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Behind the glamorous — and often tragic lives of Andy Warhol's muses
Leamer focuses on Warhol’s women: the ever-evolving coterie of glamazons who accompanied him to parties, appeared in his films, and “helped turn the Pittsburgh-born son of Eastern European immigrants into...
The best celeb engagement rings of 2025: Selena Gomez, Zendaya
The year’s best engagement rings — from Zoë Kravitz’s classic sparkler to Zooey Deschanel’s floral stunner.
World's most scandalous painting returns to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
"People get upset when it’s not on view,” said Stephanie L. Herdrich, curator of American painting and drawing at the Met.
The real 'Great Gatsby': Meet the men who likely inspired the infamous novel
In 1951, a blind 65-year-old man named Max Gerlach was listening to the radio when something jolted him to attention. A guest had come on who had just published a...
Grown-ups are buying more toys than preschoolers — to the tune of $1 billion
Sales of "kidult" playthings — like Lego sets for the 18-and-over crowd — are booming.
The American aristocrat who stood up to Hitler — and even insulted him to his face
Muriel White smuggled her children out of the Reich so they wouldn’t have to fight in Hitler’s army. She even insulted the Führer to his face.
The Rockettes didn’t have any black dancers until 1987 — this woman changed that
Jennifer Jones joined the kickline and broke the color barrier.
'The Gates' was a huge art sensation 20 years ago — and it wasn't the only vision Christo and Jeanne-Claude had for NYC
"They had a lot of ideas for New York City," the project director for the late artists' foundation told The Post.
NYC’s ‘hipster grifter’ couldn’t escape her past — so she wrote a tell-all book about it
"It took me years and hundreds of hours of therapy to come to terms with the fact that mine is an interesting story," she said.
Breakdowns, violence and the asylum: The secret 'mad' life of 'Gone with the Wind' legend Vivien Leigh
Leigh also specialized in portraying mad women: Ophelia, Lady Macbeth, and the deranged and damaged Blanche du Bois from “A Streetcar Named Desire.”
Tiny Brooklyn magic show is one of the hottest tickets in NYC
Since 69 Atlantic opened in mid-October, every show at the venue has sold out.
Behind the scenes on the James Dean film classic 'Giant'
Edna Ferber did not want James Dean to play Jett Rink, the brutish ranch hand turned dissolute millionaire oil magnate from her 1952 novel “Giant.” ' She had imagined someone...
Met Museum security guard and masonry worker display their own art in secret show
“Art Work: Artists Working at the Met” runs through Dec. 1.
Former ballerina running NYC marathon 9 months after brain surgery: 'This is my redemption lap'
“This is my redemption lap,” Leanna Scaglione told The Post.
NYC’s most frightening and fabulous Halloween houses — from Brooklyn to the Upper East Side
Have a look — if you dare.
Inside NYC's legendary Met Museum's intrigue-filled past — and glorious future
One of the striking things about “The Met” is that so many of its historical debates and troubles still ring true today.
Who was Dorothy Parker? Defining voice of NYC's Roaring Twenties, 'A Star is Born' scribe and more
Native New Yorker, Dorothy Parker, did not like movies. She did not like Hollywood. And she really did not like the people who ran it.
Dress designer loved by Beyoncé, Rihanna got naked to make paintings of stars like Julia Fox
Wendy Nichol's first art show features two dozen paintings and the dress Beyoncé’s wore in the "Drunk in Love" video.
ESPN sideline reporter lost both her mom and dad to opioid overdoses — mere hours apart
ESPN sideline reporter Lauren Sisler's dad called her in the middle of the night to say her mother had died. Hours later, he, too was dead of a fentanyl overdose.
Aging Gen Xers demand to be called Gigi, Mimi or Gaga — anything but 'grandma'
“A grandmother is an old gray-haired lady,” a 55-year-old told The Post. “I'm not a grandmother; I just have a grandchild.”