Culture Beast: Inside ‘Downton Abbey’ Season 3

January 04 Having trouble viewing this? View it online.

1 TELEVISION ‘Downton’ Returns to Form At long last! The period drama (and the classiest soap opera ever) finally returns to the States this Sunday on PBS—along with a marriage, a birth, and a visit from Shirley MacLaine as a wealthy American relative. Jace Lacob reviews the sensational third season. Read it at The Daily Beast

2 BOOKS Tom Wolfe’s ‘Bonfire’ Redux Masters of the universe no more? As America teeters on a cliff, Tom Wolfe draws up a sterling indictment of our unscrupulous financial culture in Newsweek’s first digital-only issue. Read it at Newsweek 4 FASHION Bindis Are the New Bling Gwen Stefani borrowed them in the ’90s, and now they’re making a comeback in the Big Apple. Misty White Sidell looks at the growing popularity of the jewel-like accessories—and the trend’s link to the traditional Indian accessory. Read it at The Daily Beast A new Tumblr page called Pokémon X Fashion blends the Japanese phenomenon’s most famous characters with world-class fashion editorials...” READ IT NOW › 5 MOVIES 50 Must-See Movies of 2013 From superhero epics like Man of Steel and Iron Man 3 to period films The Great Gatsby and Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, see The Daily Beast’s picks for the most anticipated films of the year. Read it at The Daily Beast 3 AWARDS SEASON Our Oscar Nominees The ceremony may not be airing for another two months, but voting for the 85th Academy Awards nominations ends Friday. Marlow Stern on the movies, performances, and filmmakers that deserve Oscar consideration. Read it at The Daily Beast Most Anticipated Fashion for 2013 What to Watch on TV This Winter Kimye’s Baby Registry Stars Who Vacation With Their Exes Schwarzenegger Calls Leno an ‘Idiot’ Betty White Shakes 'Everything' Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Me Fey/Poehler Like a ‘Sloppy Loud Party’ In response to What ‘Argo’ Gets Wrong: It is time for us Iranians to grow up and learn how to dissect issues without bias, prejudice and anger. I think Atabai's article is more about the treatment of Iranians and our culture by Hollywood rather than defending Shah's regime.. — ZoeRastagar In response to AIDS and the Lost Generation of Culture: I remember David Ansen's story on this subject very well. And I remember how it opened a new perspective for me. Thanks for writing it. — keemia

ABOUT US | CONTACT US | PRIVACY POLICY Copyright 2012 The Newsweek/Daily Beast Company LLC 555 W. 18th Street , New York NY 10011 SUBSCRIBE UNSUBSCRIBE LIKE US ON FACEBOOK FOLLOW US ON TWITTER FORWARD TO A FRIEND You are subscribed as: dwyld.kwu.11muchado2011@blogger.com.