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Josh Brolin talks to Latest 7 about his role as President Bush in Oliver Stone’s new film W

It’s been a rather impressive few years for you, hasn’t it?
Right, but once you confine it to the year, where do you go from there?

But it’s enabled you to take the step up to play the lead in W., doesn’t it?
That was what I hoped, to respect the moment. I had a lot of opportunities and a lot of money came my way, so thank God for my friend Brett Markinson, who taught me most of what I know about trading stocks. That gave me an objectivity to it all. His whole thing is ‘the minute you start to feel greed, sell, and the minute you start to feel fear look and see if it’s something you want to acquire because it’s probably a pretty good time to buy in.’ Read the rest of this article »

Goth-rock legends Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds play the Brighton Centre this week. Nick Aldwinckle spoke to Bad Seeds and Grinderman drummer and frontman of The Vanity Set, Jim Sclavunos

What have you been up to lately?
I’ve been doing a lot of sessions in New York. I have a studio and a friend down in Long Island and we’ve been working with a band called The Bellmer Dolls. They’re named after the Dadaist Hans Bellmer who used to make obscene doll sculptures. I’m about to do a Vanity Set session too. We’ve just finished a US Bad Seeds too, so this is my ‘in-between time’. We played the Hollywood Bowl with Spiritualised and Cat Power on the bill. It was a thrill to play such an iconographic venue. We’re heading to Europe for a tour, playing a few places we haven’t played before.

Do you come to Brighton much?
The last time we were in Brighton was with Grinderman, when we played a secret gig at the King Alfred Centre. It was fun. What’s not to like about Brighton?
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Patti Smith talks to Stephen Dalton exclusively about radiating youth and the film of her life showing during the Cinecity festival

Patti Smith

You can feel Patti Smith’s crackling energy before she even sits down to talk. All sharp angles and wiry energy, there is still something vaguely feral about this one-time Bohemian queen of New York’s downtown punk scene. Even at 61, beneath a ragged haystack of greying hair, Smith is bursting with ideas about art, poetry, politics and music. She seems less like a rock star than an untamed force of nature.
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Andrew Kay caught up with Atul Kochhar as he prepares for his stint at the annual Silk Ball in aid of local children’s charity Rockinghorse

Whether he’s waking up our senses on Saturday Kitchen or beating Gary Rhodes in the south east heat of the Great British Menu, Atul Kochhar is one celebrity chef to watch out for. Atul is at the top of his game; his Mayfair restaurant Benares has one Michelin star, his Hampshire restaurant is already getting great notices and since the Great British Menu he is a top choice for television. When Rockinghorse, the Sussex children’s medical charity, decided on an Eastern theme for its annual fundraising ball, it ambitiously approached Atul for help. The ball’s organisers were stunned when Atul generously agreed to design the menu free of charge and provide expert advice to the venue’s chefs who will be preparing the meal.
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