Countless travelers have experienced the distinct anxiety-inducing sensation of turbulence on flights: Eyes squeezed shut, hands clamped to the armrests for dear life, bracing for the roller coaster to come. Recent incidents have left dozens of passengers with injuries. Last month, seven passengers on a Lufthansa flight from Texas to Frankfurt were hospitalized with minor…
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Seven Photos The star of “Paint” shares seven photos from her phone — and contemplates work, canines, a coyote attack and mortality while bouncing between the coasts. April 7, 2023 Michaela Watkins describes herself as an actress who doesn’t know where she’s going to be next week. That’s only a small exaggeration. “Paint,” the comedy…
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Four days before their wedding, Richie Romero and Tiffany Wong emailed family members a “save the date” invite. It was void of time, location and dress code — the couple were still deciding those details. “We wanted somewhere in New York with significance,” said Mr. Romero, an admitted adrenaline junkie. “We did a lot of…
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You could assume designers and editors dictate what’s “in,” and consumers sheepishly just follow along. Sometimes, though, it’s the opposite. For decades, brands have instead relied on everyday trailblazers. Remember Malcolm Gladwell’s viral New Yorker story “The Coolhunt”? It’s still eerily relevant over 25 years later. For time immemorial, trendsetters have set trends (as they…
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Fabrizio Lombardo, the former head of Miramax in Italy and a close associate of Harvey Weinstein, has been accused of rape in a lawsuit filed on April 6 in New York State Supreme Court. The suit was brought by Sara Ziff, a former model and the founder of the Model Alliance, an advocacy group for…
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If you visit Alejandro Aguilar’s Brooklyn home in early spring, the best time to show up is between 6:30 and 7 p.m. That golden half-hour is when sunlight skims over the surrounding factory buildings and streams through the windows, kissing the leaves, fronds and spines of his 250-odd houseplants. You’ll find a white moth orchid…
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At its heart, the new Hulu series “Tiny Beautiful Things” is about the messiness of life. The show, based on Cheryl Strayed’s collection of her “Dear Sugar” advice columns and produced by Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern, pulls back the curtain on the people who help us navigate it all. The series, premiering on Friday,…
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Milkshake and Pickles are reluctant travelers. So when Patience Warren needed to take the two elderly cats on a 12-hour drive in February, she was hoping to get some pharmaceutical assistance, especially for Pickles, a petite gray tabby with a history of severe motion sickness. The dilemma: Taking Pickles to the vet typically triggered the…
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In February, Cassandra Small and her husband started house hunting in northern New Jersey, assuming they would have no trouble finding a three-bedroom house in move-in condition. Instead, they discovered there were few options, and they had lots of competition for those homes. One, in Wayne, N.J., received 35 offers. Their offer — at $100,000…
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