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Personal Playlist: Kirsten Dunst

Los Angeles Times reporter Amy Kaufman
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The actress, currently starring with Ryan Gosling in ‘All Good Things,’ talks music.


Actress Kirsten Dunst is constantly surrounded by music: Her boyfriend, Jason Boesel, is the drummer for the band Rilo Kiley. But she says she developed the majority of her musical preferences without his help.

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“He’s definitely turned me on to people, but I’ve also turned him on to people,” said the actress, who stars opposite Ryan Gosling in the new crime drama “All Good Things.”

So, which musicians has she recommended to Boesel? The Alabama-bred country folk group the Secret Sisters, for one.

“I saw them play at this festival in San Francisco — a bluegrass festival — and they sang with T Bone Burnett and they were great,” she recalled. “I also really like Beach House. I’ve seen them live now twice. It, like, brings tears to my eyes.”

-- Amy Kaufman

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Amy Kaufman

Amy Kaufman is a columnist at the Los Angeles Times, where she writes a monthly A-1 column, “For Real With Amy Kaufman.” The series examines the lives of icons, underdogs and rising stars to find out who the people are shaping our culture — for real. Since joining The Times in 2009, she has profiled hundreds of influential figures, including Stevie Nicks, Kevin Hart, Joan Rivers, Michael B. Jordan and Lady Gaga. She also works on investigations and was part of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist team that covered the tragic shooting on the “Rust” film set. Her work often shines a light on the darker side of the entertainment business, and she has uncovered misconduct allegations against Randall Emmett, Russell Simmons and Chris D’Elia. In 2018, her book “Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America’s Favorite Guilty Pleasure” became a New York Times bestseller.

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