Cheat Sheet - George Takei's Wild Trek From Internment Camp to Cultural Icon

Today: Why Geneva 2 Won't Stop Syria's War , Shot at U. of Oklahoma Was Machine , Glenn Beck: I Divided America January 22, 2014 BEAM ME UP 1. Becoming George Takei Even the most dedicated Trekkies may not realize George Takei—better known to them as Star Trek's Sulu—is a renaissance man. Marlow Stern spoke with the fan favorite about To Be Takei, a new documentary that just premiered at Sundance about his life journey from a Japanese interment camp during World War II to an LGBT advocate today. Read it at The Daily Beast NOT ENOUGH 2. Geneva Won't Solve Syria's War Today begins the Geneva peace conference trying to bring a clean solution to Syria's bloody civil war. The conference almost collapsed before it even got started, writes Jamie Dettmer. The agendas of external actors are too divergent for an armistice to be agreed upon, let alone one that could help forge an agreement between Assad and the rebels. Read it at The Daily Beast JUMPY 3. Shot at U. of Oklahoma Was Machine America the terrorized: "gunshots" reportedly heard at the University of Oklahoma on Wednesday morning were probably a piece of equipment backfiring, the school's president told students. A SWAT team was deployed to a building and cleared it before finding no gunman or injured students. A shelter in place order was issued and in short time became national news. Of course, there was a very real shooting at Purdue University just a day before, leaving one dead.  Read it at KFOR-TV LITTLE LATE 4. Glenn Beck: I Divided America In an appearance on The Kelly File, former cable news phenomenon Glenn Beck addressed his trouble-making time on Fox News. "I think I played a role, unfortunately, in helping tear the country apart," conceded Beck. He described his tenure saying, "I remember it as an awful lot of fun and that I made an awful lot of mistakes, and I wish I could go back and be more uniting in my language." Read it at Buzzfeed BITTER 5. Tarantino Kills Film After Leak Quentin Tarantino is very upset. After giving the script for his next movie, The Hateful Eight, to a handful of actors, Tarantino's agent began receiving calls from other agents looking to cast their clients. "I'm very, very depressed," Tarantino said. "I finished a script, a first draft, and I didn't mean to shoot it until next winter, a year from now. I gave it to six people, and apparently it's gotten out today." Tarantino suspects that the leak came from CAA, which represents actor Bruce Dern, who was one of the actors Tarantino gave the script. Read it at Deadline UP TO SPEED Bob McDonnell's Gifts Scandal Feds charge him with taking watches, cars, and more. VOTING REPORT No More Election Day Lines? It's possible, says a bipartisan commission's new report. REPENT Sins of the Chicago Archdiocese Some 6,000 documents released show coordinated efforts to shield predatory priests. Up Close and Dangerous Purdue Gunman Worked With Victim Both were teaching assistants. ANON NO MORE Guccifer Arrested in Romania Hacker who leaked Bush paintings is caught GQ Sam Rockwell on Tom Hanks's Oscar Snub: "He Was Fu*king Robbed" PopSugar Bradley Cooper Heads to Broadway The Wrap 'Murder, She Wrote' Reboot Dropped by NBC GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. Amy Poehler's Protégés by Abby Haglage The Strange Science Behind Virgin Births by Candida Moss My Night at the NSFW Oscars by Richard Abowitz

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