It’s a bracelet! It’s a brooch! It’s a secret watch! Over the centuries watchmakers have tried many ways to disguise the basic function of a timepiece. They hid the dial under a cuvette, or cover, or behind a layer of filigree or other ornamentation. But form watches may be the most creative approach of all. That is the term that […]

During the final show of Dead & Company’s so-called Final Tour on Sunday night, the crowd at Oracle Park in San Francisco swayed and bobbed like the current of a turning river. People in flower crowns grooved through the shimmying mass on the stadium’s field. A man in cowboy regalia cupped his hands around his ears and two-stepped to the […]

Julie Halston knows her socialites. The stage and screen actress ticked off names including Nan Kempner, Judith Peabody, Muffie Potter Aston and Beth Rudin DeWoody while discussing her reprisal of Bitsy von Muffling, a chirpy lady who lunches, in “And Just Like That,” the “Sex and The City” reboot. “Let’s face facts: There will always be the three-name socialite!” Ms. […]

“Careful!” Gwyneth Paltrow called to her daughter, Apple Martin, who was walking in black Gucci heels down a stone path on the family’s property in Amagansett, N.Y. It was a muggy, overcast Saturday night, and nearby, the actress Blythe Danner, Ms. Paltrow’s mother, mingled as guests arrived for the tented, 30-person dinner near the trampoline and treehouse in the manicured […]

When I was 15, I fell in love with the voice of Rachael Ray. That velvety contralto was the soundtrack of my days in the children’s hospital I hated — with its plaid curtains and kind nurses — but called home. For weeks I spent my days hopped up on morphine, in and out of consciousness, nestled in a snake […]

The original Furby, released in 1998, had the head of an owl, the beak of a chicken, the feet of a cat, the ears of a pig, the fur of a rabbit, the mohawk of a tufted titmouse and the eyes of a robot, which it was — a robot that whirred, clacked, spoke a made-up language called Furbish and, […]

By Madison Malone Kircher Last weekend, Sarah Brady, a semiprofessional surfer, posted a number of screenshots of text messages she claims she exchanged with her then-boyfriend, the actor Jonah Hill. In one of the texts, Hill appears to dictate a highly specific list of “boundaries for romantic partnership,” which included not surfing with men, not maintaining friendships with “women who […]

When Shira Claudelle Catlin and Morgan Joan Keith met, they didn’t waste much time becoming an official couple. Almost one month to the day after connecting on Tinder, they became exclusive. The two matched on Tinder on Dec. 20, 2017, and had their first date eight days later at the now-closed Anthem Kitchen & Bar in Boston. Throughout dinner, Ms. […]

This article contains spoilers for Episode 5 of the second season of “And Just Like That …” As “And Just Like That …” nears its halfway point, its creators have sprinkled a series of self-referential winks into the new episode. For a Halloween charity benefit, Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) dresses up as Helen Gurley Brown, the former editor of Cosmopolitan […]