The Week in Culture
Rachel Syme is culture editor of The Daily Beast.
This week, Obama mingles with Hollywood's A-list, Precious finally hits theaters, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin team up, and more in art, music, theater, and film.
Inside Donatella's World
Rebecca Dana is a culture correspondent for The Daily Beast. A former editor and reporter for the Wall Street Journal, she has also written for the New York Times, the New York Observer, Rolling Stone and Slate, among other publications.
Versace's queen talks to The Daily Beast's Rebecca Dana about why Americans are obsessed with sex, Michelle Obama's style, and how fashion can help save children in China.
Chanel Hits Hollywood
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Coco Before Chanel, a biopic starring Audrey Tatou, opens this weekend. From Madonna to Cameron Diaz to Lindsay Lohan, VIEW OUR GALLERY of stars channeling Chanel.
Chanel Hits Hollywood
"Coco Before Chanel" premiere; September 15, 2009.
The Future of Fashion Week
Renata Espinosa is the New York editor of Fashion Wire Daily. She is also the co-founder of impressionistic fashion and art blog TheNuNu and a sometimes backup dancer for "The Anna Copa Cabanna Show."
After hundreds of shows, dozens of parties, and one epic night out, the biggest stars in the fashion business contemplate what comes next.
This Is Not a Fashion Spread
Rebecca Dana is a culture correspondent for The Daily Beast. A former editor and reporter for the Wall Street Journal, she has also written for the New York Times, the New York Observer, Rolling Stone and Slate, among other publications.
Designer Scott Sternberg, behind cult-favorite lines Boy and Band of Outsiders, pokes a finger (lovingly) in the eye of the establishment.
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.
The Daily Beast Video curates the most essential and entertaining video, and brings you original and exclusive productions from our talented contributors.
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is a professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Gerald Posner is The Daily Beast's Chief Investigative Reporter. He's the award-winning author of 10 investigative nonfiction bestsellers, ranging from political assassinations, to Nazi war criminals, to 9/11, to terrorism. His latest book, Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth and Power—A Dispatch from the Beach, was published in October. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, the author Trisha Posner.
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