Scary Mommy; Getty Bitsie Tulloch, one-half of the eponymous starring duo of the hit CW series Superman & Lois, dials into our interview a few minutes late for a reason I — and presumably just about every other mom on the planet — can totally understand. Her daughter, Vivian, got hurt on the playground at school, so Tulloch called me in the middle of her day’s impromptu pivot. She’s apologetic (unnecessary, of course) and promises me she’s still cool with keeping our call (Vivian is OK… “she’s a tough cookie,” and Tulloch plans to treat her to pizza to perk...
Brooke Shields Gets Real About Aging Hair, Empty Nesting & Advice She Gives Her Daughters
Ariela Basson/Scary Mommy; Getty Images Brooke Shields is an icon of screen and runways the world over. You may know her from her modeling days on magazine covers, the controversial movie Pretty Baby, or the less controversial Blue Lagoon, but more likely from the TV show Suddenly Susan and her recent slate of Netflix films. The 59-year-old mom of two has never shied away from being honest about aging. In an interview last year, she said, “I love food and I love alcohol and I love life and I want to be healthy for my heart. I don’t like going...
The Best Thing I Ever Did Was Join The Circus
VW Pics/Universal Images Group/Getty Images I’ve had my fair share of attempted and abandoned hobbies. Some filled a temporary gap, a craving I didn’t know I had, while others fell flat, miserable failures from the start. Each one taught me the importance of balancing the demands of motherhood with my need for personal fulfillment. But one stands out about the rest. One has stood the test of time. And that hobby is the circus. The turning point came when I took my kids to a free outdoor performance organized by our local circus school. It was a casual event, with...
I Watched 'Carrie' With My Tween — & The Mom-Daughter Talk Was Real
United Artists My tween and I have a thing for horror movies, so I was stoked when she asked if we could watch Carrie during our next mom-daughter night. While the ’70s cinematic techniques had us dying from laughter, the best (and TBH, kind of hardest) part was uncovering the film’s poignant themes together. Within the first scene, my daughter was already saying things like, Carrie didn’t know what a period is? And, OMG, those girls are so mean in response to watching Carrie be savagely teased by a group of girls as blood trickled down her legs in the...