Image Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem in 2017.CreditStephen Crowley/The New York Times On election night in Beverly Hills, Jason Blum, the hot shot horror-movie producer, was accepting an award at the Israel Film Festival. The polls in a string of midterm contests were closing, and…
It’s fair to say Terry Gross knows some things about talking to people. The host and co-executive producer of NPR’s “Fresh Air” has interviewed thousands of personalities over the course of her four-decade career. It all started in the early 1970s, when, floundering a bit in her post-college life, she landed a gig at WBFO,…
Brian Tyree Henry looked to the heavens and let out a primal roar. He was playing the arcade game X-Men: Children of the Atom and his avatar, Storm, the silver-haired weather-controlling mutant, had just been laser blasted by Cyclops. “Aw, man! Come on,” he said, along with some unprintable phrases. Mr. Henry was spending a…
Bride Meyrav Yehud, 24, has the final accessories of her henna outfit adjusted. Groom Or Dochan, 25, wears a triangular necklace, symbolizing the three life principles: the Torah, work, and doing good deeds. At a recent henna celebration at the Yemeni Heritage Center in Rosh Ha’Ayin, Israel, the bride had three ensemble changes, each representing…
VICTORVILLE, Calif. — Makeup, earrings and perfume are off limits. So are smiles. Even the swing of a ponytail can attract unwanted attention, so women slick their hair back into a style known as the “bureau bun” — as in the Federal Bureau of Prisons. They wear oversized uniforms to hide the faint outlines of…
Last Friday, three days after being elected to the House of Representatives, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez invited over 600,000 people to chat as she made loaded macaroni and cheese in an Instant Pot. Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, was streaming on Instagram Live, answering questions submitted through the live chat feature as she grated cheese and…
This week Chanel re-opened its NYC flagship store after years of construction. The now 14,000 square-foot boutique at 57th St. and 5th Ave. is four floors of a Chanel lover’s dream, full of ready-to-wear, handbags, shoes, jewelry, and fragrance and beauty. And while that’s all impressive, the most dramatic part of the boutique is without…
We’ll defend a pair of Ugg snow boots to the end of time, but some days we don’t want to stash galoshes under our desks. So what do we do? FInd a pair of shoes that can do both—stand the weather and look sleek and stylish while doing so. Brands like Aquatalia and La Canadienne…
Image Mirror, mirror: a model reflected during a Victoria’s Secret show casting.CreditBéatrice de Géa for The New York Times The push-up bra may be finally going the way of the corset. The news this week that Jan Singer, the C.E.O. of Victoria’s Secret Lingerie was stepping down — this after a P.R. crisis over transphobic…
Image CreditShutterstock In April, Jered Threatin began to hold auditions for a backing band. He chose three musicians and told them they would embark on an all-expenses paid European tour with his band, Threatin. The first stop was The Underworld in London. Someone representing Threatin had paid £780 (roughly $1,010) to book it for the…