Newsweek Has a Winner with 'My Favorite Mistake'

Dennis Quaid is making a lot of media waves today with his cocaine confessional in Newsweek. As he should – it’s an incredibly candid first-person recollection of how he fell down the white-powder rabbit hole in 1974 and came up gasping for air in the late ’80s.

But the bigger picture is the recurring feature for which he wrote the piece. Launched in the March 14th issue, “My Favorite Mistake” is quickly turning out to be a highlight of Tina Brown’s revamped Newsweek.

So far, showbiz types have made up the bulk of contributors; before Quaid, there was Ted Danson, Jerry Weintraub, and – for the inaugural edition – Harvey Weinstein.

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