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Wall Street Journal
21-07-2025
- Wall Street Journal
‘Murder in the Dollhouse' Review: Blood in Suburbia
In 'Murder in the Dollhouse,' Rich Cohen's disquieting account of the disappearance—and likely murder—of a Connecticut mother of five, vulnerability veers into desperation and all warning signs are ignored in the face of a handsome, charming sociopath. The humanity of this predicament is the dreadful trailhead into the story of Jennifer Farber Dulos, who dropped her children off at school on May 24, 2019, and has never been seen since. She was in the middle of a contentious and expensive divorce from her husband, Fotis Dulos. Restraining orders. Bodyguards. 'But,' Mr. Cohen writes, 'when someone is determined to do you real harm, no amount of money can protect you.' When Jennifer returned to her New Canaan, Conn., home that morning in her Chevy Suburban, someone lay in wait; luminol tests later exposed evidence of a massive loss of blood in her garage. In January 2020, the prime suspect, Fotis, was charged with her murder; three weeks later he was dead from carbon-monoxide poisoning. Five children orphaned in an instant, a reminder that the price of this tragedy 'exacted more from the living than the dead.' Mr. Cohen, who reported the case for Air Mail magazine, acknowledges the garish appeal of a violent crime involving the beautiful and the wealthy. His chief intention here is to provide the reader with a portrait of Jennifer that goes beyond lurid clickbait.
New York Times
16-07-2025
- General
- New York Times
$2.9 Million Homes in Connecticut, Arizona and Idaho
New Canaan, Conn. | $2.295 million This three-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bathroom house sits on one of New Canaan's oldest streets, five minutes on foot from the city's Metro-North station. One well-known neighbor is the Glass House, designed by the architect Philip Johnson and now owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. A grocery store is within walking distance, as are the New Canaan Racquet Club and a stretch of Elm Street with coffee shops, a bookstore and a European bakery. By train, Stamford is half an hour away and Grand Central Terminal is less than 90 minutes away. New Haven is one hour by car. Size: 2,300 square feet Price per square foot: $998 Indoors: A white wood fence lines this home's front yard, with a gravel driveway on one side. The covered front porch has wood columns, and from there a door opens to the foyer and a staircase to the second floor. Wide-plank floors run into the living room, which has a windowed nook overlooking the side yard. An intricately-detailed ceiling medallion is original, and on the other side of an arched doorway is a dining room with four-over-four windows. On the other side of the dining room is the kitchen, which has a paneled refrigerator and a walk-in pantry. An island in the kitchen accommodates two bar stools, and around the corner is a breakfast room with black-and-white marble tiled floors. A half bathroom is off the foyer. All three bedrooms are on the second floor. The primary suite is big enough for a king-size bed, has high ceilings and space for a reading chair in front of a bay of windows. The attached bathroom has a glassed-in shower. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Globe and Mail
14-07-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. Announces Date of Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BWFG), the holding company for Bankwell Bank, today announced that it will issue its earnings release for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, on Monday, July 28, 2025. Management will also host an audio webcast and conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, on Monday, July 28, 2025, to review the Company's financial performance and operating results. The audio webcast link, along with the corresponding presentation slides, will be available on the Company's Investor Relations site ( prior to the beginning of the webcast. The webcast will also be archived on the Company's website for twelve months and can be accessed at any time during this period. About Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. is the holding company for Bankwell Bank ("Bankwell"), a full-service commercial bank headquartered in New Canaan, CT. Bankwell offers its customers unmatched accessibility, expertise, and responsiveness through a range of commercial financing products including working capital lines of credit, SBA loans, acquisition loans, and commercial mortgages as well as treasury management and deposit services. More about Bankwell can be found at
Daily Mail
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Pop icon's daughter says her dead pets will haunt Richard Gere for 'breaking promise' on $10million childhood home
Paul Simon's singer daughter has lashed out at actor Richard Gere for selling her $10million childhood home to real estate developers who plan to demolish the 1930s mansion to build a plot of new homes. Lulu Simon, 30, took to Instagram on Tuesday to blast Gere, 75, for allegedly renegging on a promise he made to her family to 'take care of land' when he bought the New Canaan, Connecticut, property from the Simon & Garfunkel musician and his wife Edie Brickell in 2022. 'Just in case anyone was wondering if I still hate Richard Gere – I do!' Lulu wrote in a post in all caps, accompanied by a selfie and a screen shot of a news article about the home being torn down despite backlash from preservationists. She claimed that looking after the land was a 'condition' of Gere's purchase but did not share any further details about the alleged agreement. 'He bought my childhood home,' she continued. 'Promised he would take care of the land as condition of his purchase. Proceeded to never actually move in & just sold it to a developer as nine separate plots… Hate! Him!' In a second post, Lulu issued the Pretty Woman actor a chilling warning. 'I hope my dead pets buried in that backyard haunt you until you descend into a slow and unrelenting madness.' The caption was displayed alongside an old photo of Gere, edited onto a collage depicting some of her late pets. A third post followed, which consisted of a meme of a frog sitting in front of a colorful sky along with the caption, 'Time will put your enemies in the ground.' The posts were eventually deleted around 18 hours after they were published, according to Realtor. A representative for Gere has not yet responded to a request for comment. The Chicago star bought the six-bedroom, seven-bathroom home from Simon and Brickell for $10.8 million, and sold it for $10.75 million in an off-market deal to real estate developers in October 2024. Then, in May, it was revealed the historic home was scheduled for demolition in order to make way for a nine-property development on the site. That news came after Gere and his wife, 42-year-old Spanish publicist Alejandra Gere, relocated to Madrid so the pair and their children could be closer to her family. The couple share sons Alexander, 6, and James, 5. Alejandra is also mom to son, Albert, 11, with ex-husband Govind Friedland, while Gere shares son Homer, 25, with ex-wife Carey Lowell. 'For Alejandra, it will be wonderful to be closer to her family, her lifelong friends and her culture,' Gere told Vanity Fair Spain in April 2024. 'She was very generous in giving me six years living in my world, so it is only fair that I give her at least another six living in here.' Alejandra later shared they plan on moving back to the US in a 'few years.' Like Gere, Paul Simon also made a loss when he sold the property. The Sound of Silence troubadour bought the home with Brickell in 2002 for $16.5million, according to Town & Country. They attempted to sell the Georgian-style estate in 2019 for $13.9million but a buyer was not forthcoming. The asking price fluctuated for the next three years before Gere purchased the 31.8 acre plot in 2022. Gere had originally sought to convert the majority of the land into a farm. During a 2023 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, Gere's lawyer David Rucci assured the commission that the historical property would not be turned into commercial real estate. 'I have received phone calls from four or five neighbors [who were] very concerned… if this was going to be some sort of big commercial operation, and it's really not,' Rucci said at the time, according to the N ew Canaan Advertiser. 'The owners… they both have grown up on farms, they're very interested in farms and teaching their kids about farms…so this is really important to them.' Although the property is now destined for demolition, salvage experts from York-based Hudson Valley House Parts have worked to extract some of the home's architectural gems to be repurposed. The company shared an Instagram Reel in May, showing off the sprawling property and some of the historic elements they were able to save. 'For the past month we have been fascinated by this estate as our team has been working on location salvaging many architectural elements,' the company wrote. 'Formerly owned by Richard Gere who purchased the property from Paul Simon and Edie Brickell, this 1930s home is scheduled for demolition with the intention of dividing the 32 acres into nine large lots.' The lots will range between 2.2 and 4.8 acres. They will be sold empty, giving buyers the chance to build their dream homes from the ground up, CT Insider reported.
Times
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Paul Simon's daughter calls on her dead pets to haunt Richard Gere
So-called 'nepo babies' have been widely criticised for exploiting their famous parents' personal connections, whether it be Paul McCartney's daughter, Stella, when she first interned for Christian Lacroix or Lila Moss when she was featured on Vogue's front cover alongside her mother, Kate. The daughter of Paul Simon, however, appears to have few qualms about burning bridges with one of her father's famous peers, calling on the ghosts of her dead pets to haunt Richard Gere after he sold her childhood home. Lulu Simon claimed the Pretty Woman actor had 'promised he would take care of the land' when he purchased the property from her parents, Paul Simon and Edie Brickell, for $10.8 million (£7.9 million) in 2022. However, Gere sold the house for $10.75 million (£7.9 million) last year to a property developer who plans to demolish the 1930s mansion to make space for nine new homes. 'Just in case anyone was wondering if I still hate Richard Gere — I do!' Simon, 30, wrote on Instagram along with a link to a news story about the home in New Canaan, Connecticut, being torn down. 'Hate! Him!' Simon added: 'He bought my childhood home. Promised he would take care of the land as condition of his purchase. Proceeded to never actually move in & just sold it to a developer as 9 separate plots :).' In a now-deleted Instagram story, Simon shared an image of Gere surrounded by a collage of her deceased pets. 'I hope my dead pets buried in that backyard haunt you until you descend into a slow and unrelenting madness,' Simon wrote over the photograph of Gere. Her father, one half of the folk rock duo, Simon & Garfunkel, had owned the home for 20 years, having bought it for $16.5 million (£11,4 million). Gere, 75, relocated to Spain late last year with his wife, Alejandra Silva, 42, with whom he has two sons, Alexander, six, and James, five. According to details shared with local planners in 2023, the Gere family had planned to turn the 32-acre estate into a farm. Gere sold the property to SBP Homes, which in May revealed its plan to knock down the six-bedroom mansion.
