August 17, 2016

Skin Deep: Olympian Style Inspires Kids and Some Adults

Skin Deep By CRYSTAL MARTIN Maddy Wiederkehr, 11, who lives in Westchester County, has been putting her hair up in a tidy Aly Raisman-style topknot since […]
August 15, 2016

Their Hair Fell Out. Should the F.D.A. Have the Power to Act?

WASHINGTON — When the Los Angeles hairstylist Chaz Dean pitched his almond mint and lavender-scented hair care products — endorsed by celebrities like Brooke Shields and […]
August 13, 2016

He Likes Trump. She Doesn’t. Can This Marriage Be Saved?

In early May, when Dr. Thomas Stossel told his wife, Dr. Kerry Maguire, of his plan to vote for Donald J. Trump in the general election, […]
August 13, 2016

Q: Why Do Gay Men Love the Olympics? A: Isn’t It Obvious?

RIO DE JANEIRO — Since before the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Outsports.com has been covering gay issues in sports. The site is filled largely with […]
August 13, 2016

A ‘Sex and the City’ for African Viewers

Let’s get this out of the way up front: “An African City,” the steamy Ghanaian web series about five young women looking for love in Accra, […]
August 13, 2016

Noted: A Winning Look (Outside the Pool) for Michael Phelps

By now, half the planet knows the meme #PhelpsFace, the viral image of the Olympian Michael Phelps furiously glowering as he prepped in the team room […]
August 13, 2016

Night Out: Craig Robinson’s Turtles Give Him Guilt Trips

Night Out By STEVEN KURUTZ On a recent evening, Craig Robinson, the actor and stand-up comedian known from the TV show “The Office” and the movies […]
August 12, 2016

Modern Love: How a Bird Feeder Revived My Marriage

Modern Love By TISTA SEN My husband was no longer the man I had married. He had become grumpy and short-tempered, acting as if life had […]
August 12, 2016

Vows: From Reality Show to Reality: A Bachelor Finds Love

Vows By LOIS SMITH BRADY In December 2010, Ames Brown was traveling home from Uzbekistan when he got a call from “The Bachelorette,” the reality TV […]
August 12, 2016

Amid the Fury of the Olympics, the Zen of the Trampoline

Wherever you are, whatever time it is, it is the Olympics. The events in Rio de Janeiro feel constant and inescapable, a furious relay of competition […]