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The past decade’s clumsiest attempts to cram new faces into old stories now feel like a moment, and a genre, of their own. Hollywood has its eras, often apparent only [...]

Films and TV shows keep reimagining history as a multiracial dream world. Is that really a step forward? Not long ago, in the cinema, I found myself trying to focus [...]

A cult classic saw the future — kind of. Now that we live in the future, we no longer seem to make as many films about the future — at [...]

MANCHESTER, England -- The sign said ''Old Trafford welcomes supporters of Manchester City,'' but in the stadium, it did not feel that way. The City supporters in blue trying to [...]

What do you wear when protest and mayhem rock your world? Reports from three epicenters of street style: London, Cairo and Tokyo. View Street Style slide show >> Not too [...]

The kids, milling about outside with a coffee and a fag, are perhaps the only sign you're in front of the best fashion school in the world. The building, at [...]

CHORLEY, England -- The practice session began as it would for most soccer players across England, with a juggling drill. In a small circle, they kept the ball in the [...]

CHORLEY, England -- The practice session began as it would for most soccer players across England, with a juggling drill. In a small circle, they kept the ball in the [...]

THE hordes of shoppers lining up for the Uniqlo's+J collection in SoHo last month probably didn't notice the store: the futuristic clean lines, steel railings, opaque glass stairs. And that's [...]

''It's Baltimore, gentlemen. The gods will not save you,'' the police commissioner told his demoralized officers in an episode of ''The Wire.'' Some local residents are electing to save themselves. [...]

IF you're looking for a chocolate pinot noir sauce, keep driving. The rustic region of Sonoma County may be a wine lovers' playground, but it lacks many of the touristy [...]

WALKING down the southern end of Mott Street -- a stretch lined with cheap-toy traps and Chinese restaurants of varying quality -- is a fairly unremarkable experience until the sidewalk [...]

WAN CHAI used to be best known among foreigners as an area crowded with seedy bars and massage parlors, but it remained popular for locals, filled with historic tenement blocks, [...]

INDIA is modernizing rapidly, sometimes too fast. You have giant malls, but grandmothers afraid to use the escalators. There are villages in the middle of nowhere, with ornate temples soaring […]

COPENHAGEN has two faces. One has regal architecture, populated with elegantly dressed bicyclists and citizens so polite they wait patiently for the light to turn green before crossing empty streets. […]

Hong Kong is experiencing a kind of cultural renaissance. Since the handover to China in 1997, something has awakened in the city, leading to everything from pro-democracy demonstrations to campaigns […]

An often-repeated joke is that if Adam and Eve were Chinese, they would have eaten the snake instead of the apple. That rings especially true in Hong Kong, the world […]

In previous years, the appearance of Aston Villa on a team's schedule might not have attracted the slightest bit of interest from many English fans. English fans pack stadiums and […]

What is understated? Take, for example, the fedora. Though it was once ubiquitous among men of a certain age and sophistication, wearing one on the street now will get heads […]

Mondo Konoba may be the best little restaurant that you may never reach. It is what eating in the Old World should feel like. Just be warned that you'll have […]

'END the occupation of Tibet,' the graffiti would have said, if some wit hadn't crossed out the word 'Tibet' and scribbled 'East London' instead. There's graffiti all over this part […]

LONDON -- Wembley Stadium is usually the stage for some of the most glamorous names in soccer, yet 26,000 spectators were there in May, most of them clad in red […]

In Milan, choosing where to eat can be a lot like finding the right table in high school: it's daunting. Foreigners are stuck in tourist traps, the cool kids fit […]

THE glitz may have migrated to the French Riviera, but Biarritz doesn't need it. The posh seaside town in southwest France is enjoying a renaissance, as people discover the appeal […]

Amsterdam is the antithesis of one-stop shopping. The city is full of places, one after the other, that only sell a particular item, from antique light fittings to used sewing […]

The dollar fell to its lowest level in 19 months against the euro on speculation the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates early next year as central banks in Europe [...]

Japan must be the only country in the world where you get a discount when you buy tickets from touts. The polite gentlemen in front of Tokyo's Yoyogi Stadium is [...]

Sitting in an old teahouse, a young woman, Beibei, complains to her friend Lulu, a fashion editor who has had three abortions and a failed love affair with a married [...]

The article reports on the continued widespread interest of British people on the U.S. National Basketball Association (NBA) since mid-1990s, making the British Basketball League experienced struggles to establish itself for lack of promotional coverages.