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Moms of color share the importance of Black Panther and it’s amazing.

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media

When I left our sold-out Black Panther theater on opening night, I wanted to run out and start shouting on the street, SEE THIS MOVIE NOW! In brief: It was just spectacular: The casting is stellar, the special effects are killer, the production design and costumes are...

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood turns 50 today! Here are 5 favorite episodes to share with your own kids.

by Lexi Petronis | Entertainment + Media

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the first episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. As a kid who looked forward to watching him and Mr. McFeely and Lady Elaine Fairchilde every day on our teensy black-and-white ’70s TV, I can think of nothing better than...

What Olympic sport is competing which day? This website has the answer!

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media

Let’s be honest, the Olympics coverage is a mess. (And you know I’m a total Olympics-watching geek if you have been following our Instagram Stories on Cool Mom Picks!) Live events aren’t live — unless they are. The medal ceremonies seem almost...

9 life lessons from Melissa McCarthy that all moms can relate to.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Entertainment + Media

In the upcoming Life of the Party, premiering May 11, my sister from another mister, Melissa McCarthy, plays a mom who goes back to college after getting dumped by her husband. But when she lands at the same school where her daughter is a freshman, she pretty much...

Stop everything and watch the teaser trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story. A worthwhile use of 82 seconds of your time.

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media

If you’re not a Star Wars fan, I’m telling you right now, just move along. Skip this post. Keep your cynicism to yourself. Because for me, and the vast majority of our staff who’s also obsessed with the greatest movie franchise of all time, behold!...

This Black Panther collection gives back in a big way. So you can support Wakanda and America all at once.

by Georgette Gilmore | Entertainment + Media, Style + Beauty

Marvel’s Black Panther hits the big screen on Friday, February 16 and my family is so excited to see it, especially after the wildly positive early reviews, we’ve joined other fans to help the superhero film hit record-breaking ticket presales. Yeah. We...

6 of our favorite Disney movies that you can watch free at home this week.

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media

This is a sponsored post on behalf of our partner Disney. We are total entertainment geeks, and as our readers know, we’re big fans of family movie night. (i.e. Put down those screens, kids, and come watch the big screen right here with us.) So we are pretty...

Why #TimesUp made last night’s Golden Globes important family viewing. | Thinking Parent

by Georgette Gilmore | Entertainment + Media, Thinking : Parent

Knowing that the Golden Globes would be more about female empowerment than fashion this year, with more red carpet questions and speeches about #MeToo movement and activism and gender parity and social justice, I decided to let my kids stay up and watch the awards...

Is Greatest Showman good for kids? More than good, it’s important. | Thinking : Parent

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media, Thinking : Parent

If by now you haven’t heard about The Greatest Showman, well where have you been? Wrapping gifts or something? Geez. This has been one of the biggest PR blitzes I’ve seen in a long time. And that was before its three Golden Globe nominations. There’s...

Why the new Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors is helping more kids see themselves as the superheroes the world needs

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media

I don’t think that it’s a coincidence all that right now, during a time of so much turmoil in the world, that our hunger for great superhero stories is blowing up. Yes, for kids too. It’s hugely cathartic to see even the most basic good vs. evil...

How a regular mom ended up in A Bad Moms Christmas. Maybe.

by Lexi Petronis | Entertainment + Media

When you’re going to film a scene in A Bad Moms Christmas in balmy Atlanta, but it is actually supposed to take place in Chicago at Christmastime, you pack coats. And scarves. And boots. Maybe even more than a few pairs of boots because you’re thinking,...

Lisa Loeb’s latest lullaby album is the perfect chill out music. For adults.

by Georgette Gilmore | Entertainment + Media

I’ve been a big fan of Lisa Loeb since her hit song “Stay (I Missed You)” in the 90s. Then I became a mom and she started making really good kid’s music and I loved her all over again. Now, those world’s collide with her latest Amazon...

Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!

Kristen Chase + Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks

We started Cool Mom Picks in 2006 to help make life cooler, easier, more organized, more meaningful, and more fun for parents of all kinds.

Trivia: It was called Cool Mom Sh*t for the first two days. (Yeah, we rethought that.)

We had no idea our site would grow to become a major lifestyle network, that we'd end up sharing our finds with the TODAY Show and Martha Stewart, that we'd be able to make a real difference for so many small businesses and women-run companies, or that we'd end up with an incredible community of the coolest readers on the planet. (If we do say so ourselves).