When I met the writer Amy Larocca at a cafe in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn on a recent afternoon, I could not help but notice: She had the glow. Or...
Read more“I don’t know if you ever finished ‘Idol,’” Mr. Tesfaye said, with a good-natured smirk, during the conversation at his home in Los Angeles.“I don’t know if you got to the end...
Read moreAs part of “Believing,” The New York Times asked several writers to explore a significant moment in their religious or spiritual lives.Sign up to receive the latest installments of “Believing” in your...
Read moreWilliam L. Porter, a car designer who helped create the shapes of some of the most celebrated American vehicles of the late 1960s and early ’70s, died on April 25 at his...
Read more“I threw a Zyn in as he was saying that,” Mr. Robertson said. “I was like, ‘Cool, don’t care.’”He was not persuaded to quit until later that night when he came across...
Read more“Backgammon is the cruelest game — so much of it is based on luck,” said Joe Urso, who was one tournament away from earning his grandmaster title, but down a few points...
Read moreThe volumes were originally issued by the publishing arm of Comics & Comix, a retailer in Berkeley, and later by Bud Plant, a founder of Comics & Comix.After completing his masterwork, Mr....
Read moreGeorge Li was born on Feb. 18, 1935, in Hong Kong. His father, Alexander Li, was a circus acrobat who taught him how to do handstands; his mother was his first dance...
Read moreIt is a good time to be a Bravo fan.This week, the reality television network best known for its “Real Housewives” franchise ordered a slate of new shows that seem to have...
Read moreWhen Elizabeth Nan Rasmussen met David Maynard Amini at a party hosted by the magazine Edible DC, she knew instantly that she needed him in her life, just not necessarily as a...
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