Life is wonderful, death is wow, chance is weird, and Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter is a puddle of tepid ick. As a movie, Hereafter peaks five minutes in as a frugally staged tsunami arrives on a bright ...

One January day in 1985, I was battling the clock. My college applications—each in its bulky envelope, larded with paper clips, staples and whiteout—had to be postmarked by noon. It was my ...

NEW YORK — Lights, camera, action. Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” has arrived. Are you ready for it? Swift announced her latest era back in August, when she began teasing ...