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Liev Schrieber
Survivor
On ‘Ray Donovan’, Liev Schreiber plays the ultimate fixer, but the challenge of his life has been coming to terms with the crazy childhood that nearly broke him
By Andrew Goldman
Photograph by Theo Wenner
Back Audi speeds out of nowhere, stops and momentarily blocks the path of Liev Schreiber as he walks through a parking lot, having just picked up his lunch. Were this scene playing out in Ray Donovan, the hit Showtime series in which the 45-year-old actor plays the title character, a South Boston-reared tough, the driver’s nose might be moments away from never looking straight again. But Schreiber, wearing a pair of Birkenstocks that the perpetually suit-clad Donovan would probably sooner eat than wear, stops and stares ahead dumbly.
Straatligkinders
Triumph of the Underdogs
Straatligkinders went from a group of friends hanging out at church to one of the biggest Afrikaans rock bands. Their secret: hard work and good old-fashioned faith.
By Diane Coetzer
Photographs by Werner Botes/Plastiek
There’s little to recommend Potchefstroom, unless you count the ongoing battle between the ANC and DA for control of the Tlokwe council that gives fascinating insight into local politicking, 2013 style.Even then, unlike the roads that lead to the Waterberg or Mpumulanga, there’s no real reason to drive through the mining wastelands that hem in the N12 – unless you’re a student at the Potch campus of North-West University, or have some business to do in the primarily academic city.
Nakhane Touré
Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
Roll Over Beethoven...and tell Buddy Holly the News! “Risqué”, “Poet”, “Blasphemous”, “Obsessive”. Call him whatever. Led by the smash single, “Christopher”, the Eastern Cape-born singer-songwriter, Nakhane Touré,puts God on the dance floor, crafts boy-on-boy heartache songs and still remains The Most Enigmatic Pop Star You Have Never Heard Of.
By Bongani Madondo
Photograph by Danielle Tamagini
Rolling Stone Issue 23
Johnny Cash
October 16, 2003
A special tribute to The Man in Black, with remembrances from colleagues and fans including Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard, Tom Petty, Bono, Sheryl Crow and Rick Rubin.
By Anthony DeCurtis
For so long it seemed that even death would have to back off from a final confrontation with the daunting eminence of Johnny Cash. Even after the singer was found to have an incurable, degenerative disease in1997, he did not back down. Despite frequent hospitalisations, he recorded someof the best music of his career, made himself available for interviews, oversaw reissues of his extensive catalogue of albums and made a heart-stopping video that racked up six nominations at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards.