My sister and I watched Mid90s, Jonah Hill's first, full-length film as a director. I can say we enjoyed it, but we both felt we needed more context to understand and appreciate what the film meant. Was this autobiographical for Jonah Hill? Were the actors in the film...
interviews
Paul Allen on Bill Gates at Microsoft
Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, died recently from cancer, a disease he fought for much of his adult life. Even though I live in the Pacific Northwest where Allen was active, I don't know anything about the man. From this 2011 interview with Leslie Stahl on 60...
Lady Gaga interview with a clearly impressed Stephen Colbert
Endearing interview with Stephen Colbert and Lady Gaga. Clearly, Colbert was deeply affected, surprised, and blown away by Lady Gaga’s performance in Bradley Cooper’s version of A Star is Born.
Mike Rowe’s frank and funny hour-long interview
I don't think I've heard Mike Rowe cover so many topics in an interview. I've always liked his humor, and I find myself attracted to many elements of his philosophy, which he sums up in The S.W.E.A.T. Pledge. This interview reveals a lot about his values and how he...
Charlie Rose asserts that Bill Murray’s life is “unplanned”
In this interview snipet, Charlie Rose gave this evaluation of Bill Murray's life: "It's not a carefully planned, well-thought-out life." To which Bill Murray replied: "I just try to be alert and available." ~ Bill Murray
My wife LaRonda Zupp interviewed…because she’s AMAZING!
My wife LaRonda Zupp runs a successful coaching and retreat facilitation business called Turtle Heart Coaching & Retreats. She serves mostly Deaf and hard-of-hearing women who seek help clarifying their purpose in life and working through life transitions. She...
Russell Brand interviewed by Jeremy Paxman – Video
My only exposure to Russell Brand was when he played the outlandish "Aldous Snow" in the 2008 comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall. His loud, obnoxious, ridiculous performance left me with a peculiar aftertaste, and I felt I'd had enough of the guy. But Jeremy Paxman's...
Alice Eve ~ Interviews reveal her charming accent and wit
Bumped into this interview of actress Alice Eve on Conan that just charmed my socks off. I'm not familiar with Alice Eve, but during the interview she demonstrates how she can instantly change from her gorgeous English accent to an American, Los Angeles accent—which...
NPR Interview with James Gleick – Author of ‘The Information’
This NPR interview with James Gleick was weak, but good enough to whet my appetite for Gleick's new book, The Information. To be fair, the topic of information theory is HUGE and intersects with just about everything, which was one of the points of the book that...