Compared with last year's list of movies, 2009 is a cinematic feast. I recommend the film Gran Torino. It's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly moved to a blue-collar neighborhood in Detroit. Arguably the most politically incorrect film-made ...
Bill Hemmer is a weekday co-anchor of America's Newsroom. He joined the Fox News Channel in August 2005 as a correspondent and contributed to FNC’s America’s Election HQ coverage, where he analyzed poll information with his "Bill-board" technology.
Let the Awards Season Begin
Rachel Syme is culture editor of The Daily Beast.
The first A-list event of the season-the Palm Springs Film Festival opening gala-took place last night, and the celebrities were cadging for Oscars. Whose acceptance speech needs work? The Daily Beast's Rachel Syme reports.
The Rachel Getting Married star on the red carpet for the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala in Palm Springs, Calif., Tuesday.
Gran Torino is 100-Proof Clint
New York Times bestselling author Michael Korda's books include Ike, Horse People, Country Matters, Ulysses S. Grant, and Charmed Lives.
In his powerful new film, Eastwood says goodbye with a final blast of gunfire and a wry, knowing smile. Michael Korda on Gran Torino, Clint Eastwood's powerful new film, and what may be the actor's last.
The Oscar Recession
Willa Paskin is a writer and former editor of Radar magazine. She lives in New York City.
Wall Street's collapse is hitting Sunset Boulevard, narrowing the field for Best Picture.
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.
Jacob Bernstein is a senior reporter at The Daily Beast. Previously, he was a features writer at WWD and W Magazine. He has also written for New York magazine, Paper, and The Huffington Post.
Jolie hunt is the global head of public relations for Thomson Reuters, appointed April 2008. Prior to that she served as global director of corporate and business affairs for IBM Corporation She was the director of PR for the Financial Times. She lives between New York and London.
John Barrasso is the junior senator from Wyoming.
Lee Siegel has written about culture and politics and is the author of three books: Falling Upwards: Essays in Defense of the Imagination; Not Remotely Controlled: Notes on Television; and, most recently, Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob. In 2002, he received a National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism.
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