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An adorable six-year-old is now a celebrity at Dogwood Elementary in Germantown, TN, after finding a lost engagement ring during a treasure hunt on the school grounds.The treasure hunt was initiated by kindergarten teacher Ann Wallace in an effort to support her friend, first-grade teacher ...

On Sunday night, as you watched the cast and crew of Everything Everywhere All at Once scoop up seven Oscars at the 95th Academy Awards — including best picture and best actress — were you wondering if the gleaming statuettes were made of pure gold?Well, ...

Actress Eva Amurri and new fiancé, chef Ian Hock, recently re-enacted their romantic Paris engagement in Westport, CT, so Amurri’s kids could share the love.Amurri, who co-parents her three children with ex Kyle Martino, explained on Instagram how excited the kids were when they learned ...

In preparation for King Charles III’s coronation on May 6, Queen Mary’s crown has been removed from public display at the Tower of London so it can undergo a few alterations that reflect Queen Consort Camilla’s “individual style.”Traditionally, the British Queen Consort would commission a ...

A volunteer-in-training at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Haithabu in northern Germany startled his mentors when he unearthed a spectacular pair of 800-year-old gem-set pendant earrings on just his third day using a metal detector.Nicki Andreas Steinmann’s instructor had assigned him to scan a ...

On Friday, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves signed into law a bill designating the Mississippi Opal as the Magnolia State’s official gemstone.On Twitter, the Governor posted two photos captioned with the proclamation, “Mississippi officially has a state gemstone! I was happy to sign legislation declaring it ...

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you fabulous songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the lyrics or title. Today, music legend Bruce Springsteen performs “Jersey Girl,” a tender ballad about a working-class New York City guy who falls head-over-heels in love with ...

Named after a famous perfume of the 1950s, “Most Precious” is one of the world’s most impressive examples of March’s official birthstone. The 1,000-carat, fancy rectangular-cut, sea blue aquamarine was gifted to the Smithsonian in 1963 by Baron Walter Langer von Langendorff, the Austrian-born chemist ...

Rio Tinto has approved a $40-million investment that will extend the productive life of Diavik — Canada’s largest diamond mine — until the first quarter of 2026.The new funding will pave the way for the underground expansion of the prolific open-pit mine, which has yielded ...

Just a month after Prince Harry threw cold water on the romanticized story of how his brother, William, ended up with Princess Diana’s famous sapphire engagement ring, the source of that story — Diana’s butler, Paul Burrell — is on the counterattack.In his best-selling tell-all ...

A year ago, the wedding experts at The Knot predicted that a “return to normalcy” would spawn a post-pandemic wedding boom in 2022. They were confident that 2.6 million couples would be exchanging vows last year, far outpacing even the pre-pandemic number of 2.2 million ...

Welcome to Music Friday when we like to bring you nostalgic tunes with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the lyrics or title. Today, Neil Sedaka, the man who topped the charts with timeless singalongs such as “Calendar Girl” (1960), “Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen” (1961) ...