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Blake Shelton treats Gwen Stefani’s sons as if they were his own. He told PEOPLE, “Even though I’m a stepparent, I take that job very seriously. The kids see me as a very important person in their life.” Shelton recently announced that after the 23rd season of NBC’s “The Voice,” he is stepping away from…

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Matthew McConaughey spoke to People magazine as one of its “People of the Year” honorees and spoke candidly about he and his wife, Camila Alves’s, decision to bring their children to the viewing of a deceased Uvalde victim. A gunman killed 21 people on May 24th at a school in Uvalde, TX, including 19 children. Being a…

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Kate Hudson reflected on amicably co-parenting her three children with their three different fathers. The 43-year-old actress shares son Ryder, 18, with ex-husband Chris Robinson, son Bingham, 11, with ex-fiancé Matt Bellamy, and daughter Rani Rose, 4, with fiancé Danny Fujikawa, opened up about her blended family in an interview with The Sunday Times. “It might…

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Kansas City Cheifs superstar Patrick Mahomes and his wife Brittany welcome their second child, Patrick “Bronze” Lavon Mahomes III, who is named after the quarterback. Their baby boy was born on November 28 and weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces, the parents wrote on social media. The quarterback, who is named after his father, former baseball…

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During a recent sermon, megachurch Pastor Craig Groeschel of the multi-campus Life. Church shared five “red flags” Christians should watch out for when dating. The first red flag, the pastor said, is when the person a Christian is dating is not consistently pursuing Jesus. Groeschel clarified that this doesn’t mean they need to be “perfect”…

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James Van Der Beek recently opened up about his family’s decision to move from Los Angeles to Austin, Texas in 2020, saying it’s been very “grounding.” He spoke about how amazing it is that he now gets to spend quality time with his six children and wife Kimberly, who he has been married to since…

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After several high-profile romances, Olivia Culpo made a “no athletes ever again” dating rule – until she met Christian McCaffrey. The former Miss Universe became linked to the running back for the 49ers in 2019, and the two became in engaged in 2023. In her new reality TV series “The Culpo Sisters,” the 30-year-old described…

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Natasha Bure, the 24-year-old daughter of actress Candace Cameron Bure, came to her mother’s defense with an Instagram post. Along with a picture of her parents and brothers, Natasha praised both of her parents, writing, “The Lord blessed me with the best parents I could’ve ever asked for…Raising us up in the word of God…

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Pastor David Marvin of Watermark Community Church in Dallas, Texas warned a group of young adults about “3 Signs You’re not Ready to Date” last week and the problems of falling into a dating culture heavily influenced by Disney and music artists like Taylor Swift. Marvin, the pastor of the church’s young adult youth ministries…

The idea of working with David Foster was music to Katharine McPhee’s ears. The couple, married since 2019, have been enjoying their time together, doting on their son Rennie, whom they welcomed in February last year. But now, the pair have teamed up for another collaboration. On November 25, the duo will release their first album…

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