At the end of May 2021, Ilana Madelya Maier received a tipsy call from Tyler Aldrich, asking: “If someone like Scott Berlin, but not Scott Berlin, but Scott Berlin asked you out, what would you say?” Ms. Maier replied, “I would need to get an invite for him to find out.” Mr. Aldrich was one…
Talia Bernstein heard Adele sing and felt inspired to make her move. It was December 2015, and for months, she had a crush on Kristen Zublin, whom she had met during an improv class in Los Angeles. Even though their class had ended, the two continued to hang out with each other, often deep into…
“Breathe,” he says. “Just focus on the breath.” The instructor’s voice is pleasant, slightly gravelly, like waves rolling over pebbles. Even with my eyes closed, I know he’s grinning, enjoying the meditation class more than I am. “Yes, that’s it, in and out,” he says. “Only the breath. Nothing else to worry about.” It sounds…
Andrew McCaskill slid into Marcus Dwayne Johnson’s Instagram direct messages in September 2019 with a flirty note, telling him that he looked really cute in a suit he was modeling. The message he finally got back six weeks later wasn’t quite as playful. “I’m thinking he’s going to be like, ‘Hey, Big Papa,’” Mr. McCaskill…
Angela Sue Lucas booked a two-day getaway for her 40th birthday in July 2020 at Club DLuxx, an Airbnb run by Dennis Peter Weisse in North Fort Myers, Fla. Or, so she thought. “I refused her reservation,” said Mr. Weisse, 70, who was nicknamed DLuxx by a high school buddy. “I don’t allow guests to…
An official in charge of diversity, equity and inclusion at Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center was accused this week of plagiarizing large sections of his doctoral dissertation, according to an anonymous complaint filed with the university. The 55-page complaint accused the official, Alade McKen, of copying material in his 2021 dissertation at Iowa State University…
In the sixth season of the Netflix series “Love Is Blind,” one contestant, Chelsea, implied — through the walls of a self-contained dating pod — that she had a celebrity look-alike. “I get one person, and it’s just because I have dark hair and blue eyes,” she coyly teased another contestant, Jimmy, before revealing her…
The company announced the departure of its most famous spokeswoman in a corporate filing that sent the stock into a tailspin.
I know we’re in the dead of winter, but I have to admit, fall is the best time of year to get dressed. Yes, spring and summer have their perks, mainly, being the peak season for wedding guest dresses and ultra-cute (but affordable) swimsuits. And sure, shedding all those heavy layers in favor of something…
The Latest News Alcohol-related deaths surged in the United States by nearly 30 percent in recent years, with roughly 500 Americans dying each day in 2021, according to a new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study chronicled a sustained spike in drinking during the Covid pandemic that continued to…