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My Pal Paul Newman
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A. E. Hotchner is the author of the international bestsellers Papa Hemingway, Doris Day: Her Own Story, Sophia, and his own memoir, King of the Hill. He has adapted many of Hemingway's works for the screen.
The legendary actor loved playing practical jokes on everyone from Robert Redford to Robert Altman. In an exclusive excerpt from his new memoir, A.E. Hotchner shares some hilarious memoirs from his half-century friendship with Newman.
The Best of Brit Lit
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Peter Stothard's latest book is On the Spartacus Road: A Spectacular Journey Through Ancient Italy. He is also the author of Thirty Days, a Downing Street diary of his time with British Prime Minister Tony Blair during the Iraq war.
A look at great reads from the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. This week: The Roman art of fortune-telling revealed in a new book; the letters of Sylvia Beach, who brought out Ulysses and other great modern literature; and Max Hastings' memoir of family and guns.
This Week's Hot Reads
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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.
This week: The untold story about FDR's funeral train swirling with political intrigue and danger, a devastating collection of stories by David Vann about his father, the letters of a grieving nation to Jackie Kennedy, yet another brilliant Scandinavian thriller from Jo Nesbo, and a Dickensian novel about economic collapse in modern London.
How Spitzer Could Have Survived
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Allan Dodds Frank is a business investigative correspondent who specializes in white collar crime. He also is President of the Overseas Press Club of America, one of the many journalism organizations that protests the arrests of journalists abroad and repression of freedom of speech.
Former Eliot Spitzer adviser Lloyd Constantine talks to The Daily Beast about the reason the former governor turned to prostitutes, how he could have survived, and why he's no Bill Clinton.
I Can't Stop Praying
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Rachel Kramer Bussel is the editor of Peep Show: Erotic Tales of Voyeurs and Exhibitionists, Bottoms Up and over 25 other erotica anthologies, and hosts and curates In The Flesh Reading Series.
Actress and memoirist Abby Sher talks about her lifetime struggle with severe OCD, why she has to pray 100 times a day, and how acting helped her regain some control.
The 7-Day Holiday Giving Challenge
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Cami Walker is the author of 29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life (Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2009). She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2006. She created the online 29-Day Giving Challenge in April 2008, and has continued her own giving cycle every month since. She lives in Hollywood, California.
With the holiday season in full swing, Cami Walker and The Daily Beast ask readers to think about the small and unusual ways to give to others.
The Week in Culture
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Rachel Syme is the former culture editor of The Daily Beast and now writes regularly about the arts.
This week, Bob Dylan wishes you a Merry Christmas, R. Kelly pens a memoir, and Lovely Bones hits theaters. VIEW OUR GALLERY of the best in music, art, film, and TV.
Mary Karr's Sober Period
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John Douglas Marshall is a critic for The Daily Beast. He was the longtime book critic for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer until it ceased publication in March.
The bestselling memoirist talks to John Douglas Marshall about her brutally honest new book, Lit, and how she put away the bottle and found God.
My Parents' Brothel
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Douglas Rogers is an award-winning journalist and travel writer. He has written for the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, Travel & Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler, the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, and the London Times. He was born and raised in Zimbabwe and now lives in Brooklyn, New York.
White farmers all over Zimbabwe were being thrown off their farms and fleeing, but Douglas Rogers' parents found another way to survive Mugabe's rule. An excerpt from his new memoir, The Last Resort.
Of Meat and Men
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Rachel Kramer Bussel is the editor of Peep Show: Erotic Tales of Voyeurs and Exhibitionists, Bottoms Up and over 25 other erotica anthologies, and hosts and curates In The Flesh Reading Series.
Julia & Julia author Julie Powell lays it all-a messy love affair, obsession with butchering-on the table for a chat with Rachel Kramer Bussel about her new memoir, Cleaving.
What Are We About to Pass?
10 Power Food Combos
Divya Gugnani is the CEO and founder of BehindtheBurner.com, an emerging culinary media brand that creates expert-based content about food, wine, mixology, and nutrition.
How Barack Beat Bibi
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is associate professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. His new book, The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris, will be published by HarperCollins in June. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
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Obama Makes History
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A Lasting Legacy?
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