Culture Beast: The Best TV Show You’ve Never Seen

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1 TV Copenhagen’s Breakout Political Drama Forget The Newsroom. Borgen dramatizes the cutting-edge struggles of a woman who wouldn’t even exist in the world Sorkin wants to revive: Brigitte Nyborg, the first female prime minister of Denmark. There’s still time to get addicted before the second season finale airs this Sunday on LinkTV. Read it at The Daily Beast

2 BOOKS Sex and Parties in the Olympic Village There’s a lot more to the Olympics than feats of physical and mental strength. In The Secret Olympian, an anonymous Team Great Britain member gives insight into after-hours parties, post-competition coitus, and other extracurricular activities. Read it at The Daily Beast 4 ART The Power of Youth Dutch artist Rineke Dijkstra’s famous “bather” photos are often talked about as straight documents of their subjects, but their brilliant artifice is too often overlooked. See for yourself in her current retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Read it at The Daily Beast You forget Ophelia Horton is 12 pretty fast, as she tells you with the conviction of a seasoned fashion observer how ‘engaging’ she found the Armani and Prada collections this year.” READ IT NOW › 5 COMEDY Jerry Seinfeld Goes Viral Still watching Seinfeld reruns? Instead check out the comic’s new web series, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, which is causing a kerfuffle in the U.K. amongst Carpool fans who think Seinfeld pilfered the idea. But who cares—you still get to watch Seinfeld and Larry David banter about the difference between cigars and cigarettes. Read it at The Daily Beast 3 FILM Colin Farrell Breaks Out His A-Game After six years of small roles in little-seen films and a personal struggle with substance abuse, the Irish actor gets his groove back in Total Recall, in theaters this weekend. Read it at The Daily Beast Guess the Olympians’ Tattoos Gore Vidal’s Greatest Feuds Best and Worst Dressed Women of the Week Malcolm Gladwell Wannabes In response to When Writers Were Rock Stars: An absolutely amazing American life. Vidal saw things they way they are and didn't mind telling you so. That era is over now. — Lrobby99 In response to A Fashion Legend Takes on Aging: The clothing industry has rediscovered their demographic as the boomers among us defiantly continue to age. — geardup_1

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