Michael Shannon Finds Television 'Tremendously Uninteresting'

Prefers a Discman

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Who Michael Shannon

Age 38

Accomplishments Stars on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire; currently appearing in films Mud and The Iceman; plays Superman nemesis General Zod in Man of Steel (in theaters June 14); member of the band Corporal

Base Brooklyn, N.Y.

What’s the first information you consume in the morning?

I usually look at my emails and then look at The New York Times on my iPad. No print publications—it’s a waste of paper, I think. Then I listen to the local jazz radio station, WBGO from New Jersey, on my little Tivoli Audio radio.

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