Friday, October 16, 2015
Catherine Tate loves to take people on - whether on the stand-up circuit or as the 'bovvered' Lauren in her hugely successful comedy show. So why is she now playing second fiddle to Dr Who? …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMMonday, August 31, 2015
Lenny Henry says he knows just how Othello must have felt. At school, there were only three black kids in the whole place. "There'd be a fight everyday over words. Coon, wog, nigger, OK…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:59PMMonday, June 15, 2015
She was brilliant, she was versatile, she was Oscar-nominated for Secrets and Lies. So why couldn’t Marianne Jean-Baptiste make it in British movies? It’s something she really, really do…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:51PMMonday, May 25, 2015
His Hollywood dream turned to dust, he's not won a Bafta, and Russell Crowe nabbed his role. So is John Simm bitter? Well, maybe a bit...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMSunday, February 8, 2015
She found fame in The X-Files but is most proud of her roles in The Fall and A Streetcar Named Desire. She talks about turning from an obnoxious teenage punk into a control freak – and why…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMSaturday, January 24, 2015
She was a working-class kid who got her break in the revolutionary 1970s theatre scene. The grande dame of British acting sounds off about privilege, politics and her drinking daysJulie Walt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMFriday, January 23, 2015
Actor adds voice to row over number of privileged artists in the arts, saying drama career wouldn’t be an option for her now Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:45AMMonday, March 10, 2014
On the 30th anniversary of the miners' strike, Billy Elliot writer Lee Hall talks about Thatcher's death, being fired from War Horse – and finding the lead for his Elton John musicalI'm wa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:49PMSaturday, January 18, 2014
She likes dark, difficult characters. She doesn't like questions about her faith, her pop star husband, pet pigs, politics…• The Coen brothers talk about the film• Free audio downloa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMSaturday, December 14, 2013
Is there a Whitehall power struggle? And how did Jack's father take it when his son adopted a mockney accent?Jack Whitehall greets me with a warm smile, while his father offers a terse snort…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AM'It sounds like it was a risible, weird topic to you': Nina and Tom Conti get to grips with her choice of careerTom Conti says he and Nina's mother Kara had a favourite expression in th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMSaturday, November 23, 2013
He was the boy who brought Harry Potter to life – and feared he'd killed his own career in the process. Daniel Radcliffe talks about hairy legs, growing up in the spotlight, and why he nev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMMonday, October 28, 2013
As a young man Frank Langella worked with Laurence Olivier, partied with Noël Coward and seduced Rita Hayworth. Then his career fell apart. He tells Simon Hattenstone about losing ever…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PMSunday, June 2, 2013
The star of The Godfather and Scarface is a lovable, scary bad guy – but the audience didn't get a chance to see the real AlAl Pacino was safely ensconced on the stage of the London Pallad…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:08PMThe star of The Godfather and Scarface is a lovable, scary bad guy but the audience didn't get a chance to see the real Al Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:08PMMonday, May 7, 2012
As Coronation Street: the musical prepares to open, Simon Hattenstone goes behind the scenes and asks the cast – from Julie Goodyear to Bill Roache – how they plan to bring its bolshy ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:15PMFriday, March 9, 2012
Put downs. Piss takes. Come backs. Simon Amstell can hand it out, but can he take it? Simon Hattenstone talks to the presenter-turned-standup about celebrity, upsetting his family and wheth…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00PMSunday, September 11, 2011
She made her name playing reckless, feckless, funny women. As Sharon Horgan takes to the stage, she tells Simon Hattenstone why ageing is awful and selfishness is greatSharon Horgan walks in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:31PMFriday, January 21, 2011
Laura Hall is the only person to have been given an alcohol asbo. Now it's time to quit, she tells Simon HattenstoneLaura Hall looks nervously into the tape recorder. "I feel like I'm at the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMThursday, January 6, 2011
In 1997, Simon Hattenstone went to the pub with Pete Postlethwaite while the actor, who died earlier this week, was starring in Macbeth. Read the interview againAct One: lunchtime, a pub in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMFriday, December 17, 2010
Baywatch babe, animal rights activist, hepatitis C sufferer, trailer park mum and now panto dame. Is there no end to the reinvention of Pamela Anderson?Something's not right. I'm sitting in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02PMBaywatch babe, animal rights activist, hepatitis C sufferer, trailer park mum and now panto dame. Is there no end to the reinvention of Pamela Anderson? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02PMTuesday, November 23, 2010
The author of The History Boys and The Habit of Art has written a sexy new short story. Alan Bennett tells Simon Hattenstone how he lost his literary inhibitionsAlan Bennett is finally losin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMFriday, November 14, 2003
Martine McCutcheon was belting out Streisand songs as a toddler, became the nation's darling in EastEnders, and an exasperating on-off hit in My Fair Lady. Through it all, her goal has been …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:10PM 
