The Right Tools for the Job
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The Art of Carla Bruni
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Will President Sarkozy bid? A nude photograph of his wife, former model Carla Bruni, is on the block at the spring auction at the Berlin auction house Villa Grisebach Auktionen later this week. The French first lady was photographed by Pamela Hanson in 1994. On June 4, one of the 10 numbered prints will presumably be sold, with the bidding starting at $3,380. VIEW OUR GALLERY.
Loving France Again
Eric Alterman is a professor of English and journalism at Brooklyn College and a professor of journalism at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. He is the author, most recently, of Why We're Liberals: A Handbook for Restoring America's Important Ideals.
Au revoir, Bush years. A new poll reveals that we're no longer a nation of xenophobic, anti-urban idiots.
Nobel writer puzzles American authors
Before joining the Daily Beast, Ross Goldberg worked as a staff reporter on the New York Sun's city desk, where he covered courts as well as general assignments. In college, he served as managing editor of the Yale Daily News.
The news that a little read French author has won the Nobel for Literature confirms American authors' suspicions
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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