The Bar That Will Do Anything to Make You Feel ‘Insane and Alive’

Singers has played host to sauna raves, pop-up petting zoos and the most perfectly deranged Olympic Games imaginable: cigarette races. Maybe you’ve seen it on social media? That delightfully absurd scene: a dozen or so people, tightly packed and shrouded in a smoky haze, racing to finish their cigarettes. The …

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How an Engraver Straddles the Centuries

Andrew Raftery’s ceramics and wallpaper energize the laborious art of engraving to explore contemporary life. This article is part of our Design special section about new interpretations of antique design styles. When Andrew Raftery, a master engraver and professor of printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design, decided to …

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Color Fills This Gem Dealer’s Life

“I was that kid that stared at the sunset every night,” Dave Bindra said. Now the Los Angeles businessman gazes at sapphires and spinels. A rough piece of kunzite radiates a hot magenta from its natural ridges. The pulsating chartreuse of a chrysoberyl could double as Superman’s glowing kryptonite. An …

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Why Kelsea Ballerini Is Ready to “Turn a New Page” In Her 30s

While the 2023 People’s Choice Country Awards nominee is excited about her future, she’s also very much living in the present. “I’m honestly in a chunk of life right now where I’m not touring, so I’m home more,” the “Little Things” artist noted, “and I’m kind of in my cozy era.” If anything, Kelsea is using …

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A Guide to Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Iconic Family Tree

Sean “Diddy” Combs is making his kids proud. How so? The music mogul, 53, is set to receive the Global Icon Award at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 12. The honor, according to the network, “celebrates an artist or band whose unparalleled career and continued influence have …

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How Paul Walker’s Beautiful Bond With Daughter Meadow Lives On

Paul Walker didn’t get to see his daughter, Meadow Walker, grow up. But his family knows he’d be beyond proud of the woman she’s become in the decade since his untimely death in 2013. “That was his pride and joy, his baby girl,” Paul’s younger brother Cody Walker exclusively told E! News ahead of …

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Lose Yourself in the Nostalgia of the 2003 MTV VMAs

The year was 2003—and it was the kiss heard seen around the world. Yes, we’re referring to the showstopping performance at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards that saw Britney Spears, Madonna and Christina Aguilera hit the stage to sing “Like a Virgin” and “Hollywood,” only to leave viewers talking …

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Thailand Gets Ready to Sparkle

Thailand’s history is rich with gemstones, beginning in the 1400s when its mines first produced the sapphires and rubies that adorned the crowns, swords and even the footwear of the country’s royalty. And as recently as May, jewelry fans took note of the glittering sapphire and diamond necklace and earring …

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Millennials Embrace Bicentennial Style

For a growing number of designers, dealers and collectors in their thirties, American antiques are hot. This article is part of our Design special section about new interpretations of antique design styles. Scroll through Erick J. Espinoza’s Instagram feed, and you might think you’ve traveled back in time to the …

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A French Welcome for Woody Allen, Louis C.K. and Johnny Depp

Under fire in America, Mr. Allen made his 50th film in and around Paris, where he was able to secure a deal, despite the sexual abuse accusations against him. Woody Allen has described his new movie, “Coup de Chance,” as a “poisonous romantic thriller.” It made its debut at the …

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