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Famous Canadians Share Their Passions Starting Today

Want to get inside the minds of some of your favorite Canadian TV personalities? Check out Passion Profiles, a unique online talk show featuring host Cheryl Hickey and brought to you by Häagen-Dazs.

Each of the four episodes will offer a rare and fascinating glimpse of some of your favorite personalities as you’ve never seen them before. First up, you’ll learn about the passions, inspirations and dreams of Food Network hosts Anna and Michael Olson, as they sit down for an intimate chat with veteran celeb interviewer Cheryl Hickey. After a brief stint in banking, Anna decided to follow her true passion to a career in cooking. After culinary school and working as a chef in New Orleans, Anna wound up in the Niagara region, where she met and married Michael Olson, also a notable chef. Anna hosts Fresh with Anna Olson and Sugar on the Food Network, is the author of a number of cookbooks. Together, the Olsons have collaborated on many delectable recipes, some of which can be found in their cookbook Anna and Michael Olson Cook at Home.

Here at CF.ca, we were also invited to submit a few questions for Cheryl to ask during her interview, so watch for their answers to our queries (we hope to learn some juicy cooking secrets).

Starting today, July 28th, you can visit passionprofiles.ca to get up close and personal with the Olsons!

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Family News Update: Celibacy Trends, Twilight-Inspired Baby Names, College Kid’s Grades and More

A wide variety of woman are turning to celibacy and prolonged singledom:
No sex, please. We’re too busy. (The Globe and Mail)

It’s one thing to be a ‘Twilight’ fan but is this taking things a little too far:
Is 2009’s top baby name influenced by ‘Twilight?’ (The Morning Call)

Want your college kids to boost their grades? Suggest boosting their exercise levels:
Vigorous Exercise Linked With Better Grades (The New York Times)

One woman’s off-Broadway hit of her parenting escapades and how they’ve changed her:
Raising three children messed up this mom’s perfectionist parenting (ParentCentral)

Don’t be quick to associate suicide with tortured geniuses a la Vincent Van Gogh:
Suicide attempts less likely in men with higher IQs (CNN)

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Family News Update: Cutting Childhood Obesity, Autism Cons, Celebrity Marriages, What Babies Are Really Thinking and more

• All the talk of childhood obesity got you worried? Look no further:
3 things to cut childhood obesity risk (ParentCentral/The Toronto Star)

• And speaking of risks, can the soda:
Sugary soda linked to pancreas cancer (The Globe and Mail)

• Beware the cons:
The lure of snake oil for parents of autistic children (The Toronto Star)

• Ahhh, the days when $10 cologne, some hair gel and a box of “Pot of Gold” made you a stud:
Why must I raise a teenager in love? (The Globe and Mail)

• It’s simple — they’re so much more interesting than we are:
The fascination with failed celebrity marriages (The Montreal Gazette)

• Getting inside a baby’s mind (Part 1):
Babies are fed up with all the mocking: study (Canoe)

• Good to know:
Guidelines could cut unnecessary CT scans for kids with head injuries: study (Yahoo)

• Maybe they’re just practicing for when they’re old enough to use Twitter:
When to worry if a child has too few words (The New York Times)

• Getting inside a baby’s mind (Part 2):
6 shockingly evil things babies are capable of [This article contains some coarse language] (Cracked)

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Our Gift to You: 50 Hot Celebrity Dads

Patrick Dempsey

Patrick Dempsey

Ladies, this one’s for you. We decided you needed a little holiday candy of your own, so we spent days searching for the hottest celebrity dads just for you. It’s a tough job but someone’s got to do it!

Take a break from all the holiday rush, sit back and enjoy this slideshow that is certain to make you swoon.

Merry Christmas!

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November Issue Available Now!

If you haven’t picked it up already, make sure you pick up our November 2009 issue, full of the hottest toys, holiday ideas, the latest health information and scrumptious recipes. Click here for a sneak peek! And check out this clip from ET, all about our cover models, supermodel Liisa Winkler and her 2-year-old daughter Stella.

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Jon Gone from Jon & Kate Plus 8

jon-and-kate-plus-8-CUTIEE-jon-and-kate-plus-8-2132126-470-705Jon Gosselin says he hated being on TV and wanted to return to a regular life. At least the TV part has come true.  TLC announced that Gosselin will no longer appear on the reality series and the show will be renamed Kate Plus 8. According to people.com, sources say there was no way the show could continue to portray him as a doting dad when he was cavorting across Europe and partying with bikini clad women in Las Vegas. “Given the recent changes in the family dynamics, it only makes sense for us to refresh and recalibrate the program to keep pace with the family,” TLC president Eileen O’Neill said in a statement. “The family has evolved and we are attempting to evolve with it; we feel that Kate’s journey really resonates with our viewers.” Kate Plus 8 will premiere on November 2.

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Celebs Who Had Babies Over 40

nicole_kidmanOne of our male colleagues (who must like celebrity sites a lot more than we realized) sent us this slideshow of celebrities who had their babies after 40. In some cases, quite a bit after 40. Celine Dion, Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon and Nicole Kidman (left), all fall into the category.

Do you know anyone who has had babies over 40? Was it harder? Easier? Scarier? Less scary? Tell us!

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9 Interviews with Famous Moms and Dads

Photography by Patrick Ecclesine

Photography by Patrick Ecclesine

We’ve interviewed quite a few famous parents over the years, and they’ve spilled their secrets on everything from how to juggle demanding careers (actor, author, football coach) with parenting, to the joys, challenges, and surprises of having kids. Click on the names below to read some down-to-earth insights and tips from some of our favourite celebrity moms and dads!

1)  Will Arnett

2)  Samantha Bee

3)  Jack Black

4)  Michael (Pinball) Clemons

5)  Daniel Handler (a.k.a. Lemony Snicket)

6)  David Rocco

7) Mike Weir

BONUS: Famous Canadians share their top kid book picks:

8)  Vincent Lam (author)

9)  Krisztina Szabó (mezzo soprano with the Canadian Opera Company)

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What’s the Deal with Celine Dion and Her Frozen Embryo?

celineSo, the songbird of Quebec is pregnant again, with an embryo that’s been frozen for eight years.

We say congrats, good for her, best of health and happiness to the whole family.

However, it’s been getting so much press lately that we’ve started to wonder: what’s the big deal? Is it because she’s Celine? Is it because she’s 41? Is it because she used IVF?

Consider us stumped.

What do you think?

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Cameron Diaz Doesn’t Want Kids

Found on the internet:

“I think women are afraid to say that they don’t want children because they’re going to get shunned. But I think that’s changing too now. I have more girlfriends who don’t have kids than those that do. And honestly? We don’t need any more kids. We have plenty of people on this planet.” – Cameron Diaz in the new issue of Cosmo

What do you think?


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