Tavis Smiley interview
Bruni discusses her first North American tour and fourth CD, Little French Songs, in this interview for PBS.
It’s wonderful to be able to be in America and to play my French music in America. But so music has no language, right, so yeah, I feel a lot freer and very happy, because we have time for the family, a lot less pressure.
Piper’s Pit interview
DDP is a guest on Piper’s Pit to discuss road stories, Dusty Rhodes and Jake Roberts.
I actually knew Jake but he never knew I did the managing. So he comes in the power-plant one day when I’m in the ring and he says, “Page? Is that you?”
Sam Smith interview
Seacrest interviews Smith during On Air With Ryan Seacrest and questions him about his single Stay With Me.
There’s a rawness to that song, which I hope a lot people can connect with. I’m an emotional guy and I think unlike a lot of men in the industry and in music, I’m willing to show that emotional side. I don’t have an bravado to put in front, and I’m just showing my raw self.
Billy Bob Thornton interview
Thornton performs Missed Connection Craigslist posts on The Arsenio Hall Show.
Hey bud, you swaggered in around 3pm.
LaTavia Roberson interview
Williams interviews LaTavia Roberson and questions her about why she joined the cast of R&B Divas Atlanta and her performance anxiety:
The opportunity to join the show first presented itself when I was pregnant last October. And you know, it kinda wasn’t a good time for me then so after I gave birth to my daughter it came back around again and I was like okay God. We gone do it, yeah.
Graham Norton Show
The actor appears on the Graham Norton Show along with co-stars Hugh Jackman & James McAvoy to promote X-Men: Day of Future Past.
New York Times interview
Woodley is interviewed for the New York Times about her passion for the role in The Fault In Our Stars, being a child actress, and life in Hollywood:
Everyone says to me, ‘What does it feel like to be part of the Hollywood life now?’ And I want to say, ‘It’s fabricated.’ None of it’s real. We all go to these events. We put on makeup and clothes that aren’t ours. We give them back at the end of the night, and then we go home and burp the same garlic burps as everyone else. You still have to do your laundry, and your dishes are everywhere. It’s just life.”
Digital Spy interview
Jericho talks to Digital Spy about Sting, CM Punk and Paul Heyman in WWE.
Personally I don’t really have any opinions either way. If he (Sting) comes to the WWE, good for him, it’s great. I saw him a couple of times in TNA and you know pretty much what he can do at this point in time. He is a legend and to have him come to the WWE for the first time would be great, but after a week or two what’s he going to do there?
Martin Short interview
Short returns to Conan and chats with O’Brien about his disdain for telemarketers and opinion on fellow-Torontian, Rob Ford. He also regales the audience with stories of parties that he’s attended including an anecdote about Nick Nolte. On his story-telling ability:
I can remember all dates. I was telling someone just the other day, I have this strange thing where I can remember dates. I know exactly what I was doing the third month into my 27th year.
Mary Lynn Rajskub interview
Williams interviews Mary Lynn Rajskub and asks questions about her TV show 24. When questioned about how the TV show 24 came back on the air after being off air for four years Rajskub says:
I love how you are suspicious about it. Like how the hell did that happen? I spent the first two years after we wrapped up season eight kinda thinking the movie might happen. A lot of people talked about there’s a movie script out there and then I kinda forgot about it case closed. I went on with my life doing stand up comedy. But I only went on the road for the past two years and then 24 comes back and its like back to the drama put the comedy away.
Wynn: Clooney ‘money coddled’
In a Bloomberg TV interview Steve Wynn denys he ever insulted Obama and says Hollywood celebrities “live in a very strange bubble of their own.”
They’re money coddled, they’re highly privileged, We are talking about successful artists like George, Barbra Streisand … they live in a relatively small world, the people around them are very solicitous and caring of them. They have a worldview that is therefore ‘Everything should be given to everybody’ because everything has been given to them.
Wynn also said that as a billionaire businessman, he has a broader perspective than Clooney.
You have to protect the enterprise in order to take care of the employees. So therefore, you can’t be wasteful, you can’t squander things or you jeopardize people. Running a business gives you a sense of compassion that is defined in different terms than someone who just thinks of themselves as generous.
Collider interview
O’Brien is interviewed on set for Collider and talks about how his haircut almost cost him the role, the pressure of the role, and his friendship with co-stars. On his on-screen rivalry with Poulter:
It’s actually uncomfortable! We’re so funny. Even tonight, what we’re doing right now. We wrestle. He’s vicious. He’s scowling. He’s the antagonist of the movie and I’m the protagonist. Wes always says we’re opposite sides of the same coin, so we’re always supposed to be butting heads. Even after every take, he’ll go, “Are you okay?” I’ll go, “Yeah, are you?” He’ll go, “Yeah, but oh, I hit your knee!” And I go, “Yeah, my knee is fine! But how’s your elbow?” It’s just hilarious. We’re buddies off screen, as we all are.
McCaleb never met Karpeles, lost “around $50,000” in site collapse
The original founder of the site explains his relationship with Karpeles in an interview with Ars Technica.
I met [Karpeles] I think on bitcointalk.org. The Bitcoin community was very small at that time and I asked him to do some software development for me. He did that task and I was looking for someone else to run Mt. Gox so I could focus on other things. We discussed the possibility of him buying Mt. Gox from me and I ended up selling it to him in 2011.
I have not had any involvement with Mt. Gox other than as a minority shareholder since early 2011 when I sold it to Mark Karpeles, whom I have never even met in person,” he said. “It is my understanding that Mark also rewrote the entire codebase sometime in 2011 shortly after the sale and none of my code remained in use. Aside from the sale, I have never received any distributions or profits from Mark
McCaleb also tells Ars he lost around $50,000 (held in dollars, not bitcoins) when the exchange closed.
Tavis Smiley interview
Hamlin discusses joining the cast of the AMC drama, Mad Men, in this interview for PBS.
In this case I went in to read for a swinger boss, which was another smaller character, and they said it was one or two days’ work. I thought I did a good job, and then I got the call that I didn’t get the part. I went, “Aw, shucks. Well, there goes Mad Men.” Then three months later I get the call to come in and play this guy. I don’t know, I think it’s – however Matt Weiner works, there’s a particular kind of genius going on there.
Jordan Knight interview
Seacrest interviews Knight during On Air With Ryan Seacrest and questions him about album, Nick & Knight with Nick Carter.
I am excited about doing this project with Nick. I also admire Nick’s ability, I admire his talent and the way he performs onstage. I think he’s a great partner to do this new project with.
Jennifer Lopez interview
Seacrest interviews Lopez during On Air With Ryan Seacrest and questions her about her single First Love.
For me, it’s like that feeling when you find somebody that you are really are into, and you’re like, ‘Why didn’t I meet you years ago? I wouldn’t have had to go through all this crap. But in all seriousness, “It’s just one of those love songs, like ‘I love you, I’m happy that I found you’ type of thing.
Tia Mowry interview
Williams interviews Tia Mowry and asks questions about her show, Instant Mom.
She is not just any mom, you know. She is still sexy, wearing Louboutin’s and chasing wonderful kids. I love working on this show. It’s so much fun. I produce the show as well.
Tavis Smiley interview
Roberts discusses her career, her bout with cancer, and her new memoir, Everybody’s Got Something, in this interview for PBS.
And yes, when I was a little kid playing in Mississippi and somebody would hurt my feelings or something and I’d come in, and Mama said, “Oh, honey, everybody’s got something.” When I got older and the challenges became a little bit more than someone just picking on me, I remember in 2007 when I was diagnosed with cancer, and she sweetly said, “Honey, everybody’s got something.” That’s what I tried to impart in this book, the life lessons that I learned, to help me get through my something and hopefully get people on the road to something better.
Ross Report interview
Kim is a guest on The Ross Report to discuss the difference in working for WWE and TNA.
I was always nurtured in TNA with my talent and they saw my talent and gave me that spotlight and that platform where as with WWE I felt like they wanted everyone to feel scared for their jobs.
Talk is Jericho interview
Bach appears on Talk is Jericho to discuss Broadway, music, fellow musicians and his career.
I hit it big with Skid Row, we all buy mansions… all those guys move out of Jersey. I’m the only one left. Getting kicked out of the band, I was like… “what am I gonna do now?” I didn’t know I could go solo. Luckily, I have this voice so I was able to do some Broadway shows and keep my mansion.