Blog Posts by Jessica Ferri

The Family Photo. (Photo: Daxtumbler.tumblr.com)It's Thursday afternoon, and I'm sitting at my desk, crying over Kristen Bell's baby bump.

On Wednesday Dax Shepard posted an essay on his Tumblr about his father, who recently passed away from cancer. At the end of the post, he shares a photo of his father with his hand on the belly of Shepard’s pregnant wife, Kirsten Bell.

“She lifted her shirt up and he put his hand on her swollen stomach. He left it there for the better part of an hour. He was smiling from ear to ear, sitting contently, unable to put together a sentence, but still capable of connecting to the new family member we were creating.”

Sadly, Shepard’s father didn’t get to see the birth—he passed away on December 31. “But that didn’t get in the way of him meeting the new baby,” Shepard writes. “It was an emotional and triumphant moment. One I will never forget. If I live to be a thousand, I will still be in debt to my wife for giving him that one last thrill.”

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Supermodel Kate Moss is jumping on the adult lunchbox trend with a limited-edition "Kate Moss" sushi box for French chain Sushi Shop. Hey, if Kate Moss is doing it, there's no reason why you can't enjoy these fancy grown-up lunchboxes at your desk. Right?

-Jessica Ferri

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Greek boiled coffee may benefit your cardiovascular health. (Photo: Getty Images)Forget the expression “there must be something in the water.” As it turns out, the secret to longevity could be in a specific brew of coffee.

The Greek island Ikaria first made national news when The New York Times published an article about its inhabitants called “The Place Where People Forget to Die.” One percent of Ikaria’s inhabitants live well into their 90s (as compared to the rest of Europe’s .01 percent), and they tend to stay sharp and healthy until the very end.

The article pointed to a number of reasons why Ikarians live so long: lack of pollution, a diet heavy in fruits and vegetables, moderate consumption of wine, and, interestingly, coffee brewed by a method of boiling.

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Because general coffee consumption has been previously associated with various health benefits including protection against type two diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, and liver disease, researchers led by Dr. Gerasimos Siasos of the University of Athens set out to

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Fathers are juggling work and kids, too. (Photo: Getty Images)The debate over whether or not women “can have it all” has garnered passionate responses from women from all walks of life—but one group of people would like to remind you they too struggle with that work/life balance: dads!

“For once, I'd love to see powerful men in any field get bombarded with questions about finding balance between work and parenthood. How do they feel about missing the milestones?” Charlie Capen writes in “Working Dads Have Regrets Too.”

Capen is the blogger behind How to Be a Dad. In the piece, he writes that he recently attended the Dad 2.0 Summit, “an annual conference where marketers, social media leaders, and blogging parents connect to discuss the changing voice and perception of modern fatherhood.”

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Doug French, of Laid-Off Dad, and John Pacini, founder of the Mom 2.0 Summit, are the founders of Dad 2.0. This year, speakers included Jason Avant, of Dad Centric, Carter Gaddis of Dad Scribe, Fred Goodall of

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Ireland Baldwin, the 17-year-old, 6'2'' daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, is the most recent celeb spawn to opt-in to a modeling career. For most, the modeling industry is fiercely competitive. But with famous parents, these kids are on the fast track to the spotlight. Baldwin joins the ranks of Georgia May Jagger, Dannielynn Birkhead, Dree Hemingway, and other celebrity children who are making a living off their good genes.

-Jessica Ferri

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They say age is just a number, but sometimes, those numbers can reveal how much has changed, culturally, over time. From child brides to second wave feminism and completely inexplicable career success, here are some of the shocking true ages of your favorite characters from movies, TV, and books.

-Jessica Ferri

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Promotional images for the latest installment of the Hunger Games, Catching Fire, were released yesterday, and Katniss's wedding dress, or wedding dress decoy, got us thinking about all of the horrible wedding dresses of movies past. Here are some of the ugliest wedding dresses ever inflicted upon actresses in the history of cinema.

-Jessica Ferri

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In the likely event that you didn't have two solid hours to sit through the Women Tell All special of The Bachelor last night, we have put the ten best looks from audience members and contestants all in one gallery for your convenience.

-Jessica Ferri