Arts and Culture

Goldman Sachs Bankers Spin on Merry-Go-Round With West Point Cadets: Books The bankers of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. may be in for a surprise: They have more in common with West Point cadets than they know.

Top London Chefs Auction Home Cooking; Harrods Opens Wonderland: Food Buzz Twenty leading chefs helped raise a total of 400,000 pounds ($600,000) for leukemia care when they prepared dinner and auctioned off their services for private dining at the annual Leuka charity dinner on March 8 in London.

See Nicole Kidman Sulk, Hear Chopin Play, Rea Warble: Great London Weekend Steal a glimpse of a sulking Nicole Kidman as the Friday stop on your weekend in London.

Damon Uncovers Chemical Weapons Plot in Iraq; Wedding Follies: Rick Warner What manic thriller directed by Paul Greengrass stars Matt Damon as an obsessed man caught in a web of political intrigue, gunplay and spine-tingling chases?

Roasted Bodies, Lost Souls Horrify in Hanks's War Series: Dave Shiflett You know you’re watching an intense war film when being machine-gunned is an act of mercy. That’s the predicament for many Japanese soldiers in “The Pacific,” a 10-part World War II miniseries that begins Sunday on HBO at 9 p.m. New York time.

Gordon Gekko's Favorite Handgun May Fetch $1 Million at California Auction A rare .45-caliber 1907 Luger handgun, once bought for $150, may sell for as much as $1 million at a March 14 auction in Anaheim, California.

Nissan's Ugly Cube, Red Bull Holder Exude Dorky Coolness: Jason H. Harper Man is that thing ugly. Not just homely -- willfully, thoughtfully, ugly. I kind of like it.

Tattoos, Photographs Bare East-West Split; Brecht Baby Battle: S.F. Stage Making the 19th century look sexy might seem an odd strategy for a 21st-century theater. Yet California’s Berkeley Rep has come up with another clever show about Victorian obsessions.

Phantom of the Opera Spooks Coney Island in Fun $9 Million Sequel: Review The Phantom of the Opera, last seen fleeing from the bowels of the Paris opera, has resurfaced as an impresario in Coney Island.

Top Five Nonfiction Books From Conover to Rove: Bloomberg Muse Recommends With so many books in the stores, we’re often asked for recommendations. Here’s a list of recent nonfiction titles: