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How Vice’s makeup designer turned Christian Bale into Dick Cheney

Vice’s makeup designer explains how he transformed the Best Actor nominee into the former VP.

By Cheryl Wischhover

This clothing brand proudly uses prison labor. Critics say it’s exploiting workers.

By Gaby Del Valle February 22

Are Uggs kosher? Rabbis say the boots might violate Jewish law.

By Chavie Lieber February 22

American sunscreen isn’t good enough. Can new regulations help?

By Cheryl Wischhover February 22

Isn’t It Romantic is set in a stereotypical rom-com universe. Here’s how it came to life.

By Rebecca Jennings February 21

The strange, beautiful, gross aesthetic of The Favourite, explained

By Eliza Brooke February 21

Celebrities get tons of free stuff during awards season. Why?

By Cheryl Wischhover February 21

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The race to make the warmest winter clothes

Why winter coats from Canada Goose and Moncler are ready for the Arctic.

By Chavie Lieber February 20

CBD edibles are everywhere now. They also might be illegal.

By Gaby Del Valle February 20

Southwest Airlines has had to ground an unusually high number of flights

By Gaby Del Valle February 20

Why we can’t look away from before-and-after pictures

By Cheryl Wischhover February 20

The FDA says buying young people’s blood won’t stop you from aging

By Chavie Lieber February 19

Karl Lagerfeld’s long history of disparaging fat women

By Rebecca Jennings February 19

Payless is closing all its US stores

By Gaby Del Valle February 19

The best of everything

So many products today claim to be the best. Why — and why can’t we stop buying them?

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Karl Lagerfeld transformed what we think wealth looks like

By Eliza Brooke February 19

Karl Lagerfeld, the iconic Chanel designer, is dead at 85

By Chavie Lieber February 19

The Oscars gift bags are full of THC, CBD, and therapy to calm stressed-out celebs

By Rebecca Jennings February 18

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Why everyone is talking about towels

By Megan Barber February 18

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How to dress for cold weather, explained by an arctic researcher

By Rebecca Jennings February 18

Amazon scrapped its New York City plans. Some residents are elated — others are disappointed.

By Gaby Del Valle February 15

Meet Annie Turnbo Malone, the hair care entrepreneur Trump shouted out in his Black History Month proclamation

By Nadra Nittle February 15

Walmart just got hit with a major gender discrimination lawsuit

By Chavie Lieber February 15

“Patient influencers” are the latest Instagram trend, and they want to sell you drugs and devices

By Suzanne Zuppello February 15

Why yearbooks keep revealing skeletons in politicians’ closets

By Rebecca Jennings February 14

Amazon won’t build HQ2 in New York City after all

By Gaby Del Valle February 14

Why harnesses are all over red carpets right now

By Rebecca Jennings February 14

Why book covers still use the phrase “A Novel”

By Eliza Brooke February 14

F45 is the most popular workout you’ve never heard of

By Patrick Sisson February 14

An airline is suing a customer who skipped a leg of his flight to save money

By Gaby Del Valle February 13

Dating scams cost Americans over $143 million in 2018

By Kaitlyn Tiffany February 13

Why aphrodisiac foods don’t work, and why we keep trying them anyway

By Tanya Pai February 13

The heart-shaped box of chocolates is a Valentine’s staple. Here’s where it came from.

By Rachel Sugar February 13

Why retailers overlook women who aren’t quite plus or straight size

By Nadra Nittle February 12

Gucci is the latest fashion brand to spark a blackface controversy

By Nadra Nittle February 12

Under Amazon, Whole Foods prices were expected to decrease. Instead, they’re rising.

By Chavie Lieber February 12

The rise of the Instagram-friendly vibrator

By Rebecca Jennings February 12

The hidden environmental cost of Valentine’s Day roses

By Gaby Del Valle February 12

Why all the berries on Instagram look fake lately

By Kaitlyn Tiffany February 12

The best $24.95 I ever spent: an ugly organizer for cables and cords

By Kyle Chayka February 12

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