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Oliver Stone’s 1987 Wall Street succeeded brilliantly in capturing a culture, and failed miserablyas a call for change. To the director’s dismay, thousands of financial hotshots dreamed of becoming Gordon Gekko—and the rest is recent history. Antici

Why gay couples have more equality and less tension at home--but still split up more often than straight pairs

While Michael Douglas reprises his Oscar-winning role as Gordon Gekko, he is also focused on another sequel: the successive father-son problems that have wounded three generations of Douglases. The author hears how the 65-year-old star made peace with his

Back during the fourth season of Friends, it was revealed during a trivia game that Chandler Bing is terrified of Michael Flatley, Lord of the Dance. (”His legs flail about as if independent from his body!”) I agree with Mr. Bing. Michael Flatley, the

Last week, we reported how Jewish organization Lehava urged Bar Refaeli to dump her inappropriate goy boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio via a letter to the supermodel’s mother. Now, Lehava founder Mosis Zion defends that letter in this exclusive Heeb intervie

Green colored food is a St. Patrick's Day tradition but is Green No. 3 safe to eat?

I know St. Patrick’s Day isn’t until tomorrow, but I thought I’d give you some conversation fodder in advance. You know, just in case some of you plan to be out enjoying some Guinness and Jameson instead of obsessively refreshing mental_floss. Who

A few weeks ago we issued a call for designs for the GOOD Earth Day Klean Kanteen bottle. We were flooded with amazing submissions. In the end we picked 10 finalists and then opened the selection of the winner to a public vote. Congratulations to Sarah

PHILADELPHIA -- Our food intern's boyfriend tries something new

An award-winning poster campaign interprets the adage "what goes around comes around."...

Today’s most important web video: a guy named Merton performing improvised Ben Folds-style piano songs during Chatroulette sessions. It’s hilarious and wonderful and makes me feel like everything’s gonna be oookay. If you watch one web video toda

You know the presidents. You know the events. But do you know which president was in office during each moment in history? Let’s find out. Take the Quiz: Who Was President? (Part II)

I remember that as a child I always thought the expression “don’t let the bed bugs bite” sounded outdated. But in recent years, the pests have come back in plaguish numbers. Hotels and low-rent apartments in big cities seem to have the biggest prob

Every year, the NCAA men’s basketball tournament field features a few teams that leave casual fans puzzled as they fill out their brackets. The question usually isn’t how far one of these teams will advance, but rather, “Where the heck is that?” J

In the span of two months, two massive earthquakes struck in Haiti and Chile. But while the temblor in Chile registered much higher on the Richter scale, the loss of life and damage in Haiti was far more severe. Why is that? Chile—which has experienced