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MGK Can't Wait For His Daughter to Tear Up the Playroom with Pete Davidson's Baby: ‘These Playdates Bout to Hitttt'

MGK Can't Wait For His Daughter to Tear Up the Playroom with Pete Davidson's Baby: ‘These Playdates Bout to Hitttt'

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Machine Gun Kelly's daughter Saga Blade is only three months old, but the 'Cliché' singer doesn't think it's ever too early to line up A-list playdates for the newborn. On Wednesday (July 16), just hours after it was revealed that his pal and former Saturday Night Live cast member and budding movie star Pete Davidson and girlfriend Elsie Hewitt are expecting a child together, MGK said he's super-psyched about the news.
'These playdates bout to hittttt,' MGK commented on Hewitt's Instagram pic post of the couple looking super cute and snuggly, getting their a sonogram and wearing matching collagen masks. The 35-year-old rapper-turned-pop-singer born Colson Baker recently welcomed his first child with former fiancée Megan Fox, while Davidson, 31, and Hewitt, 29, just confirmed the big news about their first child.
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It's unclear how long Davidson and model Hewitt have been dating, but the shift into fatherhood comes after the Riff Raff star has been linked to a string of famous women, including Ariana Grande and Kim Kardashian, as well as models Kaia Gerber and Emily Ratajowski and actresses Chase Sui Wonders and Madelyn Cline.
Hewitt's post also garnered well-wishes from a number of her bold name friends, including Finneas ('Congratulations!!!!'), model Meredith Michelson ('HEHEHEHEHEHE IM SO HAPPY BEST MOMMY EVERRRRR 😭😭😭😭'), model/actress Kyra Santoro ('OMG CONGRATS HONEYYYYYYY') and singer/model Siiickbrain ('OMG CONGRATULATIONS ANGEL').
MGK and Davidson have appeared in a number of films together, including the 2019 Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt, 2019's Big Time Adolescence, 2020's The King of Staten Island, 2022's Good Mourning and, according to IMDB, an upcoming as-yet-untitled TV pilot currently in post-production also slated to feature Tracey Birdsall, Theo Von, Jordan Rock and Gianni Paolo.
In addition to modeling, London-born Hewitt has acted in a number of movies and TV shows, including Teenage Badass, Turnt, Dave and HBO's Industry.
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When Blond Meets Ambition
When Blond Meets Ambition

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When Blond Meets Ambition

Loni Anderson's TV persona — the bombshell with a brain — was a brilliant amalgam of old Hollywood and 1970s feminism, pitched perfectly for a pop-culture audience. As Jennifer Marlowe, the clever receptionist on 'WKRP in Cincinnati,' she solved everyone's problems while bringing the slightly doofy men in the office to their knees with just a glance. Ms. Anderson, who died on Sunday, developed a signature look on this show: clinging jersey dresses or sweaters, nearly always in solid colors (to minimize any visual interruption of her famous curves); false eyelashes; wide lipsticked smile; and that famous blond mane: shoulder-length, bouffant on top, with low-hanging scalloped bangs undulating around her face — all immovable, firmly sprayed into place. That hair was key. At first glance, it looked much like the So-Cal glamour styles worn by her TV contemporaries, such as Farrah Fawcett or Suzanne Somers. But those women looked tousled and touchable, their bangs feathering out as if blown by ocean breezes, while Ms. Anderson's hair had a teased and lacquered look. Its shape said 'come hither,' but its sculptural stiffness said 'keep a respectful distance.' And while those other women's variegated blond tones mimicked sun-kissed highlights, Ms. Anderson's hair was bleached to a monochromatic platinum more doll-like than human, a color reminiscent of 'blond bombshells' of earlier decades. This makes sense, because Loni Anderson was not aiming for '70s and '80s 'lighthearted naturalness.' (In fact, she was turned down for the role of 'Chrissy' on 'Three's Company,' which went to Ms. Somers.) She was fashioning herself into a kind of exaggerated, ironic version of the classic Hollywood sex kitten, the voluptuous blonde no man can resist. Numerous stars have occupied this category (including Jean Harlow, Mae West, Lana Turner, Jayne Mansfield, Brigitte Bardot), but it was Marilyn Monroe whom Ms. Anderson conjured most clearly. Critics often noted Ms. Anderson's Marilyn-like qualities — particularly the combination of mature sexual allure and disarming sweetness. (Vincent Canby pointed out her 'sweet, Marilyn Monroe-like turn' in his review of her 1983 film, 'Stroker Ace,' for example.) But there was more to Ms. Monroe's onscreen persona. Through all her breathy bounce and giggle, she always seemed to be winking at her audience, acknowledging that this creature she'd dreamed up was purely fictional — a kind of useful, even slightly funny, alter-ego, a masquerade. Ms. Anderson picked up where Ms. Monroe left off, borrowing elements of the Marilyn persona — the showcased bosom, the Kewpie-doll prettiness, the white-blond hair — while adding a new ingredient: obvious, self-assured intelligence. When first offered the role of 'Jennifer,' Ms. Anderson had rejected it, disliking its stereotypical 'dumb blonde' portrayal. But seeing her star potential, the producer Hugh Wilson offered to rewrite the role so that Jennifer could be 'the smartest person in the room,' as Mr. Wilson recalled to The Hollywood Reporter. It worked. Ms. Anderson had figured out a way to don a Marilyn-esque persona and then infuse it with a new intelligence that did not need suppressing, the recognition that a woman could look like a pinup but think like a C.E.O. This self-awareness was in keeping with the second-wave feminist sensibilities of the late 1970s. 'Jennifer,' in all her high-gloss artificiality, was like a theatrical prop, even a marionette operated by Ms. Anderson, the canny puppeteer. Audiences could sense both halves of the act, and loved them equally. (It's not surprising that Ms. Anderson was married for a time to Burt Reynolds, himself the epitome of a winkingly ironic sex symbol.) While Ms. Anderson's career continued past 'WKRP in Cincinnati,' her look remained largely the same throughout her life. Later, she savvily capitalized on her association with 1950s Hollywood sirens, playing Jayne Mansfield in a 1980 television movie, and even channeling Marilyn Monroe at a 2010 event at the Hollywood Museum, where she appeared in one of Ms. Monroe's evening gowns. 'Bombshell' style never fully fades away, of course. We see it in celebrities such as Sydney Sweeney, Sabrina Carpenter and the Kardashian-Jenner clan, especially Kim, who bleached her hair and wore Marilyn's sequin-covered 'naked dress' for the 2022 Met Gala. We see it in the 'Real Housewives' franchise, with its bosom-centric fashions and big blond hair. Recently, we saw it dissected thoughtfully by Mariska Hargitay in 'My Mom, Jayne,' her excellent documentary about her mother, Jayne Mansfield. And we even see it among some government officials and their spouses. Big hair, tight curve-displaying clothes, big lashes and high heels are not uncommon among women in the current administration. Few of these bombshells-come-lately evince Ms. Anderson's degree of witty self-awareness. Perhaps we're too far away now from the Hollywood golden age that invented all this outré glamour, and even further from the feminist wave that inspired its reassessment. Whatever the reason, even decades later, Loni Anderson is still uniquely watchable, seeming to peer out at us conspiratorially from beneath the persona she invented. She remains the platinum standard.

Millennials went wild for Outdoor Voices. Can it become cool again?
Millennials went wild for Outdoor Voices. Can it become cool again?

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Millennials went wild for Outdoor Voices. Can it become cool again?

In the 2010s, millions of millennials made the lurch into adulthood, bringing with us our famed earnestness and idealism as well as our gently tasteful Millennial Aesthetic. Declared immortal in 2020, pronounced dead 2021, said Aesthetic washed out our homes and gathering spaces in dusty pink and sage green, with soft arch-shaped accents and big, groovy plants. It wiped away maximalist commercial culture to replace it with pleasing, Instagram-friendly sans serif fonts and ad campaigns starring models with freckles. A totem of this particular time: the undyed canvas Outdoor Voices tote, bearing its 'Technical Apparel for Recreation' tagline in a bubbly blue font. It bobbed around city blocks on the shoulders of women who sometimes also wore the brand's distinctive, pale-pastel-color-dipped leggings, or its tennis-adjacent Exercise Dress, or the baseball cap that bore its tail-waggingly cheery slogan, 'Doing Things.' By the end of the decade, you could route yourself to almost any major metro area's liveliest postgrad neighborhood just by Googling directions to the local Outdoor Voices. Parsons School of Design graduate Ty Haney founded Outdoor Voices in 2013 at the age of 23. The former track athlete quickly rose to fame alongside it, a trajectory common to a whole class of young, stylish female founders of the then-burgeoning direct-to-consumer movement. Haney was pushed out of the role in 2020, but the company came under new ownership last year and announced last week that Haney had returned to the helm. (Also, as it happens, a common development lately for said class of female founders.) In the week since the announcement, a flurry of TikTok videos have materialized celebrating the return of 'Ty,' with whom fans seem to be on a parasocial first-name basis. The first collection of her second stint dropped Tuesday. Outdoor Voices 1.0 was earnest, it was friendly, it made the pursuit of health feel fun. It was, in many ways, an ur-millennial brand, free of irony and determinedly welcoming. But it worked the first time because it was — to borrow a then-buzzword — disruptive. Now Haney faces the tricky assignment of once again standing out in an athleisure market over which Outdoor Voices has undeniably exerted an influence. Back in 2013, workout gear was 'like, shiny black Spandex and superhuman-looking,' Haney told me this week. 'I wanted to go the other way, with neutrals and texture, things that would integrate nicely into your daily wardrobe.' So in the early years, Outdoor Voices' matte color palette largely consisted of light, creamy hues called 'oatmeal' and 'ash' and 'beach' and 'white sand.' Even the more saturated tones had names such as 'dandelion' and 'evergreen,' and the high neck- and waistlines of most OV garments gave even their body-hugging high-compression workout sets a sweetly modest affect. Today, if something gets described, or derided, as 'millennial-coded,' chances are it looks like Outdoor Voices: 'It definitely set the tone in a lot of ways for that era, in terms of, like, 'clean and simple,'' Haney said, then added, laughing, 'and sans serif.' At the time, its conviction that exercise didn't have to be punishing — Haney fondly remembers an ad campaign built entirely around dog-walking — won over legions of shoppers. More came into the fold when the brand began offering community events such as group hikes and fun runs. And still others, myself (25 at the time, married only to my gym membership, regularly washing sweaty yoga clothes to the point of disintegration) included, got converted just by the shocking durability of the clothes. Technical apparel for recreation, indeed. In some ways, 2025 America might seem like a perfect climate for the return of OG OV. Gen Z women are carrying their Owala FreeSip water bottles (gentle colors, sans serif font) to the Pilates studio after work instead of meeting up for happy hour. Now, though, the athleisure market is flooded with Exercise Dress copycats and candy-colored two-piece compression sets. (And the latter feel 'a little tired,' Haney quipped.) Not to mention brand-sponsored run clubs and yoga events. After the announcement of Haney's return, Outdoor Voices released the first preview image of her new collection: a black zip-up hoodie with a cursive, bedazzled 'Doing Things,' a notion that would have sounded like parody — or blasphemy — in 2015, given Outdoor Voices' famously understated look at the time. But a decade later, as Gen Z gleefully revives the gaudy, goofy styles of the early 2000s, the concept feels on-trend, if not on-brand. ('What in the Juicy Couture Y2K is going on right now,' replied a chorus of TikTok reaction videos.) Among the other new offerings are looser-fitting variations on the Exercise Dress in black and white, shorts and workout bras in vibrant canary yellow, and grass-green and pastel cardigans made of a cotton-cashmere blend. The collection's single style of leggings is a similarly Y2K-invoking black capri. This new Outdoor Voices has 'more details' and is 'more fashion-driven,' Haney said. 'I think the whole ecosystem of activewear brands has gotten a little bit boring and plain and bland.' In Haney's absence, Outdoor Voices was displaced from dominance by brands such as Alo and Vuori, whose workoutwear is frequently photographed in settings that suggest $300-a-month fitness club memberships and luxe beach getaways ('I am somewhat shocked that the '[fitness as] recreation' path is still so wide open for us to own,' Haney mused) and tend to offer a surfeit of earth tones alongside one or two bolder accent colors. Their muted 2020s color palettes, arguably, are a downstream effect of Outdoor Voices' muted 2010s color palette, though 2010s OV looks Lisa Frank-esque in comparison. Haney wants the brand to once again lead athleisure in a new direction. So rhinestones and capri pants and loud fabrics may be what's required for Outdoor Voices 2.0 to stand out in a post-Outdoor Voices 1.0 world. Still, a certain subset of women might be content to order those 1.0 staples from Haney forever if she were to keep making them, buying back pieces of their youth. 'Outdoor Voices is making a comeback. And it feels like 2019 again,' one New Yorker rejoiced on TikTok. In Los Angeles, another user mimed blowing cobwebs off a blue 'Doing Things' cap. And one woman who had posted in jubilation in response to 'Ty' 'rising from the ashes' posted again a few days later: 'Just dusted off this vintage, archival, authentic Outdoor Voices exercise dress,' read the caption. In a polka-dot version, she posed whimsically for a moment before slurping her iced coffee and pushing a bassinet stroller out of frame.

Does More Freedom Equal Less Screen Time? Experts Think So
Does More Freedom Equal Less Screen Time? Experts Think So

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Does More Freedom Equal Less Screen Time? Experts Think So

In a screen time battle, there are no winners. Either you give in and let your kids have way too much screen time, leading to increased mental health problems and other issues, or you strictly control their screens so much that they end up feeling ignored, misunderstood, and babied. It's a lose-lose situation. My oldest child is only 7, and it's already a struggle for my family. But what are we supposed to do? A new study asked experts how to actually lower screen time in kids, and the answer is something that feels completely counter-intuitive: give your kids more freedom. The Anxious Generation author Jonathan Haidt, along with Lenore Skenazy and Zach Rausch, recently partnered with Harris Poll to survey 500 U.S. kids ages 8 to 12 about their phone habits and wrote about the results in The Atlantic. They found that the majority of kids already owned smartphones, with about half of 10-to-12-year-olds reporting that 'most' or 'all' of their friends use social media, despite the minimum age being 13. (Haidt advocates that kids don't have phones until high school and social media until they are 16.) More from SheKnows Gen Z Is Bragging About 'Getting Cracked' on TikTok - & It May Not Mean What You Think Additionally, about 75 percent of kids ages 9 to 12 play the online game Roblox, where they can interact with friends and internet strangers. However, most of the children said they aren't allowed to be in public at all without an adult. Fewer than half of the 8- and 9-year-olds have gone down a grocery-store aisle alone and more than a quarter aren't allowed to play unsupervised in their front yard. When asked how they would prefer spending time with friends, the majority said unstructured play in real life. 'Children want to meet up in person, no screens or supervision,' the authors wrote. 'But because so many parents restrict their ability to socialize in the real world on their own, kids resort to the one thing that allows them to hang out with no adults hovering: their phones.' In fact, nearly three-quarters of kids in the study said they would spend less time online if there were more friends in their neighborhood to play with in person. Kids Want More Freedom Too Members of our SheKnows Teen Council shared how they enjoy stepping away from their phones for hands-on 'adventuring,' such as building a tiki hut, shooting hoops, and connecting with their friends. 'You're going out with your friends, you're finding activities to do, you're exploring, you're building something — it can really be anything,' 16-year-old Clive told us. And as a result? 'You feel double satisfaction. You had fun, and you're proud of yourself for not scrolling on your phone all day.' 'If there's a way that a kid can walk a few blocks to a store and buy something, at age 8, they should be doing that,' Haidt previously told SheKnows. 'And the kids who go out and do something, they come back and they're jumping up and down. They are so excited. It has a huge impact on the kids, but the really important thing is that it has an impact on the parents, because we don't know what the right age is to let them out. We're afraid.' Over-policing of Parents Short of getting in a time-machine and raising kids in the '80s, it's hard to let your kids roam the neighborhood when no other kids are doing it — or parents are watching out the windows and calling the police if they see unsupervised kids out and about. Take this tragedy from a family in North Carolina. Jessica and Sameule Jenkins let their 7-year-old son Legend and 10-year-old son Brandon walk to the neighborhood Food Lion supermarket and Subway sandwich shop, which was less than 10 minutes away from their apartment. In an interview with The New York Times, the parents revealed they were hesitant. 'I really thought against it,' said Mr. Jenkins. He added that he and his wife are 'very protective of our kids.' But they compromised: the boys could walk their if they stayed on the phone with their parents the whole time. 'They made it there safe,' Mrs. Jenkins said. But on the way back, Legend stepped off a grass median and was tragically hit and killed by an SUV driver. Although the driver faced no charges for the incident, the parents were charged with involuntary manslaughter with bail set at $1.5 million each. 'As many parents now control their children's every move, transgressions by parents who take a freer approach — one that used to be normal — can result in criminal charges,' stated the outlet. 'Just because parents don't have their eyes on their kids every single second doesn't mean they are bad parents,' Lenore Skenazy, who chronicles such cases as president of Let Grow, which advocates for more childhood freedom, along with Jonathan Haidt, told the outlet. 'We're blaming these parents, but they've done everything as good as they can for 10 years, and then something terrible happens.' When parents do let kids have more freedom, everyone benefits. How Parents Can Help Screen Addiction A March 2025 Common Sense Media report found that by the time kids are 2 years old, 40 percent have their own tablet. By age 8, nearly 1 in 4 kids have their own cell phone. Overall, 51 percent of children age 8 and younger have some sort of mobile device. And kids ages 5-8 spend about three and a half hours daily on screens. Other studies have shown that kids are addicted to their screens, which interferes with schoolwork, relationships, and life because they only want to be on their devices. Psychologist and author Dr. Becky Kennedy (known as 'Dr. Becky') previously talked to SheKnows about kids and screen time. She reminded us that we have to think about both short- and long-term needs for our kids. 'Sometimes short-term needs are, 'I need my kid to be fully occupied for an amount of time, so I can fill-in-the-blank: decompress, cook, answer emails, work out, have time to myself,' whatever it is. I totally understand this!' she told us. Long term needs might be: ''I want my kid to be able to access their own creativity and turn that creativity into action. I want my kid to learn to be bored, and to wait, and to know that that's part of human existence. I want my kid to learn that hard work and effort is what leads to good feelings, as opposed to only mindlessness and low effort leading to good, exciting feelings.'' '[I]t's not a way of saying long term needs should always trump short term needs,' Dr. Becky clarified. 'It's a way of saying we just need to think about them both.' No one is saying kids can never watch cartoons or play iPad games on a long car trip. But what experts are suggesting is that we also think about how we want to raise our kids to prepare them for the future. Teaching them how to explore and entertain themselves when they're bored. Help them gain skills to be independent and work hard at what they want. And it starts with loosening the leash and giving them a little more freedom. It's like what Clive previously told us. 'I don't know if being on my phone makes me unhappy,' the teen shared. 'But I'm 100 percent sure that when I'm really happy — like during the summer when I have things to do and I'm in my best place — I don't want to be on my phone.' 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