THE SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE MAGAZINE - JULY 2012 - BRAND NEW

RUSSELL BRAND - ALABAMA SHAKES

CULTURE magazine is a weekly supplement to The Sunday Times newspaper and features exclusive interviews plus music, film, theatre, TV, etc.

This week's issue "FUNNY TO THE CORE" features English comedian RUSSELL BRAND on the front cover.

Also inside:

- RUSSELL BRAND - ALL MOUTH AND TROUSERS:

- His marriage is over, his film career faltering, so RUSSELL BRAND is back to what he does best - talking about RUSSELL BRAND.

Benji Wilson meets him on the set of his new TV show.

- "I just want to do something really authentic. I'm saying what I believe in - then we can cut out the things that are unbroadcastable."

- 2-page article including interview and pictures (see main picture and insets).

- ALABAMA SHAKES - A WHOLE LOT OF SHAKING GOING ON:

- A year ago, ALABAMA SHAKES - blues nuts from you guessed where - all had regular jobs.

Now the are hailed as the 'world's greatest new band...

- "I just wanted to go on tour and quit my day job and have a chance to make a living out of music."

- 2-page article including interview and picture (see insets).

Plus:

- THERE MAY BE TROUBLE AHEAD:

- Vanity projects by Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp are costing studios millions. Are these stars finally on the wane...

- BARD MEN V HARD MEN:

- American actors armed with video screens have been pitted against the polished verse speakers of the RSC

as the combatants in Shakespeare's Trojan war play...

- & Music, Film, Theatre, TV...