Oscar winner, model and new mother Marion Cotillard perfectly embodies the high-stakes drama of fall fashion—heavy on romance, and tough as nails.
The court upheld the mandate as a tax, in an opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts. The justices also found fault with part of the health-care law's expansion of Medicaid.
The Supreme Court's decision upholds the Obama administration's health-care law, but its future depends on which party controls the White House and Congress after elections in November.
Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Darren O'Day may possess baseball's most head-turning bullpen quirk: a magic unicycle.
The NBA's pre-draft peek into prospects' minds plays out almost silently, with no media leaks on how well or poorly someone performs on his exams.
Everyone knows Anthony Davis will go first, but after that it's a mystery. Plus: What happened to Wozniacki?; the most controversial somersault in baseball history; and more.
Joe Morgenstern reviews "Beasts of the Southern Wild."
Two shows to prove that institutions often need look no further than their own permanent collections for exhibition material.
California chefs, facing a ban on foie gras, are celebrating the fatty goose liver's final days by putting it anywhere they can—including in cotton candy, cheesecake and jelly doughnuts.
The best time to buy international air tickets is about two or three months before departure, according to studies of airline-fare trends.
Curator Johnson Chang's reconstruction of an entire ancient village outside a hyper-modern city is reviving near-forgotten crafts and traditions.
The big makeup and skin-care brand has redesigned its selling space in department stores, creating an environment where consumers can experiment with new products without interference from a salesperson.
How Tina Craig, founder of 'Bag Snob,' takes sharp, flattering 'selfies.'
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Columnist Teri Agins answers readers' fashion questions
Like bees to honey, many makers of beauty products are including bee venom as an ingredient, touting its effect as a 'natural Botox.'
It's not just ladies in sensible shoes and woolen cardigans who work at the New York Public Library. Office style ranges from bookish to whimsical at the private, non-profit organization.
As an undergraduate at Oxford, V.S. Naipaul confided in his father: "I have got to show these people that I can beat them at their own language." Mira Sethi reviews "New Ways to Kill Your Mother."
Almost 25 years after its premiere in Houston, John Adams's "Nixon in China" opened in San Francisco in a production far better than the Peter Sellars original.
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Gourmet salad joints now dot downtown San Francisco, but Harvest & Rowe helped till the ground for others when it opened in 2003.
To make his bicoastal commute 'seamless,' Richard Dickson, president of Jones Group, fastidiously packs a stylish duffel bag.
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A gondola ride in Venice is a tourist cliché. Learning to row Venetian-style gives you an insider's view of Italy's romantic city.
Shoppers considering the 2013 Dodge Dart will encounter something rare in the car market: a menu offering thousands of possible combinations of options.
The idea of curling up with a good book has increasingly come to mean flipping on an e-reader. Yet the home library is on the rise, having become something of a cerebral status symbol.
Curator Johnson Chang's reconstruction of an entire ancient village outside a hyper-modern city is reviving near-forgotten crafts and traditions.
Cranky Consumer goes to cocktail-making classes.
What's behind Bieber Fever? Neuroscience offers an explanation to why teens—girls in particular—become so passionate about some musicians.
Do you have a dilemma—at home, at work, in the marketplace—that you just can't crack with traditional tools? Dan Ariely, behavioral economist, is ready to take your questions.
Saudi Arabia, the only major nation to ban women athletes from its national Olympics team, apparently reversed course, saying that qualifying Saudi female athletes could compete in London.
A humidor is a good investment, even for the occasional cigar indulger.
Both suits and Superman T-shirts are welcome at SecondMarket, a technology-finance start-up that provides an online marketplace for alternative investments, including private-company stock in technology start-ups like the pre-IPO Facebook.
It's a fashionable mix of brands—from Rachel Roy to Nine West—that influences office style at the Manhattan headquarters of the Jones Group.
Proskauer, which represents clients such as J.P. Morgan and all the major U.S. sports leagues, has been headquartered in New York City since 1875. Here's a look at their office style.
Readers, do you see the Supreme Court ruling as a plus, or a minus? Will your family benefit from having health insurance made more widely available? Has your employer made changes in your health benefits?
Readers, have any of you married your high-school sweethearts or know people who have? Did their marriages work?
Readers, are your children of any age helpful and independent, or do you have some of the problems outlined in these books? What solutions do you have for getting kids to take responsibility?
If viewers weren't convinced of that by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1990 version of "Total Recall" loosely based on the Philip K. Dick story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale," Columbia Pictures has decided to give it another stab, this time with Colin Farrell.
All of Henry James on your iPhone for $2.99. Will bulk ebook offers change our relationship with classic literature?
The Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama's health care law, but in the initial moments after the ruling was announced, there was confusion on Twitter as media outlets reported conflicting results.
When we pay attention to one aspect of a scene, we can be remarkably deaf and blind to other aspects. Like someone saying, "I'm a gorilla."
Writing in Slate, the federal appeals court judge says the Supreme Court is guilty of "law-office social science" - the facile use of scholarly data.
Why to become a political scientist, the history of military camouflage, and more links from the world of ideas.
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