After years of trying to get pregnant and suffering multiple miscarriages, Laura Orrico, 49, finally has some good news: She’s five months pregnant via in-vitro fertilization. What’s even more astounding is that Orrico, the founder of her own public relations firm and a film and TV actress, who has appeared on “CSI Miami” and “Kevin … Read more
James Atkinson and Samantha Fortino toured a Tuscan vineyard and learned to make pasta and a Bolognese sauce alongside their family and friends in Florence. Atkinson discovered a penchant for chianti, while Fortino fell for Italy’s hugo spritz — a cocktail that posed no risk of staining her wedding dress on July 24. Italy has … Read more
They’re repeat customers. More and more New Yorkers are opting for follow-up facelifts to maintain a youthful appearance several years after first going under the knife. “I am seeing a lot of patients in their late 50s and early 60s coming in for second facelifts,” Upper East Side facial plastic surgeon Dr. Sean Alemi told … Read more
In May 1845, one of England’s most storied naval officers, Sir John Franklin, launched an expedition to discover the Northwest Passage. Once thought to be ice-free, the legendary North Pole journey had been mythically described — without any real evidence — as an earthly paradise with palm trees, dragons, and 4-foot-tall pygmies. Forget about blizzards, … Read more
It can be so basic, Gary Neville believes. It should be, Rebecca Lowe agrees. That’s where the true magic emerges. Anyone with even a faint interest in the Premier League or soccer as a whole has very likely seen and heard both on television as central parts of the sport’s coverage on the biggest outlets. … Read more
She hit rot-bottom. A UK gym bunny’s “vain” quest for a dream derriere nearly killed her after her bottom began “rotting from the inside out” following a botched liquid Brazilian butt lift. “The decision to have butt filler completely and utterly ruined my life,” Charlotte Booth, 36, told Kennedy News of the backfired operation, which … Read more
We’re letting perfect be the enemy of the good. First, Americans worked too much. Then, we began craving work-life balance. Now, one expert says, we’re trying to hard to have it all, we’re nearly as stressed as we were to begin with. Jeff Karp is a professor in the field of biomedical engineering at Harvard … Read more
movie review FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA Runtime: 148 minutes. Rated R (sequences of strong violence and grisly images). In theaters May 24. Nearly a decade has passed since Australian director George Miller last showed starved viewers just how artful and cinematic action films still can be with his stunning “Mad Max: Fury Road.” How … Read more
Anti-aging-obsessed tech mogul Bryan Johnson has shared one of the shocking key ingredients he uses daily to keep himself looking young. Johnson, 46, says that every day for the past “three years,” he’s been munching down on chocolate to help with his quest to cheat death, according to his latest YouTube video. “Sometimes the things that are good … Read more
This cinematic nugget is pure comic gold. Netflix has released the first trailer for an upcoming comedy series in which a woman is accidentally turned into a chicken nugget. “A woman steps into an odd machine and becomes… a chicken nugget,” reads the South Korea-produced show’s synopsis on Netflix’s site. “Now, it’s up to her … Read more
For decades, General Motors was the global leader in manufacturing the so-called “rare-earth” magnets that have become essential components of the electric vehicles now powering the global transition to a greener future. But in 1995, the company sold its entire magnet division, along with all its patents, to a consortium of Chinese partners, including one … Read more
His own memories, though, are less pleasing, more troubling. Pham layers flashbacks into the film so seamlessly that it’s easy to miss that they’re flashbacks. Thien remembers the moment his relationship with his girlfriend ended and when he found out that his brother had abandoned his family. But he also seems to remember long motorcycle … Read more
In 1989, Joe Simon, a film producer and art collector based in New York and California, bought Andy Warhol’s “Red Self-Portrait” silkscreen from a respected London art dealer for $195,000. Thirteen years later, he was set to sell the piece for $2 million when he hit an unexpected roadblock: the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board … Read more
Cosmo Kramer is cutting loose. Actor Michael Richards will open up about his infamous 2006 racist tirade in his new book, “Entrances and Exits.” “My book is a hymn to the irrational, the senseless spirit that breaks the whole into pieces, a reflection on the seemingly absurd difficulties that intrude upon us all,” Richards, 74, … Read more
Tiki Barber wants to be the biggest thing in New York sports radio. WFAN has the same goal for him and is even resorting to artificial intelligence to try to make it happen. Last week, WFAN’s new afternoon drive show premiered a segment called “Bad Tiki.” Evan Roberts, the Evan in “Evan & Tiki,” announced … Read more
In the new thriller series “The Watchful Eye,” Elena Santos (Mariel Molino) takes a nanny job caring for the son of a wealthy widower — only to discover that nothing in his opulent Manhattan apartment building is what it seems. “I was a nanny as well. I worked with several different families,” Molino, 30, told … Read more