NXIVM, an organization that allegedly brainwashed and blackmailed women into being “sex slaves,” has crumbled in the past year. In March 2018, its founder, Keith Raniere, was arrested and charged with sex trafficking for his role in the group, which then set off a domino effect: In the ensuing months, federal prosecutors would go on to charge […]
My 83-year-old father lay unconscious in the ICU, hooked up to a ventilator and countless monitors, about as close to death as a human being can be. And his wife of 46 years — my mother — did what she always did when things didn’t go her way. She nagged him. “Seymour, don’t go,” she […]
In late March, a Chinese woman was arrested at President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida, resort Mar-a-Lago. Yujing Zhang allegedly attempted to gain access to the resort while traveling with gear that sounds like something out of a spy thriller: four cellphones, a laptop, thumb drives, two passports, an external hard drive containing malware, and […]
Forgive me, Father Jude Law — for I have sinned. My last confession was, conservatively, 21 years and several months ago. That’s when I admitted to having pushed my friend Althea off the slide. Now, I’m afraid, I must confess to something much worse: Since seeing the pictures of you in an itsy-bitsy teeny-weenie blindingly […]
For some reason, the ultimate status symbol for a wedding is some kind of smoking paraphernalia. Mary Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy had their famed “bowls and bowls filled with cigarettes,” and Marc Jacobs and Char Defrancesco apparently gave guests customized vape pens as party favors, according to TMZ. Defrancesco and Jacobs got married this […]
Another installment of Kris Jenner’s under-awarded docu-series about the lives of Calabasas’s elite has graced our screens, allowing us a well-deserved, 60-minute escape from the dreary reality of our lives. There’s no time to waste, so let’s get right to their stories. This week our A-Plot was BALI!!!; Our B-Plot was Kanye West’s Saturday Night […]
Call it the Proust effect: Memories are often triggered by smells. Scientific studies confirm that out of all the senses, smell triggers the best recall. In Scent Memories, the Cut asks people about the scents they associate with different times in their lives. Next up is Carole Radziwill: journalist, author of The Widow’s Guide to […]
Actress Felicity Huffman and 12 other parents will plead guilty in the widespread college admissions scandal, in which a group of wealthy parents allegedly sought to bribe and scam their kids’ way into prestigious universities, the U.S. attorneys’ office announced on Monday. According to prosecutors, 13 parents — and one coach — have agreed to […]
Rodarte is no stranger to collaborations. The dreamy California label has partnered up with the likes of Gap, Target and Starbucks. But they’ve never offered options above a size 12 until now. Today they teamed up with Universal Standard to launch a capsule collections of styles that range from 00 to 40. True to Rodarte’s […]
A teary Allison Mack pleaded guilty to two federal counts Monday in the NXIVM sex-cult case. “I have come to the conclusion that I must take full responsibility for my conduct and that’s why I am pleading guilty today,” said a choked up Mack, who admitted to one count of racketeering conspiracy and one count […]