Posts by Sophie Clearwater
Hot, humid and mainly dry through Fourth of July
Our stretch of hot and humid weather continues into the weekend… and if we’re being frank, for the next couple of months. -Meteorologist Tommy House Source link
Read MoreThe American Jewelers Who Rewrote the Rules of Luxury
A Tiffany and Co. American Flag brooch. Courtesy Sotheby’s While European jewelry houses were shaped by royal courts, aristocratic patronage and centuries of tradition, American jewelers emerged from a culture of entrepreneurship, industrial innovation and self-made wealth. The result was a distinct American style—bold, technically innovative, gemstone-driven and often less constrained by convention. Beginning in…
Read MoreInside Chad Michael Murray’s Sweet Family World With Sarah Roemer
“I think when I was younger, romance was an idea to me, but now I think romance is in the little things that you never thought were romantic before,” the actor explained. “Let’s say I work 14 hours, and I come home and I’m exhausted and usually you just want to take your clothes off and…
Read MoreEbola Returns: How We Can Fight Back
A Red Cross team lowers the coffin of a likely Ebola victim in Bunia, Congo —Jospin Mwisha—AFP/Getty Images A woman had died. She had traveled from Mongbwalu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to neighboring Uganda, where she fell ill and rapidly declined. Her body was transported back to Mongbwalu, but during the journey, the…
Read MoreRussia Launches Drone and Missile Attack on Kyiv in Deadly ‘Night of Horror’
Ukraine has stepped up its drone attacks on oil refineries, with reports indicating Russia is now entering a summer fuel crisis. Last week, Zelensky “approved a 40-day influence operation” for the Security Service of Ukraine “against the aggressor state, aimed at compelling it to end the war.” The Ukrainian leader was in Dublin, Ireland, on…
Read MoreRachel Rose’s ‘The Last Day’ Is a Powerful Rumination on Modernity
In mining her most intimate anxieties, as a mother and a creator, Rose arrives with one of the year’s most striking debuts. Courtesy Tribeca Film Festival There’s an immense confidence to Rachel Rose’s understated drama The Last Day, the kind of deftness often born of cross-disciplinary artistry. The movie marks her feature debut, but it…
Read MoreChristopher Rothko Has Spent 30 Years Connecting With His Father Through the Work
Fra Angelico, Noli me Tangere (Touch Me Not), 1441, and Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1958. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio The Monastery of San Marco in Florence was originally established in the 13th Century; the monks’ cells of the convent were decorated by Fra Angelico in the 1440s. Each small cell has a single window oriented…
Read MoreTLC’s Deon Derrico Says Legal Drama With Karen Derrico Feels Like “Someone Died”
Deon Derrico isn’t mincing his words. Two weeks after the Doubling Down with the Derricos alum allegedly received threatening emails from his ex-wife Karen Derrico amid a contentious family dynamic, he addressed her attorney’s claims that those exchanges were fabricated. “It’s absolutely egregious,” Deon told Oxygen.com in an interview published July 1. “I think it…
Read MoreThe Essentials With Abigail Cowen: Florida Beaches, Reality TV and ‘Every Year After’
When Abigail Cowen was auditioning for the role of Delilah Mason in the onscreen adaptation of Carley Fortune’s bestselling novel, Every Summer After, she didn’t actually know what she was auditioning for. “They had the show under a code name, and it wasn’t until we went in for the last read with all of the…
Read MoreAirbnb launches anti-July 4th party tech that tracks unruly guests and downgrades their booking
Party animals could land in the doghouse this weekend. Airbnb is employing anti-party technology before the July 4 weekend to combat higher-risk bookings that could lead to disruptive parties. The technology works by analyzing bookings via reservation length, distance between the guest’s location and the listing, property type and timing. If the booking gets flagged,…
Read MoreLil Wayne Speaks Out After Not Showing Up to Opening Night of His Tour
At his 10:45 p.m. time slot, Lil Wayne did not come to the stage, and by 11 p.m., fans were told he was not performing and to leave the venue. “Well, I came here for Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz, and it was the most terrible experience,” concertgoer Rita Sack told local news station WABI.…
Read MoreCan Corporations Survive the Age of AI?
Agibot X2 Robots dance during the 10th edition of the Viva Technology startup and innovation fair at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, on June 19, 2026. —Mustafa Yalcin—Anadolu/Getty Images The greatest threat facing business today is not artificial intelligence. It is the illusion that AI is the whole challenge.…
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