Culture Beast: Catch Up on Emmy’s Biggest Nominees

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1 Television Emmy Snubs and Surprises The nominations are in: Downton Abbey, Girls, and Betty White will get their shot at scooping up TV's biggest award, while The Good Wife, Community, Louie, and many others were shut out. Spend the weekend catching up on all the TV you’ve missed. Read it at The Daily Beast

2 FASHION The Polka-Dot Queen’s Comeback One exhibition not to miss is the Whitney Museum’s new retrospective of the 83-year-old avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama. And if you’d like to take some art to go, the so-called “polka-dot queen” is also collaborating on a new line for Louis Vuitton. Read it at The Daily Beast 4 ART The Art of Lying Good art is supposed to convey profound truths, according to the hoary cliché. But what about when it tells significant lies? Blake Gopnik on the highlights from More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness, an important new exhibit at SITE Santa Fe. Read it at The Daily Beast Even if Scientology comes out with a statement that The Master is NOT about L. Ron Hubbard or Scientology, this movie is the biggest fictional middle finger ever flown their way." READ IT NOW › 5 FILM Will Moviegoers Shun Dark Knight Rises? Christopher Nolan's third Batman installment had rave reviews and massive box-office expectations. But in the wake of the horrific shooting at a late-night screening of the film, are Hollywood's lofty expectations a bust? Read it at The Daily Beast 3 BOOKS An Affair to Remember In her new book, Paris: A Love Story, Kati Marton recounts her tumultuous marriage to the late ambassador Richard Holbrooke. Susan Cheever reviews the book and finds the enduring appeal of yearning in writing—whether for a lost place, lost love, or a lost moment in time. Read it at The Daily Beast Famous Maids of Honor Stars Caught With Their Pants Down Craziest Royal Auction Lots Icons of 1970s Unstylish Design In response to The British Tina Fey: As a British male, I'm not the target audience at all but I found "How to Be A Woman" completely hilarious, compelling, wonderfully written and it deals with important issues and topics that are normally shied away from. — Tsung Wei In response to The War on Teen Vogue: I have four nieces who are obsessed with Selena Gomez, Ariana, and Jennifer Lawrence. They want to emulate these celebrities and I'm sure they don't always realize how the images are being manipulated.. — SuperWittySmitty

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