The Greatest Showman on Earth
Pat O'Brien has been a broadcaster for more than three decades, including many years as the co-host of Access Hollywood and The Insider. A former anchor for CBS Sports, he is also the author of Talkin' Sports: A B.S.-er's Guide. He divides his time among Los Angeles, New York, and Nantucket.
The world mourned as one today during Michael Jackson's memorial service as the King of Pop inspired one last great spectacle.
Best of the Memorial Service
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The moonwalk, a Maya Angelou poem, and memories of softball games and KFC: The Daily Beast presents the most unforgettable moments from Michael Jackson's memorial.
The West Coast Gossip Girl
Originally from Los Angeles, Isabel Kaplan is currently a student at Harvard University. Her first novel, Hancock Park, was published this summer by HarperCollins.
At 19, Harvard student Isabel Kaplan has just published her first novel, Hancock Park, which exposes the excesses of L.A.'s wealthy high-school elite. Read the story behind the book.
Spike Shoots, Kobe Scores
Touré is a columnist for The Daily Beast. He's also an NBC contributor and the author of Never Drank the Kool-Aid, Soul City, and The Portable Promised Land. He is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, was CNN's first pop culture correspondent, and was the host of MTV2's Spoke N Heard. His writing has appeared in the New Yorker and the New York Times.
Spike Lee talks to The Daily Beast's Touré about his revelatory new documentary, Kobe Doin' Work, following a game in the life of Los Angeles Lakers' superstar Kobe Bryant.
The Game That Turned March Mad
Seth Davis is an on-air studio analyst for CBS Sports coverage of NCAA basketball and is an on-air host, reporter, and analyst for the College Sports Television cable network. He is also a staff writer at Sports Illustrated, where he has worked since 1995, primarily covering college basketball and golf. A graduate of Duke University, Davis lives with his family in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
On March 26, 1979, Magic Johnson's Michigan State faced Larry Bird's Indiana State in an epic final that changed the NCAA tournament forever. Seth Davis recalls the hours before battle.
Bracketology with Jimmy Kimmel
Pat O'Brien has been a broadcaster for more than three decades, including many years as the co-host of Access Hollywood and The Insider. A former anchor for CBS Sports, he is also the author of Talkin' Sports: A B.S.-er's Guide. He divides his time among Los Angeles, New York, and Nantucket.
Magic Johnson likes Michigan State (shocking) and Jimmy Kimmel's pulling for the play-in team Alabama State. Pat O'Brien talks brackets-and reveals his own.
Stop Piling on Fallon
Pat O'Brien has been a broadcaster for more than three decades, including many years as the co-host of Access Hollywood and The Insider. A former anchor for CBS Sports, he is also the author of Talkin' Sports: A B.S.-er's Guide. He divides his time among Los Angeles, New York, and Nantucket.
As Jimmy Fallon suffers through morning-after first reactions, Pat O'Brien says it's too soon to write off Late Night. Plus, Conan and Cavett have some advice for the future.
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.
Leslie H. Gelb, a former New York Times columnist and senior government official, is author of Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy (HarperCollins 2009), a book that shows how to think about and use power in the 21st century. He is president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Christopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.
The Daily Beast is dedicated to news and commentary, culture, and entertainment. We carefully curate the web’s most essential stories and bring you original must-reads from our talented contributors.
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.
Jeffrey Koterba is an acclaimed syndicated political cartoonist. Since joining the Omaha World-Herald in 1989, he has been a finalist for Editorial Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society and has placed second in the National Headliner Awards. His work is distributed through King Features Syndicate to 400 newspapers nationwide, and has appeared in such publications as the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Washington Post, among others.
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