On his blog, Danny Baker (the host of the BBC radio talk show The Danny Baker Show) celebrates scoring a rare and (and almost impossible) interview with the legendary rocker Elton John:
“All Autumn he [Elton John] was touring the USA, developing new music projects and charity fundraising. He was firmly off the UK media promotional [...]
January 3, 2010 | Posted in
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Juliette Lewis (on tour until Christmas promoting her new CD Terra Incognita) gave great face time to George Stroumboulopoulos on his Canadian talk show The Hour. Let me start off by saying that this woman (40 years old) is one hundred percent hot. She not only looks gorgeous, she seems to have miraculously stopped aging [...]
November 30, 2009 | Posted in
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This interview from last year is worth a look if only to see how pop diva Leona Lewis smiles her way through what must’ve been an entirely confusing experience as a guest on the popular Japanese talk show Cartoon Kat-Tun.
Cartoon Kat-Tun is (to quote Wikipedia):
“a talk show in which the hosts are from the Johnny’s [...]
November 14, 2009 | Posted in
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Warning: this 5-part interview of Alfred Hitchcock on a German talk show speaking with four other (German) gentlemen is not translated into English. So if you are not fluent in German, you will not be able to follow the entire conversation.
Why, then would I post this footage knowing most people (unless they were fluent in [...]
Question Time (a popular British political talk show that airs on BBC) caused a political earthquake on Friday that was felt all the way on this side of the pond when it welcomed controversial politician Nick Griffin (leader of the much-despised British National Party who has been accused by pretty much everyone but his supporters [...]
October 25, 2009 | Posted in
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CNN talk show host Larry King (@kingsthings) visited our neighbors to the north to talk to Canada’s CBC-Q host Jian Ghomeshi (@jianghomeshi) (one of the top-rated radio talk show hosts in Canada who was the unlikely recipient of brash treatment by Billy Bob Thornton last year).
It is an engaging and revealing look at King (75 [...]
September 18, 2009 | Posted in
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Bollywood singing sensation Kalpana is not only busy making a name for herself in Bollywood, she will also be discussing topical and controversial topics on a new talk show called Tere Mere Beach Main. According to a Bollywood publicist:
“This Assamese girl is the darling of the North Indian belt and has been christened the uncrowned [...]
August 20, 2009 | Posted in
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Veteran Indian actress Lakshmi (who became famous in 1974 with her Malayalam hit Chattakari (1974)) is known as “South Indian Oprah Winfrey” for her popular Tamil talk show “Kathaialle Nijam“. It has be many years since that show left the airwaves but the legendary actress has a new talk show going into production in Kannada [...]
June 20, 2009 | Posted in
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I could give you my own description of this Philippine talk show called “Happy Talk” that seeks to transform the world into a place of warmth and happiness, but the producers have done such a great job of summarizing their show that I’m thinking of asking them to write my bio and memoirs. Suffice [...]
June 11, 2009 | Posted in
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Word on the street is that Social Democrats in Germany are demoralized. They were crushed on Sunday in the elections (Republicans, take heart, you’re not alone) and see very little hope of capturing their flag any time soon.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier (German Foreign Minister and Chancellor Angela Merkel’s main rival who hopes to knock her off of [...]
June 10, 2009 | Posted in
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