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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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Q&A
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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Music
A New Breed of Female Rappers Emerges at SXSW
Female rappers have been sharing their side of the story for decades, but there's a sense, especially after seeing some of the performances at this year's SXSW shows, that a new kind of lady emcee is emerging. Four rappers in particular captivated crowds with their earnest storytelling and down-to-earth lyrics. Instead of trying to prove that they're as hard as their male counterparts or staking their reputation in their abilities to seduce them, these ladies found a way to get in touch with their feminine sides in a way that's universally relatable and not-at-all-cheesy, even when they're rapping about a
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Movies + TV
60 Seconds With Ellie Kemper
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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Music
The Cultural Diet: Charlotte Gainsbourg
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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Q&A
60 Seconds with…Christina Ricci
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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Movies + TV
Best of the Week: Cougars with Cameras, European Tours, and Disturbing Beach Reads
Meet the Makers—These nine visionaries are leading tomorrow's design revolution. Album of the Week: Eleanor Friedberger's Last Summer—It seems that every other red-blooded, indie-rock-loving boy has a crush on her. Download a free track to find out why. Meet the Cougar Who Photographs Her Prey—Liz Earls captures her sex life in a new, steamy book. The 5 Most Disturbing Passages From Donald Ray Pollack's The Devil All the Time—The words gritty, twisted, and violent aren't usually associated with a summer novel. But then again, this isn't your average beach read Elijah Wood on Wilfred, Resurrecting Frodo, and Those Damned
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Books
Meet The Cougar Who Photographs Her Prey
At 39, Liz Earls was an overweight single mother whose favorite thing about her job was the affair she was having with her boss. So she decided to change everything before hitting 40: She lost 75 pounds, got plastic surgery, and started having lots of sex. Soon she began taking salacious pictures of her encounters, which are collected in her book, Days of the Cougar (Taschen, $40). She spoke with Details about her lifestyle. How exactly did you get started in all this? I was doing human resources and I fell in love with my boss, the HR director.
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Art
Missing Links: Hipster Jingles, Nigerian Scammers, and a Guide to Moustache Growing
We scout the web to find you the best intel you might have missed this week.Olivier Zahm "The Secrets of Photographing Women" Exhibition @ Leadapron (Hypebeast) Meet an Honest-to-Goodness Nigerian Scammer (Gawker) Jingle Punks: Classical Music Versions Of All Your Hipster Favorites (The Frisky) The Moustache Grower's Guide (Uncrate) Meet Andrew Richardson, The Man Behind America's First "Asexual Sex Magazine" (StyleFile) Parliament-Funkadelic Donates 'Mothership' to Smithsonian (Rolling Stone) Also on Details.com: The Best Bikes for Design Fiends: Van Hulsteijn Video Lookbook: Yves Saint Laurent's Sensuous Eyewear for Summer The Best Eco Supercar Concept: Jaguar's Sleek, Green C-X75
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Movies + TV
Best of The Week: Fey's Hand Model, Designer Night Stands, and ManVentions
"Meet the Hand Model Behind Tina Fey's Bossypants Cover": What? You thought those hairy, meaty arms were all Tina?"I Would Hit That's James McNally: Japanese Imports Worth Tracking Down": And remember, buying Japanese helps rebuild their earthquake-ravaged economy."Designer Night Stands: Go to Bed with 6 of America's Coolest Architects and Furniture-Makers": Some of them keep porn on their bedside tables. Others guns. Who are we to judge?"Exclusive: Michael Bastian on His Favorite Look from His New Collection": The designer holds forth on his weathered leather jacket."From The Details Editors: The Best Boots for Summer": Trading in leather for canvas will
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