Cumberbatch Takes Elementary Approach to Evil

The actor, best known to British audiences as Sherlock Holmes, talks about channeling malevolence in the new “Star Trek Into Darkness.”

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What Makes People Overshare?

Anxiety is one trigger causing people to reveal too much. Here’s how to avoid the post-conversation cringe.

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Meat Scandal Spurring Appetites

Europe’s horse-meat scandal is generating a surprise windfall for many people who sell … horse meat.

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A Prolific, Angry Art Star

A major New York retrospective of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s work comes 30 years after Larry Gagosian first presented the late artist in Los Angeles

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Making It in Fashion’s New Media World

It’s hard to break through in the fast-evolving spheres of style blogging and social media. Several new voices in the industry have been joining the Wall Street Journal to talk about what it takes to succeed in their world.

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Why Children Have More Control of Their Dreams

Lucid dreams in which the sleeper is aware of being in a dream are most common in young children, who are often able to change the dream plot to end a nightmare, a study says.

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New Twist in Armstrong Saga

The investment bank founded by Thomas Weisel, the powerful Silicon Valley financier who owned Lance Armstrong’s former cycling team, also managed assets for the then-head of cycling’s governing body.

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Shows for Those Who Think ‘The New Normal’ Is Too Normal

Several local filmmakers are creating web-only, fictionalized accounts of their experiences in the hope that they can add variety to the gay characters already onscreen.

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Dodging Spoilers in ‘Downton Abbey’

U.S. fans of the British period drama are about to start getting their season-three fix, but news from the earlier U.K. airings is hard to avoid.

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A New Rival for ‘Fifty Shades’

The “Crossfire” erotic trilogy hits No. 1 on best-seller lists, with similar covers and themes as the E.L. James series.

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