Sam Haskell, PROMISES I MADE MY MOTHER author, Miss America Pageant chairman: Mr. Media Radio Interview

Over the course of my youth I made a lot of promises to my mother.

Yes, mom, I promise I’ll bathe every day. And no, I won’t tell dad how the car door got that dent in it. Okay, I promise Ira will never know he’s adopted.

Oops.

But Sam Haskell took this whole thing a lot more seriously. He built a life and career on character and righteousness. That’s one thing if you’re a Scoutmaster, but he made it work in Hollywood as the long-time head of television for the William Morris Agency. And now he’s applying those same principles to the Miss America pageant.

Haskell is the author of a new book, Promises I Made My Mother, which takes those very same promises and wraps them around his personal life and career.

If you’re not in show business, you can be forgiven for not knowing Haskell’s name. But you’ll probably recognize the client of his who wrote the introduction: Ray Romano, star of the hit sitcom “Everybody Loves Raymond.”

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Regina King, SOUTHLAND NBC star: Mr. Media Radio Interview

Regina King plays Lydia Adams, a dedicated daughter and detective in NBC's new drama series "Southland."

But like her partner on the show, Tom Everett Scott, she comes to “Southland” best known from an armload of successful film roles including the Oscar-nominated film Ray and the antithesis of that film but a favorite of mine nonetheless, Daddy Day Care. Her most memorable role may have been as Cuba Gooding Jr.'s wife, Marci, in Jerry Maguire.

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Tatyana Ali, FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR actress: Mr. Media Audio Interview

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There are some guests on this show that I really want to interview. And then there are those with whom I look forward to conversation but what I’d really like to do is spend 30 minutes just soaking in how good they look.

Take a peek at a picture of Tatyana Ali and see if you know what I’m thinking right now!

But because it’s likely my wife of 20 years is listening in the next room, let’s get this interview in gear.

Tatyana Ali is best known for her role as Ashley Banks on “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” from 1990-96 in which she played Will Smith younger cousin. She has since moved on from child star to adult actress, appearing with Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd in Kiss the Girls; D.L. Hughley and Morris Chestnut in The Brothers; as well as performing in Glory Road and Nora’s Hair Salon II.

She also has a career as a singer going back to her 1998 debut album, Kiss the Sky. She opened on tour for both the Backstreet Boys and N Sync.

More recently, Tatyana has recorded a new album, The Light, for release this year and she will appear in a new movie, Mother and Child, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Naomi Watts.

All that, and she’s also guest hosting at Acme Comedy Theatre in Los Angeles this Saturday night, March 21. Stick around and I’ll tell you how to order tickets.

But enough of me talking about Tatyana—time to hear from her.

You can LISTEN to this interview with TATYANA ALI, co-star of the TV series FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR and the upcoming film MOTHER AND CHILD, by clicking the BlogTalkRadio.com audio player below!

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