Swedan Margen
Swedan Margen contributes to L'Officiel Lifestyle with a focus on business and entrepreneurship.
Swedan covers business developments, emerging companies, entrepreneurial stories, and trends influencing industries and the broader economy.
The goal is to bring readers accessible coverage of business stories while highlighting developments, ideas, and opportunities shaping the marketplace.
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The Scoop With Modesto Abreu: On Dressing Housewives and Other Bravolebs
This week’s guest is stylist to the (reality) stars, Modesto Abreu, whose roster of (past and present) clients includes Vicki Gunvalson,…
Pentagon Mysteriously Pulls Hegseth’s Testosterone Screening Memo
It’s not clear what’s happening with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s mandatory testosterone screening for troops.
John Malkovich Is My Venice Film Festival Fashion King
On the promo trail for ‘Wild Horse Nine’ in Venice, the actor has solidified his position as Hollywood’s coolest menswear star.
Walmart and Target Thought It Was a Good Idea to Sell Nazi Costume
The mega retailers pulled the costume off their websites after backlash.
Widow of Airman Killed in Iran War Says She Was Denied Benefits
Libby Klinner claims Trump’s “it’s not a war” excuse is hurting families like hers.
Hunter Biden says his father's motorcade showed up at his drug den -- twice
Recovering addict Hunter Biden said his father would visit him at his crack den apartment in Washington to try to help him escape his…
“Days and Nights in the Forest” Emerges from the Shadows
All four are manifestly bourgeois, flashing their cash from the moment they arrive at the village where they are to stay. They…
Reining in Big Tech: How California lawmakers plan to regulate AI and social media
SACRAMENTO — Long the epicenter of the global tech industry, California is taking more action to shield its children, communities and…
How the Trump Administration Is Reimagining Civil-Rights Enforcement
Its muscular approach sets it apart from previous Republican administrations. Source link
Going Through the Motions with Khloé Kardashian’s “The Girls”
The Kardashians’ smooth-brained, smooth-faced mercenariness has always struck me as dispiriting, and yet it’s also true that they’ve been…
What Meta's $17-billion settlement revealed about the harms of social media
After months of hype and mere hours in front of the jury, California’s blockbuster suit against Meta ended on Wednesday with a sweeping…
Meta's massive settlement may not be enough to improve child safety, experts say
Over the last five years, efforts to make social networks Facebook and Instagram safer for young people have erupted across courts,…
In “Adults,” Gen Z Gets the Hangout Sitcom It Deserves
The married creators of “Adults,” Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw, seem well aware of the lineage of their series. (At one point, a…
Fed governor Lisa Cook slams Trump’s renewed threat to fire her
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook said the Trump administration has no legal basis to remove her from the central bank’s…
Meta to pay $17 billion, overhaul Facebook and Instagram in teen addiction settlement
Meta agreed to pay up to $17 billion and make changes to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark settlement to resolve…
Trump Urged to Surrender Quickly in Hormuz Before Success Becomes an Option
Leave it to the New York Times opinion page to argue that the U.S. president should just accept defeat. Source link
Drake’s “Janice STFU” on Every Corner
On one level, this is simply more of the same from Drake. In summer as well as in winter, beneath a beach umbrella just as much as under…
Melissa Auf der Maur’s Chronicle of Nineties Rock
Thirty-two years ago, in the summer of 1994, Courtney Love staged a remarkable comeback. Earlier that year, her band, Hole, had released a…
Mark Zuckerberg buys an Irish castle
Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s latest home purchase appears fit for a billionaire who runs the world’s largest social media…
Protester ejected from Trump rally was wearing ‘Kill Your Local Pedophile’ shirt
A pair of protesters were ejected from President Trump’s rally in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, including one wearing a T-shirt…
Is the Smithsonian Really Trying to Destroy America?
If they did come, the Citizen Historians were determined to get there first. Curtis unfolded a map of the museum with eight galleries…
San Francisco Bay Area dethroned as largest tech talent market
The San Francisco Bay Area, epicenter of the artificial intelligence boom, is home to a massive number of tech workers employed by some of…