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Here are some video clips from our event on October 2 at Club Nokia at L.A. Live featuring Jane Lynch in conversation with Adam Scott. Full video coming soon. Enjoy, share…Here’s a link to the cool poster our friends at The Half and Half did for the event.
Continue ReadingHere’s a Funny or Die video if Darrell Hammond interviewing Darrell Hammond on his memoir, God If You’re Not Up There, I’m F*cked. We host him November 17 in conversation with Fred Willard at Track 16. More info and tickets here.. Enjoy the video: Darrell Hammond on Darrell Hammond from Darrell Hammond
Continue ReadingVery much looking forward to our event with Adam Gopnik this Thursday, November 3 at Track 16 at Bergamot Station. He’ll be in conversation with director/producer Ed Zwick. Ticket info here. Here are links to some reviews and write-ups on Gopnik and his new book, The Table Comes First: Family, France and the Meaning of…
Continue ReadingHarry Belafonte’s memoir, My Song is reviewed in the New York Times today by Garrison Keillor. Belafonte appears in conversation with Tim Robbins at Live Talks Los Angeles on Nov 28. Ticket deets here… Here’s an excerpt: Here is a gorgeous account of the large life of a Harlem boy, son of a Jamaican…
Continue ReadingBelafonte appeared on The Colbert Report last night. The Los Angeles Times has a bit on it. Here’s an excerpt: Colbert pressed Belafonte on why he used his “banana-counting fame” to enact social change. “Why not just be rich and lusted after? That’s what I do.” Belafonte replied, “I thought that the community from which…
Continue ReadingThere are some tickets left to see Jerry West discuss his memoir with Peter Guber tomorrow, Oct 18, at Track 16 at Bergamot Station. Get ’em here. Here’s a link to a Q&A the Los Angeles Times did with West. Here’s an excerpt: Kobe Bryant worked out for you at Inglewood High that year, with…
Continue ReadingHarry Belafonte documentary airs on HBO on Oct 17. Here’s a piece in Bloomberg on the doc. Here’s an excerpt: And he blended his artistry with activism, playing a key role in the civil rights movement alongside such leaders as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as well as then-Attorney General Robert Kennedy (whom he…
Continue ReadingWe host Harry Belafonte at Live Talks Los Angeles on November 28. Ticket info here. He appears on the Sunday, October 16 Los Angeles Times in The Sunday Conversation series. An HBO documentary, Sing Your Song, about him airs Monday, October 17. Here’s an excerpt: Most Americans alive today didn’t live through segregation in this…
Continue ReadingFor all you NPR fans and listeners of Morning Edition, we are pleased to be hosting Steve Inskeep in conversation with his Morning Edition co-host, Renee Montagne, Oct 24th at Track 16. Ticket info here. He was on All Things Considered yesterday. Hear the piece here, and read about it. Here’s an excerpt: Pakistan’s port…
Continue ReadingNext Tuesday with Jerry West in conversation with Peter Guber should be fun. The whole NBA contract issues getting to you? Come get your fix. Magic Johnson and Jerry West, in a Los Angeles Times piece debate their favorite all time Lakers teams. Video in the Los Angeles Times link also. Here’s an excerpt: Even…
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