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Expansive interviews about remarkable careers.

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Todd Haynes Plays the Superego

 The director is interested in people constrained by society’s rules. In his new film May December, he makes it harder to root for the rule-breakers. By Madeline Leung Coleman
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The One and Only Benedict Wong

 Spy. Scientist. Sorcerer Supreme. Finally, with 3 Body Problem, the actor plays someone like himself. By Nicholas Quah
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Bernie Taupin Is Still Standing

 He imagined the yellow brick roads and rocket men that helped make Elton John famous. He thinks there’s more to come. By Jim Farber

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