• Cristina Cuomo’s sister hawking disinfecting products in Hamptons

    Cristina Cuomo’s sister hawking disinfecting products in Hamptons

    Cristina Cuomo’s sister, Andrea Greeven Douzet, is selling disinfecting products, as brother-in-law by marriage, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, prepares to get NYC back to work. Douzet sent an e-mail around the Hamptons on Tuesday from her Empire Global Ventures work account, hawking the little known Y2X Life Sciences brand. It has no Web presence other than …
  • Morgan Stanley CEO moved by protests to promote two black staffers

    Morgan Stanley CEO moved by protests to promote two black staffers

    Morgan Stanley Chief Executive James Gorman has been so moved by the protests that have gripped New York City that he’s shaking things up at his firm, he said Tuesday. In an internal e-mail shared on LinkedIn, Gorman, 61, wrote that the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police and the ensuing …
  • Joe Exotic’s husband claims he’s standing by his jailed man

    Joe Exotic’s husband claims he’s standing by his jailed man

    Joe Exotic’s husband, Dillon Passage, has denied his beau’s recent accusation that he abandoned the disgraced ex-zookeeper while he was in jail. In a heartfelt Instagram post uploaded Tuesday, the 22-year-old Dillon claimed that he’s been sending the “Tiger King” star letters on the reg and “is standing by him” in his time of need. …
  • Lollapalooza canceled due to coronavirus pandemic

    Lollapalooza canceled due to coronavirus pandemic

    Lollapalooza 2020 has been canceled due to ongoing health concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic. “We wish we could bring Lollapalooza to Grant Park again this year, but we understand why things can’t move forward as planned,” the festival wrote on its website. “The health and safety of our fans, artists, partners, staff and community …
  • Democrats Promise New Police Reform Bill Will Bring ‘Transformative Structural Change’

    Democrats Promise New Police Reform Bill Will Bring ‘Transformative Structural Change’

    House Democrats announced a sweeping police reform bill on Capitol Hill Monday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) claims will provide the “transformative structural change” the nation requires after weeks of unrest in the wake of the death of George Floyd. The “Justice in Policing Act 2020”, orchestrated by the Congressional Black Caucus, was …
  • Alison Roman accused of wearing offensive ‘Chola’ Halloween costume

    Alison Roman accused of wearing offensive ‘Chola’ Halloween costume

    Cookbook author Alison Roman is in hot water — again. The Brooklyn food writer, 34, was accused of wearing an offensive Halloween costume in 2008, weeks after she was scorned for “tone-deaf remarks” about Chrissy Teigen and Marie Kondo in an interview. Writer Yashar Ali tweeted out photos that a source sent him from Roman’s …
  • Gigi and Bella Hadid, Kendall Jenner and more auction off clothes for charity

    Gigi and Bella Hadid, Kendall Jenner and more auction off clothes for charity

    The world’s top models are cleaning out their closets for a great cause. British Vogue partnered with luxury resale site Hardly Ever Worn It for a special auction featuring designer items donated by a host of style icons, with all profits benefiting NHS Charities Together and the NAACP. Highlights include a Fenty denim corset dress …
  • New Xbox is still ‘on track’ to hit stores in time for the holidays

    New Xbox is still ‘on track’ to hit stores in time for the holidays

    The next Xbox is still slated to hit store shelves this holiday season — coronavirus be damned. In an interview with Time, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that despite the pandemic forcing employees to work from home, the next-generation gaming system will keep its original launch window. “Yes, we are on track,” Nadella said. “The …
  • Ex-Green Beret says it wasn’t a crime to help Carlos Ghosn escape

    Ex-Green Beret says it wasn’t a crime to help Carlos Ghosn escape

    Two Americans accused of helping Carlos Ghosn flee Tokyo have a simple argument for why they shouldn’t face charges in Japan: They didn’t break the law. In a lengthy federal court filing, lawyers for ex-Green Beret Michael Taylor and his son Peter said the pair’s alleged role in the ex-Nissan CEO’s dramatic flight out of …
  • Antoninus Pius, while imperfect, for the most part ruled with prudence, restraint, and moderation

    Antoninus Pius, while imperfect, for the most part ruled with prudence, restraint, and moderation

    In the book of Genesis, God agreed not to destroy Sodom if Abraham could find 10 righteous people there. Abraham failed, and God wiped the city from the face of the earth. More recently (and much less importantly), my friend and former Foundation for Economic Education president Larry Reed issued a similar challenge: He asked …