Cameron Diaz Is a Mom for the Second Time at 51

Cameron Diaz Is a Mom for the Second Time at 51

Cameron Diaz has become a mom for the second time aged 51. The star’s musician husband, Benji Madden, confirmed in an Instagram post that the couple has welcomed a son, Cardinal Madden, adding: “We are all so happy he is here!” Cardinal is a baby brother to their four-year-old daughter, Raddix, who arrived in December … Read more

Is Usher About to Make It Official With His Longtime Girlfriend, Jenn Goicoechea?

Is Usher About to Make It Official With His Longtime Girlfriend, Jenn Goicoechea?

Usher and Jenn Goicoechea may be making it official. People reports that the singer and his longtime girlfriend obtained a marriage license in Clark Country, Nevada, earlier this week. While the marriage certificate has not been filed—meaning they haven’t officially tied the knot—it does signify that Usher and Goicoechea are in it for the long … Read more

A New Book Celebrates the Timeless Allure of Portuguese Design Culture

A New Book Celebrates the Timeless Allure of Portuguese Design Culture

A famous example can be seen at Porto’s São Bento Railway Station, where Jorge Colaço, one of Portugal’s foremost azulejo artists, created blue-and-white panels of tiles illustrating scenes of daily life, such as the hay harvest, alongside murals of the country’s history, including one particularly detailed rendering of Prince Henry the Navigator during the conquest … Read more

How Truman Capote’s Unfinished Novel, ‘Answered Prayers,’ Made Him a Social Pariah

How Truman Capote’s Unfinished Novel, ‘Answered Prayers,’ Made Him a Social Pariah

The fallout was swift: Keith and Babe Paley quickly dropped Capote as a friend, with Keith even consulting with a lawyer about whether she could sue Capote for libel. Others, like Gloria Vanderbilt, followed suit: “I think Truman really hurt my mother,” CNN journalist and newscaster Anderson Cooper told Sam Kashner in 2012. Gossip columnist … Read more

Inside La Côte Basque, the Ultimate See-and-Seen Restaurant for New York City’s Ladies Who Lunched

Inside La Côte Basque, the Ultimate See-and-Seen Restaurant for New York City’s Ladies Who Lunched

In the first episode of Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, Naomi Watts’s Babe Paley and Chloe Sevigny’s C. Z. Guest greet each other in front of a restaurant called La Côte Basque. They don’t remove their giant sunglasses as they kiss on the cheek—a protection against the flashbulb of a paparazzi’s camera capturing their arrival. … Read more

Abby Champion and Patrick Schwarzenegger Are Engaged After 7 Years of Dating

Abby Champion and Patrick Schwarzenegger Are Engaged After 7 Years of Dating

Congratulations are in order for Abby Champion and Patrick Schwarzenegger. Today, the longtime couple announced their engagement via Instagram. They each shared a series of photographs from their beach proposal. The first was a close-up of them embracing on the beach, with Champion’s engagement ring front and center. Another showed them kissing in front of … Read more

Sloe Motion: For Author Lottie Hazell, an Annual Gin-Making Ritual Guarantees Glad Tidings

Sloe Motion: For Author Lottie Hazell, an Annual Gin-Making Ritual Guarantees Glad Tidings

The season, for me, starts in October. It is secretive, this beginning, as the rest of the world continues about its usual, autumnal business: school runs, talks of daylight savings, soup. I, meanwhile, am watching for the first sign of Christmas, looking for it on lichened branches. Sloe berries, purpled and clustered on blackthorn, their … Read more

How to Make a Wreath in 5 Simple Steps

How to Make a Wreath in 5 Simple Steps

Let’s be real: For many of us, wreath-making doesn’t come naturally. The holiday season is already stressful, from figuring out your Christmas decor to the myriad of events filling up your calendar through the new year. But before you shake your head at this easy DIY project, just think: Wouldn’t a wreath covered in bows … Read more