Roller Girl
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.
Drew Barrymore discusses getting plastered, happy endings, and female fight clubs, as her directorial debut, Whip It!, about chick roller derby, hits theaters.
Jessica Lange's Secret Passion
Amanda Fortini has written for The New Yorker, Slate, Elle, and New York, among other publications. She lives in Los Angeles.
Jessica Lange isn't just an Emmy nominee for Grey Gardens, she's also an acclaimed photographer. Amanda Fortini talked to the actress about aging, love, and her most iconic roles.
Grey Gardens
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The much-trumpeted movie about Jackie O's maddeningly eccentric relatives airs tonight. From the iconic fashion to the cult following and Drew Barrymore's inner rage, read our coverage of Grey Gardens.
Drew's Anger and Darkness
Rachel Syme is culture editor of The Daily Beast.
In HBO's Grey Gardens, Drew Barrymore trades in her usually sunny smile to play an eccentric shut-in. Rachel Syme talked to the actress about the Method behind her madness.
The Fashion of Grey Gardens
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View our gallery of original sketches for the shabby-chic costumes in HBO's Grey Gardens starring Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore-plus a look at eccentric style of the real Beale women.
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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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.
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