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The Academy award nominations on Tuesday contained, among the plethora of announcements, intriguing evidence of the strength of familial connections underpinning major Oscar bids, with a number of the 10 films nominated for best picture containing both members of high profile relationships, working together on the same film. Barbie, the doll-inspired blockbuster that, to the chagrin of many including Ryan Gosling, appeared to be snubbed in the best actress and best director categories, even contains two of them. Star…

Having a clear picture of one’s plans and feeling happy about them sometimes gets disturbed by a lack of understanding from one’s own parents, and one such common area of disagreement is the pressure to start a family possibly at the wrong time and no matter a person’s preferences.At least such was this Redditor and his wife’s situation, until the man finally snapped, exemplifying the bad timing with a suggestion that the in-laws could pass down their daughter’s inheritance now instead of later.More info:…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a study published in Economic Inquiry, investigators have compared wages of Black and white interracially married individuals with those of intraracially married individuals in the United States. After controlling for other factors that influence wages, the researchers found a wage penalty for white males in interracial marriages and a wage premium for…

Something interesting happens in the first few pages of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s recent memoir-cum-self-help book Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life. It opens on a moment of weakness, as he describes his lowest point: the day he told his wife that he’d fathered a baby with their housekeeper. “No failure has ever felt worse than that,” he writes.But that isn’t the interesting part. “I won’t be rehashing that story here,” he sniffs, refusing to dwell on it for even a sentence longer. Instead, he instructs readers to Google the…

Couples with differing political views and identities face unique challenges in their consumption of news, which can create significant stress on their relationship, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign communication professor Emily Van Duyn found in a recent study. Credit: L. Brian Stauffer By one estimate, as many as 30% of people in the U.S. are in romantic relationships with partners who do not share their political…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Who does which household chores—or who does the most—is a perennial source of tension for many couples. From cleaning the toilet to taking out the trash, it's sometimes the little things that can cause the biggest trouble. Not without reason, either. Research shows women still do the bulk of the housework and…

Wanna feel old? Well, Home Alone’s Macaulay Culkin is over 40 and engaged to former Disney Channel actress Brenda Song. Oh, and they already have two kids. Time has flown since Kevin McCallister first took on a couple of thieves during Christmas and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody first arrived on cable. Ahead of the couple tying the knot, they just dropped a fire photoshoot they did together, and it has me hoping they'll do a movie together.Los Angeles-based photographer Lenne Chai captured Macaulay Culkin and Brenda…

The central region of the Milky Way galaxy as captured by the Subaru Telescope. The image shows many stars in a field of view about 0.4 light-years across. The star S0-6 (blue circle), the subject of this study, is located about 0.04 light-years from the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*, green circle). Credit: Miyagi University of Education/NAOJ This week we look at migratory stars, communicative children and how…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Many couples were unprepared for the impact COVID-19 could have on romantic relationships, but those who were able to adjust by creating new routines and adopting a positive attitude were more likely to weather the storm, according to a study by Rutgers researchers. "Our results suggest that couples should prioritize building…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Many of us assume that sex toys are used for solo pleasure only, but there are plenty of sex toys for couples to help both you and your partner achieve deeper sensations and stimulation during both foreplay and sex.  Research has shown that sex toys are now less taboo and more popular than ever before and a 2016 study even showed that couples that use sex toys…