The Week in Culture
Rachel Syme is culture editor of The Daily Beast.
This week, the Arrested Development movie is finally in development, the mean girls of Heathers plot a comeback, and Julia Child cooks up a bestseller. View our gallery.
Julie & Julia-Nora Ephron's wildly popular film about cookbook author Julia Child and blogger Julie Powell makes you want to run out and buy all of...
This winter, scripted television returns with a vengeance. From wacky new dramedies like United States of Tara and Trust Me, to the edutainment revival of The Electric Company, to the reprise of mega-hits Lost and 24, there's nearly-but not quite-too much to watch. The Daily Beast previews the best-and warns of the worst. By Miriam Datskovsky.
'Momma's Boys' and Other TV Highlights
Nicole Ankowski writes about television, pop culture, and—on occasion—more frivolous matters. She lives in Brooklyn.
Charles Manson speaks, Marisa Tomei makes a comeback, and Tom Cruise returns to the Today show three years after his live Lauer smackdown.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
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