our mistake. The Boston Marathon is one of the most inspirational sporting events in the world. Every year we’re reminded of the hope and resiliency of the running community at this event.” 

Considering all of the hell that Pepsi and United have gone through lately, a job in PR isn’t looking so appealing right now.

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While you were sitting at your desk wishing away the work day, Jennifer Hudson was painting the town floral and black velvet. 

Hudson was out in New York City Monday to promote her new Netflix movie “Sandy Wexler,” but if you ask us, she was really just walking around looking amazing in two different outfits. 

There was the sweet long-sleeved floral mini-dress she wore on “Good Morning America”: 

And a teeny-tiny black velvet dress with a matching cape and flashy silver pumps she wore for “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”:

Like, seriously teeny. 

And because Hudson speaks to both our souls and soles, she was also spotted wearing each look with a pair of slip-on loafers between appearances. 

Jennifer Hudson: Our flat shoe-wearing dreamgirl for life. 

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Simpsons fans can be obsessed, but few are as faithful as Ricky Viner.

The 32-year-old restaurant manager is such a big fan of the animated series that he had his right arm inked up with 52 separate tattoos of Homer Simpson.

Viner of Wiltshire, U.K., fell in love with the cartoon series as a child.

“I instantly fell in love with the program when I saw it aged eight,” he told SWNS. “I was adopted when I was a kid and never really had a father, so, in a funny way, Homer became the father figure I always wanted.”

Viner decided to go big or go Homer when he was in a tattoo shop getting an anime drawing inked on his body. The conversation turned to Michael Baxter, a 52-year-old Australian who has 203 different Simpsons tattoos on his back.

“That’s when we came up with the idea of having a crack at a new record,” Viner told SWNS.

Viner hopes to get into Guinness World Records by having the most tattoos of a single cartoon character.

Woo hoo!

Viner decided to the perfect character to put on his arm was none other than the doughnut-loving dad.

So the artist drew various Homers ― 52 in all ― on Viner’s right arm, from shoulder to wrist. The complete tat took 14 painful hours in two separate sessions. It shows Homer’s face in different expressions.

“Some of the outlines really hurt ― especially the ones on the crease where my bicep meets my forearm ― it was remarkably painful.” 

The tattoos cost around $642, and it’s still a work in progress: Viner plans to get all his Homers colored in the future.

“They are going to need a lot of yellow ink,” he warned SWNS.

In order to get into the record books, Viner will have to provide Guinness World Records with proof from a dermatologist or doctor stating his tattoos are real.

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A white diamond ring is classic, but there’s something so perfectly pretty about a pink stone ― be it a peach sapphire, morganite or a pink diamond. 

For those who’ve been eyeing a rose-colored ring, we’ve gathered 19 sparklers that are all but guaranteed to tickle you pink. 

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Oh, Zara. Here we go again. 

The retailer, a repeat offender when it comes to offensive products and advertising, is under fire yet again for carrying a skirt embroidered with a character resembling Pepe the Frog. 

The cartoon amphibian has become a symbol of hate after being coopted by anti-Semites and white supremacists.

Pepe was originally an innocent stoner character created by artist Matt Furie in 2005, but was turned into a mascot for the alt-right on websites like 4chan and Reddit and is listed as a “hate symbol” by the Anti-Defamation League.

Though the ADL notes that “because so many Pepe the Frog memes are not bigoted in nature, it is important to examine use of the meme only in context,” it’s shocking Zara didn’t see the skirt as problematic. The item marks yet another blunder for the hugely successful yet troubled clothing chain, reminding us of the time in 2014 it sold pajamas that looked exactly like concentration camp uniforms.

Zara pulled the skirt from its website, but not before Twitter got a look. 

Some people, though, are still grappling with the fact that a cartoon frog ever became so controversial in the first place. 

The skirt appeared to be styled with the Zara’s “Nope” denim jacket, which is a pretty perfect way to sum up our feelings about the whole thing.

In an email to The Huffington Post, a Zara spokeswoman stated that the image was not intended to look like Pepe.

“The skirt is part of the limited Oil-On-Denim collection which was created through collaborations with artists and is only available in selected markets,” she said. “The designer of the skirt is Mario de Santiago, known online as Yimeisgreat. Mario explores social interactions through his work and in his own words, ‘The idea came from a wall painting I drew with friends some years ago. There is absolutely no link to the suggested theme.’”

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Kim Kardashian tweeting about losing weight isn’t particularly surprising, but saying her recent flu was “an amazing diet”? That raised more than a few eyebrows.

The reality star tweeted on Wednesday morning that the flu is a great way to lose weight, adding that she dropped six pounds just in time for the Met Gala on May 1.

The reactions to the tweet have been heavily mixed, as a lot of people are noting that the flu can lead to death.

The tweet was likely not meant maliciously, though Kardashian should know that between 12,000 and 59,000 people die from influenza every year in the U.S., according to the CDC.

One of the most notable responses to the tweet was made by a user who pointed out the similarities between the comment and a scene in the movie “The Devil Wears Prada.” In the scene, Emily Blunt’s character says that she’s “one stomach flu away from her goal weight.” 

We get the desire to be fit, folks, but let’s all do it healthily, yeah?

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On Wednesday, People magazine announced its pick for “World’s Most Beautiful Woman” of 2017 and ― drumroll please ― it’s Julia Roberts, who’s now earned the title a record five times. 

That’s right, Roberts has been named “Most Beautiful” more times than anyone else, surpassing Jennifer Aniston and Michelle Pfeiffer. She first appeared on the issue in 1991 at the age of 23, fresh from her role in “Pretty Woman.” 

“I am very flattered,” the Oscar-winning actress said of the recent accolade, later adding, “I think I’m currently peaking.”

Now, yes, Roberts is beautiful, but if we’re being honest, so is everyone else in Hollywood. We can’t help but think of a slew of other stars who could have earned the title for the first time, let alone a fifth. (Taraji P. Henson, anyone?) 

People’s Editorial Director Jess Cagle explained the magazine’s choice in his editor’s letter: 

When it came time to choose a cover for the 2017 World’s Most Beautiful issue, it seemed that the time was right for Julia Roberts. At 49, Julia has never looked better. Her beauty also lies in her self-assurance and smarts and good humor. It lies in her ability to evolve while retaining the best parts of herself. It lies in her talent for creating characters and telling stories that take us to new places. And it lies in her family-first ethos: Despite all the delights, distractions and temptations of an impossibly privileged existence, nothing ignites her famous smile more than game nights with her kids.

It will be interesting to see who else People decided to include in the issue. As we know, the list tends to favor conventionally beautiful, straight, white women ― so we’re hoping this year there’s some diversity in the mix. Since 1990, there have only been four women of color to receive the title ― Halle Berry, Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé and Lupita Nyong’o.

We do know, however, that Henson, Viola Davis and Alicia Keys are also featured in the current issue, which is a step in the right direction.

People’s “Most Beautiful” issue hits newsstands Friday.

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The younger members of the British royal family regularly use their platform to spread awareness surrounding mental health. While encouraging others to talk more openly, both Prince William and Prince Harry are also opening up about the death of their mother 20 years ago.  

Will, Kate and Harry appear in the BBC’s upcoming documentary “Mind Over Marathon,” which follows 10 people living with or affected by mental health conditions as they prepare to run the 2017 London Marathon on April 23.

While filming, William shared his ongoing feelings about the death of Princess Diana when talking to Rhian Burke, a runner who has suffered from PTSD since losing her one-year-old son followed by her husband’s suicide over a five-day period in 2012. William revealed the “shock” of Diana’s death has never gone away.

“The shock is the biggest thing,” he told Burke. “And I still feel 20 years later about my mother, I still have shock within me 20 years later.  People go, ‘Shock can’t last that long,’ but it does. You never get over it, it’s such an unbelievably big moment in your life that it never leaves you. You just learn to deal with it.”

Burke expressed worry about her other children coping as they grow up, but William reassured her “they’ll be absolutely fine.” 

“You try and understand your emotions a lot more than probably someone who’s just lived life without any issues,” he told her. “And I think that’s quite critical because you can start explaining to them what those emotions mean, why they feel like they do. Because once you start rationalizing a little bit and you understand ‘I’m really angry, I’m really down,’ or ‘I’m really upset about something,’ then you can... relativize it and deal with it.”

Earlier this week, Harry revealed he struggled with his emotions about his mom’s death for years before finally getting counseling at age 28. 

It’s brave for anyone to talk honestly about grief, but we’re especially encouraged to see people who reach as vast an audience as the royals normalizing this important part of the process. Check out the touching clip above.

“Mind Over Marathon” airs on BBC One Thursday. 

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Mega babe Lauren Hutton just landed a gig as Calvin Klein underwear model. 

The 73-year-old stars alongside Rashida Jones and Kirsten Dunst in the sexy ad, titled “Calvin Klein or nothing at all.” We’re thrilled to see a wide range of ages represented in a lingerie campaign, but we have one complaint for director Sofia Coppola: We wish Hutton had a bit more screen time. 

Hutton makes her appearance only at the end of the minute-long director’s cut video above, in which she’s seen relaxing on a bed and flashing that iconic gap-toothed smile. 

She does get some one-on-one time on camera in a second solo clip, in which she describes the “corniest pick up line” she’s ever heard in her life. “And it was fabulous,” she said.

First the men of “Moonlight” and now this? Swoon, swoon, swoon, Calvin Klein. 

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President Trump is at it again.

People on Twitter recently pointed out that the president left his wife, Melania, behind while deplaning Air Force One over the weekend. In one photo, the president is at the bottom of the airplane’s stairs, greeting and saluting people on the ground, while Melania is still descending. 

Many online criticized the distance between the two, pointing to other presidents ― like Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan ― and the way they descended the stairs with their wives.  

Though Trump and his wife have descended the stairs together at the same speed a few times before ― and many other presidents haven’t always descended the stairs with their first lady ― the incident is part of a larger pattern of the president’s body language and etiquette toward his wife. The Huffington Post reached out to two etiquette experts, Jacqueline Whitmore and Elaine Swann, to get their takes on Trump’s distance in the photos. 

Whitmore, an international etiquette expert who has appeared in the New York Times and shows like “Fox and Friends,” explained the traditional rule of etiquette when it comes to men and women descending stairs. 

“When a man and woman are coming down the stairs the man would go before her. The logic being that if she trips or falls, the man (generally being larger or stronger) would be in a position to catch her,” she told HuffPost. That being said, Whitmore said the president’s distance in these pictures “could be perceived as a sign of disrespect.” 

“In the photographs, what we’re clearly seeing is that Donald Trump is walking not just one stair ahead, not two stairs ahead, but a few feet ahead. She’s not being accompanied by him,” Whitmore explained. “If you look at some of the old photos of Ronald and Nancy Reagan or the Obamas, they are very close together. In other words, they’re a unit, they’re a couple, they’re engaging in this activity together.”

Whitmore added, “Whereas in this particular photo, she is clearly standing all by herself. Now it could also be a sign of self-absorption or he’s in a hurry. He’s a role model for the country, having said that –- he should be modeling, I believe, a different kind of behavior.” 

Swann, a lifestyle and etiquette expert who has been featured in the New York Times and appeared on the “Today Show,” echoed Whitmore’s take.  

“The husband at the bottom of the stairs, saluting and greeting the people there, and the wife is still at the top of the stairs – this is incorrect,” she told HuffPost. “The proper thing for him to do is to wait for his spouse at the bottom of the stairs and then take her hand and assist her down the last few steps as she comes down. This was not done.” 

Swann added, “He still is a husband first before a president. Because he’s in the presence of a woman, and this woman is his spouse, he still has to make sure that he’s nurturing his relationship. And part of nurturing your relationship is the small gestures and niceties that are necessary in terms of chivalry.” 

During Trump’s inauguration in January, the president was also criticized for not waiting for Melania to get out of the car and then leaving her behind while he greeted the Obamas. 

“When I look at the video [from the inauguration], this same thing rings true. President Trump should have never bounded up those steps, leaving his wife behind on the opposite side of the car,” Swann said. “The proper way to go up the stairs is the lady always goes first, and then the gentleman follows behind her – whether you are the President or not.” 

Communication and body language expert Susan Constantine might’ve said it best in an interview with Mic after the inauguration.

“If you didn’t know that they were married, you wouldn’t know that they are married,” she told the outlet.  

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