John Hughes Quote Quiz
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The legendary '80s director may be gone, but his endlessly quotable films will provide Gen X'ers a common bond for the rest of their lives. From Ferris Bueller's Zen koans to the Breakfast Club monologues, can you match these classic lines with their films?
A "Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
My Other Mom and Pop
Christopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.
For this posting, I was going to write some well-reasoned gibberish about the First 100 Days, but instead I'm going to tell you about my new adoptive parents: George (H.W.) and Barbara Bush.
I Helped Save Claus von Bulow
Andrea Reynolds is writing two books: her memoir, “The Lady Was a Tramp”, and a murder mystery, entitled “Suspicion.” After Claus Von Bulow won his appeal, Simon & Schuster commissioned Reynolds to write a book about her affair. It was subsequently subpoenaed in Von Bulow’s civil trial and never published.
In a Daily Beast exclusive, his former mistress Andrea Reynolds offers her behind-the-scenes account of one of the 20th century's most sensational trials.
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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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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