Interviews
Film interviews by Husam Sam Asi with Hollywood actors, directors and filmmakers.
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Why was Ellen Page afraid to come out as gay?
At the age of 15, Ellen Page knew that she had a sexual propensity to women, and she thought that she was bisexual until she turned 20, when she became sure that she was gay and…
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Zac Efron: Drug addiction was a great life lesson – interview
“I was a little bit on my own,” Zac Efron tells me when I speak to him at the Meridien Oriental hotel in New York. This sense of loneliness, isolation and abandonment that possesses child actors…
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Cameron Diaz urges women to watch comedies
Cameron Diaz wanted to make The Other Woman because it was a story about female friendship. “But it wasn’t,” she exclaims, when I talk to her at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills. “I am…
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Is Johnny Depp to blame for Transcendance box office failure? – interview
The dismal performance of Johnny Depp’s starrer “Transcendence” in the US box office over the weekend heralded the 4th flop in a row for the Hollywood superstar. The $100 million production opened with just $11 million.…
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Jeffrey Katzenberg: We used mind-blowing technology in How To Train Your Dragon 2.
One of the most powerful figures in Hollywood, Jeffrey Katzenberg, was in his 20s when he joined Paramount studios and revived the the defunct Star Trek TV show, turning it into a major theatrical…
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Russell Crowe and Darren Aronofsky explain the message of Noah
Even before it was released, Darren Aronofsky’s Noah, the epic movie about the biblical Noah and his ark, was flooded with a deluge of controversy from Christians groups, for failing to adhere to the original holy…
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David O. Russell reveals the secret of his movies success – TV interview
It took David O. Russell 6 years to find the voice of cinema that he wanted to make, and since he did in The Fighter (2010), his movies have collected a whopping 25 Oscar…
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Oliver Stone lashes out at Martin Luther King’s family – TV Interview
In an exclusive interview with BBC arabic’s Alternative Cinema Show, Oliver Stone says: “It was ridiculous that the family and the people around Martin Luther King’s estate are so protective about his mythology. You have…
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Is 12 Years A Slave relevant in Obama’s America?
Since its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave, has been making headlines and gaining praise from critics and audiences alike for its uncompromising depiction of the…
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Mike Tyson is tired of being in pain – Interview
There was a time in the late 80’s when Mike Tyson was billed the baddest man on the planet thanks to his menacing demeanor and devastating power, which enabled him to strike fear into the hearts…
