Jesus Guerrero was not necessarily a household name, but he was a hairstylist to the stars, working with people like Jennifer Lopez, Kylie Jenner and Rosalía. So when his family announced on Sunday that he had died at 34, the tributes from his famous clients immediately began to flood social media. His sister, Gris Guerrero, … Read more
Georgina Sparks was not Gossip Girl, but she might as well have been. The character, a socialite who trafficked in wild manipulation, convoluted scheming and plenty of narcotics, was a main antagonist of the 2000s teen drama series that aired on the CW network, an inveterate plotter in a statement necklace. (“Gossip Girl” is available … Read more
On Tuesday night, over 100 Oscar nominees gathered at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles for a class photo in the David Geffen Theater. In the upper left corner of the group, seated two rows above Timothée Chalamet, Ralph Fiennes clasped his hands and looked deep in thought, as though he were still pondering matters … Read more
Drake, whose new album topped the Billboard 200 chart this week after Kendrick Lamar had made him a punchline at the Super Bowl halftime show, has canceled four tour dates in Australia and New Zealand because of a “scheduling conflict,” representatives for the rapper said on Wednesday. It was not immediately clear what the conflict … Read more
Michelle Trachtenberg, who rose to fame as Buffy’s younger sister, Dawn, in the dark, comedic series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and as a conniving socialite on the show “Gossip Girl,” has died, according to the New York Police Department. She was 39. The department said in a statement that officers, responding to a 911 call … Read more
Collective action, marches, road closures and street clashes. Signs emblazoned, “No arms for Apartheid,” “Smash racism,” “Stop the Nazis,” “Freedom for Palestine,” “Equal pay now.” Walking through “Resistance: How Protest Shaped Britain and Photography Shaped Protest,” curated by the artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen, you might look at the elegantly hung selection of nearly 200 … Read more
Joe Biden left office with abysmal approval ratings — and faith that history would redeem him. “It will take time to feel the full impact of all we’ve done together,” he said in a farewell speech. “But the seeds are planted, and they’ll grow and they’ll bloom for decades to come.” In the meantime, there … Read more
Now, the tape, described by RR Auction in Boston as “Dylan’s earliest demo recording,” is being offered for sale along with other Dylan-related ephemera, including a sequined suit from his 1975 Rolling Thunder tour and a Martin D-41 acoustic guitar he gave to Bob Neuwirth, a musician who was instrumental in assembling the band for … Read more
WHY, INDEED, HAVE writers been so drawn to the color? According to surveys, blue is by far the world’s most popular hue, regardless of geography or gender — mostly owing to our favorable associations with it, or so researchers posit. Not surprisingly, people love cerulean skies and aquamarine seas, moody gemstones — sapphires, lapis lazuli, … Read more
