RICCARDO MILANI/AFP/Getty Images Earlier today, Claire’s, our most nostalgic accessories retailer, declared bankruptcy. “This decision is difficult, but a necessary one,” said Chris Cramer, CEO of Claire’s in a statement. “Increased competition, consumer spending trends and the ongoing shift away from brick-and-mortar retail, in combination with our current debt obligations and macroeconomic factors, necessitate this...
StockPlanets/E+/Getty Images Ahhhhh! Oh. Sorry. I was just having this terrible nightmare where my middle school gym teacher was yelling at me to run faster during the one-mile run as I asthmatically struggled to breathe and all my classmates laughed at me. You remember the Presidential Fitness Test, right? That week or so in gym...
One of the biggest hurdles any parent faces during those challenging toddler years, by far, has to be potty training. It’s a milestone that’s both exciting yet terrifying in equal measure. On the one hand, a life free of diapers and blowouts is finally in sight. However, by the same token, a few new challenges...
New Line Cinema It’s common for kids to create imaginary friends when they’re young, but what if that fictional figure were to suddenly reappear when you’re an adult? That’s the basic premise the 1991 dark comedy Drop Dead Fred explores through the eyes of Elizabeth Cronin (Phoebe Cates), a young woman who is in desperate...