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Here’s exactly how to do it By Ashley Baker Read On Very Online Trophy Wives Desperate, real, trad, or mad—housewives have been celebrated, pilloried, and fetishized for ages.—
Michael Odell,
Air Mail,
10 Apr. 2025 -
The roster includes Brooks Marks, son of Salt Lake City housewife Meredith Marks; Gia Giudice, daughter of New Jersey housewife Teresa Giudice, Riley Burruss, daughter of former Atlanta housewife Kandi Burruss, and Ariana Biermann, daughter of former Atlanta housewife Kim Zolciak-Biermann.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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Trad wives are a subculture of women who believe in clear gender roles and show other women their homemaker lifestyle on social media, which often involves living on a homestead and making food from scratch.—
Janelle Ash,
Fox News,
13 Feb. 2025
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These time-saving appliances transformed how many homemakers lived day-to-day.—
Amanda Kavanagh | This Column was created by Jobbio,
The Hill,
31 Jan. 2025
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Cassidy said she was surrounded by her mom, the couple's housekeeper and childhood friends during the ordeal.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Since the disappearance some weeks prior of his best friend, Dr. Watson, and his housekeeper, Mrs. Hudson, Sherlock’s been forbidden from crime-solving by shadowy but definitely murderous forces, who make their presence known to him by way of scarlet threads planted at crime scenes.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2025
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Cohen wasn't present for the viewing, sources told PEOPLE, nor were the househusbands (both are staples at RHONJ reunions).—
Dave Quinn,
Peoplemag,
29 July 2024
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The househusbands, who are a staple at the RHONJ reunion, were not in attendance, insiders tell PEOPLE.—
Dave Quinn,
Peoplemag,
18 July 2024
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The skit featured James Austin Johnson playing Trump in the guise of Timothy Ratliff (Jason Isaacs), while Chloe Fineman’s First Lady Melania Trump mimicked Timothy’s wife, Victoria (Parker Posey).—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The Stone estate then sold the mansion in 2006 to business executive Randy Abrahams and his wife for $8.1 million.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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The family of a woman who was strangled to death last year during a conjugal visit with her husband at a Northern California prison has called for reforms after a second woman was killed in a similar manner.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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Viola Davis and husband Julius Tennon are always on the same page.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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