Kramer vs. Kramer swept the box office during the 1979 holiday season, earning big bucks and five Academy Awards from seven Oscar nominations. Audiences loved the nuanced story of a divorced couple duking it out for custody of a child, and so did critics like Siskel & Ebert. The duo called it "impressive" and among the best films of the year, a crown that evolved decades later to be heralded among the finest pieces of cinema alongside Citizen Kane and Casablanca. During his review of the movie, though, Gene Siskel slipped in his revelry for how the film was "sympathetic...
12 Feel-Good Books To Start Off Your 2025 TBR On A Happy Note
LumiNola/E+/Getty Images Feel-good books are a special sort of subgenre — while you might not see it listed as a category on your favorite book-buying website, it’s absolutely a thing. Because in a world as batsh*t as the one we live in, sometimes what you really need from a book is the warm and fuzzies, a happy ending with all the loose ends tied up that is soothing to the brain and the soul. These feel-good books definitely offer all that and more, like unforgettable characters and immersive new premises. What genre of feel-good book you want to read might...
Brooklyn Man Hosts Dad Meet-Ups To Help Build Community For Fathers
joegonzales.co / TikTok Can you imagine a boomer (or even Gen X) dad organizing and hosting a meet-up for other dads? Yeah, me neither. That was just something that didn’t ever happen, whether it was because dads were working their 9-5s in offices or because of societal norms that have existed for centuries. The idea of men coming together to hang out with their kids on purpose seems like the universe is off-kilter. Well, one man wants to normalize more of this! Joe Gonzales, a Brooklyn resident, hosted a meet-up for New York dads, hoping to build a stronger sense...
My Doctor Dismissed My Postpartum Breast Pain. I Ended Up In The Operating Room.
Kemal Yildirim/Getty Images I had heard that breastfeeding could be hard. Sure, lots of things are hard, I thought. Delivering a baby was hard. Wordle can be hard. But until I was experiencing it, I truly had no idea just how hard breastfeeding could be. My story is a unique one — most breastfeeding moms don’t end up in the OR — but embedded in it is a universal message that all moms should hear: Trust your gut. You’ve heard it before, but I’m saying it again because it’s not always easy to do. And it’s especially difficult postpartum, when...