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  • TO PHOEBE, WITH LOVE
    Remembering Phoebe Snow
    Singer Phoebe Snow, the multi-ranged singer of "Poetry Man," died Tuesday, April 26, from complications of a brain hemorrhage she suffered in January 2010. She was 60 years old.
    Two years ago she visited with me on Olivia Wilder Times to talk about everything from the love and loss of her brain-damaged daughter, Valerie Rose, to Buddhism to potato pancakes and everything in between.
    I am re-airing the interview as a tribute to a woman so dear, who will be missed. We laughed, we cried, we talked for two hours. I hope you will enjoy this flashback as much as I loved talking with her.
    2 hr 6 min
  • BEN GLEIB AND BEN MORRISON
    A Tale of Two Bens
    Hilarious separately, double the laughs together. Favorite comic/actors Ben Gleib and Ben Morrison return for the first time together on Olivia Wilder Times since November of 2009.
    Bios:
    Ben Morrison: You've seen Ben as the lead on the final season of MTV-hit "Punk’d," as one of the late Robert Schimmel’s last-collaborators on the pilot "HOBOS," and as a regular contributor on Al Gore’s CurrentTV. He has also appeared on NBC’S "Last Comic Standing," as a regular on MTV’s "Damage Control," and on "CSI:NY."
    Ben has two comedy albums available: "Theater Degree," his hilarious debut stand-up recording, and "Pain in the Butt," his long-running one-man show. He also works with a variety of charities he has helped raise over two million dollars for.
    Website: http://www.benmorrison.org
     
    Ben Gleib: standup comedian, actor, and writer, and headlines comedy clubs and colleges around the globe. Esquire named him one of “Six comedians who could be comedy’s next big thing.”
    The "Chelsea Lately" regular recently opened for Dane Cook all over the country. He was one of the stars of the NBC prime time show, "Wedding Crashers," and guest-hosted GSN's "GSN LIVE." His online videos have received over 14 million views.
    Website: http://www.bengleib.com
    2 hr 13 min
  • RICHARD THOMAS INTERVIEW
    Richard Thomas was born in New York City, the son of Barbara and Richard S. Thomas, owners of the New York School of Ballet, and dancers with the New York City Ballet. Richard made his Broadway debut in "Sunrise at Campobello," playing John Roosevelt, son of future president Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
    His television career soon followed with his appearance in in "A Doll's House," with Julie Harris and Christopher Plummer, followed by roles in "The Edge of Night" and "As The World Turns." Richard's first major film roles were in the 1969 mothion picture, "Winning," opposite Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, and "Last Summer," with Barbara Hershey.
    His national recognition came with his five-year portrayal of "John-Boy Walton," in the popular award-winning series, "The Waltons," for which he won an Emmy.
    He went on to appear in many movies and television roles, including mini-series, "Roots: The Next Generation," and Stephen King's "It;" "Wonder Boys," "Just Cause," "Wild Hearts," and in 2009, as the colorful Reverend Don Darren Pettie, in "Taking Woodstock."
    In addition, Richard Thomas has performed and continues to act in his first love, the theater, doing stage plays, including many Shakespeare roles. Recently he starred in David Mamet's "Race," and in the little-known Shakespeare play, "Timon of Athens," which just concluded a successful run. He is also often heard in voice overs in many commercials.
    1 hr 4 min
  • FABIO VIVIANI FROM TOP CHEF ALL STARS
    Fabio moved to Ventura County, California at the age of 27 and now works as the owner and executive chef of Cafe Firenze, a renowned Italian restaurant in Ventura Country and Osteria Firenze, a popular Los Angeles Italian eatery. Aside from working in his restaurants Fabio has many projects that he is passionate about– when he’s not busy promoting healthy eating for children, he is also an endorser of Italian mineral water producer San Pellegrino, Bialetti Cookwear, Bertolli Olive Oil, and Santa Margarita Winery. Fabio Viviani has published two successful cookbooks including the Cafe Firenze Cookbook and an e-book Did I Really Make Breakfast which made it onto multiple Amazon bestseller lists within weeks of release.
    Fabio is perhaps best known in America for appearing on season 5 of Bravo’s reality series Top Chef and earning a place among the final four contestants. Before he was eliminated from the competition, he was named Fan Favorite. Fabio returned to Bravo in 2010 to compete in their Top Chef All Stars edition.
    1 hr
  • CHEF JOHN BESH
    ART OF LIVING MAGAZINE: CHEF JOHN BESH
    John Besh is a chef and native son dedicated to the culinary riches of southern Louisiana. In his restaurants, entrepreneurial pursuits, and public activities, he preserves and promotes ingredients, techniques, and heritage, one mouth-watering dish at a time.
    Chef Besh has set the benchmark for fine dining in New Orleans, a town whose identity is bound to its food. Each of his six acclaimed restaurants, August, Besh Steak, Lüke, La Provence, American Sector, and Domenica, celebrates the bounty and traditions of the region.
    From the outset of his career, Besh's talent and drive have earned him continuous kudos, including being named one of "Top Best New Chefs in America," by "Food & Wine" magazine, his flagship restaurant, "August," featured in "Gourmet" magazine's "Guide to America's Best Restaurants," and "America's Top 50 Restaurants," and more. He won the James Beard Award for Best Chefs of the Southeast in 2006, was named "Restaurateur of the Year: in 2008, and was awarded Food Arts' Silver Spoon Award in 2009 for revitalizing the culinary legacy of New Orleans.
    Chef Besh competed in "Top Chef Masters," season 1, on Bravo, and has been on Iron Chef America, where he challenged Mario Batali, and won. That same year, he competed in Food Network's "Next Iron Chef," where he made it to second place with Michael Symon.
    1 hr 8 min
  • BEAU BRIDGES INTERVIEW
    Lloyd Vernet Bridges III, or "Beau," as he was called early-on, was born into what has become a true Hollywood dynasty of actors and performers.
    Beau made his first big screen appearance at the tender age of seven, in "No Minor Vices," with Dana Andrews and Louis Jordan, and appeared with his brother, Jeff, in his father, Lloyd Bridges "Sea Hunt" series in 1961.
    The father of four sons and one daughter has always followed in the footsteps of his father, keeping family first and foremost, and enjoys close relationships with his children, who are all but one in some form of the entertainment industry themselves, and with his brother. 
    The busy actor has over 200 films and television roles to date, 2 Golden Globe wins and 2 nominations; 3 Emmy wins and 12 nominations; and 4 Oscar nominations. Currently he is seen reunited with Sally Field, 32 years after Norma Rae, once again as her love interest, on ABC's "Brothers and Sisters," and has two films in production.
    1 hr 4 min
  • LIVE FROM THE DRINK LOCAL WINE CONFERENCE
    LIVE FROM ST. LOUIS
    Our second live Drink Local Wine Twitter Taste- Off from St. Louis, MO. Interviews with winemakers, wine writers and experts during the Twitter Taste-Off. Scheduled wine experts include Jeff Siegel the "Wine Curmudgeon," award-winning writer and blogger
    Dave McIntyre,wine columnist for The Washington Post
    Todd Kliman, food and wine editor, restaurant critic for the Washingtonian magazine, and author of "The Wild Vine;" and other wine writers and winemakers.
    http://www.drinklocalwine.com
    Todd Kliman will be my co-host for the Twitter Taste Off. Hashtag is #DLWMO
    2 hr 41 min
  • ANDIE MACDOWELL
    Gaffney, South Carolina native Andie MacDowell worked several minimum wage jobs as a teen to save money to head to New York. Eventually signing a modeling contract with Elite Model Management. Her innocent and fresh-faced look soon appeared in a series on Times Square billboards, and in national television commercials for Calvin Klein, which lead to her being offered her first movie role in the 1984 film, "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes" as "Jane." Unfortunately, due to controversy about her strong Southern drawl, her entire dialogue was dubbed by Glenn Close afterward.
    Critics had a field day panning her performance, but Andie won a feature role in the "Brat Pack" vehicle, St. Elmo's Fire in 1985. Determined, Andie continued to study method acting at Actor's Studio, and worked privately with the renowned coach Harold Guskin. Four years later, director Steven Soderbergh cast her in "Sex, Lies, and Videotape," which won her the Independent Spirit Award and the LA Film Critics Association, "Best Actress" award for her portrayal of a sexually repressed wife. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe for the same role. Her portrayals have earned three Golden Globe nominations and one win. Andie has made over forty films, including, "Green Card," with Gerard Depardieux, "Ground Hog Day with Bill Murray," "Four Weddings and a Funeral, with Hugh Grant," "The Object of Beauty," with John Malkovich, and many others. Andie has also featured in print and television ads for L'Oréal for 25 years.
    Her current independent film released on March 25th, is "The 5th Quarter," a true story of high school football player Luke Abbate's untimely death from injuries in a car accident in 2006, and the legacy he left behind. http://www.5thquartermovie.com
    29 min
  • MELISSA d'ARABIAN
    MELISSA d'ARABIAN: TEN DOLLAR DINNERS
    Melissa d'Arabian won season 5 of "The Next Food Network Star," winning over thousands of hopefuls for the ultimate dream job: her own Food Network show. As a wife and stay-at-home mother to her four young daughters, Melissa embodies family home cooking at its finest. On her daytime cooking series, "Ten Dollar Dinners with Melissa d'Arabian," she shares countless tasty, exciting, and imaginative recipes, and a ten dollar promise: Four People, Ten Bucks, Infinite Possibilities. The show airs on Food Network, Sunday mornings at 10 am/9 Central. It is in its fourth season.
    Todd Kliman is the food and wine editor and restaurant critic of 'The Washingtonian'magazine. He is the recipient of a James Beard Award for his writing, and his work has appeared in 'The New Yorker,' 'Harper's,' 'Men's Health,' 'The Oxford American,' 'National Geographic,' and 'The Washington Post Magazine,' among others. His book, "The Wild Vine: A Forgotten Grape and the Untold Story of American Wine," is about to go into a second printing in paper. He lives with his wife and son in Hyattsville, MD.
    1 hr 50 min
  • CHRIS HENRY COFFEY
    TRUST
    Chris Henry Coffey most recently starred in the upcoming feature "Trust," alongside Clive Owen and Catherine Keener, which premiered at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival and will be released this Spring. He also appeared in "The
    International," and "Thirteen Days," as well as "Play It By Ear," "Walking on the Sky," and "June," among many Independent films. Selected television appearances include recurring roles on "Law and Order: Criminal Intent," and the daytime dramas, "Guiding Light," and "One Life To Live." He also appeared in "Cupid," and "Downsized."
    Additionally, Chris been seen performing in some of the most respected theaters across the county including the Huntington Theater, Boston in "How Shakespeare Won the West" (premiere by Richard Nelson), and at Playwrights Horizons, NYC and the Goodman Theater, Chicago in "Frank's Home", (another premiere by Richard Nelson), directed by Robert Falls. At the Old Globe in San Diego, he worked with Arthur Miller in his penultimate play "Resurrection Blues" in the role of Skip L. Cheeseboro. Other selected stage experience include the role of Hildy Johnson of "The Front Page" at the Long Wharf, New Haven; Dennis McCleary in "The Violet Hour" and Tesman in "Hedda Gabler" at the Dallas Theater Center; Rodolpho in "A View from the Bridge" and Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Alley Theatre, Houston; and Claudio in "Measure for Measure" at the Yale RepertoryTheater.
    1 hr 10 min

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