#radiointerview

DID YOU KNOW: Aaliyah was looking into attending Columbia or New York University?

June 2, 2000, Aaliyah had a sit down radio interview with Japanese pop singer, Hikaru Utada and in their conversation HIkaru mentions "college", and Aaliyah briefly shared the two colleges she had her eyes on.

No disrespect to the interviewer, but, so many questions and oppurtunities to obtain details about the person ON YOUR SHOW were missed in this interview (if you ask me).

Aaliyah herself volunteered that information. Perhaps the singer was starstruck and nervous because it's... AALIYAH! In that case, I understand, because even TANK shared how his mind went blank when Aaliyah asked him a question (he shared that he was caught up in her beauty and charm).

Alan Rickman & Ian Dempsey — Interview extract (2015)

The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show

This extract is taken from a 2015 interview on The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show, accessed via a YouTube recording. Ian Dempsey briefly refers to Alan Rickman’s long-term partner, Rima Horton… As some users have noted, that earlier remark had remained somewhat open-ended, and is here revisited in a brief exchange within the interview.

🎧 Extract

Ian Dempsey“…your long-term partner, Rima — am I pronouncing Rima’s name correctly?” Alan Rickman: “You are… what question is it?"(a soft, slightly hesitant laugh) Ian Dempsey: “I’m just going to ask, and you can say ‘I don’t want to talk about this’. At one stage you said she’s ‘tolerant — incredibly tolerant, unbelievably tolerant, possibly a candidate for sainthood’...So how tolerant is she? I mean, how tolerant does she need to be?? Are you a wild boy??” Alan Rickman: “No… I ...I mean—”(as if about to interject and Ian chuckles knowingly)“Anybody who shares a life with an actor has a lot to put up with..I think.. we’ll leave it at that. She is also remarkably intelligent — rather than just tolerant.” Ian Dempsey : “All right, okay…”

All credits to original photographers and respective sources. Shared for archival and appreciation purposes only.

Sources: YouTube (interview audio) [link] · alanrickman.ru (fan archive images and partial transcript reference) [link]

Transcript note: Extract transcribed from YouTube subtitles. Automated captions may be imperfect.

Additional reference: alanrickman.ru provides a fan transcript of the full interview in Russian [link] (accessed via machine translation for reference). The version is partially complete and does not include the segment regarding Rima Horton present in this extract.