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The awesome Spiderverse t-shirt that reminds us anyone, even Hello Kitty, can wear the mask.

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media, Kid Fashion

Last week I discovered this fantastic Into the Spiderverse t-shirt on Woot! by comic illustrator Adam Koford (A.K.A. ApeLad), I figured it would be blow up. But now that Into the Spiderverse won the 2019 Oscar for Best Animated Feature last night (and deservedly so!)...

If you’re going to watch Green Book, read these articles first. Or, after.

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media, Thinking : Parent

Last night’s 2019’s Best Picture award at the Oscars went to Green Book, a film based (ever so loosely) on a real relationship between prominent Black jazz pianist and classically trained musician Dr. Don Shirley, and his hired driver, Frank “Tony...

Where to stream the 2019 Oscar nominated movies, and which ones to watch with your kids

by Kate Etue | Entertainment + Media

If you’re like me, you’ve seen very few of the Oscar-nominated films this year outside of the “Best Animated Films” category. (Life as a parent, right?) But I love movies, and I love movie award-shows, which means I don’t want to sit...

11 clever Oscar party ideas that deserve awards of their own

by Lexi Petronis | Party Ideas

Whether you’ve watched every Academy Award nominated film this year, or your list begins and ends with Coco (no judgment, parents!), Oscar parties are always a fun excuse to get everyone together for Hollywood-themed food, drinks, decorations, activities, and...

Web coolness: 2017 Oscar party help, postcards for politics, the world’s creepiest invention ever.

by Cool Mom Staff | Best of the Web, Kids

Here are some links we’ve liked reading around the web this week. Hope you like them too. Lots of 2017 Oscar Party ideas including the requisite free printable ballot for the 2017 nominees from Studio DIY (above). 11 more fun Oscar party ideas, from printables...

11 fun Oscar party ideas that razzle-dazzle in all the right ways

by Lexi Petronis | Party Ideas

Whether you’ve seen every film nominated for an Academy Award this year or you’re still trying to figure out what this La La Land is that everyone’s so gaga about, having friends over for an Oscars party is always a winning idea. An excuse to obsess...

Where to see all the 2016 Oscar best-picture nominees (especially for parents who have only seen Moana).

by Kate Etue | Entertainment + Media

Do you know how many of the 2016 Oscars best picture nominees I’ve seen this year? Zero. Not a single one. Because, kids. But, I have one last chance to see them all before the big awards ceremony. And at a discount too. See, sometimes it pays to procrastinate....

Web coolness: Oscar party ideas, Oscar nights alternatives, Quidditch in the Himalayas, and one very important birthday.

by Christina Refford | Best of the Web

Here are some of the things we’ve liked reading around the web this week. We hope you like them too. (There are so many this week!) Cool Mom Picks turns ten this week! Today’s the last day to enter to win 10 really amazing giveaway gifts — and...

12 easy Oscars party ideas to make watching the awards even more fun

by Christina Refford | Party Ideas

This post has been updated for 2019 Even if the only movies you’ve seen this year are the animated kind (no judgment, parents!), it’s always fun to have an excuse to get together with friends and ogle all the Hollywood glamour over a glass of bubbly. If...

Web coolness: The dress that ate the Internet, worst children’s party games, and Star Wars awesomeness

by Liz Gumbinner | Best of the Web

Here’s some of our favorite links we’re reading around the web this week. Hope you like them too. #FashionbyMayhem, starring the cutest little girl ever, is back, this time modeling dresses from the Oscars that she helped make. The hot fashion trend we...

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