Public figures may have a tougher time connecting with audiences when they become so famous and wealthy that they lose touch with everyday experiences, he added. An out-of-touch star is rarely likable, especially at a time when fans have grown accustomed to joining their favorite entertainers on social media as they document a date night…
Follow our live updates of the Super Bowl between Philadelphia and Kansas City. Stars — they’re nothing like us. Except some of them, like many of us, will tune in this weekend to watch the Kansas City Chiefs face the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl. (You can find all of our coverage of the…
There’s been a lot of talk over the last year or so, around dinner tables, in academia, in Congress, about how our online lives have warped our sense of self: of truth, of propriety, of time, of relationships, of who we are and how we express ourselves. What exactly that means is starting to come…
Joel White, a Republican strategist who specializes in health policy, said Mr. Sanders might be more bipartisan than some of his critics expect, adding, “I think Bernie probably wouldn’t have become chair of the health committee just to throw bombs.” Two Republicans on the panel, Mr. Braun and Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas, both said…
After finishing up a game at the Punta Borinquen Golf Club in Aguadilla, P.R., Angelique Velez Sina went to a nearby bar and found herself the center of attention with a group of men who had been playing on the same course. “I was the only female there,” she said of that day in November…
When guests arrived at Alison Leiby’s recent Hanukkah party, they were greeted with an unusual sight for a Brooklyn apartment: an ice luge. Sitting in the center of her kitchen island, the large ice sculpture said “Happy Hanukkah” in big letters and had two carved slides meant for pouring, cooling and drinking alcohol. Ms. Leiby,…
To Ms. Chavis, people repeat the language they learn from social media, where people, especially women, swap tips on how to recognize the signs of potential manipulation. Sometimes, these come from actual therapists; often, the advice is given by anyone with a front-facing camera. Dr. Jessi Gold, a psychiatrist at Washington University in St. Louis…
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Misinformation was spreading, including reports that Mr. Brady had died. Dr. O’Leary told The New York Times that he had never appeared before a television camera as a public spokesman before. Nor had he been directly involved in treating the president. Yes, his father was a journalist, Dr. O’Leary said, and “he taught me my…
The number of suicides has been climbing for decades and reached its highest point, 48,344, in 2018. Many expected the pandemic to cause a spike in suicides, but in 2020 the numbers dropped for the second year in a row, to 45,979. That dip seemed to come to an end in 2021, with a total…