A Fateful Crosswalk“Why don’t you have a girlfriend?” my younger brother asks. “Everyone thinks you’re gay.” Panic consumes 14-year-old me. I pray and hear: “Find a girlfriend.” I date the most popular girl in high school until I...
Some people go to the Met Gala for the self-promotion. Some go because it’s the ultimate game of dress-up. But Dwyane Wade, the N.B.A. Hall of Famer turned game-show host, brand ambassador and philanthropist, went for something else.He...
Last spring, Oliver Widger quit his corporate job of 11 years, liquidated his 401(k) and bought a sailboat. His goal: to set sail from his home in Oregon and voyage around the world, starting with a first leg...
“I don’t know if you ever finished ‘Idol,’” Mr. Tesfaye said, with a good-natured smirk, during the conversation at his home in Los Angeles.“I don’t know if you got to the end yet, but I’ll help you out:...
“I threw a Zyn in as he was saying that,” Mr. Robertson said. “I was like, ‘Cool, don’t care.’”He was not persuaded to quit until later that night when he came across a post in the Reddit group...
George Li was born on Feb. 18, 1935, in Hong Kong. His father, Alexander Li, was a circus acrobat who taught him how to do handstands; his mother was his first dance teacher. When Japan occupied Hong Kong...
Three sea gulls, including a chick, were possibly the first beings on earth to learn that a new pope had been elected on Thursday.Minutes before white smoke bellowed out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel — a...
Susan Hagen, 48, was practically vibrating with excitement. She would soon be in the same room with three women who had helped her through some of the shakiest, most vulnerable moments in her life, even though they didn’t...
One night, $31 million, hundreds of celebrities and your six favorite looks.On Monday, stars including Madonna and Rihanna walked down the blue carpet to celebrate the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute show “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.”Every year...
Mr. McNally brings a sense of racy fun to his restaurants, offering a free glass of Champagne to solo diners at Balthazar, for instance. This can sometimes complicate matters for the staff, as when he announced in 2023...
