Culture Beast: J.K. Rowling Ditches Magic for Sex and Swearing

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1 BOOKS J.K. Rowling Cuts Loose In her first novel for adults, the creator of Harry Potter abandons the PG precincts of kids’ lit for a black comedy about small-town backstabbing and heartlessness. Drugs, sex, and swearing abound in The Casual Vacancy, which casts a much darker spell than anything cooked up at Hogwarts. But Malcolm Jones says one thing hasn't changed: Rowling still knows how to write an insanely compelling page-turner. Read it at The Daily Beast

2 TELEVISION Shawn Ryan’s Favorite War Movies The creator of the ABC's new American military drama Last Resort, which premiered Thursday night, says a good moral dilemma always prevails over blood and guts on the big screen. See the epic war films that helped inspire the show, from Das Boot to Casablanca. Read it at The Daily Beast 4 MEDIA ‘Vice’ Dominates the News Established in 1994 as a tiny independent Canadian magazine, Vice Media has exploded over the last decade into a rollicking global media brand. Rebecca Dana on how the Brooklyn-based hipster outlet's aggressive push into the news business made Vice so buzzy. Read it at The Daily Beast The only thing more scandalous than the bras and panties sold at Victoria’s Secret are the controversies surrounding the lingerie brand…” READ IT NOW › 5 Catwalk Paris’s Next Generation Look out, there's fresh blood on the Paris runways. Emerging designers Charlier, Taralis, and Vaccarello give France a glimpse of its fashion future with ambitious Spring 2013 collections. Robin Givhan reports from the front row. Read it at The Daily Beast 3 MUSIC Tori Amos’s Magic Touch The singer infuses her glam-rock hits with a classical twist on her new album, Gold Dust, out Tuesday. Amos talks to Damon Linker about her evolution from '90s feminist icon to contemporary musician—and collaborating with the renowned Metropole Orchestra. Read it at The Daily Beast Animals Crash the Emmys Andy Williams's Life in Photos Best of the Milan Fashion Week Male Models Do ‘Blue Steel’ In response to Lady Gaga Launches Body Revolution: If Gaga can help one teenage girl not develop anorexia or bulimia, more power to her. And demonstrating that skin-and-bones-skinny is not the only way to look great helps too. — finderj In response to ‘Homeland’ and ‘The Good Wife’ Season Premieres: Review: I started watching Homeland last year, but just couldn't add one more TV show to my life. As for The Good Wife, it's a favorite. Great writing, story lines and acting! We've been wondering if Alicia goes back into the house with Peter and the kids or goes to work. — alicarn

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