How Polanski Could Help the Right
Ben Crair is an associate editor at The Daily Beast.
Hollywood's rally around admitted rapist Roman Polanski has resurrected the limousine liberal, reminding much of middle America why they hate the left.
Hollywood, Italian Style
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George Clooney stole the show at the Venice Film Festival yesterday. From Ewan MacGregor and Eva Mendes to Tilda Swinton and Viggo Mortensen, VIEW OUR GALLERY.
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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.
Christoph Waltz-the terrifying yet perversely likable Nazi colonel in Inglourious Basterds-doesn't love all of his director's films and is annoyed by questions about how the movie will be received in Germany. Lloyd Grove gets the details.
The Oscar Race Begins
Harvey Weinstein is co-chairman of The Weinstein Company with his brother Bob. He is co-creator and executive producer of Project Runway. Harvey and Bob founded Miramax Films in 1979 and under the Weinsteins, Miramax received 249 Academy Award nominations and won 60 Academy Awards.
Public Enemies, the terrific cops-and-robbers summer blockbuster that opens today, shows director Michael Mann at the top of his game, and Johnny Depp coming into his fullest range yet.
I watched The Hangover this weekend. It is brilliantly funny and plain brilliant. It combined mystery, pulp fictions, film noir action and comedy like no other movie I've seen.
Harvey Weinstein is co-chairman of The Weinstein Company with his brother Bob. He is co-creator and executive producer of Project Runway. Harvey and Bob founded Miramax Films in 1979 and under the Weinsteins, Miramax received 249 Academy Award nominations and won 60 Academy Awards.
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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