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Cupid's Sweetheart

Photographs by Nino Muñoz — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:51:32 +0000

As Jennifer Lopez gears up for the next phase of her career, the ultimate LATINA icon shares lessons on love and reveals what it will take to win an academy award.

Jennifer Lopez is one confident chica. Even when she falls, she gets up faster than the blink of an eye. Watching her 20-month-old twins Max and Emme draw on paper in the spacious guest house of her husband Marc Anthony's french chateau-style home in Bel-Air, Calif., you can't help but wonder if the kids inherited some of Lopez's drive. On this warm afternoon in October, they color with the same fierce determination their mami is known for.

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A Gossip Girl Dons Sariah Carson Dress

Susan M. Lee — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:38:10 +0000

Viewers tuned in to Monday night's episode of “Gossip Girl” might have noticed one of Carson’s elegant print dresses from her fall 2009 collection on actress Leighton Meester. In the episode, Meester’s character, Blair Waldorf aka the “Queen Bee of the Upper East Side,” shows up to a drama-filled Thanksgiving dinner donning one of Carson's stylish designs to complement her larger-than-life attitude.

The Life Underground

Lindsey Schneider — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:59:40 +0000

Deep below New York City’s bustling streets lies a dangerous world inhabited by “sandhogs.” Photographer Gina LeVay offers a portal into their domain.

The men show up for work every day in rain slickers and rubber boots with steel tips; they typically have a flashlight, cigarettes, folding rulers and knives, among other things, stashed in their pockets. To get to their work site, they take a 4 minute-long elevator ride down an access shaft bored into the rock underlying Midtown Manhattan. Before the day is out, they will have risked being crushed by falling rocks as big as subcompact cars, stuck in a flooded tunnel, trampled by speeding railroad cars or blown up by wayward explosions.

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The Life Underground

Lindsey Schneider — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:59:40 +0000

Deep below New York City’s bustling streets lies a dangerous world inhabited by “sandhogs.” Photographer Gina LeVay offers a portal into their domain.

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The Life Underground

Lindsey Schneider — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:59:40 +0000

Deep below New York City’s bustling streets lies a dangerous world inhabited by “sandhogs.” Photographer Gina LeVay offers a portal into their domain.

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Cooling Expectations for Copenhagen

Sean Piazza — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:19:50 +0000

As the numbers on the Copenhagen Countdown clock continue to shrink, so too do expectations for a legally binding agreement among the 192 nations attending December’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15). Recent polls show wavering support among the American people for drastic action on climate change, implying that a collective rain check may be required to avoid another Kyoto-style failure.

The After-Party

Susan M. Lee — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:48:00 +0000

Art may be eternal, but the business of art has its ups and downs like any other industry. Thankfully, the art bubble that didn’t just burst, but rather exploded when the American economy slowed to a standstill over the past year and a half is showing signs of recovery. Two auctions last week brought in millions for masterpieces, prompting auctioneers to remark...

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