According to some workers, Target is missing the mark. The retailer recently rolled out a stricter, more standardized dress code for its employees, and some are seeing red, in addition to wearing it. The policy change is part of a broader effort to refresh the brand, improve customer experience, and drive in-store traffic. In November, … Read more
Getting a full eight hours of sleep and still feeling drowsy? Sleep experts say it’s not just about how much shut-eye you get. Dr. Wendy Troxel, a licensed clinical psychologist and senior behavioral scientist at RAND based in Utah, emphasized the “really important distinction” between quantity and quality of sleep. “Many people will say, ‘Man, I’m … Read more
Nothing stops former “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Kandi Burruss. After her multi-platinum R&B group Xscape broke up in 1998, the Georgia native co-wrote the Grammy-winning “No Scrubs” for TLC and shares songwriting credits on hits for Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran and Pink. On Broadway, she’s produced Tony-nominated “The Piano Lesson,” a 2024 revival of … Read more
Even you can wake up looking like Cindy Crawford — if you have the time and, especially, the moula. Crawford, who recently turned 60, revealed this week the first two-and-a-half hours of her exhaustive $12,000 morning wellness routine. “Creating a morning routine can be transformative, setting the tone for a productive and positive day ahead…many … Read more
The beauty-obsessed are refusing to “let go and let God.” Even the Pope has something to say about looksmaxxing and the so-called “Mar-A-Lago face.” This week, the Vatican released a document approved by Pope Leo XIV advising against cosmetic surgery. The document, titled “Thinking about Christian anthropology in light of certain future scenarios for humanity,” … Read more
It’s time to put the most pervasive myths about hearing loss on mute. Though it’s estimated that one in seven Americans of all ages currently experiences some degree of hearing loss, misinformation about its causes and its consequences abounds, keeping people from seeking the right kind of treatment at the right time. Dr. Rachel Artsma, … Read more
With her new book, history professor Helen Zoe Veit tackles a fraught, emotionally charged, controversial subject: kids being fussy eaters. The prevailing modern wisdom is that “children have biologically keen taste buds, that children are naturally sensitive to texture and color, and that children are evolutionarily cautious about new things,” she writes in “Picky: How … Read more
A new report is dishing out the real reason people keep getting takeout. Grocery store prices are rising, it’s getting more expensive to dine out and people are resorting to fast-casual food — but not because of the prices. New data revealed that Americans rely on picking up fast-casual food for meals, but it has … Read more
The sound of silence is getting louder in America — and the tech world is listening. Across the country, the number of people living with some degree of hearing loss is rising, with cases expected to jump from 44 million in 2020 to more than 73 million by 2060. And the consequences stretch far beyond … Read more
Costco is facing a new lawsuit over its rotisserie chicken, after an animal rights nonprofit claimed that the retailer’s chicken processing plant in Nebraska suffers from salmonella contamination. The proposed class action lawsuit filed on Thursday cited a December study by Farm Forward that criticized safety conditions at Costco’s Lincoln Premium Poultry plant, which opened … Read more
Bad dates are a fact of life in NYC — from agonizing, job interview-esque nights out with unchecked egomaniacs, to marathon get-togethers that wind up leaving you both deflated and ghosted, it’s no secret that making connections in today’s Big Apple is a toxic, metropolitan mess. Exhausted by the swipe culture of the apps and the … Read more
Timothée Chalamet enjoys a spanking. The Oscar-nominated actor, 30, refused a butt double and willingly got spanked by his “Marty Supreme” co-star Kevin O’Leary in a critical scene in the A24 film. “When it came time to whack him, there was a stunt ass. There was a double,” O’Leary, 71, told Variety in a new interview. … Read more
Maya Rudolph’s sketch didn’t quite hit the funny bone. The comedian, 53, revealed that she and former President Barack Obama were set to appear alongside Amy Poehler and Darrell Hammond in an “SNL” sketch. However, the bit was pulled from the show. Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler dish on “SNL.” “It was a sketch where … Read more
There’s no place like home for the holidays — or the natural slide back into adolescent feelings and behaviors that often accompany being back with family during Christmastime. Coined by some mental health professionals as “holiday regression,” the tendency to revert to old dynamics, habits and especially anxieties during familial festivities can be an annoying … Read more
Macaulay Culkin just wanted to stay home alone. The actor, 45, revealed why he decided to step away from acting in 1994 after starring in the holiday classic “Home Alone” in 1990 and its 1992 sequel, “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.” “What I wanted is to be with people my own age. You … Read more
She works in a glass tower. He works with his hands. Cue the love story. Wall Street power suits are getting steamrolled by steel-toe boots. This winter, a growing number of high-achieving city women are swapping cubicles, KPIs and Slack notifications for something straight out of a wintry Hallmark movie: blue-collar boyfriends with calloused hands, … Read more
Jewish comedian Amy Schumer was taped proudly lighting candles to celebrate the closing days of Hanukkah — adding that she learned who her “real friends are’’ after speaking out post-Oct. 7. “I stood up and spoke my mind after Oct. 7, I didn’t know I would be such a minority,’’ the native New Yorker, 44, … Read more
Koko Hayashi — a celebrity face yoga instructor whose clients include Kim Kardashian — let her 741,000 TikTok followers watch as she ran a microneedling pen over her red, serum-slicked face. “I think I did too much, so it’s bleeding a little bit,” she lamented as she drew the pen close to the corner of … Read more
Like any good mother, Gina Kasoff rises each morning, heads to the nursery to greet her baby girl, Pippa, before waking up the tot’s older siblings in preparation for yet another busy day. The difference between Kasoff and other moms, however, is that Pippa, along with her brothers and sisters, isn’t real. They’re dolls. “They’re … Read more
The Knicks and their biggest supporters wasted no time Tuesday celebrating their first NBA Cup triumph. Not long after Jalen Brunson and Co. hoisted the trophy inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas following a 124-113 victory over the Spurs, the captain’s wife, Ali Brunson, and Jordyn Woods, the longtime girlfriend of Knicks big man Karl-Anthony … Read more