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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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, we said goodbye to beloved designer Alexander McQueen, mourned the beginning of the end of Friday Night Lights, picked apart Ellen's Idol debut, and more. View our gallery.
Week in Red Carpet
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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.
Leighton Meester showed some skin on New Year's Eve, Carrie Underwood stunned in net, and Kim Kardashian sparkled on Jay Leno. VIEW OUR GALLERY of the best looks of the week.
Gal With a Suitcase
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Jolie Hunt travels on her own dime for more than 50% of the year. Her recommendations are aimed at business travelers who are short on time but not on taste. She is the global head of public relations for Thomson Reuters, appointed April 2008. She lives between New York and London.
Our intrepid year-round traveller races from Miami's Old World Jewish delis to its newest crop of hotels, which are pulling in New York-caliber restauranteurs in droves.
Cocaine Cowboys
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Gerald Posner is former chief investigative reporter for The Daily Beast. He's the award-winning author of 10 investigative nonfiction bestsellers, on topics 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.
In an excerpt from Miami Babylon, Gerald Posner recalls 1980s South Beach, when it was a Wild West of drug cartels and sex parties that made Scarface look tame.
Brett Ratner: The Movie
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Matthew DeBord covers the auto industry and writes the Shifting Gears blog for Slate’s The Big Money. He has appeared on MSNBC and HDNet’s Dan Rather Reports to discuss the car business and the future of transportation. In addition to writing about cars, he has also written frequently about Hollywood and the entertainment industry, books, and various other subjects for the Los Angeles Times. He writes about sports for the Huffington Post and has published two books on wine.
Forget the midlife crisis. Director Brett Ratner's putting out a retrospective DVD. He talks about shooting Madonna, interviewing Michael Jackson, and the time Mickey Rourke camped out in his garage.
Stimulus Dollars for Sex Offenders?
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Gerald Posner is former chief investigative reporter for The Daily Beast. He's the award-winning author of 10 investigative nonfiction bestsellers, on topics 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.
Dozens of sex offenders who've made an encampment under a causeway in Miami are being relocated using federal stimulus money. The Daily Beast's Gerald Posner visits the infamous camp and talks to homeless advocates.
Viva Versace
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Steven Gaines is the author of twelve books, including a New York Times bestselling social and cultural portrait of the Hamptons, Philistines at the Hedgerow. He is a contributing editor at New York Magazine, and his journalism has appeared in The New York Times, New York Observer, and Vanity Fair.
In an excerpt from Fool's Paradise, Steven Gaines considers the enduring influence of Gianni Versace on South Beach.
Bright Nights, Shady City
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Daphne Merkin was a staff writer for The New Yorker and is currently a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine and Elle. She is the author of a novel, Enchantment, and a collection of essays, Dreaming of Hitler.
Steve Gaines' Fool's Paradise delivers a full diet of South Beach lore and other Miami vices.
The Pure Greed of Obama's Phony Health-Care Reform
Edwards Sex Tape Details
Investigative journalist and syndicated columnist Diane Dimond has covered the Michael Jackson story since 1993 when she first broke the news that the King of Pop was under investigation for child molestation. She is author of the book, Be Careful Who You Love—Inside the Michael Jackson Case. She lives in New York with her husband, broadcast journalist Michael Schoen.
Look Who's Irish!
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.
Marina Abramovic's Full-Frontal Art
Anthony Haden-Guest is the news editor of Charles Saatchi’s online magazine.
Lucian Freud's Naked Truths
Eric Pape has reported on Europe and the Mediterranean region for Newsweek Magazine since 2003. He is co-author of the graphic novel Shake Girl, which was inspired by one of his articles. He has written for the Los Angeles Times magazine, Spin, Reader's Digest, Vibe, Courrier International, Salon, and Los Angeles from five continents. He is based in Paris. Follow him at twitter.com/ericpape
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Rachel Syme is the former culture editor of The Daily Beast and now writes regularly about the arts.
