When They Were Hunks
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.
Remember when these heartthrobs made their debuts? View exclusive pictures of young Tom Cruise, Leonardo and Ashton BC (before the crow's feet) from a new book by celebrity photographer Greg Gorman.
Michelle's Secret Weapon
Based in Paris, Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni freelances for the International Herald Tribune, English Vogue, Elle Decor, Glamour, the Times Magazine (UK) and is the author of Sam Spiegel—The Biography of a Hollywood Legend, published in 2003.
Brooklyn designer Sophie Théallet is one of Mrs. Obama's new favorites. Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni talks to Théallet (and her good friend Rupert Everett) about her newfound success.
'Awful Middle-Class Queens'
Kevin Sessums is the author of the New York Times bestseller Mississippi Sissy, a memoir of his childhood. He was executive editor of Andy Warhol's Interview magazine and a contributing editor of Vanity Fair and Allure. He is a contributing editor of Parade. His new memoir, I Left It on Mountain will be published by St. Martins Press.
That's what out-of-the-closet actor Rupert Everett called other gay men who want to get married and adopt children. Kevin Sessums talks to Larry Kramer, ACT UP founder Peter Staley, and comedienne Kate Clinton about how they feel about that.
Rupert Everett Unleashed
Kevin Sessums is the author of the New York Times bestseller Mississippi Sissy, a memoir of his childhood. He was executive editor of Andy Warhol's Interview magazine and a contributing editor of Vanity Fair and Allure. He is a contributing editor of Parade. His new memoir, I Left It on Mountain will be published by St. Martins Press.
The British actor Rupert Everett, currently garnering great reviews on Broadway for his role in the hit Noel Coward revival Blithe Spirit, has a reputation for outrageous candor. Here, he lets it rip to Kevin Sessums about his exasperation with the British, his views on gay surrogate parenthood, what he thinks of his costar Christine Ebersole, and-prepare yourself-a very uncensored view of Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter.
While Angela Lansbury, Rupert Everett, and Christine Ebersole are the marquee names most likely to attract audiences to the often-hilarious Broadway revival of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, it's the ever-wonderful Jayne Atkinson who truly...
Brian Scott Lipton has been editor-in-chief of TheaterMania.com, a website for theater news, information, listings, and tickets, since June 2006. Previously, he was managing editor of DNR and Encore, and was founding editor of Resident Publications.
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.
Lee Siegel has written about culture and politics and is the author of three books: Falling Upwards: Essays in Defense of the Imagination; Not Remotely Controlled: Notes on Television; and, most recently, Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob. In 2002, he received a National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism.
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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