Interview articles from October 2006

Interview archives from October 2006

Ka-ching, ka-ching.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2006... Dear Interview, I loved Scissor Sisters's first album, Scissor Sisters, and have been hungrily awaiting their follow-up ever since. I wouldn't have thought it possible, but reading the interview with them in your August music extravaganza...

Bunny business.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2006... Dear Interview, What a treat it was to see Whoopi Goldberg's talk with Amy Sedaris in the July 2006 issue. I discovered Amy when she posed as her Strangers With Candy character Jerri Blank for a PETA anti-fur ad--and I haven't been able to...

Over the rainbow.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2006... Dear Interview, I had the incredible good fortune to attend the first of Rufus Wainwright's two concerts at Carnegie Hall this past June, so it was a real treat to pick up your August issue and find him discussing the very event with none...

What becomes a legend?(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2006... Dear Interview, I just had to let you know that your interview with Deborah Harry was one of the most refreshing articles I've read about her in some time. Let's face it, this lady is probably the coolest chick in the universe and has been...

Split decision.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2006... Dear Interview, I loved what Nelly Furtado had to say regarding performing--about not blaming the audience if she's not getting the reaction she wants from them, and about letting go of the idea that each time she goes onstage she has to...

Correction.(LETTERS)(Correction notice)
October 1, 2006... In the August issue, the jewelry for Daddy Yankee was credited incorrectly: It should have read, "Jewelry by George Babekov at Infinity Jewelry."

Topsy-turvy: how to turn makeup on its head.(LOOK OF THE MONTH)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Last year's mod-laden runways reintroduced the liner-heavy top eyelid, but what about the lonely bottom lash? Leave it to Valentino to turn things upside down. More surreal work of art than face paint, Valentino's optical-illusion makeup at his...

Charlotte Gainsbourg: since she was a child, this French actress-singer has made a habit of popping onto the cultural radar in provocative contexts, alongside her famous father, Serge. Now she's the love interest in this season's smartest film, Michel Gondry's The Science of Sleep. Can't wait to see what happens next.(MOVIE HEAT)(Interview)
October 1, 2006... Charlotte Gainsbourg has been in the spotlight for most of her life. The daughter of French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg and English actress Jane Birkin, she made her film debut at the age of 12, opposite Catherine Deneuve. Not long...

Alex Pettyfer: how an English shy kid became an onscreen spy kid.(MOVIE SPOTLIGHT)(Interview)
October 1, 2006... If you happen to live in London, you already will have seen Alex Pettyfer. Everywhere. In fact, the 16-year-old lead in the new teen spy movie Stormbreaker might be the only soul in the city who hasn't caught sight of himself. "I get all these...

Seung-Min Lee: how a postcollegiate lark proved a premonition of things to come.(MOVIE SCOOP)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Seung-Min Lee cringes when she recalls her audition for the indie director Andrew Bujalski's new film, Mutual Appreciation. "The director showed up at my house with the co-star and said, 'Here's your screen test: You two go in the bedroom and...

James McAvoy: a journey that began on the streets of Glasgow, and almost headed to the high seas, is about to take a new twist.(MOVIE ONE TO WATCH)(Interview)
October 1, 2006... To prepare for his role in the new film The Last King of Scotland, James McAvoy did nothing--well, close to nothing, which is what the film's director, Kevin Macdonald, wanted. McAvoy plays Dr. Nicholas Garrigan, a fictional adviser and...

Dancin' in the wind: it took Twyla Tharp to find the song-and-dance man in Bob Dylan.(CURTAINS UP)
October 1, 2006... At a memorable 1965 San Francisco press conference, an unpredictable folksinger named Bob Dylan squirmed and smoked through a barrage of questions. One reporter asked him if he considered himself more of a singer or a poet. Dylan, not quite...

Rick Ross: with a blend of streetwise flair and no-holds-barred reportage, he's putting the fire into Miami's red-hot hip-hop scene.(MUSIC NEWS)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... To call Rick Ross imposing is to criminally understate. Big (6-foot-1), burly (300 pounds), with a precision-groomed beard, wraparound shades, and tree-trunk arms inked with guns, marijuana, and proverbs, the rapper from Miami's Carol City...

Emily Haines: she used to share her bathroom with eight musicians--no wonder going solo seemed appealing.(MUSIC TIP)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... At few points in her adult life has Emily Haines, singer for the indie-rock quartet Metric, been alone. After graduating from art school in Canada in the late '90s, Haines and her then-boyfriend, Metric guitarist James Shaw, moved to New York...

Ray LaMontagne: how does a former carpenter score one of the most talked-about debut albums in music? By nailing basic human emotion.(MUSIC BREAKOUT)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... "It's easy for me to get lost in the shuffle," admits singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne. "It's hard to put me anywhere: I don't fit on the radio, and I certainly don't fit any image. Formulas don't apply to me." Indeed, LaMontagne's appeal...

Red alert: a new initiative called project red upends some old ideas about pitching in.(ACTION)(Interview)
October 1, 2006... When it came to fighting AIDS in Africa, U2's Bono was seeing red--Product Red [or (Product) Red as the initiative is branded]. Together with activist (and Kennedy scion) Bobby Shriver, the hardest-working social activist in pop culture...

Is the medium the message? A new exhibition takes on the world.(CROSSING BOUNDARIES)
October 1, 2006... The worlds of art and advertising have long enjoyed a fraught relationship, but a new exhibition takes a look at how they dovetail with one another, when the going is good. "Fabrica: Les Yeux Ouverts"--on display from October 6 through November...

Short and tweet: fall's just-hatched proportion would make a chick feel right up-to-date.(FASHION FLASH)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... At the catwalk presentations for fall 2006 in Paris, one of the freshest trends was the preponderance of short-yet-full dresses and coats. Typically, their bulbous shapes were topped by spindly, seemingly endless legs elongated by platform...

Gimme shelter: pitching a tent for fall.(FASHION NOW)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... It's true that in our modern times, the world can prove to be harsh and chaotic. Fashion designers tread precarious ground between catering to our need to feel cozy and protected and our lust for courageously dangerous fashion. However, fall's...

In your clutches: what a handful.(STYLE LATEST)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... For fall '06 bags play Gulliver goes to Lilliput, and are either big enough to carry a small child, or so small they can barely accommodate a credit card. And then there are the clutches, which are a whole universe unto themselves. These don't...

Be Your Own Pet: they're cute and mostly housebroken, but this precocious punk band is never tame.(THIS MONTH'S ONES TO LISTEN OUT FOR)
October 1, 2006... Given their animalistic sound, the chosen name of teen punk outfit Be Your Own Pet is an appropriate one. "It's just natural teenage angst," explains guitarist Jonas Stein who, along with singer Jemina Pearl, drummer Jamin Orrall, and bassist...

James Ellroy: "write what you know," they tell you in creative writing seminars, and with a life that seems taken straight from film noir, that's exactly what James Ellroy has done. Now, as the film version of his novel, The Black Dahlia, is set to hit theaters, Ellroy reveals the sometimes miraculous convergence of art, life, and geography.(CRIME AND PUBLISHMENT)(Interview)
October 1, 2006... Just under 20 years ago, James Ellroy turned his considerable yarn-spinning skills to one of the most intriguing, mystifying, and ultimately sensationaiized crimes of the first half of the 20th century: the Black Dahlia murder. The slaying of...

Terrell Owens: the most outspoken man in football.(SPORTS NOISEMAKER)(Interview)
October 1, 2006... Perhaps no player in NFL history has ever gotten more attention for playing less football than Terrell Owens did last year. The five-time Pro Bowl receiver was punted by his own team for nine games for "conduct detrimental to the Philadelphia...

Elton's tip sheet.(MUSIC OPINION PAGE)(Interview)
October 1, 2006... INGRID SISCHY: So, Elton, the theme of this issue is "The Times They Are A-Changin'," after the Bob Dylan song, because it feels like we're living in a moment right now where the seeds are being sewn for a new era of change--in the popular...

Elephant dancing: the who, the what, the wow, and the why.(MUSIC PICKS)
October 1, 2006... 1 WEEGEE "Heartbreak Pillow" c. 1945, in Unknown Weegee, International Center of Photography, New York City The street photographer, here shooting a small bed in a small room: a headboard, what looks like a gilt bedspread, and a...

Lady Sovereign: Public Warning.(SOUND ADVICE)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... (Def Jam) Lady Sovereign, the female rapper from the U.K. who is the latest great white hype to hit hip-hop, hates being called "Feminem." On her debut album, however, the comparison often fits. Like the real Slim Shady, she provocatively...

Justin Timberlake: FutureSex/LoveSounds.(SOUND ADVICE)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... (Jive) With this follow-up to 2002's multiplatinum Justified, Justin Timberlake takes on all the haters and skeptics--and takes up the challenge of keeping things loose, fun, and sexy. Grinding synth waves buoy JT's distorted voice on...

Lily Allen: Alright, Still.(SOUND ADVICE)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... (Regal) So often it seems that what is commonly considered the "Best of British" is met in America with the sort of awkward silence (followed by outright indignation) that once greeted the idea of kings and pies with meat in them. Will...

The Rapture: Pieces of the People We Love.(SOUND ADVICE)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... (Universal Motown) "People don't dance no more" laments Rapture singer Mattie Safer on "Whoo! Alright-Yeah...," a typically propulsive track off the band's new album, Pieces of the People We Love. Maybe the people whom Safer is talking...

!Forward, Russia! Give Me a Wall.(SOUND ADVICE)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... (Mute) On their debut, Leeds, England, quartet !Forward, Russia! cut a broad path through all manner of rock, emo, post-hardcore, electronica, and dance. With their refusal to list songs by title (all the tracks are numbered), and staunch...

Teddybears: Soft Machine.(SOUND ADVICE)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... (Big Beat/Atlantic) Bear-costume-wearing Swedish trio Teddybears want to get people going on the dance floor--as well as on bars and tabletops. The band, composed of brothers Jocke and Klas Ahlund and Patrik Arve, program drum machines,...

Kasabian: Empire.(SOUND ADVICE)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... (RCA) While Kasabian's eponymous 2004 debut combined Manchester dance-rock, Britpop swagger and electronica atmosphere, here the British rock band (named, naturally, after Charles Manson's getaway driver) prove even harder-rocking and...

Shots in the dark: diving into the fantastical world of Michel Gondry.(MOVIE COLUMN)
October 1, 2006... Since screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze are purportedly making another film together, the so-called metamovie may not have played itself out, though it has possibly swallowed its own tail. Michel Gondry, who made the uneven...

All the King's Men.(Preview)(Movie review)
October 1, 2006... Preview: ALL THE KING'S MEN (Columbia) Directed by Steven Zaillian It's the oldest story in American politics: A good man wins over the electorate, gains power, starts to crave power and its trappings, and is brought low by his craving....

The Departed.(Preview)(Movie review)
October 1, 2006... Preview: THE DEPARTED (Warner Bros.) Directed by Martin Scorsese Based on the 2002 Hong Kong hit, Infernal Affairs, Martin Scorsese's latest represents a departure of sorts from wide-screen fare like Gangs of New York (2002) and The Aviator...

Little Children.(Preview)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Preview: LITTLE CHILDREN (New Line) Directed by Todd Field For his first film since 2001's Oscar-nominated In the Bedroom, actor-turned-director Todd Field tackles another tale of parents and offspring. Based on Tom Perrotta's best-selling...

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles.(Movie review)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Review: RIDING ALONE FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES (Sony Classics) Directed by Zhang Yimou A nice, cozy respite from the flamboyant wuxia theatrics of his recent international action sensations Hero (2002) and House of Flying Daggers (2004),...

Mutual Appreciation.(Movie review)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Review: MUTUAL APPRECIATION (Goodbye Cruel) Directed by Andrew Bujalski Buzzing just below the radar for years now while simultaneously accruing a significant cult following, Boston native Andrew Bujalski has already become one of the most...

Infamous.(Movie review)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Review: INFAMOUS (Warner Independent) Directed by Douglas McGrath It may seem unfair to tag Infamous as the "other" movie about Truman Capote, but circumstances make it unavoidable. Largely covering the same period as Bennett Miller's...

All the dish: the joy of vegging out.(FOOD COLUMN)
October 1, 2006... In the survival-of-the-fittest atmosphere of New York City, the ethos of vegetarianism can sometimes seem a little out of place. Over the past year or so, however, a handful of local restaurants have begun to reimagine the vegetarian...

Letter from the editor: October 2006.(view)(Editorial)
October 1, 2006... "If you're not willing to fail, you won't succeed," says political hopeful Eliot Spitzer (story begins on page 158) to Interview contributing editor, actor Edward Norton. Spitzer's observation could be the motto of this issue, titled "The...

The times they are a-changin'.(Cover story)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... KEITH URBAN BY ELTON JOHN CATALINA SANDINO MORENO BY WALTER SALLES SHIA LABEOUF BY JOHN TURTURRO RACHEL WEISZ BY MIKE MYERS ETHAN HAWKE BY JULIE DELPY ALICIA KEYS BY GLADYS KNIGHT IN 1964, WHEN "THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'" FIRST CAUGHT...

Ethan Hawke: he may be affable, approachable and determined to fly under the radar, but look out--Ethan Hawke is spreading his wings again and ready to soar.(Interview)
October 1, 2006... The second half of 2006 is shaping up to be a busy time for Ethan Hawke, with a starring role in Richard Linklater's Fast Food Nation (due out next month), a much-anticipated turn at Lincoln Center in Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia trilogy...

Catalina: so how does an actress from Colombia whose name means "pure" make her mark in a business that's anything but? By being a breath of fresh air.(Interview)
October 1, 2006... The strikingly natural 25-year-old from Bogota, Colombia, stunned critics with her gritty film debut as a tragic drug courier in 2004's acclaimed Maria Full of Grace--a role for which she was nominated for an Academy Award. Since then, she's...

Shia LaBeouf: with an often absent Vietnam vet father and a mother who worked endless hours just to keep her head above water, he imagined acting as a way to get the material things that his family couldn't afford. But it has wound up bringing him much, much more.(Interview)
October 1, 2006... Raised in the Echo Park section of Los Angeles, Shia LaBeouf got his start doing stand-up routines in local coffee shops as a preteen, and has appeared since in a mixed bag of films both big and small, such as the kid-oriented Holes (2003) and...

Rachel Weisz: after years of being touted as acting's next big thing, Rachel Weisz is suddenly exactly that, teaming up with some of the most interesting directors and starring in some of their most thoughtful films. We predict she's just getting warmed up.(Interview)
October 1, 2006... Months before Rachel Weisz took home the Oscar for her haunting performance as Tessa Quayle in last year's The Constant Gardener, movie-industry insiders were buzzing about her work in The Fountain, directed by Weisz's real-life partner Darren...

Keith Urban: torch and twang's unlikely troubador is rewriting the rules of the country club.(Interview)
October 1, 2006... ELTON JOHN: So, mate, I've heard five of the tracks from your new album that you were kind enough to send me, and it sounds really fantastic. There are a few I'd like to have played on, I can tell you that. Some of them seem specifically to be...

Alicia Keys: everybody knows she can sing. It's how she's using her voice now, though, that shows what she's made of.(Interview)
October 1, 2006... GLADYS KNIGHT: How are you doing? ALICIA KEYS: I'm good. GK: All over the place, huh? AK: Not so much right now, because I'm working on the next album. GK: Are you? AK: Yeah. It's going very, very well. I'm just sort of...

Peaches: why does this former schoolteacher make people so nervous? Is it the fact that she sings about sex and body parts? Because she gender-bends? Because she manages to be sexy, witty, and danceable at the same time? Or because she throws down gauntlets to deserving targets on albums like her recent Impeach My Bush? We think it's all of the above.(Interview)
October 1, 2006... DEBORAH HARRY: Morning, Peaches. All snuggled in your bunk? PEACHES: Yeah, no. Actually, we're in a motel. DH: Oh, my favorite. So, you ready? P: I'm ready. DH: Congratulations on your latest collection, Impeach My Bush (XL)....

His & hers: enough talk about the differences between us what the world needs now is more discussion about the things we have in common. Lets start with the clothes we wear.(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Smitten in VERSACE Clothes by VERSACE. Jewelry by JOHN HARDY. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Head over heals in RALPH LAUREN He wears clothes by RALPH LAUREN PURPLE LABEL. She wears clothes by RALPH LAUREN COLLECTION. Ring by...

The Killers: they say what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. But for chart-busting, arena-packing, world-touring rock band the Killers, that couldn't be further from the truth. Here, singer Brandon Flowers talks with the original showman about his group's anthemic new album, the orthodoxies of indie rock, and why daring to be dashing is no crime.(Interview)
October 1, 2006... ELTON JOHN: One thing that I love about the Killers is that you guys are vehemently supportive of your hometown, Las Vegas. A lot of people say that Vegas is a transient city and there's no soul there. But that idea is not borne out by people...

Hey you.(Interview STUDIO)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... The work of French-born, Brooklyn-based 34-year-old Jules de Balincourt often takes on subjects that lie close to America's heart, such as democracy. The work questions the state of American ideals and thus helps to spotlight the shape of our...

Eliot Spitzer: he's taken on Wall Street, two-timing insurance companies, and environmental abusers, fueling his image as a crusader for the little guy. Now he's gunning to become the next governor of New York--and he's just getting started. Edward Norton finds out what makes Spitzer run.(Interview)
October 1, 2006... EDWARD NORTON: Imagining your grown-up life when you were 15, what did you think you'd be doing? ELIOT SPITZER: Not this. People presume that you only end up in a position like the one I'm in if you've spent your whole life focused on...

Taking on taboos.(Interview GALLERY)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Long before John Cameron Mitchell had even begun rolling the cameras for Shortbus, his much-anticipated follow-up to Hedwig and the Angry Inch [2001], people were buzzing about his intention to try to make a movie-theater movie that breaks the...

Great Scott (and Zelda).(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... AT A TIME WHEN FASHION TECHNOLOGY, AND CULTURE WERE CHANGING THE WORLD AT A DIZZYING PACE, FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE, ZELDA AND F. SCOTT FITZGERALD EPITOMIZED MODERN. SO ITS FITTING THAT IN THE TUMULTUOUS, EXCITING YEAR 2006--WHEN FASHION,...

Zach Braff: he doesn't sing, he doesn't dance, and he's not hitting Broadway anytime soon. But with a new film that has him laying it on the line as a leading man--and another, surprising on that he's preparing to direct--Jersey boy Zach Braff is about to do a little number on other people's expectations.(Interview)
October 1, 2006... KEVIN SMITH: Braff, you pimp. ZACH BRAFF: [laughs] Thanks for doing this, man. I know you're a busy guy. KS: Not anymore. Clerks II came out. Now nobody cares about me and everybody cares about you. It's a big thing that you just acted...

From sunshine to night shine.(PAGE 5)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... 1 Spencer Breslin and Abigail Breslin at the New York premiere of Little Miss Sunshine. 2 Hugo Boss's Katja Douedari and Jeremy Kost at the first of two private rooftop concerts hosted by Hugo Boss and Interview, featuring a performance by...