People cover
Gomez and Lovato appear on the cover of People to discuss their who takes longer to get ready, their favorite TV shows, and what they do when they hang out. On their worst habits:
For breakfast, I’ll eat cereal or fruit, like a really healthy breakfast, and she wakes up and she’s got like Doritos with nacho cheese. I can’t eat a breakfast like that.
Elle Magazine interview
Tatum gives interview to Elle about his acting style.
I’m just starting to wrap my head around how to become a real character. I used to think you always had to be doing something, literally moving, to stay interesting. I’m working on stillness.
People cover
Jackson appears on the cover of People after dying weeks before his concerts in London were to take place. There were allegations that drug use was involved in Jackson’s death. Source:
Janet was on the phone, but siblings Randy, Jackie and Rebbie were there. Michael got pissed off. He said he wasn’t on drugs. Jackson also drank and took straight morphine, Valium, Xanax, Demerol and OxyContin. It could happen any minute.
Vanessa Williams interview
Wendy Williams talks to Vanessa Williams about her catalog purchases.
I have about 17-20 geese on my front lawn
Elle Magazine interview
Michaels gives interview to Elle about when he realized he was a sexual being.
Vividly. I was digging through my father’s drawer, when I found a thicker magazine than usual: the Women of the Office edition of Playboy you know, that whole hot, sexy miniskirt but she’s got the glasses on thing. I assumed this was what every girl who worked in an office looked like and did. I thought, No wonder my dad likes going to work.
Revenue Bootcamp interview
Graham and Sequoia Capital’s Moritz are interviewed by Kawasaki of Garage Technology Ventures about how founders need to have a passion to succeed. At one point in the chat, asked what the next big wave of inventions will be, Graham says it’s hard to define, but a good way to tell where innovations will come is to look at the products people in the tech industry are using:
Look at the ones hackers themselves use….we [Y Combinator] have a ton of companies building stuff for the iPhone now because all of them use iPhones, not one is building stuff for Blackberries
Reveals why she had Jackson’s children
In an interview with ABC News, Rowe reveals for the first time why she had Jackson’s children.
I believe there are people who should be parents, and he’s one of them. And he is such a fabulous man, and such a good friend, and he’s always been there for me, always, from the day I met him,
We Had Him
Angelou writes a poem in memory of Michael Jackson, and asks Queen Latifah to read the poem at Jackson’s funeral.
Pink cover
Knowles appears on the cover of the July 2009 issue of Pink magazine.
Rolling Stones cover
Kerr appears on the cover of the July 2009 issue of Rolling Stones magazine. She talks about koalas and being on the cover of the magazine.
It’s a sad thing. There are only about 100,000 koalas left in Australia. Something like 80 percent of the koalas’ habitat has been destroyed since Europeans arrived in Australia.
Parade cover
LaBeouf appears on the cover of the July 2009 issue of Parade magazine. He talks about where he gets his humour from, his breakup, and living his life.
Sometimes I feel I’m living a meaningless life and I get frightened. I know I’m one of the luckiest dudes in America right now. I have a great house. My parents don’t have to work. I’ve got money. I’m famous. But it could all change, man. It could go away. You never know.
Maxim cover
Wilde appears on the cover of the July 2009 issue of Maxim magazine. She talks about acting in the movie, Year One.
I don’t know how they let me in there. It’s a group of the most incredible comedians of our time, really. I mean the mixture of the Apatow family with Harold Ramis and his classic sense of humor just exploded into this celebration of smart and hilarious humor.
Taylor Swift interview
Marie Claire interviews Swift about how personal her song writing is to her and her writing style.
For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn’t really involve me thinking about the demographic of people I’m trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under. When I sit down and write a song the only person that I’m thinking about in that room is the person that I’m writing the song about and what I want them to know and what I wish I could tell them to their face, but I’m going to say it in a song instead. So, for me, music is really more about a diary and a confession. I love it. I love getting to say things to people that I wouldn’t say to them if I was standing face to face with them. Music is a way of verbalizing those things that I feel that I can’t say.
People cover
Hart appears on the cover of People after losing 35 pounds. Hart explains how difficult it was for her to lose weight after her second pregnancy.
There are enormous pressures put on you in Hollywood. Everyone kept asking, ‘How does she look? Is she fat?’ Everyone wanted me to dance for them and show my behind-they literally wanted to see how big my behind was! It was horrifying.
Alyssa Milano interview
Milano gives an interview on the CW PodSquad and talks about working with Schwarzenegger in the 1985 film Commando.
He was very nice and he used to help me with my algebra homework.
Clarifies Gillmor Gang interview
Arrington explains that he asked Laporte whether the Palm Pre was paid for or free, as Palm had promised TechCrunch and at least one other blogger test units, but hadn’t delivered. He says he was trying to compare the reviews from people who got test units from those who bought the device.
I apologize to you, Leo. I didn’t mean to imply that you were being unethical. I just think that, given the story that’s brewing about favoritism at Palm, it was important to disclose whether you paid for that Pre, and/or got it in advance.
Laporte responds:
Thanks for the post, Mike. Apology accepted. Now that I know what was going on in your mind, I apologize to you.
There seems to be something about the Gillmor Gang that just engenders over the top passion. I’m embarrassed by my overreaction. Peace.
Gillmor Gang interview
Arrington implies on the show that Laporte may have given the Palm Pre a good review as he was one of the few to get a test unit. Laporte:
That’s B.S. and I’m really pissed off that you would imply that this ‘free’ Pre that I’m going to send back in seven days would in any way predispose me [to give it a good review because it’s free] … Screw you. Mike, you are such a troll. Screw you, asshole. I’m not kidding. That’s bullshit. I’m infuriated that you would somehow imply that because I have a review unit that would somehow influence me. Screw you. Fuck you, I’m throwing you all off.
710 ESPN Radio in Seattle interview
Elway discusses his the pressure high school athletes go through in today’s media in comparison to his days in high school:
It wasn’t nearly what the kids are going through these days. I went to high school down in Los Angeles so obviously we got a little bit of press down there but I don’t remember anybody that I played against in high school being on the cover of Sports Illustrated, and we played some pretty good baseball down there.
Mixergy interview
Ohanian talks about how Y Combinator helped shape the idea for Reddit in the early stages:
We approached Y Combinator … with an idea that would transform the way you order food, specifically using a cell phone to do so. They didn’t really like the idea. They liked us, but they hated the idea.
They still didn’t have a firm idea, but sat down with Graham and talked about a site that would filter the most interesting web content.
…it was in that conversation with Paul where we developed this idea for creating a way to find out what’s new online.
The idea morphed into the final product:
All the actual mechanics of how that would work, basically happened in the next few weeks, while Steve [Huffman] and I were in a crap apartment, in Bedford, Massachusetts, playing a lot of Warcraft.
Teen Hollywood interview
Woodley gives an interview to Teen Hollywood about her time on The Secret Life Of The American Teen and her advice for surviving high school.
I think stay true to yourself and do what you believe in and don’t get affected by peer pressure.