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Buzz Feed
24 minutes ago
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
'Hamilton' And Funny Face Bakery Announce Cookie Collab
You know Hamilton, right? The record-breaking, cultural-reset musical from Lin-Manuel Miranda (that basically changed modern-day theater forever) celebrates its 10th anniversary on Broadway this August. The production's milestone birthday kicked off earlier this year with a special tribute at the 70th annual Tony Awards, starring the original Broadway cast. (Feel old yet? I do. 🫠) You also probably know Funny Face Bakery. The New York City-based bakery frequently goes viral for its pop culture-inspired cookie drops based on everything from White Lotus moments to Kardashian memes. Not for nothing: their gooey chocolate chip cookie frequently pops up on social media rankings and reviews of the best chocolate chip cookies in NYC. Well, folks, it looks like history has its eyes on your cookie jar. As a nod to the legendary musical's achievement, Funny Face just dropped a limited-edition trio of cookies that'll put a smile on the face of any theater kid — or theater kid at heart. First, there are the two decorated cookies: The King George cookie ($14)... ...and the Schuyler sisters cookie ($14). Both are classic sugar cookies, decorated with royal icing. Finally, there's their "gooey" option, called Hamilton's Temptation ($6.50), which is a black-and-gold twist on the bakery's beloved Rainbow Crumbfetti cookie. "As a New York City-born bakery, collaborating with Hamilton feels incredibly full circle," said the founder of Funny Face Bakery, Sarah Silverman. "We're all about bringing joy through nostalgia and pop culture, and few things feel more quintessentially NYC than Hamilton." You can snag them in-store at either of Funny Face's NYC shops (located in NoHo or the Seaport), or order online for nationwide shipping. These limited-editions treats won't last forever either — unlike Hamilton, which I fully expect to outlive us all at this point. To cook thousands of recipes from the comfort of your own phone, download the free Tasty app for iOS and Android!
Vox
4 hours ago
- General
- Vox
Most couples used to meet this way. What happened?
Like many women these days, 30-year-old Jude Cohen is over dating apps. So she's decided to relinquish some of the responsibility in finding a partner: 'I'm asking my friends to set me up,' the New York City-based communications consultant says. Late last year, a family friend heeded the call and, without warning, introduced Cohen to a potential date via text. The man lived in her hometown, hundreds of miles away, but she wasn't opposed to long distance. Prior to their date a few weeks later — Cohen was back in town for a wedding — she knew scant about him. She made an attempt to find her date's Instagram but was unsuccessful. The date was fine, she says, and the conversation was 'lovely.' But Cohen just wasn't attracted to her date. Ironically, if he lived in New York, she'd have plenty of friends to set him up with. Still, Cohen is holding out hope for a successful setup. 'I continue to ask my friends to set me up,' Cohen says. 'It was not a deterrent that the first time didn't work out. All in all, it wasn't a bad experience. It's just a part of the numbers game that you have to play to find your person.' Vox Culture Culture reflects society. Get our best explainers on everything from money to entertainment to what everyone is talking about online. Email (required) Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. The setup can feel like a relic of a bygone era of dating. Introducing two friends who might be romantically compatible seems quaint in a time when people can filter through singles based on the most granular qualities on apps. But for most of modern dating, heterosexual couples were most likely to meet their spouse through friends. That is, until the 2010s, when meeting online overtook friend-facilitated introductions, a trend that has only accelerated since then. According to one study, only 20 percent of straight couples met through friends in 2017, compared to 39 percent who met online. Compare that to 1995, when a third of couples met through friends and only 2 percent met online. It's safe to say that the setup is, if not dead, on life support. But as more singles grow frustrated with dating apps and yearn for more organic connection, could a return to the setup be in order? Are singles willing to surrender control in pursuit of a partner? Related Delete your dating apps and find romance offline 'Of all the things I've heard people say they're doing to try to meet people more organically,' says Liesel Sharabi, an associate professor in human communication at Arizona State University, 'getting set up isn't one that I've had people tell me that they're really longing to go back to. For some of them, they probably never experienced it.' From introductions to algorithms Coupling up only became an individual pursuit recently. Historically, choosing a partner was a group affair. Outsiders have had influence on romantic relationships in myriad ways: For centuries, parents the world over have had some degree of control over who their children married (and in some cultures, they still do); a long line of matchmakers worked to connect families in their communities; and friends, extended family, neighbors, coworkers, and other group members all had a stake in who their friends paired off with. A study from 1991 found that when a couple felt their family and friends approved of their relationship, they were more likely to stay together. (It should be noted that study participants were primarily middle-class college students.) The setup comes with clear upsides. If a mutual friend thinks there might be something between two people in their orbit and goes out of their way to make an introduction, that speaks volumes. Knowing this person has been vetted and vouched for in some way is appealing. A setup has built-in accountability, too. Your date may be less likely to be a jerk if they know their behavior might get back to their friends. But being this intertwined can also get awkward in the event of a fight or breakup, when personal moments are suddenly fodder for group gossip. Over the last few decades, choosing a partner became a more private pursuit. The facilitating friends also have a lot at stake. Research shows that playing matchmaker for friends is associated with higher wellbeing, happiness, and, overall, is a rewarding experience. The matchmaker might feel a sense of ownership over the fledgling couple, the reason for their love. A successful setup has implications beyond the couple themselves, too — the friend group deepens with new connections and can fracture if the relationship dissolves, with mutual friends choosing sides or dividing time between exes. But over the last few decades, choosing a partner became a more private pursuit, says Reuben J. Thomas, an associate professor of sociology at the University of New Mexico. Instead of leaning on social networks to facilitate a match, dating is now 'a very personal quest to find a relationship that helps you become the person you want to be, the best you, to 'self-actualize' through your relationship/marriage (and to leave the relationship if it hampers that),' Thomas says in an email. Instead of relying on the extended network of your community, you can sort through profiles of hundreds of strangers from the privacy and comfort of your bedroom. One of dating apps' greatest strengths is their ability to connect users to people outside of their social network. Most Americans marry people of similar racial, educational, and socioeconomic backgrounds, and dating apps have the power to at least diversify the dating pool, if not totally buck the trend. Your friends and family are limited in their social reach; they only interact with a finite number of people at work, at school, at clubs. There's an even greater cap on how many of those people are single. 'People's friendship circles tend to have fewer single people in them as they age beyond early adulthood, as more and more of their friends enter marriages and long-term relationships,' Thomas says. With increased exposure to a diverse array of strangers, singles on apps have more control over their love lives. In a period of history when Americans are spending less time with friends — and more time alone — you might not want to wait around for a pal to set you up with their coworker, nor should you have to. 'That's quite a bit different than how we've always met our partners,' Sharabi says. 'Usually, we run in the same network, we have the same habits, routines. When you talk about introducing somebody who's entirely independent from that, it does change the dynamic a little bit.' Removing friends and family from the romantic equation has some downsides, Sharabi says. In a study, Sharabi found that couples who met online reported slightly less satisfying and stable marriages than those who met offline. This can be attributed to lingering stigma around app-faciliated connections and family members who may judge a partner from outside their circles more harshly. 'Now you've got friends and family that are really disconnected from the process as well. They're not always supportive of the relationship,' Sharabi says. 'You're out there meeting strangers who they may or may not approve of because they just don't know them.' The new dating experience The setup may also not mesh with modern dating's array of expectations. The amount of information app users have access to prior to a date — an assortment of photos, interests, career, even weeks' worth of conversation — far exceeds the brief bit of background a friend may offer before setting you up. Another expectation of digital courtship — that the 'perfect' person is just a swipe away — can further dilute the allure of a setup. If the date you met online fails to meet your standards, hope springs eternal that the next profile will check all your boxes. With seemingly endless options, singles might discount someone simply because they don't have the right look or the right job. The nature of the setup is virtually the opposite: Here's one person you might jive with. If you aren't satisfied, it might be awkward with your mutual friend — and you'll be sent straight back to the dating apps. 'I feel like my friends have been single for so long,' says Maxine Simone Williams, the founder of the speed dating event series We Met IRL, 'they have a laundry list of what they want, which makes it even harder to set them up, because it's like, well, you don't want this.' On rare occasions, Williams has seen some event attendees walk in, survey the room, and leave. 'They're like, nobody here was my type,' she says. As much as modern daters lament the constant rejection and expendability of modern dating culture, it's also possible that they enjoy being in the driver's seat and having control. 'You do often hear people yearning for a simpler time of romance, but I think in reality they would hate it if society went back to the old ways,' of family-controlled marriages and having fewer options, Thomas says. 'Losing the ability to just shop for potential partners oneself, to have choice and agency, to be able to take the initiative and fairly quickly find a date in a big online space full of options, losing that would greatly frustrate most people today.' When it comes to dating in college, Chicago-based marketing intern Aliza Akhter has relied on apps to meet other singles. The last time the 20-year-old met a significant other through friends was in high school. To Akhter, setups are something her parents' generation did. Her friends don't ask each other if they have other single friends. She'd be open to meeting someone at a friend's party or even a setup date, but she's in the minority, she says. 'If you're single, it's pretty much a given that you either have a dating app or you have at some point,' Akhter says. 'So maybe it's just the fact that people know that there's another easier option than the introduction.' Algorithms have replaced the role of family and friends in facilitating relationships. Still, the fate of the setup isn't all grim. In recent research, Arielle Kuperberg, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, has found among thousands of college students nationwide, more are now meeting romantic partners through friends and family than they were in 2019. Fewer are meeting partners online compared to 2020, when nearly a quarter of respondents met their significant other online. 'We have a five-year period we look at in this paper, from 2019 through 2024,' Kuperberg says, 'and the last year was the highest rate at which people were met through friends and family. So I think there could be a comeback.' Sharabi, however, is not as optimistic. 'I think it's dead,' she says, 'and I think that dating apps killed it.' In her view, algorithms have replaced the role of family and friends in facilitating relationships and despite apps' negative publicity as of late, she doesn't see them disappearing altogether. But if Jude Cohen, the freelance communications consultant in New York, has anything to say about it, the setup will live on. Cohen and her friends have sought to make the experience more joyful by organizing what they call the 'Blind Date Club' where each friend is tasked with bringing a date to dinner for another person in the group. Some brought friends of friends, others made dating app profiles on behalf of their pal. ('It was very clear on the profile I'm swiping for my friend Amy,' Cohen says.) Cohen found a date for her friend John by posting a video on TikTok. Five out of the six couples extended their date beyond the initial dinner. Cohen was one of them — she had a few more dates with her setup, too. Although none of the matches grew into anything more serious, Blind Date Club was a whimsical way of bringing community back into dating.
Yahoo
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Am I Dreaming or Is "My Best Friend's Wedding" Really Getting a Sequel?
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Save the date! A sequel to My Best Friend's Wedding is reportedly on the way. The 1997 rom-com starred Julia Roberts as Julianne Potter, a New York City-based food critic who made a pact to marry her college best friend, Michael (Dermot Mulroney), if they were both still single by the time they turned 28. Instead of getting a proposal on the eve of her 28th birthday, Julianne gets invited to Michael's unexpected wedding to a college junior named Kimmy (Cameron Diaz). The surprise nuptials makes Julianne realize that she's in love with Michael—and now she only has a few days to break up the couple for good. For everything we know about the sequel, keep scrolling. Celine Song will write the script. Collider reported on July 29 that Sony has tapped Celine Song to write the sequel's script. Song is well known for her tender and moving depictions of love and romance onscreen; she previously wrote and directed the 2023 Oscar-nominated film Past Lives and the 2025 rom-com Materialists. The original cast has teased the possibility of a sequel. Mulroney talked about the potential sequel during an interview with the New York Post on July 25. 'There is talk of a sequel,' he told the outlet. 'I know nothing about it. Last I heard, quote, lawyers were talking, unquote.' Roberts has also previously expressed interest in returning to her role as Julianne. When asked which of her previous films she'd want to see get a sequel during a 2023 appearance on Watch What Happens Live, she answered, 'I think, maybe, My Best Friend's Wedding.' She added that she would want 'to see what they're doing and how Kimmy and Michael's marriage is going.' You Might Also Like 4 Investment-Worthy Skincare Finds From Sephora The 17 Best Retinol Creams Worth Adding to Your Skin Care Routine Solve the daily Crossword
Fox News
15 hours ago
- Sport
- Fox News
NFL tells New York City employees to work from home after shooting
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has informed all New York City-based employees to work from home through next week following the tragic mass shooting that occurred at their headquarters on Monday night. Goodell was in communication with all league employees on Monday, where he stated that one staffer was "seriously injured," though in stable condition at a local hospital following the mass shooting that took the lives of four, including an off-duty police officer, before the gunman took his own life. Fox News Digital obtained the latest "Message from the Commissioner," which stated the league's plans to have all New York employees working remotely for the time being. "For those of you based in our New York office, please plan to work remotely at least through the end of next week (August 8)," the memo read. "The office will remain closed during this time, and we ask that you do not attempt to enter the building until we confirm that it is ready for us to return." Goodell also said in the memo that "our hearts go out to all of the victims and their families, and we are deeply grateful for the first responders and medical staff who acted so quickly and continue to provide care." "Our thoughts and prayers remain especially with our colleague who was impacted," the memo continued. "He is currently surrounded by his family and members of the NFL community, and we are all continuing to hope for and support his full recovery." Goodell also praised NYPD Officer Didarul Islam, the 36-year-old off-duty cop who died while working security inside 345 Park Avenue, in his earlier memo to employees. "We are deeply grateful to the law enforcement officers who responded to this threat quickly and decisively and to Officer Islam, who gave his life to protect others," the memo read. New York City Mayor Eric Adams revealed Tuesday on Fox 5 NY's "Good Day New York" that the gunman was trying to target the NFL's headquarters but took the wrong elevator bank. He said the floor he took was for Rudin Management. Adams added the gunman, who was identified as 27-year-old Shane Tamura, alluded to having suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, better known as CTE. He had a grievance with the NFL. "He seemed to have blamed the NFL," the mayor said. "The NFL headquarters was located in the building, and he mistakenly went up the wrong elevator bank." Adams said investigators were going through the "suicide note" the gunman left. An official told Fox News Digital the three-page note was found in the gunman's wallet and made references to CTE and expressed anger toward the NFL over the degenerative brain disease. Goodell's previous memo made sure to remind employees about the HR resources the company must go through this trying time. He reiterated as much in this memo. "We are strongest when we come together and support one another," Goodell's memo read. "To provide for our community, we will be holding a virtual town hall tomorrow where we can connect, share, and support each other. "This has been a challenging time for our entire team. Please continue to take care of yourselves and one another. If you need additional support, do not hesitate to reach out to your manager or HR. We are here for you."
Fashion Network
a day ago
- Business
- Fashion Network
Outdoor Voices founder Tyler Haney returns to brand ahead of relaunch
American entrepreneur Tyler Haney is returning to Outdoor Voices, the activewear brand she founded in 2013, in a bold move that coincides with the relaunch of the New York City-based outfit. "I'm so excited to step back into this role as founder, as an owner, and as a partner," said Haney, in a video posted to the apparel brand's Instagram on Monday, adding she has been working on a new collection with the brand for the last nine months. 'Over the last nine or so months, we've been working on the product — the uniform for doing things — and it has a lot of the same sensibility as original OV in terms of material meant to move, technically credible, functional,' Haney continued in the video. 'I think you're really going to like it.' As of Monday, the Outdoor Voices Instagram account had been wiped and its website taken down, with a message saying,"Doing new things" emblazoned across the site, with the option for visitors to enter their email address. A new Outdoor Voices collection will drop August 4. Haney resigned from her role as CEO in February of 2020 amid financial challenges and reports of conflict between herself and retail magnate Mickey Drexler, who was then chairman of the board at Outdoor Voices. That same year, Lunya founder Ashley Merrill took over as chair of the brand, before reports began circulating that the company was looking to sell itself in 2022, amid bankruptcy speculation and the shuttering its 15 stores. Two years later, Consortium Brand Partners acquired Outdoor Voices, following its takeover of Reece Witherspoon's Draper James, in 2023.
