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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Earl Cherniak, Renowned Lawyer, Author, “In the Courts: A Counsel’s Memoir”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Earl Cherniak, is a giant in the legal world. He’s been one of Canada’s leading litigation lawyers for over 60 years, with a highly impressive track record of involvement in dozens of high-profile cases that led to landmark rulings in virtually every legal domain, from personal injury and medical malpractice, to commercial litigation, family law, constitutional law and beyond. 

He’s also participated in public inquiries dealing with indigenous and First Nations rights, police brutality, the tainted blood scandal, the water contamination crisis in Walkerton, and even judicial council hearings dealing with judicial misconduct. 

He’s appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada in over 50 cases, and his commitment to fearless advocacy and the pursuit of justice for clients from all walks of life have earned him universal respect and admiration, as well as numerous awards including the Advocates’ Society Medal, the Ontario Bar Association Award for Excellence in Civil Litigation, the Osgoode Hall Law School Alumni Gold Key Award, the Lexpert Zenith “Leadership Through Change” Award, the Toronto Lawyers Association Award of Distinction, and an honourary doctorate from the Law Society of Ontario. 

He’s with me today to discuss his brand new book entitled, “In the Courts: A Counsel’s Memoir”, which is a fascinating, compelling and profoundly insightful contribution to the evolution of the law and justice system, and the history of advocacy in Canada.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Highly Acclaimed Veteran Actor, Barry Corbin

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Barry Corbin, is an immensely popular, multi-award-winning actor who’s given us hundreds of highly memorable performances in a stellar career spanning 6 decades.  

On the big screen, you remember him as “Uncle Bob” in “Urban Cowboy”, and he was “General Jack Beringer” in “War Games”, and of course he played “Ellis” in “No Country for Old Men”. He’s co-starred in dozens of other great movies including “Any Which Way You Can”, “Stir Crazy”, “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”, “Six Pack”, “The Hot Spot”, “In the Valley of Elah”, and “Killers of the Flower Moon”. 

On television, he was unforgettable as the pompous former astronaut and town patriarch “Maurice Minnifield” on “Northern Exposure”, for which he received 2 Emmy Award nominations. He also played “Whitey Durham”, the tough-talking, old fashioned high school basketball coach with a heart of gold on “One Tree Hill”. And you’ve seen him in regular or recurring roles on many popular TV shows including “Dallas”, “The Big Easy”, “The Closer”, “Anger Management”, “The Ranch”, “Better Call Saul”, “Yellowstone”, “Tulsa King”, and the brand new TV series, “Brothers”, starring Matthew McConaghey and Woody Harrelson. 

He’s also appeared in many terrific TV movies and miniseries including “The Thornbirds”, “Lonesome Dove”, “Bitter Harvest”, “LBJ: The Early Years”, “Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story” and “Sod and Stubble”, to name only a few. The list of awards and accolades this man has received is jaw dropping. 

In addition to his 2 Emmy Award nominations, he’s received a Golden Derby Award, a Silver Spur Award, a Texas Lone Star Merit Award, numerous lifetime achievement awards, and in 2018, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma. 

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https://www.youtube.com/@CorbinsTexasHistory

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Emmy Award Winning Actor, Ernest Harden Jr.

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Ernest Harden Jr., is making his second appearance on our show, and has been dazzling audiences since we first fell in love with him in his portrayal of “Marcus Henderson” on the classic TV sitcom, “The Jeffersons”. 

He’s delivered memorable performances in great movies like “Three Days of the Condor”, “White Men Can’t Jump”, “J. Edgar”, “Sweetwater” and “Velvet Jesus”, to name only a few. And he made the whole world take notice when he became the first and only Black actor to co-star with the legendary Bette Davis in the groundbreaking 1980 TV movie, “White Mama”.

And most recently, his heart wrenching performance as “Louie Cloverfield” in the blockbuster TV series “The Pitt”, has earned him a well-deserved Emmy Award. 

And I’m super-excited to announce that very soon, you’ll be seeing him in another unforgettably heartwarming performance in the feature film based on my memoir, “Without Prejudice”, co-starring David Arquette, Daveed Mazouz, Rachelle Lefevre and Joe Lando, and directed by the brilliant Shane Stanley.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

For more information on Ernest Harden Jr., go to:

https://www.facebook.com/ErnestHardenJr/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Samuel Garza Bernstein, Author, “Roddy McDowall: An Actor’s Life, From How Green Was My Valley, to Lassie, to Planet of the Apes”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Samuel Garza Bernstein, is an author, screenwriter, playwright and producer who’s brought us some wonderful feature films like “Silent Lies” and “Bobbie’s Girl”, and the 6-time Emmy Award winning web series, “After Forever”, and stage productions including “The Secret World of Danny Lopez” and “Mr. Confidential”. 

He’s also written 3 terrific books about legendary Hollywood stars. The first is “Starring Joan Crawford: The Films, the Fantasy, and the Modern Relevance of a Silver Screen Icon”. Then he wrote “Cesar Romero: The Joker is Wild”. 

And now, he’s released the definitive biography of Roddy McDowall entitled, “Roddy McDowall: An Actor’s Life, From How Green Was My Valley, to Lassie, to Planet of the Apes”. This is a fascinating and engrossing story of a career spanning 60 years, from child stardom during World War II, to transitioning into a successful adult actor in classic movies like “Cleopatra”, “The Poseidon Adventure”, “Fright Night” and, of course, the “Planet of the Apes” franchise. We also learn about his many close friendships with cinematic legends like Elizabeth Taylor and his first love, Montgomery Clift, and we learn how he navigated the world of Hollywood as a gay man, remaining discreet, but never pretending to be straight, and never compromising who he was.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Samuel Garza Bernstein, go to:

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https://www.facebook.com/starringSGB

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Legendary Actor, Director, & Writer, Mario Van Peebles

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Veronica Cartwright, is a highly acclaimed, multi-award-winning actor, director, producer and writer who’s been entertaining and enlightening audiences in a spectacular career spanning almost 6 decades. 

On the big screen, he’s been in many great movies including “Heartbreak Ridge”, “Jaws: The Revenge”, “New Jack City”, “Ali”, “Immortal”, and of course, his 2003 classic, “Baadasssss”, his brilliant collaboration with his legendary father, Melvin Van Peebles, who first introduced his son to the world in his groundbreaking 1971 movie, “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song”. 

Since then, our guest and his father collaborated on many great films, including “Identity Crisis”, “Posse”, “Panther”, and the terrific TV movie “Gang in Blue”, to name just a few. On television, our guest has brought us dozens of outstanding performances in classic TV shows like “The Cosby Show”, “The X Files”, “Law & Order”, “LA Law”, “All My Children”, “Rude Awakening”, “Damages” and “Superstition”. He’s also co-starred in many great TV movies and miniseries including “Stompin’ at the Savoy”, “10,000 Black Men Named George”, “44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-out”, “Sharpshooter”, “Mama Flora’s Family”, and many more. 

And in addition to some of the movies I’ve already mentioned, our guest has either written, produced or directed – and sometimes all 3 - some other great movies including “Redemption Road”, “Fair Game”, “All Things Fall Apart”, “We the Party”, “USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage” and many more. He also directed Part 2 of the 2016 miniseries “Roots”, featuring his very talented son Mandela Van Peebles. And he’s directed many episodes of some of our favourite TV shows including “21 Jump Street”, “Damages”, “Lost”, “Empire”, “NCIS”, “Sons of Anarchy”, “Power Book III: Raising Kanaan”, and the new Netflix series “Nemesis”, on which he also serves as executive producer. 

Our guest has received a whole slew of awards and accolades including 2 NAACP Image Awards, 2 Black Reel Awards, numerous prestigious film festival awards, a Directors Guild of America Award nomination and 3 Film Independent Spirit Award nominations. Earlier this year he won the Icon of Achievement Award in Hollywood, and last but certainly not least, in 1994, our guest received an Honorary Doctorate from Hofstra University in recognition of his significant contributions to filmmaking and the arts.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Mario Van Peebles, go to:

https://www.instagram.com/mariovanpeebles/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Legendary Motown Superstar, Martha Reeves

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Martha Reeves, is one of the most iconic and beloved music superstars the world has ever known. As lead singer of Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, her voice helped to define and immortalize the Motown sound, bringing us a string of unforgettable hit songs including “Dancing in the Street”, “Heatwave”, “My Baby Loves Me”, “Come and Get These Memories”, “Nowhere to Run”, “Quick Sand”, “Jimmy Mack”, “I’m Ready for Love” and “Bless You”. 

As a solo artist, she’s recorded highly acclaimed albums on the MCA, Fantasy, Phonarama and ARISTA labels. In 1994, she released a very compelling, heart wrenching and inspirational memoir entitled, “Dancing in the Street: Confessions of a Motown Diva”, which is absolutely a must read. 

And now, on August 14, 2026, she’ll be releasing her first new album in 22 years, called “Searching”. Her first single from that album, “To Know You Is To Love You”, was released last month and has been climbing the charts, attracting a whole new generation of music lovers to her magical voice and artistry. 

The list of prestigious awards and accolades our guest has received is jaw dropping. She’s received the Dinah Washington Award, the Rhythm n’ Blues Foundation Pioneer Award, the Black Woman in Publishing Legends Award and the Dick Clark Soul Award, to name only a few. She’s been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, the Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Halls of Fame in Alabama AND Michigan. And get this: in 2023, Rolling Stone Magazine included our guest on its list of the 200 greatest singers of all time. And in 2024, she FINALLY received a well-deserved star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Veronica Cartwright, go to:

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Celebrity Biographer, James Gavin, Author, “Cool Heat: Anita O’Day and her Dangerous Jazz Life”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, James Gavin, is making his second appearance on our show. He’s a highly respected celebrity biographer and award-winning journalist whose meticulous research, attention to detail, and exceptional, insightful storytelling, make his books fascinating, compelling and memorable.  

He’s written highly acclaimed books about some of the most iconic music artists in the world including, “Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of New York Cabaret”, “Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker”, “Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne”, and “Is That All There Is: The Strange Life of Peggy Lee”. Last time he was on our show, we discussed his hugely successful superstar biography entitled “George Michael: A Life”. 

And now, he’s released his much-anticipated 6th book entitled, “Cool Heat: Anita O’Day and her Dangerous Jazz Life”, which chronicles the eye-opening, tumultuous, sometimes tragic and yet inspirational life story of a jazz legend. Anita O’Day, who passed away in 2006 at the age of 87, after a roller coaster career spanning 70 years, was one of the most dynamic and influential vocalists of the big band and cool jazz eras. She was celebrated for her impeccable sense of rhythm, phrasing, and scat singing, and because she was such a wise-cracking hipster, she inspired the “cool school” of female jazz singers and was often referred to as “the Jezebel of Jazz”. Our guest’s book is a real page-turner, and is without question, the definitive account of Anita O’Day’s tempestuous, complicated and fascinating life and career.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

For more information on James Gavin, go to:

https://www.jamesgavin.com/

https://www.facebook.com/james.gavin/

https://www.instagram.com/jamesgavinbooks/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Legendary Actor, Singer & Dancer, Ben Vereen

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Ben Vereen, is an immensely popular and beloved, multi-award winning actor, dancer, and singer, who first became a superstar because of his performances in the original Broadway productions of “Jesus Christ Superstar”, for which he received a Tony Award nomination and a Theatre World Award, and “Pippin”, for which he won a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for Best Actor in a Musical. 

He’s also appeared on Broadway in “Hair”, “Grind”, “Jelly’s Last Jam”, “Fosse”, “I’m not Rappaport” and “Wicked”, in which he played the Wizard of Oz. On the big screen, you’ve seen him in great movies like “Sweet Charity”, “All That Jazz”, “Why Do Fools Fall in Love”, “Idlewild”, “Tapioca”, “Time Out of Mind”, and of course, “Funny Lady”, for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination. 

On television, he’s been nominated for 3 Emmy Awards. The first was for his brilliant portrayal of “Chicken George” in the groundbreaking miniseries, “Roots”, for which he also won a Television Critics Circle Award and a TV Land Award. His second Emmy nomination was for his wonderful medley from “Jesus Christ Superstar” in “The Bell Telephone Jubilee”. And he received a 3rd Emmy nomination for his portrayal of “Gene Randall” in “Intruders”. He’s also appeared in many classic TV shows including “Webster”, “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air”, “The Nanny”, “Touched by an Angel”, “Oz”, “How I Met Your Mother”, “NCIS”, “B Positive” and “Grey’s Anatomy”, for which he won a Prism Award for Best Performance in a Drama Series. 

And he got a second Golden Globe Award nomination for his terrific performance as “Roscoe Haines” in “Ellis Island”. And besides his iconic performance in “Roots”, he also co-starred in many other great TV movies and miniseries including “Mary’s Incredible Dream”, “Lewey Armstrong – Chicago Style”, “The Jesse Owens Story”, “A.D.”, “The Kid Who Loved Christmas”, “Accidental Friendship” and “Pippin: His Life and Times”, for which he was nominated for a Cable Ace Award. 

Most recently, he got rave reviews for his performance as “Isham Worthy” in the gripping and poignant miniseries, “The Gray House”. And when he’s not performing, our guest is highly devoted to public service. He’s an active member of Americans for the Arts, and he has served on the boards of Ballet Florida, the American Red Cross, and the American Diabetes Association.

He founded an organization called Celebrities for a Drug-Free America, and he has worked tirelessly to emphasize the important potential of the arts to transform lives bring light and positivity into the world. He’s received 3 NAACP Image Awards, at least 5 honorary doctorate degrees, and numerous lifetime achievement awards including the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award. And last but certainly not least, our guest has been inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame, the Dance Hall of Fame and the Casino Legends Hall of Fame. 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

For more information on Ben Vereen, go to:

http://www.therealbenvereen.com/

https://www.facebook.com/TheBenVereen/

https://www.instagram.com/benvereen/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Music Superstar, Crystal Gayle

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Crystal Gayle, is one of the most beloved and highly acclaimed superstars in the world of country music. She’s given us 34 top ten hit songs, 22 of which went to number 1, including “Don’t it make my Brown Eyes Blue”, “Talking in Your Sleep”, “Half the Way”, “I’ll Get Over You”, “It’s Like we Never Said Goodbye”, “Our Love is on the Faultline”, “Till I Gain Control Again”, and so many more, like her wonderful duet with Eddie Rabbit, “You and I”, and her beautiful duets with Gary Morris, 2 of which were prominently featured on TV shows: “Makin’ Up for Lost Time” was a big hit on “Dallas”, and “Another World” was the theme song on the soap opera, “Another World”. 

Her popularity is so monumental, that from 1975 to 85, our guest was the Most Performed Country Female Artist on Radio. She’s recorded 25 albums, plus 17 compilation albums, many of which have gone gold and platinum worldwide. In fact, she was the very first country female artist in history to have an album go Platinum. That was her 1977 album called “We Must Believe in Magic”. 

She’s hosted 2 TV specials, and an HBO concert, as well as TV specials in Sweden and Finland. She was inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry by her legendary superstar sister, Loretta Lynn. And the list of awards, honours and accolades our guest has received is jaw-dropping. A Grammy Award, and 7 more Grammy nominations. Two Country Music Association Awards for Female Vocalist of the Year, and 10 more CMA nominations, including 2 for Entertainer of the Year. Five Academy of Country Music Awards, including the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award. Four American Music Awards, including 3 for Favourite Country Female Artist. Numerous lifetime achievement awards and Hall of Fame inductions. 

Rolling Stone magazine included her on its list of the 100 greatest country artists of all time, and she is included on CMT’s list of the 40 greatest women in country music. And let’s not forget that in 1983, People Magazine ranked her at number 2 on its list of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

For more information on Crystal Gayle, go to:

https://crystalgayle.com/

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https://www.instagram.com/thecrystalgayle

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Welcome to a very special edition of our show, which will be all about some very exciting things happening in my life. I’ve written a memoir called “Without Prejudice: My Life as a Gay Judge”, which chronicles my turbulent, tempestuous and sometimes hilarious journey from being severely bullied as a child, to being rejected by my parents after coming out to them when I was 19, to becoming a social outcast as an openly gay member of the legal profession, and then miraculously getting myself appointed Canada’s first openly gay judge, culminating in my reinvention following retirement, as a celebrity interviewer. And what’s even more exciting, is that the book has been made into a Hollywood feature film called “Without Prejudice”, directed by the brilliant Shane Stanley and starring David Arquette, David Mazouz, Rachelle Lefevre, Joe Lando, Rob Mayes, and Ernest Harden Jr. The movie will be premiering in the Fall of 2026 and in due course, you’ll be able to see it on a major streaming platform.  A few weeks ago, I received an intriguing request from my dear friend and colleague, Craig Bennett from Australia, who is the host of a terrific and very popular interview program on YouTube called “Celebrity Drop”. He very kindly suggested that he come on our show and turn the tables on me, to interview me about the book and movie. I jumped at the chance, because I can’t imagine a more fun way to let you all know about everything that’s happening.

Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Acclaimed Actress, Jill Eikenberry

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Jill Eikenberry, is a highly acclaimed and beloved actress who is perhaps best known for her portrayal of the brilliant, highly professional and principled litigation lawyer “Ann Kelsey” on the blockbuster TV series "LA Law", for which she received a Golden Globe Award, 5 Emmy Award nominations, and 3 more Golden Globe nominations. 

But beyond that signature role, our guest has had a long and distinguished career in theater, film and television. She’s appeared in 6 Broadway shows including "Moonchildren", “All Over Town”, “Summer Brave” and “Watch on the Rhine”. And her prolific body of work off-Broadway includes “The Beggars Opera”, "Save Grand Central", "Uncommon Women and Others”, "The Eccentricities of a Nightingale”, and “The Kid”, for which she received a Drama Desk Award nomination. And for her performance in "Lemon Sky" and "Life Under Water", she received an Obie Award. 

On the big screen, she’s been in many great movies including “An Unmarried Woman”, “Arthur”, “Manna From Heaven”, “Something Borrowed” and “Chantilly Bridge”. On television, in addition to “LA Law”, she’s appeared in dozens of classic shows including “Hill Street Blues”, “Judging Amy”, “Law & Order”, “The Good Fight” and “Ellsbeth”. And she’s been in many terrific TV movies and miniseries including “The Best of Families”, “Orphan Train”, “Kane & Abel”, “Family Sins”, “An Inconvenient Woman”, “Living a Lie”, “The Other Woman”, and of course, in 2002, she reprised her role as “Ann Kelsey” in "L.A. Law - The Movie".  And some of her most memorable performances have been with her equally brilliant husband, Michael Tucker, not only in “LA Law”, but on stage in "Love Letters," and on TV in "A Family Again," "Assault and Matrimony," "A Town Torn Apart", "Gone in a Heartbeat", and "The Secret Life of Archie’s Wife," to name only a few.

They also co-produced a very personal, compelling and multi-award-winning documentary in 1988 called "Destined to Live," which dealt with the emotional aspects of breast cancer, from diagnosis to recovery. And in 2007, they co-produced an award-winning documentary called "Emile Norman - By His Own Design".

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

For more information on Jill Eikenberry, go to:

https://www.facebook.com/jilleikenberryactress/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Music Superstar, Clay Aiken

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Clay Aiken, is a highly popular and beloved superstar whom we ALL fell in love with back in 2003, in Season 2 of “American Idol”, when he finished in second place in one of the most hotly contested and nerve-wracking finales in the history of the show, attracting a staggering 40 million viewers. 

After that, his music career ignited like wildfire, and his debut single, “This Is The Night,” made him the first artist in history to have a first hit song debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. His first album, “Measure of a Man”, was an even more astonishing success, going triple-platinum in record time. His holiday album, “Merry Christmas With Love”, posted the biggest first-week sales by any holiday album in history, a record it still holds today. He’s gone on to release 5 more highly acclaimed albums, and he’s only the 4th artist in history, ever to have his first 3 albums debut in the Top 5 and sell over 200,000 copies in the first week. 

He’s had 2 TV specials and 11 sold-out concert tours, performing on the biggest and most prestigious stages in the world. And over the years, he’s proven his versatility as a performer over and over again.  

In 2008, he starred on Broadway in “Spamalot”, and in 2018 he returned to Broadway with Reuben Studdard in a fabulous Christmas show.   He’s also starred in theatrical productions of “The Drowsy Chaperone”, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” and “Grease”. As an actor, he’s appeared in many great TV shows including “Scrubs”, “All my Children”, “30 Rock”, “The Office”, “Law & Order: SVU” and many more.  In 2012 he was the runner-up on Season 5 of “The Celebrity Apprentice”, and 2 years ago he and Reuben Studdard competed in Season 11 of “The Masked Singer”. 

He also wrote a best-selling memoir entitled, “Learning to Sing: Hearing the Music in Your Life”.  He’s won a whole slew of awards and accolades, including an American Music Award, 4 Billboard Awards, a New Music Weekly Award, and an American Christian Award. And let’s not forget that, in 2005, our guest was named by TV Guide as "the most-loved reality star of all time", and that same year, he was ranked at #18 on TV Guide’s list of the top 25 teen idols of all time. 

And last but certainly not least, our guest is a highly respected philanthropist. For 10 years he was a UNICEF ambassador, working tirelessly to improve the lives of children around the world. He’s a passionate advocate for children with disabilities, and in 2006, President Bush appointed him to the Presidential Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities. And in 2007, for his work with the National Inclusion Project, he received the Children's Advocacy Award from the National Center for Learning Disabilities. Two years later, he received The Family Circle Award from the Family Equality Council. 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

For more information on Clay Aiken, go to:

http://www.clayaiken.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKmU0MOBp9f2xkSeEQgTz-g

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Renowned Actress, Rutanya Alda

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Rutanya Alda, is a renowned actress who’s been delivering memorable performances in a career spanning 6 decades. On the big screen, you’ve seen her in many great movies including “The Long Goodbye”, “Scarecrow”, “The Fury”, “The Deer Hunter”, “Mommie Dearest”, “Amityville 2”, “Racing With the Moon”, “Black Widow”, “My First Mister”, “The Scout”, “City Wide Fever” and many more. On television, she’s appeared in dozens of classic shows including “Cannon”, “Santa Barbara”, “Tales From the Crypt”, “Judging Amy”, “Law & Order”, “CSI” and “Blue Bloods”, to name only a few. And she’s been in some terrific TV movies including “Zelda”, “Children of the Mist”, “Double Jeopardy”, “Murder without Conviction”, “You Don’t Know Jack”, and many more.  And getting back to her iconic performance as “Carol Ann”, Joan Crawford’s housekeeper, in everybody’s favourite cult movie, “Mommie Dearest”, our guest wrote a delicious and eye-opening book entitled, “The Mommie Dearest Diary: Carol Ann Tells All”.    

And now, her extraordinary life story, going from a little girl in a displaced person’s camp in post-World War 2 Germany, to becoming a highly respected actress and movie star, has been made into a feature film called “USA: Land of the Mustaches”, which is winning multiple awards at prestigious film festivals around the world.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

For more information on Rutanya Alda, go to:

https://www.facebook.com/rutanya.alda.official

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Acclaimed Actor, James Naughton

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, James Naughton, is a highly acclaimed and beloved actor who’s conquered every medium in the world of entertainment.  On the stage, he’s won 2 Tony Awards for his performances on Broadway in “Chicago” and “City of Angels”, for which he also received a Drama Desk Award. And he’s appeared in 5 other Broadway shows including “I Love My Wife”, “Whose Life is it Anyway” and “Democracy”. He also directed 2 plays on Broadway: “The Price” and “Our Town”. And for his performance in “Long Day’s Journey into Night”, he won a Drama Desk Award and a Theatre World Award.

On the big screen, he’s been in many great movies including “The Paper Chase”, “Cat's Eye”, “The Glass Menagerie”, “The Good Mother”, “The First Wives Club”, “The Devil Wears Prada”, “Factory Girl”, “Childless”, “The Word”, and many more. And he’s won numerous prestigious film festival awards for his work in some highly acclaimed short films including “Not the Same Clarence”, “Sit with me While I Die”, and “Silver Sizzle”. 

On television, he starred in “Planet of the Apes”, “Trauma Center”, “Raising Miranda” and “The Cosby Mysteries”, and he’s had recurring roles in “Who’s the Boss”, “Ally McBeal”, “Gossip Girl”, “Hostages” and “The Accidental Wolf”. He’s also guest starred in many classic TV shows including “Mannix”, “Barnaby Jones”, “Designing Women”, “Law & Order”, “Damages”, “Blue Bloods”, “The Affair” and many more. He’s also appeared in some excellent TV movies and miniseries including “Look Homeward, Angel”, “F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles”, “The Bunker”, “Between the Darkness and the Dawn”, “The Romanoffs” and “Command Z”, to name only a few. And believe it or not, I’ve only just scratched the surface when it comes to this man’s monumental career. 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Multi-Award-Winning Actor, William Sadler

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, William Sadler, is a multi-award-winning actor who’s delivered dozens of memorable performances in a career spanning 5 decades. 

On Broadway, he originated the role of “Sgt. Merwin J. Toomey” in Neil Simon's Tony Award winning play "Biloxi Blues", for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play.  

On the big screen, he’s perhaps best remembered for his stellar performances in “Die Hard 2”, “Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey”, “Rush”, “The Shawshank Redemption”, “The Green Mile”, “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight”, “Kinsey”, “Purple Heart”, “August Rush”, “Iron Man 3”, “A Stage of Twilight”, “The Historian”, and the highly acclaimed short film, “Shoot me Nicely”, which won a whole slew of prestigious film festival awards. 

On television, he was “Lieutenant Charlie Fontana” in “Private Eye”, he was “Sheriff Jim Valenti” in “Rosswell”, he was “Darrin Tyler” in “Wonderfalls”, he was “Tony Teresi” in “Power”, he played “Gino Fish” in 6 “Jessie Stone” movies, and of course, every Trekkie knows that our guest was “Director Luther Sloan” in “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”. He’s also guest starred in dozens of classic TV series including “Newhart”, “In the Heat of the Night”, “St. Elsewhere”, “Roseanne”, “Murphy Brown”, “Law and Order”, “Damages”, “Homeland”, “The Good Fight” and many more.  

And he’s appeared in some great TV movies and miniseries including “The Other Side of Victory”, “Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase”, “Bermuda Grace”, “Witness Protection”, “The Path to 9/11”, “The Pacific”, “When They See Us”, “The Comey Rule” and “Full Circle”, to name only a few. 

And our guest is also a gifted singer-songwriter. His album, “The Kitchen Tapes”, is a wonderful collection of original songs, and all profits from sales of the album go to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. And he also wrote and recorded an emotionally powerful song called “Thoughts & Prayers”, and the proceeds from that song go to an organization called Sandy Hook Promise, whose mission is to prevent gun violence in schools, homes, and communities. 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

For more information on William Sadler, go to:

https://therealwilliamsadler.com/

https://www.facebook.com/callmebillsadler

https://www.youtube.com/@williamsadler3885

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Barbara Moresco, Wife of Filmmaker, Bobby Moresco & Author, “From Hell’s Kitchen to the City of Angels: Devils and Angels”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Barbara Moresco, may not be famous, but she’s lived a life that could easily be the subject of a Hollywood movie, which makes a lot of sense, because she’s the wife of Academy Award winning filmmaker Bobby Moresco, who appeared on our show a few years ago. He’s best known for the blockbuster movies “Crash”, “Million Dollar Baby”, “Lamborghini”, and soon to be released, “Maserati: The Brothers”. She’s written a memoir entitled, “From Hell’s Kitchen to the City of Angels: Devils and Angels”, which chronicles her turbulent life growing up in the infamous neighbourhood of Manhattan from 38th Street to 56th Street between 9th and 12th Avenues, known as Hell’s Kitchen, also called the Westside. She grew up during the era of the notorious "Westies" mob, and through her book, we get to know a colourful and dramatic cast of characters from her family, Bobby’s family and a wide circle of friends, acquaintances and neighbourhood personalities who made life a continuous roller coaster. This is an entertaining and sometimes shocking book that takes us from the gritty streets of Manhattan to the Hollywood red carpet.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Acclaimed Actress & Playwright, Regina Taylor

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Regina Taylor, is a multi-award-winning, highly acclaimed actress, director, playwright, educator, and activist whose contributions to the arts and to social justice have been nothing short of monumental. As an actress, she’s brought us dozens of unforgettable performances, especially “Lilly Harper” in the groundbreaking TV series, “I’ll Fly Away”, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Drama Series, as well as receiving 2 Emmy Award nominations, 3 NAACP Image Awards, an American Television Award, and TWO Viewers for Quality Television Awards. 

We also remember her as “Judith Bryant” in “The Education of Max Bickford”, “Molly Blane” in “The Unit”, and she portrayed Anita Hill in the 1999 TV movie, “Strange Justice”, for which she won a Peabody Award and a Gracie Award. She also portrayed Michelle Obama’s mother in the 2022 TV series, “First Lady”. On the big screen, she’s appeared in some great movies including “Lean on Me”, “Losing Isaiah”, “Clockers”, “The Keeper”, “A Family Thing”, “Courage Under Fire”, “The Negotiator”, “A Jenkins Family Christmas” and many more. And on television, besides her iconic performances in the shows I’ve already mentioned, she’s guest starred in dozens of classic series including “Law & Order”, “Grey’s Anatomy”, “The Good Fight”, “The Wonder Years”, “The Red Line” and “CSI: Vegas”, to name only a few.  

And she’s also co-starred in some terrific TV movies and miniseries including “Crisis at Central High”, “I’ll Fly Away: Then and Now”, “Children of the Dust”, “Cora Unashamed”, “Dig”, “Justified: City Primeval” and many more. And our guest has also had a spectacular career in the theatre. She was the first Black woman to play “Juliet” in “Romeo and Juliet” on Broadway. And she’s been in 3 other Broadway shows: “Macbeth”, “As You Like it”, and “Drowning Crow”, which she also wrote. She’s a brilliant and celebrated playwright, known for such renowned plays as “Crowns”, “Ooo-Bla-Dee”, “Magnolia”, “The Trinity River Plays”, “Escape from Paradise”, “Bread”, “A Seat at the Table” and “Between the Lines”, to mention only a few. 

The list of accolades and awards our guest has received for her work in theatre over the years is jaw dropping. She’s been the playwright-in-residence at the Repertory Theatre of St. Lewis, she received the Denzel Washington Endowed Chair in Theatre at Fordham University at Lincoln Center, and she’s an artistic associate at The Goodman Theatre in Chicago.  She’s received 4 Helen Hayes Awards, 3 Edgerton Foundation Awards, the Steinberg Award presented by the American Theatre Critics Association, and the Los Angeles Dramalogue Award.  She’s a recipient of the Hope Abelson Award from Northwestern University and the Spirit of Sinai Award from the Sinai Community Institute, and she’s received honorary doctorate degrees from DePaul University, Columbia College and Lake Forest College, in recognition of her strong commitment to social justice through art.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

For more information on Regina Taylor, go to:

http://www.thereginataylor.com/

https://www.facebook.com/thereginataylor

https://www.instagram.com/therealreginataylor/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI0ZfLhS21hWxaugQ33JYCQ

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Renowned Actor, Michael Nouri

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Michael Nouri, is a renowned actor who’s brought us dozens of memorable performances in a prodigious career spanning almost 6 decades. 

On the big screen, he’s appeared in numerous blockbuster movies including “Flashdance”, “The Imagemaker”, “Finding Forrester”, "The Terminal, “Boynton Beach Club”, "Last Holiday”, “Invincible”, "The Proposal", and of course, the popular cult film, “The Hidden”, which earned him numerous prestigious film festival awards. On television, we remember him as “Tom Conway” in “Somerset”, “Count Dracula” in “The Curse of Dracula”, “Kip Zakaris” in “Love and War”, “Elliot Hampton” in “The Young and the Restless”, “Dr. Neil Roberts” in “The O.C”, “Phil Grey” in “Damages”, “Caleb Cortland” in “All my Children”, “Bob Schwartz” in “Yellowstone”, and believe me, I’m just scratching the surface. 

He’s appeared in dozens of iconic TV series including “Law & Order”, “Touched by an Angel”, "The West Wing", “Star Trek: Enterprise”, "CSI: New York", "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", “NCIS”, “The Slap”, and most recently, he can be seen in the current season of everybody’s favourite new TV show, “The Pitt”. And for his performance as “Steve Kazlo” in “Search for Tomorrow”, he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series. He’s also appeared in some great TV movies and miniseries including “The Last Convertible”, “The Gangster Chronicles”, “Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story”, “Shattered Dreams”, “Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke”, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace” and many more. 

And he’s had an illustrious stage career as well. On Broadway, he appeared in “Forty Carats” opposite Julie Harris, and he co-starred in “Victor / Victoria” alongside Julie Andrews, and he also co-starred in the national touring production of “South Pacific”. His other stage credits include "Can Can" opposite Patti LuPone and "Camille Claudel" with Linda Eder. 

And beyond all of that, our guest has a long record of community service. He’s an ambassador for Seeds of Peace, and the Multiple Sclerosis Society, and the National Summit to Advance Education about Africa, and for many years he’s found time to mentor inner-city youth who want to become actors.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

For more information on Michael Nouri, go to:

http://www.michaelnouri.com/

https://www.facebook.com/michaelnouri/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Renowned Actor Gary Frank, Co-Star, “Family”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Gary Frank, is a well-known and popular actor who’s been immortalized for his portrayal of “Willie Lawrence” on the groundbreaking TV show, “Family”, for which he won an Emmy Award in 1977 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. 

He also played “Jeff Reid” on “Sons and Daughters”, and he’s guest starred in dozens of classic TV shows including “Ironside”, “The Streets of San Francisco”, “Charlie’s Angels”, “Fantasy Island”, “Hart to Hart”, “Hill Street Blues”, “Murder She Wrote”, “Matlock”, “L.A. Law”, “Star Trek: Deep Space 9”, and many more. He’s also appeared in some great TV movies including “The Gift”, “Enola Gay”, “Unspeakable Acts”, “People Like Us”, “Deliver Them from Evil”, “Getting Up and Going Home”, Untamed Love”, “Death in Small Doses”, “Prison of Secrets”, and the terrific 1997 miniseries, “House of Frankenstein”. 

And now, he’s written a highly compelling, intensely personal and sometimes heart wrenching memoir entitled, “Up From Down: A Journal”, which chronicles his turbulent journey navigating not only the bitter realities of show business, but most importantly, how he overcame his inner demons and substance abuse stemming from a traumatic childhood, which were threatening to destroy his family relationships and career.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Acclaimed Singer / Songwriter, Gary Morris

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Gary Morris, is a highly acclaimed, beloved and multi-platinum singer / songwriter whose beautiful, instantly recognizable voice has captivated music lovers for 5 decades, and made him an international superstar. 

He’s had 15 Top Ten hits and 5 #1 singles including some of my favourite songs, “Headed for a Heartache”, “The Love She Found in Me”, “The Wind Beneath My Wings”, “Why Lady Why”, “Baby Bye Bye”, “I’ll Never Stop Loving You”, “100% Chance of Rain”, “Leave Me Lonely”, “Lasso the Moon”, and of course, his immensely popular duets with Crystal Gayle, “Makin’ Up for Lost Time” and “Another World”. 

He’s been nominated for 13 Academy of Country Music Awards, and he won Song of the Year in 1984 for “The Wind Beneath My Wings”. He’s also received 7 CMA Award nominations, and in 1987 he was nominated for an American Music Award for Favourite Country Male Video Artist. And beyond the recording studio and concert stage, our guest has demonstrated remarkable versatility by conquering Broadway in the lead role of “Jean Valjean” in “Les Misérables”, in which he also starred in the national tour. 

He also sang the role of “Jean Valjean” on the complete symphonic recording of the show, which won a Grammy Award in 1991 for Best Musical Cast Show Album. He also took the opera world by storm in 1984 when he played “Rodolfo” in 'La Boheme' at the New York Shakespeare Festival alongside Linda Ronstadt. Our guest has also had a distinguished acting career. 

On television, he played the blind country singer “Wayne Masterson” on “The Colbys”, and he’s guest starred in numerous TV shows including “Hee Haw”, “The New Mike Hammer”, “Another World” and “Designing Women”. And he starred in and composed the music for the 1995 feature film, “A Place to Grow”, as well as composing the music for the animated children’s movie, “Nine Dog Christmas”. He's also an avid fly fisher, and he has a nonprofit organization that brings wounded military servicemen and women to his Mountain Spirit Ranch in the mountains of Colorado for healing, meditation and refuge.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

For more information on Gary Morris, go to:

http://www.garymorrismusic.com/

https://www.facebook.com/garymorrismusic

https://www.youtube.com/@GaryMorrisTV

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Superstar Ventriloquist, Terry Fator

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Terry Fator, is one of the world’s most gifted and accomplished ventriloquists, as well as an amazing comedian, singer and celebrity impressionist, whose meteoric rise to superstardom is nothing short of phenomenal. 

After winning Season 2 of America’s Got Talent in 2007, he quickly became a Las Vegas sensation, signing one of the biggest Las Vegas contracts of all time, not once but 3 times, headlining his own show at the Mirage for 11 record-breaking years, and winning multiple awards including Las Vegas’s Best Show, Best Impressionist, Best All-Around Performer, Best Family Show and Best Overall Show. 

He’s also had hugely successful residencies at the New York, New York Hotel and the STRAT Hotel in Las Vegas, as well as appearing on dozens of TV shows and starring in his own TV specials. 

In 2008, he released a highly compelling, frank and candid memoir entitled, “Who’s the Dummy Now?”, which chronicles the early struggles that helped form the foundation for his successful career. 

He’s also taken his unique blend of comedy, music, and ventriloquism on tour and performed for sold-out audiences all around the world. And now, he’s embarked on a brand-new North American tour called “Pure Imagination”, which is a dazzling, multi-media, immersive production that celebrates his most iconic characters and introduces some new surprises, complete with the hilarious humor, stunning musicality and big heart that have made him a legendary entertainer for nearly two decades. 

And when he’s not performing, he devotes a great deal of time to the Terry Fator Foundation, which raises and administers funds for charities focusing on supporting military service members, veterans, first responders and their families. 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

For more information on Terry Fator, go to:

https://terryfator.com/

https://www.facebook.com/TerryFator/

https://www.instagram.com/terryfator/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_RBgkcdr5s09YYIDSP_-A

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Mark Malkoff, Author, “Love Johnny Carson”

About Harvey's guest:

On today’s show, we’ll be celebrating the life and career of the man who will always be known and remembered as the king of late-night television, Johnny Carson, who hosted the Tonight Show for 30 years, from 1962 to 1992. Now even though our guest was only 16 years old when Johnny Carson went off the air, he can easily be described as Johnny’s biggest fan. He hosted The Carson Podcast for 8 years, which received a Webby Award nomination for Best Comedy Podcast, and he’s interviewed dozens of Johnny’s guests, employees, family and friends. He’s a well-known media personality who’s appeared on many major shows including Good Morning America, the Today Show, MSNBC, and the highly acclaimed CNN docuseries, “The Story of Late Night”. And most recently, he’s written a wonderful book entitled, “Love Johnny Carson: One Obsessive Fan’s Journey to Find the Genius Behind the Legend”. The book sets the record straight about who Johnny Carson really was, according to those who knew him best. And he takes us behind the scenes of the Tonight Show and chronicles the most iconic moments on that groundbreaking show.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

For more information on Mark Malkoff, go to:

http://www.markmalkoff.com/

https://www.facebook.com/mmalkoff/

https://www.instagram.com/markmalkoff/

https://www.youtube.com/user/markmalkoff

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Paul Michael Glaser, Renowned Actor, Co-Star, “Starsky and Hutch”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Paul Michael Glaser, is a renowned actor, director, writer, producer, artist and humanitarian who is perhaps best known for his portrayal of “Detective Dave Starsky” on the iconic TV series, “Starsky and Hutch”, for which he won numerous awards including a Photoplay Award, a Bravo Otto Award and a TV Land Award.  

He’s also appeared in many other iconic TV shows including “Love is a many Splendored Thing”, “The Waltons”, “The Rockford Files”, “The Mentalist”, “Grace and Frankie”, “Ray Donovan” and many more. He also starred in wonderful TV movies and miniseries including “Princess Daisy”, “Trapped Beneath the Sea”, “The Great Houdini”, “Jealousy”, “Attack on Fear”, “And Never Let Her Go”, “Ladies Night” and many more. On the big screen, he appeared in great movies like “Fiddler on the Roof”, “Butterflies are Free”, “Something’s Gotta Give”, “Phobia” and “Kazaam”, which he also wrote, produced and directed. He also directed “The Running Man”, “The Cutting Edge” and “The Air Up There”. And he’s directed many episodes of classic TV shows like “Starsky & Hutch”, “The Agency”, “Judging Amy”, “Third Watch”, “Las Vegas”, “Criminal Minds” and “Miami Vice”, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and a Director’s Guild of America Award.

On Broadway, he was in “The Man in the Glass Booth” and “Butterflies are Free”, and he’s been in dozens of theatrical productions including “Luther”, “Peter Pan”, “Aladdin”, “Twelve Angry Men”, “The Lady’s Not for Burning”, “Henry IV”, “Richard III” and many more.  Our guest has also written a novel entitled, “Chrystallia and the Source of Light”, which is a beautiful story of courage, forgiveness, self-discovery, and ultimately finding love, light and fulfilment. In recent years he’s also become a highly respected artist. And most importantly, he has spent many decades honoring the memory of his beloved wife Elizabeth, and daughter Ariel, through his monumentally important work with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, for which he has received a whole slew of prestigious honours and Lifetime Achievement Awards for his extraordinary humanitarianism. 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Paul Michael Glaser, go to:

https://paulmichaelglaser.org/

https://www.pmglaserart.com/

https://www.facebook.com/paulmichaelglaserofficial

https://www.instagram.com/paulmichaelglaserofficial/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Music Superstar, Jon Secada

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Jon Secada, is a multi-award-winning singer, songwriter and producer whose soulful, romantic voice and beautifully unique fusion of jazz, Latin, R&B and pop, has made him an international superstar for over 30 years, with well over 20 million records sold worldwide. 

He’s given us dozens of hit songs including “Just Another Day”, “Do You Believe in Us”, “I’m Free”, “Angel”, “Sentir”, “If You Go”, “Too Late Too Soon”, “I’m Never Too Far Away”, and many more. He’s one of the first and most successful bilingual artists to achieve international crossover success. He’s written hit songs and collaborated with superstars like Gloria Estefan, Ricky Martin and Jennifer Lopez, and he’s performed with everyone from Pavarotti and Frank Sinatra to Luther Vandross and Olivia Newton-John. 

And most recently, he’s released a wonderful new album called “Fascination”, which is a bilingual tribute to the legendary Nat King Cole.  And let me tell you, the word “versatile” doesn’t even begin to describe our guest. 

He conquered Broadway not once but twice, playing “Danny Zuko” in “Grease”, and then playing the MC in “Cabaret”, as well as starring in a touring production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”. On television, he was a judge for 4 years on “Latin American Idol”, he’s been a guest judge on several other South American TV music competitions, and he was a celebrity contestant on the very first season of “Mira Quien Baila”, which is the Latin version of “Dancing with the Stars”. 

The list of awards and accolades this man has won is jaw-dropping: 3 Grammy Awards, a whole slew of Billboard Music Awards, ASCAP Awards, BMI Awards, an American Music Award nomination - and believe me, I’m just scratching the surface. And our guest is also a bestselling author, whose 2014 memoir entitled “A New Day” touched me deeply because it chronicles his remarkable journey of resilience, courage, embracing change and reinvention, and unwavering devotion to musical creativity and family. 

He’s also been highly recognized for his extraordinary record of public service, in support of arts education in public schools, the fight against AIDS and Hepatitis-C, and with the Make-a-Wish Foundation and the Miami Children’s Hospital. He served on the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, and in 2016 he was named Humanitarian of the Year by the Muhammad Ali Foundation.  

He’s also a highly respected educator, having taught at the University of Miami, and now at Florida International University's Wertheim School of Music & Performing Arts.  And if all of that weren’t enough, I can’t help mentioning that in 1993, Rolling Stone named him the Best Male Vocalist, and Playgirl magazine named him one of the 10 sexiest male rock stars on the planet. 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

For more information on Jon Secada, go to:

http://www.jonsecada.com/

https://www.facebook.com/jonsecada

https://www.instagram.com/jonsecada/

https://x.com/jonsecada

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8D7e8pZCEtZyQ_MKr17Bcg

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Joyce Vincent, Member of Tony Orlando and Dawn

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Joyce Vincent, is a music star who’s best remembered for being part of the iconic pop music group, Tony Orlando and Dawn, who were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2008. The group brought us 16 top 40 hit songs including “Candida”, “Knock Three Times”, “Sweet Gypsy Rose”, “He Don’t Love You Like I Love You”, and of course, their signature song, “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree”. For 3 years back in the 70s, our guest co-starred in an immensely popular TV variety show along with Tony Orlando and Telma Hopkins, making them the first multi-racial group to host a national TV show.   

After the group disbanded in 1977, our guest continued her music career, and has been one of the most sought-after backup singers, recording and performing with dozens of legendary stars including Dionne Warwick, Freda Payne and Smokey Robinson. In 1979, she sang with Scherrie Payne and Susaye Greene of The Supremes on their album called “Partners”.   

And in 2009, she recorded an album called “Quiet Moon” with a powerhouse group of vocalists called “Tour de Four Force”. And since 2009, she’s been performing all over the world as part of a group called The Former Ladies of the Supremes with Scherrie Payne and Lynda Laurence.  

In 2018 they released a Christmas album called “A Supreme Christmas”.  And in 2019 they released a single called “Unconditional Love”. In 2020, she collaborated with Gerald Greene, Mary Dysart, and Scherrie Payne on a single called "Hallelujah!” 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Acclaimed Actor, Peter Gallagher

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Peter Gallagher, is a renowned, multi-award-winning actor who’s given us dozens of unforgettable performances. 

On Broadway, he received a Tony Award nomination for his performance in “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”. He won a Theatre World Award for his performance in “A Doll’s Life”. And his portrayal of “Sky Masterson” in “Guys and Dolls” earned him a Drama Desk Award nomination. He’s been in 9 other Broadway shows including “Grease”, “Hair”, “The Real Thing”, “On the Twentieth Century” and most recently, “Left on Tenth”. 

On the big screen, you’ve seen him in many iconic movies like “Summer Lovers”, “Sex, Lies and Videotape”, “American Beauty”, “The Player”, “Malice”, “While You Were Sleeping’, “Burlesque”, “Submission” and “Short Cuts”, for which he and his fellow cast members won a Golden Globe Award and a Venice Film Festival Award for best ensemble. 

On television, we remember him as “Sandy Cohen” on “The O.C.”, for which he was nominated for a Prism Award and 2 Teen Choice Awards. Some of his other memorable television roles are “Dean Stacey Koons” on “Californication”, “Father Phil” on “Rescue Me”, “Director of Clandestine Services, Arthur Campbell” on “Covert Affairs”, “Deputy Chief Dodds” on “Law & Order: SVU”, “Dr. David Hamilton” on “Grey’s Anatomy”, and “Nick Skolka”, Jane Fonda’s boyfriend and eventual husband on “Grace and Frankie”. He’s guest starred in dozens of classic TV shows including “Family Guy”, “How I Met Your Mother”, “The Good Wife”, “Murphy Brown” and “Togetherness” for which he was nominated for a Critics Choice Award for Best Guest Performer in a comedy series. 

And he’s appeared in many highly acclaimed TV movies and miniseries including “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”, “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial”, “Titanic”, “Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing”, “Brave New World”, “The Gathering”, “Cruel Intentions” and many more. 

In 2005, our guest received the P.T. Barnum Award from his alma mater, Tufts University for his exceptional work in the field of media and entertainment. And 2 years later, he received the "Light on the Hill" award at Tufts University, which is given to distinguished alumni who have demonstrated ambition, achievement, and active citizenship. 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

For more information on Peter Gallagher, go to:

https://www.instagram.com/petergallagher/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Renowned Actor, Burton Gilliam

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Burton Gilliam, is a highly popular actor who’s been immortalized for his hilarious performance as “Lyle” the railroad supervisor in the classic Mel Brooks movie, “Blazing Saddles”. We also remember him as “Floyd” the desk clerk in “Paper Moon”. And he played the Colt gun salesman in “Back to the Future Part III”. And he was “Roy Bacon” in “Honeymoon in Vegas”. 

He’s also appeared in many more great movies, and some of my favourites are “Thunderbolt and Lightfoot”, “At Long Last Love”, “Farewell my Lovely”, “Hearts of the West”, “Fletch”, “The Getaway”, “88 Hits”, “Drop Dead Sexy”, “Killing Down” and “Return to Vengeance”. On television, he played “Virgil” on “Evening Shade”, and he’s guest starred in dozens of classic TV series including “Cannon”, “The Waltons”, “Charlie’s Angels”, “Alice”, “How the West was Won”, “Soap”, “The Dukes of Hazzard”, “Knight Rider” and “Mama’s Family”, to name just a few. And he’s appeared in a number of terrific TV movies and miniseries including “Remember When”, “The Night That Panicked America”, “The Ransom of Red Chief”, “Dream West”, “North & South: Book 2”, “The Love Bug” and many more.  Before he became an actor, he was a very well-known boxer, and he served as a firefighter in Dallas for 14 years. But for over 50 years, he’s been entertaining audiences with that big smile and unforgettable personality that makes every role he plays so memorable. 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Steve Dorff, Legendary Music Composer & Songwriter

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Steve Dorff, is one of the most popular, prolific and successful songwriters and composers of our time. His music is part of the soundtrack of our lives. 

He’s written over 20 iconic top 10 hits recorded by some of the greatest music artists in the world, including “I Cross my Heart” by George Strait, “Through the Years” by Kenny Rogers, “Take Good Care of my Heart” by Whitney Houston, “Higher Ground” by Barbra Streisand, “Miracle” by Celine Dion, “I Just Fall in Love Again” by Anne Murray, “Something Bigger than Me” by Dolly Parton, “You’ve Been Leaving me for Years” by Willie Nelson – and believe me, I’m just scratching the surface. 

In addition to the stars I’ve just mentioned, his songs have been recorded by even more legends like Anthony Newley, Smokey Robinson, Ray Charles, Ringo Starr, Johnny Mathis, Tom Jones, Cher, Dusty Springfield, Melissa Manchester, Garth Brooks and dozens more. 

He’s composed over 40 movie scores including 5 Clint Eastwood movies – and yes, he wrote the title songs from “Every Which Way but Loose” recorded by Eddie Rabbit and “Any Which Way you Can” recorded by Glen Campbell. Some of his other big movies are “Pure Country”, “Tin Cup”, “Honky Tonk Man” and “Babe Ruth”. And he wrote the score for the 2005 TV miniseries, “Elvis” starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers. 

He’s written theme songs and music for classic TV shows including “Growing Pains”, “Murphy Brown”, “Murder, She Wrote” and “Reba”, to name only a few. He’s also composed the music for musical theatre productions including “Josephine: The Josephine Baker Story”, “Lunch”, “Pure Country” and “Say Goodnight”, which is based on the love story of George Burns and Gracie Allen. 

He’s also released 3 wonderful albums: “You Set My Dreams to Music”, “It’s Personal” and “Pacific Sunrise”. The list of awards and accolades our guest has received is jaw dropping. 42 BMI Awards, 11 Billboard Awards, an American Music Award, 3 Grammy Award nominations, 6 Emmy Award nominations, the 2017 NSAI Songwriter of the Year Award, numerous lifetime achievement awards, and in 2018, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. 

And if all of that weren’t enough, he also wrote a highly compelling and insightful memoir entitled, “I Wrote That One, Too: A Life in Songwriting, from Willie to Whitney”. This book is a must-read for every music lover. It’s an eye opening, poignant, intensely personal and inspirational journey of perseverance, resilience and the uplifting, healing power of creativity and music.  

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Steve Dorff, go to:

https://www.stevedorff.com/

https://www.facebook.com/stevedorffofficialmusicpage/

https://www.instagram.com/stevedorffofficial/

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/steve-dorff-songbook/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Montel Williams, Actor, Media Star, Author

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Montel Williams, is a man I’ve admired and respected immensely, since he first began coming into our living rooms in 1991, with his Emmy-award-winning daytime talk show, which educated, enlightened and inspired us for over 17 years. 

The list of accomplishments this man has achieved is nothing short of monumental. He served 22 years in the United States Marine Corps and the US Navy as a Special Duty Intelligence Officer, and received a whole slew of awards, medals and commendations culminating in 2008 with the Navy Superior Public Service Award for his continuous support and recognition of our servicemen and women and their families. 

He was the first African American man to host a syndicated daytime talk show, the Montel Williams Show. And since the show ended in 2009, his career has blossomed and diversified even further. 

As an actor, he’s appeared in many iconic shows including “Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host”, “Matt Waters”, “Touched By an Angel”, “JAG”, “The Sopranos”, “My Name is Earl” and “Guiding Light”, which earned him an NAACP Image Award nomination. He also has 2 shows on the Lifetime channel: “Military Makeover”, which transforms the homes and lives of military families across the country; and he’s a co-host of the popular morning talk show, “The Balancing Act”. 

He’s written 9 bestselling books: “Mountain Get Out of My Way: Life Lessons and Learned Truths”, “Life Lessons and Reflections”, “Practical Parenting”, “A Dozen Ways to Sunday: Stories of Hope and Courage”, “Body Change”, “Climbing Higher”, “Living Well: 21 Days to Transform Your Life, Supercharge Your Health, and Feel Spectacular”, “Living Well Emotionally: Breakthrough to a Life of Happiness”, and most recently, “The Sailing of the Intrepid: The Incredible Wartime Voyage of the Navy’s Iconic Aircraft Carrier”. 

Since being diagnosed with MS in 1999, our guest has been a passionate advocate for patients worldwide. He works diligently in support of research and education for MS and traumatic brain injury. He’s an outspoken supporter of “Partnership for Prescription Assistance”, which helps low-income patients get free or low-price prescription drugs. 

He’s a leading advocate for medical cannabis law reform in America, and he hosts a popular podcast called “Let’s Be Blunt with Montel”, which provides education and information on the cannabis industry. He also has another podcast called “Free Thinking with Montel”, which covers a wide range of topics from wellness to veterans’ issues. His commitment to social justice is exemplary. 

He’s executive produced compelling documentaries about pressing social issues like antisemitism, racial profiling, mental health, and the Armenian genocide and persecution of Christians in the middle east. His record of public service is both voluminous and transformative. Over the years he’s been actively involved in charities promoting diversity, the welfare of children, animal rights and the well-being of our military and veterans. He’s worked with the Fisher House Foundation, the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, the Research and Recognition Project, and Athletes 4 Care.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Montel Williams, go to:

http://www.montelmedia.com/

https://www.facebook.com/MontelWilliamsFan

https://www.instagram.com/montel_williams/?hl=en

https://x.com/Montel_Williams

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Judy Norton, Renowned Actress, Co-Star “The Waltons”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Judy Norton, is one of the most popular and versatile entertainers of our generation. She’s an actress, singer, writer, director and producer who’s been immortalized for her portrayal of “Mary Ellen Walton” for 9 seasons on the classic, multi-award-winning TV series, “The Waltons”, as well as in the TV movies “The Homecoming: A Christmas Story”, “A Decade of The Waltons”, “A Wedding on Walton’s Mountain”, “Mother’s Day on Walton’s Mountain”, “A Day for Thanks on Walton’s Mountain”, “A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion”, “A Walton Wedding” and “A Walton Easter”. 

But beyond that iconic franchise, our guest has had a long and diversified career. On the big screen, she’s appeared in many movies including “Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft”, “Blood is Thicker”, “Broken: A Musical”, “Out of the Fight”, “Motorvation”, and the critically acclaimed movies, “Finding Harmony”, “Another Day in Paradise” and “Nowhere to Hide”, which she also wrote. 

She’s guest-starred in numerous TV shows like “Felony Squad”, “Millenium”, “Stargate SG-1”, “Cold Squad”, “Higher Ground”, “Ed”, “Beggars and Choosers”, “Bluff”, and many more. She’s also appeared in some great TV movies including “Valentine”, “The Inspectors” and “Off Season”. Our guest also has a distinguished career in theatre, having starred in dozens of critically acclaimed productions including “HELLO DOLLY”, “BLOOD BROTHERS”, “LOVE LETTERS”, “THE SOUND OF MUSIC”, “ANNIE GET YOUR GUN”, and “MOVE OVER MRS. MARKHAM”, as well as writing and directing many shows as artistic director for numerous prestigious theatre companies in North America. In 2009, she directed the highly successful Los Angeles revival of “CABARET”, which was included on Broadway World’s list of favorite shows of the year.

In 2014 she wrote and starred in the original two-character play, “MOMENTS REMEMBERED”, co-starring Don Most from “Happy Days”. 

And let me tell you, our guest also has a beautiful voice. She joined her cast mates from “The Waltons” on the 1999 CD, “A Walton Christmas: Together Again”, and she’s recorded 2 wonderful solo albums – “Reflections”, which is a live recording of her one-woman show featuring a selection of standards and Broadway songs, and “Home for Christmas”, which is a collection of classic holiday songs. 

And if all of that weren’t enough, our guest is a very gifted athlete. If you watched “Battle of the Network Stars” in the late 70s and early 80s, you’ll know she’s a champion in competitive horse jumping, skydiving, skiing and tennis.  

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Judy Norton, go to:

http://www.judynorton.com/

https://www.facebook.com/judynortonproductions/

https://www.instagram.com/officialjudynorton/

https://twitter.com/thejudynorton

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Comedy Legend, Rita Rudner

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Rita Rudner, is a comedy legend. After appearing in the national tour of “Zorba”, and then dancing in 6 Broadway musicals including “Promises, Promises”, “The Magic Show”, “Mack and Mabel”, and “Annie”, she made the courageous move to the world of stand-up comedy, and has never looked back. 

She worked her way up from comedy clubs, concert halls, TV talk shows and sold-out tours, to becoming one of the hottest tickets in Vegas with the longest running solo female comedy act in Las Vegas history. She’s had a whole slew of highly acclaimed TV specials including “Rita Rudner’s One Night Stand”, “Born to be Mild”, “Married Without Children”, “Live From Las Vegas”, “Rita Rudner and 3 Potential Ex-husbands”, and “A Tale of 2 Dresses”. She and her brilliant husband Martin Bergman have collaborated on many groundbreaking projects including 3 multi-award-winning feature films, “Peter’s Friends”, “A Weekend in the Country” and “Thanks, as well as numerous plays including “Tickled Pink”, “Act 3”, “Room 776”, “Staged”, and the musical, “Two’s a Crowd”, which played off-Broadway in New York. 

On television, besides her many appearances on The Johnny Carson show and other major talk shows, she had her own comedy series on the BBC, and for 2 years she had her own syndicated daily show called “Ask Rita”, for which she received a Gracie Allen Award from American Women in Radio and Television. She was also one of the writers of the Academy Award shows for 3 years. 

And if all of that weren’t enough, our guest has written 6 books – 4 hilarious memoirs entitled, “Rita Rudner’s Guide to Men”, “Naked Beneath my Clothes”, “I Still Have it: I Just Can’t Remember Where I Put It: Confessions of a Fifty-something”, and “My Life in Dog Years”, as well as 2 novels - “Tickled Pink” and “Turning the Tables”. And the audio version of “Naked Beneath my Clothes” received a Grammy nomination. 

The list of accolades our guest has received is jaw dropping. In addition to the awards I’ve already mentioned, she won an American Comedy Award in 1990 for Funniest Female Standup Comic. She was named Las Vegas’s Comedian of the Year 9 years in a row. In 2006 she received the Nevada Ballet’s Woman of the Year Award, and in 2017 she was given the Casino Entertainment Legend Award. 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Rita Rudner, go to:

https://www.ritarudner.com/

https://www.facebook.com/people/Rita-Rudner/100084366042120/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Paris Themmen, Mike Teevee of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Paris Themmen, is a former child star who’s been immortalized for his portrayal of the rambunctious and defiant “Mike Teevee” in one of the world’s most popular movies, “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”, which is a magical, psychedelic fairytale that has captured the hearts of multiple generations. 

Our guest also appeared on Broadway in “Mame” and “The Rothschilds”. As an adult, he’s had a diverse and successful career. He had his own travel agency, he was in real estate, he was in film production and casting, he worked at Disney, he’s been a financial consultant, and from time to time he’s appeared on TV shows and made personal appearances at movie conventions and autograph shows.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Paris Themmen, go to:

https://wonkashop.com/

https://www.instagram.com/paris_themmen/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Telma Hopkins, Legendary Music Star, Actress, Member of Tony Orlando and Dawn

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Telma Hopkins, is a legendary music star and actress who rose to international superstardom as a member of the iconic pop group, Tony Orlando and Dawn, who brought us 16 top 40 hit songs including “Candida”, “Knock Three Times”, “Sweet Gypsy Rose”, “He Don’t Love You Like I Love You”, and of course, their signature song, “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree”. 

For 3 years back in the 70s, our guest co-starred in an immensely popular TV variety show along with Tony Orlando and Joyce Vincent Wilson, making them the first multi-racial group to host a national TV show. After Tony Orlando and Dawn disbanded in 1977, our guest went on to become one of the most popular and beloved TV stars of the last half-century, in a monumental career in which she created dozens of iconic regular and recurring roles including “Isabelle Hammond” in “Bosom Buddies”, “Addy Wilson” in “Gimme a Break”, “Dolores Dixon” in “Getting By”, “Rachel Crawford” in “Family Matters”, “Phyllis Thorne” in “Half & Half”, “Marilyn Person” in “Are We There Yet?”, “Denise Tolliver” in “The Young and the Restless”, and “Ella” in “Clean Slate” – and believe me, I’m just scratching the surface. 

She’s also appeared in many great TV movies and miniseries including “Roots: The Next Generation”, “The Kid With the Broken Halo”, “How to Murder a Millionaire”, “A Family Reunion Christmas”, and let’s not forget that, on the big screen, she played “Freya” in “The Matrix Resurrections” starring Keanu Reeves. And on November 5, 2025, she’ll be launching a brand-new podcast called "Welcome To The Family", which is a “Family Matters” rewatch podcast hosted by our guest and Kellie Williams, who played “Laura Winslow” on “Family Matters”. 

In addition to the Grammy nomination that our guest received as a member of Tony Orlando and Dawn, she’s also received 4 NAACP Image Award nominations, as well as a BET Comedy Award. She also has a distinguished record of public service in working for charitable causes including Caring for Babies with AIDS, Act on Arthritis and the Parent–teacher Association.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Legendary Actress, Author & Humanitarian, Jennifer O’Neill

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Jennifer O’Neill, is an internationally acclaimed actress, model, author, producer, director, humanitarian and inspirational speaker whom we all fell in love with in 1970 when legendary director Howard Hawks cast her opposite John Wayne in the classic film, “Rio Lobo”.

She was then catapulted into global superstardom in another cinematic masterpiece, “Summer of ‘42”, which led to a string of other great movies including “Such Good Friends”, “The Carey Treatment”, “Lady Ice”, “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud”, “The Innocent”, “The Psychic”, “Scanners”, “Last Ounce of Courage”, “Reagan” and many more. On television, we remember her as “Lady Bobbi Rowan” in “Bare Essence”, “Danielle Reynolds” in “Cover Up”, and she was “Messalina” in the highly acclaimed 1985 miniseries, “A.D.” 

She’s also appeared in a lot of TV movies including “Love’s Savage Fury”, “The Other Victim”, “Chase”, “The Red Spider”, “Glory Days”, “Perfect Family”, “The Cover Girl Murders”, “On Music Row” and many more. And if all of that weren’t enough, she was the model and spokesperson for Cover Girl cosmetics for an unprecedented THIRTY years, and her iconic advertising campaigns have been preserved in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.  

But far beyond her show business career, our guest has had a monumental impact through her writing, advocacy, humanitarianism, and public speaking. She’s written 2 highly compelling, emotionally powerful and inspirational memoirs: “From Fallen to Forgiven” and “Surviving Myself”, in which she candidly shares her struggles with fame, love, numerous marriages, and a number of personal tragedies. Her incredibly moving book entitled, “You're Not Alone: Healing Through God's Grace After Abortion”, has been a source of wisdom, enlightenment, solace and comfort to millions of women who have experienced what our guest has gone through. 

She’s also written 4 novels: “All That Glitters”, “A Fall Together, “A Winter of Wonders”, and “A Late Spring Frost”.  Our guest is also a renowned advocate for numerous charitable causes. She served as Chairperson for the American Cancer Society. She hosted a TV special from Africa about the HIV epidemic. 

And she runs a hugely beneficial therapeutic program at her horse farm in Nashville, called The Hope and Healing at Hillenglade Foundation, which provides supportive programs to military veterans and first responders suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Jennifer O’Neill, go to:

https://www.jenniferoneill.com/

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialJenniferONeill/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with John Tesh, Musician, Radio Host & Author

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, John Tesh, is a hugely popular and beloved pianist, composer, singer, broadcaster and author. His meteoric career in journalism catapulted him from being an award-winning CBS News correspondent, to hosting network coverage of major international sporting events like the Olympics and the Tour de France, and eventually becoming co-host of the groundbreaking TV show, “Entertainment Tonight” for 10 years. 

But in 1996, after the massive success of his TV special, “John Tesh: Live at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony”, he shocked us all by walking away from “Entertainment Tonight” at the peak of its popularity, to launch a full-time music career that has been nothing short of spectacular. He’s released 44 studio albums, 11 compilation albums, 5 live albums, and many televised concerts, featuring his signature musical style – an irresistible blend of orchestral power and rock energy. Some of his most popular albums are “Live at Red Rocks”, “One World”, “Pure Movies”, “Grand Passion”, “Power of Love”, “Pure Hymns” – and now, his long-awaited, brand-new album, “Sports”, which is his first album of all-new music in 20 years. He’s sold well over 8 million records worldwide, and 4 of his albums have been certified gold. His music has earned him 6 Emmy Awards, a Keyboard Magazine Award and 2 Grammy nominations.  And as a composer, he has the unique distinction of having composed what is widely considered to be the greatest sports theme in television history, “Roundball Rock”, for NBC Sports basketball. 

And beyond all of that, in 1999, our guest and his mega-talented wife, Connie Sellecca, created the immensely popular syndicated radio show, “Intelligence For Your Life”, featuring Connie and their son Gib. In addition to providing great music, the show offers advice and expert opinions on everything from health, finance and relationships, to family and careers. The show is heard on over 300 radio stations around the world, and has an audience of over 40 million weekly listeners. 

And if all of that weren’t enough, our guest has also written 4 insightful and inspirational books, the most recent of which is a highly compelling and emotionally powerful memoir entitled “Relentless: Unleashing a Life of Purpose, Grit and Faith”, in which he shares how he learned to turn obstacles into opportunities, and how his profound faith and steadfast determination enabled him to achieve monumental success AND overcome a terminal cancer diagnosis. 

The list of honours and accolades our guest has received is jaw dropping. In addition to the music awards I’ve already mentioned, he received an Associated Press award for investigative journalism. He’s been inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame AND the National Radio Hall of Fame. And in 2007, he won the Syndicated Personality Show of the Year Award by Radio & Records magazine. And in 1993, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about John Tesh, go to:

http://www.tesh.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCojUF5lsdsROBEGw8zcfukA

https://www.facebook.com/JohnTesh/

http://www.instagram.com/johntesh_ifyl

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Highly Acclaimed Actor & Author, David Selby

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, David Selby, is a highly acclaimed and beloved actor and writer who’s been immortalized for his portrayal of several iconic TV characters. He played the charismatic and intense werewolf “Quentin Collins” on the classic daytime drama, “Dark Shadows”, and of course in the feature film, “Night of Dark Shadows”. He was also the ruthless businessman, “Richard Channing”, on “Falcon Crest”. And before that, he was the cunning and debonair “Michael Tyrone” on “Flamingo Road”. 

But beyond those signature roles, our guest has had a long and diverse career. He was in 4 Broadway productions, and co-starred in the national tour of “The Impossible Years”. On the big screen, he appeared in some great movies like “Up the Sandbox”, “Raise the Titanic”, “Rich and Famous”, “Dying Young”, “Intersection”, “The Girl in Blue”, “The Super Cops”, “Inhale”, “The Great Nick D” and many more. 

He’s also guest starred in dozens of classic TV shows including “The Waltons”, “Police Woman”, “Kojak”, “Touched By an Angel”, “Ally McBeal”, “Mad Men”, “Castle Rock”, “NCIS: New Orleans” and so many more. And he’s appeared in a number of great TV movies and miniseries including “Washington: Behind Closed Doors”, “Telethon”, “The Night Rider”, “Doctor Franken”, “The Black Hole” and “Deck the Halls”, to name just a few. 

And beyond all of that, our guest is a prolific author, playwright and poet. He’s written 10 books: “In and Out of the Shadows”, which is a career retrospective, “My Mother’s Autumn” and “Happenstance”, which are collections of poetry, “The Blue Door” and “Lincoln’s Better Angel”, which are novels that were incorporated into plays, “Promises of Love” and “A Casualty of Indifference”, which are his latest novels, “A Better Place”, which is all about his love for his home state of West Virginia and how his sense of place shapes his view of the world, “My Shadowed Past”, in which he reflects on his time on “Dark Shadows” and “Light and Shadows”, a collection of poems inspired by “Dark Shadows” and its fans. 

Our guest also has a distinguished record of community service. He and his wife Chip ran a summer children's musical theatre in New York for 10 years, and he’s directed numerous youth programs. He’s been inducted into the Cleveland Play House Hall of Fame, and he’s a recipient of the Millennium Recognition Award from The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. He’s an honorary member of the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center's Advisory Board, and he’s worked with the Governor's Honor Academy.  He’s received Distinguished Alumni Awards from BOTH of his alma maters - West Virginia University AND Southern Illinois University. 

In 1998, he was the first person to receive a Life Achievement Award from the West Virginia University College of Creative Arts, and in 2004, he received an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University.

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To learn more about David Selby, go to:

http://www.davidselby.com/

https://www.facebook.com/davidselbydotcom

https://www.instagram.com/davidselbyofficial/

https://www.youtube.com/user/davidselbydotcom

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Legendary Actress, Singer, Author & Activist, Jenifer Lewis

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Jenifer Lewis, is an immensely popular and beloved, multi-award-winning actress, singer, producer, author and activist who’s conquered every medium in the entertainment world. On Broadway, she appeared in 4 shows including “Eubie” and “Hairspray”, in which she was unforgettable as “Motormouth Maybelle”. She’s also starred in a whole slew of fabulous one-woman shows like “Jenifer Lewis in the Cosmos”, “Jenifer Lewis on the Couch”, “Jenifer Lewis Broke and Freaking Out”, “Bipolar, Bath and Beyond”, and my favorite, “The Diva is Dismissed”, for which she received 2 NAACP Awards. She’s performed at some of the most prestigious concert venues in the world including Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. She toured with Bette Midler as one of the staggering Harlettes. 

On the big screen, she played Tina Turner’s mother in “What’s Love Got to Do With it?”, she played Whitney Houston’s Mom in “The Preacher’s Wife”, and she’s appeared in great blockbuster movies like “Beaches”, “Sister Act 1 and 2”, “Renaissance Man”, “Corrina, Corrina”, “Cast Away”, “Madea’s Family Reunion”, “Hereafter”, “Christmas on the Square”, and many more. And her instantly recognizable voice is adored by Disney fans for her portrayal of "Flo" in “Cars”, “Cars 2” and “Cars 3”, and as "Mama Odie" in “The Princess and the Frog”. 

And on television, she’s been immortalized as “Judge Rosetta Reide” in “Courthouse”, “Aunt Helen” in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”, everybody’s best friend “Lana Hawkins” in “Strong Medicine”, and of course, the spicy, saucy, loveable and hilarious grandmother, “Ruby Johnson” in “Black-ish”, for which she was nominated for 2 Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Critic’s Choice Award, a Satellite Award, and 3 NAACP Image Awards, as well as winning 2 Black Reel Television Awards. She’s also guest starred in dozens of classic TV shows like “Murphy Brown”, “Friends”, “Touched by an Angel”, “Girlfriends”, “Boston Legal”, “Meet the Browns” and “I Love That For You”, to name just a few. 

And she’s appeared in a whole slew of great TV movies and miniseries including “Deconstructing Sarah”, “An Unexpected Life”, “The Temptations”, “Jackie’s Back”, “Little Richard”, “It Had to be You”, “History of the World: Part 2”, and many more. 

And if all of that weren’t enough, our guest is also a best-selling author of 2 highly compelling books: the first is a heartfelt, unfiltered and inspirational 2017 memoir entitled “The Mother of Black Hollywood”, and in 2022 she released an equally captivating sequel called “Walking in my Joy in These Streets”, which is one of the funniest, most laugh-out-loud books I’ve ever read. Let me tell you, the chapter about our guest’s rather unusual relationship with wheat grass during her stay at a health spa in California, had me laughing for a week. 

In addition to the accolades I’ve already mentioned, our guest has been nominated for 6 NAACP Image Awards, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Essence Black Women in Hollywood, she received an Honorary Satellite Award, and the American Black Film Festival honoured her with the Career Achievement Award. And well beyond all of that, she received an honorary doctorate from her alma mater, Webster University in St. Lewis. 

And in 2022, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And to top it all off, a few years ago, her home state of Missouri honoured her with a star on the St. Lewis Walk of Fame. 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Jenifer Lewis, go to:

https://www.instagram.com/jeniferlewisforreal/

https://www.facebook.com/JeniferLewisForReal/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Richard Kline, Renowned Actor, Co-Star, “Three’s Company”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Richard Kline, is a renowned actor, director and acting teacher who became a household name for his portrayal of “Larry Dallas” on the classic TV sitcom: “Three’s Company”. 

We also remember him as “Richie Gray” on “It’s a Living”, “Jeff Spencer” on “His & Hers”, “Dr. Mark Benson” on “The Bold and the Beautiful”, “Jeff Beznick” on “Noah Knows Best”, “Gene Schwartz” on “Inside Schwartz”, and “Judge Angioli” on “Blue Bloods”. On the big screen you’ve seen him in “Liberty Heights”, “Warm Blooded Killers”, “Knight to F4”, “Don’t Think Twice”, “Love, Weddings and Other Disasters”, “180 Days”, “The Mick and the Trick” and many more. 

He’s also guest starred in dozens of classic TV shows including “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”, “Maude”, “One Day at a Time”, “ER”, “Murder, She Wrote”, “Hill Street Blues”, “L.A. Law”, “The Nanny”, “NYPD Blues” and many more. And he’s appeared in some great TV movies and miniseries including “Seventh Avenue”, “Not Just Another Affair”, “Side by Side”, and “Hell Hath No Fury”, to name just a few. 

Our guest has also had a distinguished theatre career. He’s appeared on Broadway in some iconic shows like “The Crucible”, “City of Angels”, “November” and “Waitress”. And he’s appeared in touring productions of “The Rothschilds” and “Wicked”, in which he played the Wizard of Oz. He’s also appeared in highly acclaimed productions of “Death of a Salesman”, “Henry V”, “Love’s Labor’s Lost”, “Titanic”, “The Sting”, and in 1996, he starred in the American premiere of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s musical, “By Jeeves”. 

And when he’s not appearing on stage or in front of the camera, he’s directing television and theatre productions, AND for over 25 years, he's been a highly respected acting teacher. 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Richard Kline, go to:

https://richardkline.tv/

https://www.facebook.com/richard.kline.12

https://instagram.com/rklinester

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Debbie Reynolds’ & Eddie Fisher’s Son, Brother of Carrie Fisher, Todd Fisher

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Todd Fisher, is a director, cinematographer, producer, business executive, author and talk show host who also happens to be a member of Hollywood royalty. 

He’s the son of one of the greatest and most beloved cinematic legends of all time, Debbie Reynolds. And his father was the renowned singer Eddie Fisher. He’s also the brother of the immensely popular actress and writer, Carrie Fisher. 

His professional background is in architectural design and sound engineering, and he has extensive experience designing and building sound stages, recording studios, and television facilities. He’s the former CEO and President of the Debbie Reynolds Hotel & Casino, and the Debbie Reynolds Management Company, and he was the CEO and curator of the Hollywood Motion Picture Museum, which was housed at Debbie Reynolds Studios in Los Angeles. 

He is currently CEO of the high-end production company, Hollywood Motion Picture Experience. He directed his mother’s 1991 TV series, “Movie Memories with Debbie Reynolds”, and he produced the highly acclaimed, multi-award winning HBO documentary, “Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds”, which was released several months after the tragic passing of his sister and mother, within 24 hours of each other, in December 2016. 

In 2018 our guest published a highly compelling and intensely emotional, best-selling memoir chronicling his eventful, turbulent and sometimes heartbreaking life with his beloved mother and sister, entitled, “My Girls: A Lifetime with Carrie and Debbie”.  And most recently, he and his wife, actress, hypnotist and mentalist, Catherine Hickland, have a show in Las Vegas as well as on tour, and they host a popular YouTube channel called “Cat and Todd Live”. 

Among the many awards and accolades our guest has received, I want to mention that in 1998, he, his mother and sister won the American Film Institute Platinum Circle Award, given to families whose creative contributions have significantly enhanced the entertainment community. And as you’re about to see, that award is certainly well deserved.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Todd Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, go to:

http://www.toddfisher.com/

http://www.debbiereynolds.com/

http://www.debbiereynoldsstudiostore.com/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Kris Van Damme, Actor, Martial Artist, Son of Jean-Claude Van Damme

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Kris Van Damme, is an actor, producer, writer, animator and martial artist who made his big screen debut at the age of 3, in “Universal Soldier”, starring his superstar father, Jean-Claude Van Damme. Since then he and his father have worked together in a number of other great movies including some of my favourites, “The Quest”, “Universal Soldier: Regeneration” AND “Day of Reckoning”, “The Eagle Path”, “Assassination Games”,“6 Bullets”, “Welcome to the Jungle”, “Enemies Closer”, “Black Water” and “Darkness of Man”. He was also in “The Philly Kid”, and he’s got 2 movies in post-production, soon to be released: “The Farmer” and “Crime Time”. 

He’s a huge inspiration to fitness enthusiasts, and he’s a passionate supporter of animal rights. 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Kris Van Damme, go to:

https://www.instagram.com/krisvandammeofficial

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Robert Irvine, Celebrity Chef, Author, Restauranteur, & Humanitarian

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Robert Irvine, is an immensely popular celebrity chef, author, entrepreneur, fitness authority and humanitarian who has become a global sensation with his hugely successful TV shows, “Dinner: Impossible”, “Restaurant: Impossible”, “Restaurant Rivals”, “Cheat Day USA”, “The Globe”, “Kitchen Expedition” and “Restaurant Express”. 

Our guest also oversees a whole slew of companies, including restaurants, frozen foods, liquor and protein bars. In addition to having his own free digital magazine that provides inspirational workouts, recipes, and motivational articles, he’s written 5 books: “Mission: Cook”, “Impossible to Easy”, “Fit Fuel”, “Family Table” and his latest book, which I absolutely devoured, entitled, “Overcoming Impossible: How to Lead, Build a Team, and Catapult Your Business to Success,” in which our guest shares the vitally important lessons he’s learned from his vast experience, both in building his own businesses, and helping hundreds of others fix theirs. 

And when he’s not filming his TV show or working overseas with the USO, he goes on tour with a highly entertaining, unpredictable and interactive traveling live show. And one of the most impressive and commendable qualities of our guest is his tireless passion for philanthropy. A significant portion of the proceeds from all of his endeavors go to his own Foundation, which gives back to our servicemen and women and first responders in a variety of ways: training service dogs, making mental health and wellness services available to veterans in need, providing mobility devices for the disabled, and much more. 

For his monumentally important charitable work and public service, our guest has received dozens of prestigious accolades and awards, most notably being named Honorary Chief Petty Officer of the United States Navy and receiving the Medal of Honor Society’s Bob Hope Award. He received the Outstanding Civilian Service Award from the US Army, the Spirit of Hope Award from the US Department of Defense, and in 2023, he was the very first recipient of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Distinguished Citizenship Award. 

He’s also an Ambassador of the Culinary Institute of America, and he received the Culinary Excellence Award from the Culinary Institute of America and the American Tasting Institute.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Robert Irvine, go to:

https://chefirvine.com/

https://facebook.com/chefirvine

https://www.instagram.com/chefirvine

https://www.youtube.com/robertirvineofficial

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Vernée Watson, Renowned Actress, Producer, Director, Educator & Author

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Vernée Watson, is a popular and beloved actress, producer, director, educator and author who’s been dazzling audiences in a spectacular career spanning almost 6 decades. On the big screen, she’s appeared in many great movies including “Cotton Comes to Harlem”, “Norman, Is That You?”, “Death Drug”, “No Turning Back”, “Antwone Fisher”, “Nocturnal Agony”, “Beyond the Heavens”, “A Man Called Jon”, “Clemency”, “The Mandela Effect”, and many more. 

On television, we all remember her as “Verna Jean Williams” in “Welcome Back, Kotter”, “Lucille Banks” in “Carter Country”, “Althea” in “The Big Bang Theory”, “Gloria Tyler” in “Bob Hearts Abishola”, and of course, she played Will Smith’s mother, “Vy”, in the hugely popular sitcom, “Fresh Prince of Bel Air”. 

In the world of daytime dramas, our guest has been immortalized as “Birdie” in “The Young and the Restless”, “Dr. Ella Kraft” in “Days of Our Lives”, and her most acclaimed soap opera role, “Stella Henry” on “General Hospital”, for which she has won TWO Daytime Emmy Awards. She was also the voice of “Dee Dee Skyes” in the animated series, “Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels”, and she was the voice of “Danielle Craig” on the popular sitcom, “Baby Talk”. She has also guest starred in dozens of classic TV series including “Good Times”, “The Jeffersons”, “Hill Street Blues”, “Murphy Brown”, “Married With Children”, “L.A. Law”, “ER”, “The X-Files”, “The West Wing”, “CSI”, “Dexter”, “Two and a Half Men”, “Young Sheldon”, and believe me, I’m only scratching the surface.  

And she’s appeared in a whole slew of wonderful TV movies including “The Boy in the Plastic Bubble”, “Love’s Savage Fury”, “The Violation of Sarah McDavid”, “Hell Hath No Fury”, “Applause for Miss E”, “Home by Spring”, and many, many more. 

Our guest has also written 2 very informative books entitled, “Commercials, Just My Speed” and “Kids in the TV Commercial Biz”, which give practical advice to aspiring actors who’d like to break into the world of television commercials. 

And when she’s not on the set, she’s a highly respected acting teacher at a nonprofit performing arts company in Los Angeles that she co-founded, called The H.E.ART, Heartfelt Education Through the Arts, which provides a healthy, creative environment where aspiring actors, dancers and singers of all ages – and especially young people - can feel inspired and empowered to cultivate their talents. 

In fact, in 2023, she was inducted into the prestigious Gold Circle by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for over 50 years of community service. And if all of that weren’t enough, our guest is also the subject of an excellent and truly inspirational documentary entitled, “You Look Familiar Vernée Watson”, in which she reminisces about her iconic career, and shares many of the life lessons she’s learned along the way.   

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Vernée Watson, go to:

https://www.instagram.com/verneewatson/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Fionnula Flanagan, Legendary Actress

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Fionnula Flanagan, is a multi-award-winning and beloved actress who’s brought us dozens of unforgettable performances in a monumental career spanning 6 decades. 

On Broadway, she has twice been nominated for Tony Awards, for her performances in “Ulysses in Night Town” and “The Ferryman”. 

On the big screen, she captivated the whole world with her tour de force, multi-character performances in “James Joyce’s Women”, which she also wrote and produced. You’ve also seen her in many great movies including “Ulysses”, “Youngblood”, “Some Mother’s Son”, “Divine Sisters of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood”, “Transamerica”, “The Payback”, “Kill the Irishman”, “Life’s a Breeze”, “Four Mothers’, “Waking Ned Devine”, for which she and her fellow cast members were nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble, and “The Others”, for which she won a Saturn Award and received a Satellite Award nomination. 

On television, our guest won an Emmy Award for her performance in the miniseries, “Rich Man, Poor Man”, and she received another Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of “Aunt Molly Culhane” in “How the West Was Won”. She played the mysterious “Eloise Hawking” in “Lost”, she was “Rose Caffee” in “Brotherhood”, she was “Nicky” in “Defiance”, she was “Caro Noonan” in “Smother”, and she’s guest starred in dozens of classic TV shows going all the way back to “Bonanza”, “Gunsmoke”, and “Marcus Welby”, all the way up to “Cagney & Lacey”, “Murder, She Wrote”, “Nip/Tuck” and “Law & Order: SVU”.  

And as all you Trekkies out there know, our guest has a significant connection with Star Trek. She played “Enina Tandro” in “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”. She was “Dr. Juliana Tainer” in “Star Trek: The Next Generation”. And she played “Vulcan Ambassador V’lar” in “Star Trek: Enterprise”. And she’s co-starred in some wonderful TV movies and miniseries including “Some Women”, “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, “The Legend of Lizzie Borden”, “Mary White”, “A Winner Never Quits”, “Kings in Grass Castles”, “Three Wise Women”, “Redwater”, and many, many more.  

Our guest has been nominated for 6 Irish Film and Television Awards, and she won TWO, for her performances in “Transamerica” and “The Guard”, in addition to receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 from the Irish Film and Television Academy. 

She’s also a recipient of the Richard Harris Outstanding Talent Award AND the Maureen O’Hara Award. And in 2008, our guest received an honourary doctorate from the University of Galway in her native Ireland.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Michael Damian Actor & Singer, “The Young and The Restless”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Michael Damian, is a highly popular and beloved, multi-award-winning actor, singer, writer, director and producer who’s conquered every medium in the entertainment industry. 

He is of course a superstar in the world of daytime television for his iconic portrayal since 1981 of “Danny Romalotti” on America’s number 1 soap opera, “The Young And The Restless”, for which he’s won 2 Young Artist Awards as well as a Soap Opera Digest Award nomination.  

And we also remember him as “Fly Man” on the hit TV sitcom, “The Facts Of Life”. As a singer and recording artist, he had 8 Top 40 hits and multiple gold records, including his #1 hit song, “Rock On”, and a string of other hits including “She Did It”, “Cover of Love”, “Straight From my Heart”, “What a Price to Pay”, and one of my all-time favourites, “Was it Nothing at all”, which won him a BMI Songwriting Award. And I also have to mention his beautiful duet with Sharon Hendrix, “Bring Back the Christmas Card”. And of course, we all remember his voice from the theme song to the hit TV show, “Saved by the Bell”.  

On the stage, he broke box office records on Broadway and in Los Angeles when he starred in the 1993 revival of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", and his work on the cast album earned him a Grammy Award nomination. 

Behind the camera, our guest, together with his brilliant wife, Janeen, has written a dozen movies, which he has gone on to produce and direct, including “High Strung”, “High Strung Free Dance”, “Marley & Me: The Puppy Years”, “Hot Tamale”, “Moondance Alexander”, “The Sweeter Side Of Life” and “Love By Design”, all of which have won a whole slew of prestigious film festival awards. He and Janeen have also brought us some wonderful holiday movies including “A Princess For Christmas”, “The Christmas Waltz”, “Much Ado About Christmas” and “Paris Christmas Waltz”.  And their brand new movie, “The Wrong Paris”, is coming to Netflix on September 12. 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Michael Damian, go to:

https://www.instagram.com/therealmichaeldamian/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqfN-pdhkZxprCg04emIczA

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with James Morrison, Acclaimed Actor, Writer, Filmmaker & Singer-Songwriter

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, James Morrison, is a highly acclaimed actor, writer, filmmaker and singer-songwriter who’s well remembered for his portrayal of Counter Terrorist Unit Director Bill Buchanan on the blockbuster TV show, “24”, for which he and his fellow cast members were nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. 

He was also a series regular on “Those Who Kill” and “Space: Above and Beyond”, and he had recurring roles on “Freedom”, “Twin Peaks”, “Private Practice”, “Blue”, “Revenge”, and “Hawthorne”, in addition to guest star appearances in dozens of great TV shows like “Law & Order: SVU”, “NCIS”, “Suits”, “The West Wing”, “Six Feet Under”, “The X-Files” and many more. 

He’s also appeared in some wonderful TV movies and miniseries including “Fatal Vision”, “North & South, Book 2”, “Good Cops, Bad Cops”, “Without Warning”, “The Wonder Cabinet”, and “Seeds of Destruction”, to name only a few. On the big screen, he’s appeared in many terrific movies including “Shadow of Doubt”, “Shadows of the Past”, “The One”, “Catch Me if You Can”, “Jarhead”, “The Jazz Funeral”, “Doubting Thomas”, “Road to Dreamland” and “Relish”, which won a whole slew of prestigious film festival awards. Along with his wife, acclaimed filmmaker Riad Galayini, he’s made three multi-award-winning short films: “Parking”, “Nude Descending”, and “Crossing”, as well as a fascinating and highly compelling documentary called “Showing Up”, which features many iconic actors talking about the audition process. The film is part of the curriculum at more than 200 colleges and universities throughout North America. 

Our guest is also a highly accomplished playwright, having had his plays developed and produced by some of the most prestigious theatre companies in the world.  And as an actor in the theatre, he’s appeared onstage in dozens of celebrated theatrical productions throughout America, in London’s West End and at the Edinburgh Festival, and for his work onstage, he’s received the Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle Award and 3 Drama-Logue Awards. He also wrote and performed his intensely personal one-man play, “Leave Your Fears Here”, which recounts his beloved son's struggle with and ultimate recovery from brain cancer. 

And if all of that weren’t enough, he’s also a terrific singer and songwriter who’s recorded one of my favourite albums, “Son to the Boy”, which is available on every major streaming platform.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about James Morrison, go to:

http://www.thejamesmorrison.com/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Charlene, Singer, “I’ve Never Been To Me”, Songwriter & Author

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Charlene, is a popular singer, songwriter, record producer and author who was the first white female singer to be signed to the Motown label. She’s been immortalized for her hugely popular, worldwide mega-hit song, “I’ve Never Been to Me”, which was originally released in 1977, and then took the world by storm in 1982. And THEN, the song had another resurgence in popularity in 1994 when it was featured in the terrific movie, “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”. Our guest has released 6 albums, entitled, “Charlene”, “Songs of Love”, “Used to Be”, “I’ve Never Been to Me”, “The Sky is the Limit”, and “Hit and Run Lover”. Some of her other hit singles from back in the 70s and 80s are “It Ain’t Easy Comin’ Down”, “Freddie”, “Hungry”, “Used to Be”, “I Want to Go Back There Again” and “We’re Both in Love With You”. She appeared in the movie, “The Last Dragon”, in which she sang her hit single, “Fire”. Her song, “It Ain’t Easy Comin’ Down” was featured in the movie, “The Last American Virgin”. And her song “I’ve Never Been to Me” has been featured not only in “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” but in over a dozen other movies and TV shows including “Me Without You”, “This is Us”, “You Were Never Really Here”, “The Simpsons” and “The Flight Attendant”.  

In recent years, our guest has been recording under her actual name, “Charlene Oliver”, and she’s released some great dance hits like “Heard You on the Radio”, “Destiny”, “Fairytale Life”, “California Dreamin’”, “Broken Woman”, “Emotional Scars”, “Why Can’t Time Stand Still”, and a fabulous dance version of her classic hit song, “I’ve Never Been to Me”.  Our guest has also written 3 books: a memoir called “I’ve Never Been to Me”, a children’s book called “The Life and Tails of Herman the Worm”, and a highly compelling Holocaust novel called “Orphan Train”.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Charlene, go to:

https://youtube.com/channel/UCvo_GSYoUzd-0W2MyZO21MA?si=6tjhfOOHLEWlJrLT

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Michael Ironside, Renowned Actor, Director & Producer

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Michael Ironside, is beloved and highly acclaimed actor, writer, producer and director who’s delivered well over 300 great performances in a distinguished career spanning over 5 decades.  

On the big screen, some of his most memorable blockbuster movies are “Scanners”, “Top Gun”, “Extreme Prejudice”, “Total Recall”, “Free Willy”, “Starship Troopers”, “The Perfect Storm”, “The Machinist”, “The Jazzman”, “X-Men: First Class”, “Turbo Kid”, “The Space Between”, and “Blackberry”. 

He also wrote, directed and appeared in the 1999 movie, “The Arrangement”. On television, he’s appeared in dozens of classic shows including “Hill Street Blues”, “ER”, “Young Blades”, “Vegas”, “Burn Notice”, “Criminal Minds”, “Smallville”, “This is Us”, “Hawaii Five-O”, “Barry”, and of course, he co-starred in the 1984 TV series, “Vee”. And he’s been in a whole slew of terrific TV movies and miniseries including “Vee: The Final Battle”, “Ford: The Man and the Machine”, “The Arrow”, “The Last Chapter”, “The Lizzie Borden Chronicles”, “Tokyo Trial”, and “The Dropout”, to name only a few. 

And in addition to his prodigious career in front of the camera, our guest is one of the most sought-after voice actors in all kinds of shows, and especially in the “Splinter Cell” video game series. He’s received many prestigious accolades for his work, including nominations for Genie Awards, Gemini Awards, Cable Ace Awards, Voice Actor awards and many others. 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Michael Ironside, go to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ironside

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Jonelle Allen, Renowned Actress, Singer, Dancer

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Jonelle Allen, is a renowned actress, singer, dancer, director, writer and educator, whom we all fell in love with as “Grace”, the owner of Grace’s café on the highly popular TV series, “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”. 

We also remember her as “Bessie Freeman” on “Palmerstown, USA”, “Doreen Jackson” in “Generations”, and “Felicia Richardson” in the popular podcast series, “Forever and a Day”. But beyond those iconic roles, our guest has had a diverse and distinguished career. On Broadway, she received a Tony Award nomination for her performance as “Sylvia”, the Princess of Milan, in “Two Gentlemen of Verona”, for which she also received a Drama Desk Award, a Theatre World Award, and New York AND Outer Critics Circle Awards. And her other Broadway credits include the great show, “George M”. 

On the big screen, she’s appeared in many movies including “The Cross and the Switchblade”, “Come Back Charleston Blue”, “Next Time”, “Mr. Barrington”, “Float”, and of course, “The River Niger”, which earned her an NAACP Image Award. 

And on television, besides the shows I mentioned, she’s appeared in many classic series including “Police Woman”, “Barney Miller”, “All in the Family”, “Trapper John, MD”, “Hill Street Blues”, “Cagney & Lacey”, “ER”, “American Crime Story” and many more. And she’s appeared in some great TV movies like “Cage Without a Key”, “Foster and Laurie”, “Vampire”, “Brave New World”, “Victims”, “The Midnight Hour”, and “The Divorce”. And most recently, she’s been a professor in the Theatre of Fine Arts Department at Saddleback College in California.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Jonelle Allen, go to:

https://www.instagram.com/jonellerallen/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Tom Santopietro, Best-Selling Author, “Audrey Hepburn: A Life of Beautiful Uncertainty”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Tom Santopietro, making his 5th appearance on our show, is a renowned author whose books about the entertainment world are as insightful, entertaining and compelling as the iconic superstars and movies he writes about.  

He’s written 8 bestselling books, including “The Sound of Music Story”, “The Godfather Effect: Changing Hollywood, America and Me”, “The Importance of Being Barbra”, and “Barbara Cook: Then and Now”.  His first appearance on our show was to discuss his fascinating book, “Considering Doris Day”, which is a must-read for every Doris Day fan. He then returned to the show to discuss his groundbreaking book, “Why To Kill a Mockingbird Still Matters”, which provides a brilliant analysis of racism in America, in the context of one of the greatest novels – and movies – of all time.  

The next year, I interviewed him about his wonderful book, “Sinatra In Hollywood”, shining a well-deserved light on Frank Sinatra’s cinematic legacy.  And a few years ago, our guest came back to discuss his terrific book, “The Way We Were: The Making of a Romantic Classic”, which provided the inside story behind the making of one of the most popular romantic dramas of the last 50 years. 

And now, our guest is here with another meticulously researched and exquisitely written book entitled, “Audrey Hepburn: A Life of Beautiful Uncertainty”. The book chronicles the life, career and legacy of one of the world’s most beloved and revered movie stars, fashion icons, and humanitarians, whose talent, elegance, grace, humility, authenticity and concern for the welfare of others, made her a timeless and universal role model, and the ultimate definition of outer and inner beauty. 

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Tom Santopietro, go to:

http://www.tomsantopietro.com/

https://www.facebook.com/tomsantopietro

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/122684.Tom_Santopietro

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with NY Times Best-Selling Author, J. Randy Taraborrelli, Author of “JFK: Public, Private, Secret”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, J. Randy Taraborrelli, making his third appearance on our show, is my favorite celebrity biographer. He’s written 21 books, 17 of which have made the New York Times best seller list. 

His immensely popular biographies about superstars like Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Carol Burnett, Cher, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Madonna and Beyoncé are widely considered to be balanced, definitive and authoritative. He's also one of the world’s foremost historians about the Kennedy family, having now written 6 books about them. Those books are: “Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot”, “After Camelot: A Personal History of the Kennedy Family, 1968 to the Present”, “Jackie, Janet & Lee: The Secret Lives of Janet AUKINKLOSS and Her Daughters”, “The Kennedy Heirs: John, Caroline, and the New Generation – A Legacy of Tragedy and Triumph”, “Jackie: Public, Private, Secret”, and now, his brand new book entitled, “JFK: Public, Private, Secret”. 

This meticulously researched and highly compelling book is NOT a presidential biography that analyzes every move President Kennedy made as a politician. And the book doesn’t delve deeply into the conspiracy theories about his death. Heaven knows, there are ENOUGH books about all of that. What our guest HAS given us in his latest book, is the chance to FINALLY get to know the real John Fitzgerald Kennedy, not just the dazzlingly captivating politician, but more importantly, Jack Kennedy the son, brother, husband, father, friend and human being that he was in his REAL LIFE, with not only all of his strengths and virtues, but also his flaws and inner turmoil.   

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about J. Randy Taraborrelli, go to:

https://jrandytaraborrelli.com/home/

https://www.facebook.com/j.randy.taraborrelli

https://www.instagram.com/jrandytaraborrelli/

https://www.facebook.com/johnrandallanthony.taraborrelli

https://www.youtube.com/@JRandyTaraborrelli

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