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The Shortlisted is an entertainment magazine and an approved Google News publisher founded by an Italian writer in 2015.

We independently publish and license to third-party publications dozens of high-quality interviews with prominent personalities of music, cinema, literature, culture and activism like George Orwell’s son, Monica Bellucci, Back to the Future creator Bob Gale, Giorgio Armani, Andrea Bocelli, Moby, The Sex Pistols, Spandau Ballet, Mr Bean star Rowan Atkinson, Ronan Keating, the late Dame Vivienne Westwood in defence of Julian Assange and many many others – please see the full interview directory here.
Our interviews have already been reprinted in selected publications in Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Latvia and Slovenia.

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For a non-exhaustive directory of our celebrity interviews and other pop culture features please see below, and for any other queries please visit the contact page.

••• Celebrity interview directory •••

George Orwell‘s son
Back to the Future creator Bob Gale
Monica Bellucci
Andrea Bocelli
Giorgio Armani
Moby
The Offspring
Il Volo
• The late Dame Vivienne Westwood in defence of Julian Assange
• The man who introduced The Beatles to Brian Epstein in 1961: Bill Harry of Mersey Beat
Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov
• Berlin of Top Gun‘s song Take My Breath Away
• The author of Trainspotting Irvine Welsh

Mr Bean star Rowan Atkinson
Suzi Quatro about 60 years in music
The Animals‘ original drummer John Steel about 60 years in music
The Merseybeats‘ co-founder Tony Crane about 60 years in music
The Tremeloes‘ Len ‘Chip’ Hawkes about 60 years in music
The Zombies‘ original keyboardist Rod Argent about 60 years in music
Gerry’s Pacemakers about 60 years of You’ll Never Walk Alone
Pat Boone about 60 years of Speedy Gonzales

Don McLean about 50 years of American Pie
Jeff Christie about 50 years of Yellow River
The Sex Pistols‘ original bassist Glen Matlock
Spandau Ballet‘s original saxophonist Steve Norman
Dire Straits‘ original bassist John Illsley
The Jam‘ original bassist Bruce Foxton
Genesis‘ original guitarist Steve Hackett
UB40‘s original guitarist Robin Campbell
 Public Image Ltd‘s original bassist Jah Wobble
Prince‘s musical director of 20 years Morris Hayes
Hanson about 25 years of MMMBop
Ronan Keating of 1990s boyband Boyzone
Plain White T’s of Hey There Delilah
Katrina and the Waves of Walking on Sunshine
Alphaville of Forever Young
David Bowie‘s pupil Ozark Henry
Paul Young of Every Time You Go Away
Limahl of The Neverending Story
Passenger of Let Her Go
The Lumineers of Ho Hey
Skunk Anansie‘s Skin
 The Prodigy‘s Maxim
Zucchero of Without A Woman (Senza Una Donna)
• Hollywood film score composer Ludovico Einaudi
• Grammy Award winner Joss Stone

• and counting… 

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