Q&A with Penn Jillette in Los Angeles Magazine. Jillette is at Live Talks LA on Nov 15 Track 16 @bergamotstation

We’re looking forward to our Live Talks Los Angeles event with Penn Jillette — the taller and louder of the magic and comedy duo, Penn & Teller.  He’ll be discussing his new book, Everyday is an Atheist Holiday, November 15th at Track 16 at Bergamot Station. Purchase tickets here.  Here’s a Q&A Jillette did with Los Angeles Magazine.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to host the @goldenglobes…Videos from their Live Talks LA appearances

The Golden Globes announced today that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will host  70th Golden Globe Awards on January 13, 2013.  We have had the good fortune to have hosted both of them over the last couple years…Tina Fey in conversation with Steve Martin in 2010 and Amy Poehler  in conversation with Jane Lynch in 2012 Thought you might enjoy the videos from both events.  Enjoy…

Tina Fey in conversation with Steve Martin from Ted Habte-Gabr on Vimeo.

Amy Poehler in conversation with Jane Lynch from Ted Habte-Gabr on Vimeo.

Video: Salman Rushdie at Live Talks LA discussing his memoir, Joseph Anton, with NPR’s Karen Krigsby Bates

Here’s the video from our event with Salman Rushdie discussing his memoir, Joseph Anton, with NPR’s Karen Grigsby Bates.  Event was held September 23rd at the William Turner Gallery at Bergamot Station Arts Center.

Salman Rushdie in conversation with Karen Grigsby Bates from Ted Habte-Gabr on Vimeo.

Penny Marshall in the news…at Live Talks LA Oct 3

We’re excited to be hosting Penny Marshall in conversation with her brother, Garry Marshall, at Live Talks Los Angeles next Wednesday, October 3 at The Aero Theatre in Santa Monica. Ticket info here.   Her memoir, My Mother Was Nuts is hilarious, and paired with her brother will be fun.  Here are some recent news pieces on Penny Marshall and her memoir.

Penny Marshall in the news:
Los Angeles Times,  
September 26 — Penny Marshall looks back at her life in breezy new memoir.  In ‘My Mother Was Nuts,’ Marshall chronicles her tap-dancing youth, her marriages, her romance with Art Garfunkel and her tight relationship with brother Gary Marshall.
LA Weekly, September 27 — Penny Marshall, E.T. and More: Your WeeklyMovie To-Do List
LA Weekly, September 21 — Penny Marshall on Her New Memoir, My Mother Was Nuts, and How She Influenced Women in Comedy
Wall Street Journal, September 20 — Penny Marshall: Drawn to the Insane
Huffington Post, September 21 — Penny Marshall On Her Unlikely Career And Why “My Mother Was Nuts”
Vanity Fair, September 20 — Calvin Klein, Lorne Michaels, and Art Garfunkel Remember High Times With Penny Marshall
The Today Show, September 17 — ‘My Mother Was Nuts’: Penny Marshall looks backThe actress, producer and director writes candidly of family, career and life
Reuters, September 20 — Penny Marshall advises budding directors: Drop the ambition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bradley Whitford to interview Bishop Gene Robinson at Live Talks LA on Oct 5 – Straight Talk on Gay Marriage

We’re happy to share that Bradley Whitford will interview Bishop Gene Robinson at our Live Talks Los Angeles event on October 5th,  at All Saints Church Pasadena.   More info and tickets here.

Bishop Robinson is at the forefront of the gay rights movement. Join us for a frank discussion of the critical civil rights issue of our time.

In his new book, God Believes in Love: Straight Talk on Gay Marriage, Bishop Gene Robinson makes the case for same-sex marriage. For him, it’s a personal issue; after being married to a woman with whom he had two children, Bishop Robinson has been married to his long-term partner, a man, for the last four years.  He is the first openly gay person to be elected bishop in the Episcopal church.

Bishop Robinson’s book is an exploration of faith and morality that will help readers to better understand why full marriage equality is vitally important — why it is a violation of civil rights to deny access to marriage because of sexual orientation.