Culture Beast: Is This the Great American Rap Album?

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1 MUSIC America’s Most Outspoken Rapper He’s called Obama a “terrorist” and was a fixture at Occupy Wall Street. Now platinum-selling Lupe Fiasco is out with a new album, Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1. He tells Marlow Stern what he thinks of Romney, Newsweek’s “Muslim Rage” cover, and his own embrace of Islam. Read it at The Daily Beast

2 DOCUMENTARY Roman Polanski, the Sequel Marina Zenovich’s explosive Polanski documentary pushed the case back into the forefront—and led to his 2009 arrest. Alessandra Rafferty talked to Zenovich at last week’s New York Film Festival premiere of her follow-up, Odd Man Out—a tense courtroom drama that examines the dirty politics behind Polanski’s extradition. Read it at The Daily Beast 4 ICONS James Bond and The Beatles Today marks 50 years since the world was introduced to the music giants and the movie spy. Malcolm Jones says both have stood the test of time, but while the Bond films—the latest, Skyfall, lands Nov. 9—accommodated themselves to change, the Beatles changed music forever. Read it at The Daily Beast Liam Neeson may have accidentally stumbled upon a lucrative second act as one of Hollywood’s premier action stars…” READ IT NOW › 5 FASHION A New Saint Laurent In one of Paris Fashion Week’s most anticipated design debuts, former menswear wunderkind Hedi Slimane served up Hollywood hipness, rail-thin models—and a big name change for the house formerly known as Yves Saint Laurent. Robin Givhan reports from the runway. Read it at The Daily Beast 3 TELEVISION Stewart and O'Reilly's Secret Bromance The presumed adversaries will face-off at the “Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium” this weekend. But after surveying other on-air conversations between the two, Kevin Fallon says their relationship is as filled with sexual tension and admiration as it is with antagonistic fire. Read it at The Daily Beast Spring’s Craziest Fashion Trends Must-Read Graphic Novels Best of the Paris Runways Lena Dunham & More Big Book Deals In response to Best Bond Opening Sequences: In fairness, the opening to "For Your Eyes Only" was the franchise's way of killing off Bond's arch-rival Ernst Stavro Blofeld without tacitly acknowledging him by name due to a rights imbroglio that prevented them from using the character. — wiredroach In response to Anderson Cooper’s Burn Book: When Anderson is on CNN, he is a professional news reporter.  When Anderson is on his show, he is an entertainer.  He is quite able and proficient at separating the two. — hfb1053

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