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Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig on Making Frances Ha, the Film's Fashion Choices, and the Best Dish on the Menu at Bar Pitti
After establishing herself in mumblecore films like Joe Swanberg's Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007) and Nights and Weekends (2008) and Jay and Mark Duplass' Baghead (2008), Greta Gerwig significantly broadened her fanbase with her roles in Woody Allen's To Rome With Love (2012) and Greenberg (2010), director Noah Baumbach's follow-up to Margot at the Wedding (2007). As Gerwig and Baumbach's professional relationship took a turn for the personal (they're dating), the pair collaborated on a new venture, Frances Ha (in theaters May 17), which tells the story of a twentysomething aspiring modern dancer who vacillates between half-hearted dalliances and
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Movies + TV
Breakout Actor James Badge Dale on Iron Man 3, The Lone Ranger, and Wild Horses
You may be seeing a lot of James Badge Dale this summer. In addition to playing one of the villains in this summer's blockbuster action movie Iron Man 3, he's starring opposite Brad Pitt in the zombie-apocalypse film World War Z, and in July he will play the Lone Ranger's older brother opposite Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp. Not bad company to share. Dale, 34, has spent most of his life living in Manhattan, where he cultivated a love of hockey before turning to acting. DETAILS spoke with him about why a film like Iron Man 3 is his own
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Celebrity
The Starlet: Adelaide Clemens
If you think Adelaide Clemens looks familiar—the blonde shag, the big, soulful eyes—you're not alone. "Even my mum is like, 'You know what? You look like Michelle Williams!'" The up-and-coming 23-year-old Australian has the same understated quality as her Oscar nominated doppelgänger, which lets her effortlessly inhabit her roles: the small-town church girl who befriends an ex-con in the Sundance Channel's Rectify, the damaged cynic who spews half-truths and lies in Generation Um..., in theaters this month. Yet she had to work her tail off to get her breakthrough part: Valentine, the scrappy suffragette in HBO's Parade's End.
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Kate Mara on House of Cards, Working With Kevin Spacey, and Why Cory Booker Is the Real Deal
Sure, Kevin Spacey is mesmerizing as the cutthroat congressman Frank Underwood in Netflix's critically acclaimed political drama House of Cards. But he gets some help from his equally captivating costar Kate Mara, who plays Zoe Barnes, a journalist hell-bent on making her mark in the White House by breaking influential stories that compromise journalistic ethics. She's smart, cunning, and scene-stealing. Mara, who was raised with her famous younger sister Rooney in the house the New York Giants built (her great-grandparents founded the team), is currently preparing to shoot the second season of House of Cards as well as Transcendence, alongside
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Matthew Goode on Playing a Sociopath in Stoker, Kissing Nicole Kidman, and Picking Out a Killer Wardrobe
In Stoker, the gorgeous new psycho-thriller from Oldboy director Park Chan-Wook, British actor Matthew Goode plays Uncle Charlie, the estranged, sociopathic brother of Richard (Dermot Mulroney), whose death leaves his wife (Nicole Kidman) and daughter (Mia Wasikowska) with a tragic void to fill. Details caught up with Goode, 34, at the Crosby Street Hotel in SoHo. The actor—a veteran of films like Watchmen, A Single Man, and Match Point—eased back in a cushioned chair, flashed his half-devilish smile, and divulged his childhood crushes, what it's like to kiss Kidman, and what's so good about playing bad.
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Celebrity
Willem Dafoe on Wes Anderson's Technique, Working With Prada and Mercedes-Benz, and Marina Abramovic's Dirty Jokes
Ever since his breakout role in Kathryn Bigelow's (Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) first feature film, the 1982 drama The Loveless, Willem Dafoe has packed his acting résumé with an impressive and wide-ranging filmography that includes Platoon (1986), Wild at Heart (1990), The English Patient (1996), Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Antichrist (2009), and the Spiderman franchise. He plays the bad guy very, very well (most recently he lent his devilish glare to the new Mercedes-Benz commercials, pictured above), but he's also taken on some unexpected characters, like The Life Aquatic's meek and insecure Klaus. You'll see the Wisconsin-born star
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Celebrity
What Do James Franco's Doodles Tell Us About Him?
While sitting down for a formal cover-story interview, James Franco doodled on a print-out of our writer's questions. Normally, we might not care about celebrity scribbles, but as Franco is one of the most psychoanalyzed stars around we decided to take a closer look at the actor/author/filmmaker/teacher/artist/doodler's absentminded scrawls.
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Brooklyn Decker on Burn Beards, Playing a Crazy B*tch, And The Joy of Eating Carbs
The 25-year-old actress was in town for Gillette's "Shave and Kiss" event, where she cheered on couples attempting to break the world record for most kisses in a minute. DETAILS: All the guys here are lopping off their beards before locking lips, but isn't scruff supposed to be sexy? BROOKLYN DECKER: I like the look of scruff, but when it comes to getting a kiss or hug, it's the worst to feel a guy's beard or five o'clock shadow scrape against you because then you have this burn beard on your face. It's like a red rash, and that's just
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Gossip Girl's Hottest Guy, Chace Crawford, Shares His Grooming Pet Peeves (and He's Got a Bunch)
After six years of playing a rich kid from the Upper East Side, the former Gossip Girl actor is unemployed, bearded, and can't be bothered to shop for new clothes. (We'd be more concerned if he didn't have the genetic makeup of a Ken doll.) Details caught up with him while he was hanging out with Gillette at the Super Bowl.
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Celebrity
Sex Survey Part 2: Which Celebrities Appear in Your Fantasies?
We want to know: Which Hollywood headliner makes the most frequent cameos in your sexual fantasies? Results will be published, along with results from our larger sex survey (yes you can still vote in that one too), in a future issue. Don't worry: All answers are anonymous.
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