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Hitchcock Filmmaker Sacha Gervasi on the Great Director’s Life, Genius and Grocery Bills
What’s it like to direct a movie about the most famous director of all time?
Javier Bardem on Becoming a Bond Villain and Why He’d Make a Terrible Spy
The Oscar-winning actor tells TIME about his role as the wild-haired baddie in the new James Bond movie, ‘Skyfall’
New Bond Girl Bérénice Marlohe on Joining the Exclusive Club—and Its Fashion Perks
The ‘Skyfall’ actress tells TIME just how long those fingernails actually were
Barbara Kingsolver on Flight Behavior and Why Climate Change Is Part of Her Story
The scientist-turned-novelist—whose new book hit shelves this week—spoke with TIME about global warming, the environmental movement and the responsibility of an artist
Steven Spielberg, Daniel Day-Lewis and Tony Kushner on the Terrifying Process of Making Lincoln
TIME hosted a VIP screening of the Presidential biopic last night in New York City. The trio was on hand to talk Lincoln fears, questions they would have liked to ask the 16th President and what ended up on the cutting room floor
Tony Kushner on His Lincoln Screenplay, Séances and the Greatest Political Speech of All Time
TIME spoke with the Pulitzer Prize winner on what he learned over the six years he spent researching and honing the blueprint for Steven Spielberg’s film
Steven Spielberg Talks with TIME’s Rick Stengel About Ambition, Compromise and What to Wear While Filming a President
Managing Editor Rick Stengel sat down with the ‘Lincoln’ director to discuss the making of his new film
Viva Tony Bennett: The Singer on His New Duets Album, Taking Lady Gaga’s Call and His Dream Collaborator
The legendary crooner, whose album is released today, would love a chance to record with Sting
Taylor Swift on Going Pop, Ignoring the Gossip and the Best (Worst) Nickname She’s Ever Had
At 22, Taylor Swift has the kind of career most artists chase for decades: six Grammys, countless chart-topping singles and more than 22 million albums sold. Here, the Nashville dweller—whose new album Red drops Oct. 22—lets …
Death Cab for Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard on Striking Out on His Own
Benjamin Gibbard will release his highly anticipated solo debut, Former Lives, on Oct. 16th. As the frontman for Death Cab for Cutie and the Postal Service, Gibbard has earned himself a reputation for a certain melancholic …
R. Kelly on His Single Ladies Tour, Bedroom Ballads and the Future of Trapped
On Oct. 13, R&B singer R. Kelly played the first stop of the fall-winter “Single Ladies Tour” in support of his latest album, Write Me Back. The best-selling artist behind hits like “Bump n’ Grind” and “Ignition (Remix)”—also …
Smashed‘s Mary Elizabeth Winstead: Scream Queen to Oscar Contender
The movie is small, but the part, playing an alcoholic hipster trying to get sober, was big and special. Winstead, best known for movies like Final Destination 3 and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, went for it.