Michael Moore is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker and author. He directed and produced Roger & Me, Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Sicko. He has also written seven books, most recently, Mike’s Election Guide 2008.
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Look Who's Irish!
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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.
Will Christina Aguilera, John Travolta, and Alicia Keys be celebrating St. Patrick's Day this year? They sure have the ancestry. So does Barack O'Bama. VIEW OUR GALLERY.
Look Who's Irish!
Everyone knows about Barack Obama's Kenyan roots and his mother's Kansas upbringing. However, the president has yet to embrace his great-great-grea...
Mumbling Wins Oscars!
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Zachary Pincus-Roth has written about arts and entertainment for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Variety, Playbill, Slate, and other publications. He wrote the companion book to the Broadway show Avenue Q.
What does Jeff Bridges share with previous winners Javier Bardem and Renée Zellweger? You can't understand a word they say. Zachary Pincus-Roth on this unlikely path to victory.
15 Greatest Talk Show Trainwrecks
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Mel Gibson's disastrous interview with a Chicago's WGN-TV won't help his career, but it's far from the worst-ever talk show appearance. From Norman Mailer to Joaquin Phoenix, WATCH VIDEO of our favorites.
I Shot Michael Jackson
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Isabel Wilkinson is an assistant editor at The Daily Beast.
Ron Galella, patron saint of paparazzi, released a new book of Michael Jackson photos. He spoke to The Daily Beast about stalking Jackie O. and Marlon Brando. Plus, rare images of Jacko.
2009 Farewells
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From Michael Jackson to Patrick Swayze to Farrah Fawcett, VIEW OUR GALLERY of celebrities who died this year.
Amazing Cate
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Stanley Crouch's culture pieces have appeared in Harper's, The New York Times, Vogue, Downbeat, The New Yorker, and more. He has served as artistic consultant for jazz programming at Lincoln Center since 1987, and is a founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center. In June 2006 his first major collection of jazz criticism, Considering Genius: Jazz Writings, was published. Next year the first volume of his long-awaited biography of Charlie Parker will appear.
As the latest production of A Streetcar Named Desire ends its celebrated two-week run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Stanley Crouch tells us why Cate Blanchett's performance has already passed into theater legend.
Inside Studio 54's Wildest Nights
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Anthony Haden-Guest is the news editor of Charles Saatchi’s online magazine.
It's been more than 20 years since Studio 54 closed its doors. The Daily Beast's Anthony Haden-Guest has re-released The Last Party, a book on the famed nightclub. VIEW OUR NSFW GALLERY.
Inside Studio 54's Wildest Nights
"For Bianca Jagger's birthday party in 1977, Ian Schrager booked a white horse, Ms. Jagger mounted it, and Studio 54 galloped into history."
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Rachel Syme is the former culture editor of The Daily Beast and now writes regularly about the arts.
This week, George Clooney soars in Up in the Air, Taylor Swift takes on Beyoncé, Cate Blanchett does Blanche DuBois, and, good grief, Obama bumped Charlie Brown. VIEW OUR GALLERY.
The Pure Greed of Obama's Phony Health-Care Reform
How Oscars Ruin a Marriage
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.
The Courting of Christiane
Rebecca Dana is a senior correspondent for The Daily Beast. A former editor and reporter for the Wall Street Journal, she has also written for the New York Times, the New York Observer, Rolling Stone and Slate, among other publications.
15 Reasons to Watch TV This Spring
Jace Lacob is the writer/editor of Televisionary, a website devoted to television news, criticism, and interviews. Jace resides in Los Angeles. He is a contributor to several entertainment Web sites and can be found on Twitter and Facebook.
The '80s, Part II
Gina Piccalo spent a decade at the Los Angeles Times covering Hollywood. She's now a contributing writer for Los Angeles Magazine and her work has appeared in Elle, More and Emmy. She can be found at ginapiccalo.com.
