Blackmailing the Stars
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Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber are the alleged victims of a $100,000 extortion scheme. From Oprah and Elvis to J. Lo and Letterman, threats and legal troubles are just another byproduct of fame. VIEW OUR GALLERY of celebrity shakedowns.
An ’80s Art Star Returns
Anthony Haden-Guest is the news editor of Charles Saatchi’s online magazine.
At a glamorous opening party attended by Bruce Willis and Mary J. Blige, reclusive graffiti artist Richard Hambleton was celebrated by the art and fashion worlds. VIEW OUR GALLERY
Fall's 25 Hottest Movies
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From star-studded musicals (Nine) to buzzy indies (Precious) to Clint Eastwood's Oscar hopeful, The Daily Beast selects the 25 films you don't want to miss this fall. WATCH TRAILERS.
Office Space creator Mike Judge is back with another biting workplace comedy, but this time he's flipping the script and making the boss the sympat...
Who's Their Type?
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Chris Brown's new lady looks eerily like Rihanna, Lance Armstrong always goes for blondes, and Bruce Willis married a Demi clone. VIEW OUR GALLERY of stars who date look-alikes.
Leonardo DiCaprio isn't only attracted to supermodels-but he's made a habit of dating ones who looks eerily similar. He dated Brazilian Gisele BAźn...
College Of The Stars
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Harry Potter star Emma Watson is the latest celebrity to enroll at Brown University-the Ivy of choice for celebrities... and their kids. From Scout Willis to JFK Jr. VIEW OUR GALLERY of celeb kids who flock to Rhode Island.
John Travolta and the New OCD Villains
Tom Shone was film critic of the London Sunday Times from 1994-1999. He is the author of two books, Blockbuster: How Hollywood Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Summer (Free Press) and In The Rooms (Hutchinson), his first novel, to be published on July 7th 2009. He lives in New York.
Pay attention! In The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, John Travolta is latest example of a control-freak bad guy. Tom Shone has seen enough.
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.
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.
Martin Jacques is the cofounder of the UK think tank Demos, writes a regular column for The Guardian, and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre. His new book, When China Rules the World, is available now.
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