Is Raking Your Leaves Bad for Your Lawn? A Grass Expert Explains

Photo: AlamyTo rake or not to rake — that is an essential question for homeowners when it comes to fall lawn care.Although fallen leaves contain nutrients that are beneficial for your lawn, they can also be harmful in certain cases, saysSuzanne DeJohn, garden editor atkidsgardening.org.A few fallen leaves is fine, but they can quickly accumulate into a thick layer and end up smothering the grass. “You have a few options to avoid this,” says DeJohn.

Isabella Rossellini Insists She Wasn't 'Exploited' by David Lynch inBlue Velvet: 'I Chose to Play the Character'

Isabella Rossellini in 1986’s Blue Velvet.Photo:De Laurentiis Entertainment Group/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty De Laurentiis Entertainment Group/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Isabella Rosselliniis refuting the idea that she was treated poorly while makingDavid Lynch’s 1986 filmBlue Velvet. While speaking withIndieWirerecently about her new movieLa Chimera, Rossellini, 71, was asked aboutRoger Ebert’s decades-oldreviewofBlue Velvet, in which the legendary late film critic wrote that she was “degraded, slapped around, humiliated and undressed in front of the camera” for the film.

Isabelle Fuhrman Is Back as 'Orphan' Esther 13 Years Later: 'I'd Be Pissed If Anybody Else Played' Her

Isabelle Fuhrman inOrphan: First Kill(2022).Photo: Steve Ackerman/ Paramount Isabelle Fuhrmanfeels ownership over her killer horror-movie role — and 13 years later, she’s ready to reclaim it. The actress was 10 when she made her first-ever movieOrphan, the thriller with a much-talked-about twist: her character Esther, who tormented her adoptive family with increasingly disturbed outbursts, is actually a scheming adult woman with a condition making her appear childlike. It was a shocker for audiences in 2009, and Fuhrman hopes to top it with the new prequel,Orphan: First Kill.

Isabelle Huppert on Her Dior Wardrobe in New Film, Love of Shoes and Those Viral Balenciaga Looks

Photo: Mike Marsland/WireImage ForIsabelle Huppert, fashion reigns supreme. “It was nice to be nicely dressed up and made up in the beautiful, old Dior dresses I was wearing,” she says, joking too that she wishes she “could have taken with me the makeup girl and the hairdresser” after filming wrapped. (Shout out to her personal stylist for the film, Szandra Bíró.) The French actress tells PEOPLE that to her, fashion is all about self-expression.

IsJoker: Folie à DeuxOK for Tweens? What Parents Need to Know About the R-Rated Sequel

Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in ‘Joker: Folie a Deux’.Photo:Niko Tavernise Niko Tavernise Joaquin PhoenixandLady Gaga’s new movie is rated R for a reason. Does the movie make for appropriate viewing for kids, tweens or teens? Read on for what parents should expect before letting their children seeFolie à Deux.(Note: There are some spoilers ahead.) Joker: Folie à Deuxis almost as violent asJoker Folie à Deux, per the MPAA, is rated R “for some strong violence.