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By Time Out editors

Updated: Thu May 28 2009
Every week Time Out's journalists chew the fat with famous and infamous London figures from the world of arts and entertainment. Here are some of the people we've interviewed recently
- Eric Cantona and Ken Loach
  
  Ken Loach and Eric Cantona’s ‘Looking for Eric’ had its world premiere in Cannes. Time Out Film Editor Dave Calhoun travelled to Manchester to watch Loach coax words of wisdom from the philosophising footballer. Read more
- Joan Rivers
  
  On a whirlwind shopping trip with Time Out Comedy editor Tim Arthur, caustic comedian Joan Rivers looks back over her long career. Read more
- Flight of the Conchords
  
  We caught up with Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, aka Flight of the Conchords, in New York while they were filming the second series of their Grammy-winning hit comedy. The laconic Kiwis gave us their bite-sized views on everything from their sex-symbol status to curing American financial ills. Read more
- Michael McIntyre
  
  Comedy phenomenon Michael McIntyre may be selling DVDs by the crate and playing at the O2 - but can he pen a new stand-up show based on the suggestions of Time Out readers? You sent in hundreds of topics - from the bizarre to the disgusting. Here are the five hilarious routines he conjured up for us. Read more
- Orbital: interview
  
  Get Your dancing shoes on as Orbital return to headline Get Loaded In The Park. Time Out talks to the veteran ravers as they prepare to top the bill at Clapham Common on August 30. Read more
- Charlie Kaufman
  
  In a Time Out exclusive, Charlie Kaufman, writer of ‘Being John Malkovich’ and ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ – and now writer and director of ‘Synecdoche, New York’ – explains why messing with an audience’s mind comes naturally to him Read more
- Paul Merton
  
  In a rare and candid interview, Paul James Martin tells Time Out how Catholicism, the Comedy Store and Charlie Chaplin helped create the inimitable Paul Merton Read more
- Boris Johnson
  
  Time Out invited its readers to tell us what they wanted to ask the Mayor of London after his first year in office. Here are the results: Mark Frith puts Londoners's questions to Boris Johnson Read more
- Al Murray
  
  As 'The Pub Landlord's Beautiful British Tour' arrives in London, Time Out discovers that Al Murray's not about to call time on his most famous creation Read more
- Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen
  
  More than three decades after appearing on stage together, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart have reunited in a highly anticipated production of Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot'. Time Out caught up with them on tour in Brighton Read more
- Simon Pegg
  
  Simon Pegg rose to stardom via cult hits 'Spaced' and 'Shaun of the Dead'. The writer and actor told Time Out, through a mouthful of crisps, why we’re past postmodernism and why his wife walked out of the premiere of ‘Star Trek’ Read more
- Hugh Jackman
  
  We spoke to Oscar host and People magazine’s 'Sexiest Man Alive' Hugh Jackman about Wolverine, his workout routine, musical theatre and how he's 'never repeated' his girlfriends Read more
- Rob Brydon
  
  After TV, film and numerous chatshow appearances, Rob Brydon has been taking his subversively accessible comedy on the road. He spoke to Time Out as the six-month tour hit London Read more
- David Attenborough
  
  He’s one of the world’s most accomplished broadcasters, and wildlife TV’s most familiar face (certainly to gorillas) – yet, as Time Out discovered, David Attenborough is a thoroughly self-effacing specimen of humanity Read more
- Russell Brand
  
  He says he's vain, a sex addict and an egocentric ex-junkie. In an exclusive and candid interview, Time Out got to the bottom of Russell Brand's obsession with poo, his self-destruction and what really happened during Sachsgate Read more
- Michael Caine
  
  Michael Caine plays an elderly magician with Alzheimer's in latest film ‘Is Anybody There?’. As he told Time Out Film editor Dave Calhoun, it’s a far cry from his early days playing Jack the lad in ‘Alfie’ and ‘The Italian Job’ – but he wouldn’t have it any other way... Read more
- Gareth Pugh and Daphne Guinness
  
  How did Daphne Guinness and Gareth Pugh become British fashion's hottest duo? Time Out paired them up to find out Read more
- Werner Herzog
  
  Werner Herzog has forged a prolific, uncategorisable career spanning fiction and documentary. He spoke to Time Out about recent docs ‘Grizzly Man’ and ‘Encounters at the End of the World’, and why he remains in awe of nature's savage indifference towards people Read more
- The Mighty Boosh
  
  As the ever-mightier Boosh, Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt have inspired a cult following so tenacious even they find it freaky. Time Out hit Brixton for psychedelic comedy, fun with fans and a cheeky Nando's with the boys Read more
- Bryn Terfel
  
  Time Out caught up with Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel and behind the voice discovered a family man who loves Man United Read more
- James Corden and Mat Horne
  
  Cannoning off the success of 'Gavin & Stacey', James Corden and Mat Horne have been busy making their own sketch show, 'Horne & Corden', as well as a movie, 'Lesbian Vampire Killers'. Time Out pinned them down in a bowling alley and tried to keep up... Read more
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