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Preseason Interview with Tom Crean

“The IU culture actually started to change back in the spring of 2011. The players we had started to mature. Work ethics that had been substandard got a lot better. I think what they started to absorb was that there was going to be real competition for playing time. It’s been fun to watch.”

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What I Know: Delia Ephron

AGE: 68  GIG: Bestselling author & screenwriter  INDY BOUND: On Oct. 24, Ephron opens the Ann Katz Festival of Books and Arts with a talk on her latest novel, The Lion Is In.

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Front & Center: Q&A with Charles Venable

On October 8, Charles Venable begins his job as the IMA’s director and CEO. We decided to get to know him first.
 

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Herb Simon on the Pacers' Future: 'We Have a Succession Plan'

EVAN WEST: Why did you and brother Mel decide to purchase the club?

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My First Time: Getting Caught in a Dress

VICKI ST. JAMES, Female Impersonator

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What I Know: Charlotte Lucas

When my husband and I got married, he promised me that life would never be boring,” says Charlotte Lucas. “And he has fulfilled that to the absolute max.”

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Q&A with Werner Herzog

When you visit, I’m sure you’ll be mobbed by a group of adoring young directors. How is the film industry they’ll face different than the one you did 40 years ago?

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What I Know: Lee Hamilton

Editor’s Note: Former U.S. House representative Lee Hamilton’s wife Nancy died in Bloomington on Aug. 11, in an accident when her own car rolled back and struck and ran over her. Here, our December 2010 conversation with Lee Hamilton in which he speaks about his wife.  AGE: 79 WHEREABOUTS:Just returned home, to direct The Center […]

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What I Know: Brandon Judkins

I believe in the power of small, incremental change, but I’m really inspired by big, bold, visionary change. This is a really exciting time to be here. I feel good about our direction, but from here, things could either be okay or they could be kind of fantastic. To keep doing what we’re doing only gets us so far. What’s missing is a world-class public-transit system.

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What I Know: Patrick Dempsey

AGE: 46  GIG: Actor and racecar driver  DREAM ROLE: The Grey’s Anatomy star will race in the IMS’s inaugural Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series event on July 27 as part of the Super Weekend at the Brickyard.

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What I Know: Mark Cuban

“The first job I ever had was selling garbage bags door-to-door when I was 12.”

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What I Know: Tasha Jones

Life on the road isn’t glamorous, unless your idea of glamour is waking at 4 a.m. to practice your performance, dressing your kids at 6, writing until lunch, making phone calls all afternoon, then picking the kids up, cooking dinner, and sleeping for five hours.

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What I Know: Martha Hoover

 

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Q&A: Dayo Okeniyi of The Hunger Games

On March 23, the much anticipated film adaptation of The Hunger Games hit theaters nationwide, earning $155 million at the box office in its opening weekend. Before starring as Thresh in the movie, Dayo Okeniyi spent his college weekends as any college student in the Indianapolis area would—hanging out with friends in the midtown district. Though he grew up in Nigeria, Okeniyi moved to Indiana as a teen, graduating from Heritage Christian School in Indianapolis and earning his bachelor’s degree from Anderson University in Anderson.

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What I Know: Maggie Lewis

Girl Power: As the new City-County Council president—the first woman to hold the job—Lewis has been leading the push for a new, more comprehensive smoking ban.

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