Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. I knew certain things about Charley Fogel, the person I was interviewing a few weeks ago at a Starbucks in Bethesda, Md. Their pronouns were they/them. They had adopted their gender-neutral name a few years…
Even though he gouges out eyeballs eight times a week, Russell Harvard seems like a really nice guy. When I tell the actor that I have a cold, as we sit in a corner of the Lambs Club in the theater district, he insists on pouring me a glass of the jasmine, elderflower and violet…
Maureen Dowd: You keep a stack of two-dollar bills to randomly hand out to hard-working people. Russell Harvard: I do, from time to time, because when I give the two-dollar bills, their faces light up! I love seeing that. You kept the fringed jacket you wore as the assassin Mr. Wrench in “Fargo.” Yes, from…
Getty Images Can you buy into the American Dream the same way you buy clothes? Alexander Wang wants to know. His latest collection put our national style on blast, mixing the Instagram A-List (Kendall! Kaia! Pete Davidson?!) with knowing nods to hip hop royalty, rodeo cowgirls, and country club cliques. Here’s the cheat sheet of…
WASHINGTON — On a recent Monday morning, Ivanka Trump began her day as usual, with bad media coverage, a good get-up and a greeting at her front door by the paparazzi. In the six seconds it took Ms. Trump to leave her home and climb into a black Secret Service car, a photographer for The…
Bridget Moynahan doesn’t understand people who don’t understand the appeal of watching golf. “I don’t think it’s boring,” said Ms. Moynahan, 48, a star of the police drama “Blue Bloods,” which was just renewed for a 10th season. “I find it really relaxing.” But when it comes to playing golf, relaxing is not quite the…
Whether you’re an athlete, gym junkie, frequent commuter, or “sneakerhead,” one thing everyone can agree on is that sneakers are an essential part to life. Dramatic? Maybe, but sneakers provide breathable comfort, versatility, and durability that you wouldn’t normally get from towering pumps or too-flat shoes. Serena Williams wore a pair of bedazzled kicks to…
Image Alex Auder at her yoga studio in Philadelphia. Asked by the photographer to do a yoga pose, she declined. “I hate yoga,” she said.CreditMark Makela for The New York Times You cannot swing a cat (pose) on Instagram without hitting photographs of yoga instructors with perfect figures twisted into perfect shapes, selling essential oils…
BURLINGAME, Calif. — Sarah Jane Bradley was an unmarried, “spiritual but not religious” professional in her early 30s, with a rowdy group of friends and a start-up when she moved out of her communal house and into a convent. A bunch of friends went with her. They called the project Nuns and Nones, and they…
Name: Kodi Smit-McPhee Age: 22 Hometown: Adelaide, Australia. Now lives: In a two-bedroom apartment in Marina del Rey, Calif., that he shares with a roommate. Claim to fame: Mr. Smit-McPhee, who is in the next “X Men” movie, and has appeared in a short film for the fashion label Kenzo, is a rising star who…