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The activist, singer-songwriter, producer, and sometime actor finally seems to be gaining the American exposure he deserves.
Julie White on Robot Racism in Transformers 2 and How Michael Bay Would’ve Staged Twelfth Night
"He could have done 'Twelfth Night 2: Revenge of Malvolio.' And then he should transform and just mow everybody down."
New York Asian Film Fest Guests Yoshihiro Nishimura, Tak Sakaguchi, and Noboru Iguchi on the Subtle Differences Between American and Japanese Movie Sets
"I'm sure if we had the same legal system as America we would have been sued."
Michael Urie on Playing an Activist and Assistant on The Temperamentals and Ugly Betty
Urie speaks to us about his character's future on 'Betty' and why he's so private about certain issues.
Raekwon Promises Us That Cuban Linx II Exists, Will Be Out in August
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Novelist Colum McCann on Let the Great World Spin and the 9/11 ‘Grief Machine’
"I live on the Upper East Side for my sins. But the thing I’m attracted to is the edges."
The Hurt Locker’s Jeremy Renner on His Bomb-Dismantling Playlist
"It was 125 degrees, the bomb suit was 100 pounds ... So I played 'Moonlight Sonata.'"
Cloris Leachman on Dancing, Inglourious Basterds, and Her Sex Pact With Ed Asner
"I'm going to get pregnant this fall. I'm 83. I think the world is ready for it."
Harold Ramis on Year One and Rewriting the Bible for the Age of Obama
"Michael Cera's character has a line when the people are in revolt — you hear Michael yell, 'Yes we can!'"
Destroy Build Destroy Host Andrew W.K. on Firing a Tank, Working With Children
"The kids don't actually get to touch any of the explosives, because I guess they would die."
Tinted Windows’ Taylor Hanson on the One Collaboration Stranger Than Tinted Windows
"It's actually a song inspired by seeing Brian Wilson once when Weird Al and I got together with our kids and saw him wandering in a park."
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Woody Allen: ‘I’ve Learned Very Little After Annie Hall’
"I'm better than when I made 'Take the Money and Run,' but not much better than when I made 'Annie Hall.' I've learned very little after that."
Novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum on The Scenic Route and Life Under the Radar
"Women narrators are supposed to be likable, and my characters are not necessarily nice and/or likable. But they are funny."
Alan Alda on His Career in Science
In town to co-chair the World Science Festival, Alda raps with Vulture on his knowledge of insects and surgery.
Francis Ford Coppola’s New Star Alden Ehrenreich on Not ‘Trickling Up’
We speak with Ehrenreich about working with Coppola and his run-in with Spielberg.
Sleepwalk With Me’s Mike Birbiglia on Making Audiences Feel His Pain, 198 Times
"Yeah, the guy in the front row was text messaging, so I gave him some fire."
Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul on How He Learned to Play an Addict
"I just go to YouTube and type in 'heroin user,' and so many videos pop up."
Asia Argento and Michele Civetta on Cannes Controversy and Porn-y New Work
We called up the couple to find out what Argento would divulge about her Cannes jury experience.
August: Osage County’s Phylicia Rashad on Not Playing a Monster
"Her behavior's monstrous, that's true."
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