Michelle Forbes (True Blood, The Killing, Battlestar Galactica) Now Stars in the Thrilling Espionage Series Berlin Station on EPIX


Ric catches up with the Emmy®-Nominated Star About Her Hit New Contemporary Spy Series Berlin Station Airing Sundays at 9pm/8pmCT only on Epix


Michelle Forbes’ recent portrayal of a grief-stricken mother in the AMC series The Killing earned her an Emmy® nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Prior to that, Forbes starred in the groundbreaking Alan Ball series True Blood for HBO. Additionally, she starred as Kate Weston in the HBO series In Treatment, opposite Gabriel Byrne and Dianne Wiest. She's also had featured roles in popular series such as Chicago Fire, The Returned and Orphan Black.


Michelle now stars as Valerie Edwards, a no-nonsense Internal Branch Chief for the CIA, in the hit series Berlin Station. The contemporary spy series follows Daniel Miller (Richard Armitage), an undercover agent who has just arrived at the CIA station in Berlin, Germany. Miller has a clandestine mission: to determine the identity of a now-famous whistleblower masquerading as "Thomas Shaw." As he dives deeper into the German capital's hall of mirrors, he uncovers the threads of a conspiracy that leads back to Washington, D.C. The talented cast also includes Richard Jenkins, Rhys Ifans, and Caroline Goodall.
To learn more about Berlin Station, visit:
http://press.epixhd.com/programming/berlin-station/

Discover the Healing Secrets in Your Spice Rack

For thousands of years, mankind has relied entirely on plants, herbs, and spices to treat illnesses both minor and serious. On every continent, stretching back centuries, native cultures turned to indigenous plants to develop healing remedies. Over 4,500 years ago, Chinese and Native Americans began to organize bodies of knowledge about the medicinal properties of herbs and spices. Our guest Dr. Susan Smith Jones, we will feature some of her favorite culinary herbs, why they are beneficial for the body, and suggest ways to use them in food. She has been studying the healing benefits of spices and culinary herbs for over 30 years and imparts her knowledge on this subject worldwide. Today she is eager to enlighten us on how we can all discover the healing secrets of our spice racks.

For more information on which spices to use with different foods and The Healing Power of Culinary Herbs & Spices, refer to Susan’s website. In her navigation bar, go to RECIPES and click on Susan’s Seasoning Suggestions for Common Foods.
www.susansmithjones.com

Get the Inside Scoop on the Holiday Season's Hottest Blockbusters Both in Theaters and at Home


Fandango Correspondent Alicia Malone Previews the Season's Most Anticipated Movies including Harry Potter Prequel Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Plus the Latest Movies Available at Home on FandangoNOW

The holiday season is one of the best times of the year for any movie fan, and this year will be no different as some of the year's most anticipated movies head to the multiplexes. On Nov. 16, film expert and TV host Alicia Malone of Fandango can preview all the new movies hitting theaters starting with the Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the sci-fi drama Passengers starring Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. She can also mention which new films you can watch at home on Fandango's on-demand video service, FandangoNOW, including Suicide Squad, Jason Bourne and The Secret Life of Pets.

As a film journalist and critic, Alicia has been seen on E!, MTV, CNBC, Access Hollywood, HLN's The Daily Share, AMC Movie Talk, Reelz, EPIX, and many more. She’s also the creator of Fandango’s Indie Movie Guide. Alicia has traveled the world to cover the Cannes Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival and Comic-Con, and has reported from the red carpets of the Emmys®, the Golden Globes® and the Oscars®, having interviewed nearly every movie star you could name.
For more information about the holiday season's new movies, check out Fandango.com. Or to watch new movies, visit: FandangoNow.com

An endlessly imaginative and compelling actor, Tzi Ma has created a score of memorable film, television and stage characters. He can be seen on the big screen in therole of ‘General Shang’ in Paramount’s alien-contact feature “Arrival” with Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker releasing wide theatrically on Friday, November 11th, 2016. On television, Ma has joined season two of Amazon’s series “The Man in the High Castle” and will also reprise his role as ‘The Dragon’ in the new sixth season of ABC’s “Once Upon a Time.”

Prior to this, Ma is known for hisadditional roles on television in AMC’s critically acclaimed series “Hell on Wheels,” USA’s “Satisfaction” and Fox’s hit show “24” in addition to its 2014 reprisal “24: Live Another Day.” His notable works in film include a range from the role as ‘Hinh,’ a deadly efficient assassin and nationalist spy masquerading as Michael Caine's ever-invaluable assistant in “The Quiet American” to his hilarious, lit-cigarette-swallowing take as ‘The General’ in Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's “The Ladykillers,”as well as roles in biographical sports drama “Million Dollar Arm” with Jon Hamm, the inspirational Lionsgate family drama “Akeelah and the Bee” and a cameo inNick Cassavetes' “Alpha Dog.”

About his past; Tzi Ma was born in Hong Kong and raised in New York City. Surrounded by music, diverse cultures, and an eclectic lifestyle, he defied tradition to study classical theater and dance. Drive and versatility resulted in steady stage and film work and since that time he has appeared in such television series as HBO’s Award-Winning “Veep,” “Angie Tribeca,” “State of Affairs,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D,”“The Practice,”“JAG,”“The Bernie Mac Show,”“Chicago Hope,”“Millennium,”“Jake 2.0,”“Martial Law,”“ER,”“Law & Order,”“Boomtown,” as the star of the series “Yellowthread Street” and in the popular recurring role of ‘Det. Harold Ng’ on “NYPD Blue.”His other numerous feature film credits include “Rush Hour,”“Rush Hour 3,” “Golden Gate,”“Dante's Peak,”“Rapid Fire,”“Chain Reaction” and the acclaimed indie “Catfish in Black Bean Sauce.”

On stage, he garnered critical and popular acclaim with his starring role of ‘Master Wang/Sammy Fong’ in the revised version of "Flower Drum Song" by David Henry Hwang, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Ma also appeared in two plays written especially for him, "The Dance and The Railroad," by Tony award-winning playwright Hwang (M. Butterfly) and "In Perpetuity throughout the Universe" by Eric Overmyer (executive producer of Law & Order).

Ma has received numerous awards and nominations for his work, including the Cine Golden Eagle Award for Best Actor in "The Dance and The Railroad"; an Ace Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in “The Forgotten,” a TV film directed by James Keach; a Dramalogue BestChoreographer/Best Director Award for "The Dance and The Railroad"; and a Garland Award nomination for Best Actor, as well as a Los Angeles City Council Citation, for "Flower Drum Song."

A Long Running Holiday Tradition:
The Hess Toy Truck is Back!


Thanks to generations of fans over the course of 52 years, the Hess Toy Truck is one of the most in-demand and popular toys of the holiday season year after year. It sells out every year before Christmas and, last year, it sold out the earliest it ever has, by Dec. 8.


Ric catches up with Justin Mayer, General Manager of Hess Toy Truck. He’ll unveil the new truck and tell you why it’s a popular tradition and what makes the toy so special.

Each year, Hess releases a new model of the Hess Toy Truck, improving on innovation, design and durability, and always with batteries included. The design of the truck is kept a secret until it is revealed, as it was this year on November 1. The toy is so popular that it sells out every year before Christmas. This year will be the first year that the Hess Toy Truck will be sold exclusively online, completing the iconic toy’s transformation into an online-only phenomenon.
2016 Hess Toy Truck Now Available Exclusively Online ,
www.hesstoytruck.com
http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/hesstoytrucks.mp3

Ric chats with:

Award Winning Celebrity Chef Ming Tsai
&
UNICEF Consultant and Author Hilary Gumbel

Celebrity chefs are uniting in the name of charity with a one-hour special on TLC and Discovery Family…

UNICHEF: Uniting Through Food Premieres November 17th on TLC and Discovery Family.

Chefs Sandra Lee, Ming Tsai and Donatella Arpaia allow viewers unprecedented access into their private worlds as they visit the people and causes that inspire their passion for giving. UNICHEF: UNITING THROUGH FOOD is based on the best-selling cookbook by Hilary Gumbel, with all royalties donated to The U.S. Fund for UNICEF (The United Nations Children’s Fund).

The special explores each chef’s roots through never-before-seen photos and home videos in an effort to understand how their modest upbringings led to lifelong missions to give back in very big ways. The common ingredient that influences these masters of the culinary universe is their deep connection to their roots and a strong desire to use their fame and success to help those in need.

Ming Tsai is the James Beard Award-winning chef/owner of Blue Ginger and Blue Dragon. Both are located in Massachusetts and feature Ming's signature East-West cuisine. An Emmy® Award-winner, Ming also supports many charities including Family Reach of which he is the President of the National Advisory Board.

Hilary Gumbel has worked as a consultant for the U.S. Fund for UNICEF; her responsibilities included a senior advisor role for the USF Celebrity Relations and Ambassador Program. Hilary created and compiled UniChef, Top Chefs Unite a first of its kind collaboration of top celebrity chefs joining forces to help kids - with 100% of her royalties being donated directly to USF.
For more information, visit:
www.discoveryfamilychannel.com
http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/unichef.mp3

Are Sports a Religion?
For Many Worshippers around the World the Answer is Yes And the Arena or Stadium is their Church or Temple.

A New Documentary Series Created by Tom Brady, Michael Strahan and Gotham Chopra Tackles the Unique Cultural, and sometimes, Spiritual, Impact of Sports around the World:

Religion of Sports Tuesdays on AT&T Audience Network

Religion of Sports will take viewers on a weekly global journey, celebrating the transcendent power of sports. New England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady, Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Strahan and filmmaker Gotham Chopra are the co-creators of this original sports documentary series. Each hour will examine unique examples where specific sports profoundly influence societies and cultures in a manner that extends far beyond merely entertainment value. From NASCAR to the Calgary Stampede to the cult-like rise of UFC and mixed martial arts fighting. Religion of Sports will air on AT&T Audience Network, a channel that offers original programming only on DIRECTV and AT&T U-Verse.

Ric Speaks with Executive Producer Gotham Chopra. Says Chopra: “Religion of Sports is the nexus of everything I love - sports, spirituality, and media. Not only do I believe sports is a religion since they allow us to witness life’s most profound and defining principles - success, failure, overcoming adversity, self-sacrifice and human achievement - playing out before our eyes, I think sports is the best religion because it’s constantly unfolding."
For more info, please visit:
www.directv.com/audience

What if you Shared Your Town with a Thousand Migrating Polar Bears Each Year?

That's What Happens in Churchill, Manitoba, which Attracts Tourists Around the World to Witness this Extraordinary Event

Ric Speaks with Wildlife Biologist Don Moore About this Amazing Migration (Documented in Smithsonian Channel's Polar Bear Town) and the Dangers Polar Bears Face Due to Climate Change

Every fall, approximately 10,000 tourists from around the world descend on “The Polar Bear Capital of the World,” Churchill, Manitoba. This community of about 800 people in Northern Canada hosts the annual migration of more than 1,000 hungry polar bears that pass through town as they wait for the Bay ice to return. The new Smithsonian Channel docu-series Polar Bear Town premieres Wednesday November 16th at 8pm ET/PT documents a season in Churchill, following this amazing interaction of human and four-legged animals as they collide in unexpected and sometimes dangerous ways.

One of the experts featured in the series is Certified Wildlife Biologist Dr. Don Moore. Dr. Moore -- who currently works as Director of the Oregon Zoo -- has been training the next generation of animal care professionals and conservation biologists, studying animal behavior in zoos and nature, and creating conservation management plans for wild animals for more than 30 years. Dr. Moore can discuss this extraordinary annual migration, the dangers it poses, and what viewers can expect to see in Polar Bear Town. He can also discuss the dangers that polar bear populations are facing with climate change.
To learn more about Polar Bear Town, visit:
http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/polar-bear-town/1004349

"ABC 123 Color Animal Kids" Irene Jane Books
Open your children’s world to the kingdom of the alphabets, numbers, colors, and animals with this interesting picture book.
Invite them to accompany Mikey as he walks through the forest and meets all types of Alphabets and Colorful Animals. On this adventure, Mikey and your kids will discover how many animals there are and what the animals are doing. This will also teach kids their basic education and their four senses: hear, smell, see and feel.

About the Author Irene Jane Holmes is dedicating this story to help her children and every child out in the world. She loves to write stories, poems and songs to help her children and other people. She has also written a song to help children not to give up and try your best.
www.IreneJane.com

Third Party, a new fast-paced political thriller series, dives into America’s most fascinating dilemma – why is there no effective, competitive third party in our country? And how cut-throat would Democrats and Republicans be if threatened by a successful third party launch?
Readers will be entertained and educated as Third Party answers these questions and more, through this intriguing story of commitment, passion and vision. For some, Third Party is political fiction filled with suspense and intrigue. For others, it is the revelation of how a third party could actually emerge, quickly and victoriously, in our country.
www.thirdparty.today

STEVEN NEMEROVSKI is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University with the School of International and Public Affairs. He was the Parliamentarian for the Illinois House of Representatives, Special Counsel to The Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, Special Counsel to the Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Public Schools, and outside general counsel to various state agencies in Illinois. He served as campaign manager for three campaigns for candidates seeking election to the Illinois House. He is currently the President of Knell Consulting, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in advocacy at the state level in Illinois and at the Federal level in D.C. He hosts the “None of The Above” television programming on Grassroots TV in Aspen, Colorado. Learn more at ThirdParty.today and NoneOfTheAbove.us.