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From Jewish summer camp to gospel to Chabad, Bob Dylan’s faith doesn’t fit in a box − but he’s long had a connection to Israel

James Mangold’s film “A Complete Unknown,” nominated for eight Oscars, captures the elusive, enigmatic quality of Bob Dylan in the early 1960s: the years he emerged as a major musical and cultural phenomenon. A scant few years after he came to New York from Minnesota, and legally changed his name…

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The 50th anniversary celebration of “Saturday Night Live” is so big, it’s not even on Saturday

The Independent UK

“I thought it was my friend joking when the receptionist said ‘Bob Dylan on the phone for you,’ but I could tell as soon as he spoke, it was Bob”: Dave Stewart recalls his first meeting with Bob Dylan as he unveils new covers album, Dave Does Dylan

“It's been a long road and these lyrics and melodies have kept me company through the best and the worst of times,” he says

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“He went to Guitar Center and did the most humble thing. He bought a $200 Yamaha acoustic. He didn’t show up with a $2,000 guitar and he could have”: Bob Dylan may have played Gibson, but Timothée Chalamet started his transformation with a budget acoustic

The actor was fully equipped with high-end Gibsons for A Complete Unknown – but picked out a budget-friendly Yamaha when he first started taking guitar lessons

Guitar World

A Complete Unknown director forced to clarify Bob Dylan fake scene request

‘But anyone can disbelieve me and search about for whatever fiction they think meets the criteria of the story’

The Independent UK

“I played bass in the guitar war between Hendrix and Johnny Winter. It was so loud!”: Stephen Stills’ wild stories of Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page and Public Enemy

He’s jammed with Hendrix, hung out with Peter Sellers and ribbed Bob Dylan – you name them, Stephen Stills knows them

Louder

Director of A Complete Unknown denies Bob Dylan requested a fake scene be added

Edward Norton – who plays folk singer Pete Seeger – said Dylan, who approved the script, had wanted one lie added to the screenplay about his life.

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“It dawned on me, ‘Wow! I think that we’re learning how to do this just how Bob learned how to play’”: How Timothée Chalamet went from a complete guitar novice to become Bob Dylan onscreen

Chalamet's guitar teacher Larry Saltzman reveals how the pursuit of authenticity and a $200 Yamaha acoustic helped the star nail his Oscar-nominated performance in A Complete Unknown

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"They put a sad cone over my vomit!" A Complete Unknown star Elle Fanning reveals why Timothée Chalamet thought she was "wasted" at her first Bob Dylan show, and why she was bummed when an invite to meet the iconic musician wasn't at all what she expected

Even when you're a famous and much-in-demand Hollywood star, life doesn't always work out as you had hoped as Elle Fanning has learned

Louder

“I loved that he showed up with a $200 guitar… It’s humble”: Timothée Chalamet learned to play guitar for his Oscar-nominated role in Bob Dylan biopic on a beginner Yamaha acoustic

Gibson supplied the period-correct acoustics for the movie but as Chalamet's guitar coach Larry Saltzman reveals, the star of A Complete Unknown bought himself a proper beginner's guitar

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“There’s a tradition in country music where an older musician – in order to give respect to a younger musician – would give them his guitar. Dad gave Bob Dylan one of his guitars”: Rosanne Cash on her father’s six-string salute to Dylan

The country legend says her father was not precious with instruments – instead, he respected the players

Guitar World

How Oscar nominee James Mangold cracked the code of modern Hollywood

INTERVIEW: Few directors have had as varied a career as James Mangold, who has directed everything from the Wolverine spin-off ‘Logan’ to ‘Walk the Line’ to a Meg Ryan romcom. As his Bob Dylan biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ becomes the one to beat at next month’s Oscars, Adam White speaks…

The Independent UK

“Do I still enjoy touring? The emphatic answer is ‘mostly, no’. I enjoy travelling and I enjoy playing. It’s a question of having done it intensely for decades”: Eric Bibb never planned to be a roots troubadour, but the blues took hold of his career

With more than 40 albums, three Grammy nominations and countless Blues Foundation awards to his name, Eric Bibb releases his most autobiographical set of songs yet on his latest release, In the Real World

Guitar World

Footage of Bill Murray singing Bob Dylan has gone viral and it's fair to say Timothée Chalamet won't be losing any sleep

There's another new Bob Dylan in town

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The Guardian - UK

February style essentials by Jess Cartner-Morley: from supersized puffers to Bob Dylan sunglasses

Learn how to master tricky February dressing with our fashion expert

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A Complete Unknown: how charity shop and Etsy finds completed iconic Dylan look

Film’s costume designer explains how a scarf made from a blanket and some custom-made Levi’s formed key part of Timothée Chalamet’s wardrobe

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Sir Ringo Starr 'loved' getting high with Bob Dylan

Sir Ringo Starr "loved" his first experience smoking marijuana with Bob Dylan, but got so high he forgot they had ordered food.

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2025's Oscar-Nominated Movies, but as Interiors — Design Lessons From This Year's Most Stylized Films

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Don’t look back: after decades of apathy, A Complete Unknown has turned me into a Dylan nut

I went into the cinema without expectation, I left feeling like a besotted teenager and have listened to little other music since

Louder

"It's like Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown but with less generation-defining genius and far more people dressed as bees": The SNL movie Saturday Night is fast and funny

SNL's first night: Drugs, obscenity, and a fight for the soul of America

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Lynch's music: A world beyond the eyes

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The Guardian - UK

Timothée Chalamet says he put on 20lb to play Bob Dylan. Can that tip the scales at the Oscars?

Radical physical transformations helped De Niro, Hanks and Bale to Academy Awards. But Chalamet’s Dylan still looks like he could by knocked down by a strong breeze

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“After three or four or five phone calls, they finally said ‘it’s Timothée Chalamet’. I really didn’t know who Timothée was. They said ‘it’s Bob Dylan music’”: Larry Saltzman on teaching Timothée Chalamet to play the guitar for A Complete Unknown

“He kind of knew one or two chords and formed a couple of chords. I could tell he was just very musical right away.”

Guitar World

“I was intimidated by teaching it to him. I was intimidated from playing it myself. He wasn’t intimidated. He just did it”: Timothée Chalamet’s guitar tutor was surprised when the Complete Unknown star tackled one of Bob Dylan’s trickiest songs with ease

Tutor to the stars and session pro Larry Saltzman shares what it was like to teach Chalamet the nuances of Dylan's playing, which the actor recently showcased on Saturday Night Live

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