The View was filmed at The Walt Disney Studios in LA this week, and every morning, a different Disney character escorted the ladies on stage. This of course sparked conversations and nostalgic memories about the women's favorite fairy tales from childhood, but it also brought up some food for thought. Though the stories of Bambi, Pinocchio, and Cinderella are all moral tales, their lessons can be both sad and scary, and they also have the ability to send the wrong message to kids — as we all know, not every tale ends in happily ever after.
I loved watching these movies as a kid, and I look forward to sharing that experience with my kids one day, but tell me, do you think fairy tales such as these send a bad message to kids?
Imagine you know that in a few decades you will be struck with an incurable disease. How much energy would you put into trying to find a cure before it's too late?
Well after learning that he had a genetic mutation that results in a high risk of Parkinson's disease, Google co-founder Sergey Brin has decided to spend millions of dollars on an innovative genetic study, which will attempt to conduct research by, you guessed it, search. Sergey's mother also has Parkinson's.
Genetic discovery company 23andMe, which was founded by Sergey's wife, will team up with the Michael J. Fox Foundation and the Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center to enroll 10,000 Parkinson's patients. Participants will have their genotype mapped using 23andMe. All the data will be put into a database that can be searched for correlations and new information.
This gets me thinking — with the increased sophistication of genetic testing perhaps the rich will be able to direct the focus of scientific research in the future.
Why is it that so many celebrities resemble other celebrities? (I'm looking at you, Kristen Bell, Jennifer Aniston, and Lo Bosworth!) More importantly, though, why do so many celebrities look like muppets, cats, and cartoon characters? See some of my favorites by clicking "start slideshow."
My husband and I got married in February, but for some reason, I can't get over the fact that he was married before. Of course I've known this about him since we met, but now that we are married, it's become increasingly more difficult to accept. They were only married four years and they didn't have any children together, but I just can't seem to let it go. I don't want my insecurity to overshadow this exciting time in our lives, so can you help me put his past behind me?
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The New York based owner for a Chicago based tower has signed a naming-rights deal with a London based insurance broker. Confused? OK here's all you need to know: the Sears Tower will soon be renamed to the Willis Tower.
Willis Group Holdings got the naming rights to America's tallest building after it decided to move 500 employees to the location. The rent is $14.50 a square foot, and naming rights for the iconic tower came included. Experts are wondering why the building gave the rights to a tenant who will only occupy 3.5 percent of the space.
The skyscraper has always been named Sears Tower, since it opened in 1973 as the headquarters for Sears Roebuck & Co, whose rights expired a few years ago.
Do you think the owners should have kept the name for tradition's (and visibility's) sake?
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