“Jurassic Park 3D” opened last week, 20 years after the flat version stomped into theaters. I will not be seeing it. Though 2-D-to-3-D conversion has gotten immeasurably b...

How people get to the cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin is almost as much of a spectacle as those famous clouds of pink petals. As I marched over Wednesday afternoon, I j...

Every scene in the sixth-season premiere of “Mad Men” (AMC, Sundays, 10 p.m.) seemed to be symbolic of something. But … what? As an English major, I would like to propos...

The Roots will jump from “Late Night” to “The Tonight Show” when Jimmy Fallon takes over as host next year, answering the most important question raised by NBC’s lat...

I totally fell for a guy six months ago who I now believe is taking advantage of me financially. My heart is broken and I know that our relationship is not for the long haul. ...

Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel were the first people I ever heard discuss movies with deep, intelligent passion. I always liked Ebert better, and I really don’t think I...

What should a taxi look like? Maybe it should be painted solid red, like a D.C. Taxicab Commission panel suggested in February. Maybe it should have a standardized dome light ...

Fans of the vulgarian “Entourage” and admirers of the aristocratic “Downton Abbey” would seem to have little in common. Yet both types of viewers may wonder: Should I ...

Aziz Ansari has been doing interviews lately about dating rituals, turning 30 and how scared he is to have kids. Those are also some of the subjects covered in his current tou...

My husband makes time for what he wants to do: happy hours after work, golfing on the weekends, etc. He assumes I will pick up the slack with child care. If I ever want to go ...

Oh, how I hate Bella Swan. The heroine of the “Twilight” saga offends me as a woman, as a feminist and, most importantly, as a “Buffy” fan. I could go on and on [and o...

You have to worry about getting hit if you’re playing dodgeball. You shouldn’t have to if you’re taking a walk and obeying traffic laws. At least, that was my theory bef...

Usher is a new judge on “The Voice” (NBC, Mon. and Tue. at 8 p.m.). In an interview with Jimmy Fallon, the singer said viewers might be surprised by his sense of humor, an...

I’m used to turning on the TV and seeing ads that ask me to save things in need, like starving children or abused animals. I’m not used to commercials that ask me to save ...

Lil Wayne lives! For a while, we were worried. When the sizzurp-loving rapper was hospitalized two Fridays ago following seizures, fans — myself included — were on Twitter...