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NANJIANI The Big Sick and Silicon Valley actor, 42, joins Issa Rae, 35, in the romantic action comedy The Lovebirds (coming to theaters soon) as a couple on a trip to New Orleans who accidentally become suspects in a murder. Do you see yourself as a romantic leading man? No, but I do love romantic comedy movies. When Harry Mett Sally, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill—the usual suspects—are among my favorites. What’s the relationship between your character, Jibran, and Rae’s Leilani? It can be very easy after a while to forget why you got together in the first place. Their relationship has gotten stuck in a rut, and whose fault is it? But because of the life-and-death stakes, they end up having to actually listen to each other. And in listening to each other about how to go about solving this mystery, they’re also listening to each other about how to solve the problems in their relationship. Why did you want to be a producer on Little America [Apple TV+], which is based on real-life stories of immigrants in America? I wanted to tell fun, interesting stories from a perspective that people might not have seen. But mostly, we just wanted to entertain people and tell stories that were funny or emotional, moving or exciting. All people are looking for love, or a place to live, or food, or to take care of their family, or to find a family. Who is Kingo, the role you play in Marvel Studios’ upcoming Eternals [Nov. 6]? Kingo is at least 7,000 years old. He was sent to Earth to defend humanity against the Deviants, who are monsters. He’s supposed to keep a low profile, but he’s decided to go become a Bollywood star. He just really enjoys all of it. He enjoys being famous. He enjoys having superpowers. He is, in a way, like a big kid.
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HOPS ON IT Corden is back on the bunny trail as the voice of the roguish cottontail in Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (postponed until Aug. 7). While Bea (Rose Byrne), Thomas (Domhnall Gleeson) and the other bunnies have settled into a family routine, Peter can’t seem to shake his scampy ways. Leaving the garden, he discovers a bigger world, where he must figure out what kind of bunny he wants to be. “He’s a wan rascal,” says Corden, rasc “I think Peter gets 41. “ away with mischief aw because of his be sweet and adorable sw nature. You just can’t nat help but smile when you ssee him.”
JULIA ROBERTS Organic gardening (she even composts!)
ZOOEY DESCHANEL SCHANEL Tangerines, s, or oranges, ran ange ges, lemons, plums umss and peaches es
BETSY BRANDT Herbs, especially rosemary
JESSICA ALBA Succulents
PRINCE CHARLES Organic gardening
STING Grapes for wine and olives for olive oil
PAULEY PERRETTE IS BROKE & LOVING IT
RINGO STARR
NCIS alum Perrette goes from the crime procedural to the new sitcom Broke (April 2 on CBS) as Jackie, a working single mom who’s shocked when her sister (Natasha Leggero, 46) and her brother-in-law (Jaime Camil, 46) land on her doorstep in need of a place to stay since the couple went—you got it—broke. Perrette, 51, couldn’t be happier with the role of Jackie. “This is the closest to me that I have ever played,” says the actress. “The way she lives, what her standards are.”
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OPRAH WINFREY Roses and veggies
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