Maggie Gyllenhaal

The old-school Eastsider, who stars in the sex comedy Hysteria, revels in the local food scene

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Val Kilmer

The Valley boy—who recently played Mark Twain to sold-out crowds—on cowboys and smog

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Timothy Olyphant

The star of FX’s Justified talks about art, swimming, and what you don’t see coming

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Alison Brie

The 29-year-old actress, who returns to Mad Men this month (and appears in Community), on balloon animals, drum circles, and South Pasadena

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Madeleine Stowe

The star of ABC’s hit series Revenge on perfect cream puffs, good neighbors, and late blooming

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Regina King

The star of the TNT cop series Southland on tweeting, busing, and Boyz N the Hood

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Anil Kapoor

The versatile actor, who plays the villain in this month’s Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol, on Indian taxi drivers, road rage, and brokenhearted women

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Laura Dern

With the debut of her new HBO series, Enlightened, the actress talks about growing up with actors (her parents are Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd), dying on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and being stuck in 1978

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Seth Rogen

The actor-writer-producer—his new film, 50/50, is a comedy about twentysomethings and cancer—riffs on laziness, abandoning his drug dealers, and Fairfax Avenue before it got hip

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Paula Abdul

The dancer-choreographer-singer turned judge—who reunites with Simon Cowell this month on Fox’s The X Factor—on Laker Girls, Valley condos, and Gene Kelly

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