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Bryan Cranston: 'I had to take my character from Mr Chips to Scarface'

Put a name to the face. Bryan Cranston, star of Breaking Bad. Photograph: Richard Saker There are some actors' names – Errol Flynn, Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp – which, even if they were not famous,…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 28, 2012
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2820 words)

Los Angeles L.A. Woman Was the Doors' Bluesy Masterpiece, and Jim Morrison's Kiss-Off to L.A.

By Jeff Weiss published: January 19, 2012 Photo by Paul Ferrara/copyright DMC PHOTO COURTESY OF ELEKTRA RECORDS Click here for "L.A. Woman: Track List,"
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3156 words)

His English professor at Yale reveals that the actor rarely missed a discussion, even when filming in Detroit.

What is James Franco like as a reader of scholarly work? When I read that an NYU professor was allegedly fired for giving James Franco a “D,” I was shocked for several reasons. First,…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 20, 2011
LENGTH: 2 minutes (629 words)

Tom Waits: 'I look like hell but I'm going to see where it gets me' – interview

"I used to think that all great recordings happened at about 3am," Tom Waits is telling me, in the conspiratorial, wasted and wounded voice that still seems made for those early hours. "So my…
AUTHOR:Tim Adams
PUBLISHED: Oct. 23, 2011
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3209 words)
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