Mike Farrell “Just Call Me Mike”
March 28th, 2007
Most people who want to get into show business end up in Hollywood sooner or later. But actor Mike Farrell started there. He grew up in a working class neighborhood in West Hollywood, a stone’s throw from Tinseltown. As a teenager he delivered groceries to Jack Benny, Lucille Ball, and Jimmy Stewart.
Years later Farrell finally enjoyed stardom himself, on television in “M*A*S*H” and “Providence” and in movies, as producer of “Dominick and Eugene” and “Patch Adams.” Through it all, overarching everything, is a strong sense of social justice that has also made Mike Farrell one of Hollywood’s most prominent political activists. His memoir is called “Just Call Me Mike.”
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Ellen Burstyn “Lessons in Becoming Myself”
October 27th, 2006
The critics have been praising actress Ellen Burstyn for four decades for her work on Broadway and in films ranging from “The Exorcist” to “Alice Doesn’t Live here Anymore” to “Same Time, Next Year.”
Now Burstyn is winning acclaim for her first book, a rich and candid memoir, telling a story that Publishers Weekly says “could easily light up the silver screen.” Her book is called “Lessons in Becoming Myself.”
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Marc Eliot “Jimmy Stewart: A Biography”
October 14th, 2006
He was always billed in the movies as James Stewart. Offscreen he liked to be called Jimmy, and to his best friend Henry Fonda — and only to Fonda — he was “Jim.”
Biographer Marc Eliot now tells Jimmy Stewart’s story, from his upbringing in Pennsylvania, to his early years on stage at college, to his service as a bomber pilot in World War Two, to a string of movies in the 1950s that made him an undisputed megastar. Eliot’s book is called “Jimmy Stewart: A Biography.”
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Alan Alda “Never Have Your Dog Stuffed”
September 21st, 2006
To millions of TV viewers, he is Capt. Hawkeye Pierce or Senator Arnold Vinick or Dr. Gabe Lawrence. Veteran actor Alan Alda has acted in, written, and directed dozens of TV shows and feature films. He’s been nominated for an Academy Award and nominated for thirty Emmy awards.
We first talked with Alan Alda last fall on the publication of his memoir, “Never Have Your Dog Stuffed.” Now he’s on tour again, for the paperback edition of his book.
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