Interview articles from October 2002

Interview archives from October 2002

Letters.
October 1, 2002... THE NEW JAKE Dear Interview, I was tickled to torment to see your breakout actor of the month was Jake Gyllenhaal [August 2002]. He was brilliant in Donnie Darko and I look forward to seeing every one of his films.. repeatedly. The...

Garry Winogrand: at a time when L.A. oozed technicolor, he found its truth in black-and-white. (Viewman).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... New York photographer Garry Winogrand caught the reality of life in Los Angeles by taking his camera to the city's streets. Making several working trips to the city until eventually relocating there in 1978, Winogrand and his wide-angle-lensed...

Home away from home: inside the dressing room--and travel habits--of Hollywood's fearless fireball. (On The Road Cameo).(Brittany Murphy)(Brief Article)(Interview)
October 1, 2002... It's 9:00 RM. at Silvercup Studios in Astoria, Queens. A hair stylist and makeup artist are desperately trying to work around one another, a unit publicist is making hand signals and shooting looks, and music is blaring. Through it all, actress...

Maya Rudolph: she took comedy notes on Gilda, now she's getting diva lessons from Donatella. (Comedy and Diva Summit).(Interview)
October 1, 2002... Self-described California girl and Lakers fan Maya Rudolph grew up in an L.A. showbiz family. Her mother was singer Minnie Riperton and her father is songwriter and producer Richard Rudolph, and Rudolph spent her early years standing backstage...

A personal view OF L.A.: the talent was hot, the reception so warm. Here he offers a toast to the city of Angels. (The Photographer and Designer Speaks).(L.A.)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... I've been to L.A. and Hollywood before. In other lives, other times and other circumstances. I always loved it there--the climate, the light and even the way of being, so far away from my normal life in Europe. This trip for Interview as a...

The stuff dreams are made of: this fall's glamorous beauty makes you look like you've just stepped off of a movie set--even if you've never left home. (Look of the Month).
October 1, 2002... Once movie stars looked like marble goddesses in brilliantly lit "glamour" photographs and they owed it all to George Hurrell, the photographer. He retouched, eliminated and enhanced them to black-and-white perfection. Now, in the Technicolor...

Frank Gehry: making downtown L.A. sing--Frank Gehry does his magic and Dennis Hopper photographs it. (Architecture That Rocks).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Los Angeles may be the quintessential city of celluloid dreams, stars and megabucks, but its architectural profile, at least to the general population, remains rooted in secluded Hollywood Hills bungalows and donut stands created, well, in the...

Truth Hurts: after paying her dues in the background, this rising L.A. powerhouse is in command of the mike. (Music Buzz).(Shari Watson)(Interview)
October 1, 2002... While most hip-hop crews and R&B ringleaders promise to keep things real, 30-year-old Shari Watson went one better and took the stage name Truth Hurts. The St. Louis native, who now resides in Los Angeles, has a BS detector so sharp that she...

Thicke: this is the sound of next generation soul. (Music Breakout).(Alan Thicke)(Brief Article)(Interview)
October 1, 2002... Thicke is a true son of Hollywood. His parents are both popular actors-Alan Thicke (star of the '80s TV hit Growing Pains) and Gloria Loring (Days of Our Lives)-but unlike a lot of Tinseltown kids, Thicke's talent has nothing to do with his...

Xzibit: other rappers heat up quickly and self-combust; this one keeps sizzling. (L.A. Raps).(Brief Article)(Interview)
October 1, 2002... For a kid just off the bus from New Mexico, Los Angeles is a choose-your-own-adventure novel. Take the wrong turn and the story's over, but navigate wisely and you'll have a long-lasting journey ahead. For Xzibit, the gravelly voiced rapper...

Hippie soul, political rock and punked-out cabaret. (Sound Advice).
October 1, 2002... Gogol Bordello Multi Kontra Culti vs. Irony (Rubric Records) As the Grateful Dead of downtown New York's avant-garde scene, the biggest challenge for Gogol Bordello, a raucous Ukrainian gypsy punk band, is capturing their orgiastic...

Jason Lee: from mallrat to all that in no time flat. (This Month's Cult Actor).(Interview)
October 1, 2002... During his almost 10 years in the business, actor Jason Lee's played the guy next door, the best friend. He's the everyman who excels at playing average, a quality that endears him to both audiences and directors, a handful of whom use him the...

Alexis Bledel: TV's latest breakaway finds adventure on the big screen. (Movie Tip).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Alexis Bledel, a sassy and sharp 21-year-old Houston native, has quickly made a name for herself as one of the stars of the WB hit Gilmore Girls. This month, she makes her film debut in Tuck Everlasting, a fantasy film inspired by Natalie...

America Ferrera: a newcomer who wants to keep the mold broken. (Movie Spotlight).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... "I went through a lot of self-doubt," admits America Ferrera, 18, of the years before she was cast to star in her first film, Real Women Have Curves. "I never turned on the TV and saw a Latina woman with an average body and I thought, I'll...

Comic treats, mad beats and accomplished feats. (Movies: Reviews, Previews, Our Views).
October 1, 2002... PREVIEW: SWEET HOME ALABAMA (Touchstone Pictures) Directed by Andy Tennant Reese Witherspoon stars AS former Alabama trailer trash who's moved up the New York City social ladder and is about to marry the mayor's son. But first she...

Shots in the dark: Hollywood--where big dreams die or live even bigger. (Movie Column).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... I made my first trip to Los Angeles in October 1986. I rented a beaten-up Pinto and, not knowing what else to do, drove around for days in the slipstream of other people's imaginations. I became, for example, the Jim Morrison who. crooned "L.A....

The best dressed list: a portfolio presenting fashion's who's who in Hollywood. (L.A. Casting Call).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... THE RED CARPET COUPLE When the flash beings to flicker, you'd better hope it's not when they bicker. Flash! Are they or aren't they? Flash! Seen together at the premier. Flash! Secret wedding on remote beach in Bali. Flash!...

Letter from the editor October. (View).
October 1, 2002... You're in for a treat, which is just what we'd hoped for when we first started planning this special issue on L.A. with the Interview team and L'Wren Scott, the magazine's L.A. Special Issues Director. Of course L.A. plays a big part in every...

Welcome to L.A.
October 1, 2002... Karl Lagerfeld AN AFTERNOON COCKTAIL TO REMEMBER. INTERVIEW AND KARL LAGERFELD CORDIALLY INVITED HOLLYWOOD'S HOLD-ONTO-YOUR-SEAT HOTTEST TO A PARTY FOR FIVE THE GUEST LIST: JACK NICHOLSON, NICOLE KIDMAN, BENICIO DEL TORO, RYAN...

Jack Black: born in L.A., there to stay, this funnyman is blowing 'em away.(Interview)
October 1, 2002... He's a comedian whose funny side isn't sickly sweet, a leading man whose charm isn't anchored in classic good looks, a musician whose songs aren't radio-friendly. From his scene-stealing turn in High Fidelity [2000] and starring role in Shallow...

Sheryl Crow: behind the wheel of her own galvanizing career and standing up for rock 'n' roll.(Interview)
October 1, 2002... An independent spirit who isn't afraid to speak her mind, whether it's on the issue of gun control or recording artists' rights, Sheryl Crow is rock's rebel cowgirl. As quick with a one-liner as she is to pick up a book, she's also one of...

Ashton Kutcher: from the acting hotbed of Homestead, Iowa, here comes Hollywood's new leading man.(Interview)
October 1, 2002... Visitors to the set of The Butterfly Effect must have thought they wandered into a time warp. Not because that's what the upcoming thriller's about, but because star Ashton Kutcher was sitting in a chair labeled "Producer." Not one to coast on...

Diane Lane: back on the hot list after playing 2002's steamiest housewife.(Interview)
October 1, 2002... Child star. Teen queen. And now, leading lady. In an industry where adolescents seem to have a use-by date, one-time prodigy Diane Lane endured. For the bulk of her adult years there were more misses than hits, but Lane remained important,...

Marilyn Manson: the shock! the mystery! the ghouls! at home with the prince of provacative and Mary Astor's ghost.(Interview)
October 1, 2002... Devil in a blue dress? No, just a head-spinning provocateur wearing whatever he likes. Marilyn Manson, the self-proclaimed "Antichrist Superstar," is coming back to haunt us on several fronts-as a musician (The Golden Age of Grotesque, due out...

Pamela Anderson: beachcomber, cartoon heroine, tabloid favorite and crusader--not bad for a Malibu pinup queen.(Interview)
October 1, 2002... Despite her Canadian roots, Pamela Anderson is the prototypical California girl--with the hair, the voice, and especially the body, to prove it. But we already know about the body. She's graced the cover of Playboy more than any other woman in...

Beck: everone's favorite alterna-hottie is making waves--again.(Beck Hansen)(Brief Article)(Interview)
October 1, 2002... If Beck Hansen appears to be an eternal child, then Los Angeles is his sandpit. It is where he collects his shards of inspiration and turns them into toys to share with the rest of us. On his first album in three years, Sea Change (Geffen...

Angela Bassett.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
October 1, 2002... What's beauty got to do with it? For the awesomely cheekboned and naturally gorgeous Angela Bassett, it's got to do with the challenge of acting, the depth of her characters and never settling for average by giving her performances 100 percent....

Pierce Brosnan: he went from Ireland to la-la land to become the very model of a modern major gentleman.(Interview)
October 1, 2002... When Irishman Pierce Brosnan first came to Hollywood, all he had was a dream. After just a couple of weeks, he had a nine-week job on a new TV show called Remington Steele. Twenty years later, Los Angeles is Brosnan's home and his career has...

Mira Sorvino: the hot-stepper who dances rings around the hard roles.(Brief Article)(Interview)
October 1, 2002... An Oscar-winner in her twenties, now producing films as well as starring in them, Mira Sorvino could be considered an overachiever, especially when you throw in her B.A. from Harvard and her snagging of Hollywood hunk du jour Olivier Martinez....