Star Jones: Who’s a Who?

Since her tenure on “The View” in the early 2000s, Star Jones has rarely been out of the public eye. At 58, Ms. Jones, a lawyer, novelist, television personality, producer and social activist, has embarked on a new chapter in her multidimensional career. Named this month as the executive editor of the Marquis Who’s Who…

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What Was the Vertical Club?

The obvious glamour of the club tinctured virtue with vice, “bolstering that image that this was sexy, this was a singles club, this was where people went to meet each other,” said Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, another fitness historian. “But at the same time they had to sanitize that image, because they wanted to attract this…

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These Eggs, Though!

Good morning. I don’t like this season of “Pandemic.” The writing’s weak, and the plotlines keep shifting. Everything’s so dark! I’m working hard to find pleasure these days: a fudgy brownie one of my kids baked, a glass of malted milk with it; hot honey shrimp; dan dan noodles. Sometimes that works. (Other times only…

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