Broadway's Fall Preview
Rachel Syme is culture editor of The Daily Beast.
The new Broadway season has arrived, and Jude Law, Daniel Craig, Hugh Jackman, and Catherine Zeta-Jones take the stage. Rachel Syme on 17 new shows to watch.
The Week in Culture
Rachel Syme is culture editor of The Daily Beast.
This week, the opera got booed, Barbie headed to Hollywood, PeeWee Herman staged a comeback, and more from film, television, music, and art.
The Week in Culture
Rachel Syme is culture editor of The Daily Beast.
This week, Diane Sawyer got promoted, Whitney Houston staged a comeback, a plus-size model hit it big, and Angela Lansbury paid homage to Bea Arthur. VIEW OUR GALLERY.
This week's feel-good, breakout indie film (and yes, there's one every week), is Amreeka, first-time filmmaker Cherien Dabis' tale about a Christia...
Hawaii at 5-0
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The 50th state celebrates its 50th birthday today. From Magnum P.I. to Mauna Loa to Michelle Wie, VIEW OUR GALLERY of the Aloha State.
The 2009 Tony Awards
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From the adorable three Billy Elliots to Bret Michaels' near decapitation by set piece, VIEW OUR GALLERY of the best moments from Broadway's biggest night.
The three young boys who shared the Best Actor in a Musical Tony (a first for three actors sharing the same award) were shocked into incoherence wh...
Broadway's New Grande Dames
Rachel Syme is culture editor of The Daily Beast.
The Tony Awards are dominated by older actresses this year-including Jane Fonda, Marcia Gay Harden, and Hope Davis, among others. VIEW OUR GALLERY of the year in leading ladies.
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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