Culture Beast: Michael B. Jordan on ‘Fruitvale Station’

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1 FILM Hollywood's New Leading Man After roles on The Wire and Friday Night Lights, Michael B. Jordan delivers an award-worthy turn as real-life shooting victim Oscar Grant in Fruitvale Station. The actor opens up to Marlow Stern about the role, his journey, and race. Read it at The Daily Beast

2 TELEVISION FX's Border-Killer Thriller FX's The Bridge, about a serial-killer investigation that entangles both sides of the U.S.–Mexico border, is very good. If you haven't seen the Danish-Swedish series it's based on, you might even think it's great. Read it at The Daily Beast 4 LGBTQ The End of Gay Panic? Once upon a time, you could get away with violence if it was brought on by "gay panic." Now legal moves to ban that defense—and a viral hit song about a gay crush that ends amicably—might signal the end of the era of straight retaliation. Read it at The Daily Beast 'Maybe sooner or later a black or gay—or both—hero will be something absolutely normal'” READ IT NOW › 5 TELEVISION You've Gotta Binge on 'Orange' The eternal streaming question—to lose sleep and watch all the episodes of a new show at once, or go one at a time—has a clear answer with Orange Is the New Black, the best thing on TV right now. Read it at The Daily Beast 3 MUSIC Jay-Z Takes on the Art World The rapper filmed a music video for his new song "Picasso Baby" over six hours on Wednesday to a crowd that included Rosie Perez, Jemima Kirke—and Picasso's granddaughter herself. Isabel Wilkinson reports. Read it at The Daily Beast Actors Playing Porn Stars The Sequels That Ruled Powerful Celebrity Babies 12 Best Celebrity Twitter Pictures In response to Elisabeth Hasselbeck's Tearful Last 'The View,' and Why We'll Miss Her: "She held it down for 10 years strong in her opinions. Though I didn't agree with her views It was good to see that dynamic on the show and show that Democrats and Republics could actually worked together. If they can do that on a show why can't they do that in Washington." — Friday Mornin In response to Why Jenny McCarthy Is Worse Than Elisabeth Hasselbeck : "I think she would be terrific. She's funny and talented. It's never dangerous for the public to question the safety of drugs being given to their children. Maybe it causes some of the case, and maybe other factors cause others. But they haven't figured it out yet, and 1 in 50 is a public health crisis that very few people talk about. Thank goodness we still have free speech." — themintz4

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