Fortysomething Moms
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Celine Dion is pregnant again at 41. From Nicole Kidman to Susan Sarandon to Halle Berry, VIEW OUR GALLERY of women who gave birth in their fifth decade.
Fans were surprised when Celine Dion announced last week she was expecting her second child at the age of 41. But a growing brood is nothing new to...
You should run to see God of Carnage when it comes back with its first-run Broadway company in September. The original cast will be intact, and their performance speaks volumes about the power of Broadway theatre.
Tovah Feldshuh came to international prominence starring in the 1978 mini-series, Holocaust. She has also starred in television roles such as Law & Order and in feature films, Kissing Jessica Stein, Just My Luck and A Day in October.
Apollo 11: The Movie
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On the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, The Daily Beast orbits the casting couch to find stars worthy of playing astronauts.
On the Couch with Hope Davis
Rachel Syme is culture editor of The Daily Beast.
In Treatment's most neurotic patient, Hope Davis, talked to Rachel Syme about playing crazy, being a mom, and throwing up on Broadway every night.
The 2009 Tony Awards
Liz Goodwin is an assistant editor at The Daily Beast. She has written for the New York Sun, GothamSchools, the Tico Times, and Fodor's Travel Guides.
From the adorable three Billy Elliots to Bret Michaels' near decapitation by set piece, VIEW OUR GALLERY of the best moments from Broadway's biggest night.
Broadway's New Grande Dames
Rachel Syme is culture editor of The Daily Beast.
The Tony Awards are dominated by older actresses this year-including Jane Fonda, Marcia Gay Harden, and Hope Davis, among others. VIEW OUR GALLERY of the year in leading ladies.
The plays God of Carnage or Next to Normal. God of Carnage is offbeat and kind of crazy. Next to Normal is amazing and not your usual musical. Both have amazing performances, and aren't your usual fare.
David Hyde Pierce is an Emmy and Tony Award-Winning Actor best known for his role as psychiatrist Dr. Niles Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier. His film credits include: Sleepless in Seattle, Little Man Tate, Nixon, and Down with Love. Pierce has appeared on stage in Spamalot and Curtains.
The Female 'Schindler'
Kati Marton is an author and journalist who has reported for ABC News, National Public Radio as well as a number of print outlets. She received several honors for her reporting, including the George Foster Peabody Award. Her latest book is The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World.
In CBS' The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler, Anna Paquin brilliantly portrays an unsung Catholic Pole who saved Jews during World War II. Kati Marton on why the movie is a must-see.
So Why Aren't You Watching Damages?
Justin Ravitz has written, edited and/or reported for New York, Out, Us Weekly, Time Out New York, New York Press, Worth and elsewhere. He lives on the Upper East Side and grew up in Bergen County, NJ, and doesn't care who knows.
FX's dark, suspenseful series has plotlines as complex as Lost, writing worthy of Mad Men, and a cast that includes Glenn Close, William Hurt, and Marcia Gay Harden. Justin Ravitz argues that all it needs now is an audience.
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.
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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