ANGELINA JOLIE
SUBJECT: The Changeling
AUTHOR: Angelica Frost
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 3330
SYNOPSIS: Angelina reveals she is putting her career on hold for the foreseeable future so that she can devote her time to her six kids and partner Brad Pitt plus perhaps some new additions to their ever-expanding family! Angelina also talks about her sadness at the loss of her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, earlier this year and how her newborn twins Knox and Marcheline will be spending their first Christmas.
QUOTE: “It was a very hard film for all of us to make and at the same time because it was a true story and because this woman went through so much it was also very inspiring.”

GUS VAN SANT
SUBJECT: Milk
AUTHOR: Rachel Clark
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2430
SYNOPSIS: Gus Van Sant talks about Proposition 8, the influence the film might have on people’s opinion on gay rights, if we will ever see e homosexual president, the working process on this movie and much more.
QUOTE: “I'm sure „Brokeback Mountain" had lots of effects on our film.... it was a business model that said „a gay story can make 80 million dollars" and that was good enough for them. Without that possibly we would have never found the money.”

KATE HUDSON
SUBJECT: Embracing motherhood; Bride Wars
AUTHOR: Ellen Parker
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2184
SYNOPSIS: Kate Hudson talks about combining work and motherhood, how she loves her trailer, her son, dating, her career, and her mother Goldie Hawn
QUOTE: “My ex-husband is still around so much that I don't feel like I'm single.”

CHACE CRAWFORD
SUBJECT: Gossip Girl
AUTHOR: Angelica Frost
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2299
SYNOPSIS: Chace Crawford talks about the success of the show, the rumours he has been texting Lindsay Lohan behind her girlfriend's back, his style secrets and how he unwinds away when he's not on set in the Big Apple.
QUOTE: “We sign our lives away in blood for six years. I guess it's one of those things where we hope it might not go to maximum but definitely don't want it to go to the minimum.”

GYM CLASS HEROES - TRAVIS MCCOY
SUBJECT: girlfriend Katy Perry
AUTHOR: Angelica Frost
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 466
SYNOPSIS: Travis McCoy talks about dating the 'I Kissed A Girl' singer and he reveals how he'd rather put on his pyjamas and play video games than get trashed while on tour with his rock band.
QUOTE: “I think I'm more bored when I'm at home than when I'm abroad. But I haven't seen Katy for almost a month so there'll be lots of lovin' over the next few days.”

JAMES FRANCO
SUBJECT: Milk
AUTHOR: Carl Bradley
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2525
SYNOPSIS: James Franco filmed “Milk” while taking classes at UCLA to become a college graduate. Currently enrolled in graduate programs in New York, Franco - dressed in a pair of jeans and white shirt - has flown to L.A. to help promote “Milk” and talk about his decision to go back to school. He also talks about his mother's recent appearance on You Tube and what it's like kissing Sean Penn.
QUOTE: “I work as hard as I can at the things that I love and I leave the results up to fate.”

AL PACINO
SUBJECT: Righteous Kill
AUTHOR: Bruno Lester
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2397
SYNOPSIS: Movie legend Al Pacino talks about his new film, his legendary status, his long career and struggles to find parts in the final chapter of his career.
QUOTE: “Earlier on in my career, I was into denying my fame. In the mid-80s I even got out of the spotlight and didn't make movies for four years because I couldn't deal with the attention. Now I deal with it fine, but I still prefer to retain a bit of mystery and not tell everything.”

BEYONCE KNOWLES
SUBJECT: I Am.... Sasha Fierce
AUTHOR: Jamie Morris
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 4891
SYNOPSIS: Beyonce talks about coping with the intense scrutiny on her private life, especially since her marriage to rapper Jay-Z plus some of the memorable experiences she has had so far in her glittering career.
QUOTE: “I can't live my life for other people.”

EMMA THOMPSON
SUBJECT: Last Chance Harvey
AUTHOR: Robin Lynch
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 3176
SYNOPSIS: Emma Thompson talks about her very rare working releationship with Dustin Hoffman, bad dates, escaping in books, the perks of being a famous actress, the recent elections, and putting on another prostethic nose for the sequel to Nanny McPhee.
QUOTE: “I think that the general challenge of this film is that it's not full of plot, subplot, super-plot, action, heroes, villains, good, bad, simple thing. It is about the movements of the human heart.”

HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS 2008
SUBJECT: Christmas in Hollywood
AUTHOR: Bruno Lester
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 1765
SYNOPSIS: Hollywood stars Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Scarlett Johansson, Keira Knightley, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, John Travolta, Charlize Theron and Renée Zellweger talk about their Christmas celebrations.
QUOTE: Cate Blanchett: ”When you have children you rediscover Christmas. You see it all through your children's eyes and become a child again - that is what I love about Christmas.”

MILEY CYRUS
SUBJECT: Miley Cyrus
AUTHOR: Julian Perry
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 1497
SYNOPSIS: We caught up with the teen superstar to ask her about her lovelife, her relationship with her dad, her upcoming movie and whether she is managing to avoid going off the rails like the Britneys and Lindsays who shot to stardom at a young age.
QUOTE: “My brother will give me a beating if I'm being a brat to my mom because my brother's such a momma's boy so if he thinks I'm being mean to my mom he'll push me about a bit.”

PARIS HILTON
SUBJECT: Repo! The Genetic Opera
AUTHOR: Carl Bradley
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 1670
SYNOPSIS: "Repo" is only one of many projects Hilton has prepared to debut before year's end. In addition to discussing her decision to play the plastic surgery-addicted brunette Amber Sweet, Paris is also anxious to chat about her musical tongue-in-cheek nod to her time in a Southern California slammer, her latest single "Jailhouse Baby," and the accompanying new album (inspired by Aussie singer/actress Kylie Minogue). She also talks about finally feeling grown-up, steady beau Benji Madden, and why this is the best time of her life.
QUOTE: “I have never had any surgery. I'm way too scared. I hate needles, I hate blood.”

RAZORLIGHT - JOHNNY BORRELL
SUBJECT: Slipway Fires
AUTHOR: Peter Murphy
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 1725
SYNOPSIS: With a career-best new album under their belts, RAZORLIGHT's Johnny Borrell talks about bling, mid-career reinvention and Britain's battle with metrosexuality.
QUOTE: “There's more at stake with each moment of passing time in your life, because you're realising that the stuff around you is more and more important and more and more precious. “

SOS VÉRONIQUE
SUBJECT: France’s School of Seduction
AUTHOR: Jeremy Ferguson
FORMAT: Q&A, ALSO IN NARRATIVE FORMAT
WORDS: 2914
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SYNOPSIS: It's difficult to believe, is it not, that Parisian men might need coaching in the art of seduction. Or Parisian women for that matter. France is, after all, the one country in the world which has become almost synonymous with sex. But the shocking truth is, oh la la, that Véronique Jullien's school has been doing a brisk trade in the art of seduction for over a decade now. For that was when she first realised that France's lost Lotharios needed a helping hand when it came to matters of the heart.
QUOTE: "The problem is that women have become pretty effective ball-busters.”

50 CENT
SUBJECT: Before I Self-Destruct; Up Close and Personal
AUTHOR: Robin Lynch
FORMAT: Narrative/Q&A
WORDS: 6219
SYNOPSIS: 50 Cent talks about survival, his youth, making movies, his music, being confident and ambitious, why he is not together with his son’s mother, his, success, his son, and his worst nightmare.
QUOTE: “When I wake up in the morning and I'm at home, I wake up in a house where the man who owned it before me earned $500 million in his career and he doesn't have that money anymore. So it reminds me that I have to be conscious of everything that I'm doing regardless of how successful you get.”

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS THE STARS REMEMBER
SUBJECT: Christmas Presents the Stars Remember
AUTHOR: Max Hardy
FORMAT: Quotes
WORDS: 694
SYNOPSIS: Celebs reveal the Christmas presents that left a permanent mark on them, from Eva Longoria's hot lingerie from her grandmother to Pierce Brosnan's chicken-sexing machine.
QUOTE: David Beckham: “When I hinted that I enjoy cooking, someone, probably a fan, actually sent me a set of frying pans.”

JAMES FRANCO
SUBJECT: Milk; Pineapple Express
AUTHOR: Bruno Lester
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2421
SYNOPSIS: Interviewed in Los Angeles, the charmer who is casually dressed in a check shirt and jeans, talked about working with Sean Penn in “Milk,” wearing a prosthetic for the pool scene, the success of “Pinapple Express,” and his life and career.
QUOTE: “I never just hang. It's an impossibility. I don't even like to sleep. I feel as if there's too much to do.”

JENNIFER CONNOLLY
SUBJECT: The Day The Earth Stood Still
AUTHOR: Bruno Lester
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2439
SYNOPSIS: JENNIFER CONNELLY talks about the sci-fi “The Day The Earth Stood Still,” motherhood and marriage to “A Beautiful Mind” co-star Paul Bettany, fears and long career.
QUOTE: “Sexiness starts internally, being comfortable in your own skin, then finding clothes that reflect that. Being sexy is not about giving anything away.”

COLIN FARRELL
SUBJECT: Pride and Glory
AUTHOR: Angelica Frost
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 1620
SYNOPSIS: Colin talks about his latest flick and reveals he wore long johns during the shoot in New York because it was so cold. The Irish actor also talks about how he has made a home for himself in LA despite missing the rain in his homeland plus his sadness at the death of his 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' co-star Heath Ledger.
QUOTE: “It was the strangest and saddest honour I think I'll probably ever have, you know, but it's done and at least Heath's last piece of work will get out.”

COLIN FIRTH
SUBJECT: Easy Virtue
AUTHOR: Angelica Frost
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 1384
SYNOPSIS: We caught up with Colin in London for a chat about his latest flick and how he enjoyed playing the quintessential Englishman. He also gives his thoughts on the recent US Presidential elections.
QUOTE: “I'm perceived as being incredibly busy but I actually really sit around on my arse most of the time.”

DAVID SCHWIMMER
SUBJECT: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
AUTHOR: Alan Nichols
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 1171
SYNOPSIS: David talks about his affinity with his long-necked character and how the animators of Madagascar: Back 2 Africa really captured so many of his body gestures and facial looks. He also addresses the rumors that there will be a big screen version of Friends, discusses how directing has helped his approach to acting, and talks about his next movie, “Nothing But The Truth” and upcoming projects.
QUOTE: “I think I was eleven, and I had a crush on my piano teacher.”

ED WESTWICK
SUBJECT: Gossip Girl
AUTHOR: Samantha Wilson
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 1278
SYNOPSIS: We caught up with 'Gossip Girl' hunk Ed Westwick in New York to talk about being propelled to stardom as Chuck Bass in the hit TV series. The British-born star also talks about his upbringing in England, his love of Chelsea Football Club and living the life of a celebrity in New York City.
QUOTE: “People would say, 'Stop talking that! Lose the English accent - that's not really you - stop it!'”

DANNY BOYLE
SUBJECT: Slumdog Millionaire
AUTHOR: Robin Lynch
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 5287
SYNOPSIS: Danny Boyle is back with his best directorial effort since his groundbreaking, career-making underground hit, “Trainspotting.” Here he talks about his romantic lead, the young Dev Patel, filming in India with Indian actors, getting the script and the producers. M.I.A. and doing the first third part of the movie in Hindi with English subtitles.
QUOTE: “For a cameraman to shoot in India is a dream come true because photographically it's like the place for the coffee table book. So there is a danger with cinematographers who go, 'Wow. Wow, the colors. Wow.' I didn't want that.”

HEATHER GRAHAM
SUBJECT: The Hangover
AUTHOR: Alvin Hill
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 856
SYNOPSIS: During a break from filming a scene in valet area in front of Vegas' legendary Caesars Palace for her next film "The Hangover," the gorgeous Heather Graham (in costume for her character in the comedy) takes time to talk about her new movie.
QUOTE: “I'm not much of a drinker. I'm more of a hippie type, you know, doing yoga by the ocean."

JESSICA BIEL
SUBJECT: Easy Virtue
AUTHOR: Angelica Frost
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 1308
SYNOPSIS: We caught up with Jessica - who is dating pop hunk Justin Timberlake - in London to talk about how she enjoyed living in the English capital while filming her latest movie. She also admits that blondes do have more fun and that she would love to follow in her boyfriend's footsteps and do more singing.
QUOTE: “I'm really shy about singing so I just sort of went into my own little world and did my own thing.”

JONSI BIRGISSON - SIGUR ROS
SUBJECT: Hvarf/Heim; Heima
AUTHOR: Gavin Martin
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 570
SYNOPSIS: Frozen assets: Sigur Ros frontman Jonsi Birgisson on success, heavy metal and the legacy of Icelandic banks.
QUOTE: “Being gay seemed natural, but I didn't come out until I was 21. Living in the countryside meant I didn't meet anyone, so it was isolating.”

ALICIA KEYS
SUBJECT: Quantum of Solace theme song; The Secret Life Of Bees; tour
AUTHOR: Johannes Bonke
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2044
SYNOPSIS: Wearing jeans and Georgio top and shoes, Alicia looks as radiant as you expect her to be with a new film coming out, doing the James Bond song and a tour coming up. Here she talks about how she got where she is today.
QUOTE: “I wanted it very, very badly and I knew that I could do it.”

ANGELINA JOLIE & CLINT EASTWOOD
SUBJECT: The Changeling
AUTHOR: Carl Bradley
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 3776
SYNOPSIS: Director Clint Eastwood and actress Angelina Jolie talk about ‘The Changeling,’ about the universe working in mysterious ways, raising their families, corruption in America, the economic crisis, and upcoming projects.
QUOTE: Eastwood: “..we're all living in a kind of a dream world, including Wall Street, and including the politicians who are afraid to institute an economical restraint.”

CELEBRITY NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
SUBJECT: New Year’s resolutions
AUTHOR: Honie Stevens
FORMAT: Quotes
WORDS: 843
SYNOPSIS: The stars about their New Year’s resolutions - Julia Roberts, Bruce Willis, Jim Carrey, Jesica Simpson, Victoria Beckham, Oprah Winfrey, Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, George Clooney, Uma Thurman, Helen Fielding and many more.
QUOTE: JOHN MAYER: “I want cars that fly, damn it!”

DIDO
SUBJECT: Safe Trip Home
AUTHOR: Angelica Frost
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 3809
SYNOPSIS: Dido talks about her latest offering, Safe Trip Home, why she would never move to LA plus how she manages to avoid the celebrity circus. Dido also opens up about the death of her father and why Christmas is always a very special day.
QUOTE: [things she misses when being away from London]: “Certain foods and, you know, just, just walking. Walking, clouds, there's just no good cloud formations in LA, you know, you look up at the sky and it's like, 'Ah that's boring.'”

GWYNETH PALTROW
SUBJECT: Two Lovers
AUTHOR: Candy Arber
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 1623
SYNOPSIS: Gwyneth - who is married to Coldplay's Chris Martin and mother to Apple, four and Moses, two - talks about her friendship with the Queen of Pop Madonna and about her experience of being a working mum and why she is rarely seen in public with her husband.
QUOTE: “I think the worst thing I inherited from my father was definitely was impatience. It's my worst quality, and Apple's now inherited it from me, so it's my own karma coming back.”

AFGHANISTAN: FEAR AND CHRISTIAN LOATHING IN KABUL
SUBJECT: Is it safe?
AUTHOR: David Gill
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 990
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SYNOPSIS: Amidst a flurry of kidmappings and the murder of several charity workers in Kabul, David Gill paints a picture of the atmosphere in the city: Individual INGO workers talk of heightened security, lockdowns and curfews, but talk to other more optimistic members of the Kabul’s ex-pat drinking fraternity and you’ll hear that peace-talks are in full swing and that ‘it’ll all be over by Christmas’. Is it safe? The answer here, as always, depends on whom you talk to but the old adage, that ‘truth is the first casualty of war’, is more relevant here than anywhere else on the planet.
QUOTE: “It’s not the crime as such, it’s the fear of crime”

CHRISTINA AGUILERA
SUBJECT: Keeps Gettin' Better - A Decade Of Hits
AUTHOR: Jeremy Poulter
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 3123
SYNOPSIS: Christina Aguilera releases her first greatest hits album 'Keeps Gettin' Better - A Decade Of Hits' on November 10th. Here X-Tina talks about how she has changed since becoming a mum, how she juggles her family life and career plus where she is heading musically.
QUOTE: I can't believe it's been over 10 years since my first album and it was really exciting to put all of my favourite songs in one collection for my fans.”

BRYAN CRANSTON
SUBJECT: Breaking Bad; Malcolm In The Middle
AUTHOR: David Bennum
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2321
SYNOPSIS: Until recently, Bryan Cranston was best known for his portrayal of Hal, the befuddled but lovable father in the brilliant family sitcom Malcolm In The Middle. But Cranston is a talented and versatile veteran of television, film and theatre. His latest and very different role, as luckless New Mexico chemistry teacher turned drug dealer Walter White in the justly acclaimed series Breaking Bad, has been a triumph and a revelation. He talks to David Bennun about luck, morality, crime, drugs, the darkest of dark humour, the quality of today's American TV, and making the leap to heavyweight drama.
QUOTE: “If [a character] is not liked by the audience, there is no show.”

CHRISTMASES THE STARS WILL NEVER FORGET
SUBJECT: Christmases the stars will never forget
AUTHOR: Kirby Weston
FORMAT: Quotes
WORDS: 884
SYNOPSIS: Celebs such as Nicole Kidman, Kylie Minogue and George Clooney recall the festive seasons that have meant most to them...
QUOTE: Tom Cruise: “The Christmas I will always remember is when I first decided to have Yorkshire pudding with the dinner. I have always loved Yorkshire pudding, but when we first had it on Christmas Day, it made it all the more special an occasion.

DANIEL CRAIG
SUBJECT: James Bond: Quantum Of Solace
AUTHOR: Alan Nichols
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2933
SYNOPSIS: Daniel Craig talks about making “Quantum Of Solace” the first direct sequel to a James Bond movie, and explains if it was a challenge to portray Bond as a much more emotionally shut-off guy instead of the gregarious, witty and suave Sean Connery type 007. Also about what it was like going toe-to-toe with Olga Kurylenko, why Bond would make a good Halloween costume, and why he would love to meet John F. Kennedy, Queen Elizabeth I and John Lennon.
QUOTE: “I probably say stupid things in interviews sometimes.“

GORDON RAMSEY
SUBJECT: London in West Hollywood wins a Michelin Star
AUTHOR: Samantha Wilson
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 1209
SYNOPSIS: We met up with the highly-entertaining chef at Gordon Ramsey at the London in West Hollywood, which just won a coveted Michelin star, taking Gordon’s impressive tally of stars to 12, to talk about his latest venture. And the cook with the foulest mouth in the business doesn’t hold back when it comes to dissing his competition and people who criticize his food.
QUOTE: “People see this business as glamorous - me, Nigella (Lawson), Jamie Oliver, etc. F-ck glamour. It's hard a-s work. I'm a real chef. I have to cook real.”

JADA PINKETT- SMIT
SUBJECT: Madagascar 2
AUTHOR: Alan Nichols
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 1273
SYNOPSIS: Jada Pinkett-Smith talks about animated films, her family, the voice-recording process and her love for acting.
QUOTE: in this particular movie, there's a lot of action, so there's a lot of screaming and yelling. And the great thing is with the music that I'm used to playing with my band, I do a lot of yelling and screaming as well. So, for me, I don't have much difficulty in those areas, I did a lot of screaming, so it was quite easy for me.”

PRINCE ABDUL ALI SERAJ
SUBJECT: the nephew of the last King of Afghanistan considers running for president
AUTHOR: Joanie de Rijke
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 3000
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SYNOPSIS: Dutch freelance journalist Joanie de Rijke has visited Afghanistan regularly for the past two years and is based there again at the moment, in Kabul. A couple of weeks ago she met Prince Abdul Ali Seraj, nephew of King Zahir Shah, the last King of Afghanistan who died this year, and the Grandson of the King Doud (deposed by palace coup in 1929).
Although the Prince has not openly declared his intention to run for president there are growing rumours that Seraj may enter the race. In his own words: "if the people want me, I'll go for it". The possibility of him joining the presidential race between president Karzai, Ali Jalali, Zalmay Khalilzad and Anwar-ul-Haq Ahadi is beginning to stir real excitement. This Saturday he has invited some ambassadors and some people from NATO so he might make it official then. And Barack Obama’s party has invited him to come to Washington in November to meet with Obama.
Joanie meets with the Prince almost every day in his house in Kabul, where he talks about the history of his family and his plans for the future. Last week she attended a meeting in his garden with more then 70 tribal elders from all over the country who are all supporting him. With a dash of royalty glamour, packaged with impeccable history, connections to all the tribes and strong support for the Americans - Prince Ali is determined to help them and Afghanistan find a better way forward. A proactive campaigner for change.

EVA MENDES
SUBJECT: The Women
AUTHOR: Ernst Reinhart
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 3422
SYNOPSIS: With a refreshing openness and down-to-earth charme Eva Mendes talks about her sensueality, her banned Calvin Klein commercial, her fears as an actress, architecture, solid men, female solidarity, her family and her boyfriend.
QUOTE: From the age of 8 or 9, when you've got your new set of teeth, to the age of twelve or thirteen - that was a very awkward period, nothing disastrous,- and then 15 came and I became this woman, and it was weird. People should prepare us more for that. There should be a class, because it was very strange to have men suddenly look at you in a different way. - You go: Why is he looking at me that way?

GRACE JONES
SUBJECT: Hurricane
AUTHOR: Steffen Rueth
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2030
SYNOPSIS: She has never been forgotten, but admittedly a little out of the limelight. Grace Jones, real name Mendoza and born in Jamaica, defined disco in the 70's and the androgynous look in the 80's. Her biggest hit „Slave to the Rhythm“ is to this day an irreplaceable club standard. Now Grace is 60, cool as ever, and generating well earned euphoria with her rousingly modern, eclectic come back album „Hurricane“. Here she talks about what made her decide to return to the music industry and why she turned her back to music in the first place.
QUOTE: “It's not fun to go out anymore. Nothing is allowed, you can't do anything anymore. I mean, to smoke you have to go stand outside the door, that is really totally sick, don't you think?”

QUANTUM OF SOLACE: DANIEL CRAIG, MARC FORSTER, BARBARA BROCCOLI, AND MATHIEU AMALRIC
SUBJECT: James bond: Quantum Of Solace - On Set
AUTHOR: David Giammarco
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 1709
SYNOPSIS: On the last day of filming for the eagerly-awaited James Bond film “Quantum of Solace” - DANIEL CRAIG, director MARC FORSTER, Bond producer BARBARA BROCCOLI as well as acclaimed French actor MATHIEU AMALRIC (the villain Dominic Greene) talk exclusively on-set about the pressures of topping the record-breaking success of “Casino Royale”, how “Quantum of Solace” mirrors today's real-life villains, the problems they've encountered while attempting the most ambitious and action-packed Bond film to date, as well as the rumored “James Bond curse” and how Daniel Craig has reinvented James Bond for the 21st century.
QUOTE: Marc Forster: “I mean, if you're going to make a commercial film, then why not do the crown jewel of them all. And that's James Bond.”

RICKY GERVAIS
SUBJECT: Ghost Town
AUTHOR: Carl Bradley
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 1928
SYNOPSIS: Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais), is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Here the award-winning British comedian talks about his lead role in the new American comedy “Ghost Town,” addresses director David Koepp's steadfast rule that he won't wear wigs, won't use accents and won't kiss, and explains the strangest question he's been asked during his day of interviews.
QUOTE: “I've never wanted to be an actor. I never thought of myself as an actor. Let's face it, I'm not a great actor, but I know where I am, and I know what I'm good at. I have fun doing it, I love acting now, and more than ever.”

ANNA FARIS
SUBJECT: The House Bunny
AUTHOR: Tara Brady
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 943
SYNOPSIS: Starlet ANNA FARIS proves she's way more than a pretty face with an accomplished comedic turn as a bimbo-with-brains in The House Bunny. All this, plus she was named High Times' Stonette of the Year, 2007.
QUOTE: “[Hugh Hefner’] is an absolute gentleman, but he does look at your chest a lot.”

COMEDIAN ROSEANNE BARR
SUBJECT: US elections
AUTHOR: Jason O’Toole
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 2037
SYNOPSIS: She's long been one of America's most controversial comedians. Now Roseanne Barr says she will leave the country if Republican candidate John McCain becomes America's next president. Still involved in Radio, TV, film and book projects, Roseanne’s real passion is politics, more specifically, green politics. Here she explains why and also blames Al Gore for global warming going into why she believes there's more than meets the eyes when it comes to Gore's decision to concede the presidential election to George Bush jr..In the process she speaks her mind about Schwarzenegger, Bush, Sarah Palin the current elections and sexism vs racism.
QUOTE: “If John McCain wins I'm definitely leaving this country.”

DEUS - TOM BARMAN
SUBJECT: Vantage Point - European Tour
AUTHOR: Roisin Dwyer
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 816
SYNOPSIS: As cult continental rockers DEUS release their fifth album, frontman Tom Barman talks about interviewing David Lynch, collaborating with Glen Hansard and hanging out with Elbow's Guy Garvey.
QUOTE: “I'm not saying we won't do another Magnus album but it's not going to happen soon.”

KAISER CHIEFS - RICKY WILSON
SUBJECT: Off With Their Heads
AUTHOR: Paul Nolan
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 1612
SYNOPSIS: They're one of the biggest names in indie-dom but, with album number three about to be unleashed, KAISER CHIEFS can still go out on the town without being pestered by paparazzi. Frontman Ricky Wilson talks about fame, hanging out with Jack White and Amy Winehouse and explains his role in that Bloc Party-John Lydon smackdown.
QUOTE: “It's weird when they say, 'Ricky Wilson walking down the street with a mystery brunette'. And you go, 'It's my girlfriend'.”

BROOKE SHIELDS
SUBJECT: Lipstick Jungle - season 2
AUTHOR: Carl Bradley
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2906
SYNOPSIS: Focusing on the new season of “Lipstick Jungle,” Brooke discusses what kind of mother her character Wendy is compared to the kind of mother she is herself and admits that a successful career comes with a hefty personal price tag.
QUOTE: “My husband is so much happier now that I'm playing this character, because Wendy wears a lot of lingerie and I've been getting spray tans and I'm working out.”

JOSH BROLIN
SUBJECT: W.
AUTHOR: Ernst Reinhart
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 3821
SYNOPSIS: Josh Brolin talks about getting under George W. Bush’s skin and how the humor in the script made it bearable to stay focussed on the job, understanding why Bush became so populair that 50 million people voted for him, and believeing in Bush’s good intentions, all the research giving him a different perspective on politics, and driving his wife crazy.
QUOTE: “You don't have to be the most brilliant guy, you don't have to be a natural born leader from the word ‘go'. Anybody can be anything, and he is proof of that.”

AC/DC ANGUS YOUNG
SUBJECT: Black Ice
AUTHOR: TJ Lammers
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2801
SYNOPSIS: It's been eight years since AC/DC released a new studio album. However, on the new CD Black Ice the band sounds as loud and energetic as ever. Main man Angus Young looks the part: Even though he is over 50, he hasn't changed a bit. There might be a few extra lines, there's a hint of hair loss, but the guitar player basically looks like the same wild rocker that put on his school uniform and plugged in way back in the seventies. Tjerk Lammers talks with him about the new album, their image, living in Holland, staying fit, and about Brian and Bon.
QUOTE: “I think maybe somewhere in there I've got a bit of a hyper disease or something”

GORDON RAMSEY
SUBJECT: Hell's Kitchen; Kitchen Nightmares
AUTHOR: Samantha Wilson
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 1211
SYNOPSIS: Meeting up with the highly-entertaining chef at Gordon Ramsey at the London in West Hollywood to talk about his latest venture. And the cook with the foulest mouth in the business doesn't hold back when it comes to dissing his competition and people who criticize his food.
QUOTE: “People see this business as glamorous - me, Nigella (Lawson), Jamie Oliver, etc. F-ck glamour. It's hard a-s work. I'm a real chef. I have to cook real.”

KATY PERRY
SUBJECT: One Of The Boys
AUTHOR: Linda Jonas
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2205
SYNOPSIS: Katy talks about her meteoric rise to fame, her recent performance at the VMA Awards and how her and musician boyfriend Travis McCoy maintain a relationship in the crazy world of showbusiness.
QUOTE: “My parents brought me up in a strict household, where just about anything taboo was wrong.”

ADRIEN BRODY
SUBJECT: The Brothers Bloom
AUTHOR: Carl Bradley
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2798
SYNOPSIS: Casually dressed in a crisp, white buttoned-down dress shirt and a dark blue pair of slacks, the Oscar-winner (“The Pianist”) talks about his role in “The Brothers Bloom,” con men, music and magic.
QUOTE: “You have to deal with periods of isolation, but it's not something to complain about.”

ANGELINA JOLIE
SUBJECT: The Changeling
AUTHOR: Barry Watson
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2601
SYNOPSIS: Starring in the provocative thriller The Changeling about a mother whose child is kidnapped. Jolie talks about working with Clint Estwood, about her mother, about balancing work and being with her kids and about raising a mixed race family.
QUOTE: “ Any mother knows that sometimes just a little time for yourself makes you a better mom.“

CLINT EASTWOOD
SUBJECT: The Changeling; Gran Torino
AUTHOR: Paul Sheehan
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 1805
SYNOPSIS: The Oscar winning actor/director discusses his new films "Changeling" and "Gran Torino," his style of filmmaking, as well as his thoughts on Hollywood, politics, and aging.
QUOTE: "Angelina (Jolie) is really talented and she does have the most striking face one could imagine. And she was one of the most prepared actresses I have ever worked with, right up there with Meryl Streep."

DAVID BECKHAM
SUBJECT: David Beckham
AUTHOR: Jake Miller
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 939
SYNOPSIS: David, 33, and his wife Victoria, 34, recently launched their latest perfume Signature in New York. The couple greeted hundreds of fans at Macy's department store. Some waited for up to four hours to catch a glimpse of the pair. They signed autographs and bottles of their new fragrance, Beckham Signature For Him and Beckham Signature For Her. Here he talks about how it feels to be a global superstar, his marriage and his fashion sense.
QUOTE: “It's great for me to be told that I'm a fashion icon.”

MIKE SKINNER - THE STREETS
SUBJECT: Everything Is Borrowed
AUTHOR: Sylvia Patterson
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 3273
SYNOPSIS: Mike Skinner, aka The Streets, is wearing a nifty grey checked Pringle suit jacket at 10. am in a swish north London café and tucking into his breakfast. Today, he's responding to a random selection of questions, a wry, philosophical personality prone to flights of curious surrealism, the sometime urchin street poet who turns 30 this November 27th.
QUOTE: “If you manage to get past the year of rock 'n' roll death (age 27) things change a bit.“

BURT BACHARACH
SUBJECT: At This Time
AUTHOR: Gavin Martin
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 885
SYNOPSIS: Now 80 Bacharach's formidable legacy insures continued respect. In recent times he's been a cover star on Oasis's debut album, Noel Gallagher guested on stage with him, he's been covered by The White Stripes, a cameo role in Austin Powers confirmed his king of cool status and he's recorded albums with Elvis Costello and Doctor Dre. There has been tragedy too - last January his eldest daughter Nikki, from his first marriage to actress Angie Dickinson, who had for years struggled with psychological problems related to Asperger's Syndrome committed suicide.
Although Bacharach remains active, appearing onstage at the BBC's Electric Proms this month, perhaps its not too surprising that he can sound like a man out of time when he considers the current state of the record business.
QUOTE: “In the studio I can control what's happening but I can't prevent a horse getting a cracked shin on the track. Which is part of the reason I guess that people like me like racing horses. We're used to controlling things.”

KAISER CHIEFS - RICKY WILSON
SUBJECT: Off With Their Heads
AUTHOR: Flann Wild
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2388
SYNOPSIS: Ricky Wilson, the chief of Leeds Britpop reviavlists Kaiser Chiefs is tired. He's also coffee-d out after a full day of meeting the press but just like his band's ebbulient guitar pop, he's got more than enough energy left to talk up the Cheifs' new album Off With Their Heads.
QUOTE: “We knew Ruby was going to be massive. We were giggling about it and when we played it to people we said here we go, they're gonna wet themselves when they hear this!"

ANNE HATHAWAY
SUBJECT: Rachel Getting Married
AUTHOR: Alan Nichols
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 1392
SYNOPSIS: The gorgeous, casually dressed young actress talks about the tremendous amount of Oscar buzz surrounding her performance in “Rachel Getting Married,” about why she chose to play Kym after director Jonathan Demme had sent her the script with a note attached to it saying, “Which role do you want to play?”
QUOTE: “You can never play a part smarter than the part is. And you can never play a part as having a more interesting emotional makeup than the part has.”

BILLY BOB THORNTON
SUBJECT: Eagle Eye
AUTHOR: Sam McFarlane
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 1201
SYNOPSIS: Eagle Eye star Billy Bob Thornton said starring in the action film provided him with a welcome break from his music career after a year spent on the road and in the studio.
QUOTE: “Dark comedies have always been one of my favorite genres to work in.“

STARS WHO SAY THE’VE HAD A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN
SUBJECT: Stars Who Say The’ve Had A Glimpse Of Heaven
AUTHOR: Joan Krzys
FORMAT: Quotes
WORDS: 1295
SYNOPSIS: Sharon Stone, Donald Sutherland, Jane Seymour,Burt Reynolds, Roseanne Barr and Elizabeth Taylor are among a number of celebrities who have gone through a near-death experience and believe they have glimpsed the after-life.
QUOTE: Sharon Stone: “I am now not afraid of dying, and I tell other people that it's a fabulous thing and that death is a gift.”

ANASTACIA
SUBJECT: Heavy Rotation
AUTHOR: Steffen Rueth
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2099
SYNOPSIS: Anastacia talks about her long awaited new album, Heavy Rotation, her marriage with bodyguard Wayne Newton, her health, her eyesight, telling the truth about her age and using botox, and being very grateful to her fans.
QUOTE: “At the moment I’m on some sort of truth-trip. I’m cleaning up the myths.”

DANIEL CRAIG
SUBJECT: James Bond: Quantum Of Solace
AUTHOR: David Giammarco
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 3563
SYNOPSIS: DANIEL CRAIG talks with David Giammarco in this revealing interview on the exclusive set of the eagerly-awaited James Bond film QUANTUM OF SOLACE, discussing everything from the enormous expectations in following up the record-breaking success of Casino Royale, and how he privately dealt with the brutal media attacks, to his personal life, and the numerous injuries he suffered while shooting what the media have called “The Cursed Bond Movie”, as well as revealing his plans for the future of the James Bond series.
QUOTE: “I really laugh and giggle too much and I tend to get in trouble for it...I guess that's not very Bond-like."

GERARD BUTLER
SUBJECT: RocknRolla
AUTHOR: Carl Bradley
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 1920
SYNOPSIS: The Scottish star of “300” talks about doing Guy Ritchie's new movie “RocknRolla,” and what it was like doing a gangster film that's very much like a jigsaw puzzle, an about what it was like speaking in his own accent for a change.
QUOTE: “I think that I would drive myself crazy if I tried to choose movies like 300, which is maybe why I went off and did a 'Nim's Island' and 'P.S. I Love You' and a 'RocknRolla', going, 'Don't even think about that.'”

JOSH BROLIN
SUBJECT: W.
AUTHOR: Stephen Applebaum
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 4349
SYNOPSIS: JOSH BROLIN talks about playing George Bush in Oliver Stone's W., politics, assumed nepotism, and that alleged bar brawl.
QUOTE: “I told my kids our life is so good, we have such a great family, we have some success, we have possibilities, well obviously I have to go to jail every couple of years just to balance it.”

CHARLIZE THERON
SUBJECT: The Burning Plain; Battle in Seattle
AUTHOR: Ernst Reinhart
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2612
SYNOPSIS: In the directorial debut of acclaimed screenplay writer Guillermo Ariaga (Babel) about a conflict-laden mother-daughter relationship, Theron plays the daughter and Kim Basinger is the mother. Here she talks about the film, transformations, her youth, her reputation, money, giving back and South Africa.
QUOTE: “I don't take for granted how important money is. It's a survival mechanism in the society - we need it. But there has always been something about me that realizes: You only need so much. “

ELBOW - GUY GARVEY
SUBJECT: The Seldom Seen Kid
AUTHOR: Paul Nolan
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 876
SYNOPSIS: Following their surprise Mercury Music Prize win, arena stardom suddenly looms for epic rockers ELBOW. Frontman Guy Garvey chats about mid-career success and his long running friendships with REM's Peter Buck and Coldplay's Chris Martin.
QUOTE: “We all famously love being from Manchester and love living there. But I think however much you love your life, at certain times you want to get out of there.“

JAMES FRANCO
SUBJECT: Pineapple Express
AUTHOR: Alvin Hill
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2035
SYNOPSIS: Normally cast as the handsome, serious leading man, Franco goes against type in his new movie, "Pineapple Express," hilariously portraying a dense and loyal pothead. James talks about the injuries he suffered while filming, why he decided to a comedy after a string of dramas, why Sean Penn, Jeff Bridges and Brad Pitt are his favorite stoners, why he's starring with Penn in "Milk," the biopic about gay politico Harvey Milk, why he has decided to go back to NYU to get his Masters Degree, and if he'll be the next John Travolta.
QUOTE: “Being the lead in films is different. You really want to have a hit, but then you have to just do the work and forget about what will happen later with it. I guess I could always go back to working at McDonalds."

RICKY GERVAIS
SUBJECT: Ghost Town
AUTHOR: Carl Bradley
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 1928
SYNOPSIS: Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais), is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Here the award-winning British comedian talks about his lead role in the new American comedy “Ghost Town,” addresses director David Koepp's steadfast rule that he won't wear wigs, won't use accents and won't kiss, and explains the strangest question he's been asked during his day of interviews.
QUOTE: “I've never wanted to be an actor. I never thought of myself as an actor. Let's face it, I'm not a great actor, but I know where I am, and I know what I'm good at. I have fun doing it, I love acting now, and more than ever.”

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
SUBJECT: Gateway to one of the world's very last frontiers
AUTHOR: Graham Simmons
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 2045
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SYNOPSIS: Frontier Alaska is a still a place where danger stalks. While the chances of harm occurring to a visitor to Anchorage are remote indeed, the knowledge that danger is ever-present is what makes a visit to the city such an adventure.
QUOTE: Jennifer Thompson, a native of Alaska: “When I was a kid, I was so scared of wild animals that we'd hide behind the school bus shelter every time one approached.

ANGELICA HUSTON
SUBJECT: Choke
AUTHOR: Rachel Clark
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 3820
SYNOPSIS: Angelica Huston explains why she wanted to do Choke, what attracts her in this part, playing weird mothers but not having chldren herself, the fun of working on a low budget movie, meeting the author of Choke, Chuck Palahnium, Alzheimers Disease, and upcoming projects.
QUOTE: “I think I'm attracted to these characters because they're imperfect, and so am I.”

KATY PERRY
SUBJECT: One Of The Boys
AUTHOR: Joanne O
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 1754
SYNOPSIS: Her song's all over the radio. It's got something to do with kissing a girl and liking it. We talk to the girl behind the mischievous hit, whose lyrics are getting everyone's knickers in a twist .
QUOTE: “It's a genuine and relevant subject matter, and these days the line between gay and straight is so fine, it's hard to actually tell who is who.”

GEMMA ARTERTON
SUBJECT: James Bond: Quantum Of Solace
AUTHOR: David Giammarco
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 3142
SYNOPSIS: New Bond Girl, Gemma Arterton, discusses with David Giammarco her embarrassing love scenes with DANIEL CRAIG, how she feared for her life while shooting in South America, as well as her “naughty” and “wild” side that perfectly fits her Bond Girl “Agent Fields”. Also about her starring role in the upcoming Jerry Bruckheimer epic adventure Prince of Persia opposite Jake Gyllenhaal.
QUOTE: “I must admit, Daniel is a very good kisser.”

GUY RITCHIE
SUBJECT: RocknRolla
AUTHOR: Daragh Keany
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 1044
SYNOPSIS: RocknRolla director Guy Ritchie says he already has plans for a second and third sequel to the crime drama and dispels the myth that he comes from a working-class family.
QUOTE: 'People think I have because of the films I make, but they are wrong.'

HAYAO MIYAZAKI
SUBJECT: Ponyo on the Cliff
AUTHOR: Ernst Reinhart
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2992
SYNOPSIS: Despite his reputation of being shy and reclusive the master of anime cinema appeared extremely upbeat and cheerful, smiling and laughing frequently during one of his rare interviews.
QUOTE: “To figure out how to pay back your mortgage is something that you should not mix with the hope for human kind.”

KATY PERRY
SUBJECT: I Kissed A Girl
AUTHOR: Flann Wild
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 1443
SYNOPSIS: Katy Perry talks about her hit single and public response to it, about the VMA’s, the elections and her obsession with beautiful women.
QUOTE: “I'm obsessed with beautiful women. Obsessed with the poise of a woman or the way a women can hold herself in public...“

BENICIO DEL TORO
SUBJECT: Che
AUTHOR: Johannes Bonke
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2537
SYNOPSIS: Guerrilla is a 2008 biopic about Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, portrayed by Benicio del Toro. The film covers the later period of Guevara's life and is the second half of a two part examination of Guevara's actively revolutionary life (The Argentine being part 1). After helping overthrow the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in Cuba, Che Guevara moved on to instigate revolutions in Africa and South America, eventually being captured and killed by counter-insurgency rangers in the mountains of Bolivia, backed by the CIA. Here Benicio talks about the role of a lifetime.
QUOTE: “Anyone who buys a T-shirt of Che is probably cool.”

CHUDNEY ROSS (DIANA ROSS’S DAUGHTER)
SUBJECT: Modeling at the New York Fashion Week
AUTHOR: Tia Walker
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2436
SYNOPSIS: This Fashion Week (Thursday, September 11th) I had the distinct pleasure of spending the day with Chudney Ross, the youngest daughter of legendary singer Diana Ross, to find out what the life of the one-time shy girl turned model, and now budding author is really like. Her constantly busy schedules between LA and New York, the recent book deal she scored with Harper Collins, and life as the daughter of Diana Ross keep life interesting for Chudney.
QUOTE: “It's sort of a double-edged sword being a celebrity's daughter, I think people expect a lot from you.”

HUGH JACKMAN
SUBJECT: Australia
AUTHOR: Ernst Reinhart
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 3413
SYNOPSIS: Kind, easygoing, open, and funny - there's many of these adjectives that you could apply to Hugh Jackman's demeanor, and they're all true. It may be because he's just taking a break from doing two large movies, Australia and Wolverine back-to-back. His daily chores are almost refreshing at this point: “Taking my kid to school, pick him up, play tennis”. During this phone interview he talks about his new films and his charmed life.
QUOTE: “I am probably the least materialistic person you ever meet.

DAVID SIMON
SUBJECT: The Wire, Generation Kill
AUTHOR: Paul Nolan
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 4356
SYNOPSIS: To devotees, it's the greatest television drama ever made, a gritty snapshot of modern America that has prompted comparison to Charles Dickens. Ahead of his forthcoming public interview in Dublin with hot press, Wire creator DAVID SIMON talks about the genesis of the series and about his controversial new Iraq-set show, Generation Kill.
QUOTE: “There are a couple of light comedies that I'd love to do. But nobody is exactly rushing to say, 'Yeah, we need to give this guy money to film a comedy, cos he's such a funny guy.' It's not as if we're in demand for our comic skills!

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT ONE NIGHT STANDS?
SUBJECT: Casual relationships
AUTHOR: Anne Sexton
FORMAT: column
WORDS: 2128
SYNOPSIS: There's a rumour out there - in fact there's a survey! - which suggests that some boys don't like being used for casual s*x. Can this be true?
QUOTE: “I wouldn't say I felt used, but I definitely felt I had let myself down by being with someone who I would normally dislike being near.“

JENNY LEWIS
SUBJECT: Acid Tongue
AUTHOR: Ed Power
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 1108
SYNOPSIS: From child actress to Rilo Kiley frontwoman to hanging out with Elvis Costello and fundraising for Obama: every day is Groundhog Day, but when you're JENNY LEWIS that's not necessarily a bad thing.
QUOTE: “I don't censor my lyrics when I'm writing them but sometimes in retrospect, I wish I had.”

AL PACINO
SUBJECT: Righteous Kill
AUTHOR: Bruno Lester
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2397
SYNOPSIS: Movie legend Al Pacino talks about his new film, his legendary status, his long career and struggles to find parts in the final chapter of his career.
QUOTE: “Earlier on in my career, I was into denying my fame. In the mid-80s I even got out of the spotlight and didn't make movies for four years because I couldn't deal with the attention. Now I deal with it fine, but I still prefer to retain a bit of mystery and not tell everything.”

ANNA PAQUIN
SUBJECT: True Blood
AUTHOR: Bruno Lester
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2208
SYNOPSIS: Ana Paquin talks about the Alan Ball TV series “True Blood,” winning an Oscar at eleven, starring in the “X-Men” trilogy, and growing up in front of the camera.
QUOTE: “In “True Blood” you get to see that having a vampire as a boyfriend isn't always the simplest of things.”

ALICIA KEYS
SUBJECT: The Secret Life Of Bees; Quantum of Solace
AUTHOR: Carl Bradley
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 3154
SYNOPSIS: Dressed in a sexy, hot red Jean Paul Gaultier dress that she will be wearing in the music video for the song she sings for the upcoming James Bond epic, the multi-platinum selling singer/songwriter and talented actress from the new ensemble film, “The Secret Life Of Bees” offers her views on marriage, explaining it's tough having a meaningful relationship when she is constantly doing movies and making music.
QUOTE: “My mother's an actress. I grew up in the theater. I grew up around the theaters. My mother always did off-Broadway, so I was always in the world, and I always loved it.”

BRAD PITT
SUBJECT: Burn After Reading
AUTHOR: Carl Bradley
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 657
SYNOPSIS: Brad Pitt talks about what it was like working with the Coen Brothers, if it was particularly delicious playing a character that was not as intelligent as he is in “Burn After Reading,” how he prepared for the role and how acting is really no different from film to film.
QUOTE: “It's much more fun to play the guys who make the wrong choices, have limited experience, and make the wrong presumptions.“

BRIAN MAY - QUEEN
SUBJECT: The Cosmos Rocks
AUTHOR: Michael Tschernek
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 1838
SYNOPSIS: Brian May talks about the new record the cosmos Rocks, the "new" QUEEN with Paul Rodgers, his favourite queen-records, Freddie Mercury, astronomy, "still burning" as a musician, and money.
QUOTE: “I love this album, this atmosphere of peace and appriciation that the album transports. It is not an album that rocks hard, but it carries a lot of weight, and offers an enormous diversity and the last pieces of Freddy’s wonderful voice.”

ANNE HATHAWAY
SUBJECT: Rachel Getting Married
AUTHOR: Bruno Lester
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2075
SYNOPSIS: Interviewed at the Toronto Film Festival, Anne is bright-eyed and talkative. Here she talks about her new film, coping with breaking up with her ‘con-man’ boyfriend, and her hopes and dreams for the future.
QUOTE: “Fame is silly and it's not going to last forever.“

BIG BOI (OUTKAST)
SUBJECT: Solo-album: Sir Lucius Leftfoot.... the son of Chico Dusty
AUTHOR: Michael Tschernek
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 3753
SYNOPSIS: Antwan André Patton aka BIG BOI about his various aliases, history & details: Sir Lucious Leftfoot, Daddy Fat Sacks, general Patton, Hot Tub Tony, his dad: Chico Dusty, family background, his movie characters, going solo, "speakerboxxx/the love below", the future of Outkast, his relationship with André 3000, the new single "Something's Gotta Give" with Mary J Blige, supporting Obama, demanding change, Big Boi as "Mayor of Atlanta", style, scoring a ballet, and breeding pitbulls.
QUOTE: “God didn’t give me this talent without a purpose. I can connect with people when I’m on stage. They can feel that I don’t feel different. And that is a blessing. I could probably compete for the office of mayor and I could win but I prefer to make music.”

JAMES FRANCO
SUBJECT: Milk
AUTHOR: Bruno Lester
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2421
SYNOPSIS: Interviewed in Los Angeles, the charmer who is casually dressed in a check shirt and jeans, talked about working with Sean Penn in “Milk,” wearing a prosthetic for the pool scene, the success of “Pinapple Express,” and his life and career.
QUOTE: “I never just hang. It's an impossibility. I don't even like to sleep. I feel as if there's too much to do.”

JUNE NEWTON
SUBJECT: Helmut and June Newton
AUTHOR: Michael Klinkhamer
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 2041
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SYNOPSIS: Helmut Newton was a controversial person. He was the bad boy of fashion and glamour photography, largely thanks to his powerful images of women. Newton died in 2004; his creative heritage is being managed by his widow June Newton. Michael Klinhamer meets her at the Helmut Newton foundation in Berlin to talk about their work and a new exhibition called 'Pigozzi and the Paparazzi.'
QUOTE: “He died with his boots on. That's a good way to go.”

ALICIA KEYS
SUBJECT: The Secret Life Of Bees; Quantum of Solace
AUTHOR: Robin Lynch
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 3687
SYNOPSIS: Thrilled about doing the James Bond theme song, Alicia Keys talks about her biggest role to date in the upcoming Secret Life Of Bees.
QUOTE: “I didn't really see “Casino Royale” so I couldn't judge. Don't tell anyone.“

MARK WAHLBERG
SUBJECT: Max Payne
AUTHOR: Bruno Lester
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2929
SYNOPSIS: Interviewed in San Diego, the reformed criminal is a calm, polite conservatively-dressed man, who talks openly about everything from his new film “Max Payne,” to finding his faith, fatherhood, upcoming marriage and living the American dream.
QUOTE: “Had I been unlucky, I could easily have been like my friends, doing life in prison or having huge numbers of kids they don't take care of.”

MATHIEU AMALRIC
SUBJECT: James Bond: Quantum of Solace
AUTHOR: Bruno Lester
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2004
SYNOPSIS: Mathieu Amalric, who stars in five to seven French films a year, talks about being the new Bond villain and his unusual career.
QUOTE: “It's amazing the money that I got for the James Bond film. I will put into my own film."

A DEADLY TRADE
SUBJECT: China joins a global struggle against counterfeit drugs
AUTHOR: Thomas Land
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 1700
SYNOPSIS: CHINA has revoked the manufacturing licences of three pharmaceutical companies and fined 125 other enterprises for involvement in the production or sale of illegal drugs. The move, just announced by the Beijing pharmaceutical watchdog, may well mark a global turning point in the fight against counterfeit medications.
QUOTE: 'There is no magic bullet to deal with counterfeit medicines. Countries need to adopt multi-pronged, multidisciplinary approaches to combat the problem.’

ATLANTA
SUBJECT: What went right
AUTHOR: Sarah Bentley
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 3804
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SYNOPSIS: Atlanta is a metropolitan juggernaut that refuses to stop. It excels in sports, business, music, but perhaps most definitively, is regarded as the US city African-Americans are most able to thrive. This three part report looks at what went right for the 'New South' city that began life as a rail line stop.
Part 1: The Past - Rising From The Ashes
Part 2: The Present - A Bird In Flight
Part 3: The Future - Run With It
QUOTE: Jermaine Dupri: “We knew people would only listen to our music if we made hits. We did hits so well it became the sound of the city. Now anyone mainstream has to come to Atlanta to get a beat.”

AMERICA FERRERA
SUBJECT: The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2; Ugly Betty
AUTHOR: Carl Bradley
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 1740
SYNOPSIS: The star of the TV hit “Ugly Betty” and the movie sequel “The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2” talks about what she does in her free time now that production on “Ugly Betty” has moved to New York, about what experiences and relationships in her own personal life - while growing up- affected her “Sisterhood” role, and about favourite roles and scenes.
QUOTE: “I have way too much respect for the work to ever jeopardize my ability to do my job. I just don't know who has the time to get in trouble.”

DANIEL CRAIG, GEMMA ARTERTON AND OLGA KURYLENKO
SUBJECT: James Bond: Quantum of Solace
AUTHOR: David Giammarco
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 2046
SYNOPSIS: DANIEL CRAIG, along with sexy Bond Girls GEMMA ARTERTON and OLGA KURYLENKO talk one-on-one on the set of the upcoming James Bond film “Quantum of Solace”, covering topics ranging from Daniel Craig's self-confessed “exhibitionism” and his desire to push Bond beyond the success of “Casino Royale”, to Gemma's sex scenes with Daniel Craig and her admitted “naughty side”, to Olga's real-life espionage escape from her poverty-stricken existence in the USSR for a successful modeling career in Paris and now worldwide fame as the feisty femme fatale in “Quantum of Solace”.
QUOTE: Daniel Craig: ““I am an actor, so I've been an exhibitionist since as long as I can remember...”

EVA MENDES
SUBJECT: The Women
AUTHOR: Robin Lynch
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2039
SYNOPSIS: Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes, Annette Bening, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Candice Bergen and Bette Midler star in “The Women.” Mendes talks about being the vilain in this comedy, the position of latinas in America, auditioning for this movie three years ago, Meg Ryan, directors and upcoming projects.
QUOTE: “The role is almost secondary because I do this for the experience of it all and not because I hope the movie is going to do well at the box office.“

FRANZ FERDINAND - ALEX KAPRANOS
SUBJECT: upcoming third album; Agyness Deyn
AUTHOR: Stuart Clark
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 1243
SYNOPSIS: With that long-awaited third album in the pipeline, and an imminent electric picnic slot, Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos talks to us about utilising the doppler effect on the new record, his love of classic disco 45s, how he’s all in favour of leaking new tunes on Youtube, and hanging out with supermodel Agyness Deyn.
QUOTE: “The commonest reason for an album being shrouded in secrecy and not played to anybody in advance is the record company knowing it's bloody awful.”

JAMES FRANCO
SUBJECT: Pineapple Express
AUTHOR: Alvin Hill
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2035
SYNOPSIS: Normally cast as the handsome, serious leading man, Franco goes against type in his new movie, "Pineapple Express," hilariously portraying a dense and loyal pothead. James talks about the injuries he suffered while filming, why he decided to a comedy after a string of dramas, why Sean Penn, Jeff Bridges and Brad Pitt are his favorite stoners, why he's starring with Penn in "Milk," the biopic about gay politico Harvey Milk, why he has decided to go back to NYU to get his Masters Degree, and if he'll be the next John Travolta.
QUOTE: “Being the lead in films is different. You really want to have a hit, but then you have to just do the work and forget about what will happen later with it. I guess I could always go back to working at McDonalds."

JASON STATHAM
SUBJECT: Death Race
AUTHOR: Carl Bradley
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2400
SYNOPSIS: The red-hot English action star explains what it was like shooting the wild car racing scenes, if he ever saw the original “Death Race 2000,” the status of “Crank 2,” and explains if he was surprised doing another “Crank,” considering his character was assumed dead at the end of the first. Also about finishing “The Transporter 3,” if he thinks CGI is going out of style, and the amount of Mustangs they went through while shooting...
QUOTE: “It's a car movie. It's not 'The Godfather.'”

KATE WALSH
SUBJECT: Private Practice; Legoin
AUTHOR: Alan Nichols
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2096
SYNOPSIS: The former costar of “Grey's Anatomy” and its hit spin-off “Private Practice,” explains what she admires about her “Private Practice” character, Addison, when it comes to the subject of love and relationships. And about how she has been spending her summer, the movie “Legion,” and why it was fun doing the supernatural thriller plus her plans to vote in this year's presidential election and her campaigning for Barack Obama.
QUOTE: “ I didn't get into this business to be safe.“

JANICE DICKINSON
SUBJECT: Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency
AUTHOR: Carl Bradley
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 4409
SYNOPSIS: Janice reveals her favorite mistake in love is, talks about her self-deprecating sense of humor and why she doesn't take herself too seriously, how women can keep a small waistline, answers if the criteria to become a "supermodel" has changed in her lifetime, and what she is trying to achieve with the fourth season of her show "The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency."
QUOTE: “I will continue my quest to find the next Kate Moss or Gabriel Aubrey [Mr. Halle Berry] to find that face that's out there somewhere at a football game or at a rock concert.“

KIEFER SUTHERLAND
SUBJECT: Mirrors; 24; his musiclabel Ironworks
AUTHOR: Rachel Clark
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 3273
SYNOPSIS: Kiefer Sutherland and Amy Smart star in "Mirrors," the story of a man, who is head of security at a department store plagued by unexplained deaths The store is also the target of demonstrators wanting compensation for an earlier staff fire tragedy. The man becomes intrigued by a disturbed woman. She claims her sister, who died in the fire, is exacting revenge, using mirrors as a gateway back into the living world. He talks about the movie, doing something different from ‘24’, horror movies, mirrors, , his music label, his father, children, and upcoming projects.
QUOTE: “I don't hate mirrors, I'm just, never been overly thrilled with what I see when I look in one.”

METALLICA - JAMES HETFIELD
SUBJECT: Death Magnetic
AUTHOR: Paul Nolan
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 2634
SYNOPSIS: They were the original death metal bad-asses. But in recent years infighting and running battles with alcoholism and other addictions have threatened to derail METALLICA. Now they're back with an album that recaptures their brain-frying '80s pomp. On the eve of the record's release, frontman James Hetfield talks about the dark side of hedonism, back-stage partying with Guns 'n Roses and his love of Thin Lizzy.
QUOTE: “I'm here to say that we've survived it, but obviously there's tomorrow. We're down the road but we're not that far from the ditch.”

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK - DONNIE WAHLBERG AND DANNY WOOD
SUBJECT: The Block
AUTHOR: Rachel Clark
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 3587
SYNOPSIS: Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood talk about their new NKOTB album.
QUOTE: DW: “I have less hair now, but it's actually a good thing, because I had too much back then, I wasn't sure what to do with it and that's one of my big regrets, is looking at them hair dos.”

JENNIFER HUDSON
SUBJECT: Debut album: Jennifer Hudson
AUTHOR: Alan Nichols
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2452
SYNOPSIS: The Oscar-winning Dreamgirl is about to release her long awaited debut album “Jennifer Hudson,” and she's anxious to talk about her self-titled CD, her Oscar win and her upcoming film projects.
QUOTE: “I think people will be surprised, but they'll like it.”

JOHN WATERS
SUBJECT: This Filthy Earth
AUTHOR: Tara Brady
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 2190
SYNOPSIS: He's the Hollywood enfant terrible who refuses to mellow with age. In a rare interview, JOHN WATERS talks about the aesthetics of trash, and looks back on a career that has seen him work with Debbie Harry, Iggy Pop and Johnny Depp.
QUOTE: “I'm about the minority who don't fit in the minority. I'm proud to be gay but I never fitted all that comfortably into the gay world either. They had just as many rules as my parents had that I didn't want to follow.“

MADS MIKKELSEN
SUBJECT: Valhalla Rising
AUTHOR: Bruno Lester
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 1583
SYNOPSIS: Denmark's most popular star, Mads Mikkelsen, played evil Le Chiffre in the James Bond hit “Casino Royale” before following in the footsteps of Madonna and Kylie Minogue as the face of H&M. Now he stars as the silent Viking warrior One-Eye in the action film “Valhalla Rising.”
QUOTE: “I'd rather see a film with Meryl Streep than one with Angelina Jolie. Women go to the movies to see hunky guys, but few men go to the movies to see a beautiful girl and doesn't care how she acts. I couldn't dream of doing that.”

HAYLEY ATWELL
SUBJECT: Brideshead Revisited; The Duchess
AUTHOR: Sam McFarlane
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2386
SYNOPSIS: Beautiful British actress Hayley Atwell is making quite a name for herself on both sides of the Atlantic, on stage and screen. Having most recently starred in Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream, the actress stars as the often-cold Julia Flyte in Brideshead Revisited, and will be seen later this year opposite Keira Knightley in The Duchess. In this exclusive interview, Atwell also reveals that she is about to start production on the miniseries The Prisoner
QUOTE: “When it comes to be putting up for such amazing roles in such big films, you just go in and you think, “Well, there's no way I'm gonna get it, so I might as well just do my best.” And I think that relieved some of the pressure off of me...”

HUGH JACKMAN
SUBJECT: Australia; X-Men Origins: Wolverine
AUTHOR: Bruno Lester
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2129
SYNOPSIS: The outgoing Mr. Nice Guy Hugh Jackman talks about Baz Lurhmann’s “Australia”, working with Nicole Kidman, the upcoming Wolverine spin-off, and his life as a heartthrob, husband and dad to two adopted children.
QUOTE: “I'm a believer in fate. I believe my success was meant to be. In 1991, when I was an acting student, I was told by a woman claiming to be a white witch that I was going to be a big star. She told me, 'Things are going to happen fast. Go with them. Don't be scared.' I guess she was right.”

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY
SUBJECT: The Duchess
AUTHOR: James Eliot
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 4379
SYNOPSIS: Keira Knightley talks about The Duchess, taking risks, being savaged by the media, and why she is prepared to face her fear and sing again.
QUOTE: “I've been reading lots of feminist literature and I think I've become even more confused about the role of feminism in modern day society than I was when I started. So, I think I should keep my mouth shut about it [laughs].”

CRAIG NEWMARK
SUBJECT: Craigslist
AUTHOR: Hélène Schilders
FORMAT: Transcript
WORDS: 4429
SYNOPSIS: Craig Newmark is the founder of Craigslist. He discusses the criticism that his free advertising website, the seventh-most popular website in the United States, has drained advertising revenue from newspapers, the need for investigative journalism, the different ways in which he helps journalistic organizations, the litigation with eBay Craigslist is involved in, his support for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, and the profound way in which technology has changed the democratic process.
QUOTE: “The deal is, I would like to save the world, but I am too lazy and not smart enough. But I find people who are energetic and smarter than me, and then I help them out, allowing me to have frequent naps.”

GLASVEGAS
SUBJECT: Glasvegas
AUTHOR: Brian Boyd
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 1081
SYNOPSIS: Glasvegas are tipped to be the next huge thing. Their debut album is released in two weeks. Elvis Presley's daugther, Lisa Marie, wants to cover their songs and work with them. The man who discovered Oasis, Alan McGee, thinks they're even better than Oasis. Here's an interview with lead singer and chief songwriter, James Allen.
QUOTE: “Really, it's no exaggeration to say that watching art films and listening to Phil Spector records made me who I am today.”

ICE CUBE
SUBJECT: Raw Footage
AUTHOR: John Sellers
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 837
SYNOPSIS: With a new album, Raw Footage, just released and new movies coming up, rapper turned entertainment mogul Ice Cube looks back on his carreer.
QUOTE: “You know, people ask me why I did Anaconda. I did Anaconda simply because the black man didn't die in the fuckin' movie. Damn, it's a revolution! You know what I'm saying?”

IGGY POP AND THE STOOGES
SUBJECT: touring
AUTHOR: Gavin Martin
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 898
SYNOPSIS: The Stooges, featuring Iggy and original members brothers Ron and Scott Asheton reformed in 2004. Touring the festivals Iggy talks about their past success, checking into a mental institution to fight his drugs addiction.
QUOTE: “I needed to get out of the culture, that wasn't going to happen in a drug facility. I'd become a drug hero and in there I'd only get drug worship. I needed to hide out with some real crazy people.”

JOHN GILLIGAN
SUBJECT: Ireland's Most Hated Criminal;
The True Story Of The John Gilligan Gang;
The Murder of Veronica Guerin
AUTHOR: Jason O’Toole
FORMAT: Narrative
WORDS: 6663
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SYNOPSIS: When Sunday Independent journalist Veronica Guerin was gunned down in cold blood on the Naas Road, the finger of suspicion turned on JOHN GILLIGAN. A career criminal, dubbed Factory John by the tabloids, he had already been accused of assaulting the reporter at his home in Enfield, Co.Kildare. John Gilligan was charged with the murder - and subsequently acquitted. In the court of public opinion, fuelled by the media and the film Veronica Guerin, he may have remained forever guilty, but he has always protested his innocence. Incarcerated in Portlaoise prison on a cannabis smuggling conviction, here - in his first ever in-depth interview - Ireland's Most Hated Criminal tells his life story, offering his version of some of the most dramatic events of the past 20 years in Ireland.
QUOTE: “I don't want you to just believe me - I want you to look at the paperwork. Look at the facts. If you were to do an exercise today that two and two is four - you won't get six or five. Two and two is four. Full stop. That's the sort of thing we're talking about. I didn't do it...”
PART 2: JOHN GILLIGAN: My Side Of The Story (5879 words)

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY
SUBJECT: The Duchess; The Edge of Love
AUTHOR: Bruno Lester
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2683
SYNOPSIS: Keira Knightley does not talk of her three-year relationship with her “Pride & Prejudice” co-star Rupert Friend, but speaks readily about her new films, the pressures of fame, the focus on her Audrey Hepburn-figure and life as Hollywood's It Girl.
QUOTE: “I'm not very tough. I'm a wimp, in fact. But I do like to swear a lot. Bollocks is my favourite curse word.”

AMERICA FERRERA, AMBER TAMBLYN, ALEXIS BLEDEL AND BLAKE LIVELY
SUBJECT: The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2
AUTHOR: Alan Nichols
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 5437
SYNOPSIS: The four young stars of “The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants” talk about traveling to Greece to film the sequel, the best sequences, what it was like working with each other, America talks about the new season of “Ugly Betty” in NYC, Blake on the second season of “Gossip Girls,” being role models, staying grounded, hobbies, plans for the future and how friendships and relationships affected them in real life.
QUOTE: America Ferrara: “We try to see each other whenever we're in the same town.”

CHUCK PALAHNIUK
SUBJECT: Choke
AUTHOR: Jeff Sartain
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 3596
SYNOPSIS: A former semi-truck mechanic with a degree in journalism, Chuck Palahniuk broke out as a major figure in American literature shortly after David Fincher adapted his first novel into the 1999 cult-classic, Fight Club. Later this year, writer-director Clark Gregg's adaptation of Palahniuk's fourth novel, Choke, will appear in theaters. So far, Choke has received rave reviews at film festivals and sneak previews and is eagerly anticipated by Palahniuk's fans across the globe.
QUOTE: “[Since the success of Fightclub] I'm not working full time anymore. I'm not working at Freightliner. I have a different car. Basically, all my friends are still the same. I live in the same house. Everything else for the most part is still the same.”

HUGH JACKMAN
SUBJECT: his career; Australia
AUTHOR: Christine Mortag-Kühn
FORMAT: Q&A
WORDS: 2323
SYNOPSIS: In a very open interview Jackman discu