David Rhoades skipped a lot of school in the mid-2000s as a student at Sturgis Brown High School in Sturgis, S.D. Not much held his attention, besides a girl a year younger who was good at painting and drawing. “Nikki and I had known each other since eighth grade, but in high school we really…
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This holiday season, we’re not checking off the “naughty or nice” list, but the hottie list. For Savage X Fenty’s Holiday 2020 campaign, Hot Girl Coach Megan Thee Stallion is supplying her fans with all the trimmings to make sure this holiday season is hottie-approved. For the November Xtra VIP Box—a monthly selection of exclusive…
The soap opera also known as the largest deal in luxury, the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton-Tiffany acquisition, finally has a happy ending. The two companies originally announced their synergistic engagement in November 2019 only to later engage in months of public mudslinging after the pandemic hit the luxury market and LVMH’s commitment turned wobbly.…
In the final weeks before the presidential election, real estate closings slowed in New York City, but there were still several big transactions, including a record purchase in SoHo and another king-size sale at 220 Central Park South. An anonymous buyer paid $35.1 million for a meticulously renovated triplex atop 419-421 Broome Street, the 19th-century…
If the 2016 election pitted feminism against machismo, this one asks voters to consider what masculinity means. President Trump, in his personality and policies, has presented himself as hypermasculine: tough, plain-spoken, the patriarch who is unafraid to offend and unapologetic when he does. Joe Biden has emphasized family, empathy and caring for others — the…
Jaime Oliva stepped out of an Uber and into harm’s way. Mr. Oliva, 30, a senior adviser for strategic management at the Department of Health and Human Services, was returning to his Washington office and looking razor sharp after visiting his barber in July 2017. He had tickets that evening to a John Legend concert…
Nathan Hartman and Christopher Sipes first met in March 2011 when they were introduced by mutual friends at a dinner in Atlanta, where they both lived. “We were each in long-term, committed relationships at that time,” said Mr. Hartman (left), 42, an estate planning lawyer and an adjunct professor at the Emory School of Law.…
A few matters might have stood in the way of a relationship between Mallika Pereira and Dr. Kennedy Cosgrove. She is a committed planner and he said his best friend in medical school referred to him as “Mr. TBD.” She lived in New York. He lives in Lafayette, Calif. But from the first moment he…
Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor, on Thursday became the latest Republican politician to be fooled into making a campaign video on behalf of a Democrat. Mr. Christie is one of many of Mr. Trump’s current and former associates available for hire on Cameo, an app that allows users to commission personalized videos from…