Interview Archives : Alexandra Spring /category/features/interview/ Features, interviews and essays Sun, 20 Jan 2019 07:58:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 /wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-alex-spring-logo-greenswash.png Interview Archives : Alexandra Spring /category/features/interview/ 32 32 ‘Precious works of art’ Akira Isogawa celebrated in retrospective /akira-isogawas-unique-fashion-celebrated-in-retrospective/ Thu, 13 Dec 2018 19:26:46 +0000 / A major new exhibition showcases the 25-year career and creativity of the talented Australian designer

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]]> Margot Robbie practises her Oscars face – video /margot-robbie-practises-her-oscars-face-video/ Wed, 24 Jan 2018 03:59:55 +0000 / The Australian actor has been nominated for her first Academy Award for her role as US figure skater Tonya Harding in the film I, Tonya. Here she practises her Oscars face in preparation for the big night Published on Guardian Australia on 24 January 2018 as Margot Robbie practises her Oscars face – video

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]]> Ben Elton: there is no wisdom involved in being massively wealthy /ben-elton-there-is-no-wisdom-involved-in-being-massively-wealthy/ Tue, 26 Apr 2016 08:25:44 +0000 / As a new production of We Will Rock You opens in Sydney, the writer and director sounds off about Donald Trump and the death of live music

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]]> Josh Pyke: I’m not a pop singer, I write about stuff I care about /josh-pyke-im-not-a-pop-singer-i-write-about-stuff-i-care-about/ Thu, 03 Sep 2015 08:35:24 +0000 / The singer-songwriter on writing with kids, cuts to the arts and ABC and his worry that ‘only mainstream things get funded, and fringe stuff gets sidelined’

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]]> Gayby Baby’s director: These are real kids that had to go to school on Wednesday /gayby-babys-director-these-are-real-kids-that-had-to-go-to-school-on-wednesday/ Sun, 30 Aug 2015 08:45:08 +0000 / Maya Newell on making the film, celebrations amid controversy and why a marriage equality plebiscite could have dangerous repercussions

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]]> Joel Edgerton on directorial debut The Gift and fighting film piracy – video /joel-edgerton-on-directorial-debut-the-gift-and-fighting-film-piracy-video/ Tue, 25 Aug 2015 03:33:05 +0000 / Alexandra Spring talks with Joel Edgerton about his directorial debut, The Gift.

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]]> Mark Ronson backstage at Splendour: talking Amy and Aussie newcomers – video /mark-ronson-backstage-at-splendour-talking-amy-and-aussie-newcomers-video/ Wed, 15 Jul 2015 04:34:26 +0000 / Alex Spring talks to Mark Ronson backstage at Splendour in the Grass 2015. He talks about discovering new talent here with the Australian music scene having ‘such a good thing going on right now’. He also shares his thoughts on the recent Amy Winehouse documentary, describing his one-time collaborator as ‘one of the best lyricists […]

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]]> Nicole Kidman on Paddington: ‘The idea of tolerance is a beautiful thing to put out’ – video /nicole-kidman-on-paddington-the-idea-of-tolerance-is-a-beautiful-thing-to-put-out-video/ Tue, 09 Dec 2014 03:22:57 +0000 / To mark the release of her new film, Paddington, Nicole Kidman talks to the Guardian about dressing up Bond-style, treating her films as learning experiences and why director Paul King wanted to take a gentle approach to encouraging compassion in his film adaptation of Michael Bond’s classic children’s book Published on Guardian Australia on 9 […]

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]]> Cate the Great: Cate Blanchett on Australia, elf ears and doing the school run /cate-great-cate-blanchett/ Sat, 06 Dec 2014 08:08:51 +0000 / When Cate Blanchett picked up her second Oscar last March for her coruscating performance as the fallen Wall Street wife in Blue Jasmine, she deservedly joined that small and august club of the world’s best actresses. But there is more to her than a rare professional skill: not least her beauty, which in person is […]

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]]> Who’s that girl Olivia Palermo on style and social media /whos-that-girl-style-icon-olivia-palermo/ Sat, 31 Aug 2013 19:07:49 +0000 / She can’t act. She can’t sing. She’s not tall enough to be a catwalk model. But Olivia Palermo is a style icon for women around the globe. How Truman Capote would have loved Olivia Palermo. The Breakfast at Tiffany’s author and arch New York society commentator would have adored her recent Greek vacation with fashion designer Valentino, […]

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