After being postponed because of labor strikes in Hollywood, the Emmy Awards returned on Sunday night and with the ceremony came what might be the television industry’s biggest fashion show. Though the carpet was gray, there was no shortage of red, a color that also proved quite popular at the Golden Globes this month. Bows,…
Snow is as omnipresent in Buffalo as rivers are in Pittsburgh. Buffalonians are accustomed to sheets of snow piling up on the city’s roads and sidewalks. Highmark Stadium was supposed to host the opening playoff contest of 2024 until Mother Nature intervened, despite the fact that the city has experienced more extreme storms that were…
Is it me, or is a clear sky bluer in winter than in summer? Maybe it’s because, on my daily jaunts in the park, everything else is muted with little or no greenery or blossoms to compete with, so the blue always seems ready to burst between the bare branches. In daylight-starved January, I also…
Roy Calne, a British surgeon whose work on organ transplantation helped turn what was once considered impossible into a lifesaving procedure for millions of people around the world, died on Jan. 6 at a retirement home in Cambridge, England. He was 93. His son Russell Calne said he died from heart failure. There are groundbreaking…
Is it gauche to wear more than one ring on a hand? And once I have rings on the ring finger, what’s next? Are there any ring etiquette rules? How do I make it not look tacky? — Beth, Brooklyn, N.Y. When Ariana Greenblatt, the 16-year-old “Barbie” actress, made her red carpet debut at the…
As usual Jerry Reinsdorf failed to read the room. The Chicago Bulls are looking at a second-consecutive appearance in the Play-in Tournament, rounding out yet another rebuild on its disappointing last leg. Now is not the time to force more nostalgia on the fans, reminding them of an era many of them feel ended prematurely….
This is Day 1 of Well’s Mediterranean Diet Week. For me, a meal isn’t complete without a hunk of whole-wheat bread to dip into my soup, or a pile of brown rice to soak up my curry. Whole grains provide sustenance and comfort. And lucky for us, they’re a main feature of the Mediterranean diet,…
Employee mental health services have become a billion-dollar industry. New hires, once they have found the restrooms and enrolled in 401(k) plans, are presented with a panoply of digital wellness solutions, mindfulness seminars, massage classes, resilience workshops, coaching sessions and sleep apps. These programs are a point of pride for forward-thinking human resource departments, evidence…
With a deluge of foreign visitors fueling seemingly nonstop development on once pristine Greek islands, local residents and officials are beginning to fight back, moving to curb a wave of construction that has started to cause water shortages and is altering the islands’ unique cultural identity. Tourism is crucial in Greece, accounting for a fifth…
Coming into Wild-Card Weekend, there were different narratives about the Kansas City Chiefs and Cleveland Browns than usual. Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid spent the second half of the season trying to convince us that something was off — then Kansas City rolled Miami, 26-7. The other game featured a Browns squad that’s been so…
