Interview articles from December 2005

Interview archives from December 2005

The Scarlett letters.(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2005... Dear Interview, Good for you for being one of the first to tune in on the extraordinary talent of Scarlett Johansson. As a longtime subscriber to your magazine, I well remember the first small piece you ran on the actress for Ghost World...

The power of pictures.(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2005... Dear Interview, I am a relatively new subscriber and enjoy every issue of your magazine. This month [October 2005] has a nice article about Jon Bon Jovi. I cannot keep my eyes off the photo of him on page 146 with no shirt and leather...

Tomato, potahto.(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2005... Dear Interview, Wonderful work on the October issue! My absolute favorite part was the interview with the extremely beautiful Ziyi Zhang by (the also beautiful) Natalie Portman. I fell in love with Ziyi Zhang in the movie Rush Hour 2...

The Mickey that roared.(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2005... Dear Interview, Mickey Rourke [November 2005] may have been on the receiving end of more than his share of knocks, both in the boxing ring and in the celebrity arena, to say nothing of the blows he's inflicted on himself, but as he reveals...

A call to arms.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2005... Dear Interview, Reading your interview with Dr. Mathilde Krim [October 2005], founding chairman of amfAR and longtime leader against a global healthcare crisis, I was tempted to approach it as a retrospective, i.e., "Tell us what it was...

Tory Kittles: like all pizza delivery men, he's had people wondering for years when he would finally arrive. That time is now.(THIS MONTH'S ONE TO WATCH)(Interview)(Biography)
December 1, 2005... Anyone who's heard 50 Cent's music knows that messing with him is a bad idea. But in his latest role, in Get Rich or Die Tryin', Jim Sheridan's new movie about the rapper's early years, actor Tory Kitties does just that: He plays the...

Jenny Lewis: indie rock's romantic new queen of the scene.(THIS MONTH'S ONE TO LISTEN OUT FOR)(Interview)(Biography)
December 1, 2005... Who would have guessed Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis had a soul singer trapped inside her indie-goddess self? While Lewis's solo debut, Rabbit Fur Coat (Team Love), is missing some of her Los Angeles band's snap, crackle, and pop, it makes up for it...

Q'Orianka Kilcher: in a new colonial epic about big discoveries, she may very well be the biggest of them all.(MOVIE NEWS)(Brief Article)(Interview)(Biography)
December 1, 2005... But for one unfortunate event, Q'Orianka Kilcher would never have had the chance to star as Pocahontas opposite Colin Farrell in Terrence Malick's new colonial epic, The New World. "1 used to sing down at the Third Street Promenade [in Santa...

Jenny Wade: she took off for Hollywood with stars in her eyes and wound up covered in blood--and that's just the beginning.(MOVIE SPOTLIGHT)(Brief Article)(Interview)(Biography)
December 1, 2005... "Being covered in blood all day had huge psychological effects on me," says Jenny Wade of her experience shooting the forthcoming horror movie Feast. Executive-produced by Wes Craven and directed by first-timer John Gulager, Feast tells the...

Bryan Greenberg: ballet may have been a bust, but his dance card on the big screen is filling up fast and furious.(MOVIE TIP)(Brief Article)(Interview)(Biography)
December 1, 2005... The dramatic phone call has made many an actor's career--in the case of Bryan Greenberg it nearly squashed his before it had even started. Just two weeks before Greenberg was to begin filming his starring role in the new romantic comedy Prime,...

Paula Patton: she can dance like Ginger Rogers and wield a gun like Charles Bronson--and she's ready to blow some people away.(MOVIE SCOOP)(Brief Article)(Interview)
December 1, 2005... "I hope I looked like a high-priced hooker," says Paula Patton of the elaborate '30s gown she had to wear when she auditioned for the role of Andre Benjamin's love interest in the new movie, Idlewild, a period musical set in a Georgia speakeasy...

Shots in the dark: at the movies, the character's luck runs out only when the filmmaker says so.(MOVIE COLUMN)
December 1, 2005... Woody Allen's Match Point is a moral fable about luck, lust, greed, and guilt. If it's not quite as misanthropic as the films of, say, Clouzot or Hitchcock, it's only because the final close-up of its protagonist, Chris (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers),...

Anne Hathaway: from the royal court to the rodeo and beyond.(Interview SHOWCASE)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... Starring in teen royalty flicks like The Princess Diaries and Ella Enchanted, Anne Hathaway has in her career thus far played the klutzy innocent thrust into a world of empty sophisticates with such endearing aplomb that the real royals might...

Memoirs of a Geisha.(PREVIEW)(Book Review)
December 1, 2005... (Sony) Directed by Rob Marshall Set against the backdrop of pre-war Japan, this adaptation of Arthur Golden's best-selling novel tells the story of young Chiyo (Ziyi Zhang), who is taken from her family and sold into slavery at a geisha...

Munich.(PREVIEW)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... (Universal/DreamWorks) Directed by Steven Spielberg Promising another one-two punch along the lines of his Jurassic Park--Schindler's List double-feature back in 1993, Steven Spielberg follows up his $200 million plus--grossing War of the...

King Kong.(PREVIEW)(Movie Review)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... (Universal) Directed by Peter Jackson Nine years after Peter Jackson set out to update the original woman-meets-ape love story, he's finally realized his dream. A crew of filmmakers (including Jack Black and Adrien Brody) head to Skull...

Brokeback Mountain.(Movie Review)
December 1, 2005... (Focus) Directed by Ang Lee In a perfect world, the modest, sturdy Brokeback Mountain would be just another epic love story. Unfortunately, opening as it does in our current political climate, Ang Lee's poignant romance--in which two...

Cache.(Movie Review)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... (Sony Pictures Classics) Directed by Michael Haneke Austria's preeminent cinema provocateur, Michael Haneke (The Piano Teacher, 2001), returns with what could be his richest work, an insidious peek into the lives of a Parisian bourgeois...

Transamerica.(Movie Review)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... (The Weinstein Company) Directed by Duncan Tucker Writer-director Duncan Tucker's debut is a road movie about a pre-op male-to-female transsexual (Felicity Huffman) who finds out that while in college he fathered a son (Kevin Zegers)...

Glam slam: it's all or nothing when it comes to makeup this winter.(LOOK OF THE MONTH)
December 1, 2005... Since the arrival of the waif on the fashion scene with her loose, undone hair and natural makeup, the beauty world's dictate has been that either lips or eyes should be the focal point of the face, but never both at once. For winter 2005,...

Iman: on staying classic in a world full of trends.(LOOK OF THE MONTH)(Interview)
December 1, 2005... JUSTIN CONNER: Congratulations on your book, The Beauty of Color [Putnam]. When did you decide to start making cosmetics for women of color? IMAN: It was my third day in New York, in 1975. The makeup artist spent a half-hour mixing my...

The age of not-so-innocence: designers are going to great lengths this season.(STYLE SHAKE)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... "I said long!" the socialite reportedly said to the guests who turned up for her dinner party inappropriately attired. For winter 2005, there is no cause for awkwardness even when the dress code is formal, since long is the freshest proportion...

Blouses, boys? Forget rebels and macho archetypes this season. Menswear finds inspiration in librarians and secretaries.(FASHION TURNS THE TABLES)
December 1, 2005... It was bound to happen. Women have been re-appropriating menswear since the days of Coco Chanel, so it was really only a matter of time before men wanted to "slip into something a bit more comfortable." Fall/winter 2005 turns out to be a bit of...

Fashion's great expectations: this season's looks get a literary twist.(STYLE REBIRTH)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... When it comes to romantic, historically inspired fashion, the question on many designers' lips this season seems to be "Please sir, can I have some more?" For fall/winter 2005, some of the best looks bring to mind an assortment of Charles...

The Greenhornes: they've jammed with Jack White and won over Jim Jarmusch. But can these retro revivalists jolt garage rock back to life?(MUSIC BUZZ)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2005... A lot of great bands came of age in the '60s, yet few today still make music as true to that era as the Greenhornes. But despite their fervently grimy vintage sound, the threesome from Cincinnati don't like to describe themselves as nostalgic....

Lola: pop that dispenses with the pretense.(MUSIC FORECAST)
December 1, 2005... Sex will always sell, which is something that Lola Zaidline knows well. Take, for example, "No Strings," the first single off her debut album, Take It Like I Give It (SoBe/Warner), an unabashed celebration of carnality. Thanks to a remix by DJ...

Mylo: electronic music isn't known for its warmth and charm, but he's about to change all that.(MUSIC BREAKOUT)
December 1, 2005... In the mid-'90s, dance music became the new rock 'n' roll. Then, post-millennium, rock became the new dance music. Now there's Mylo, the U.K. electronica enfant terrible whose debut album, Destroy Rock & Roll (Breastfed), brilliantly works the...

Chris Brown: this R&B crooner's tools of seduction: slick moves, a velvet voice, and a mother who just won't quit.(MUSIC HEAT)(Brief Article)(Interview)
December 1, 2005... On his first single, "Run It," Chris Brown lays down an unequivocal challenge to the ladies. "Is your man on the floor?" he sings over a club-ready track filled with electronic swells of synthesizers. "If he ain't, let me know/let me see if...

Madonna.(SOUND ADVICE)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
December 1, 2005... Confessions on the Dance Floor (Warner) Before she announced to Dick Clark that she wanted to rule the world, Madonna's chief obsession was ruling the dance floors of late disco-era New York City. But while disco was primarily an uptown...

Neil Diamond.(SOUND ADVICE)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
December 1, 2005... 12 Songs (Columbia) Super-producer Rick Rubin, who oversaw Johnny Cash's heroic late-career comeback, gives another legendary yet written-off performer the same solemn, anachronistic eminence grise treatment with 12 Songs, the latest...

Animal Collective.(SOUND ADVICE)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
December 1, 2005... Feels (FatCat) Known for their fearless excursions into the indie noise-rock diaspora, Animal Collective score dividends on their latest full-length with a new emphasis on accessibility. These New York-based merry pranksters of sound...

Fort Minor.(SOUND ADVICE)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
December 1, 2005... The Rising Tied (Warner/Machine Shop) On his first solo project, Linkin Park front man Mike Shinoda proves a one-man band, creating most of the music himself. Unlike Linkin's arena-rock sonics, however, Fort Minor concentrates entirely on...

Kate Bush.(SOUND ADVICE)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
December 1, 2005... Aerial (Columbia) Theatrical British chanteuse Kate Bush's first album since 1993's The Red Shoes is a masterfully--some might say overly--self-produced, two-disc affair. But while the pristine production reflects a softer, lighter...

Renzo Rosso: as the man behind the megabrand Diesel, Renzo Rosso offers a template on how to succeed in business while staying the life of the party.(VIEWMAN)(Interview)
December 1, 2005... INTERVIEW: Years ago in this magazine, you said, "I don't take anything for granted--I'm learning every day, from everybody. I always want to do better, so I'm never satisfied. I'm like a hostess." RENZO ROSSO: I could say the same thing...

Shop books: no matter who sits down at your coffee table, there's something for everyone in the latest crop of photo books. A look at some of the season's best.(Interview's PICKS)
December 1, 2005... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: The Age of Adolescence: Joseph Sterling Photographs 1959-1964 by Joseph Sterling (Greybull) Embodying the spirit of a changing America before there was no turning back. Equipose by Christopher Makes...

John Schlesinger: as a director he was known for nailing the times in which he lived; as a man he preferred living those times to talking about them. Just before his death, the groundbreaking filmmaker behind such iconic films as Darling, Midnight Cowboy, and Sunday Bloody Sunday sat down for a series of candid conversations with his nephew, writer Ian Buruma. Here an exclusive first peek.(PREView)(Movie Review)(Interview)
December 1, 2005... Most people, including John Schlesinger himself, consider Midnight Cowboy (1969) and Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) to be his best films. John was also very fond of The Day of the Locust (1975), which has a cult following today but had a mixed...

All the dish by Brad Goldfarb: home (cooking) for the holidays.(FOOD COLUMN)(three Manhattan restaurants: Cookshop, Bette, and Mo Pitkin's House of Satisfaction)(Restaurant Review)
December 1, 2005... Whether or not we grew up with a parent who spent time in the kitchen, the phrase "mom's cooking" tends to function as a kind of clarion call for food that is not just homemade but imbued with a particular kind of motherly nurturing. That...

Letter from the editor December/January 2006.(view)(movie actor Reese Witherspoon)(Editorial)
December 1, 2005... "And it burns, burns, burns," sang Johnny Cash, the one and only country legend with a voice as deep and dark and gravelly as the bottom of a coal mine. The lyric, of course, is from a love song, "Ring of Fire," which became a monster hit when...

That's Reese: stepping into the ring of fire.(movie actor Reese Witherspoon)(Interview)(Cover Story)(Biography)
December 1, 2005... [Ingrid Sischy and Reese Witherspoon are shown to a quiet table on the patio of the Cabana Club Cafe at the Beverly Hills Hotel.] INGRID SISCHY: Time for me to get out my trusty old tape recorder. As you can see, it's an antique, so...

The light-headed feeling.
December 1, 2005... PHOTOGRAPHS BY XEVI STYLING BY ANNABEL TOLLMAN Model: LINDA V./1 Model Management. Hair: DENNIS GOTSOULOS/De Facto. Makeup: JANEEN WlTHERSPOON/De Facto. Prop stylist: DONNIE MYERS/De Facto. Digital imaging: VISION ON. Special thanks:...

In our tribute to New Orleans, actress Carrie Nye talks about the questions that now face the future of this great city in the aftermath Of hurricane Katrina. She quotes the venetians, saying, put it back "as it was, where it was. "In that spirit, on these pages interview presents a portfolio that captures the incredible history of the place they call n'awlins..
December 1, 2005... Do you knew what it means to love New Orleans? It's a mysterious city. It is a crazy place. It's the city that care forgot. Or forgot to care--as that wonderful Mardi Gras song suggests. It's always been corrupt and crumbling. New Orleans is a...

Pharrell: he may be known for making hits, but Pharrell Williams is more interested in breaking down walls. Brian Grazer talks to music's most wanted man.(Interview)
December 1, 2005... BRIAN GRAZER: Hello! It's BG. PHARRELL WILLIAMS: What's up, man? BG: I'm a little jet-lagged. I just got back to Los Angeles from London late last night because I'm producing The Da Vinci Code there. When you fly west, the goal is to stay...

Idina Menzel: she may have earned her chops as a wedding singer, but from the look of things, it's Idina Menzel who caught the bouquet.(Interview)
December 1, 2005... In the tradition of such big belters as Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, and Liza Minnelli, Idina Menzel is fashioning the kind of multimedia career that most entertainers can only dream of--making films, recording albums, and creating some of...

Black Eyed Peas.(rap group)(Interview)
December 1, 2005... FERGIE AND WILLIAM IN AN ERA WHEN GANGSTA POSES AND GRITTY PERSONAS STILL DOMINATE HIP-HOP, WHY IS A GROUP THAT GOES AGAINST THOSE FORMULAS COMING OUT ON TOP OF THE FRAY? JACK JOHNSON: Hey, guys! Now, Fergie, I don't know if you...

Cillian Murphy: James Joyce once said that mistakes are portals of discovery. For Cillian Murphy, that could not be more true.(Interview)
December 1, 2005... He may have literally revealed every inch of himself in his breakthrough movie, 28 Days Later (2002), yet Cillian Murphy has managed to maintain a relatively private life behind the cameras. A former law student who quit school the day after...

A wild swan.(Fictional Work)
December 1, 2005... Here in the city lives a prince whose left arm is like any other man's and whose right arm is a swan's wing. He's a survivor of an old story. His eleven formerly enchanted brothers were turned back from swans into fully formed, handsome men....

Upon the Snow.(Fictional Work)
December 1, 2005... Once upon a time, in a city that was tall, so tall it seemed to reach up and meet the sky as if to kiss the heavens, a magic occurred on the eve before Christmas. Snow abounded, falling thick and heavy on Central Park, bright white like a...

KT Tunstall: she dropped the name Kate because she thought it sounded too "farmer's daughter." But with a voice that's pure rock 'n' roll, Scotland's KT Tunstall is sounding more and more like music's next big thing.(Interview)(Biography)
December 1, 2005... KT Tunstall has already been compared to such iconic American singers as Janis Joplin, Stevie Nicks, and Ricki Lee Jones. Truth is, even at 30 she's a wee slip of a girl. Tunstall grew up in St. Andrews, the golfing mecca on Scotland's east...

Pick me up: memoirs of a Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone.
December 1, 2005... She's a recent widow on the downside of a great career. He is far too young to make sense to her life. But they had a chance in Tennessee Williams's tale of romance and renewal, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone. And now, once again there is a...

Party glances.(PAGE 5)
December 1, 2005... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: David LaChapelle, Tamyra Gray, and H&M's Janke Nystrom in NYC for a sneak preview of LaChappelle's short film, Romeo and Juliet, shown in celebration of H&M's new collection, &denim, hosted by H&M,...