Jessica Tisch: NYPD Commissioner, Heiress and Maybe a Future Mayor
Jessica S. Tisch, the billionaire heiress who is commissioner of the New York Police Department, had just walked into the dining hall on one of her first days at Harvard…
How Alison Krauss Found the Song That Rekindled Her Distinctive Band
“We all discovered what a powerful vehicle it is to have her singing these songs, and to calm the flurries of notes down a little bit,” he added. “It’s there…
Curtis Sittenfeld Goes Home Again
There really was a woman who photocopied her butt at a workplace in the 1980s. Curtis Sittenfeld, 49, heard about the incident when she was a girl and filed it…
Adriana Paz, Star of ‘Emilia Perez,’ Keeps These Rings Close
Are you normally impulsive? Yes, I’m impulsive. But I never decided something like that before. I feel like we have just one life. And, I mean, it’s like I told…
Dr. Oz: How His Millions Collide With Medicare
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity TV doctor nominated by President Trump to oversee Medicare and Medicaid, has been a relentless promoter of controversial private insurance plans for older Americans. “I’d…
“No Other Land” Is the Oscar-Nominated Film That No Studio Will Touch
Just to apply for the visa, he has to travel to another country, in Jordan, because the U.S. has no way for Palestinians who are living under occupation in the…
Somaya Critchlow Puts Black Nudes Among Old Masters
When the English artist Somaya Critchlow was at art school around a decade ago, she once showed a tutor a painting she had made of her cousins sitting on a…
She Was Chosen to Help Rebuild Notre-Dame. Then Fire Hit Her Adopted City, Too.
The story of Notre-Dame’s restoration starts with a fire, as Claire Tabouret is well aware. Officials in France have chosen her, a Frenchwoman who, for the last 10 years, has…
Monterey Bay Aquarium Director Julie Packard to Retire
Julie Packard, the marine biologist who has presided over the Monterey Bay Aquarium since it opened in 1984 and shepherded it through the Covid pandemic, announced her retirement as executive…
Mexico City to the Met: Frida Escobedo’s Supercharged Path to Fame
Sometimes it can be hard to hear what Frida Escobedo is saying. She is reserved, restrained, a self-described introvert. But that quiet aura should not be mistaken for timidity or…















