Precious Rising
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.
Can Precious, Oprah's brutal new movie, be this year's Slumdog? In the first Daily Beast Nominates, read interviews with the cast and watch footage of the Oscar favorite.
The Powerful Force at the Center of Precious
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.
A receptionist becomes a movie star by starring in the most buzzed about film of the season.
The Journey Behind Precious
Stephen Farber is a film critic for The Hollywood Reporter. He has written reviews and articles on film for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Movieline, Esquire, New York, New West, and many other publications. He has interviewed hundreds of actors, writers, directors and Hollywood moguls for these publications. Farber has written four books on film: The Movie Rating Game; Hollywood Dynasties; Outrageous Conduct: Art, Ego, and the Twilight Zone Case; and Hollywood on the Couch.
Fall's most anticipated film tells the story of an abused teen-but its director's odyssey is almost as remarkable. Stephen Farber talks to Precious' Lee Daniels about his early life in the Philadelphia projects, finding Sapphire's book, and casting Mo'Nique.
Roller Girl
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.
Drew Barrymore discusses getting plastered, happy endings, and female fight clubs, as her directorial debut, Whip It!, about chick roller derby, hits theaters.
Mr. Darcy Comes Out
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.
In Tom Ford's new movie, A Single Man, Colin Firth plays a grieving, yet buttoned up, gay man.
Precious: Oprah's Favorite Thing
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 talkshow/lifestyle guru uses her persuasive powers to sell the grueling Precious. Tears-from reporters-ensue.
Soderbergh's Swansong
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.
His new movie, The Informant!, is full of buzz. But Steven Soderbergh tells The Daily Beast's Nicole LaPorte he's ready to quit filmmaking.
Stars Dazzle in Toronto
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The Toronto Film Festival kicks off as the launching pad for Oscar season this week. From Matt Damon and Megan Fox to George Clooney and Penelope Cruz, VIEW OUR GALLERY of stars who took on the red carpet up north.
Hef's Sex Education
Matthew Hays is a Montreal-based journalist and the author of The View from Here: Conversations with Gay and Lesbian Filmmakers (Arsenal Pulp Press). He is also a programmer at the Toronto International Film Festival
A new documentary explores Playboy founder Hugh Hefner's little-known history as an early gay-rights pioneer. Plus, the night he was fixed up with Gloria Steinem.
I saw The Wrestler at the Toronto Film Festival, but just watched it again, and I think that this is Mickey Rourke's year. He has always been such a great talent, it's nice to see him getting the recognition he deserves.
Harvey Weinstein is co-chairman of The Weinstein Company with his brother Bob. He is co-creator and executive producer of Project Runway. Harvey and Bob founded Miramax Films in 1979 and under the Weinsteins, Miramax received 249 Academy Award nominations and won 60 Academy Awards.
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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