Hollywood's Next Political Crush
Nicole LaPorte is a West Coast reporter for The Daily Beast. A former film reporter for Variety, she has also written for The New Yorker, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, The New York Times, The New York Observer, and W.
After eight years of Bush, the stars came out for Obama. But will they stay engaged-and financially active-in the next campaign? California's top Democrats are about to find out.
Don't Give It to Mickey!
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.
Or Sean Penn. Frost/Nixon's Frank Langella deserves the Best Actor award, and the future of acting may be at stake.
The Art of Gay Cool
Brad Gooch is a professor of english at William Paterson University in New Jersey. His latest book is Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor
To the pre-Harvey Milk generation, Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns defined the quiet cool of gay culture. Brad Gooch recalls the abstract expressions of their art, lives, and love.
Penn: Feud with Rourke? What Feud?
Sean Penn took a few moments after winning the SAG leading actor award to zing Bill O'Reilly, note the generous 'packages' on the statues, and deny he's feuding with Mickey Rourke.
Brolin on Harvey Milk's Death
Appearing on 'Inside the Actors Studio,' Josh Brolin talks about what may have motivated Dan White, the character Brolin plays, to kill Harvey Milk.
Flashback: The Real Harvey Milk
Some viewers of the new film 'Milk' may not realize that in tone and substance the film echoes the powerful 1984 documentary 'The Times of Harvey Milk.' Here's an excerpt.
It's the perfect weekend to see movies. What else are you really going to do with three days to kill, especially when all your Black Friday shopping money melted away with the Dow? The Daily Beast guide to six movies that are still in theaters-and are worth your time and money.
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.
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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