Ferrari on Tuesday completed a refresh of its hybrid range with the new 849 Testarossa sportscar, a tribute to the famous original Testarossa model of the 1980s. Ferrari unveiled the new plug-in hybrid, four-wheel drive in Milan, a car which will replace 2019’s SF90 Stradale at the top of its range. The new vehicle will also … Read more
Ivan F. Boesky, the brash financier who came to symbolize Wall Street greed as a central figure of the 1980s insider trading scandals, and who went to prison for his misdeeds, died on Monday. He was 87. The death was confirmed by his daughter Marianne Boesky. She did not provide further details. An inspiration for … Read more
Big, beautiful and booming Cafe Carmellini is the city’s most delightful, crowd-pleasing new restaurant in ages. It brings back the joyful New York before Covid-19, illegal pot shops and the migrant invasion. It’s a miraculous marriage of the19th Century Gilded Age and Wall Street’s junk-bond era, but without 1880s social snobbery or 1980s excess. The brasserie swirls nightly … Read more
John Stamos had a near miss with Scientology. In his explosive memoir, “If You Would Have Told Me” (which is now out), the actor, 60, detailed a near miss he had with the controversial Church of Scientology in the 1980s. It all started when his former acting teacher’s assistant slipped him some Scientology books. “I’m … Read more
Gary Gulman’s most famously funny bit is a take on the abbreviation of U.S. state names (trust us, it’s hilarious.) His 2020 HBO special, “The Great Depresh,” poignantly addressed his mental-health struggles, including depression, while his new memoir, “Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the ’80s” (Flatiron Books) delves into the childhood that turned him into the kook … Read more