Culture Beast: The Tao of Jennifer Lawrence

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1 STAR The Tao of Jennifer Lawrence Why does everyone love Jennifer Lawrence? Hint: It's not just those silly interviews she gives. Other franchise stars (cough, Kristen Stewart) should take note. By Kevin Fallon. Read it at The Daily Beast

2 TV Why Reality Stars Can't Be Real If the gang on 'Duck Dynasty' behaves in an unsavory way that makes us feel uncomfortable rather than smug and self-satisfied, we shut off the TV. By Tricia Romano. Read it at The Daily Beast 4 HUMANITARIAN George Clooney on Protecting South Sudan Will the world let its youngest country slip into civil war after suffering so long for independence? By George Clooney and John Prendergast. Read it at The Daily Beast From a gorgeous lesson on mentoring to a wild compilation against bullying and the closest you can come to getting a hug from a video, see the year's best from the video-sharing site.” READ IT NOW › 5 2013 The Year in Celeb Scandals Bieber was caught in a brothel. Beyoncé lip-synced the national anthem. Paula Deen and Julianne Hough didn't do much for race relations. America's sweetheart Reese Witherspoon was arrested. And Miley twerked, too. See more scandals from 2013. By Anna Brand. Read it at The Daily Beast 3 MOVIES The Real Wolf of Wall Street The Real Wolf of Wall Street wasn't actually on Wall Street—he worked on Long Island. How much of Scorsese's new film comes from the infamous memoirs of Jordan Belfort? By Jimmy So. Read it at The Daily Beast You're Fired! Film Edition 14 New Stars for the New Year The Year's 13 Best Movies Best and Worst Dressed of the Week In response to Inside Homeland's Shocking Finale: Disappointing outcome. Frankly, I think the show will go nowhere now. Brody was the whole show. The other characters were just typical or too mellow dramatic. — JimToo In response to The Redemption of Taylor Kitsch: I thought John Carter was a cool movie… me and my kid had a great time watching it and even added it to our movie collection…and we liked Battleship too… — rider71

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