At Sunday’s Golden Globes, fashion designers will give stars last-minute phonetic reminders for the red carpet; Steve Carell botches ‘Cucinelli’
At least six people have claimed to own the Striker yacht used to wreak havoc in the cult film’s marina scene, but they have all been fakes—until now; ‘You scratched my anchor!’
People touring the country in RVs are financing life on the road with ‘retail arbitrage,’ buying odds and ends in small-town stores and flipping them for a profit on Amazon.
The fast-food chain’s gooey, deep-fried beef envelope has been on the menu since the 1950s, inspiring legions of fans; ‘vile and amazing’
When the corpses of two blue whales floated into two Newfoundland seashore villages, it presented a rare research opportunity; ‘I was totally slimed’
Since 1979, Dan Droz and his family have braved traffic police, bemused drivers and, once, the army, to find the ideal road sign that points to the coming year.
The 1,000 birds at South Africa’s Vergenoegd Wine Estate were employed to eat snails and slugs. Now they parade for tourists who don’t all like the wine.
The president-elect, poised to become the first tweeter-in-chief, will assume control of a federal bureaucracy that muffles its social-media presence under pages of rules; ‘Twitter committees’
It turns out the feel-good Christmas tales come from the same actors, writers and directors who also make horror movies; ‘flip sides of the same coin’
Debtors pose on boats that don’t belong to them and in flashy jewelry that isn’t valuable; 50 Cent and his stacks of fake cash.
Online shopping makes it simpler to buy gifts, but cookies, browsing histories and shared accounts make it harder to hide them; what Siri has to say about Santa Claus
Clothes buyers wield blades, markers and iron-on patches to kill off embroidered clothing logos; ‘a tricky surgery’
Some companies with remote employees ask workers to bring a drink and belly up to home webcams to play trivia games, talk about goals and ‘desk-dance’ to Wham! songs; ‘that just added to the sadness’
St. Wulfram’s Church in England is trying beer festivals, toboggan runs and dance parties to bring the secular community inside the 1,000-year-old edifice, raising eyebrows; try a ‘Black Mass’ dark ale.
After decades of mindless gulping, academics are poring over their favorite beverage to measure its chemical properties, even how it responds to being yelled at; ‘Sloshing is a really complicated thing’
Bibliotherapists recommend tomes they think can help what ails you; finding calm in ‘The Old Man and the Sea’
By swooping in to register another town’s lapsed trademark, Hanson’s Bar in Robinson, N.D. lays claim to being the geographical center of North America; ‘You snooze you lose.’
As China’s president tries to cultivate a common touch, investors and tourists are tracing his steps; “hey, there are people out in the front yard taking pictures!”
Planned festivities are modest compared with the hoopla that came with Dow 10000 in 1999 and the market for commemorative caps is limp; ‘jeez, that’s coming up quick’
As other companies tighten belts, makeup giant treats guests to breakfast and goody bags, takes questions about using cosmetics; ‘we are so welcome’