Author: Press Room

It’s too soon to dub 2022 the year of the side hustle: Research shows more Americans are likely to start their own in 2023.Two in five Americans created or maintained at least one additional source of income in 2022, according to a survey from The Harris Poll and workflow integration company Zapier. That’s a 6% increase over December 2020, a charge led mostly by millennials and Gen Zers, the same survey added.Those millennials and Gen Zers might need the cash. Nearly half of them “live paycheck to paycheck and worry that they won’t be able to cover their expenses,” a…

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A fact: Anya Taylor-Joy exudes ethereal beauty. “She is the ultimate muse,” says makeup artist Georgie Eisdell, who joined stylist Ryan Hastings and hairstylist Gregory Russell to create Taylor-Joy’s look for the 2023 Golden Globes. “Her face is a dream to paint.” To play up the actor’s two-piece limoncello Dior dress, the team channeled iconic supermodels of decades past. “When I first saw Anya’s dress, I had visions of Jerry Hall hair,” says Russell. “I wanted to create a sleek modern version, so decided to do a center part, straight lengths, and pinned up on one side.” Taylor-Joy’s partially pinned peroxide pulled focus to her…

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Here’s something that will leave a bad taste in people’s mouths. Gov. Kathy Hochul quietly snuck a proposal to outlaw new gas stoves into the “New York Housing Compact” she unveiled during her State of the State speech Tuesday — urging people to ditch their kitchens’ gas grills and go electric. The ban would affect old-timers and millennials who are obsessed with cast-iron pans, which are tricky to use on electric stoves. “This is plain stupid,” said a 70-year-old resident of Sea Gate, Brooklyn, who gave his name as Victor K. “We lost electricity before, during Hurricane Sandy. The only…

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A controversial Brooklyn judge who weighed handing a gangbanger a slap-on-the-wrist deal in an attempted murder case settled on a stiffer penalty Wednesday following The Post’s report on the case. But Acting Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Laura Johnson still refused to send admitted gunman Donte Simpson to jail until he is officially sentenced in the May 2021 shooting that left a 17-year-old boy paralyzed for life. It came after Simpson pleaded guilty to attempted murder, assault, and a pair of gun charges, in exchange for a promised sentence of seven-to-10 years behind bars, during the hearing Wednesday. Johnson had previously considered a…

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Monday started much like any other day for Brian and Lindsy Doan. It would turn into a nightmare as their 5-year-old son, Kyle, got swept away in raging flood waters while his mom drove him to school.“It’s hard to process,” Brian said. “My wife is getting better, but the way things played out, she’s struggling. We all are.”As they headed to Lillian Larsen Elementary School in San Miguel, California, that morning, their car hit a dip in the road and began to drift into the torrent that breached the banks of San Marcos Creek.The car crashed into a tree and…

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Austin noted that the agreement affirms America’s “ironclad commitment to defend Japan with a full range of capabilities, including nuclear” and underscores that Article 5 of the mutual security treaty applies to the Senkaku Islands. The disputed islands outside Japanese territorial waters are also claimed by Beijing. The statement also adds a formal mention of space in the longstanding security treaty, making clear that “attacks to, from and within space” could trigger the mutual defence provisions of the treaty, according to an administration fact sheet. That had previously been outside the scope of the agreement. Earlier on Wednesday, Japan said…

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CNN  —  Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has asked New York state’s highest court to reverse his 2020 sex crimes conviction and grant him a new trial, according to an appellate brief filed on Tuesday. The latest appeal is the second effort made by Weinstein’s legal team to overturn his New York conviction on charges of committing a criminal sex act in the first degree and rape in the third degree, which resulted in a 23-year prison sentence. The sentencing garnered praised from prosecutors and leaders of the #MeToo movement. Weinstein has maintained his innocence and denied all allegations against…

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The law firm for a union representing licensed practical nurses (LPNs) in New York City sent a cease-and-desist letter to Montefiore Medical Center alleging the health care system involuntarily redeployed LPNs to replace striking nurses in violation of their collective bargaining agreement. In a letter sent Tuesday to Montefiore’s vice president of employee and labor relations, which was obtained by CNN, the general counsel for 1199SEIU said the deployment of its members is “inappropriate” and that involuntarily reassigning the LPNs to locations where nurses have been striking since Monday is a violation of the collective bargaining agreement with the union.…

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Before her big win on the main stage, Yeoh allowed Vogue in on her getting-ready process for the red carpet. The star chose a strapless Armani Privé gown for the affair that had a peplum waistline and was covered in dazzling midnight-blue sequins. “I loved everything about it,” says Yeoh. “The second I saw it, the bold color, [and the] intricate detailing of the crystals and silhouette were very intriguing and appealing to me. It felt timeless, but still cool and a bit modern. Armani is always a standout on the carpet for me.” She accessorized the statement piece with diamond…

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