Confidence has a reputation for being loud. In reality it is often quiet, steady and completely unapologetic. Here are twenty things that belong in that category. Liking red meat. A decent steak, rare or medium-rare, is one of life’s straightforward...

For a piece of technology that still exists mostly in render videos and test tracks, the Hyperloop has an annoyingly persistent grip on the public imagination. Every few years, just when you think the idea has drifted into the...

He’s sprawled on a beat-up leather couch in the back room of a Braddock brewery he helped save a decade ago, hoodie zipped halfway, Carhartt beanie pulled low, size-16 sneakers the size of small canoes kicked up on a...

He’s perched on the edge of his iconic Tonight Show desk, legs swinging like he’s still that 24-year-old SNL kid auditioning for Lorne Michaels, a half-eaten bag of Hot Cheetos within arm’s reach. At 51, Jimmy Fallon looks boyish...

She’s curled up on a pale-pink velvet sofa in the screening room of her Malibu mansion, barefoot in a crystal-embellished Juicy Couture tracksuit, a tiny Pomeranian named Diamond Baby asleep on her lap. At 44, Paris Hilton looks almost...