File this under things you never thought you'd hear: The Brady Bunch's Florence Henderson saying the words "bong," "Xanax" and "pornographic." Reading aloud from the new "grown-up picture book" Hurts Like a Mother: A Cautionary Alphabet, by authors Jennifer Weiss and Lauren Franklin, the famously squeaky-clean TV matriarch describes how 26 modern moms are driven to drink, drugs and even death, as she takes listeners on an A-z journey through the perils of parenting. The book, due out Tuesday, is a parody of Edward Gorey's morbid classic The Gashlycrumb Tinies. Hurts Like a Mother leans on dark humor to...
- 4/4/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
File this under things you never thought you'd hear: The Brady Bunch's Florence Henderson saying the words "bong," "Xanax" and "pornographic." Reading aloud from the new "grown-up picture book" Hurts Like a Mother: A Cautionary Alphabet, by authors Jennifer Weiss and Lauren Franklin, the famously squeaky-clean TV matriarch describes how 26 modern moms are driven to drink, drugs and even death, as she takes listeners on an A-z journey through the perils of parenting. The book, due out Tuesday, is a parody of Edward Gorey's morbid classic The Gashlycrumb Tinies. Hurts Like a Mother leans on dark humor to...
- 4/4/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Eight-piece boybands, middle-aged men dressed as Egyptians getting honey rubbed on their chests, Louis Walsh being... Louis Walsh. Yes, this series of X Factor might not have been the most thrilling, but even in a non-vintage year, there has been plenty to laugh at and enjoy.
This evening's final features Fleur East, Ben Haenow and Andrea Faustini battling for the prize of a record contract and the chance to hit the charts in time for Christmas. All the betting and polls seem to suggest that it's a one-horse race with Fleur running away with it, but The X Factor has thrown up surprises in the past, so nothing can be ruled out.
The X Factor: Find out Andrea, Ben and Fleur's final songs
The X Factor: 10 things we learned from the final press conference
The live final is always a spectacular affair, with hordes of special guests over the weekend (Sheeran!
This evening's final features Fleur East, Ben Haenow and Andrea Faustini battling for the prize of a record contract and the chance to hit the charts in time for Christmas. All the betting and polls seem to suggest that it's a one-horse race with Fleur running away with it, but The X Factor has thrown up surprises in the past, so nothing can be ruled out.
The X Factor: Find out Andrea, Ben and Fleur's final songs
The X Factor: 10 things we learned from the final press conference
The live final is always a spectacular affair, with hordes of special guests over the weekend (Sheeran!
- 12/13/2014
- Digital Spy
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