Josh Radnor and Jordana Jacobs were married outdoors this month, amid a snowstorm, with their 164 snow-drenched guests shivering in the 20-degree evening air, as Dr. Jacobs read a 10-minute monologue about her beloved, and Mr. Radnor responded with a 10-minute soliloquy. No strangers to extraordinary circumstances, the couple fell for each other while tripping…
He and I had been friends in graduate school in New Orleans for seven months when we had sex for the first time. He was engaged at the time to someone else who lived in a different state. It was Mardi Gras, and the attraction he and I had for each other, combined with multiple…
Harry Tomás Rimalower was riding out a perfect storm on Dec. 18, 2022, when he matched with Margaret Anne Hunt on the dating app Bumble. “I was getting a divorce, a new job and a new apartment,” said Mr. Rimalower, 36, a lawyer at the Los Angeles office of Hanson Bridgett. He graduated with a…
Julia Kate Tiller and Eric Daniel Graves didn’t meet at her older brother’s graduation in 2019, although they both attended (Mr. Graves is Ms. Tiller’s brother’s friend). They didn’t fall in love at church in the summer of 2021, although that’s where they met. The two became fast friends thanks to social media. “He used…
On Alexandria Angco’s 28th birthday in September 2022, she declared that she would not date anyone for a whole year. Dating wasn’t going so well for her, and she wanted to focus on herself instead. Twelve days later, she met Christian Chai Chua in person for the first time. And five months later, they were…
Speaking from the stage of the 75th Emmy Awards as he prepared to announce the winner for best supporting actor in a drama series, Pedro Pascal clarified for anyone wondering that an injury to his shoulder — not his arm — was what required him to have a sling. He also offered something in the…
Viewers of award shows might have noticed a trend in recent years: Some of the red carpets have been colors other than red. But that doesn’t mean the color has been absent from the carpets. This year, red has been among the most popular colors worn by celebrities. Selena Gomez, Ayo Edebiri, Barry Keoghan, Dua…
In late December 2019, eight pages of genetic code were sent to computers at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. Unbeknown to American officials at the time, the genetic map that had landed on their doorstep contained critical clues about the virus that would soon touch off a pandemic. The genetic code, submitted…
Have you noticed how little “news” I break in this so-called newsletter? Practically none. Well, here’s some for a change: Nikita Richardson is coming back next week. Nikita, who started writing “Where to Eat: New York City” almost two years ago, has been working on another desk in the newsroom since August. I’ve been driving…
A Virginia woman who has spent more than a year digging a tunnel under her home and documenting the project on TikTok was recently stopped by officials in her town after the popularity of her account brought their attention to her project. Spending hours heaving dirt and rocks from the ground might seem like an…