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From a stream to streaming, Kermit tells us about his great leap forward

The famous frog, now 65, stars in a new Disney+ show. He credits his friends the Muppets for his enduring success and popularity. The world’s most famous frog celebrated the 65th anniversary of his television debut earlier this year. Time flies when you’r ...

18 Aug 2020 - Aimee Knight
Adam Rippon: Lessons from his journey of self-discovery

The figure skating and ‘Dancing With the Stars’ champion talks about writing his memoir, being a role model and coming out The title of former Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon’s memoir, “Beautiful on the Outside,” is a play on the old adage that it’s wha ...

9 Jun 2020 - Thomas Virgl
Sir Steve McQueen and his eternal love of art

The Oscar-winning director and artist reflects on his life and perseverance In 2013, British director Sir Steven Rodney McQueen became the first black man to win an Academy Award for best director, and his film, “Twelve Years a Slave,” won for best pictur ...

13 Mar 2020 - Adrian Lobb
Robbie Robertson and his improbable rise to stardom

The legendary guitarist and songwriter of The Band reminisces in this ‘Letter to My Younger Self’ Robbie Robertson, perhaps best known as musician in The Band, reflects on his younger self in this series for The Big Issue, Street Roots’ sister paper in th ...

28 Feb 2020 - Jane Graham
John Cameron Mitchell has a lot going on – in Portland and beyond

The actor-musician-writer and longtime collaborator Chris Slusarenko, of Eyelids, talk ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch,’ ‘Shrill,’ Lou Reed and the ‘Origin of Love’ tour John Cameron Mitchell doesn’t live in Portland, but he’s sure spending a lot of time here. ...

21 Feb 2020 - Jason Cohen
I never looked back: Terry Gilliam was always drawn to Britain

The ‘Monty Python’ legend also reveals which of his films his teenage self would rate and his history as a cheerleader Terry Gilliam, the filmmaker and “Monty Python” star, writes a letter to his younger self as part of a series for The Big Issue, Street ...

24 Jan 2020 - Jane Graham
Wendell Pierce: You create the life you want

‘The Wire’ was a game-changer for the actor, and his hard work has paid off, he says in a letter to his younger self Wendell Pierce, an actor best known for his roles in the TV series “The Wire” and “Treme,” writes a letter to his younger self as part of ...

10 Jan 2020 - Adrian Lobb
Art Alexakis is not giving up

The Everclear frontman and former Portlander talks about his first solo album, his MS diagnosis and Trump Art Alexakis has survived a lot. An impoverished and fatherless childhood in California. Sexual abuse. Drug addiction. And then later, in Portland, t ...

13 Dec 2019 - Jason Cohen
Lin-Manuel Miranda: Me at 16

He found storytelling inspiration in hip-hop, and he took his projects seriously back then – ‘so much more seriously than I do now’ Lin-Manuel Miranda, a performance polymath best known for “Hamilton” and now starring in the TV adaptation of Philip Pullma ...

15 Nov 2019 - Jane Graham
Bryan Adams: His new album, his roots, and his photos of street paper vendors

The rock star’s latest photography project, ‘Homeless,’ highlights people who ‘fall between the cracks’ Bryan Adams is one of Canada’s most famous international exports, but he’s still true to his roots. Adams moved from Ontario to British Columbia with ...

15 Nov 2019 - Rosemary Newton