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The Schmooze Glee star Lea Michele is pregnant with her first child
Lea Michele, the “Glee” diva who taught a generation of girls to love their non-regulation schnozzes, is pregnant with her first child. Michele’s Instagram announcement was short on words: the caption read simply “so grateful,” and concluded with a single, gender-ambiguous yellow heart. But who needs words when you have snapshots of celebs who haven’t…
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The Schmooze Amy Schumer Does Stand-Up Set Two Weeks After Giving Birth
Two weeks after giving birth to her first child, comedian Amy Schumer took the stage at New York’s famed Comedy Cellar to do a stand-up set. “I’m back!” Schumer, 37, captioned a picture of her set, on Instagram. If you hear a rushing sound, that’s your blood pressure vroom-ing into high gear as your brain…
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The Schmooze ‘Inside’ Amy Schumer: Comedian Announces Her Pregnancy
Giving a whole new meaning to the title of her famous sketch show, Jewish comedian Amy Schumer has announced that she is expecting a baby with husband Chris Fischer. via GIPHY Yay Amy! Schumer announced her news on Instagram, photoshopping her and Fischer’s face onto the bodies of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, another expectant…
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Community I Thought Paid Leave Mattered Most For Women — Until My Husband Got Sick
My husband and I have an annual tradition. Each year, the night before Kol Nidre, we throw on some sequins and watch The Jazz Singer starring Neil Diamond. It’s a ritual as important to us as bagels & lox for break-fast. This past Erev Kol Nidre, just as I was getting ready for the movie,…
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The Schmooze Josh Peck And His Wife Are Having A Baby And Drake Bell Is Getting Involved
The New Zealand comedy band “Flight of the Conchords” predicted this many years ago — the babies are having babies. It’s becoming, as they said, a “ridiculous Russian doll situation.” Former child star Josh Peck, 31, and his wife Paige O’Brien are having a baby! One half of the team at the center of the…
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