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Back to SearchBest of 2021: Sean Penn
Willie looks back on his memorable interviews of the year. In the 39 years since audiences fell in love with Sean Penn as Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times …
4 years, 8 months ago
Best of 2021: H.E.R.
Willie looks back on his memorable interviews of the year. The multi-talented musician H.E.R. has worked to avoid becoming a package for pop cultural…
4 years, 8 months ago
Matthew McConaughey (2021)
After its release last October, Matthew McConaughey’s extraordinarily raw and honest memoir Greenlights became something of a phenomenon while spendi…
4 years, 8 months ago
Hillary Clinton
Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton had not prepared a concession speech until the morning after losing the election to Donald Tru…
4 years, 8 months ago
Javier Bardem
Javier Bardem’s road to stardom began in Spain, where he grew up in a family of artists and performers. Since then, he has built a Hollywood resume t…
4 years, 8 months ago
Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields has been in our lives since she was a child, appearing in movies and on television, on magazine covers, and in famous ads for blue jea…
4 years, 9 months ago
Lin-Manuel Miranda
In 2008, Lin-Manuel Miranda read Ron Chernow’s biography of Alexander Hamilton while on vacation and began envisioning something no one else could ha…
4 years, 9 months ago
Michael Che
Born and raised in New York City’s Lower East Side, Michael Che grew up with early jobs selling t-shirts and working open mic nights. After being spo…
4 years, 9 months ago
Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks decided a long time ago she would control her own destiny in Hollywood. In her two decades on screen, Banks has earned three Emmy nom…
4 years, 9 months ago
John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo immigrated to the United States from Colombia when he was 4 years old and since then he’s made his way to some of the biggest screens …
4 years, 10 months ago