BET interview
Dash describes his pain over losing his girlfriend Aaliyah:
The grieving process and getting used to living with that kind of pain, every time you feel better about something, even in general people want to comfort you. Every time I walk out someones like, I am sorry about Aaliyah and I was like now my day is messed up.
O Magazine interview
Giuliani talks about coping with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York City in an interview with O Magazine.
I never imagined having to deal with this. But I’ve found myself relying on lessons my parents taught me years ago. My father used to say to me, If you’re in a crisis and everyone is getting very emotional, you’ve got to become calmer. That’s the only way to get yourself through it. (On Sept. 11) I remember saying to myself, I have to be very, very calm—because sometimes I can be very excitable. I am Italian, after all!
MTV Stripped interview
Aaliyah chats about her style, favorite musicians, albums, rumors, personal life and embarrassing moments:
I was at a studio, umm a recording studio, I was doing a radio show there, they had this little awards show that they did it was in Washington D.C. and I was doing a drop and the room with the mic, the mic booth. So I’m walking out of the mic booth to go in where all the other artists are and a glass door, looked like the door was open but the door was closed and you know I’m thinking I am cute, have my nice little baggy outfit and I’m just a hitting it and bamm, right in the glass door and I hurt myself but I had to act like oh.no no.no.no I am fine…..
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GQ cover
Smith appears on the cover of the December 2001 issue of GQ magazine.
Premiere cover
Smith appears on the cover of the December 2001 issue of Premiere magazine.
O Magazine interview
Albright talks about the impact that the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks had on the United States in an interview with O Magazine.
It makes us all realize that what we care most about is family. After such a crisis you want to just touch them—and if you can’t physically touch them, you want to at least make sure they’re all right. That gives you a sense of security. And then you think about your country: Why did this happen here? The horror of this was so unimaginable, you almost had to ask other people, Did this really happen? It was like waking up from a nightmare.
Mission approved
NASA selects the New Horizons proposal from Southwest Research Institute for a mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt System. Director of SRI space studies:
We’ll be exploring frontier worlds near the edge of the planetary system. This mission is likely to rewrite textbooks regarding the origin of the planets, the nature of the outer solar system, and even the origin of primitive materials that may have played a role in the development of life.
Esquire cover
Rihanna talks about life on the road touring:
I hate going to hotels when I’m on tour. I like to stay on the bus. I can sleep, I can shower, I can just pull up right to the venue everyday. I work out. I have a trainer. So, she trains me wherever, whenever. Touring messes with my metabolism, so I have to get tight.
O Magazine interview
Taymor speaks about directing Broadway’s The Lion King in an interview with O Magazine.
I wasn’t afraid, but I was cautious. Everyone was asking me, Why are you doing Disney? You do folklore and mythology. My aesthetic is not a Disney aesthetic at all, but when I met with the wonderful producers at Disney, they weren’t looking for me to do their aesthetic. I’d already spent 20 years in the theater, so if they were going to hire me, they’d be hiring me for what I have to offer. Everyone learned a transforming lesson from The Lion King: You don’t have to patronize your audience, and you can mix art and commerce in a profound way.
GetMusic.com interview
Jackson is audio interviewed by Anthony Decurtis and talks about the creation of the You Rock My World video, the inspiration to create Ghosts with a comical edge, the Guinness Book of World records recognition and what inspires him to create original music. He also talks about how important it is to be an innovator and pioneer as an artist.
I kinda parallel it to a, uh, you know… It’s like the gestation process of, uh, birth. You know, it’s a… You know, it’s like having children, and having to raise them and bring them out into the world, and once they get into the world they’re on their own. So, it’s, it’s, very exciting. I mean, you never get too used to it, ever. It’s, uh, an incredible process. But you leave it in the hands of God, like you do when you’re having a child.
Oprah Winfrey interview
Jackson is asked by Winfrey, what it’s like working with Quincy Jones.
He’s very professional, very talented and he’s a musical visionary, and he’s been around, as you know, a very long time.
O Magazine interview
Jones discusses the impact of a brain aneurysm he had at age 41 in an interview with O Magazine.
It made me realize that if I lived to age 82, I would have about 30,000 days on this earth. And that number had to be cut in thirds—I’d sleep for 10,000 days, work for 10,000 days, then do whatever else in the remaining time. After the aneurysm, the doctor told me that deep in our subconscious, each of us has either a life force or a death wish. He said those who have a death wish can be taken out by the flu. But the ones who have a life force survive.
Seventeen cover
Knowles and Rowland appear on the cover of the September 2001 issue of Seventeen magazine.
O Magazine interview
Hanks speaks about how he got the Forrest Gump role:
I was fascinated by a script entitled The Postman, which was written by Eric Roth. I didn’t do that script, but I met Eric and we shared a lot of the same parameters of why we do what we do. So when a producer asked me, What do you think of the book Forrest Gump? [which Roth was writing a script for], I said, That guy can write anything! About a year and a half later, I got Eric’s script—and it was a rocket.
Rock The Boat: behind the scenes
Aaliyah shares access to the making of her video, Rock the Boat, directed by Hype Williams.
We’ve been up since three a.m. doing hair and makeup to get the beautiful sunrise shot. Sometimes that’s what you got to do, it will be painful but it’s all for the good of the video.
Final interview on 106 & Park
Aaliyah sits down with BET’s 106 & Park hosts AJ and Free to talk about her album, Aaliyah. She talks about filming her latest single, Rock the Boat and gives away a Cadillac Escalade to an audience member.
I shoot Rock the Boat tomorrow.
O Magazine interview
The Dalai Lama discusses what readers should gain from his book The Art of Happiness:
When a person is in a miserable situation, then, yes, it is difficult to develop genuine compassion toward others. That’s why I find it difficult to say to poor people, Please have compassion toward millionaires. That’s not easy. And yet even the rich have their own kind of suffering, anxiety, doubt, and fear. So in many cases, wealthy people aren’t happy! And once those with material wealth encounter small difficulties, their amount of mental suffering is sometimes bigger than it is for those who have faced such difficulties every day.
Premonition
In her last interview, with a German magazine, Aaliyah says she has recurring dreams that she is flying away from her problems.
It is dark in my favorite dream. Someone is following me. I don’t know why. I’m scared, then, suddenly, I lift off. Far away. How do I feel? As if I am swimming in the air. Free. Nobody can reach me. Nobody can touch me. It’s a wonderful feeling.
Skyrock radio interview
Aaliyah talks about her third album, Aaliyah, her upcoming movie role on Queen of the Damned and speaks to phone guests. Aaliyah:
I like to have fun and be silly.
Esquire interview
Glick talks about his Comedy Central show Primetime Glick:
And now I’m blessed with the opportunity to talk to celebrities and get a sense of the worlds that they inhabit so wondrously. Case in point: A fortnight ago, I was gabbin’ with the irrepressible Kathie Lee Gifford about her switch from Jewishness to born-again-ness. She asked me if I was aware that Jesus was a Jew, and I said, No, but I had heard that he was thrifty.