Bahamas, Bridgehampton, Super Bowls Mr. Rubin’s business strategy of including players in long-term profit shares as well as his criminal justice reform efforts make him a rarity among white billionaires, said Earvin “Magic” Johnson, the former Los Angeles Lakers superstar who is now an owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and a member of Fanatics…
Joseph Valonis, who married Ms. Valonis in 1966 and died of heart disease, was a Navy veteran. Mr. Mirra joined the U.S. Air Force in 1953. After 51 months of active duty, he became a reservist. From 1957 to 1992, he was recalled to active duty twice: first in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis…
Pfizer announced on Friday that its pill to treat Covid-19 had been found in a key clinical trial to be highly effective at preventing severe illness among at-risk people who received the drug soon after they exhibited symptoms. The antiviral pill is the second of its kind to demonstrate efficacy against Covid. It appears to…
New York, London, Milan, and Paris were once considered the only capitals in which great style could be found. With the ever-increasing globalization of the fashion industry, however, this antiquated notion is falling by the wayside and emerging designers in once overshadowed corners of the globe are finally getting their due. One hub on the…
Glam disco was the theme at the 25th Hulaween party, held on Oct. 30 at Cipriani South Street to benefit the New York Restoration Project, the nonprofit started by Bette Midler to protect green spaces. The American Ballet Theater honored Jenna Segal at its fall gala on Oct. 26; the performance was followed by a…
Airlines make it easier to stick with the program Over the past 18 months, each airline has taken a different approach to hanging on to its biggest spenders, but their goal is the same: to make it easier for customers who have achieved status to keep it. Alaska Airlines, for example, is giving a 50…
Averi Harper and Kenneth Robinson, who met on a San Francisco train in September 2015, knew they might be destined for a future together when they realized their schedules had something in common: neither worked on Mondays or Tuesdays. “When we first started dating, we had unconventional schedules, we were both working long, odd hours,”…
Gil Moshe Gentile got it just right in June 2013 when he asked Hannah Marie Mandel to meet him at “Jack Goldstein X 10,000,” a conceptual art exhibit at the Jewish Museum in Manhattan. “He was an artist I really loved,” Mr. Gentile said. “It was her vibe, too.” When he had reached out to…
When Julia Tishman gave Adam Elias her business card at a September 2017 networking event that doubled as a mutual friend’s birthday, she at first was unsure what to make of his follow-up email. “I remember chuckling at his first email to me on my official House email,” Ms. Tishman said. At the time, she…
As they observed the canals, Ms. Mungiguerra said she saw Mr. Chan remove something from his pocket and finally realized what was happening. The surprise overseas proposal was no simple task, Mr. Chan said. “I wrote a note and tied it to the ring box for T.S.A. because I had heard sometimes it comes up…