Culture Beast: Woody Allen Does It Again

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1 FILM Woody Allen’s Black Magic To Rome With Love, the legendary director’s follow-up to last year’s hit Midnight in Paris, returns to his old obsessions—sexual avarice and megalomaniacal control. Sam Tanenhaus reviews the “superbly executed” film, which opens on Friday and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Greta Gerwig, Alec Baldwin, and a host of other luminaries. Read it at The Daily Beast

2 art The Thinking Man's Glass Artist Josiah McElheny has become one of today’s best glass artists by breaking all the rules. See photos from his first U.S. survey, which opens at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston on June 22. Read it at The Daily Beast 4 ESCAPE The 2012 Travel Bucket List Can’t make it to the Hamptons? Think bigger. The map is being redrawn for the intrepid traveler. Plan a trip to Guyana and more new hotspots set to change in the coming year. Read it at The Daily Beast I find the whole throwing of the axe at vampires to have an eerie credibility… READ IT NOW › 5 BOOKS When Does Life Begin? Jill Lepore’s The Mansion of Happiness examines the stages of life from the cradle to the grave. Malcolm Jones reviews the imaginative book. Read it at The Daily Beast 3 TELEVISION Is The Newsroom any Good? After West Wing and The Social Network, were expectations too high for Aaron Sorkin? Read our early review of his much-anticipated HBO series, premiering Sunday. Read it at The Daily Beast Stars Accused of Plagiarism Prince William at Thirty Ann Curry’s Crazy Morning Style Bald and Beautiful Celebrities In response to The Realness of Reality TV: Reality shows distort reality though. The more sensationalistic shows draw on the drunks, the ignorant, the uncouth and the morally and financially bankrupt. -- sobe123 In response to How Jeff Koons Keeps It Real: there is nothing more real than money....and Jeff Koons has always followed the money. Unfortunately great art is not about money.s as perfectionist -- camper

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