As experts look to unemployment or G.D.P., people online are turning to pop culture moments (like Will Smith’s new album or a new “Ted Lasso” season) as signs of economic instability.It’s Will Smith announcing a new album. It’s “Mamma Mia!” returning to Broadway. It’s the uptick in law ...
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Teen Vogue’s rollicking Q&A with Vivian Wilson offered insight into her life, her interests and her feelings about her famous father.Versha Sharma, the editor in chief of Teen Vogue, said she had started to pay close attention to Vivian Jenna Wilson, the 20-year-old daughter of Elon and Justine ...
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In light of recent American foreign policy decisions, many U.S. travelers are concerned about how they will be perceived abroad.As Franck Verhaeghe and two friends planned a March trip to Mexico City, they plotted out not only where they would stay and which museums they would visit but ...
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Some of the most dismally wrongheaded performances I have ever seen have been wedding toasts — and I used to review Off Off Broadway theater.There was the groomsman who made the toast all about himself and the bridesmaid whose anecdote about the married couple’s first date included the ...
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A Trump appointee at an agency overseeing layoffs came under fire for filming fashion videos at work. But for others in the world of 9-to-5 outfit inspiration, on-the-job content often is the job.As soon as he arrives to his office, just before 8 a.m. each day, Xander Maddox ...
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Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube |iHeartRadio‘I want to say, for the better part of the last … 15 years, I’ve been courting myself.’Photo Illustration by The New York Times; Background: Brian Rea; Inset: Michael Rowe/Getty Images for IMDbNatasha Rothwell ...
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Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube |iHeartRadio‘I want to say, for the better part of the last … 15 years, I’ve been courting myself.’Photo Illustration by The New York Times; Background: Brian Rea; Inset: Michael Rowe/Getty Images for IMDbNatasha Rothwell ...
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Mr. Cunningham was a milliner before he became a noted style photographer. Eight of his one-of-a-kind hats are now up for auction.Before Bill Cunningham rode his bicycle around the city taking photos of fashionable New Yorkers for The New York Times, he helped dress some of them as ...
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From the Lake District in England to a lush island in Japan, here’s a way to travel — and sleep — in style.If you’ve longed to indulge in elegant rail travel, but thought the days of lavish cars and live music were over, you’re in luck. New trains ...
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Kirsten Molz always thought of herself as a beach person more than a mountain person. But when her family rented a house in Park City, Utah, at the beginning of the pandemic, she reconsidered.“I always wanted an ocean house,” said Ms. Molz, 51, an interior designer who calls ...
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The R&B artist and the newly traded Pittsburgh Steeler DeKaylin “DK” Metcalf are a success story for friends playing matchmaker. The pair were introduced by Ciara and Russell Wilson in 2022.Normani and DeKaylin Metcalf have kept their relationship mostly low-key, but that changed on Thursday when Mr. Metcalf, ...
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Her mother’s lack of discipline is turning the 10-year-old into a brat, and I’m worried about her future.My stepdaughter has been a single mother for about five years. She’s 45 and I recognize that it’s tough raising a 10-year-old girl while holding a full-time job and routinely jousting ...
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Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.Brian ReaHair Today, Gone TomorrowOne of the first things Jay told me was, “I love your hair.” It was 1995, and it was inky black from drugstore dye. After I got my first magazine job, it ...
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When one partner wants to cut back, or stops drinking altogether, the changes can reverberate throughout a relationship.Casey and Mike Davidson always enjoyed drinking together.The couple, both 49, met after college while working as consultants at the same firm. Romance blossomed over work happy hours, then time spent ...
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