National Sibling Day: A Tribute to Brothers & Sisters!

SiblingsDay Foundation is a public non-profit charity devoted to establishing Siblings Day for the benefit of our families, our communities and our nation. Siblings Day has been so well accepted over the last decade that it was granted a "Service Mark" in 2007 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Our goal is to make this a federally recognized day, like Mother's and Father's Days. We need your continued support by celebrating Siblings Day on April 10th. You can celebrate by sending your siblings a card, gift, or phone call; making a dinner invitation; performing a good deed, favor, errand orchore; and in cases of deceased siblings, consciously holding them in our memory.

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Is Miranda Kerr Still a Lingerie Model?

Pixie-faced Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr would seem to be very popular, right? I mean, we know her name, she's married to Orlando Bloom, and she's all over your little brother's walls. And yet, Us Weekly is claiming that Kerr has not had her VS contract renewed, because she "has a difficult reputation" and "was not a big seller." Which, hm, how do they measure that? Which model sells, I mean. Seems complicated.

 Maybe that's Victoria's secret. Anyway, the important distinction to make here is that we're really talking about whether or not Miranda Kerr is still a Victoria's Secret Angel, meaning one of the top ambassadors of the brand. Her $1 million contract for that was supposedly not renewed, but VS could still use her for the catalogues or have her stand outside one of the stores in some shopping mall somewhere trying to lure people in. So she's not necessarily done with the brand forever, it's just that she's not an Angel anymore. So says Us Weekly, anyway. Vogue is reporting that no such thing has happened. 

They spoke to VS's chief marketing officer, as if he would know anything, who said, "Miranda Kerr is one of the best models in the history of the business — and easily one of the most popular." He continued, "While her international commitments have kept her away from us more than we'd like over the past few years, she will always be an Angel to me." OK, but what about actually being an Angel?? We need to know! He explained: "We have no plans to stop working with her. In fact, I've already invited her to walk the runway in this year's fashion show and, happily, she's agreed." Huh. OK. So she'll walk in this year's show, I guess as an Angel, but he didn't really that she will be an Angel in the future. 

So it's possible, in a weird way, that both UsWeekly and Vogue are right. Gray areas exist in complicated matters like this one. I mean, this is a big deal. Who's an Angel, who's not an Angel? Who's wearing what underpants at what televised underpants show? Can you imagine anything more important? I certainly can't. Your little brother certainly doesn't want to. This is about as big as it gets, Miranda Kerr's underpants contract and the status of her glitzy Angel wings.[NYT, oh wait, no, sorry, UsWeekly & Vogue]

In some sort of survey of creeps and weirdos, Jennifer Lawrence was named the top celebrity that people want to see in a sex tape. Out of every celebrity, all the celebrities, these people have the "most interest in watching or buying" a J.Laws sex video. You know who came in second? Anne Hathaway. Yup. Anne Hathaway. What is America anymore, huh? Look, I get why a Jennifer Lawrence sex tape would be "hot" or whatever, but come on. 

Is that really the point of a celebrity sex tape? I feel like it's more curiosity than anything else, isn't it? Like, don't you think an AnnetteBening/Warren Beatty sex tape would be more interesting? I don't know. What would an Ann Curry sex tape look like? I'm not saying anyone should go film those things and sell them to Vivid, but it just seems awfully boring of people to be like "I want the tape with Katniss." Ho hum. Well, whatever. To each their own. Keep dreaming of that Jennifer Lawrence sex tape all you want.

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Masters Ticket Prices Highest Since Tiger Woods’ Debut

With round one of the Masters Golf Tournament underway, tickets for the famous game in Augusta, Ga., are still being sold online today. Though ABC News’ Darren Rovell reports prices on web sites like StubHub have dropped to $3,000 to $4,000 today, some badges were being sold earlier this week for as high as $10,000.

The high ticket prices, experts say, are linked to Tiger Woods, who is making his run for a fifth Masters title. Woods finished playing today with a 2 under par 70, in striking distance of the lead.

The prices people are willing to pay this year are nearly unprecedented, only seen the first time Woods made his appearance as a professional in the late 90′s, Kenneth Wisnefski a branding expert, CEO and founder of WebiMax, told ABC News.

“It’s 100 percent related to Tiger,” said Wisnefski. “When he played well years ago, it was at a different level than people have ever seen. They were able to see that level of brilliance up close and people who didn’t go thought ‘Wow, we missed the opportunity to see it up close.”

Wisnefski said people are jumping at the chance to see Woods be great again.

“That’s why it’s a huge ticket and why people are so buzzed about it,” Wisnefski said.

The high ticket prices may also be because corporate spending is returning in a better economy, Robert Tuchman, president of sportsmarketing company Goviva told ABC News.  But Woods is clearly the big draw.

“Tiger Woods is great for the business itself, from selling products on TV and even badge prices at the Masters, he has a direct link to the business itself. A lot of it has to do with people believing he can contend for another green jacket this year,” Tuchman said.

Though some tickets are going for five-figure amounts, Rick Spehn, a Minnesota resident who frequents the Masters, says he would never pay tens of thousands to watch the tournament. Spehn just returned from watching the practice rounds of the Masters.

“I was out there two years ago and Tiger was just coming out of that mess. He’s always had the highest draw, and it was that way again this year,” Spehn said. “The real star is the golf course itself. They could put 20 third graders out there, I’d go see it.”

Some don’t go just for Woods, Wisnefski says, but the loyalty to see Woods play is all in his branding.

“It’s interesting to see a sports figure rehabilitate their brand and do something even companies can’t do. When looking at a sports figure, good play will trump anything,” Wisnefski said.

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White House Responds to Jay-Z's 'Open Letter' Obama Lyrics

Jay-Z's new song "Open Letter" a response to criticism over his and Beyonce's trip to Cuba, has racked up nearly 500,000 listens in just a few hours. Now we know that some of those plays came from the White House and the reporters that cover it.

During a White House press briefing earlier today, Politico reporter Donovan Slack asked White House Press Secretary Jay Carney whether PresidentObama gave Jay-Z and Beyoncé clearance for their travel, based off a lyric from the rapper's just-released song "Open Letter."

After reciting the lyric (“I turned Havana into Atlanta... Boy from the hood/ I got White House clearance... Obama said, 'Chill you gonna get me impeached/ You don’t need this shit anyway, chill with me on the beach'"), Slack asked Carney if Obama did indeed give Jay-Z clearance.

Carney brushed off the question with sarcasm: "I guess nothing rhymes with Treasury... because Treasury offers and gives licenses for travel, as you know, and the White House has nothing to do with it."

"I am absolutely saying that the White house from the President on down had nothing to do with anybody's travel to Cuba that is something that Treasury handles.," he continued.

And if Carney didn't make himself clear before, he shut down the conversation by denying White House approval straight forward.

"It's a song, Donovan. The President did not communicate with Jay-Z over this trip."

Following the presser, Slack tweeted some suggestions for words that rhyme with Treasury.

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Rehtaeh Parsons Suicide

A Canadian minister of justice is seeking answers in the investigation into the alleged rape by four teenagers of Nova Scotian teen Rehtaeh Parsons, who hanged herself last week after what her mother says was months of bullying.

RehtaehParsons, 17, was taken off life-support Sunday on her mother authorization after she hanged herself at home in Cole Harbour last week. Nova Scotia Justice Minister Ross Landry said Tuesday that he hopes to meet with Parsons' mother, Leah, to "discuss her experience with the justice system." Landry has been reviewing details of the case and consulting with officials, according to a statement.

"I know that law enforcement and the public prosecution service do their best, every day, to administer and enforce the law," Landry said. "I am committed to exploring the mechanisms that exist to review the actions of all relevant authorities to ensure the system is always working to the best of its ability, in pursuit of justice."

In a lengthy post on a Facebook tribute page to her daughter, Leah Parsons outlined what she says led to her daughter's suicide. In November 2011, Parsons said, Rehtaeh went with a friend to another's home, where she was raped by four teenage boys.

"One of those boys took a photo of her being raped and decided it would be fun to distribute the photo to everyone in Rehtaeh's school and community, where it quickly went viral," Parsons wrote. "Because the boys already had a 'slut' story, the victim of the rape Rehtaeh was considered a SLUT." Read more..

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'Ready for Love': Why didn't NBC's dating Franken-show hit?

Though it benefited from both heavy promotion and having The Voice as a lead-in, the Peacock’s new dating show Ready for Love seems fairly dead on arrival. Its two-hour series premiere was the lowest-rated program in both the 9 and 10 p.m. time slots last night, earning just 3.8 million viewers and a 1.6 rating among adults 18-49. (To be fair, the show did beat Smash‘s last-Tuesday episode, which garnered 3.0 million viewers and a .9 demo rating.)

This makes Ready for Love the latest example of a truth that broadcast networks — especially NBC — may be reluctant to admit: Copying The Voice‘s format just doesn’t seem to work.  ABC tried with the little-watched Duets, which nicked its predecessor’s “mentors” gimmick, and The Taste, which built a show around a series of blind taste-tests; Fox gave it a whirl with the little-loved dating series TheChoice;NBC itself first tried to cannibalize its biggest ratings success with Fashion Star, a competition now relegated to Fridays. It’s not enough to simply feature a panel of expert mentors (Ready for Love enlists a team of three professional matchmakers) and a judging process that’s at least partially blind (male contestants initially choose women without getting to see them): Those experts have to have chemistry, and those contestants have to be captivating enough to hold our interest even after the metaphorical chairs turn around.

Ready for Love, though, is more than just an unholy mashup of The Bachelor and TheVoice. The fingerprints of several successful franchises can be seen smudging its surface: The shiny, shiny set and presence of a live audience recall game shows like Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and Deal or No Deal. Contestants get interrogated by their “mentors” while sitting together onstage like a group of reunited Real Housewives. Tough-talking matchmaker Tracy McMillan, while entertaining, may as well have been assembled from stray bits of Simon Cowell and JillianMichaels’ DNA. Read More..

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BLT Egg Wrap

Ingredients 

1 slice chicken or turkey bacon , cooked 

1 egg

¼ tsp ( 1 ml) onion powder

Salt and pepper to taste

1 small low-fat flour tortilla ( 2 g fat)

2 tsp ( 10 ml) fat-free mayonnaise

Leaf lettuce

2 tbsp (30 ml) diced tomato

Directions

Cook the chicken or turkey bacon in non-stick skillet over medium heat or in microwave until
crisp; fold in half and set aside. 

Wipe skillet clean. Whisk together egg, onion powder, salt and pepper in small bowl.

Pour mixture into skillet; cook, stirring slightly, over medium heat.

 Asmixture begins to set, gently move spatula across bottom and sides of skillet to form large, softcurds.

 Cook until eggs are thickened and no visible liquid egg remains, but are still moist.

Spread tortilla with mayonnaise.

Place lettuce on top; add chicken or turkey bacon, egg and tomato.

Fold, wrap and serve.

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