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Harry 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…

Belafonte 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…

Harry 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…

We 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…

We host Harry Belafonte at Live Talks Los Angeles on November 28.  His memoir, My Song, comes out Oct 11.  USA Today had a feature on him today. Here’s an excerpt: But when this octogenarian sits down to discuss his new projects — a memoir titled My Song (Knopf, $30.50), out Tuesday, and the related documentary Sing Your…