Think you’re doing your body a favor? You might be making things worse. From beauty gurus and gymfluencers to biohackers and wellness warriors, Americans are drowning in self-improvement advice — and it’s becoming harder than ever to know what actually works. Now, an expert is sounding the alarm on one of today’s biggest “healthy” trends, … Read more
Summer is right around the corner — and if that alone isn’t enough to get you back in the gym, this just might. A new study from Pennsylvania State University suggests that working on your six-pack may strengthen your core and give your brain a boost. “Our research explains how just moving around might serve … Read more
Caroline Shaw had no idea she would feel an overwhelming urge to use the bathroom in the middle of her facelift. “My face was only half done, and they asked if they could take my picture, which they gave me as a souvenir,” the 57-year-old life coach, who splits her time between the Upper East … Read more
Allyson Felix may have stepped off the track, but she hasn’t eased her pace. Now a co-founder of two businesses and a member of the IOC Athletes’ Commission, the retired sprinter has channeled her drive into advocating for gender equity and maternal rights in sports, all while juggling life as a wife and mother of … Read more
The devil wore Calvins? “Love Story” — the Ryan Murphy series about Carolyn Bessette and John F. Kennedy Jr.’s whirlwind New York City romance — is #1 on Hulu, and enamored fans are taking to social media to post photos of themselves in her signature looks and going to the campy Panna II Indian restaurant in the East Village. … Read more
She doctored her schedule. A general practitioner in the UK has been suspended for five months after booking in two fictitious appointments at the end of her workday to avoid being late to pick up her children. Dr Helen Eisenhauer, 43, was working at the Stenhouse Medical Centre in Arnold, England, when she scheduled the … Read more
Paging Dr. Mark Sloan. As Dick Van Dyke turns 100 on Saturday, one of his former “Diagnosis: Murder” co-stars says that there’s one thing he wishes he had done more of during their time working together. Charlie Schlatter, who starred alongside the Hollywood legend for six seasons on the long-running mystery medical crime drama, told … Read more
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Annie Vargas could see her son slipping away and pleaded with him to seek help. But her son, Brian Wittke, a 41-year-old Delta Air Lines pilot and father of three, pushed back, terrified that getting treatment for depression would cost him his license and livelihood. The drop in air travel … Read more
Kimora Lee Simmons has always been in the fab lane. From walking for Chanel at age 13 to building her Baby Phat empire in 1999, the media mogul, 50, has always been a go-getter. And Simmons is ready to give a whole new generation of viewers a glimpse into the life she has built. Kimora Lee … Read more
For those truly starving for on-the-scene footage of Bill Belichick’s highly polarizing — and trending toward disastrous — first season in Chapel Hill, you are in luck. WRAL News in North Carolina is planning to release a documentary about the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach’s first season at the collegiate level, while Hulu recently scrapped … Read more
The NBA on NBC’s return after two decades away featured a real mic drop. The opening minutes of the network’s coverage on Tuesday night included a mad dash to replace a microphone that had been hindered by audio issues. It prompted host Maria Taylor and analysts Carmelo Anthony, Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady to play … Read more
Elizabeth Berkley is looking back at her time with Diane Keaton. The actress, 53, starred in the “First Wives Club” alongside the late Hollywood vet, who died at age 79 on Oct. 11. The star-studded cast also included Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Maggie Smith. Elizabeth Berkley recalled working with the late Diane Keaton … Read more
The Birkin Bag is the ultimate status symbol: wildly expensive, ridiculously hard to get and immediately identifiable. Real Housewives collect it, hip-hop artists rap about it and “Sex and the City” once devoted an episode to it. Yet, according to Marisa Meltzer’s new biography, “It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin” (Atria Books, … Read more
Chris Sarandon once nearly quit acting. The Oscar nominee, 83, revealed in a new interview with The Guardian that he almost walked away from the movie industry because of his experience working with late director Michael Winner on the 1977 horror film “The Sentinel.” “Michael Winner. Don’t get me started. I almost quit the business … Read more
According to Tamar Arslanian, co-author of “Shop Cats of New York” (Running Press, out now), her collaborator, Andrew Marttila, is something of a cat whisperer. “He always knows what treats to crinkle to get their attention or what one toy to use to get them to look at him,” said Arslanian, who lent her words … Read more
There was a time when, if you needed a good cheeseburger in Manhattan, Frank Sinatra could tell you where to get it — and who should serve you. Tony Bennett would have agreed with him. Both crooners dated Pat Moore, a model turned waitress who was a superstar server at P.J. Clarke’s for some 45 … Read more
Expect to see only one Kelce brother on YouTube’s screen next week when the Chiefs open the season against the Chargers in São Paulo, Brazil. ESPN shut down the pitch of having Jason Kelce be part of YouTube’s coverage of the international AFC West clash, Front Office Sports reported Friday, noting ESPN’s policy of prohibiting … Read more
Meghan Markle has made a thinly veiled dig at royal life, revealing that she didn’t feel like herself when required to wear tights during official engagements. The Duchess of Sussex, 44, stepped down as a senior member of the Firm in 2020 and moved to the US with her husband, Prince Harry. In a new … Read more
Meghan Markle has opened up about her short-lived stint on “Deal or No Deal” in the second season of her Netflix series, “With Love, Meghan.” Before her breakout role in “Suits,” the Duchess of Sussex starred on the NBC reality show from 2006 to 2007 alongside Chrissy Teigen as a “briefcase model.” The role entailed … Read more
Working hard — or hardly working? Mansi Singhal, a 24-year-old software engineer, has gone viral several times over after she revealed what a day in her life at a Microsoft office — where she works in Hyderabad, India — looks like in an Instagram reel. Between a 45-minute breakfast break, a dessert run and a … Read more