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Holiday

Witness the Power of Food: Lydia Bastianich Honors Vets in Holiday Special

Just the smell of a certain dish takes celebrity chef, author and TV host Lydia Bastianich back to her grandparent’s kitchen and her youngest of days in Italy. Understanding the power of food — those smells of home cooking — is what moved her to dedicate her latest PBS special, Lidia Celebrates America: Holiday For Heroes to our country’s military families. The documentary special airs on PBS Friday, Dec. 16 at 10pmET (check your local listings). “Within our family, we kept our Italian heritage. My father would only speak Italian. He would only eat the things that he would eat. […]

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Reality TV

WWE Total Divas Season 6, Episode 5 Recap: Mother of the Groom

On last night’s Total Divas, Lana and Rusev are in the middle of wedding preparation, which with their different family backgrounds can bring a number of challenges. Rusev wants to marry his blonde beauty in Bulgaria because his mom wants a Bulgarian wedding. Lana, a pastor’s daughter, wants to keep it stateside. We meet their respective family members. Lana grew up in the former Soviet Union and can communicate with Rusev’s mom. Speaking of Rusev’s mom, she isn’t a fan of the “stripper pole” in the middle of a room. Go figure. Rusev and Lana try to cover it up […]

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Drama

Empire Season 3 Episode 9 Recap: Wait to Strike

The fall finale of Empire is already here and Cookie is now in charge of putting together Angelo’s People’s Ball, formerly known as the Captain’s Ball, for his political campaign. Will everything run smoothly just like she planned? Uh oh. Looks like Freda’s little rapping session that Shine recorded helped Tariq pin her father’s death on Lucious with some more clues. The initials MM and BK were seen in an email associated with Lucious and once Freda rapped about the men whose initials these belonged to, Tariq had a crystal clear connection between the two men and Lucious. Journalist Edison […]