John Turturro John Turturro John Michael Turturro (; born February 28, 1957) is an Italian-American character actor, writer and filmmaker known for his roles in the films "Do the Right Thing" (1989), "Miller's Crossing" (1990), "Barton Fink" (1991), "Quiz Show" (1994), "The Big Lebowski" (1998), "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (2000) and four entries in the "Transformers" film series, most recently (2017). He has appeared in over sixty films and has worked frequently with the Coen brothers, Adam Sandler and Spike Lee. An Emmy Award winner, Turturro has also been nominated for four Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.
Time to Pretend (song) "Rolling Stone"s list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". "NME" ranked "Time to Pretend" as the 2nd best song of the 2000s. In October 2011, "NME" placed it at number 12 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". MGMT performed the song "Time to Pretend" in a 3.5 minute slot on "Late Show with David Letterman" on January 8, 2008, ending the performance with a nod to The Doors' "Light My Fire". The song subsequently hit #19 on the Mediabase U.S. Alternative chart. They later performed the song on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien"