LOS ANGELES — By age 23, Emma MacTaggart was already noticing how rare her free time was — and how it was seldom screen-free. She was working long hours in investment banking and once she was finally able to log off after work, she would turn to her phone. Along with her roommates, she decided … Read more
Can this ancient tech actually make a comeback? Nowadays, with the reliance on cell phones — landlines seem like ancient technology. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in 2023 that more than three-quarters of Americans ditched their home phone and never looked back — and that number has most likely increased by now. … Read more
Natalie ‘Nadya’ Suleman is one strict mama. The 49-year-old, who has been known as “Octomom” since birthing the first surviving octuplets in 2009, revealed why she chooses to run a tight ship when it comes to raising her 14 kids. “I was a child and adolescent development major,” Suleman – who already had six kids before … Read more
‘Tis the season to be “tacky” — and millennials are fa-la-la-la-loving it. Merrymakers of the 1990s are jingling all the way back to the gaudy Christmastime décor of yore, reviving maximalist tree trimming with big red bows, baubles and blinking bulbs. But the yuletide throwback trend is garnering mixed reactions from the oft-Grinchy Gen Zers, … Read more
Starbucks is going back to the future. The coffee giant is brewing up big changes, bringing back old-school self-serve stations and comfy seats to its stores amid sluggish sales numbers. Starbucks scrapped the stations, that had milk, sugar, sweeteners, spices and stirrers, during the Covid pandemic, leaving extra labor for busy baristas and slowing down … Read more
“The Three Musketeers” is to France what Mickey Mouse is to America — a cultural force with a lock on the country’s imagination. The 19th-century cloak-and-dagger tale, written by Alexandre Dumas, has lived countless lives onstage and onscreen, with stars including Charlie Sheen, Charlton Heston, Milla Jovovich and even Barbie resurrecting the classic tale of … Read more
It may still be only rock ’n’ roll for the Rolling Stones. But that apparently does not include camera rolls. At Thursday night’s album release party for “Hackney Diamonds” — the legendary British band’s first LP of new material since 2005’s “A Bigger Bang” — the Stones put the “old” in old-school by requiring all … Read more
They’re keeping abreast of the trends. Designers at New York Fashion Week chose to celebrate the nearly freed nipple with a slew of arresting areola accoutrements, as show after show offered up outlandish outfits incorporating highly decorative pasties. The stroll down mammary lane left some fashion followers feeling caught in the headlights. “I feel like … Read more