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.

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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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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Actress Charlene Tilton, Co-Star, “Dallas”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Charlene Tilton, is a multi-award-winning actress, singer and producer who is perhaps best remembered for her unforgettable portrayal of “Lucy Ewing” on the phenomenally successful TV series, “Dallas”, for which she received a 2 Young Artist Awards, a Bambi Award, and a TV Land Pop Culture Award.

But beyond that iconic role, our guest has had a long and diverse career. On the big screen, she’s appeared in dozens of movies including “Ragin’ Cajun”, “Deadly Bet”, “Center of the Web”, “Detonator”, “Edge of Salvation”, “A Unicorn for Christmas”, “Heaven Sent”, “Ladybug”, “Final Recovery” and many more. And besides “Dallas”, she’s appeared in many classic TV shows including “Happy Days”, “Eight is Enough”, “Police Woman”, “Knots Landing”, “Laverne & Shirley”, “Murder, She Wrote”, and “Married With Children”, to name only a few. You’ve also seen her in a number of TV movies and miniseries including “The Fall of the House of Usher”, “Point of Entry”, “The Michaels”, “Road Less Traveled”, “Second Chance Christmas”, “Starting Up Love”, “A Welcome Home Christmas”, and of course, the 2004 “Dallas” reunion movie, “Return to Southfork”.

Our guest also has a beautiful voice, as we all heard in the Season 2 episode of “Dallas” called “Runaway”, in which she sang the classic country song, “Silver Threads and Golden Needles”. She also had an international hit song in 1984 called “C’est La Vie”.

And beyond all of that, our guest is a strong advocate for autism awareness, as an ambassador for Actors for Autism, an organization providing improv and acting workshops for children and adults with autism. She’s also worked with an organization called “You Gotta Believe”, which helps teenaged foster children find permanent families.

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, Donna Pescow, “Annette” – “Saturday Night Fever”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Donna Pescow, is a popular and highly acclaimed actress and director who became internationally renowned for her performance as “Annette” in the phenomenally successful and iconic movie, “Saturday Night Fever”, for which she was nominated for a New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress.

And of course, she’s well remembered for her starring role in the TV sitcom, “Angie”, which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series AND a People’s Choice Award nomination for Favourite Female TV Performer. She also played “Dr. Lynn Carson” in “All My Children”, “Donna Garland” in “Out of This World”, the villainous “Gertrude Morgan” in “General Hospital”, “Dr. Sharon Finkel” in “The Flash”, and of course, “Eileen Stevens” in the very enjoyable, multi-award winning Disney channel comedy series, “Even Stevens”, for which she received 3 Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Performer in a Children’s Series.

She also appeared in a number of great TV shows like “Trapper John M.D.”, “Fantasy Island”, “Hotel”, “Nash Bridges”, “NYPD Blue”, “The Sopranos”, “Grey’s Anatomy”, and we’ve seen her in many TV movies including “Rainbow”, “Human Feelings”, “The Day The Bubble Burst”, “Dead Husbands”, “Operation Cupcake”, “Welcome to Chippendales” and many more.

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

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Beatrice Welles, Daughter of the Legendary Orson Welles

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Beatrice Welles, is descended from Hollywood royalty. She’s the daughter of one of the greatest and most influential actors, filmmakers and writers of all time, the legendary Orson Welles.

Of course, we all know Orson Welles was a genius, simply by watching his monumentally significant movies including, “Citizen Kane”, “The Magnificent Ambersons”, “The Stranger”, “The Lady From Shanghai”, “Macbeth”, “Othello”, “Touch of Evil”, “The Trial” and many more.

His groundbreaking radio shows, especially “War of the Worlds”, were exceptionally innovative, and still resonate with audiences today.

And his renowned stage career includes many critically acclaimed productions including “Macbeth”, “Dr. Faustus”, “The Cradle Will Rock”, “Julius Caesar”, “King Lear”, “Native Son”, “Around the World”, and “Moby Dick”, to name just a few.

Our guest is Orson Welles’ youngest daughter Beatrice, who’s had quite an extraordinary career herself. As a child actress, she worked with her father in his 1965 film “Chimes at Midnight”, and in his 1972 film “Don Quixote”, and in the 1964 TV series, “In the Land of Don Quixote”.

And as an adult, she’s been a highly successful fashion model, a radio and TV personality, as well as founder of a cosmetics line and designer of handbags and jewelry, in addition to being a well-known animal rights advocate. She also administers the estate of her beloved father, and over the years she’s worked tirelessly to celebrate, honour, preserve and protect his phenomenal body of work and his legacy.

In 1992 our guest received a Special Award from the National Board of Review for her work with my dear friend, producer Julian Schlossberg, in restoring her father’s magnificent 1951 film, “Othello”. And more recently, she was the executive producer of Orson Welles’ highly anticipated final feature film, “The Other Side of the Wind”, which was finally released on Netflix in 2018.

And the next year, she facilitated the release of a terrific book entitled, “Orson Welles Portfolio: Sketches and Drawings from the Welles Estate”, which features some of Mr. Welles’ artwork, including costume and set designs, and caricatures.

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

To learn more about Orson Welles, go to:

https://wellesnet.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Wellesnetcom/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Legendary Actress, Dyan Cannon

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Dyan Cannon, is a beloved, multi-award-winning actress, director, writer, producer, editor and humanitarian who’s been dazzling audiences, both in front of and behind the camera, in a monumental career spanning almost 7 decades.

She’s the first woman ever to be nominated for Academy Awards both as an actress and a filmmaker. She received her first Academy Award nomination for her wonderful performance as “Alice” in “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice”, for which she also received 2 Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical, and Most Promising Female Newcomer. And she won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her second Oscar nomination was in the category of Best Live Action Short for her film, “Number One”, which she wrote, directed, produced, edited and scored. The New York Times commended the film as one of the best movies ever made concerning child development.

Her third Oscar nomination was for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as “Julia Farnsworth”, opposite Warren Beatty, in “Heaven Can Wait”, for which she WON a Golden Globe Award and a Saturn Award. She received another Golden Globe Best Actress nomination for her performance in “Such Good Friends”. She also wrote, directed and starred in the highly acclaimed and intensely personal film, “The End of Innocence”, and she’s appeared in many other great movies including “Revenge of the Pink Panther”, “The Anderson Tapes”, “The Love Machine”, “The Last of Sheila”, “Honeysuckle Rose”, “Deathtrap”, “Author! Author!”, “Caddyshack 2”, “Out to Sea”, “Boynton Beach Club” and many more. On television, we all remember her as the intelligent and classy “Whipper Cone” on the hit TV show, “Ally McBeal”, and as the vivacious and free-spirited “Honey Bernstein-Flynn” on the popular sitcom, “Three Sisters”. She’s also guest starred in dozens of classic TV shows including “Have Gun, Will Travel”, “The Untouchables”, “77 Sunset Strip”, “Gunsmoke”, “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In”, “Beverly Hills, 90210”, “Diagnosis Murder” and many more. And she’s co-starred in numerous terrific TV movies and miniseries including “Virginia Hill”, “Lady of the House”, “Having it All”, “Master of the Game”, “Jenny’s War”, “Christmas in Connecticut” and “My Mother the Spy”, to name only a few.

In 2011, our guest released her riveting and highly compelling, best-selling memoir, “Dear Cary”, which chronicled her incredibly intense and turbulent relationship with her husband, Cary Grant. The book was so tremendously successful, that it was on the New York Times best seller list THREE different times over a period of 4 years.

And in 2023, our guest was the executive producer of the highly acclaimed miniseries about Cary Grant called “Archie”.

She also has a podcast called “God’s Table”. And if all of that weren’t enough, our guest is renowned for her humanitarianism, especially in the areas of child welfare, as national spokesperson for the Hemangioma Treatment Foundation, and for Operation Lookout, which is dedicated to finding kidnapped children. And she’s worked with Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America, as well as many other organizations advocating for animal welfare, substance abuse rehabilitation, and California's Special Olympics for physically and mentally challenged athletes.

And last but certainly not least, in 1983 our guest received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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

To learn more about Dyan Cannon, go to:

https://www.instagram.com/therealdyan.cannon/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Tim Russ, Actor, Director & Musician, Co-Star, “Star Trek: Voyager”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Tim Russ, is a highly popular, multi-award-winning actor, director and musician who’s been immortalized for his portrayal of the Vulcan security chief, “Lieutenant Tuvok”, in the blockbuster TV series, “Star Trek: Voyager”.

In fact, he has the distinction of appearing in FOUR “Star Trek” TV series as well as in the feature film, “Star Trek Generations”. Besides playing “Lieutenant Tuvok” in “Star Trek: Voyager”, he played “Devor” in “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, he played “T’kar” in “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”, he played a changeling impersonating “Lieutenant Tuvok” in an episode of “Star Trek: Picard”. And in the movie, “Star Trek Generations”, he played a lieutenant on USS Enterprise B.

But far beyond his work on that iconic franchise, our guest has many talents that encompass a wide spectrum of the performing arts including writing, producing, directing, songwriting, recording albums like "Only a Dream in Rio", "Tim Russ", "Kushangaza" and "Brave New World", and performing with his band, Tim Russ Crew.

On the big screen, you’ve seen him in many movies including “Live Free or Die Hard,” “Rampart”, “Greyscale”, “The Midnight Sky”, “Nightshade”, “The Star City Murders”, “5th Passenger” and many more. And on TV, besides the Star Trek shows I mentioned, he’s appeared in dozens of classic series including “Hill Street Blues”, “Thirtysomething”, “The Highwaymen”, “Murphy Brown”, “ER”, “CSI: Miami”, “iCarly”, “Criminal Minds”, “American Horror Story”, “NCIS”, and yes, he played the sarcastic doorman “Frank” in “Samantha Who?”.

He’s also appeared in many great TV movies and miniseries including “Roots: The Gift”, “Alien Nation”, “The Heroes of Desert Storm”, “Journey to the Center of the Earth”, “Asteroid vs Earth”, “Karma” and many more. And as a director, he brought us feature films like “Star Trek: Of Gods and Men”, “Junkie” and “ A Night at the Silent Movie Theater.” And he’s directed episodes of TV shows including “The FBI Files”, “12-Sided Die” and the award-winning web series, "Bloomers."

Our guest has won an Indie Series Award, a Telly Award, an Indie Short Fest Award, an Indie X Film Festival Award, 2 Vegas Movie Awards, and an Emmy Award for directing several public service ads.

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

To learn more about Tim Russ, go to:

https://www.timrusswebpage.com

https://www.instagram.com/trvulcan/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Rodney Allen Rippy, Former Child Star, Actor

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Rodney Allen Rippy, is an actor, producer, TV personality, radio host, business man and humanitarian who first captured our hearts at the tender age of 3 years old. His over-the-top cuteness, infectious giggle and precocious personality made him an overnight sensation when he became the national spokesperson the popular fast food chain, Jack-in-the-Box.

He was one of the biggest child stars of the 70s and appeared on many iconic TV shows including “Laugh-In”, “The Six Million Dollar Man”, “Marcus Welby”, “Police Story”, and he had a co-starring role on the Saturday morning children’s show, “The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine”. And when he guest starred on “The Odd Couple”, HE was the one who first used the phrase, “You’re fired.”

He also appeared in classic movies like “Blazing Saddles” and “Oh God, Book 2”. As a child, our guest had his own talking doll made by MATTEL, AND he was also a recording artist. In fact, his 1973 hit song “Take Life a Little Easier”, recorded when he was only 5 years old, made him the youngest music artist in history to have a song on the Billboard Charts, a record which STILL has not been surpassed.

As an adult, our guest has appeared in movies like “Checking the Gate”, “Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star”, “Flowers in the Snow” and “To the Top”, and on TV, you’ve seen him in “Parker Lewis Can’t Lose”, “Howie Goes to Hollywood” and “The Mis-adventures of Camp Elaine”. He’s also had a successful career in radio broadcasting.

And beyond his show business career, our guest has had his own marketing firm, he’s been a film production executive, and he has his own charitable foundation, the Rippy Foundation, which supports at-risk youth, seniors and veterans.

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

To learn more about Rodney Allen Rippy, go to:

https://rodneyallenrippy.wixsite.com/official-site

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553337029996

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Fred Mollin, Acclaimed Music Producer, Songwriter, Film and TV Composer

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Fred Mollin, is a true giant in the music world. Although he may not be a household name, I guarantee that you’ve heard his music multiple times and in a variety of mediums.

He’s a multi-award-winning record producer, musician, songwriter, film and TV composer and music director, who first came to international prominence in the late 70’s when he produced Dan Hill’s albums, most notably “Longer Fuse”, which produced the classic Grammy nominated hit song, "SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH". He went on to make critically acclaimed records with some of the greatest superstars in music history including Jimmy Webb, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Mathis, Carole King, Billy Joel, Glen Campbell, Linda Ronstadt, Willie Nelson, Natalie Cole, Chris Stapleton – and believe me, I’m just scratching the surface.

He also spent 17 years as a highly successful composer for television and film, writing scores for major motion pictures like “Hanoi Hilton”, “Fast Company”, “Spring Fever”, “The Fall”, “Friday the 13th: The New Blood AND Jason Takes Manhattan”, as well as for the “Friday the 13th” TV series and many other hit TV shows including “Beverly Hills 90210”, “Hard Copy”, “Outer Limits” and “My Secret Identity”.

He also composed the music scores for dozens of TV movies including “Amy Fisher: My Story”, “Little Criminals”, “White Lies” and “Daydream Believer: The Monkees Story”, on which he also served as music director. He’s also been the Vice President of A&R for Walt Disney Records and produced a whole slew of children’s lullaby albums under the Disney label, as well as executive producing the blockbuster show and CD, “High School Musical – The Concert”. Our guest has won 3 Juno Awards, a Gemini Award and 5 SOCAN Awards.

And now, he’s released a highly insightful and terrifically entertaining memoir entitled, “Unplugged: Stories and Secrets from a Life of Making Records, Scoring Film, and Working with the Legends of Music.”

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

To learn more about Fred Mollin, go to:

http://www.fredmollin.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVe6UMbv6ccO6d-djTqAQFg

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0qPfO5FCAsfqK3pgqBSAJR

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