Today's Guest: Alan Ruck, actor, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, "Spin City," "Persons Unknown" Thinking about actor Alan Ruck last night, I was reminded of a Dr. Seuss book called, Oh, The Places You’ll Go! Why? Just think about the places Alan Ruck has gone. He went universe hopping with both Captain Kirk and Captain Picard,... Continue Reading →
Today's Guest: Noureen DeWulf, actress, "Chuck," "Anger Management," "Living Biblically" Noureen DeWulf had my attention when I heard she had been a guest star on the NBC spy comedy “Chuck.” And when I re-watched the incredible girl fight scene she had with the show’s blonde-haired star, Yvonne Strahovski, I immediately knew with whom I... Continue Reading →
Some actresses land a single role and are known for it the rest of their lives. So how do you describe Karen Black, who added life to movies as different as Easy Rider with Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, Five Easy Pieces—and again with Nicholson—and The Great Gatsby with Robert Redford, as well... Continue Reading →
Joining me today is actor Patrick Muldoon, who you’ll certainly recognize from Starship Troopersand other films. But what you may not know about Patrick is that he’s adjusted his priorities in recent years, putting much of his energy into the band The Sleeping Masses, for whom he is the lead singer and songwriter with... Continue Reading →
What kind of things did you do in high school that affected you for the rest of your life? For Mark Griffin, watching a Vincente Minnelli movie, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, gave him both a career—and an obsession. Oh, and a new book, too: A Hundred or More Hidden Things: The... Continue Reading →
If you’re a woman in search of someone else’s emotional train wreck to make you feel better about your own life, film director Henry Jaglom has got a movie or two for you. Maybe it’s his latest, Irene in Time, about a young singer with severe daddy abandonment issues. Or maybe you’d like his previous... Continue Reading →
Today's Guest: Shawn Ashmore, actor, "X-Men," Frozen When Billy Bob Thornton was on this show a few years ago, I figured I was one Kevin Bacon degree removed from my first X-Man—Halle Berry. When today is done, I’ll still be one degree of separation away from Storm, but I’ll have interviewed my first real... Continue Reading →
Today's Guest: Lisa McMann, YA novelist, Wake, Fade, Gone, The Unwanteds This is gonna take a minute. It was the last day of our first family vacation in two years and the three of us were unwinding in the enormous Barnes & Noble bookstore in Burlington, Vermont. My 13-year-old son Charlie found two young adult novels... Continue Reading →
Today's Guest: Actress Melissa Leo, star of "Homicide: Life on the Street," "Treme," Frozen River. I think it was the hair. A Niagara Falls of cascading, curly, dirty red tresses framing a face that could alarm the viewer with its world-weary concern or lighten up any scene with a rare outburst of laughter. That was... Continue Reading →
What happened to Natalie Wood on the night of November 29, 1981? The next morning, as we all know, she was discovered floating in the waters off Catalina Island. But what happened during the night before she died? That night, Natalie was aboard the Splendour, the boat she and her husband, actor Robert... Continue Reading →
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