A trip to Cartagena, in Colombia, is the ultimate antidote to the been-there-done-that Caribbean vacation. Here’s everything you need to know to get in on the action.
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Angelina Jolie, who has sought to inspire women with public candor about her health, brought another message of empowerment to the Kids’ Choice Awards.
Drones are being used to film everything from movies to sports events to commercials, creating a new visual vocabulary in the entertainment industry—but safety concerns remain.
Once named “Sexiest Man Alive,” actor Ryan Reynolds takes on a new role as a lawyer in “Woman in Gold.”
Not often thought of as sophisticated, pink—from Pepto to baby—has become one of spring’s most fashion-forward shades.
The knitted tie—the classic twill tie’s slightly less formal, and infinitely more textured, cousin—is the fashion insider’s choice this season.
On the eve of the final season, ‘Mad Men’ costume designer Janie Bryant shares the stories behind her favorite looks—including Don in a color other than gray, Peggy in pants and ‘Zou Bisou Bisou.’
Trade those ubiquitous basic white sneakers for bolder, punchier trainers
These four delicious Passover dessert recipes—raspberry curd Pavlova, chocolate-dipped figs with sea salt, pear-chocolate cake and macaroons actually worth eating—make for a sweet Seder.
Most folks associate Jura with the region’s famously strange, strong oxidative wines. But Jura offers easier options, including wonderful stand-ins for wine drinkers priced out of Bordeaux.
This Japanese-Italian fusion recipe from chef Josef Centeno of L.A.’s Orsa & Winston combines the tastiest elements of miso soup and minestrone in a bowl loaded with spring vegetables.
Whether you’re a serious wine-lover or passionate about chocolate, it’s worth exploring a marriage of the two.
When it comes to décor, restricted palettes of black, white and gray don’t have to be dull, says interiors stylist Hilary Robertson. The potential for textural and tonal variation is...unlimited.
So long, dreary winter bouquets of twigs and berries. These opulent gold and metallic vases go better with unrestrained floral statements.
The Swedish author of “The Swimmer” spent almost a year in Syria as a teenager. Part of him never left.
Teresa Norton, the founder of corporate-training firm Starmaker, shares a story about a memorable cab driver and offers other travel tips.
The ritual of the car wash, once a simple way to splash away a spring day, has become a science involving pressurized air, nifty power buffers and more.
The big-haired band leader of ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden’ riffs on old-fashioned role-playing games and synthesizers large and small.
It was actually happening. The unbeatable Kentucky team was about to be beat by Notre Dame. But then Kentucky survived, saved its season and rescued its search for perfection.
It’s getting tough to tell just who Wisconsin’s dominant big man is. Seven-footer Frank Kaminsky has been everyone’s pick for player of the year, but it was his fellow forward Sam Dekker who had a big second half in No. 1 seed Wisconsin’s 85-78 Elite Eight win over Arizona.
There may be no tradition more closely associated with Duke basketball than players slapping the floor on defense. It has evolved from a novelty in the 1980s by a single player to this year’s group synchronized gesture.
The struggling Knicks set another record for futility on Saturday night, when they were blown out by the Chicago Bulls, 111-80, marking New York’s 60th loss of the season--the most in Knicks’ franchise history.
The Wildcats blew out West Virginia 78-39 in the Sweet 16. Now, the task of trying to topple the team’s perfect run falls to Notre Dame.
Michael Bamberger’s new book ‘Men in Green’ explores the 1950s-1980s in pro golf through candid interviews with 18 ‘legends,’ from Arnold Palmer to Raymond Floyd’s caddie.
Kevin Durant, the NBA’s reigning MVP, will miss the rest of the season because of persistent problems with his right foot. Plus, a look ahead to Sunday’s Cricket World Cup final.
Harry Kane scored 80 seconds into his England debut, providing another astonishing moment in his breakthrough season in a 4-0 victory over Lithuania in European Championship qualifying.
One of Sunday’s finalists in the Cricket World Cup—Australia—will be on familiar territory. The other, New Zealand, will be breaking new ground.
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The White House issued the most extensive action plan ever against drug-resistant bacteria, or superbugs, seeking to curb antibiotic use at farms and hospitals—and promote tests to find lethal bugs, and antibiotics to kill them.
Google and Johnson & Johnson formed a partnership around tools for robotic surgery.
A new documentary project that gives a say to people close to the shah and his toppled monarchy is testing the limits of today’s Iranian regime.
What accounts for the writer’s enduring appeal? A voice with a modern sensibility, says Alexander McCall Smith.
The author of the acclaimed play ‘Disgraced’ copes with a buggy mystery and other struggles of the writing life.
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A new study looks at people who see letters or numbers as having colors—and finds a possible connection to toy letter magnets.
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The abuse of military jargon is driving Joe Queenan to take up verbal arms.
The backlash against “plus-size” is the latest wrinkle in the history of a term that dates back to the flapper era of the 1920s.
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Using nanotechnology, scientists have created a bio-robot that could alert people to drier conditions.
Dan Ariely offers advice on how to maintain domestic harmony and have a less American social life.
In a new book, ‘Keep the Change,’ Harley Spiller showcases some of the mangled money he has amassed in the past 50 years.
As Aspen draws serious art collectors, more high-profile galleries are establishing outposts in the resort.
The Prado museum in Madrid has brought together works of Netherlandish artist Van Der Weyden, in a rare show.
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Made by a culture that didn’t make a distinction between art for a purpose and art-for-art’s-sake, the ‘Three Villages Robe’ captures a battle and a celebration in vibrant color on buffalo hide.
Hall & Oates’s Daryl Hall on the power of the political and personal in Marvin Gaye’s classic soul hit.
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Though he violently hated abolitionists, Booth had a reverence for John Brown, who he judged as ‘inspired.’
A fight over construction of a Frank Lloyd Wright has divided a peaceful British village.
Grandkids coming to visit? Three oversize vacation retreats in Florida, California and New Mexico with plenty of room for the family
The Tony-winning actress recalls a lively childhood home in Dallas.
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SkyMall got approval to proceed with a sale to C&A; Marketing for $1.9 million. C&A; said it plans to turn around the failed business and possibly reinstate the quirky catalog.
The Saturday Essay: He preached ‘Asian values’ and turned a tiny, poor city-state into an astonishing economic success. Is Lee’s ‘Singapore model’ the future of Asia?
Volkswagen has struggled in recent years to make a statement, writes Dan Neil. It has done so with the new Golf R. At about $40,000, the car is pricy for its segment but well worth it.
Silicon Valley is becoming the nexus of an emerging car industry that has giants like Mercedes-Benz, Ford and others racing to tap the region’s know-how.
Tesla has provided auto executives and regulators a better view into the nascent electric vehicle market, but now it is in focus for another reason: autonomous vehicles.
Washington counties around the country are competing on the claim that they are first in the nation to be named after the Founding Father.
A documentary that celebrates the work of Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Salgado examines the inhumanity of human beings and the possibility of redemption.
British actress Helen Mirren is on Broadway as Queen Elizabeth and on screen in “Woman in Gold.” In the film, the 69-year-old Oscar winner plays a Nazi survivor determined to reclaim a famous painting.
In “Mad Men,” dozens of key scenes have played out on elevators. For series creator Matthew Weiner, elevators are where time, physical space and tension get neatly compressed.
A lavish six-part TV series and an austere Royal Shakespeare Company play approach Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf Hall” novels in wildly different ways: How they did it.
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HBO’s documentary about Scientology, once seen, cannot be erased from the mind. So beware.
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Tensions flare in the Joseph family after it’s revealed that its patriarch spied for the Russians in Amy Herzog’s play about the corrosive nature of power and dishonesty.
Art Deco themes, detailed models and hours of research went into the sets for the Broadway revival “On the 20th Century.” The “world of glamour and zaniness” was created by designer David Rockwell.
At Paris’s Grand Palais, an exhibition of 119 artworks covers Velázquez’s career.
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The Numbers: Ever since Spotify put a number on the price of one stream of a song, the music industry has debated whether the figure is fair.
WSJ. asks six luminaries to weigh in on a single topic. This month: Failure.
The French fashion brand, helmed by creative director Phoebe Philo and CEO Marco Gobbetti, has new headquarters in a historic 17th-century building.
Louis Begley’s award-winning fiction usually takes on bad behavior among the well-bred and prosperous. ‘Killer, Come Hither’ ratchets up the intrigue—and the evil.
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Madison Square Garden took another step in its spinoff efforts with a plan that would create two publicly traded companies using a different structure than the one it mentioned in October.
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Restaurant diners crave adventurous eating, yet chefs say they still tend to order largely along gender lines. How do menus satisfy both?
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Designers are pushing a look that blends dressy, casual and athletic clothing.
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New systems in bulky boxes eat away at the space in front of your seat, Scott McCartney reports.
Enthusiasts have been waiting for a knock-out car like the Porsche Cayman GT4 to lift the company out of the doldrums. This car is the nutter special, writes Dan Neil.
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Love one particular color? Decorating your home in it needn’t feel one-note, as this New York apartment filled with burnished variations on golden earth tones proves.
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For some of the city’s aspiring wrestlers, pay is about $20 a gig and shows are staged in a Staten Island church gym.
It's the weekend. Time to catch up on all the things you didn't have time to read during the week. We've compiled a few suggestions.
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Why do so few people know about Cy Coleman, the man behind ‘Witchcraft,’ ‘Big Spender’ and numerous other blue-chip standards?
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Whimsy is having a moment. In New York, thirty-somethings join kickball leagues and folks wait hours in line for novelty baked goods. Brooklyn pre-K for adults is the latest thing in self-indulgence, writes Anne Kadet.
On the 30th anniversary of the modern NCAA tournament bracket, The Wall Street Journal’s selection committee presents the 63 best NCAA tournament games by their corresponding round and region.
The idea that a 50/50 split of tasks is actually inequal might seem a stretch to some. But it's true that some tasks (such as child care) require more effort and emotion than others (washing dishes, for example). But we don't often think about these things, especially when divvying up tasks. It's easy to make a chart that ensures that everyone is doing the same number of chores. But less simple is quantifying the stress those tasks bring.
Everyone procrastinates. Take our poll and tell us: On what kind of tasks are you most likely to procrastinate?
I tend to describe my first novel as a force that whirled into my life like a Tasmanian Devil, demanding to be written and injecting lightness into what was otherwise a distressing year. But simply throwing thanks at the feet of “the muse” discounts a lot: the tasks left abandoned, the support of my family, the sweat, the expense, the satisfaction. And, of course, the deliberation: the strategy and choices that I made in striving for a long held dream.
George R.R. Martin continues to streamline his obligations in order to focus on finishing “The Winds of Winter,” the next anticipated book in “A Song of Ice and Fire.”
Multicultural TV shows have been a huge success. Now some in Hollywood are wondering if diversity has gone too far.
Take a look at which cocktails get mentioned most often in a number of cities.
This week in Statshot, there's little correlation between Supreme Court justices' talkativeness and the number of opinions they write; energy drinks saw an almost 7% increase in sales in 2013; and more.
Yukari Iwatani Kane's new book about Apple since the death of Steve Jobs was excerpted in the Journal last weekend. Here, she responds to questions posed by readers.
This week in Statshot: Big cities tend to have more income inequality than the rest of the country, and “Frozen” is the first Disney princess movie to crack the top 20 in overall domestic box-office receipts.
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