TV host, actress, and socialite Ksenia Sobchak — who some call the "Russian Paris Hilton" — is an unlikely challenger to Russian President Vladimir Putin's tight grip over Russian society.

But Sobchak, whose father Anatoly Sobchak was the first elected mayor of St. Petersburg and one of the framers of Russia's modern constitution, is a nationally recognized figure in the country, and she's already made a name for herself among the country's opposition.

She has also been invited to the national prayer breakfast with President Donald Trump in Washington on February 1, which will be well-attended by fellow Russian political figures.

Here's how Sobchak went from pop culture darling to a straight-talking politician taking on Russia's authoritarian president:

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Ksenia Anatolyevna Sobchak was born into a revered Russian political family on November 5, 1981.

Source: New York Times

Her parents were Anatoly Sobchak and Lyudmila Narusova, both respected liberal St. Petersburg politicians. Ironically, her father was Putin's mentor, and helped him get his start in national politics.

Source: New York Times

Sobchak's childhood was spent attending the famous Heritage Museum art school. She also took ballet classes as the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.

Source: The Famous People

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They spend quality time with their families, friends, and significant others

They plan something fun

They organize and plan for the week ahead

The 60th Grammy Awards took place Sunday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City, with James Corden as host. 

R&B star Bruno Mars swept the show's three major categories — record of the year, song of the year, and album of the year — and came away with five awards in total for his album "24K Magic."

Rapper Kendrick Lamar also won five Grammys, including best rap album, for his album "DAMN." 

Below are all the winners from Sunday night's live broadcast:

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Best Rap/Sung Performance:

"PRBLMS" — 6LACK
"Crew" — Goldlink Featuring Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy
"Family Feud" — Jay-Z Featuring Beyoncé
"LOYALTY." — Kendrick Lamar Featuring Rihanna - WINNER
"Love Galore" — SZA Featuring Travis Scott

Best New Artist:

Alessia Cara - WINNER
Khalid
Lil Uzi Vert
Julia Michaels
SZA

Best Pop Solo Performance:

"Love So Soft" — Kelly Clarkson
"Praying" — Kesha
"Million Reasons" — Lady Gaga
"What About Us" — P!nk
"Shape Of You" — Ed Sheeran - WINNER

Once you're making a steady income — and hopefully putting some money aside, too — buying everything off the high street or shopping only in the sale loses its appeal.

No matter how long it takes to save for them, there are some items you should splurge on so they last you for life — and some may even grow in value, making them a good investment for the future.

We asked four people living luxurious lifestyles — including the Head Personal Shopper at Matches Fashion, the CEO of Joanne Beckham's concierge company, and the head of VIP at Heathrow Airport — for the items everyone should invest in in their lifetime.

Scroll down to see what they said:

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An investment watch— around £5,000.

Helen Ridge, Leasing Director at Value Retail — owner of the luxurious Bicester Village shopping areas around the world — said an investment watch is a must. Her pick? "A Cartier yellow gold vintage Tank watch that I was given for my 40th," she said. The watch now retails from around £5,000.

Jay Smith, CEO of WeAreYourCity, a concierge company by Joanne Beckham, agreed — but he'd opt for the Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711 with a navy dial, which will cost you at least £32,000.

"This is the holy grail of stainless steel sports watches, one of the most sought after timepieces in the world," Smith said. "Waiting lists are five to 10 years long or more and some authorised dealers have even closed their lists. A solid long term investment which can be enjoyed everyday."

A tailored suit — around £3,000.

"When you walk into a business meeting, I believe your suit and presentation plays an important role in how you are viewed," Smith said. "I always say it is better to be over-dressed than to feel under-dressed. First impressions count and a well tailored suit will make a difference." Prices range depending on the designer, but on Savile Row, you'll pay at least £3,000.

A high-quality chunky knit — around £300.

Ridge added that everyone needs a high-quality jumper, such as "a Bamford chunky knit from Bicester Village, which is perfect for cold country walks." Similar designs retail for around £300.

• Russian and Turkish Baths is a health club in New York City's East Village neighborhood.
• Open since 1892, the bathhouse serves as a meeting place for the city's Russian and Jewish enclaves — and a hotspot for celebrities, millennials, businessmen, and tourists.
• For over 30 years, the Baths have been owned by two Russian émigrés who manage the facilities on alternating weeks.

Step through the tenement door on 10th Street in Manhattan's East Village, and you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd walked through a time warp.

Open since 1892, the Russian and Turkish Baths is about as old New York as it gets. The institution has survived wave after wave of tumultuous change in the city, it's grimy come-whoever spirit intact. 

The baths have played host to New York royalty, including actor Robert De Niro and the late singer Frank Sinatra. More often, it has been a meeting place for the city's Russian and Jewish enclaves. Lately, it has attracted a new crowd of adventurous tourists and Brooklyn millennials.

Since 1985, the bathhouse has been owned by two Russian émigrés, Boris Tuberman and David Shapiro, who run the business under an unusual arrangement. After the two men realized they hated running a business together, they decided to split the baths. Each month is now split between "Boris weeks" and "David weeks." Besides sharing utilities and repair costs, the businesses operate separately.

Though the clientele has changed over the years, the bathhouse remains one of the few, true melting pots in the city. A day pass to the Baths costs $48, while a three-month pass has a price tag of $600.

We visited the baths on a recent Monday afternoon — on a "David week" — to see what we could find in the steam.

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Originally called the Tenth Street Baths, the bathhouse has been open in Manhattan's East Village since 1892. In the early 1900s, the baths were a popular place for the Lower East Side's immigrant population. Few apartments had bathtubs at the time.

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Tuberman and Shapiro purchased the building and the business in 1985 for $850,000. Shapiro's son Dmitry, who now runs his father's side of the business, said the two were looking for a job where they could be their own bosses. Shapiro had spent the previous five years as a taxi driver.

The baths weren't exactly an attractive buy at the time. The AIDs crisis was in full swing and the city was trying to shut down all the bathhouses, as many had become central to the gay swinging scene. 

The Russian and Turkish Baths were a mess when Shapiro and Tuberman bought them. The building was falling apart, the roof was caving in, and there were hardly any clients left. But the men liked the fact that they were the only baths in town, Shapiro said.

"Everybody thought we were stupid," the elder Shapiro told The Wall Street Journal in 1997.

Tuberman and Shapiro quickly found they had completely different philosophies on how to run a business. Within a few years, they decided to split the business and alternate weeks.

The split business produces some complications. Shortly after I arrived at the Baths, a young woman came in with a pass for a "Boris week." Shapiro had to explain to the confused woman that she would either need to buy another pass or come the following week.

He said that happens from time to time and most people are understanding. 

Because of their unusual management schedule, Shapiro hauls in his computers, his point-of-sale system, his merchandise, and his muds and scrubs, every other week.

Shapiro has also put the Baths on Groupon and other e-commerce sites to generate more business. But if someone tries to use a Groupon on a "Boris week," they're out of luck.

Tuberman still operates with pen and paper and refuses to do any promotion.

"It's a very bizarre way to run a business. I don't think anyone else would do it," Shapiro said.

• "Saturday Night Live" addressed the controversy surrounding the allegation of sexual misconduct against Aziz Ansari in the form of an uncomfortable dinner-party conversation.
• A woman accused Ansari of sexual misconduct in a story on Babe.net earlier this month.
• Many have criticized aspects of the story's reporting, and The New York Times published an op-ed article defending Ansari.
• The darkly funny sketch satirizes the difficulty of discussing the subject.

"Saturday Night Live" tackled the tricky conversation surrounding the recent allegation of sexual misconduct against Aziz Ansari in a darkly funny sketch of a dinner-party conversation.

In the sketch, the cast member Heidi Gardner asks others at the table whether they've read a New York Times op-ed article about Ansari, eliciting a series of uncomfortable responses that satirize the difficulty of discussing the topic.

Earlier this month, an unnamed woman accused Ansari of sexual misconduct in a story on Babe.net. The woman, a 23-year-old photographer, told the publication that she "felt violated" during an encounter after a date with Ansari and described it as "sexual assault." Ansari said in a statement that from his point of view all indications were that the encounter was "completely consensual."

Many have criticized aspects of the reporting of the Babe story — including the writer of the Times op-ed article defending Ansari — sparking the first substantive and mainstream public debate in the reckoning on sexual-misconduct allegations against powerful men since the #MeToo movement gained prominence late last year.

In the sketch, the restaurant darkens and ominous horror music plays as the topic of Ansari comes up. The cast members take turns making hesitant remarks before another interrupts to keep them from going too far.

"While I applaud the movement ..." Kenan Thompson says before Gardner quickly warns, "Watch it."

Watch the sketch:

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• Christopher Payne and Rob Barnett are economists who wrote the book "The Economists' Diet."
• Payne and Barnett, who were once obese, say the behaviors that affect weight can all be explained by the principles of economics.
• Those principles include: minimize decision-making, stick to a boring diet, and weigh yourself every day.

Rob Barnett calls it the "fateful conversation."

He'd just appeared on a video for Bloomberg, where he worked as an economist, to discuss a recent news event.

Barnett asked a fellow Bloomberg economist, Christopher Payne, "Did you see my latest video?"

"Yeah, I saw it," Payne said. "Good job."

"Thanks," Barnett responded. "But f---, man! I'm getting fat."

Payne didn't beat around the bush.

"One could say that," he told Barnett. "One could also say that you are fat."

Barnett and Payne reproduce this conversation in their new book, "The Economists' Diet: The Surprising Formula for Losing Weight and Keeping It Off."

At the time, Barnett was severely obese. Payne could identify — at one point in his life, he'd been obese too. Then he lost about 45 pounds in 18 months.

The authors say the exchange that followed helped them both realize that the behaviors that affect weight can all be explained by the principles of economics. Barnett eventually lost 75 pounds, also in 18 months.

The book is an outgrowth of that original conversation, and the authors teach readers how to approach weight loss the same way they did.

I recently spoke with the authors over the phone about the weight-loss strategies I found most compelling. Here's what I learned.

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Use meta-rules to minimize the chance of making bad choices ...

A meta-rule is a guideline you set in advance that covers all situations. The authors say they borrowed the term from Dan Ariely, a behavioral economist at Duke University.

An example of a meta-rule is "Unless it's a special occasion, I never have seconds," or "During the week, I always have salad for lunch."

The idea behind meta-rules is that you're eliminating as much choice as possible.

"The more times you present yourself with a choice, the more possibility there is to do something that you're trying not to do," Payne said.

... and to save yourself some mental energy

Using meta-rules is also less mentally exhausting. Payne says that if you're trying to lose weight, it's best to just not have whatever you're trying to avoid eating in your home. Otherwise, you'll have to make a decision every night about whether to indulge.

Barnett and Payne are hardly the only people to minimize decision-making to achieve a health goal.

Max Levchin, a PayPal founder who's now the CEO of the online lending service Affirm, previously told Business Insider's Alyson Shontell about the importance of consistency in his fitness regimen.

"So long as your daily default is 'Be on the bike,' some days you'll miss because you're traveling or you're sick," he said. "But most of the time, you'll just get up, and get on a bike first thing in the morning, which is what I do."

Stick with a boring diet

"A boring diet is a slimming diet," Barnett said.

It goes back to the concept of diminishing returns.

To use Barnett's example: If you eat a single Oreo, you're going to enjoy it — but "if you eat a full bag of Oreos, by the time you eat the last one, you're not going to get nearly as much happiness or utility out of it."

He added: "If you restrict your food choices day in and day out, no matter what kind of preferences you have for food, you're going to get bored with it."

Both Barnett and Payne said they eat a salad for lunch every weekday.

"I've gotten to like salads over the years, but I don't have the urge to overeat a salad," Payne said.

When Payne goes to Starbucks, he orders an Americano with a dash of nonfat milk.

What's more, when you do allow yourself to splurge, depending on your specific meta-rules, you'll enjoy it that much more.

Over the 60 years of its existence, the Grammy Awards have heaped golden gramophones on some of the most influential musicians in history.

Prominent artists like Beyoncé, Jay-Z, and Stevie Wonder rank among the top Grammy winners, and they are joined by a number of notable composers and producers.

Though Jay-Z came home empty-handed after receiving a field-leading eight nominations at the 60th Grammy Awards on Sunday, the Knowles-Carter household still has a combined total of 43 Grammys.

Here are the 21 artists with the most Grammy awards of all time:

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Paul McCartney — 18 wins

McCartney won his first Grammy award in 1965 for best new artist with The Beatles. He has received 78 nominations. 

Yo-Yo Ma — 18 wins

The renowned cellist won his first Grammy in 1984 for a Bach recording. He has received 27 nominations.  

Aretha Franklin — 18 wins

The soul legend won her first Grammys in 1967 for best R&B recording and solo vocal performance for her hit single "Respect." She has received 44 nominations.

The San Francisco Naval Shipyard was once home to a nuclear testing site where scientists ran tests on ships exposed to atomic weapons. Now, many San Franciscans call it home.

Developer Five Point, a spinoff of Lennar (the nation's largest housing builder), has set out to transform the abandoned San Francisco Naval Shipyard into a vibrant live-work community with 12,000 new homes and roughly 5 million square feet of office and commercial space.

But its future is uncertain amid new allegations of a botched cleanup.

The US Navy has learned that Tetra Tech, a government contractor tasked with the cleanup and testing of radioactive contamination at the shipyard, faked more soil tests than previously thought, to speed along the city's largest redevelopment project. Workers swapped samples from areas known to be highly contaminated with dirt from areas known to be clean.

According to investigations by Curbed SF and NBC Bay Area, almost half of the toxic waste-site cleanup was "suspect" or has "evidence of potential data manipulation or falsification."

Five Point has sold about 300 townhouses and condominiums and plans to build 11,000 more units at the (rebranded) San Francisco Shipyard. The Navy has said that residents who already live there are "100 percent safe." The existing housing is located on land that was used for military housing and non-industrial activities, a representative with Five Point confirmed.

Business Insider recently explored the ruins at the San Francisco Shipyard. Take a look.

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After the shipyard closed, in 1994, the site was left abandoned for 19 years.

Buildings that once contained barracks, schools, a cafeteria, and other non-industrial facilities were emptied and left to rot. Paint now chips away like fingernail polish.

Source: US Environmental Protection Agency

There are few reminders of what was there before, save for some signage and furniture.

• Online fashion label Everlane opened its first-ever physical store, in Downtown Manhattan, in December. 
• The brand is known for emphasizing quality, affordability, and ethical processes in its clothes.
• I visited its store to see if it could replicate those qualities in a brick-and-mortar location. 

Online apparel brand Everlane has seen huge success while emphasizing high-quality clothing made through ethical processes. In 2015, its sales were estimated to be $35 million, up 200% from 2013. In 2016, the brand reportedly brought in another $51 million, all while solely selling its clothing online.

After years of founder and CEO Michael Preysman insisting that his online fashion label would never go into physical retail, the brand finally took the leap and launched its first clothing boutique at 28 Prince Street in New York City's SoHo neighborhood. 

I went to the store to see for myself what it's like to shop there. Here's what I found: 

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The fashion label is calling its first brick-and-mortar store "Everlane IRL," and it matches the simple aesthetic of the online store.

Located at 28 Prince Street in SoHo, the store is bright and airy, and it was packed when I visited. The storefront is 100% glass, so you can see the whole store from outside.

Considering that it's in a small storefront in SoHo, it feels pretty big.

• Amazon Studios is considering cutting ties with Woody Allen on the heels of the #MeToo movement, according to The New York Times. 
• The company is contractually obligated to release his next movie, "A Rainy Day in New York."
• Amazon's most recent Allen movie release, "Wonder Wheel," only took in $1.4 million domestically.

With the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements currently at their height, Amazon Studios has a big question it has to answer soon: Will it continue to work with Woody Allen?

Since the 1990s, the legendary director has denied the allegations that he sexually abused his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow when she was a child, but in a time when women’s stories of sexual misconduct have become louder than ever before, it seems Allen has become the next target. And it may affect him professionally.

The New York Times reported Sunday that Amazon — which has a multi-film contract with Allen and is to release his next one, “A Rainy Day in New York” — is in “serious conversations” to end its relationship with the director. (The Times cited "two people briefed on the matter.")

Amazon released Allen’s latest movie, “Wonder Wheel,” in December, right when the #MeToo Movement was off and running and numerous high-profile men in Hollywood, media, and politics were being accused of sexual misconduct. The movie looks to have suffered from it, as it only made $1.4 million domestically (it earned close to $9 million internationally) on a budget of $25 million, according to the Times.

Soon after the release of “Wonder Wheel,” Dylan Farrow called out actors who supported #MeToo but had also worked with Allen in a piece she wrote for the Los Angeles Times. Since then, many actors who have been in Allen’s films have publicly apologized to Farrow for working with him. And “Rainy Day” stars Timothée Chalamet and Rebecca Hall have donated their salaries on the movie to charity.

So now Amazon doesn’t just have to go up against an image problem with one of its most high-profile directors, but it’s also likely the cast of “Rainy Day” won’t do any press for the movie once it’s set to open. Amazon currently has no release date set.

From a business perspective, if Amazon cuts ties with Allen it won’t be a major loss. The director hasn’t had a box-office hit in a while. Many of his recent releases have received rotten scores on Rotten Tomatoes, and his last four films have taken in a cumulative $26.9 million domestically while carrying a collective $85 million in production budgets, according to the Times.

Amazon also had difficulty booking “Wonder Wheel” in theaters, a source at the company told Business Insider. The widest release for “Wonder Wheel” was only 536 screens. It’s the first Allen movie to show on under 600 screens since 2010’s “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger.” 

Amazon Studios was not immediately available for comment.

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• Cafe Milano has long been a favorite spot for politicians and other high-profile Washington, DC locals.
• It was recently the center of attention when celebrity chef Jose Andres was denied access into the restaurant for the Alfalfa Club dinner's super exclusive, VIP after-party.
• In a Tweet, Andres accused Ivanka Trump of blocking him from being admitted into the private after-party.
• The next day, after a text-message conversation with Trump, Andres tweeted that he believed she didn't "personally" have anything to do with the incident.  

Cafe Milano has been a favorite haunt for politicians and other high-profile Washington, DC locals since it opened in 1992, on the same day President Bill Clinton was elected. The Italian restaurant, located less than six miles away from Capitol Hill, is known as a secure meeting place for after-work discussions, as well as some "wheeling and dealing," as owner Franco Nuschese told The New York Times.

This past weekend, celebrity chef Jose Andres — who, in 2016, was planning to open a restaurant inside the president's DC hotel but ended up pulling out of the lease after after Trump made disparaging comments about Mexican immigrants — tweeted a photo of himself outside Cafe Milano, claiming he was denied access to the Alfalfa Club dinner's after-party, because of Ivanka Trump.

On Sunday, after a text-message conversation with Trump, Andres tweeted again, saying that he believed she didn't "personally" have anything to do with the incident.  

While each administration has had their favorite after-hours spots, Cafe Milano has proved to be a consistent safe space for politicians. Since last year, members from the Trump administration have been spotted there.

Ahead, take a look at the dishes, atmosphere, and who's been seen inside.

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Cafe Milano is located in Georgetown and is a hot spot for politicians from both major parties, as well as journalists.

It's been open since 1992, when President Bill Clinton was elected into office. The former president still regularly pays visits to the restaurant.

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The restaurant's menu varies from pasta dishes in the $25 range up to a sole dish that's priced at $65.

• According to data from Fandango, tickets sales for this year's best-picture nominees rose significantly after the Oscar nominees were announced last week.
• "The Shape of Water," which has 13 nominations, saw the biggest increase in ticket sales on the site.
• "Get Out" and "Dunkirk," which have been out of theaters for a while, saw a rise in views on Fandango's streaming service, FandangoNOW.

The Oscar nominations were announced last week, and they gave the best-picture nominees a bump in ticket sales, according to the movie-ticket site Fandango.

Fandango compared the nominees’ total sales for the entire day of Monday, January 22, the day before the Oscar nominations announcement, to their total sales for the entire day of Tuesday, January 23, the day of the announcement.

"The Shape of Water," which has the most nominations of any movie in 2018 (with 13 total), had the biggest rise in ticket sales, with a 241% increase. In second came Greta Gerwig's "Lady Bird," with ticket sales increasing 102%.

Sales for the controversial nominee "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" went up 102%. Ticket sales for "Call Me by Your Name," which had its wide release several days before the nominations came out, rose 56%. 

Historical dramas "The Post" and "Darkest Hour" had the lowest increases in ticket sales, at 46%. 

Since "Get Out" was released in theaters around this time last year, and "Dunkirk" came out over the summer, Fandango factored in the increase in their plays on its streaming service, FandangoNOW. 

These numbers show that Oscar nominations actually mean something to a lot of people, since they're more likely to see a film once it's been nominated for best picture.

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• Tom Hanks has been cast as Mister Rogers from the beloved children's show "Mister Roger's Neighborhood."
• TriStar Pictures acquired the rights to "You Are My Friend," a biopic about the life of Fred Rogers, the creator and star of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."
• The movie's plot will revolve around the unexpected friendship Rogers developed with a journalist, who was assigned to write a profile about him.

Tom Hanks has been cast as Mister Rogers from "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," the beloved educational children's program about a kind man who is nice to his neighbors — and has an incredible collection of sweaters. The series ran from 1968-2001. 

According to Deadline, TriStar Pictures acquired the rights to "You Are My Friend," a biopic about the life of Fred Rogers, the creator and star of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." Rogers died in 2003. 

The movie will be directed by Marielle Heller, who directed 2015's "Diary of a Teenage Girl." 

The story in "You Are My Friend" will revolve around the unlikely friendship between Rogers and Tom Junod, a journalist who was assigned to write a profile about him. It's based on a true story.

Hanks is one of the most beloved actors ever, often referred to as "America's dad," so it's fitting that he'll be playing such a beloved and iconic figure as Mister Rogers.

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• Using only egg whites instead of consuming whole eggs became trendy over the past decade as low-fat diets grew in popularity.
• The bulk of scientific research on nutrition suggests that this kind of thinking was misguided.
• Whole eggs can be part of a healthy diet because they're more filling, high in protein, and contain several key vitamins and minerals.

Purge your kitchen of gluten. Stick to low-fat foods. Drink juice. By the time you've put the latest advice on healthy eating into practice, it's usually been debunked.

In reality, the best nutritional guidance is more straight-forward and hasn't budged in decades: eat mostly vegetables, which are high in vitamins, minerals, and fiber; avoid overeating red meat and refined treats like pastries and sweet cereal; and indulge in healthy fats like olive oil and nuts, which keep us feeling full.

But you may be wondering where eggs — an animal product high in cholesterol, fat, protein, and several key vitamins and minerals — fit in.

Turns out they're pretty healthy. And ordering just the whites, a practice that low-fat food advocates say is a way to shave off calories, fat, and cholesterol, is completely unnecessary.

Whole eggs are high in a handful of key vitamins and minerals that you can't get from many foods like vitamin B12 and phosphorus. They're also rich in muscle-fueling protein and satiating fat, which makes them filling and unlikely to be overeaten. Plus, the cholesterol eggs contain does not appear to lead to high cholesterol levels in healthy people. Just as eating fat does not translate into being fat, recent research has shown that eating cholesterol doesn't necessarily translate into having high cholesterol.

If you've already been told you have high cholesterol, that's a good reason to be careful about ordering something like a three-egg omelette, but one or two whole eggs every so often probably won't hurt. (As with any serious health condition, it's best in these cases to talk directly with your doctor.)

Throwing out yolks also creates unnecessary waste. Roughly a third of the US food supply gets wasted every year, according to estimates from the Department of Agriculture. That corresponds to roughly 133 billion pounds and $161 billion worth of food.

Given what we know about eggs, several leading diets have recently tweaked their recommendations.

Weight Watchers — one of the oldest dieting companies in the world — introduced a new program in December that allows users to spice up their daily meal plans with 200 "zero-point" foods that they can eat as much as they want. That list includes whole eggs, along with other filling and nutritious items like salmon and beans.

"These foods get picked for a reason," Gary Foster, Weight Watchers' chief scientific officer, told Business Insider in December.

"Eggs have been extensively studied because they’re relatively high in cholesterol but low in saturated fat and also are an excellent source of protein. What else do eggs bring to the table? High-quality protein, people like to eat them, and they’re at a relatively low risk for overeating," Foster said. "What are the chances that someone will have an eight- or 10-egg omelette?"

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When President Donald Trump and his family aren't on foreign trips, at home, or golfing in Bedminster, New Jersey, they're likely at the Mar-a-Lago Club, the seaside resort he calls "the winter White House."

The Palm Beach resort, which was built in the early 20th century and is Florida's second largest mansion, serves as the first family's weekend getaway, and the president has used it on multiple occasions to host important dignitaries.

But first and foremost, Mar-a-Lago is a place of lavish luxury. With its countless ornately decorated rooms and halls, it is a place that is built to impress.

Here's a look inside the complex, and what it takes to become a member:

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The Mar-a-Lago Club is a 20-acre estate with 128 rooms. The heiress to Post Cereal built it in 1927. It spans the entire width of the island Palm Beach is located on, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Intercoastal Waterway.

Source: Town and Country Magazine

Trump bought the estate and all of its antique furniture in 1985 for a combined total of $8 million.

Source: Town and Country Magazine

Today, it serves as the Trump family's playground, but is also open to people who purchase a membership at the club. Back in the 1990s, memberships cost $50,000, but they soared to $200,000 for the final spots after Trump's election.

Source: Palm Beach Daily News

It may come as no surprise, but the rich are getting richer.

In fact, the world's richest 1% of people own more wealth than the rest of humanity, according to a report by Oxfam, a non-profit that focuses on fighting global poverty.

The report, titled "Reward Work, Not Wealth," revealed an increasingly depressing picture of wealth and gender inequality around the world.

"To end extreme poverty, we must also end extreme wealth," Oxfam wrote in the report. "Today's gilded age is undermining our future. Governments should use regulation and taxation to radically reduce levels of extreme wealth, as well as limit the influence of wealthy individuals and groups over policy making."

Oxfam's report culled data from multiple sources including Forbes and Credit Suisse. Here are nine of the most mind-blowing facts about the world's richest people: 

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Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett — the three richest Americans — own as much wealth as the bottom 50% of the US population, about 160 million people.

Billionaire wealth rose by nearly 13% annually between 2006 and 2015, while ordinary wages rose by an average of just 2% a year.

The total wealth of the globe's billionaires grew by $762 billion in 2017.

We've all been there.

You've gone to the Eiffel Tower on your first day in Paris. Now you're three hours deep in queues and your schedule for the rest of the weekend has been thrown off.

Then you reach the top of the iconic tower, take in your surroundings, and realise that the very best thing about Paris's skyline is missing from your view.

There are many tourist traps which sound great in theory but will eat into your holiday in a big way. Once you go, you realise that — although they look great on a postcard — they aren't entirely worth the visit.

But there are plenty of landmarks that are worth the wait. Business Insider asked travel experts from the likes of Lonely Planet, Rare Escapes, and KAYAK for their favourite European landmarks that are actually worth visiting.

Scroll on to discover their top 26, ranging from London's Big Ben to the ornate gardens of Manoir d'Eyrignac in France.

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The Shard in London, UK.

"When done properly, London's Shard is a great way to view the London skyline," according to Neil James Cartwright, vacation search engine KAYAK's travel expert.

"Most people pay to go to the viewing deck – where they are herded in with dozens of other tourists all vying for free space by the windows. A better alternative is to visit Gong Bar on the floor below the viewing deck.

"You may have to reserve a table ahead of time, and there is a minimum spend of £30 for a table, but you get to sit in a beautiful bar, with some of the best barmen in London creating amazing cocktails for you."

"The view is 99% the same as the viewing deck, and may even work out cheaper than paying for individual tickets if you are a small group. I'd highly recommend going at dusk, so you can see the views of London slowly fade away and be replaced by the twinkling lights of the city."

The Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey.

"Istanbul is, in my opinion, one of the most underrated destinations in Europe," Cartwright said.

"The only city in the world to span two continents, you can really feel the blend of culture as you walk around, but one attraction which really made me stand and stare in awe was the interior of The Blue Mosque.

"The intricate details of the mosaic covers every high wall and domed ceiling. The level of attention to the artwork and the sheer volume of the place really makes this a tourist attraction that is worth taking the time to visit."

Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark.

"Tivoli, depending on the time of year, is one of the most beautiful amusement parks I've ever visited," Cartwright said.

"If you visit during the Christmas period, the whole park is themed with no expense spared on the lights and decorations. There are lakes with small boats, Chinese-themed buildings, and no shortage of small cafés and restaurants to have a glass of Gløgg and take a break from the cold."

• Hodinkee, the popular watch news and lifestyle site, is now an authorized retailer of some prestigious watch brands.
• The new Hodinkee Shop features a carefully curated selection of timepieces.
• The much-admired website is taking an innovative approach to combining passion with commerce.

Popular watch news and lifestyle site Hodinkee has been around since 2008.

During that time, the site, started by timepiece guru Ben Clymer after a stint in consulting and a return to grad school, has grown to become perhaps the most highly regarded resource for information on new and vintage watches.

Clymer has become something of a watch-world celebrity, and Hodinkee itself has grown to a staff of 25, with an infusion of investment in 2015 led by Digg cofounder Kevin Rose, who took over as Hodinkee CEO for a few years before going into venture capital in the Bay Area.

"I started Hodinkee out of a pure love of watches and the act of storytelling, we've grown up quite a bit," Clymer wrote in November.

Back in the CEO's seat, Clymer made something of an unexpected leap into territory Hodinkee had explored but not fully committed to.

"Never did I think this little site would become a business, but when life gives you an opportunity to do something special, it's a mistake to not pursue it. Since 2015, we've been working with the best watch brands in the world to conceive great products for you. Today, we take it one step further."

The one step further is Hodinkee actually selling new watches, as opposed to just Hodinkee-branded horological accessories, straps, and vintage timepieces.

Adding value to every purchase

The Hodinkee Store is streamlining choices and eliminating the intimidation. Buy a watch there, and you join a very pleasant and supportive club that's small yet passionate. In the end, the web's favorite watch resource is trying to restore something that the advent of e-commerce has deprived enthusiasts of: a tasteful purchase.

The shop will offer a suite of services to go along with the purchase. Eneuri Acosta, Hodinkee's COO who joined recently after working for Cadillac, said that this would include a digital record of the watch's documentation, a valuable extra these days when buyers want to see a timepiece's papers to ensure its provenance.

I've bought watches online and in stores, and without question I would consider making my next buy through the Hodinkee Shop — even if a watch I wanted wasn't for sale there. I think other customers might feel the same.

Let's say you want a Rolex or an Omega, neither of which is partnered with Hodinkee. You might go for a Grand Seiko or Nomos simply because it has the Hodinkee seal of approval alongside a well-crafted narrative about what makes the watch worthy.

In this sense Hodinkee is capitalizing on the beginnings of an online-commerce trend: authenticity paired with a superb buying experience. It's pretty easy to buy a watch on the web, but it's also necessary to contend with information- and choice-overload. At a dealer, the brick-and-mortar vibe can be intimidating.

All the right partners

The groundwork was laid for this undertaking by the site's partnership with watchmakers such as Zenith, TAG-Heuer, and even Swatch on special-edition pieces.

The company, based in New York, learned that there was both substantial demand and good e-commerce to be found in taking its accumulated knowledge (vast) and goodwill (equally vast), not to mention trust (enormous) and applying it to watch sales.

That meant taking a valuable editorial property with an interest in selling a few cool things and transforming it into a larger e-commerce platform that could sell some pretty expensive watches as an authorized dealer.

The trick was to maintain Hodinkee's hard-won editorial integrity while also selecting a highly curated selection of timepieces. Launch partners were a who's who of watchmakers that over the years Hodinkee has praised (and critiqued, when appropriate): Grand Seiko, Longines, Nomos Glashütte, Oris, Ressence, TAG Heuer, Vacheron Constantin, and Zenith.

Grand Seiko in particular is an appealing inclusion, as the watches can be difficult to track down in the US, despite having a reputation for being the Rolexes of Japan.

According to Acosta, the design of the new Hodinkee Shop was intended to deal with a fundamental pain point: Buying a good watch often isn't that much fun.

He explained to me that the buying experience is highly curated, including even some "new old stock" TAG-Heuer that had been unavailable. You're not going to find every single Oris or Longines piece, for example, just the ones that make the Hodinkee cut — watches they loved. Choices run the gamut from a very affordable Oris Divers 65, at just under $2,000, to a stunning Vacheron Constantin Historiques Cornes De Vache 1955 for $72,500.

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LONDON — The former family home of Stanley Johnson, father of Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, is up for sale, but it'll cost you.

The five-storey West London house, which also served as the base for Johnson's successful race to become London mayor in 2008, is available for £11,250,000.

Take a look inside.

The exterior of the house, which is located on Regent's Park Road in west London.

Pictured are Boris and Stanley Johnson. Stanley, best known for his recent stint on ITV show "I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here," purchased the home with his wife in 1994 and sold it to current owners in 2011. The Johnsons had first lived in Primrose Hill in the 1970s, with a young Boris and sister Rachel, who is a journalist, attending Primrose Hill Primary School.

The five storey, 5,200 sq. ft. Victorian townhouse contains four bedrooms and four bathrooms.