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Heidi Klum’s New Interview About Seal Gives Us False Hope
It feels like it was just yesterday that I still believed in celebrity romance. I still believed that two famous people could fall in love, make beautiful children and stage candid “Oh us? We’re just getting ice cream with the kids” photo shoots. Then, like every other American with a heart, my world came crashing down last month when Heidi Klum and Seal announced that they were separating. More »
Crushable Quoteable: Jerk Boys Made Melissa McCarthy Quit Cheerleading
Everything’s coming up Melissa McCarthy these days. She won an Emmy for her work on Mike & Molly and recently hosted an episode of SNL. The New York Times published an interview with the funny actress, and discussed her teenage years at a Joliet, Illinois Catholic. Evidently, Melissa was a cheerleader at for a bit before dropping out to become a black-lipstick-wearing goth girl. She explains the transition: More »
Hollywood Jobs: Nicki Stewart, Wardrobe Fashion Stylist
Nicki Stewart is a wardrobe fashion stylist who has worked for clients such as Chevy, MTV, and AT&T. We met up for tea at Local in Silverlake to discuss the highs (Paris Fashion Week!) and the lows (16-hour days!) of the gig. More »
Juno Temple Wants To Be A Lingerie Designer
The following is a guest post from our friends at Luckymag.com.
The teenage trollop Juno Temple so boisterously plays in new film Dirty Girl would certainly not approve of the outfit the English actress is wearing today. Dressed head-to-platform-bootied-toe in Miu Miu, Temple, 22, looks ladylike and New York-y. And absolutely nothing at all like Danielle, the hot-pants-wearing Oklahoman hell raiser who is the heart and soul of the movie.
Lucky sat down with Temple to get her take on the film and its fashion—the movie meticulously mines the ’80s for everything from music to puffy pink paint to feathered hair. More »
Paz De La Huerta Considers Herself ‘One Of The Rare Artists That Are Left’
Making duck lips and touching your vagina is totally art. More »
Interview: ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’s’ Teresa Giudice Is Launching Her Own Cocktail
Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of interviewing Real Housewives of New Jersey’s Teresa Giudice, at the opening of the Aetrex store in Englewood, NJ. I thought I would have just one question for her: “Is bitch better?!” but found I had a few more. Teresa actually seemed incredibly down-to-earth in person; she drove herself to the event, parked right outside the store, and walked in without an entourage. More »
Video: Vera Farmiga Never Even Worked With Jake Gyllenhaal In ‘Source Code’
Remember that scene in Notting Hill where Hugh Grant‘s character pretends to be a reporter from Horse & Hound and interviews Julia Roberts‘ character about whether any horses or hounds were used in her upcoming film? And she answers no, because the film was set in space? This interview with Vera Farmiga kind of feels like that. Although Vera stars in the film with Jake Gyllenhaal, when asked what it was like to boss him around on screen, she admits they never actually acted together in the same room at the same time. Oops. More »
Interview: ‘Dr. Horrible’ Co-Writer Maurissa Tancharoen on “Breaking” the Help Nathan Buy Firefly Movement and Reviving ‘Dollhouse’
Last week we shared seven behind-the-scenes tidbits from the Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog companion guide, which featured memories and photos from the cast and crew. Now we’ve got an exclusive interview with Maurissa Tancharoen, writer, actress, and singer, who has been welcomed into the Whedon clan both personally and professionally — she co-wrote Dr. Horrible in 2008 and married writing partner Jed Whedon (Joss‘ brother) in 2009. More »
Interview: Broadway Star and ‘Victorious’ Mean Girl Elizabeth Gillies Couldn’t Handle Bieber Fans
Actress and performer Elizabeth Gillies has certainly done her homework: Before her current starring role on Nickelodeon’s Victorious as mean girl Jadelyn West, she had a guest spot on a Nickelodeon show in the ’90s (6 to 8 Frozen Zone), and in 2008 she appeared in the Broadway musical 13 playing — you guessed it — a huge snob who also belts out hit songs.
Victorious, entering its second season, is a sitcom about Tori Vega (Victoria Justice) and her struggles to fit in at Hollywood Arts, a performing-arts school. (It’s also the brainchild of Dan Schneider, creator of iCarly, Kenan & Kel, The Amanda Show, and more.) In addition to the usual high school relationship woes, Tori and her friends — including frenemy Jade — find themselves having to write and perform original songs, and deal with filmmakers and divas. Crushable sat down with Gillies at the press junket for the new Victorious soundtrack and chatted about ’90s Nickelodeon shows, veganism, and Justin Bieber‘s recent troubles with fans in Liverpool. More »
Interview: Grant Achatz on Plagiarism, Social Media, and the Celebrity Chef
USA’s motto has always been “Characters Welcome” in reference to the original and rerun scripted shows that it runs. But now the network has branched out with the USA Character Approved Awards, highlighting real people in a variety of industries – fashion, theatre, art, food, design – who are bringing effective change to the world through their passions.
Crushable had the chance to speak with one of the honorees: Grant Achatz, the chef at Alinea and the winner of the 2008 James Beard Award, famous for his progressive work in molecular gastronomy. Alinea has received countless accolades for its innovative 12- or 24-course tasting menus. Achatz is also a cancer survivor, overcoming tongue cancer in 2007. More »
An Interview With Miss Pussycat: Technicolor Puppet Master Extraordinaire
A blond lady with blue eyeshadow and a cupcake hat may not be the first image that comes to mind when you hear the phrase “puppet show,” but once you’ve experienced Miss Pussycat‘s trippy fantasy world in person, you’ll never look at puppets the same way again. Born and raised in Antlers, Oklahoma, Miss Pussycat (a.k.a. Panacea Theriac) first got into puppetry as part of the Christian Puppet Youth Ministry at her church, but began creating to the beat of a different drummer after being drawn in by the siren song of New Orleans. Together with her musician husband Quintron, she’s been putting on “swamp tech” multimedia spectacles for underground audiences since the mid-nineties, and has recently graduated to more high profile venues like the New Orleans Museum of Art and VBS.tv.
On the final day of the cruise, Miss P threw a breakfast that included a live action performance of a story that’s hard to summarize but involves a famous supermodel/archaeologist named Jackie Joe Johnson falling into the ocean, turning into a sea monster, feeling sad, defeating the Coast Guard in hand-to-hand combat, and eventually falling in love with one of her fellow sea monsters. (Favorite line: “I’m not a monster! I’m a supermodel and an archaeologist! Save me!”) I sat down with her after the show to chat a bit about her adopted home city, puppets, and the various parallel worlds she inhabits. More »
Interview: Carrie Brownstein On ‘Portlandia’ As An Excuse To Goof Around With Friends
Crushable just may boast an office full of the biggest Portlandia fans on the planet. We’re all totally enamored with the hilarious IFC sketch show, often quoting “put a bird on it” when we want to make fun of the yuppy/hipster element that wanders amidst our city (meaning: whenever we want to make fun of ourselves — a subject that’s touched upon in this interview). The season finale of our new favorite show airs tonight (six episodes were not enough!), and we had the opportunity to chat with Carrie Brownstein, one half of the Portlandia team. More »
Interview: Michael Blaiklock, Co-Creator And Co-Star Of ‘Minor Stars,’ Our New Favorite Web Series
Last week, we brought you the first episode of Minor Stars, the satirical web series that takes us behind the scenes of a Hannah Montana-style kids’ show called Abby Everything. The second installment hit the Internet today, and we spoke to show co-creator Michael Blaiklock — who also plays the character Robbie — about writing comedy and dressing like a Disney star. More »
Interview: James Newman Never Acted Before Starring In MTV’s ‘Skins’
James Newman is an 18-year-old kid from New York who’s about to make his acting debut this coming Monday as the star of MTV’s Skins. Skins has been called “the most dangerous show for teens” by the Parents Television Council, and James’ character is at the center of the controversy. He plays Tony Snyder, a devious, pill-popping pretty boy who’s accustomed to getting everything he wants (and he certainly does want a lot). We got a chance to chat with James about how he got his highly unusual start in the business and even managed to find out his celebrity crush.
You were in high school when you were cast in the role of Tony, right? How did you end up with the coveted part?
Yeah, my senior year was ending when I got cast. I had never acted at all. Not even acting class or a play, so I obviously didn’t have any aspirations. But my brother was an actor and he found out about the audition and goaded me into go in. I didn’t want to do it, actually. More »
Interview unveils its “Faces of 2010″ – Including Justin Bieber, James Franco and Carey Mulligan. All looking as edgy and attractive as expected. (Interview)
Video: Ryan Gosling Disses ‘The Notebook,’ Kind Of
This press call for Blue Valentine might be the first interview we’ve ever found Ryan Gosling likable in. He’s funny, he’s self-deprecating, and he can totally flip past The Notebook if he sees it on TV. Plus, he seems to be flirting a little bit with his MTV interviewer, which is awesome. More »
Interview: The Astro Twins
“Identical twin celebrity astrologer” sounds like the dream job of a 10-year-old only child. But for Ophira and Tali Edut, better known as the AstroTwins, it’s their life.
The sister astrologer duo take a very methodological approach to astrology. They have worked with celebs like Beyonce and Sting, and their forecasts appear in Elle, Lifetime and on Sirius/XM radio. Using a person’s birth date, as well as the time and their location, the twins work up an astrological chart by mapping the exact location of the planets when you were born.
Tipped off to their existence by a friend, I decided to get the low down on how they became astrologers, ask some questions about astrology that I’ve always wondered, and get my own reading. More »
Interview: Clare Maguire
Clare Maguire is lucky she lives in the age of the Internet: not many other young women could go from working in retail (TopShop, specifically) to being featured in Vogue in the days before MySpace and Facebook. But once Clare’s gorgeous vocals went viral the British babe was signed to Polydor Records, with a record release date set for February and a music video for her hit single “Ain’t Nobody”. We managed to catch up with Clare via email and ask her a couple questions about her new-found success. More »
Interview: Of A Kind’s Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo
We found a new thing that we love this week: a website called Of A Kind. At Crushable, we’re big fans of interesting, unique objects and that is exactly what Of A Kind specializes in. They are the first shopping site run fully through Tumblr, and they feature limited-edition exclusive one-offs from designers they love. We caught up with founders Erica Cerulo and Claire Mazur to find out how they got started on this and a little bit about their current obsessions. More »
Interview: Chaske Spencer Of Twilight – A Hipster Werewolf?
“There’s a good idea,” I think while stepping into a Williamsburg coffee shop to meet Chaske Spencer, the actor who plays Sam Uley in the Twilight films, “Hipster werewolves. Remember to pitch this TV concept.” That was before I saw Chaske, who is 6’1 and the guy next to Taylor Lautner looking menacingly hot in all the Twilight: New Moon posters: he smiled and waved me over.
“Haven’t we met before?” he starts out. We hadn’t, but if hipsterdom is defined… More »