Finally, Out of the ‘Friend Bucket’

Jochen Chang revealed his inner Prince Charming when he and Leigh-Ann Michelle Laughlin started dating in 2019. “I found him very chivalrous,” Ms. Laughlin said. “His language was very Jane Austen-y.” It might have been otherwise if she hadn’t put him in a royal frame of mind. “Leigh-Ann looks like Kate Middleton,” he said. “When…

Horror Masks Are Never Just About the Monster

Surfacing These cinematic mainstays continue to terrify. ImageCredit…Trevor Wisecup for The New York Times Credit…Landon Nordeman for The New York Times Credit…Brad Ogbonna for The New York Times When “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” came out in 1974, it was marketed as a true story, which undoubtedly added to the horror factor. The claim was…

Instead, a Short Run to the Altar

Lyndsey Cecilia McKenna and Nicholas Justin Bunker were supposed to run the Chicago marathon on Oct. 11, but after it was canceled they decided to make the date special another way — with a small wedding at St. Mary Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in St. Petersburg, Fla. “At every point the goal posts…

The Word Through the Grapevine: Yes

David Alexander Gosse didn’t think of Meredith Moss too often after they graduated from Olympus High School near Salt Lake City in 1991. Back then, he was scared of her ambition. “I remember her as being this intensely driven person who was like, ‘Get out of my way! I’m on a mission to go rule…

Bioplastics no safer than other plastics

Conventional plastic is made from oil. The production of plastic is not sustainable, and it can contain substances we know are dangerous if ingested. In recent years, bioplastics have come onto the market as an alternative to conventional plastic. Bioplastic has some apparent advantages: it is usually made from recycled material or plant cellulose, it…