Arts & Entertainment TV Interviews

"Top Chef's" top dog
In this interview and podcast, Tom Colicchio dishes on his favorite contestants, how our food obsession sprang from disco's demise, and why he's nothing like Gordon Ramsay.
Curious George
Preparing for his 14th HBO comedy special, George Carlin waxes philosophic on the freedom that comes from not giving a #%&@.
Put up your Dukes!
Susan Sarandon dishes about playing feisty heiress Doris Duke on HBO, Ralph Fiennes' "matinee idol" looks and her old gay boyfriends.
Conversations: Tim Gunn
The "Project Runway" guru talks about his new show, "Tim Gunn's Guide to Style," and his passionate crusade to make fashion work for the masses. An interview and podcast.
Conversations: Steven Okazaki
The filmmaker behind "White Light Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki" shares the survivors' stories he explores in his devastating documentary. An interview and podcast.
Real talk with Bill Maher
The talk show host sizes up Hillary and Obama, and explains why he's so over McCain.
Cruel to be kind
The animal rights activist who goes undercover in the startling HBO doc "Dealing Dogs" speaks candidly about his willingness to abuse some animals to save the lives of others.
Cut from a different cloth
"Project Runway" winner Jay McCarroll talks about fame whores, the spoils of his victory and the challenges of designing clothes that aren't intended for some rich guy's wife.
Amish out of water
Can reality TV shows be documentaries for the masses? Producer Jon Kroll certainly thinks so and claims that "Amish in the City" is only the beginning.
Reality TV's intern from hell
Drew, the fired intern from "The Restaurant," wants to make one thing clear: "I might seem a little cocky at times, but under no circumstances am I a monster."
No exorcist required
Linda Blair talks about her new Hallmark Channel horror spoof, her love of animals and, yeah, that movie from the '70s with the pea soup and the crucifix.
The man who would be Carson
From Jimmy Kimmel to Colin Quinn to Ellen DeGeneres, there are too many untested talents joining the talk-show fray. J. Keith van Straaten may be the most experienced host of them all. So why isn't he on the air yet?
A Python in the desert
Monty Python co-founder Michael Palin on eating camel meat, being recognized by Inuit in the Bering Strait, and becoming a sex symbol at 60 in his new travel series, "Sahara."
The man behind the Slayer
"Buffy" creator Joss Whedon talks about why Buffy and Angel couldn't be together, how Willow might have stayed straight, and the end of the series that redefined cult TV.
Why does everybody love "Raymond"?
Because its stories and cast make it one of the best, and funniest, sitcoms on TV. Creator Phil Rosenthal talks about the success of his show as it nears its final season.
Black to the future
Director Isaac Julien talks about "BaadAsssss Cinema," his Independent Film Channel tribute to the outrageous fashions, foot-high Afros and subversive politics of '70s blaxploitation movies.
"What drugs have not destroyed, the war on them has"
David Simon, creator of the searing new HBO series "The Wire," on why even the best cop shows are phony and our anti-drug mania amounts to a permanent war against the underclass.
From public access to network sitcom
Co-creator Dan Milano talks about the long, exceedingly strange trip of "Greg the Bunny."
A day in the life
Joel Surnow is the man responsible for the thrilling, masochistic television show "24." He has no idea how it's going to end.
The men behind the curtain
Three actors from "Oz" talk about surviving the slammer, prison politics and the brutish force of the most overlooked show on television.
The gang's all here
Four of "The Sopranos'" most memorable character actors have a sit-down on working with James Gandolfini, their favorite lines and where to find the best braciola.
"The enemies are capitalists"
In a comic (sort of) new series, the man who built "The X-Files" on paranoia about government finds something new to worry about.
Beyond the fringe
Louis Theroux, host of "Weird Weekends," talks about cutting across cultural margins, straight into the worlds of porn stars and roller-skating survivalists.
The adventures of Sir Peter Ustinov
The actor, novelist, playwright and director talks about what it was like to follow in Mark Twain's footsteps -- literally.
Give Pokimon a chance
Ten-year-old Sean Levine talks about the limitless potential of Pokimon.

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