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Anna Wintour Is ‘Like Hannibal Lecter’ On Letterman, Says Spy
9:00AM Ryan Tate | We had a mole inside the Late Show’s studio audience today, and it sounds like Anna Wintour will reinforce her reputation when the program airs in several hours: Stiff, cool and sharp-tongued. More »
People
Brad Pitt On Joint Rolling, Gay Marriage And Impolite Nature
5:15AM Foster Kamer | Brad Pitt went on a U.S. talk show last night for one of his most candid interviews yet. Bill Maher grilled him on his weed smokin’ techniques, his PR invincibility, his stances on gay marriage, and life at home. More »
Small Screen
Handicapping The Bernie Madoff Interview Race
4:48AM Hamilton Nolan | Bernie Madoff’s only remaining purpose in life is to be exploited by the media. Which US network will land the first jailhouse TV interview with the villain? We handicap the possibilities, below. More »
When Not Looking Good In A Bikini, Dame Helen Mirren Likes A Snort Or Four
9:07AM Clem Bastow | It’s no secret that I’m a fan of a hilariously hyperbolic headline, particularly from the British tabloid rag subgenre (see: Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster). So, it’s nice to see that the news.com.au crew have been inspired – clearly – by their friends across the pond with this Monday morning corker:
Nazi fears stopped me snorting cocaine: Helen Mirren
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Highlights From The Age’s Interview With The Vines
9:17AM Clem Bastow | Remember when we all thought The Vines were the saviours of rock’n'roll, and that Craig Nicholls was the crazy genius reincarnation of, like, Kurt Cobain and John Lennon?
Yeah, we got over that fairly quickly, but as you will have noticed (possibly), they are back from wherever it was they got to, and it’s good to see that Nicholls hasn’t dropped his “I’m crazy, me!” routine (and before the forum trolls open a can of binary whup ass on me, I know he has Aspergers, but its symptoms don’t include “acting like a complete twonk in interviews”, last time I checked).
From Andrew Murfett’s interview with the band, in today’s Age EG:
Nicholls’ demeanour is colourful to say the least. He doesn’t hide his distrust of journalists and is reluctant to engage in interviews; if uncomfortable with a question, he puts on a flamboyant pair of sunglasses and spews a rambling answer. Nor is he averse to playing the clown – at one point during our interview he flings himself out of in his chair and begins writhing on the ground. His bandmates cringe and laugh uproariously.
Zany!
At the shoot, he takes direction without complaint, but when a break is called, he stands defiantly in the middle of the hall and lights a cigarette. “Hey, please write in your story that I’m tough and a rebel,” he says, as he proudly flouts the room’s non-smoking rules.
Quirky!
And as the crew packs up at Parramatta, Craig Nicholls has one more thing to add.
“I’m sorry that I swore, and for everything else,” he says. “But I thought it would make me sound tough.”
Oddly adorable!
But the best part of the whole interview is actually the photo, and specifically, the look on “new” bassist Brad Heald’s face:
It says, “Jeez, what did your last bassist quit for? Oh, right. Gotcha.” More » Angie Harts YouTube Clip Of The Day
9:12AM Jess McGuire | ARGH!
Technical difficulties have prevented me from popping this promised audio up in a sweet mini-player sort of way – along with large dollops of conversation which we will hold onto for when Angie Hart misbehaves in a ridiculously public way and we feel that random chit chat about vegetables and drunkenness will deliver us the all important “hits” – but bugger it, let’s allow you to download in a terribly primitive manner an mp3 of Angie Hart instructing you PERSONALLY how to win tickets to her East Coast shows with Dave McCormack.
Right click and save as
Marvel as Angie pretends to love the YouTube Clip Of The Day feature, and practice your fingering skills (so to speak) when she is railroaded into agreeing to let eager punters holding a recorder join her onstage at shows to play along to Labour Of Love!
After some highly impressive clip submitting, Marcus has won two tickets to tonight’s Melbourne show, while Marnie is the lucky winner of tickets to the Sydney gig on Thursday night at The Vanguard, but the rest of the shows are still up for grabs. Do what you must. More » 
Angie Hart: “I Feel A Little Tricked And Betrayed”
12:58PM Jess McGuire | Bloody hell. Yesterday I promised you exclusive audio goodness, but I can’t get the stupid audio clip thingos to work, and my head hurts, so there’s gonna be a slight delay, I’m afraid. However, because I wanted to give you something to read, I have lovingly transcribed the conversation I had with Angie Hart yesterday on the cutting edge topic “Neighbours versus Home & Away”. It is daft, and you can read it all after the jump.
And if you’d like to win tickets to any of the East Coast Dave McCormack (ex Custard)/ Angie Hart (ex Frente) shows, just send a funny video link – anything you like – to tips at defamer.com.au, and mention which show you’d like to win a double pass for. That’s it!
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Talking To Sebastian Bach!
1:11PM Jess McGuire | Whoa, dudes. Yesterday I interviewed former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach, and he was awesome. Really fun and happy to have a laugh, and he talked about Gilmore Girls, Axl Rose, the reality shows he’s been on, Jermaine Jackson, his new record, and – perhaps most excitingly of all – we’re starting a band called Fists Of Love.
The whole interview will be played tonight on RRR’s I’d Rather Jack (ie: the cult – if by cult, you mean ‘not all that many listeners but those who do tune in are usually slightly unbalanced, like the guy who rang in to say he’d fed his cat some meds and they were both enjoying the program…’ – radio show I present) from midnight. You can listen, if you’re in Melbourne, on 102.7FM, or you can stream it from rrr.org.au.
ANYWAYS.
The whole interview was magic as Sebastian and yours truly are both professionals (cough) but I can’t be bothered transcribing it all, so after the jump you can have a little taste of it and then you’ll have to tune in for the rest.
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Questions For Sebastian Bach!
7:02PM Jess McGuire | We have a tonne of things to talk about, you and me (Big Brother, Wayne Carey’s new alleged missus, Glenn Wheatley leaving the clink, etc), but that’ll happen later.
Why? Because I am now too distracted to even think about the goings on at Dreamworld and the rest, because… tomorrow I am interviewing Sebastian Bach!
Why? I don’t know. Seriously. I got an email today saying “Do you want to interview Sebastian Bach?” and I figured, hey, why not? And now we are locked in for a chat. Which should be slightly weird.
But why should I have all the fun? If you have a question for Sebastian, anything at all, comment below and let me know, and if it’s good or funny or interesting, I’ll raise it with the former Skid Row frontman tomorrow. More » 
