Month: June 2011

The multifaceted John Malkovich

11 June 2011 by Ginny Dougary

John Malkovich and I are ensconced in his hotel room in Recklinghausen, near Düsseldorf, having a cosy chat about murder – and, in particular, the Austrian serial killer, Jack Unterweger, who is the latest in a line of mad, bad and dangerous characters the actor has inhabited in his long career. He’s playing the celebrity …

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Sir Richard Branson: ‘I don’t trust myself with heroin’

4 June 2011 by Ginny Dougary

Sir Richard Branson, with his 300-plus companies, has been an ambassador for entrepreneurship, crazy sporting activities (attempting world records in hot-air ballooning; playing golf in the dark), space travel and, with his most recent announcement, deep-sea exploration (Virgin Oceanic). But now, perhaps, a new frontier-breaking role awaits him: the grand ambassador for dope. He is …

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