How Rob Kenney, the ‘Internet’s Dad,’ Is Filling the Father Gap
Hazel Atkins
On April 2, 2020, Rob Kenney uploaded his first video to his YouTube channel: “How to Tie a Tie.” In the two-minute
On April 2, 2020, Rob Kenney uploaded his first video to his YouTube channel: “How to Tie a Tie.” In the two-minute
Changing your diet can change your life; Seamus Mullen knows that intimately. In 2012, a near-death experience forced him to rethink how
Instantly famous as a teen actor portraying Mike Seaver in the ABC sitcom “Growing Pains,” Kirk Cameron is now in the prime
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Silver-set moonstones and more than 30,000 Swarovski crystals, placed one by one onto a hand-drawn design—those were the jewels that started it
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It was nighttime in Sherrodsville, Ohio, August 1960. A car drove up to a house and parked. Two police officers got out
The young, 8-year-old Andy eyed the baseball arching high in the air, down the right field line into foul territory, as it
For Mary Heffernan, being an entrepreneur is a lifestyle, one that demands complete attention and commitment—and, sometimes, a willingness to sleep on
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Rarely is a man remembered for who he was when he was so overshadowed by what he did. In the case of
“I once shook hands with Pat Boone and my whole right side sobered up,” the actor and singer Dean Martin once said.
On August 21, 2010, Chad Robichaux stood in the middle of the Toyota Center before thousands of cheering fans. He had just
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I am an immigrant. I grew up in poverty in post-World War II Italy. We had dirt floors and no running water
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