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Adam White

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Adam White is features editor across Culture and Lifestyle at The Independent, where he writes and commissions features, essays and interviews. His work has also been published in Dazed, Huck, i-D, Playboy, The Telegraph, The i, Little White Lies, The Quietus and Nylon.

<p>‘I’ve never had a good sense of picking projects that make money. That’s just never been how my brain works’ </p>
Interview

Mary Elizabeth Winstead on fame, Tarantino and working with husband Ewan McGregor

The star of ‘Scott Pilgrim vs the World’ speaks to Adam White about getting a pedicure before auditioning for Quentin Tarantino, the likelihood of a ‘Birds of Prey’ sequel, and why working with her famous husband on the drama series ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ was a ‘no-brainer’

<p>‘I cared too much about people not liking me. If you’ve got balls of steel, you just push on through’ </p>
Interview

Kaiser Chiefs’ Ricky Wilson: ‘We were an acceptable punching bag’

As the chart-topping indie rock band behind ‘Ruby’ and ‘I Predict a Riot’ release their eighth album, their frontman speaks to Adam White about backlash, hurtful jokes, and his worry that they’d be ‘remembered as mid-Noughties also-rans’

Interview

Kaiser Chiefs’ Ricky Wilson: ‘We were an acceptable punching bag’

As the chart-topping indie rock band behind ‘Ruby’ and ‘I Predict a Riot’ release their eighth album, their frontman speaks to Adam White about backlash, hurtful jokes, and his worry that they’d be ‘remembered as mid-Noughties also-rans’

<p>‘I cared too much about people not liking me. If you’ve got balls of steel, you just push on through’ </p>
<p>‘I had paparazzi chasing me, people approaching me. You weren’t allowed to really be yourself’</p>
Interview

Josh Hartnett on Black Mirror, Oppenheimer and saying no to celebrity

The star of ‘Black Hawk Down’ and ‘The Virgin Suicides’ speaks to Adam White about going to space for ‘Black Mirror’, the truth about his ‘feud’ with Harrison Ford, and finally working with Christopher Nolan 20 years after turning down Batman

Interview

Josh Hartnett on Black Mirror, Oppenheimer and saying no to celebrity

The star of ‘Black Hawk Down’ and ‘The Virgin Suicides’ speaks to Adam White about going to space for ‘Black Mirror’, the truth about his ‘feud’ with Harrison Ford, and finally working with Christopher Nolan 20 years after turning down Batman

<p>‘I had paparazzi chasing me, people approaching me. You weren’t allowed to really be yourself’</p>
<p>Busy Philipps: ‘This person was like, “She just annoys me – she’s too much.” And I’m like, I get it! I wish I could unfollow myself sometimes, too’ </p>
Interview

Busy Philipps: ‘I was just grossed out by Hollywood’

The ‘Freaks and Geeks’ and ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star tells Adam White how she was tempted back to acting by comedy ‘Girls5Eva’, the unrealistic body expectations aimed at Gen-X women, and how the inaction of a small group of people is leading to children brutally dying

Interview

Busy Philipps: ‘I was just grossed out by Hollywood’

The ‘Freaks and Geeks’ and ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star tells Adam White how she was tempted back to acting by comedy ‘Girls5Eva’, the unrealistic body expectations aimed at Gen-X women, and how the inaction of a small group of people is leading to children brutally dying

<p>Busy Philipps: ‘This person was like, “She just annoys me – she’s too much.” And I’m like, I get it! I wish I could unfollow myself sometimes, too’ </p>
<p>Anthony Michael Hall: ‘If people don’t remember you, that’s when you should be worried'</p>
Interview

Anthony Michael Hall: ‘Fame was off-putting and kind of scary’

The Brat Pack legend and star of ‘The Breakfast Club’ and ‘Sixteen Candles’ can now be seen squaring off against Michael Myers in ‘Halloween Kills’. He talks to Adam White about the perils of early celebrity, the ‘Breakfast Club’ sequel that never was, and his regrets about falling out with John Hughes

Interview

Anthony Michael Hall: ‘Fame was off-putting and kind of scary’

The Brat Pack legend and star of ‘The Breakfast Club’ and ‘Sixteen Candles’ can now be seen squaring off against Michael Myers in ‘Halloween Kills’. He talks to Adam White about the perils of early celebrity, the ‘Breakfast Club’ sequel that never was, and his regrets about falling out with John Hughes

<p>Anthony Michael Hall: ‘If people don’t remember you, that’s when you should be worried'</p>
<p>James Caan, photographed in 1974: ‘I wish I had an Academy Award – I sound like I’m bitter, and I am!’</p>
Interview

James Caan: ‘I was Mr Tough Guy – they wouldn’t let me do much else’

The legendary star of The Godfather and Misery was always more than fiery dust-ups and off-screen scandal. He talks to Adam White about typecasting, missing out on an Oscar, and surviving Lars von Trier

Interview

James Caan: ‘I was Mr Tough Guy – they wouldn’t let me do much else’

The legendary star of The Godfather and Misery was always more than fiery dust-ups and off-screen scandal. He talks to Adam White about typecasting, missing out on an Oscar, and surviving Lars von Trier

<p>James Caan, photographed in 1974: ‘I wish I had an Academy Award – I sound like I’m bitter, and I am!’</p>

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