You know what they say: Go big or go [dojo mojo casa] home. A full two months after its release, Barbie will finally hit that big, big IMAX screen. Beginning on September 22, Barbie will be released in IMAX theaters for a one-week limited engagement. (Somewhere, Tom Cruise just woke up in a sweat after hearing “only one week in IMAX.”) Why should you consider seeing it? Because there will also be new footage! Let’s call this Barbie: Image Maximum (Greta’s Version).

Warner Bros. Pictures announced Wednesday that the blockbuster, starring Margot Robbie, will be released in IMAX theaters for a one-week limited engagement beginning Sept. 22. This version of the film will include brand-new footage chosen by director Greta Gerwig.

In a statement, Gerwig, 40, said that audience enthusiasm for Barbie around the globe since its release in July “has been overwhelming, humbling, and deeply moving.”

“So many Barbie fans went on this journey with us, and we can’t thank them enough for supporting the film and sharing their Barbie experience in theaters, across social media, and out in the world,” she said.

“We made Barbie for the big screen, so it’s an even bigger thrill to be able to bring it to IMAX, the biggest screen of all,” said Gerwig. “And as a special thanks to Barbie fans, we’re excited to share a little bit more of our cast and crew’s incredible work by adding special new footage we hope audiences will enjoy.”

Barbie did not initially play in most IMAX theaters across the U.S. after it opened the same day as Christopher Nolan’s film Oppenheimer, creating the fan-driven ‘Barbenheimer’ phenomenon. Oppenheimer shattered several records for IMAX attendance.

[From People]

I have been wanting to see Barbie a second time and it’s been quite a while since I saw a movie in IMAX, so I’m thinking about maybe getting some girlfriends together and making an evening out of it. Is IMAX worth the hype? I’m a simple creature when it comes to watching movies. I am intrigued about the bonus footage, though. Apparently, it’s going to be post-credits footage, which can be anything from outtakes to deleted scenes. It could even be something that explains this picture of Patriarchy Ken and Weird Barbie. Are new bonus post-credit scenes enough to entice people to buy a movie ticket? Hopefully, whatever it is will also be included in the digital or DVD editions (yup, I’m an elder millennial and still reference DVDs as a thing) so everyone gets to eventually see it. Well, as long as it’s not the fart opera. I think we’re all in agreement that that one can stay in the vault.

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I came to The Gilded Age late but I love that stupid show now. Season 2 will premiere October 29th! We got a new image of Bertha and George Russell too! [GFY]
Lainey doesn’t know what’s going on with Scooter Braun either. [LaineyGossip]
One writer describes how the Friends sausage was made. [Pajiba]
God, remember when everyone was obsessed with Pink Sauce? [Starcasm]
Gemma Chan wore a prim Louis Vuitton. [Tom & Lorenzo]
There’s a Covid surge in New York. [JustJared]
Republicans have turned on Oliver Anthony, yay. [Jezebel]
Doutzen Kroes looks amazing here, but I’m still not over her anti-vaxx views. [Egotastic]
Khloe Kardashian loves her new face. [Seriously OMG]
Which big-ticket purchases are worth every penny? [Buzzfeed]

One of the first and funniest stories about Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner’s divorce was the report about Christine charging a forensic accountant to Costner’s credit card just weeks before she filed for divorce. While the divorce battle has not been going in Christine’s favor for weeks now, she was so real for that one thing. It was badass. So, Christine has a good idea of Costner’s financials, but there’s one thing on which she needs some clarity: Costner’s next planned project, Horizon. Costner essentially mortgaged their Carpinteria home to finance Horizon, and Christine and her lawyers want a lot more information about that. Costner doesn’t want Christine or her lawyers to know anything about it.

Kevin Costner’s estranged wife Christine claims the Yellowstone actor is “withholding” evidence of his finances as their divorce battle drags on. In a request for order filed in California Superior Court Aug. 21 and obtained by PEOPLE, an attorney for Christine, 49, has asked the court to compel Kevin, 68, to produce documents related to his business dealings.

The lawyer claims the two-time Oscar winner — who shares children Cayden, 16, Hayes, 14, and Grace, 13, with Christine — has been “stonewalling” by not sharing the information ahead of their scheduled child support hearing next week and the November trial to determine the validity of their premarital agreement. Christine — who is entitled to a $1.5 million payout under the terms of the agreement, which she previously claimed she felt “pressured” to sign — was also temporarily awarded $129,755 per month in child support last month.

“[Kevin] has requested a multi-day evidentiary hearing on [Christine’s] request for child support, at which time the Court will receive evidence regarding [Kevin’s] gross cash flow available for support and anticipated future income. [Kevin] has also requested a trial to determine the validity of the parties’ Premarital Agreement, the unconscionability of which will depend on an analysis of how the terms of that agreement compare to the parties’ present financial realities,” Christine’s lawyer wrote in the request for order.“The Court will need to receive evidence regarding those circumstances to make its determination. However, [Christine] will be unable to present any evidence that [Kevin] has chosen to withhold from discovery.”

Christine had initially asked for $248,000 per month in child support. Kevin, whose 2022 income was around $20 million according to court documents, strongly objected in a June 30 filing. He said he could not afford that amount because he expects to earn “substantially less” in 2023 now that he is no longer under contract for Yellowstone, which he said was the principal source of his income.

Noting Kevin’s statement in their new filing, Christine’s lawyers have said they are also seeking information related to his upcoming film series Horizon “as such documents evidence his future endeavors and anticipated income.” Kevin, they claim, is “withholding” those documents.

As an exhibit included in the request for order, Christine’s attorneys included Kevin’s response to their Request for the Production of Documents, dated June 30, in which he objected to providing the information.

“This Request seeks documents that are not relevant given the parties entered into a Premarital Agreement containing a limitation on spousal support and providing that all income earned during marriage would be the separate property of the spouse earning the income and providing for no community property,” an attorney for Kevin wrote.

Kevin’s lawyer called several specific requests for information — including those related to his businesses — “burdensome, oppressive and harassing.” In the request for order, Christine’s lawyer called those responses in the June 30 “deficient,” and sought to obtain more information. According to the request for order and attached exhibits, Kevin did provide further financial information over the following weeks but has resisted providing information related to Horizon.

[From People]

It’s interesting, I guess. The lawyers will hopefully figure it out. I mean, I understand Costner’s argument that in the coming years, he won’t have Yellowstone money coming in and that will be a factor in how they calculate child support. But it’s worth noting that Christine filed for divorce right after Costner put up his biggest asset (the Carpinteria mansion) as collateral for Horizon, and Christine is well within her rights to want more information about that. It does affect her and their children, because what if Horizon bombs? What if Costner goes through another Waterworld-esue lull in his career and the bank forecloses on the mansion?

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This summer, the economy has been fueled by two women: Barbie and Taylor Swift. Barbie is crushing all of her box office competition, and Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is a $2.2 billion juggernaut, spreading economic boosts to every city on the tour schedule. I would also argue that Beyonce’s Renaissance Tour has been a huge economic boost, but this post is about Tay-tay. Time Magazine did an interesting analysis of why the Eras Tour has been Taylor’s most successful tours yet, and she already had a great touring history.

While there’s much to say about the music, costumes, and production, the impact of the Eras Tour is starkly reflected in the numbers: a projected gross of $2.2 billion in North American ticket sales alone, and hundreds of millions of streams, reaching a nearly 80% spike in those listening to her music catalog in the weeks after the tour kicked off.

Swift’s tour is in a league of its own, even among legendary groups like the Rolling Stones who have been touring for decades, other major touring artists like Harry Styles and Beyoncé and contemporaries like Adele with sold-out Las Vegas residencies, as the singer-songwriter brings her mega tour directly to her dedicated fans in various cities for multiple nights.

The reasons behind the Eras Tour’s unmatched success are many. Nora Princiotti, staff writer at The Ringer and co-host of the podcast of Every Single Album: Taylor Swift, attributes part of the tour’s success to the sheer depth and popularity of Swift’s music catalog. “I don’t know that anybody envisioned a tour of this scale ever happening. She can go three and a half hours and just hit after hit after hit,” says Princiotti.

There’s also the timing: The tour has become the perfect outing for concert-goers itching for a post-pandemic live music immersive experience. “We are in an experience economy where people crave going out and participating in social events,” says Alice Enders, a music industry analyst at Enders Analysis and a former senior economist at the World Trade Organization. “It’s no surprise that people are flocking to this Eras Tour experience in what is increasingly an otherwise digital environment we live in.”

[From Time]

The thing about extremely-online people craving irl experiences is that Taylor gives them BOTH. Taylor gives her online Snake Fam enough content to fuel and engage with a billion internet rumors, memes, videos and conspiracies. Then those same people go to the concerts and make friends and share friendship bracelets. Meanwhile, Taylor is literally too big for the Super Bowl Halftime Show:

Taylor Swift has turned down the chance to perform at the Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show in Las Vegas because she is simply too ‘busy’ with her current Eras world tour. The 33-year-old singer, who will play several shows at Foro Sol in Mexico this week, has been touring the United States since March of this year but is ‘in no rush’ to do the legendary musical performance that usually lasts between 12 and 15 minutes.

Taylor doesn’t believe that performing at the Super Bowl halftime show in Sin City would be ‘a defining moment for her right now’ and is very much focused on other projects.

A source close to the Shake It Off hitmaker exclusively tells DailyMail.com: ‘Taylor is busy with her current tour, she has zero time to prepare a Super Bowl show, she will do it eventually, but she is in no rush at all to do it in Vegas or do it in the next couple of years. She knows she is at her peak in her career and each move from this point on is as important as the next. Working on her current tour and recording her old music and working on new music and living life are taking up the majority of her time.’

The insider continued: ‘The Super Bowl will be a nice thing to do someday but it is not a defining moment for her right now. She knows she has all the time in the world, and she always reminds her team that Madonna was 53 when she finally did the show herself, so timing is everything. Taylor is well aware of how she wants her career to develop and will do things her way and her way only and will not rush into something she doesn’t want to do just to do it and that includes the Super Bowl.’

[From The Daily Mail]

Real talk: for years, Taylor Swift avoided the Halftime discussions because she’s sponsored by Coke, and the Halftime show’s longtime sponsor was Pepsi. Now Pepsi is out and Apple is sponsoring the Halftime show… so that’s why there’s speculation that there’s new interest in Taylor. But I think the rest of it is correct, Taylor’s simply too busy right now and she knows that she’ll be asked again.

Here are some pics of Taylor at Jack Antonoff’s wedding last weekend:

Photos courtesy of Backgrid.

Angelina Murphy and her husband Skyler Johnson are a newlywed couple in Los Angeles who have documented their home renovation, gardening and lifestyle on TikTok and Instagram. They renovated their mid century modern LA home for under $50,000 and have been featured on Insider, the NY Times and even National Geographic. Nothing prepared them for going viral for their most controversial TikTok post, a seemingly low stakes admission that they randomly choose a side of the bed and that neither of them have a preference. Angelina and Skyler have since been profiled in several outlets and interviewed by ABC News, where they said that less than 1% of the thousands of commenters on their post agreed with them.

A California couple is getting plenty of feedback about one of their bedtime habits.

“We do not have a regular side of the bed that we sleep on,” Angelina Murphy recently shared in a TikTok post. “Last night I slept on [one] side, and then the night before for about two or three nights in a row I slept on [the other] side.”

“It’s never discussed, we just randomly pick a side where we sleep,” added Angelina, who got married to husband Skyler earlier this year. “And whenever this has come up in conversation people act like that is the craziest thing they’ve ever heard.”

“But I don’t know, we just never picked a side of the bed,” she shared. “So I am bringing it to TikTok to see if it is actually as crazy as everybody says it is.”

Since sharing the post earlier this month, the video has already gotten over 1 million views as well as thousands of comments, where most users shared that the found the couple’s routine strange.

[From People]

Angelina also showed the contents of their very organized bedside tables, and they are just general items that both of them can use. In ABC News’s segment they interviewed a couples counselor and a sleep expert, and both said, essentially “if it works for them that’s cool.” I have never not had a side of the bed I sleep on and I always sleep on one side of the bed even when I’m alone. I’ve had a specific side at every boyfriend’s house too. The sleep expert on ABC, Wendy Troxel, said that it must keep Angelina and Skyler on their toes as it can be disorienting to wake up on a random side of the bed. Most of us have woken up in a different house or at a hotel and had those first few seconds where we don’t realize where we are. That happened to me earlier this week! I can’t imagine living like this and waking up on a random side, but I wouldn’t take the time to tell this sweet couple that they’re wrong. It cracks me up to see people go viral and to marvel at how harsh and judgmental the Internet can be. It’s not that I wish it on anyone, I just have been dealing with it daily for so long that I find comfort in other people discovering it.

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Leonardo DiCaprio has been “single” since he dumped Camilla Morrone on or around her 25th birthday last year. He was with Camilla for more than four years, and in that time, the dating landscape changed. Not only that, but everyone knows about Leo’s dating rules and everyone started clowning on him for dumping every woman on her 25th birthday. Leo has spent the past year trying to switch up his image by dating women and being seen with women who are over the age of 25. I still have no idea how serious the Gigi Hadid situation was, and I still sort of believe he was dealing with Neelam Gill in some way. Both women are 28 years old. Well, it looks like Leo is done with them, because he made a point of being seen with Vittoria Ceretti this week in Santa Barbara.

Leonardo DiCaprio is always in good company. The “Revenant” actor was seen grabbing a sweet treat with model Vittoria Ceretti in Santa Barbara, Calif. on Tuesday. The two seemed to be in good spirits as they cooled off from the summer sun while stopping for ice cream and iced coffee.

Per usual, DiCaprio, 48, tried to stay under the radar in a camo baseball hat, black sunglasses and a blue face mask. However, he ditched his usual all-black ensemble for a white T-shirt and brown cargo shorts, which he paired with gray and red sneakers.

Meanwhile, the Italian beauty, 25, donned a pair of black athletic shorts and a tight black T-shirt, which she covered up with a white long-sleeve crew neck. Ceretti, who wore her hair down in loose waves, added a pop of color with a blue purse and pale green running shoes.

The two appeared deep in conversation as they walked out of the ice cream parlor while finishing their sweets. While Ceretti opted for a cone, DiCaprio was seen taking an iced latte for the road. As they left the shop, Ceretti and DiCaprio were surrounded by other people. However, it’s unclear if they were their friends or bystanders. After the pit stop, the Oscar winner — who walked a few paces in front of the brunette bombshell to throw away some soiled napkins — and Ceretti made their way to a black vehicle in the parking lot.

[From Page Six]

You can see some photos below and at Page Six. The vibe I’m getting is that this was a date, even though they have zero chemistry together. But that’s how it usually is with Leo – this is back to regular programming for him, and he’s showing us that he’s got a girlfriend now.

I actually hope Vittoria is his new girlfriend because from what little I know about her, she seems cool. She was one of the first models to slam Lily-Rose Depp for her stupid comments about nepotism, and Vittoria’s statement gave space for a lot of other models (none of them nepo-babies) to speak up. Interestingly enough, there’s another piece of gossip here – Vittoria was a young bride, and she only announced her split from her husband Matteo Milleri in June. Hm!

Leonardo DiCaprio, 48, and model Vittoria Ceretti, 25, cool off from the LA heat with ice cream and iced coffee https://t.co/ACNTA0PRKx pic.twitter.com/0eAlHZGpu9

— Page Six (@PageSix) August 24, 2023

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All week, I’ve been trying to sort through the very strange story of Prince Harry and King Charles holding “peace talks” in September and all of the adjacent rumors around that story. Let me be clear: I do not believe Harry and his father will meet, nor do I believe that the palace reached out to Harry in any way. But it was curious to watch as this story went from “a random rumor in a lower-tier British tabloid” to “Prince William is absolutely furious and he would never meet with Harry, even though he was never even part of the ‘peace talks’ rumor in the first place.” They’ve brought Meghan into it too, because of course the Windsors are making a point of not inviting Meg to this utterly hypothetical peace summit. So what was all of this about? Please allow this random publicist to explain it perfectly:

Don’t look for things to warm up between HRH and the erstwhile Duke of Sussex anytime soon, says one royal expert — not even after recently announced “peace talks,” set to go down next month.

Publicist Matt Yanofsky told the Mirror that the so-called summit seems to be more a PR move than a genuine meeting, and to expect little more than just another episode in the royal family’s dramatic “soap opera.”

“Only the men in that room know what will happen, but from a public relations standpoint, the royal family depends on storylines to stay in the news, especially when the public’s approval of the royals is in decline,” Yanofsky explained.

“This is another story point … which is great for the entire family [and the viewers at home],” he continued.

[From The NY Post]

Please, this is absolutely the truth. The palace wanted a late summer storyline, a distraction from the shambles of William and Kate’s marriage, a distraction from William’s utter laziness and incompetence and a distraction from the public’s general loathing of Charles and Camilla. Ta-daa, here’s a new soap opera storyline! Only it feels more pointed than that, right? Once William reacted the way he did (with rage), it felt like this was a Buckingham Palace leak with a purpose: Charles continuing to show that the estrangement is between his sons and not between father and spare. Anyway, I love that this publicist guy is basically like: the Windsors are drama queens feeding their media handlers with dumbf–k soap opera storylines. The dude spilled!

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Last week, former NFL star Michael Oher filed a civil suit against the Tuohy family. The Tuohys told everyone for years that they adopted Michael, that they “saved” him, that they taught him the basics of football, that Oher was a dumb kid who needed extensive tutoring. None of that was true. In fact, the Tuohys lied to Oher, manipulated him into a conservatorship (rather than adopting him), scammed him out of his life rights and then profited massively from his story, with books, speaking tours and one Oscar-winning movie, The Blind Side. Oher is now petitioning the court to be released from the conservatorship. The Tuohys don’t have reasonable answers for any of Oher’s accusations, and they are now accusing Oher of attempted extortion. Well, Oher is thoroughly lawyered up, and now he and his lawyers want a full account of what money the Tuohys made off of him.

Michael Oher “has been kept in the dark” about his finances for nearly 20 years, his attorneys claim in a new legal filing this week. In the filing, Oher, 37, requests that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy file an initial accounting of his finances within two weeks, asking the court to set a deadline on the Memphis-area couple to clarify what money has been made off his name since The Blind Side’s 2009 release.

The retired NFL player, whose life inspired the Oscar-winning film, initially filed a petition in the Shelby County probate court on Aug. 14 asking to end his conservatorship with the Tuohys that began in 2004, when he was 18. Adding three new attorneys to his legal team this week, Oher is now asking for the Tuohys to make a full accounting of the money earned from the film. The 2004 conservatorship put the Tuohys in charge of Oher’s financial decisions, despite his having “no known physical or psychological disabilities” that would more often lead a legal adult to agree to a conservatorship.

Local attorneys in Tennessee have told PEOPLE the arrangement is “puzzling” given adult adoption is an option in the state and that Oher was not just sound of mind, but proved to be a solid student in college. (Conservatorships are often relied upon for people who are physically or mentally unable to take care of themselves.) Conservators are legally required to file an initial accounting of the individual’s finances when the legal arrangement begins. A conservator is then required to make annual filings with the court every year going forward for the person under their care.

“[The Tuohys] have failed to file the first accounting and have failed to timely file a single accounting for the last 19 years,” Oher’s attorneys wrote in a new filing Monday, demanding the Shelby County probate court have the Tuohys file an initial accounting of Oher’s finances within two weeks. Oher’s attorneys add the Shelby County court never granted the Tuohys an extension for filing the accounting, either, indicating there’s no reason the accountancy were never made over the years.

With no paper trail, Oher’s attorneys allege he’s been “forced to rely on the verbal assurances from his co-conservators” about his finances.

Since Oher’s request last week for an accounting of his finances and for him to be removed from the conservatorship, his attorneys claim the Tuohys “nevertheless have ignored his request and continue to use his name, likeness, and image,” though they did not specify where.

[From People]

My question about the conservatorship was this: if it was designed as a work-around for NCAA booster rules, as the Tuohys claim, then why wasn’t the conservatorship removed once Oher graduated from Ole Miss? Oher’s lawyers are going in a different direction: if the Tuohys really believed Oher needed this conservatorship for 19 YEARS, why were they so lackadaisical in their paperwork? You can’t just con an 18-year-old kid into a conservatorship and then that’s the end of it – the court should be constantly monitoring the situation, and the Tuohys needed to file all kinds of annual/quarterly reports with the court. Oher’s lawyers are like: why wasn’t the court monitoring the Tuohys on this janky-ass conservatorship? Why are the financials such a mess?

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Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez were married for two chaotic years, 2013-2015. They welcomed their son Maceo in late 2013 and it genuinely felt like Olivier wanted to marry Halle so that he could protect his rights over his son. Olivier saw first-hand what Halle tried to do to Gabriel Aubry over their daughter Nahla, and Olivier was like “that’s not going to happen to me.” And it didn’t. After a few weeks of back-and-forth accusations and drama in 2015, they managed to keep everything pretty quiet. I don’t even remember the last time I heard one thing about or from Olivier. Well, as it turns out, it’s taken them this long to work out the exact terms of their divorce. Like so many celebrity couples, Halle and Olivier bifurcated their divorce. They were officially “divorced” in 2016, but it’s taken them eight-plus years to work out the custodial issues, child support and more. Well, everything was just completed.

Halle Berry’s long road to finalizing her divorce to Olivier Martinez is officially over … after the ex-couple hammered out a formal custody and child support arrangement that has the actress paying big bucks.

Here’s the deal … back in 2015, Halle and Olivier split after 2 years of marriage. The exes have one child, 9-year-old Maceo. They had a prenup, but the case still dragged on for years because there were some unresolved issues on custody and child support.

Fast forward to August 2023 … Legal docs were filed in L.A. County Superior Court, which officially tied up the remaining loose ends on these issues. According to the new court docs, Halle and Olivier agreed to joint legal and physical custody of Maceo. The docs also say Maceo will attend individual and family counseling. Halle and her daughter, Nahla, (from her ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry), can sit in during the family sessions. But Halle’s current boyfriend, Van Hunt, is not allowed to participate.

Halle will have custody of Maceo Monday to Wednesday and Olivier will get him Wednesday to Friday, with some variations due to school closures. The pair will alternate custody of Maceo on the weekends.

As for child support, Halle has to pony up $8,000 a month to Olivier. She will also pay an additional 4.3 percent of all income she receives above $2 million.

It doesn’t stop there … Halle must also cover Maceo’s private school tuition and 100 percent of his extracurricular activities, including soccer. She’s also on the hook for Maceo’s health insurance — both medical and dental — as well as any uninsured expenses.

[From TMZ]

I mean, Olivier comes across as profoundly jobless, but then again, Halle was always the breadwinner in their relationship and I don’t think $8,000 a month is too egregious given her net worth and income potential. It’s taken them eight years to come up with this – Halle paying Olivier less than $100K a year in child support, plus she’s paying for all of Maceo’s school costs. Olivier didn’t take her to the cleaners and he seemingly kept it all about Maceo’s best interests. Good for him, I hope.

Anyway, I enjoyed looking at these old photos of Halle and Olivier. They were a total smokeshow for that brief moment they were in love. Like, you KNOW the sex was mind-blowing.

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From CB: I bought the set of 30 dermaplane razors we mentioned a couple of weeks ago and am surprised at how high quality they are for the price. They’re a little less sharp than my standard, much more expensive brand-name razors but they also nick less with the same close shave. Also I love the Amika Wizard detangling hair primer. If you’re looking to splurge on a hair product (still under $30) it gives such smooth results and helps your hair dry faster when you style it. Here are some more things Rosie and I are looking at on Amazon.

A dual travel organizer for makeup and jewelry

From CB: This waterproof makeup and jewelry case has plenty of space for all your makeup and brushes along with a separate compartment for jewelry. It’s affordable at under $20 and there is an additional coupon for 20% off. It comes in different colors and prints and in L and XL sizes. This listing has over 2,200 ratings, 4.5 stars and a B on Fakespot. Reviewers say it’s so convenient and fits a lot. “It holds all my toiletries and lotions in the large side and I was able to load quite a bit of jewelry into the smaller side! Kept everything neat and tangle free. My makeup brushes are protected so they don’t get splayed bristles and the plastic flap cover keeps any makeup residue from transferring to other things. I absolutely love that the makeup bag is detachable!” “This is a great travel bag or makeup organizer for home. It’s large enough for all your creams and lotions as well as makeup.”

A tiered fruit basket that doubles as a server for parties

From CB: This tiered bamboo and ceramic fruit basket would look great on your counter. It’s easy storage and can remind your family to eat more fruits and vegetables. It can also store snacks and small items. It’s just $44 and comes with three removable, dishwasher-safe bowls. This has over 1,400 ratings, 4.6 stars and the same score on ReviewMeta. Most of the reviews are in German and say it’s pretty and practical, that it was easy to assemble and that it makes a great gift too. One reviewer bought a second one for coffee pods. Here’s a translation of one “It is really beautiful to look at and also very functional. Haven’t regretted the purchase.”

Clear toy blockers so you don’t have to reach under the couch for your dog, cat or kid toys

From CB: I’m constantly reaching under the couch for my dog’s ball. These clear toy blockers fit under your couches and chairs to block objects from going under them. They’re said to be for hard surfaces only as they have adhesive, although some people say they work for rugs too. They can be cut to size and are not completely dog proof, as determined dogs might want to chew on them (my German Shepherd chews up everything). These have 4 stars, over 6,200 ratings and an A on Fakespot. Reviewers say they work great and solve an annoying problem. “These are a must need for anyone tired of digging toys out from under furniture. The adhesive has stuck even when I move the couch a little back and forth. It is clear and you shouldn’t notice it unless you’re looking for it.” “The annoying fetching the ball under the couch 100x a day has finally ended. Wish we would have bought this product long time ago. We only bought one pack which covered the front of our three cushioned couch and half of one side. Took me about 10 mins or less to install. Adhesive has stayed in tact so far.”

Eyebrow styling cream you’ll wish you bought earlier

From CB: I’m always looking for new eyebrow styling products as eyebrows makes a huge difference in my look. This soap brow kit is so affordable at under $5 for one and $8 for two. It comes with a spoolie and is in a portable tin. This listing has 4 stars, over 14,000 reviews and a B on Fakespot. People say it sets even the most stubborn brow hairs and that they get compliments when they use it. “I really am only concerned about my brows staying in place, I have really long brow hairs and I can’t be bothered filling them in. Most brow gels don’t hold my brows in place at all. I tried this and I’ve been using it for a month and I LOVE it so far, its the only product that works for my long/curlyish brows.” “I usually use the benefit 24 hr brow setter, and have for about 4 years. I found a new replacement and for a much more affordable price, and I have a feeling this is going to last much longer as well. Lightweight brow setting wax/ soap. This is my new favorite!”

A microfiber scrunchie that doubles as a towel

From Rosie: This scrunchie is made from microfiber towel material, so it helps absorb water when your hair is wet. It’s sold in a 2-pack and there are 5 different patterns to choose from. Depending on the pattern or color, each pack ranges from $10 – $15. They have a 4.6 star rating, more than 10,500 reviews, and an A on Fakespot. In reviews, people say they’re a game changer. “This towel drying scrunchi is a game changer! Not only is my hair dry in the morning, but I have loose waves and lots of body in my hair.” “I have thick hair and wrapping my wet hair in one of these absorbs all the water. Great product!” “I have fine and curly hair. But… a ton of it. I was very impressed by this! My hair takes forever to dry and these definitely helped a great deal!”

A portable, fireproof and water-resistant document bag

From Rosie: This document bag is fireproof and water resistant and has a strong grab handle that makes it easy to transport. Features include passport mesh bags, card slots, USB pockets, folder layers and one main pocket with a large space. There are 5 different color options, all in the $28-$32 range. It has a 4.4 star rating, more than 6,000 reviews, and a B on Fakespot. Reviewers say it fits a lot and is as portable as advertised. “This is a good organizer… to keep track of documents like passports, birth certificates, car titles, home deeds, trust documents, etc. it’s also useful as a “go bag” if you have to grab them all quickly in an emergency.” “We live in Florida and with hurricane season coming up I thought I’d finally invest in a safe for our documents. This thing is WAAAY bigger than I thought but that’s not a bad thing. We have Wills, trusts, birth certs etc and there’s more than enough room for everything mildly important.”

A comfortable pair of satin pajamas

From Rosie: I love a good pair of pajamas, especially silk or satin ones like these. I wear them spring through fall because they’re so comfortable and I tend to run hot when I sleep. They come in 28 different patterns and colors and cost $25. They have more than 5,500 reviews, 4.7 stars and the same score on Review Meta. People love how comfortable they are. “These are the most amazing pajamas. I have 3 sets of them. You can’t tell the [difference] between these and my $120 silk pjs. These are my new go to gifts for friends too.” “These are perfect and lightweight also they don’t make you too hot.” “Ordered these for my wife. She loves them. The fit was perfect and she raves about how soft and silky they feel on her skin.”

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