Michelle Obama: 'Splurging is the key to life'

First lady Michelle Obama sits on the floor with "kid reporters," from second from left, Justin Creppy, 6, from Upper Marlboro, Md., Zachary Shannon, 10, from Garrison, N.Y., and Raphael Chambers, 13, from Reston, Va., right, Monday, April 21, 2014, in the Library of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Michelle Obama said "splurging is the key to life" if you regularly eat right and stay active. Her biggest guilty pleasure: French fries. "How would you appreciate vegetables if you never had chocolate?" she asked. "You couldn't live without a little chocolate, a little French fries."
The first lady took questions from children reporters Monday after appearing at the White House Easter Egg Roll. She told the children that if they eat right the majority of the time, then a splurge or snack is not going to hurt them.
"I still splurge when I can, but that's why I try to exercise almost every day," she said.
The first lady said she tries to teach her two daughters balance and healthy meals at home, to offset any ice cream or birthday cake they have while out.
Mrs. Obama said her favorite physical activity is tennis, which she tries to do at least once a week. She said her daughter Malia participates in track and tennis too, while Sasha enjoys basketball and dance.
She urged the young scribes- who ranged in age from 6 years old to 13 years old- to eat balanced meals, drink water and keep moving.
"The more water you drink, the less room you'll have for the junk," Mrs. Obama said.
The children reporters and their parents were part of the 30,000 people visiting the White House for the annual egg roll event.

Mickey Rooney’s Tragic End: A Feuding Family and a Fortune Lost

In the 1930s, Mickey Rooney was the biggest star in the world. In April of 2014, when he died at the age of 93, his estate was valued at $18,000.
How does that happen to a bona fide Hollywood legend? It depends on which warring side of his surviving family members you ask. Today The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg runs down the ugly feud between Mark and Chris Aber, the sons of Jan Chamberlin Rooney, who married Mickey Rooney in 1978. Though the couple never divorced, the Rooneys remained estranged when Mickey died; as Jan told The Hollywood Reporter, she learned of her husband’s death when “someone from TMZ called me.”

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The root of the couple’s rift went public in 2011, when Mickey Rooney testified before the Senate Special Committee on Aging about his experience with elder abuse at the hands of stepson Chris Aber and his wife, Christina. A legal complaint alleged that Aber “threatens, intimidates, bullies, and harasses Mickey,” and the couple was asked to stay 100 yards away from the actor at all times. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, though, Chris Aber says it was all a setup orchestrated by his brother, whom he claims was stealing from Rooney: “I caught him. And then, in order to defuse [the situation], he got a restraining order on me and told Mickey that I did it. Mark Aber was Rooney’s caregiver for the last year of his life, and Chris blames his brother for their mother’s unfortunate phone call from TMZ: “My brother, whom [Rooney] died in front of, didn't even have the decency to call my mom [upon Rooney’s death] . . . That's how evil these attorneys and my brother are."
Feuds among family members of the rich and famous are nothing new, but it’s especially distressing to see a family torn apart in this way—not only over money, but accusations of violence and stealing, all with the law forced to take sides. Mickey Rooney’s life was never free from scandal—he was married eight times, after all—but this is an especially tragic ending for a man who became a star because he could make people laugh.

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Lohan says on reality show she had miscarriage

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lindsay Lohan says she suffered a miscarriage during the taping of her reality TV series.
The 27-year-old actress made the disclosure during Sunday's final episode of "Lindsay," the OWN cable channel series.
Lohan said the miscarriage was the reason that she was unable to appear on the program at one point. She said she was sick and unable to move.
She didn't offer any further details on the program about her ill-fated pregnancy.
Lohan began taping the OWN reality show shortly after leaving her sixth stint in rehab last summer.

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