All posts by Sally E. Smith
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Move Over, Pumpkin Pie! Indulge in the Revelry of Chocolate this Holiday Season
I know people who do handsprings at this time of year, anticipating with delight the traditional holiday dessert fare of pumpkin and mincemeat pies; tittering...
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Fat-Talk Nation: A Generation of Shame
In a story on Susan Greenhalgh’s new book, “Fat-Talk Nation: The Human Costs of America’s War on Fat,” NPR highlights Greenhalgh’s central thesis: that, apart...
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Sleeping Beauties: Your Guide to a Better Night’s Sleep
Although seemingly mundane, there are few experiences as sweet as waking up feeling well rested, refreshed and rejuvenated. Greeting the new day with the mind...
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PEZ-apolooza
Linda Sponaugle, 42, is a self-described “true bona fide PEZhead.” Her devotion to PEZ – those candy dispensers found at every grocery checkout stand –...
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Obesity Research: Collusion or Collision?
“In the scientific world, if a new research finding doesn’t fit with the (mainstream belief), it is called an anomaly. If enough anomalies accumulate, they...
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Supermodel Emme: Designing Woman
Back in the mid-’80s, a then unknown Emme trekked out to California and got a job as a page at the NBC studios. In her...
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Mo’Sassy Mo’Sexy Mo’Nique
Quiet murmuring becomes raucous laughter as the “warm-up” comedian revs up the 200-member studio audience, here for this Tuesday night’s taping of UPN’s The Parkers....
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Rising Star: Debra Christofferson is Making it Big in Hollywood
Debra Christofferson has been performing for as long as she can remember. Home movies of her growing up in the Black Hills of South Dakota...
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Christine Alt: Not the Girl Next Door
Walking into the restaurant for her interview, every molecule of Christine Alt’s being exudes “supermodel.” As she approaches, her incredibly blue eyes twinkle, her white...
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Star Jones: A 21st Century Diva
Diva (di´vä): A woman with a Delightfully Interesting, Vivacious Attitude. So asserts Star Jones, the candid, feisty, headstrong co-host of ABC’s The View, who is,...