Leanne Italie

U.S. Fencer Daryl Homer, wearing a suit jacket and jeans, poses in front of a Ralph Lauren display.

Ralph Lauren unveils Team USA’s Olympic ceremony uniforms by spotlighting all-American denim: ‘Nothing says America like blue jeans’

By The Associated Press and Leanne Italie

Woman sitting in yoga position making mudra and meditating

A 37-year-old yoga teacher got uncoupled and moved into an apartment with absolutely nothing. Meet the ‘divorce registry’ for the newly single

By The Associated Press and Leanne Italie

College students

The Marriage Pact, a Stanford economics project that has expanded to nearly 90 colleges, is disrupting dating apps by not focusing on looks

By Leanne Italie and The Associated Press

This image released by Merriam-Webster shows an online dictionary entry for authentic. (Merriam-Webster via AP)

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2023 is the opposite of AI

By Leanne Italie and The Associated Press

Candy corn

113-year-old candy corn giant owns nearly 90% of the market with 30 million pounds per year of a product that divides trick-or-treaters

By Leanne Italie and The Associated Press

Jesse McLaren

A ‘Jimmy Kimmel’ staff writer has sold dozens of custom snow globes for $299 apiece during the Hollywood strikes

By Leanne Italie and The Associated Press

hair stylist

Hollywood ‘glam squad’ hair specialists have no work now, but they’ve been making ‘one-tenth for the exact same job we did in 2005’

By Leanne Italie and The Associated Press

What is ‘stealth wealth’? The trend rising in the wake of the COVID pandemic

By Leanne Italie and The Associated Press

Pharrell Williams launches his skin care range Humanrace, during a photo call at Selfridges in central London. Picture date: Friday November 25, 2022. (Photo by Kirsty O’Connor/PA Images via Getty Images)

Pharrell suits up as Louis Vuitton’s new menswear creative director, adding to his already Grammy-filled résumé

By Leanne Italie and The Associated Press

Four friends who met through work sitting in a living room.

Everyone needs a work best friend but only a few of us have one

By Leanne Italie and The Associated Press

Barbie doll

Barbie is going after the coveted 3-year-old demographic with a taller new doll that has less of an hourglass figure

By Leanne Italie and The Associated Press

Santa Claus smartphone

Mall Santas don’t think they’re being paid enough to let your kid sit on their lap

By Leanne Italie and The Associated Press

FILE – Gas lamps illuminate St. Louis’ Gaslight Square on April 2, 1962. “Gaslighting” — mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster’s word of 2022. (AP Photo/JMH, File)

How ‘Gaslighting’ became Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2022

By Leanne Italie and The Associated Press

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift on Ticketmaster’s failure to handle demand for Eras tour: ‘It really pisses me off’

By Leanne Italie and The Associated Press

Taylor Swift

American parents were at the mercy of Ticketmaster for Taylor Swift tickets: ‘My 20-year-old said even if you don’t get them, I still love you’

By Leanne Italie and The Associated Press