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.
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.
Jackson of Arabia
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.
Criminal investigations and probate court hearings this week underscore the medical and financial disaster that Michael Jackson became. And many of those roads lead to the pop superstar's bizarre year in the kingdom of Bahrain.
Craziest Concert Costumes
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From Grace Jones' daring performance attire last week to Lady Gaga's fiery cone bra and Katy Perry's extra lucky dress, VIEW OUR GALLERY of music's wildest getups and wackiest wardrobes.
The Ultimate Thriller
Pat O'Brien has been a broadcaster for more than three decades, including many years as the co-host of Access Hollywood and The Insider. A former anchor for CBS Sports, he is also the author of Talkin' Sports: A B.S.-er's Guide. He divides his time among Los Angeles, New York, and Nantucket.
Forget all the scandals and the weirdness, Pat O'Brien says. In the end, what we will remember about the Michael Jackson he knew is the music.
My Friend Iron Mike
Ice-T is a Grammy-award winning rapper, actor, and author, who is credited with pioneering gansta-rap in the late 1980s. He currently plays Detective Odafin Tutuola on NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
I've known Mike Tyson for 15 years. Or at least I thought I did. James Toback's mindbending documentary reveals the vulnerability and madness that nobody's ever seen.
Star Models The Next Generation
Alisa Gould-Simon is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer. She also covers fashion and culture for BlackBook, New York magazine, and PAPER among other publications.
What do you get when you combine a legendary last name (Hemingway, Jagger, Hearst) with an especially fortunate genetic makeup? An instant modeling career. VIEW OUR GALLERY.
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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