50 Interviews – Journalist mistakes African American actors
Samuel L Jackson scolds a journalist for confusing the actor with fellow African American, Laurence Fishburne, writes Dylan Walton.
Samuel L Jackson scolds a journalist for confusing the actor with fellow African American, Laurence Fishburne, writes Dylan Walton.
Only months after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Oriana Fallaci grills the newly appointed leader, writes Shahin Mehrkhavari.
In Princess Diana’s interview with Martin Bashir, she responds to rumours about her lovers and mental illness, writes Jasmine Woods.
Samuel L Jackson scolds a journalist for confusing the actor with fellow African American, Laurence Fishburne, writes Dylan Walton.
Only months after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Oriana Fallaci grills the newly appointed leader, writes Shahin Mehrkhavari.
In Princess Diana’s interview with Martin Bashir, she responds to rumours about her lovers and mental illness, writes Jasmine Woods.
Jann S. Wenner probes for answers in this historical interview of John Lennon in 1971, and gets a surprising mixture of responses. This is selected by Andrew Miller as part of our ’50 interviews’ project.
Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin from the UK comedy show Monty Python, had Canadian Radio Host Peter Gzowski in hysterics when he spoke to them about Princess Anne’s Wedding in 1973, in this interview selected by Ash Shenker for our ’50 Interviews’ project.
The late conservationist, Steve Irwin, explains why he couldn’t have sex after he married, in a humorous chat on the ABC’s ‘Enough Rope’ program with host Andrew Denton, and makes part of our ’50 great interviews’ for journalists.
Rockstar Dave Grohl conjures up images of Nirvana, black grunge and Foo Fighters, but in reality, he’s just a regular dad, as journalist Tom Lamont found out in this interview chosen by Adria de Fazio for our ’50 Interviews’ project.
American sports presenter Howard Cosell cheekily prods the notoriously confident Muhammad Ali after his infamous 1967 refusal to join the Vietnam War and eventual boxing ban, in this interview selected by Alex Pavlidis for our ’50 Interviews’ project.
Controversial radio broadcaster, Derryn Hinch, shows no fear of the notorious ‘baby-faced killer’ and underworld figure, Carl Williams, in an interrogation-like interview from 2004, selected by Aaron Pabst for our ’50 interviews’ project.
Controversial actor Charlie Sheen discusses Two and a Half Men, his public image and his future career plans in this radio interview selected by Timothy Arendshorst as part of our ‘50 interviews’ project.
A painfully out-of-touch television host Bill Grundy gets a high voltage dose of punk rock attitude, as the Sex Pistols are introduced to the world via this classic 1976 television interview, says Matthew Knight.
Canadian radio host Jian Ghomeshi got much more than he bargained for when Billy Bob Thornton dropped in for a breakfast chat with his band, The Boxmasters. Lawrie Zion kick-starts our mission to find 50 great interviews for journalists.
In a joint project between upstart and La Trobe University students, we’re on a mission to find 50 ‘Great’ Interviews for journalists.