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Kathryn Shattuck
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For Tracee Ellis Ross, Happiness Is a Bowl of Olives and Her Own Clothes
“My closet is my happy place,” said the actress, who is starring in “Candy Cane Lane” and “American Fiction.” “It is where dreams are made…
What Fuels the ‘Manic Creativity’ of Joan Baez
The 82-year-old singer and subject of a new documentary sleeps in a tree, has come to terms with not being a reader and is more…
Ed Begley Jr. Can Tell You the 3 Best Comedies of All Time
The actor and environmentalist considered hiring a ghostwriter for help with his memoir, then realized as he was writing things down, “This is too much…
Sterling K. Brown Is on His Best Behavior, Just in Case
The Emmy-winning actor and star of the new movie “Biosphere” is sweet on vegan cookies, his Audi e-Tron and Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye.”
Ben Kingsley Seeks Out the Performances That Transcend
The Oscar winner, now playing Salvador Dalí in “Dalíland,” talks about “Waiting for Godot,” D.H. Lawrence and the way Britten’s “War Requiem” helps him understand…
Adam Brody Feels All the Feels With Surfing, ‘Avatar’ and Cate Le Bon
The “Shazam!” star revives himself with sprinkle doughnuts, Frank Black’s “Teenager of the Year” and daily naps.
Andie MacDowell Is Still Scaling New Heights
The star of the movie “My Happy Ending” gets a boost from Sam Harris and bell hooks audiobooks, the music of the 1970s and the…
In the Wild Tale of ‘Cocaine Bear,’ an Apex Predator Is the True Star
The horror-comedy is based on a real story from 1985, but the director Elizabeth Banks and writer Jimmy Warden gave their furry lead a different…
Raúl Castillo Can Empathize With Ambivalence
In “The Inspection,” he plays a drill instructor who takes a bullied recruit under his wing, the kind of nurturing the actor says he has…
Lashana Lynch Challenges the ‘Strong Black Woman’ Cliché, Softly
She plays a ferocious warrior in “The Woman King,” but in her performance, vulnerability and humanity were what she sought to convey.