"That Dunne had the moxie to start a new career in another city and then to do it again in a city of his own is one of the many extraordinary accom...
Who's Their Type?
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Chris Brown's new lady looks eerily like Rihanna, Lance Armstrong always goes for blondes, and Bruce Willis married a Demi clone. VIEW OUR GALLERY of stars who date look-alikes.
Leonardo DiCaprio isn't only attracted to supermodels-but he's made a habit of dating ones who looks eerily similar. He dated Brazilian Gisele BA¼n...
A-List Tax Cheats
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Nicolas Cage owes $6.2 million in back taxes, making him the latest celebrity with IRS troubles. From Al Capone to Judy Garland to Wesley Snipes, VIEW OUR GALLERY of famous tax dodgers.
The Squid and the Whale of a Book
Taylor Antrim is a critic for The Daily Beast and the author of the novel The Headmaster Ritual.
With his ambitious fourth novel about a family of oddball Chicago scientists, Joe Meno swings for the fences in The Great Perhaps. It's a touching, 400-page tale of Big Themes-with Nazi secrets, a lesbian crush, and a don't-worry-be-happy ending.
Feeling Sorry For Bernie
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.
As Madoff rots in prison, another psychopathic grifter, Marc Dreier, lives in luxury. Allan Dodds Frank on how Judith Regan and O.J. Simpson keep a $700 million crook in his penthouse.
From O.J. to the Pope: 13 Embarrassing Yawns and Naps
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White House economics guru Larry Summers made headlines this week by falling asleep during a meeting with Barack Obama. He has some formidable company, from Tony Blair to Pope John Paul II. Is fame and power that tiring? VIEW OUR GALLERY of other narcoleptics who could have used some caffeine.
The Man Who Saw Everything
Lawrence Schiller began his career as a photojournalist for Life magazine and the Saturday Evening Post. He has published numerous books, including W. Eugene Smith's Minamata and Norman Mailer's Marilyn. He collaborated with Albert Goldman on Ladies and Gentleman, Lenny Bruce, and with Norman Mailer on The Executioner's Song and Oswald's Tale. He has also directed seven motion pictures and miniseries for television; The Executioner's Song and Peter the Great won five Emmys.
A new exhibit celebrates Lawrence Schiller's most unforgettable photographs-from Lee Harvey Oswald's arrest to O.J.'s acquittal, RFK's cat nap to Marilyn's skinny dip. View a gallery.
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.
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.
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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