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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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. 

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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To learn more about Kris Van Damme, go to:

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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.

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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.   

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

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