The 303.10-carat Golden Canary diamond fetched $12.4 million at Sotheby’s New York auction Cedric Ribeiro Sotheby’s and Christie’s ended the 2022 auction season with Magnificent Jewels sales in New York in early December that totaled approximately $108.7 million. Fancy-colored diamonds received the most attention from collectors. For Sotheby’s, its December […]

Comment on this story Comment Bishop Lamor Miller-Whitehead was live-streaming his Sunday sermon at the Leaders of Tomorrow International Churches in Brooklyn when he asked his congregation: “How many of you have lost your faith because you saw somebody else die?” Moments later, three masked people armed with guns entered […]

David Lee Roth is shuttering Ink the Original, his skin-care line devoted to preserving and protecting tattoos. He did not give a reason for the closure. The former Van Halen singer and his partners broke the news with a simple post on the company website that reads, “First, our favorite restaurant, the corner bookstore, […]

Photo: Courtesy of Maggi Simpkins Maggi Simpkins dropped out of college to design jewelry, working for different jewelry companies and learning the ins and outs of the industry while experimenting with making her own jewelry on the side. Eventually, she started getting enough private commissions and went solo. Simpkins says […]

Rae missed Phan’s heyday, but she absorbed the generation of YouTubers that came afterward. From age 12, she began developing a talent for applying her own makeup with a steady hand and good sense of color. She had her favorite influencers, including the glamorous male makeup figure James Charles and […]

Poppy, a D.C. startup with a mission of disrupting the wedding flower business by serving as a high-tech direct go-between for florists and consumers, has raised $1.65 million in new funding for expansion. Poppy founder Cameron Hardesty, who worked in the White House communications department during the Obama administration, also […]