TORO sits down with the legendary Playboy creator and still-current publisher, about his new film bio, the origins of his empire, and fighting the good fight against the powers that be.

In the new world of satirist Gary Shteyngart, past author of Absurdistan, people can't tolerate life without an äppärät and they work at corporations like LandOLakesGMFordCredit. But really, the title of his new novel tells it all: Super Sad True Love Story.

He's a former MVP award winner and one of the most feared sluggers in the game of baseball. He's also a proud Canadian who takes batting practice every day wearing the Team Canada T-shirt he got at an Olympic qualifying tournament in 2003. TORO caught up with Justin Morneau during the Twins' recent visit to Rogers Centre.

In part two of our interview with Peter Fonda, the Hollywood icon keeps shooting from the hip and dishing anecdotes like it's nobody's business. He challenged interviewer Thom Ernst to explain the symbolism of stuffing dollar bills into the motorcycle at the beginning of Easy Rider, then he dismissed Ernst's opinions and called him a drug head. Far out, man.

Hollywood star and counterculture icon Peter Fonda talks to us about writing Easy Rider in a seedy Toronto motel and the inspirations behind his most famous film in part one of this two-part interview.

Scott Turow talks about his new novel, Innocent, and the pressures of writing a sequel to Presumed Innocent, his similarly titled bestseller from 1987 that started a wave of literary thrillers.

Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, Pygmy, Choke, and countless other modern cult classics, sits down with TORO to talk about his newest work, the warped Hollywood nightmare Tell-All.

On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the Griffin Poetry Prize, we interviewed Canadian Scott Griffin, the founder one of the richest literary awards in the world. Ten years ago, $100,000 said that poetry matters, but now $200,000 says it even louder.

John Doyle talks about the approaching FIFA World Cup and The World Is a Ball, his book about the madness of soccer and its global reach.

Legendary director Terry Gilliam talks about his movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, as well as the highs and lows of working in a creative industry in this in-depth interview. "Everybody wants to be a film director," he says about current trends. "I think this is nonsense. They shouldn't allowed near it. Unless they can't stop themselves."