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Annick Lenoir-Peek, a lawyer from Durham, N.C., has struggled with her weight since adolescence. She has tried Atkins and keto and spent thousands of dollars over decades on weight-loss efforts and programs such as Noom, Nutrisystem and WeightWatchers.Since starting Ozempic in late November, she’s lost around 30 pounds. Her cholesterol and glucose levels have improved, and she can eat far fewer calories without feeling hungry, she said. She’s felt few side effects and has more energy than when she tried calorie-restricted…

Even by the light-speed standard of social media, Olaplex had a fast rise—and suffered an even quicker backlash.Founded in 2014, the hair-care company built a following with salon treatments whose bond-building technology addressed common hair complaints: split ends, breakage, frizz and color damage. Olaplex became a byword for hairstylists and beauty influencers, leading the company to make a consumer product line and a splashy Wall Street debut.  Now it is facing declining sales and a…

Who knew it was still possible to collect an iconic work of art for under $3 million? Case in point: On Tuesday, Christie’s in New York sold Katsushika Hokusai’s “Under the Well of the Great Wave off Kanagawa” for $2.8 million—a new record high for the 1830-32 woodblock print.Christie’s only expected the work to sell for between $500,000 and $700,000, but six bidders pushed it higher in a battle that lasted 13 minutes. The telephone bidder, fielded by Christie’s deputy chairman Tash Perrin, remains anonymous. Dealers said…

To the casual listener, Miley Cyrus’s January hit single “Flowers” is a sultry pop song with a feminist bent, an anthem celebrating self-love and independence. But to superfans like Joshua Molina, “Flowers” is a series of clues about Ms. Cyrus’s divorce from Liam Hemsworth.Among the Easter eggs, according to fans: The song inverts the rhythm and lyrics of Bruno Mars’s “When I Was Your Man,” which supposedly has special meaning for Mr. Hemsworth and Ms. Cyrus. But while Mr. Mars sings, “I should’ve bought you flowers,” Ms.…

The painting was recently restituted to the heirs of a German-Jewish family who sold their art collection under Nazi persecution. Photo: Justin Tallis/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images…

Sotheby’s auction house will unveil on Tuesday in Dubai what many sneaker collectors consider to be the Holy Grail: the “Dynasty Collection,” or six Nike Air Jordan sneakers that Michael Jordan, His Airness himself, wore during the six NBA championship games the Chicago Bulls won in the 1990s.The price for the collection, on offer in a private sale? Sotheby’s won’t disclose it. But to sneaker collectors, it’s close to priceless: These shoes are like the Mona Lisa, the David and a few of…

Surrealism got its start as a boys’ club in 1920s Paris, but lately the art world has started paying more attention to several surrealist women based in Mexico.Global sensation Frida Kahlo continues to lead this pack, with an auction record of $34.8 million reset two years ago and museums selling merchandise festooned with her signature unibrow, from tote bags to dolls. Collectors have also started scouting for alternatives in part because Kahlo only created around 150 pieces, and Mexico can now also claim anything by her…

When casting veteran Jodi Wincheski met Lindsay Carmine in 2020, she knew she had a reality star on her hands.A pediatric nurse from Pennsylvania, Ms. Carmine was magnetic and strategic, making her a fit to compete on “Survivor”—“the toughest reality show to land,” according to Ms. Wincheski. But years of submitting audition tapes failed to get her past the initial interview stage. She hired Ms. Wincheski to help her change that. For $350, Ms. Wincheski worked with Ms. Carmine to highlight the most interesting parts of…

When the new, highly anticipated “Harry Potter” videogame “Hogwarts Legacy” made its debut earlier this month, it shot immediately to the top of the sales charts. Set in a 19th-century Wizarding World where wizards wear top hats and drive buggies, the game transports players to the school where Harry and his friends mastered spellbooks and learned how to fight against the dark arts.  Like other extensions of the Potter brand, including movies, theme parks and a Broadway show, the game hinges on…

The estate of publishing magnate Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr. took note last fall when collectors clamored after Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s $1.6 billion record-setting estate sale. Heartened by the art market’s resilience, the publisher’s family said Tuesday it plans to follow suit—auctioning off more of Mr. Newhouse’s own trove this spring. The move marks the third time the Newhouse estate has plied his pieces into sales since he died six years ago at age 89—a trickling strategy that contrasts…