Wednesday,
April 10, 2013
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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Wednesday,
November 09, 2011
Whether she's answering phones on The Office, bachelorette partying with Kristin Wiig in Bridesmaids, or crushing on Channing Tatum in the upcoming 21 Jump Street remake, Ellie Kemper is everyone's favorite sweetheart. But this is one good girl who's into the idea of breaking bad. DETAILS: Five years ago you were doing improv in New York City. Surely your life must have changed a bit since then? Ellie Kemper: I need to make sure that when I'm running out to the drugstore I'm not wearing a Biore strip or something. Not that I expect anyone to recognize me, but
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Monday,
November 07, 2011
Kirsten Dunst and Gainsbourg in a scene from Melancholia. This week, the Francophone actress, indie-pop chanteuse, and spawn of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin releases a new double album, Stage Whisper, and stars in Lars von Trier's latest art-house provocation, Melancholia. Here, a look at what Gainsbourg, 40, is consuming when she's not creating. Musical Obsession "My boyfriend [actor-director Yvan Attal] gave me a record player, so I've been buying vinyls again. Dylan, the Mamas and the Papas, the Kinks. I love the ceremony of putting on the record, and there's something less perfect about the sound that I like.
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Friday,
September 23, 2011
The queen of quirky indie film roles comes to mainstream TV this season in ABC's Pan Am, playing a spunky young woman in the 60s who longs to see the world. Ricci took some time between filming scenes on the show's elaborate Brooklyn set to tell us why she might not have made the best flight attendant—and why this show isn't just Mad Men at 35,000 feet. DETAILS: Surely you've gotten plenty of other offers for TV gigs in the past. Why did you choose this one? Christina Ricci: You get to see the world as it was in 1963
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