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Roddy Doyle Ha Ha Ha?
In July 2000, The London Observer printed the following notice: ...
Out of Order
One day at the height of the Vietnam War, Lord Mountbatten agreed to appear on "...
Pronunciation Unit
"There was a special pronunciation unit at the BBC," Gerald Priestland once reca...
Madonna: Spread-Eagled in H...
While filming Evita in Hungary, Madonna sat for an interview (using an in...
No Canvassing?
J. M. Barrie valued his privacy and was known to react violently when it was inv...
Olivier Martinez: French Br...
Olivier Martinez - touted as "The French Brad Pitt" - was once asked whether his...
No-Hitter
Kurtwood Smith (best known for his role on "That '70s Show") once gave an interv...
Avian Irony
David Frost's most difficult interview? "Perhaps it was the time I interviewed w...
Richard Gere: Sex Object
When Richard Gere returned from the set of Yanks he found that ...
Pressed Off?
"The ambassador of a great nation called at the White House one day for an impor...
Freudian Quip
In his capacity as a comedian on "You Bet Your Life" Groucho Marx interviewed ma...
Royall Treatment
President John Quincy Adams, an enthusiastic swimmer, frequently skinny-dipped i...
Mario Cuomo: Most Decisive
Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo was once asked by a reporter about his inte...
Smoot
While working as a cub reporter for the New York World, Heywood Broun was...
No. Kumquats.
When Johnny Carson first signed on as host of "The Tonight Show" he was so swamp...
Tricky Proposition
In March 2003, with an Anglo-America invasion of Iraq on the horizon, Dan Rather...
Diane Sawyer: One-Woman Fil...
"Learning on the job [at WLKY-TV in Louisville], Diane Sawyer did everything fro...
Alan Zweibel: Lorne Michael...
Alan Zweibel started his career as a standup comedian. It did not go well. "One ...
James Lipton: Lipton, P.I.?
Though James Lipton refused to ask personal questions on "Inside the Actors Stud...
You Say.. Tomatoes!?
David Frost once interviewed Baldur von Schirach, the former head of the Hitler ...
Alan Cumming: Denim Kilt
One day in 2003, Alan Cumming arrived at the premiere for X2 (the ...
Pussycat
"Defense Secretary [James R.] Schlesinger tended to speak his mind, especially w...
Nodding Off?
ABC's John Miller was among the last western journalists to interview (through a...
The Dink
The 4' 5" Peter "The Dink" Dinklage was once asked which commonly-asked intervie...
Curious Advice
One day an American journalist visited a remote cottage in Brittany where Marie ...
Short Article
A magazine once sent J. Paul Getty a check for two hundred pounds and a request ...
Welcome Black
During a guest appearance on "Last Call with Carson Daly" one evening, Jay Mohr ...
Dramatic Workshop
As a teenager, Robert De Niro decided to apply for admission to the illustrious ...
Katharine Hepburn: Pants
Katharine Hepburn almost always wore pants, even when doing so was decidedly unf...
Great Script Idea #378?
While interviewing Oscar-nominated screenwriter Michael Lerner for a profile, fr...
Ballsy Comment
Sean Penn once appeared on James Lipton's "Inside the Actors Studio." Conversati...
Connoisseur
Noted New York Times editor Mervyn Rothstein once attended a performance ...
LeBlanc Stare?
In 1922, after Maurice Maeterlinck's widely-publicized romance with French actre...
Jack E. Robinson: WUPZ-990?
In November 2000, Republican Massachusetts businessman Jack E. Robinson challeng...
Pisser?
One day at a press luncheon, Tristan Bernard found himself seated beside a femal...
Cordial Mussolini
In 1937, Vernon Bartlett interviewed Italian Fascist dictator and prime minister...
David Coulthard: Speed Limiter
In June 2005, Formula One driver David Coulthard was interviewed by ITV's Louise...
Crafty Dedication
As a young journalist researching "countercultural communities" in the 1970s, El...
Yasir Arafat: Pointedly Foo...
In 1977, David Frost landed a interview with PLO leader Yasir Arafat. "There's a...
Hudson's Homosexuality
Though Rock Hudson's homosexuality was public knowledge by the time of his death...
Skeet
Skeet Ulrich was a young punk in high school. "I didn't even go to my prom," he ...
Monica Potter Sex Scene
Maxim magazine's Bob Ivry once had the privilege of interviewing the love...
Poetic insight
One day a journalist arrived at Robert Frost's home for an interview. "Do you ha...
For Real?
British comedian Ali G once interviewed famed feminist professor Sue Less, the d...
RFK
In 1968, David Frost interviewed Robert F. Kennedy at the Benson Hotel in Portla...
Urgent Message
Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee was interrupted one day during an interview by his...
Mariah Carey: Royal Airness
In 1999, during a massive press conference held to promote a new single, Mariah ...
Attack of the Clones
While Hayden Christensen loved playing the role of Luke Skywalker in the Star Wa...
Justin Timberlake: Timber S...
During an interview with Rolling Stone magazine one day, 'N Sync's Justin...
Farrah Fawcett Situation
One evening George W. Bush appeared as a guest on "The Late Show with David Lett...
Evasive Maneuver
President Cleveland was pestered one day by a reporter seeking a statement on a ...
Steinbeck
Despite his intense dislike of personal publicity, John Steinbeck consented to a...
Seymour Hersh & the My Lai ...
After serving as Eugene McCarthy's Press Secretary, Seymour Hersh (disgusted by ...
Bowled Over
A People reporter once asked Billy Bob Thornton about his short-lived mar...
Dead Poet's Society (long)
Screenwriters, as Tom Schulman quickly learned, have long been the lowest member...
Worm Saloon
Shortly after the appearance of Independent Worm Saloon, Butthole Surfers...
Silent Cal
"Interviewing President Coolidge ["Silent Cal"] was the journalist's idea of a n...
Lynne Reid-Banks: Verbal Bl...
"Lynne Reid-Banks became famous as one of the most innocent as well as one of th...
Muhammad Ali: Nose Knows
"This happened years ago when Muhammad Ali was still Cassius Clay, pink-cheeked ...
Lars Frederiksen: Punk Antics
During an interview with MuchMusic one day, Rancid frontman Lars Frederiksen lam...
Jane Addams: Social Reformer
When a corrupt Chicago bureaucracy endangered the health of slum dwellers by ref...
Niki Lauda: Burning Question
"Interviewing Niki Lauda, not long after an escape from a blazing Grand Prix car...
Mad Mike (long)
While interviewing Mike Tyson in a corner booth in a greasy restaurant in Las Ve...
Farrah Fawcett Situation
One evening George W. Bush appeared as a guest on "The Late Show with David Lett...
CORE Irony
On February 4, 2002, national Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) spokesman Niger...
Ben Kingsley: Sir Jackass?
During a press conference for Thunderbirds in July 2004, a German journal...
George Clooney Interview
In 2003, Vanity Fair's Ned Zeman interviewed George Clooney in Italy (whe...
Wacky Will Ferrell
While preparing an article on Will Ferrell in 2003, Esquire magazine's Sc...
DMX: Light It Up
One evening, DMX met with GQ's Lucy Kaylin at L.A.'s Saddle Ranch restaur...
Adam Levine: Poetic Soul
From an early age, Maroon5 frontman Adam Levine thrived on angst. Indeed, during...
Pauly Lit: Robert DeNiro Im...
During a guest appearance on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in 2004, eight-year...
Philip Norman: Elizabeth Ta...
"In 1967, as a young, inexperienced writer for The Sunday Times Magazine,...
Muammar Qaddafi: Body Language
In March 2004, Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi met with British Prime Minister T...
Don Imus: Hardball Guest
"Hardball" host Chris Matthews once recalled his oddest interview. After meeting...
Kevin Smith: Dogma is Shit
Kevin Smith and Bryan Johnson once joined a large group of religious fanatics pr...
Ben Affleck: Wedding Day
While promoting Paycheck in Los Angeles in 2003, Ben Affleck was asked wh...
Matt LeBlanc: Making Babies
During an appearance on the "Tonight Show" in 2004, Matt LeBlanc announced that ...
Jack Weinberg: Generation Gap
On October 1st, 1964, University of California student Jack Weinberg was arreste...
Wesley Clark: Press Secretary
While campaigning for the Democratic nomination in 2004, Wesley Clark was asked ...
Tony Danza: Tonight Show In...
Early in his career, Tony Danza was invited to appear on "The Tonight Show Starr...
Dominic West: Alcoholic?
"The best [blooper] was during the press I did for 28 Days," Dominic West...
Sharon Osbourne: Last Straw
Sharon Osbourne once explained why she was no longer hosting "The Sharon Osbourn...
Cate Blanchett: Meet the Press
In 2005, Cate Blanchett won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Kath...
Saucy Kennedy
While New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani was being interviewed by a colleague durin...
Classic Russell Crowe
A hapless journalist once asked Russell Crowe to enumerate some of his favorite ...
Bowen Boner?
In January 2002, Julie Bowen appeared as a guest on "Last Call with Carson Daly....
LBJ
LBJ, according to Maxim magazine, "bedded five of the six beautiful secre...
Classic Coward
An interviewer once asked Noel Coward whether he had anything to say to the ...
Twain Beds?
Mark Twain did much of his writing in bed, irrespective of the time. One day, hi...
In a Pynch?
Thomas Pynchon's reputation for asceticism was not unknown to author David Hadju...
Trina
Bonso Thompson, the fearless editor of music magazine XXL, once asked rap...
Director of Poetry
One day in 1993, Lucie Brock-Broido, a former student and protege of the great p...
Firing Blanks?
Each member of Hanson was once asked by a wily interviewer to fill in the blanks...
Pretty Baby
Brooke Shields, who was named one of the most "intriguing" people of the year by...
Poems and Prose
Prospective Oxford fellows were routinely asked to dine at the high table with t...
Peruvian Runaround (long)
The writer Willard Espy once resolved to interview the revolutionary Peruvian po...
Saarinen
Eero Saarinen was noted for his exceptionally slow manner of speaking. One day a...
Metropolitician?
In November 1949, Rudolph Bing, having arrived in the United States to assume th...
Bowie Made Up?
David Bowie was once asked by a reporter whether he considered himself a good ac...
Street-Interview
"On one of the first occasions when I went 'street-interviewing,'" Wynford Vaugh...
Happy Family
Drew Barrymore was once asked whether she hoped to have children. Her reply? ...
Tom Cruise: Magnolia
After several years without speaking to his father, Tom Cruise and his sisters v...
Bolstoy
In 2000 James Lipton, famed for his dedication to research, had Philip Seymour H...
Jennifer Connelly Interview
Jennifer Connelly, who often went hiking in the Temescal Canyon (a short walk fr...
Uma Thurman Interview
Uma Thurman once did an interview with Premiere magazine. Parrying a ques...
Se?en
In order to heighten the suspense for the audience, Kevin Spacey accepted his ro...
Russell Crowe: What an Ass
During an interview one day, Russell Crowe was asked whether there was a particu...
Mano a Mano?
In 1959, shortly after he had toppled the corrupt regime of Cuban dictator Fulge...
Air Ball?
Shortly after the release of their hit single "Kiss Me," British MTV VJ Donna Ai...
Attention-Seeker?
Unlike many Hollywood stars, Noah Wyle once professed to "actually like doing in...
Berry Unplugged?
At the start of an interview one day, Chuck Berry was asked how he was doing. "I...
Trick Question?
New York Giants' offensive lineman Jeff Hatch once recalled the gruelling testin...
Clint Eastwood Picture
One day on the set of Bronco Billy (1980), Clint Eastwood consented to an...
Interview
In 1920, after falling seriously ill in China, Bertrand Russell elected to retur...
Masculinity
Harper's magazine once sent a questionnaire to a select number of promine...
Rather Crazy
"CBS news anchor Dan Rather has interviewed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein," Cona...
Ben Affleck: Affleck For Pr...
During an interview with GQ magazine in May 2001, Ben Affleck revealed hi...
Ice-Breaker
One day in 1977, former president Richard Nixon, famed for his lack of social gr...
Priorities, Priorities
"[In January 1993, Hillary Clinton] had already been named to head the President...
Phil Spector & Lana Clarkson
On February 3, 2003, the legendary record producer Phil Spector was arrested on ...
J. K. Rowling's Next Book
J. K. Rowling was once asked by an interviewer to divulge some information about...
Secretive Charlie Kaufman
The reclusive screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (who refused to be photographed and o...
Grace Jones & Russell Harty
While interviewing Grace Jones on his talk show one evening, Russell Harty made ...
Moby & the Rumor Mill
In August 2002, after being romantically linked with such stars as Natalie Portm...
Miami Sex Machine?
Carla Vanessa Ramirez and Lorena Pinot (of Miami Sound Machine) once sat down fo...
Barbara Walters & Julianne ...
Shortly after her appearance in The Hours, Julianne Moore found herself d...
Krista Griffith: Stuff Inte...
Canadian fuckingmodel Krista Griffith, scheduled for meeting with an reporter fr...
Barbara Walters: Muammar Qa...
Barbara Walters once interviewed loopy Libyan dictator Muammar "Brotherly Leader...
Thom Yorke: Paranoid Android
Famously paranoid Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke once consented to an interview w...
Ian McCulloch: Attitudes, n...
While describing his the band's music during an interview with Blender ma...
Elvis Costello: Difficult P...
"You're often written about as if you're a difficult person, but how cranky can ...
Groucho Marx & Richard Nixon
During an interview one day, Groucho Marx was asked whether there was any hope f...
Russell Crowe: Tough Interview
Russell Crowe once walked out of an interview with the New York Post. Cro...
Shane MacGowan Interview
Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan once filled out an interview form containing such...
William Jennings Bryan: Chi...
One day during his tenure as Secretary of State, William Jennings Bryan intervie...
Aaron Eckhart: Headline
During an interview with Details magazine one day, Aaron Eckhart declined...
Zach Galifianakis: Telephon...
"I called a temp agency looking for work and they asked if I had any phone skill...
Viggo Mortensen: Vanity Fai...
During an interview with Vanity Fair's Alex Kuczynski in a restaurant sho...
John Terry: Holy Makelele
During an interview one day, John Terry was asked which of his colleagues he tho...
Loretta Lynn: Old Question?
During an interview one day, Loretta Lynn was asked to reveal her age. "Between ...
David Blaine Interview
"Interviewing him was very wasted," ITV GMTV presenter Eamon Holmes once recalle...
Marion Jones: Sports Reporters
Olympic sprinter Marion Jones was no fan of the sporting press. "When I talk, yo...
Barbra Streisand: Favorite ...
While interviewing Barbra Streisand, "Inside the Actor's Studio" host James Lipt...
Gary Anderson: The Kicker
During an interview one day, Minnesota Vikings kicker Gary Anderson was asked ho...
Jeremy Paxman: Bewildered
"One day I was interviewing a trade union leader about an industrial dispute," B...
Ted Koppel: Yapper
During a "Nightline" interview in February 1987, Ted Koppel found himself face t...
Bob Schieffer: Awkward Ques...
"We had Donald Rumsfeld on 'Face the Nation,'" CBS anchor Bob Schieffer later re...
Richard Nixon: New Advisors
Bob Schieffer once had the pleasure of interviewing president Richard Nixon. "Th...
Laura Bush: Spun with Pride
During an interview one day, GQ's Devin Friedman asked Laura Bush what sh...
Joey "Keep It In Your Pants...
Sopranos star Joey "Pants" Pantoliano celebrated his 2002 Emmy nomination...
Matthew Fox: Wannabes
While studying economics at Columbia and considering a career on Wall Street, Ma...
Guerrero
Like many players, Pedro Guerrero was not always pleased with his portrayal in t...
Zwemmer
At 16, Paul Hamlyn applied to the bookseller Anton Zwemmer for a job. The interv...
Glass Menagerie
While the young actress Lizabeth Scott was thrilled with her early success, she ...
Woody Allen Interview
During an interview with Nigel Farndale one day, Woody Allen waxed philosophical...
Hollywood Press
Warren Beatty, not noted for his love of the Hollywood press, once declared: "In...
Proper Maff
British comedian Ali G once interviewed Sir Rhodes Boyson (a conservative educat...
Larry David: Interview Abou...
Shortly after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington in September 2001...
Dim Reception
One day in March 2000, George W. Bush appeared on "The Late Show with David Lett...
Narcoleptic Kimmel
One day in 2003, late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel agreed to sit for an int...
Indecent Proposal
One day in 2002, KISS frontman Gene Simmons found himself embroiled in a confron...
Naomi Campbell: Rude Artist
One day in 2002, leggy fuckingmodel Naomi Campbell arrived for a live TV intervi...
Zeta-Jones: Alpha Bitch
In 2002, Catherine Zeta-Jones learned that a small French spa had taken a quote ...
DMX: Interview
In 2001, DMX - a former thug from the School Street projects in Yonkers, New Yor...
After Hours?
Shortly after the appearance of Hours in 1999, David Bowie was asked to c...
Douglas Feith: Intelligence...
As of 9/11, America had no spies in Iraq and very few operatives with expertise ...
The Bull?
"Interviewing Ronald Reagan," Frank Giles once recalled, "and unable to extract ...
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison &...
Though often described as a gifted interviewer, the writer Barbara Grizzuti Harr...
David James: Modern Football
During an interview with FHM one day, English goalkeeper David James was ...
Dan Patrick: Interview Cart...
In October 2003, ESPN's Sport Center host Dan Patrick was delighted to la...
Steppin' Out with Belinda C...
In 2003, Belinda Carlisle met for an interview with Steppin' Out magazine...
Swedish Invasion
At the turn of the millennium, Ebbot Lundberg and his 'Soundtrack of Our Lives' ...
Slick Visit?
Most ordinands, aware of archbishop Temple's severe reputation, dreaded their pr...
Chris Matthews: Bad Listener
In 2003, "Hardball" host Chris Matthews addressed critics who complained about h...
Schwarzenegger's Stogies
Arnold Schwarzenegger began his 1987 Playboy interview by producing a cig...
General Question
"The 'Anglo-Saxons' (as Le General used to call us) have always had some difficu...
Alexandra Adi Interview
Alexandra Adi once sat down for an interview with Stuff magazine's Dan Bo...
In a Pickle
British comedian Ali G once interviewed retired High Court judge, Justice James ...
Minging
British comedian Ali G once interviewed James Whittaker about Camilla Parker-Bow...
Corr Values (long)
British comedian Ali G once interviewed George Paton, the Orange Lodge Grandmast...
Leah Remini: E! Celebrity P...
One day Leah Remini settled in to watch her own E! Celebrity Profile. She was no...
Crewson Audition
In 1996, Wendy Crewson auditioned to play Harrison Ford's wife in Wolfgang Peter...
Notoriety
"My TV interview with [the playwright] Brendan Behan is to me a memorable one," ...
Larry King Live
Larry King once interviewed Donald Trump. Though King usually asked the question...
Susan Sarandon & The View
In June 2002, Susan Sarandon appeared as a guest on ABC's "The View." After list...
Janine di Giovanni: Madness...
"Perhaps the most bizarre incident recounted in Janine di Giovanni's tales of wa...
Meg Tilly: Case in Point
While attending the 1997 Academy Awards, Meg Tilly was approached by a TV report...
Caprice: Dogged Persistence
Caprice once sat for an interview with Stuff magazine's Mark Schwed, and ...
Young Keith Richards
Keith Richards once planned to become an ad man. When he was 17, he interviewed ...
Ryan Adams: Mental Notes
Early on, Ryan Adams adopted the habit of scribbling on the walls of his expensi...
Nick Broomfield: Prison Rio...
While amassing research for Biggie & Tupac (a revealing examination of th...
Bill Bryson Interview
Bill Bryson, who interviewed hundreds of scientists while writing his bestsellin...
Owen Wilson & Ben Stiller: ...
"When you get to know him," Ben Stiller once remarked of friend and fellow actor...
Star Jones: Girl Count of t...
During the 2004 Golden Globe Awards, Star Jones interviewed several guests for a...
Lewis Leg
While researching an article on the Guggenheim museum one day, Deborah Solomon s...
Kristina Anapau
During a telephone interview one day, Kristina Anapau was asked what she was wea...
Pete Sampras: Paranoid in T...
Curious interviewers often asked Pete Sampras about his training methods. Sampra...
Tom Who?
Country musician Tom Hall was once asked how he would feel about doing an interv...
Sex Education
British comedian Ali G once interviewed Sir Rhodes Boyson (a conservative educat...
KISS Off
In 1980, KISS guitarist Paul Stanley began to search for an expensive New York c...
Tiffany Villarreal: Napoleo...
Tiffany Villarreal was once asked whether, at four feet eleven inches, she had a...
Billy Collins: Boring Inter...
American Poet Laureate Billy Collins once met GQ critic Terrence Rafferty...
Mia Kirshner: Interesting...
Mia Kirshner once admitted that she occasionally told little lies to make hersel...
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