Outback Steakhouse’s parent company abruptly closed 21 restaurants across the country in October as part of a sweeping cost-cutting plan. Bloomin’ Brands said in an earnings filing Thursday that the closures mark the start of a “comprehensive turnaround strategy” that will see 22 more Outback locations close over the next four years as leases expire. So far this year, Bloomin’ Brands’ stock has plunged over ... Read more
NYC’s secret beauty spots revealed — where women pay $25 for a Park Avenue-style glow-up worth hundreds .QN
It’s glow time in Chinatown. Under a slant of sunlight, Viveca Chow reclines, her hair bundled in a cotton towel, as esthetician Diana Wu works a smooth, curved tool over her pronounced cheekbones. This isn’t some cucumber-water-and-pan-flute facial. There are no plush robes or heated beds here at Diana Beauty Spa, tucked between noodle shops on crowded Mott Street — just the rhythmic pressure of Wu’s capable ... Read more
Northern lights illuminate the sky across 22 states tonight — here’s who gets to see the show .QN
Can you paint with all the colors of the solar wind? Stargazers in New York and elsewhere could be treated to a celestial light show of epic proportions tonight due to a powerful geomagnetic storm. On November 5, an M7.4 solar flare burst forth from the sun, releasing a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) — an expulsion of plasma and magnetic fields from our solar star’s outermost layer — that was traveling ... Read more
Cleaning lady fatally shot in front of husband after couple arrived at wrong house for job: ‘Didn’t even get the key in’ .QN
A mom of four from Indiana was fatally gunned down after arriving at the wrong address for her cleaning job — and her grieving husband, who watched her die, is now demanding justice. Maria Florinda Ríos Pérez, 32, was shot dead just before 7 a.m. Wednesday as she and her husband, Mauricio Velázquez, arrived at a Whitestown home they’d been hired to clean, IndyStar reported. The couple, who are ... Read more
Aimee Lou Wood takes dig at fellow ‘White Lotus’ star Sydney Sweeney over American Eagle jeans ad .QN
Aimee Lou Wood has some reservations about Sydney Sweeney’s controversial American Eagle jeans campaign. The English actress took a swipe at fellow “White Lotus” star Sweeney after she shrugged off the backlash surrounding her ad during an interview with GQ published Tuesday. “I know who I am. I know what I value. I know that I’m a kind person,” the “Euphoria” star, 28, told the outlet. “I know that I love a ... Read more