“When do idioms devolve into clichés?” Tom Connelly writes. Tom’s question is an interesting one. His verb choice hints at one of the main differences between the two: Idioms are generally thought of ...

Films about British royalty are catnip to awards voters. But in “The King’s Speech,” Tom Hooper uses every tool at his disposal to treat his central character as a man, not a monarch. “If there’s a ...

Let’s face it: As played out as some interior design trends may be, avoiding them can be tricky when decorating your home. While some rules of thumb are worth paying attention to when outfitting a ...

LinkedIn has changed the way professionals communicate, especially in public. Before LinkedIn was launched in 2003, corporate language sounded different and was found mainly in meeting rooms, memos, ...

Halloween is our yearly chance to let our freak flags fly, so avoid these overdone outfits—unless you like being boring. Halloween is a few weeks away, so it’s time to ask yourself what you’re going ...

Jenny Foss, a career consultant shared three common mistakes applicants make on their résumés and how to avoid them.

Sound familiar? Most industries are filled with countless founding myths and origin stories that have become the basis for some of the world’s most beloved brands. But as these stories have proved ...

Any writing expert will tell you: If you want to get your message across, avoid clichés. The problem is, no one seems to know what, exactly, a cliché is. Is it an overused sentence like “The grass is ...

Vomiting out a banal and compulsory introduction that doesn’t really add any value to the article is probably a branding (kind of) cliché in itself. We all know what branding is, so let’s skip the ...

Hear that? It's the sound of hundreds of singles swiping left on your profile because it says you're looking for "the Pam to your Jim." While dating apps have become a staple of modern life over the ...

Elle Fanning and Stellan Skarsgård discuss their new film Sentimental Value: "It's comic and it's tragic at the same time" ...

If you’re going to call a movie “Annapolis,” and set it within the fabled Naval Academy, you might think that some information about the traditions and meaning of the place would be appropriate. But ...