The nightmare of the best actor waiting game
When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences first tried to give Peter O’Toole a trophy, the then 70-year-old...
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Princess Cruises quietly hikes daily service charge — drawing backlash from passengers: ‘Unchecked greed’
Princess Cruises is under fire for quietly jacking up a service charge under passengers’ noses. The cruise line, which operates...
Skirting Through Time
What do you do with 632 wool skirts? That’s the question Mae Colburn, a New York-based artist and weaver, is...
Trump Has Declared War on Cheap Gas. Again.
For President Trump, lower energy prices haven’t been just a nice bit of relief for American consumers. They’ve been a...
Trump may survive Epstein — but this act of contempt will finally bring him down
We at least know now that the fuse for the Trump administration’s destruction is lit and burning fast. Yes, the...
Bipartisan plan would claw back CEO pay at failed banks
Executives deemed responsible for the collapse of a large bank would have to hand over bonuses and other pay under...
Slowly, Slowly, ‘Darwin’s Finches of the Snail World’ Return From Near Extinction
In Patricia Highsmith’s unnerving 1964 short story “The Snail-Watcher,” a broker’s quiet fascination with breeding garden snails curdles into a...
Pulling Espresso by Hand Is More Fun Than Pushing a Button
Coffee is the original biohack and the nation’s most popular productivity tool. As we adjust to the changeover to daylight...
They Don’t Want Their Company’s Surveillance Tool Used by ICE
The size of the contract, in the realm of federal contracts, was not huge: $22.8 million. But it has shaken...
This company wants to pay you $800 to bully AI for a day
iStock; Getty Images; Tyler Le/BIA startup is offering $800 to candidates who want to 'bully AI' for a day.The company...
At This Festival, the Dead of Winter Is the Life of the Party
At dusk in a small Hudson Valley town, over 100 people gathered last month under an open-air pavilion in below-freezing...
Carolyn Bessette Was Living the Dream. Then She Met John.
There is a three-minute scene in the first episode of Ryan Murphy’s FX show “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr....
Iran Shocks Could Spur a Shift to Clean Energy — but Also to Coal
The war in Iran is choking off oil and gas supplies and spiking energy prices across the globe. And for...
A New School Hopes to Train a Younger Generation of Dentists
Good morning. It’s Wednesday. Today we’ll find out about a new dental school, the first in Manhattan in 110 years....
I bombed my first interview at Google so badly that it took 3 years to get another one. Here’s what I learned.
Andrew Yeung at Google's NYC office. Courtesy of Andrew YeungAndrew Yeung lied about his interests during his first Google interview.After...
