One thing you might want to consider (especially if you are going to port over the interviews that I and others conducted years ago) for the featured Interviews is creating a special look for them similar to what has been done with the modified Reviews. What I see with most online interviews (and what I do with the OF Blog when I post original interviews there) is to post the author's photo, a brief description if applicable in a different font, then the body of the interview in a way that doesn't look the same as a regular MB post.

If there is a special section for it, it'd be great for visibility, as some are loath to link to just a forum post, regardless of whether or not the content might be of interest to many.