In 1958, when Mary Pat Laffey Inman became a stewardess — as they were then called — for Northwest Airlines, she was 20 years old and the clock was already ticking. At 32, she would be forced to retire. That is, if she didn’t marry, get pregnant or even gain too much weight before that:…
Una mañana cualquiera, Susan Glass puede sentarse en el patio de su complejo de apartamentos en Saratoga, California, e identificar de oído hasta 15 especies distintas de aves: un arrendajo de Steller, un pájaro carpintero, un herrerillo unicolor. Para ella, la observación de aves es más que un pasatiempo. “Las aves son mi vista”, afirmó…
Stars of the past year’s biggest movies descended on the Royal Festival Hall in London for the BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday. The ceremony, which was hosted this year by the actor David Tennant, honors achievement in British filmmaking, but American celebrities were well represented on the (actually) red carpet. “Oppenheimer” was the night’s biggest…
Is it possible that the next great American media mogul is a woman who would rather sit in bed watching hours of “Grey’s Anatomy” than sit courtside at a Los Angeles Lakers game? Is it possible that she has made crowds of thousands of women scream over her sex tips? Is it possible that, on…
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. The photographer James Nachtwey showed up at Bradley Cooper’s farmhouse in Pennsylvania one freezing morning in January, armed with a coat and a camera. “Let’s take a walk,” an affable Mr. Cooper suggested, leading Mr.…
There are a few essentials for any child’s birthday party: a theme, a cake, some balloons, a piñata created in the image of a convicted killer. At least that was the checklist for Alana Elizondo of Eagle Pass, Texas, when her daughter Raelynn requested a Selena Quintanilla theme for her eighth-birthday party. Ms. Elizondo and…
Between snapping pictures, shopping, and eating lunches, you’re going to need a free hand, so adding a crossbody to your collection is a no-brainer. Dimensions: Length: 12.6 inches; height: 7.6 inches; depth: 2.5 inches Colors: Blue, Beige, Black, Multi Material: Raffia, leather
Durante años, mi esposo me dijo: “Eres el amor de mi vida. Nada de lo que hagas me haría dejarte”. Después conoció a alguien más, y nuestra relación terminó. Tal como lo prometió, no fue por algo que yo hice. Para ambos había sido el segundo matrimonio, y él ya tenía dos hijas jóvenes, un…
As a father of two, Gerard Gousman enjoyed his career as a tour manager, working for artists like DMX, Salt-N-Pepa and Cat Power. But the job required him to travel about six months out of the year. So when his wife, Quaneisha Gousman, became pregnant in 2018, he crunched some numbers. Mr. Gousman, now 45,…
For nearly 40 years, the novelist Bret Easton Ellis has been chronicling noirish debauchery in best-selling books such as “American Psycho” and “Less Than Zero.” This week, his partner, Todd Michael Schultz, was arrested at the fancy Los Angeles condominium building where the couple lives, and was charged with burglary, according to Abraham Bedoyan, a…