Lea Michele: No Business Like Show Business
Hometown: Tenafly, N.J. Show: Glee For Fans Of: Wicked, High School Musical, Freaks and Geeks Listening to Lea Michele gush over her new role in Glee—Fox’s much-hyped new series about a high-school musical ensemble—is eerily similar to witnessing the jazz-handed optimism of her character Rachel Berry, a teenaged vocalist with a scorchingly sunny disposition. In fact, Michele openly admits that playing the diva-in-training doesn’t require much acting at all. “I definitely have a lot of Rachel in me—her level of projection is pretty much the same in a small classroom as it would be on a Broadway stage,” she says.... read more
Found in: TV, FeaturesCharlyne Yi: Geek Love
In recent years, there’s been no shortage of well-soundtracked "alternative" romantic comedies, and most have hinged on a very particular archetype: the unassuming nerd girl... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesEdward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros: C'Mon Get Happy!
Several years ago, Alex Ebert—the hard-partying lead singer of major-label power-pop group Ima Robot—broke up with his girlfriend... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesVivian Girls: Love, Actually
"Everyone can relate to a love song, no matter how personal it is to the writer,” says Cassie Ramone... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesGetting to Know... Rian Johnson
Emergent director Rian Johnson's highly regarded 2005 debut feature, the satisfyingly odd Brick... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesWild Light: Burning Bright
The same night their old chums in Arcade Fire are guesting at a party for President Obama’s staff in Washington, D.C., New Hampshire quartet Wild Light is playing at the... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesBeatbeat Whisper Grows Up and Plays On
Siblings Ayla and Davyd Nereo keep few boundaries between them. As they answer questions in chorus, it’s easy to imagine their childhood in California’s sylvan Sonoma County, sharing the family piano... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesIda Maria: Out of Control
Despite growing up in Nesna—a tiny Norwegian coastal village with 1,855 people and one gas station—Ida Maria Sivertsen was never at a loss for music in the home. “What we heard on the radio was what we got..." read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesThe Best of What's Next
Lists like this often end up being only superficially about the artist's work. The focus shifts instead toward triangulating which act is going to be the next to blow up (as if being the best were somehow a prerequisite for achieving blown-upness)... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesSaša Stanišic: Magic in Motion
"There's nothing there. Just sheep and me." Saša Stanišic happily describes the Swiss setting where he's retreated to write. One can't blame him for seeking a quiet place. The war in Bosnia still rings in his ears... read more
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