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Full heart! Jodie Sweetin has some sparkly new bling in her jewelry collection. The 39-year-old actress is going to be sporting a stunning engagement ring from fiancé Mescal Wasilewski from here on out. 

Jodie Sweetin is tying the knot with sweetheart Mescal Wasilewski.

Jodie Sweetin has some happy news to share following a devastating week for her Full House family.

Jodie Sweetin is officially a bride-to-be. The "Full House" alum took to Instagram on Monday to share that her partner Mescal Wasilewski proposed. She shared a photo of her and Wasilewski standing close in the outdoors and smiling.

Jodie Sweetin, 39, is celebrating after a tough week. The Full House star, who was among many others at her former co-star Bob Saget‘s funeral on Friday, announced her engagement to boyfriend Mescal Wasilewski on Jan. 17 and shared a happy photo on Instagram. In the cute pic, the soon-to-be husband and wife are standing close together while smiling and showing off the incredible ring on Jodie’s finger.

After an incredibly tough week mourning the loss of her TV dad, Bob Saget, Jodie Sweetin has some good news to share — she’s engaged!!

Maya Angelou, the first coins in its American Women Quarters Program.Angelou, an American author, poet and Civil Rights activist, rose to prominence with the publication of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” in 1969. Angelou, who died in 2014 at the age of 86, was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2010 by President Barack Obama.The quarter design depicts Angelou with outstretched arms.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and the poem Among other accomplishments, in 2010 she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.With Harlem, a new series now streaming on Amazon Prime, Girls Trip creator Tracy Oliver brings us another entertaining story of four funny, relatable girlfriends.By This. Talent.By and “We did this.

Maya Angelou, the first coins in its American Women Quarters Program.Angelou, an American author, poet and Civil Rights activist, rose to prominence with the publication of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” in 1969. Angelou, who died in 2014 at the age of 86, was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2010 by President Barack Obama.The quarter design depicts Angelou with outstretched arms.

Simone Biles is on top yet again!

It’s reported that Maya Jama could be stepping into the hot seat after Laura Whitmore failed to impress as the host of Love Island.

Maya Angelou, America’s first woman in space and a revered Cherokee Nation leader are among female trailblazers whose likenesses will appear on the U.S. quarter.The new four-year American Women Quarters Program celebrates women's accomplishments and contributions to the United States' development and history, according to the U.S.

Maya Angelou when Winfrey was young, and how Angelou stressed the importance of sharing stories from the time she grew up.Beyond celebrities, the young journalists will talk to teachers, doctors, writers, lawyers, homemakers and others about their lives.“All are essential stories that might have otherwise slipped into the white noise of history,” Winfrey said in a video introducing the series.Some of the stories will debut on Tuesday, and all will be made available online on June 19.

wrote @mo980298 on Twitter. “I’m sad I can’t get one but happy that so many folks are scooping them up!”Walmart.com no longer lists Barbie’s Maya Angelou doll, though other “Inspiring Women” are available.

Maya Angelou and Elizabeth Alexander. A native and resident of Los Angeles and the country's first National Youth Poet Laureate, Gorman told The Associated Press last week that she planned to combine a message of hope for President Joseph Biden's inaugural without ignoring "the evidence of discord and division.” She had completed a little more than half of “The Hill We Climb” before Jan.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Joining the ranks of Robert Frost, Maya Angelou, Miller Williams, Elizabeth Alexander and Richard Blanco, 22-year-old native Angeleno and activist Amanda Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet to help mark the transition of presidential power in U.S. history.

She’s the nation’s youngest poet laureate. She’s received awards from College Women of the Year and the Webbys. And now, Amanda Gorman can add inauguration poet to her resume. Amanda, 22, was picked by incoming first lady, Dr. Jill Biden, to join the likes of Maya Angelou (her hero) and Robert Frost by reading a poem at the 2021 inauguration. Here’s five things you need to know about Amanda and her incredible work:

Things are looking up!

Christina Anstead is showing off some new ink! The 37-year-old HGTV star took to Instagram on Tuesday to reveal that she now has a Maya Angelou quote tattooed on her spine.Starting at her neck and going down her back, the quote, written in a black script, reads «Still I Rise,» a reference to Angelou's poem of the same name."'Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise.' Still I Rise -Maya Angelou," Anstead wrote alongside the image

Christina Anstead is marking a new chapter in her life with some new ink.

Starting fresh! Christina Anstead showed off an empowering new back tattoo, three months after her split from Ant Anstead.

Christina Anstead is taking a page from Maya Angelou in the way she’s navigating life in 2021. The "Flip or Flop" star, who filed for divorce from her second husband, Ant Anstead, in November after less than two years of marriage, revealed some new ink to her fans on Tuesday via Instagram that featured the famed poet’s famous words, "Still I Rise." "Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentTo celebrate Variety’s 115th anniversary, we went to the archives to see how some of Hollywood’s biggest stars first landed in the pages of our magazine. Read more from the archives here.In 1961, the St.

, and the Netflix film adaptation of . It’s undoubtedly a long way from his days impersonating Maya Angelou on Logo’s a decade ago. But for the multi-hyphenate performer, who has appeared in everything from to the long-delayed sequel and has written for and performed on Broadway, it’s been a journey worth taking.

Royal biographer Lady Colin Campbell has slammed Channel 5’s decision to cast Jodie Turner-Smith as a Tudor-era Queen.‘I see absolutely no reason whatsoever for a woman of colour playing Anne Boleyn, except to make a spurious political point that in my view is bordering on racial aggravation,’ says the former I’m A Celebrity contestant, born in Jamaica.‘People would be extremely offended if there was a play about Maya Angelou and she was played by Meryl Streep — so the reverse has got to be true

Porsha Williams shared an important message for her fans and you can check it out below. She also shared a gorgeous photo on her social media account as you’ll see here.

how and where he’s been memorialized. In the Bay Area, for example, George Washington High School is named after our first president, even though Washington during his lifetime, and the region didn’t become part of the United States until a half-century after his death.That’s why, this month, I helped launch a to rename San Francisco’s George Washington High School after its most distinguished alumna—the iconic poet, author, and activist Maya Angelou.

There’s never been a better time to read up. Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a part of the New York Public Library system, has just released its Black Liberation Reading List to mark its 95th anniversary and to respond to the global protests in support of Black Lives Matter.  The list is 95 books long and focuses on titles by black authors, many whose papers are included in the Schomburg collection: Think James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Ann Petry and Harry Belafonte.

Tracee Ellis Ross, Kelly Rowland, Shonda Rhimes, Yara Shahidi, Janelle Monae and more recited Maya Angelou's "Still I Rise" poem during YouTube’s virtual “Dear Class of 2020" commencement celebration on Sunday (June 7).

Members of the Grammy-winning rock band Portugal. The Man are stepping into a banned book controversy in their Alaska hometown.

Something to celebrate! Heather Locklear announced that she has been sober for one year.

Heather Locklear marked one year of sobriety on Tuesday in an emotional post on Instagram.

Heather Locklear marked one year of sobriety on Tuesday by sharing an emotional post on Instagram.

It's a joyous day for Heather Locklear.

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