Vogue interview
Lennox gives an interview to Vogue magazine. She discusses her Grammy performance and her PBS special.
Don’t you think that’s basically what a performer has always been doing? To me, it’s what I’ve done—I’ve used costumes, I’ve used lighting—but I think everyone has gotten so accustomed to grandiose performances with a ton of dancers, and it always has to get bigger and bigger. For me, to perform with an artist like Hozier was so just refreshing, because this young man is the real deal. So is Ed Sheeran. Ed can just literally walk on stage and play his guitar and sing.
Startup Grind 2015
Altman is interviewed at Startup Grind. He talks about how YC has yet to miss picking a unicorn company in the application process.
We track this obsessively through. We have custom software that just tracks this. There are a few companies that are doing pretty well but we have not yet missed a billion dollar company…The thing that makes me sad is I’m sure there’s someone that we would have funded that we didn’t, that had we funded, would have been a multi billion dollar company. Probably many of those. There are a lot of companies that we fund that if we didn’t fund them, they just would never have happened.
On raising capital:
Generally you want to raise capital either when you have to or when it’s really easy. If the company desperately needs money and they can’t figure out any other way, then they need to raise money. Or if someone’s offering you easy money on good terms, you should take it because you can use it for good things…We are the most successful when we fund things that other people don’t yet think are going to be a really big deal but two years later become a big deal,” Altman says. “And it’s really hard to predict that.
‘Impact he had on our show is everlasting’
The Big Bang Theory pays a moving tribute to Nimoy. The show features a black and white photo of the actor, with a very simple thank you message:
The impact you had on our show and on our lives is everlasting
GMA interview
Blanchett is interviewed by GMA about her roles as the the stepmother in Cinderella in the live-action retelling of the 1950 Disney animated classic.
I said it wasn’t a fairy tale that I actually gravitated towards, because I found the central female character really passive.
Adds Muslim holidays to school calendars
De Blasio adds Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha to the school calendars of all New York City public schools. The schools will close for these holidays.
We’re here today to make good on a promise to our Muslim brothers and sisters that a holiday of supreme importance to the Muslim community will be recognized in our school calendar so that children can honor the holiday without missing school…We are committed to having a school calendar that reflects and honors the extraordinary diversity of our students.
Cosmopolitan interview
Duff breaks her silence on her divorce in an interview for Cosmopolitan magazine:
It wasn’t working well enough to stay together, but there was still a lot of love involved,” she added. “It was just a slow set-in of us not being the match that we used to be. I’m lucky for the person he is and I am and how we decided to handle this.
I don’t want to sound bitter because I’m definitely not, but I don’t know if people are meant to be together forever. Things happen over a long relationship that you can’t always fight. A marriage of 20 years, the accomplishment of that must feel really great, but there are also huge sacrifices. I just always want to fight for happiness.
Won’t play
Allen announces that he won’t play this season. He will reassess his options next season.
Over the past several months, I have taken a lot of time to deliberate what is best for me. I’ve ultimately decided that I will not play this NBA season. I’m going to take the remainder of this season, as well as the upcoming off-season, to reassess my situation, spend time with my family and determine if I will play in the 2015-16 season.
CR Fashion Book interview
Smith reveals she longs to embrace her ‘full self’ as she models for CR Fashion Book.
I want to embrace my full self, as natural as I can be.
On Air interview
Seacrest interviews Clarkson during On Air With Ryan Seacrest about her album Piece By Piece.
It took long enough. Man, I haven’t had a record for a while, so I’m excited it’s finally out and everybody is going to hear it. I had already actually recorded my vocals on the Maroon Five tour we did two years ago. So I had already recorded my part, and then I had asked John to do it by the time we started actually doing the album. He recorded it while he was on the road and then I kind of re-cut my vocals again just to kind of match him on certain parts. God, he’s the coolest and he’s also the most talented. It must be so nice being John Legend.
On Air interview
Seacrest interviews O’Brien during On Air With Ryan Seacrest about his hour long Cuban special in which he travels to Cuba to interview locals.
When you go there, these people are incredible. They’re very nice. They’re anxious to get to know us. They’re interested in America, they’re very friendly, they’re funny, they were terrific. When you think about a society like that, you think, ‘Well who are these people? Are they different from us?’ And they really aren’t. They really are very eager to be a part of the entire world.
Launches exploratory panel
During an interview on Fox News, Carson says he is launching an exploratory panel to determine if there is enough support to make it feasible for him to run for president. He says he has already hired around twelve people to conduct focus groups and polling. The committee will be based in Alexandria, VA.
We are officially launching our exploratory committee. That means we have put in motion the staffing and the mechanism to explore to see whether me running for President in 2016 is a viable thing…We have tremendous popular support. The money will be there if the people want me to do this.
On Air interview
Seacrest interviews Bacon during On Air with Ryan Seacrest about his television series The Following.
Joe Carol (James Purefoy) is on death row, and the question for this season because there are some new threats is whether or not he is actually orchestrating this in some kind of a way, or maybe it’s just the tip of the iceberg. And there is a bigger or scarier presence than even him…About mid-way through the season, we got a fantastic actor Michael Ealy who comes on and does a really, really great job. He’s a new big bad and he is very, very different than Joe a very different kind of presence, but just equally as scarier. There’s a lot of really interesting killers this year. It is a frightening show and that’s what people want and expect from the show, and we’re definitely going to deliver that this year. I think there are things this year that are scarier than anything we’ve done.
Vogue interview
Gallagher gives an interview to Vogue magazine. He discusses Madonna, Kanye West, Maroon 5, and his album.
The most recent song I’ve written and completed is that track The Right Stuff, OK? And if you put it against the first song that I ever had out, which is Supersonic, they’re probably as far removed as you’re likely to get in the field of what it is I do. But if you’ve been on the trip with me, it’s the next logical step, I think.
Plans to sue
Pham plans to file suit against Texas Health Resources for ‘corporate neglect, alleging that Texas Health Resources failed to develop policies and provide proper training for staff dealing with Ebola patients.
I wanted to believe that they would have my back and take care of me, but they just haven’t risen to the occasion….I was the last person besides Mr. Duncan to find out he was positive. You’d think the primary nurse would be the first to know. … I broke down and cried, not because I thought I had it but just because it was a big ‘whoa, this is really happening’ moment.
Texas Health Resources spokesman Wendell Watson:
Nina Pham bravely served Texas Health Dallas during a most difficult time. We continue to support and wish the best for her, and we remain optimistic that constructive dialogue can resolve this matter.
Fox Sports 1 interview
Rousey speaks about the fight with Zingano, and a possible rematch.
I sat down in front of her afterward, and I was honest and said ‘I’m happy to do this again sometime,’ you know?
Southern Living Cover
Garner appears on the cover of March 2015 issue of Southern Living. She talks about her humble upbringing and how she is raising her children.
It’s really important for my kids to see that everyone doesn’t have the lives they see in Los Angeles. That doesn’t reflect the rest of the world. I want them to grow up with the Southern values I had to look at people when they say hello and to stop and smell the roses. If I could do half as good a job as my mom did, I’d be pretty happy.
Allure cover
Jenner appears on the cover of March 2015 issue of Allure. She talks about breaking into the fashion industry and getting out of the Kardashian shadow.
[My sister] Kylie and I had to grow up in front of people, and it was hard sometimes…but it was never a negative thing.
Vogue cover
Robbie appears on the cover of March 2014 issue of Vogue Australia. She talks about attaing fame, her upcoming movie Focus and working with Will Smith.
Will is the loveliest person. I’d heard he was the nicest guy ever, so funny, so professional, and I thought: He can’t be that great, and then I got on set with him and I was like, You are that great, I want you to be president of the world because you are amazing.
Marie Claire cover
Robbie appears on the cover of March 2014 issue of Marie Claire. She talks about her look, love life and bad habits.
When I eat, I have to chop up everything on the plate and stir it all together. It devastates my mom. Everyone at the table is like, ‘That looks like cat vomit.’ And I stir my Coke with a spoon until it’s flat.
W Magazine Cover
Johansson appears on the cover of the March, 2015 issue of W magazine. The actress talks about her newborn daughter, Rose Dorothy and her fascination with every aspect of show business as a child.
I wanted to do everything. When you’re a kid, they send you on a lot of commercial auditions, and I was terrible at selling things. I never got those parts. I remember crying in the subway, and my mom said, ‘Look—let’s forget it. Do something else’. And I replied, ‘No. You can’t take this away from me’.