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Hey, Upper East Siders: Rebecca Hessel Cohen dropped Marie Antoinette into the Gossip Girl cinematic universe for LoveShackFancy’s fall 2026 collection, staged at Cooper Hewitt—a Gilded Age mansion on Blair Waldorf’s home turf. An explosion of lace, bows, and sparkles ensued. “She’s a little Blair Waldorf meets Marie Antoinette—if she had an iPhone,” said Hessel Cohen.Vintage always serves as a jumping-off point for Hessel Cohen, who trawls the Paris markets for inspiration. Here, Edwardian-inspired silhouettes lived alongside a dusty pink John Galliano-era Dior bar jacket. “I collect all the Galliano,” she said. There were also more modern touches. Right on…

Web hosting company WP Engine has filed an amended complaint with brow-raising new allegations in its ongoing legal battle with WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg and his company Automattic (WordPress.com’s parent company). The company now claims that Mullenweg intended to target 10 different hosting companies with royalty payments for their use of the WordPress trademark and tried to get payment processor Stripe to cancel its contract with WP Engine. At the heart of the dispute, Mullenweg believes WP Engine is profiting from the open-source WordPress project without contributing back to the community, and demanded the hosting company pay 8% of its…

The United States men’s hockey team takes the ice for the first time in the 2026 Winter Olympics when it faces Latvia on Thursday. This Group C matchup will pit the world’s No. 1 ranked team in the Americans versus the 10th-ranked Latvians. Team USA won gold at the 2025 World Championships and finished fifth at the last Olympic Games, as it seeks its 12th Olympic medal. Latvia placed 10th at last year’s World Championships and was an 11th-place finisher at the 2022 Winter Olympics, as the Latvians are aiming for their first Olympic medal.Opening faceoff is set for 3:10…

On Thursday, OpenAI announced the release of a light-weight version of its agentic coding tool Codex, the latest model of which OpenAI launched earlier this month. GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is described by the company as a “smaller version” of that model, one that is designed for faster inference. To power that inference, OpenAI has brought in a dedicated chip from its hardware partner Cerebras, marking a new level of integration in the company’s physical infrastructure. The partnership between Cerebras and OpenAI was announced last month, when OpenAI said that it had reached a multi-year agreement with the firm worth over $10 billion.…

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., at left, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.ReutersA federal judge on Thursday enjoined Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from censuring Sen. Mark Kelly over that Arizona Democrat’s participation in a video reminding American military service members they have a right to refuse illegal orders.Judge Rich Leon’s order in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., also blocks Hegseth, for now, from reducing Kelly’s U.S. Navy rank and retirement pay, as punishment for his role in the video.Kelly retired from the Navy as a captain.Leon said that Hegseth had “trampled” on Kelly’s First Amendment free speech protections, and that the…

This creamy mushroom pasta is weeknight dinner gold: deeply browned mushrooms, a silky Parmesan-laced sauce, and just enough lemon to keep everything bright. The key isn’t drowning the mushrooms in cream—it’s giving them a proper sear first.A mix of shiitake, maitake, oyster, or crimini mushrooms brings layered texture and flavor, though even a single variety works if you give it enough time and space in the pan. The result is a glossy mushroom pasta that’s rich but balanced, savory but bright—and far more dynamic than its short ingredient list suggests.Tips for making mushroom pastaHow do I get the mushrooms crispy?Cook…

The decision to drop multiple teasers for Avengers: Doomsday a year before the movie arrives should have been a slam dunk. It’s the first Avengers movie in seven years. As highly anticipated a blockbuster as we’ve had in recent memory. Everyone wants to see and learn more. But the awkward release and subsequent response to the trailers left us scratching our heads, and now new quotes are not helping. A few months back, Avengers: Doomsday directors the Russo Brothers posted to their Instagram that “What you’ve been watching for the last 4 weeks… are not teasers. Or trailers. They are…

History is on the line for American snowboarder Chloe Kim at the Winter Olympics on Thursday.Editor’s Picks2 RelatedKim will compete in the women’s snowboard halfpipe final with a chance to become the first snowboarder to win three straight Olympic gold medals. She qualified for the final on Wednesday while racing with a brace on her left shoulder due to a torn labrum suffered last month. The 25-year-old still managed to finish first, setting up a potential date with destiny. Shaun White is the only Olympian to ever win three gold medals in the snowboard halfpipe competition, but he didn’t secure…

At the end of last month, Ubisoft workers in the publisher’s native France to strike in the wake of sweeping layoffs and cost-cutting measures. This week, they made good on those threats. According to , union members confirmed that at least 1,200 staff participated in the three-day strike, which was due to run from February 10 to February 12.While the strike action primarily took place in France, GamesIndustry.biz was told that Ubisoft’s Milan office also took part. The union Solidaires Informatique, which represents French workers from a number of companies in the video game sector, including Blizzard and Ubisoft, had…

We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing.More often than not, I look to Italy for the bulk of my cooking inspiration. Like, no surprise — it really has the whole eating well thing down (see: intricately handmade pastas, the ever-present espresso bars, pizza in general). Not to mention all of the importance placed on protected foods, like Parmigiano Reggiano, Pecorino Romano, and Prosciutto di Parma. So, color me surprised when I stumbled into an Italian grocery store on a recent visit to…