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Each week, we spend half an hour (or thereabouts) with a musician or film-maker of the moment. This series comes with footnotes …
  • Lindsey Buckingham: ‘Christine told me she had some rough ideas … I, of course, took great liberties with them in my studio.’

    Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham: ‘I said to Christine, ‘You can’t leave again’

    The guitarist talks about how Christine McVie – with whom he has recorded a duet album – rejoined the band
  • Marc Jacobs Fall 2017 Show - Runway<br>NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 16:  Actress Juno Temple attends the Marc Jacobs Fall 2017 Show at Park Avenue Armory on February 16, 2017 in New York City.  (Photo by Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

    Juno Temple: ‘Blackpool is like Reno, not flashy like Vegas, there’s a sense of Arcadian gambling’

    The actor stars alongside Timothy Spall in Away, a new drama set in the seaside town. Did the Lancashire resort’s ‘magic’ help her get over HBO cancelling Vinyl?
  • King Arthur Legend of the Sword European Film Premiere, London, UK - 10 May 2017<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Joanne Davidson/SilverHub/REX/Shutterstock (8817805br)
Charlie Hunnam
King Arthur Legend of the Sword European Film Premiere, London, UK - 10 May 2017

    Charlie Hunnam: ‘When Beckham came on set, tough guys turned into little girls at a Justin Bieber gig’

    In King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, the Sons of Anarchy star reunites with Queer as Folk co-star Aidan Gillen – did they manage to survive a set full of jujitsu hardmen?
  • Matt Luke Goss Bros

    Eighties pop heart-throbs Bros return: ‘We’re like Noel and Liam’

    From police escorts, private jets and fan hysteria to catastrophic debt, not speaking and new careers, the Goss brothers are back – but Ken doesn’t want to play
  • Martin Gore, Depeche Mode

    Depeche Mode's Martin Gore: 'The alt-right liking us is baffling'

    The band are battling back against an endorsement from right-wing extremist Richard Spencer, says their songwriter
  • Alan Cumming: ‘New York is really full-on.’

    Alan Cumming: ‘A lot of young gay guys are like, who cares about the Aids crisis?’

    The star of new gay drama After Louie talks about the generation gap – and why the set of The Good Wife wasn’t as bad as it sounded
  • ‘The Runaways were before their time’ … Lita Ford.

    Lita Ford: 'I chose to be sexy – and sex sells'

    The metal star and former Runaway on why she’s not a feminist, her feelings about former manager Kim Fowley and banned album covers
  • Desus and Mero

    Desus and Mero: 'The more ridiculous the story is, the faker it is'

    Viceland’s late-night TV hosts turned their raw and unfiltered social media personalities into a bankable brand. They explain how telling it like it is pays
  • Nick Offerman: ‘I’m grateful to Twitter as an avenue in which I can vent my ire, because otherwise I’d be out burning down a building or something.’

    The Founder’s Nick Offerman: ‘Being American means that I have to stand up and march’

    The Parks and Recreation star’s new film charts the rise of McDonald’s head honcho Ray Kroc. He talks about resisting the rise of another capitalist narcissist
  • Noel Clarke

    Noel Clarke: ‘I still make films they can’t ignore’

    As the director finishes his Kidulthood trilogy with Brotherhood, he explains why he’s still a provocateur film-maker fuelled by a working-class appetite for hard graft
  • Mel B

    Mel B: 'You get to laugh your pants off at people who are delusional'

    The woman once and for always known as Scary Spice discusses the upcoming mini-reunion, having her car broken into and her ethics on nudity
  • Aaron Eckhart

    Aaron Eckhart: ‘I’m 48. For 20 years I’ve made mistakes’

    The actor, who appears alongside Tom Hanks in Sully, admits he has fallen into traps during his career – and is determined to stop his Bleed for This co-star Miles Teller from doing the same
  • Willem Dafoe … ‘I had a good time with Nic on Wild at Heart’.

    Willem Dafoe: ‘I’m seduced by strong directors … I like the crazy ones’

    It might be near-impossible to steal a movie from Nicolas Cage but Dafoe pulls it off in Paul Schrader’s Dog Eat Dog
  • Djimon Hounsou as Chief Mbonga in The Legend of Tarzan.

    Djimon Hounsou: ‘My son told me, I want to be light-skinned so I can climb the walls like Spider-Man’

    He starred in Legend of Tarzan, and was nominated for two supporting-actor Oscars – he’s ready for his own blockbuster now
  • Mike Skinner plays a DJ set in London.

    Mike Skinner: 'It's like I've retired, being a DJ – I'm just doing what I want'

    Why the ex-Streets man is chattier than Stephen Fry, more selfish than Noel Gallagher and happier than Thom Yorke
  • Gruff Rhys, I Love Eu campaign

    Gruff Rhys: 'It's like krautrock played by a jazz band in 1950'

    The Super Furries frontman discusses his new film soundtrack, his disgust over Brexit and his ‘20 a day’ caffeine habit
  • Anne Hathaway

    Anne Hathaway: ‘Male energy is very different from toxic masculinity’

    In Colossal she plays a drunk drifter. Which will make good preparation for her Plan B in life …
  • Annie Mac

    Annie Mac: 'Radio definitely isn't a thing of the past'

    The Radio 1 DJ talks radio v the internet, why she’s happy to be the face of macaroni cheese and clubbing’s drug culture
  • Parker Posey improvises her way through much of Mascots

    Parker Posey: 'Every time I do something, I worry it's my last job'

    The indie movie queen reunites with Christopher Guest for Mascots, a Netflix comedy that takes a droll peek inside their strange, competitive world. She talks about dressing up, ditching the blonde, surviving improv, and working with Woody Allen
  • Christine McVie: ‘We’re supposed to be talking about – what’s it called? – Mirage.’

    Christine McVie on Fleetwood Mac: ‘Without one of us, we’re incomplete’

    The singer on the band’s half-finished album, the visitation she had when writing Songbird, and growing up with a psychic mum
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