Podcasts about White Oleander

Date: May 6, 2025 Guest Skeptic: Actor, producer and director Noah Wyle. Many of us know him as Dr. John Carter from ER, the show that arguably influenced an entire generation of EM physicians. Since that groundbreaking show, he has been busy with multiple movie roles (Pirates of Silicon Valley, Donnie Darko, White Oleander, Shot, and […] The post SGEM Xtra: Doctor, Doctor – Paging Dr. Robby first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

In this episode of Terror Talk Podcast, we dive into the layered portrayals of narcissistic mothers in three iconic films: White Oleander, Terms of Endearment, and Mommie Dearest. From emotional manipulation and guilt-tripping to martyr complexes and full-blown control tactics, we explore the psychology of maternal narcissism through each character's unique behavior.Using clinical insights, we break down the narcissism spectrum, compare how these cinematic mothers weaponize their relationships, and reflect on the lasting impact of toxic maternal figures—both on screen and in real life.We also examine how these films reflect societal expectations of women, motherhood, and the fine line between “difficult” and “damaging.” If you've ever flinched at a wire hanger or side-eyed a well-timed guilt trip, this episode's for you.narcissistic mothers in film, psychological analysis of toxic mothers, White Oleander mother psychology, Mommie Dearest narcissism, Terms of Endearment analysis, narcissistic personality disorder in movies, toxic mother characters#TerrorTalkPodcast #DarkPsychology #WomenInFilm #FilmPsychology #CinematicMothers#NarcissisticMothers #WhiteOleanderAnalysis #TermsOfEndearment #MommieDearest #ToxicMoms #MoviePsychology #NarcissisticAbuseAwareness #MotherDaughterDynamics #PersonalityDisorderPortrayalsInstagram: @terrortalkpodcastYouTube: TerrorTalk PodcastFacebook: Halloween All Year LongTikTok: @dark.psychology.girls

As one of the country's top comedians, Cathy Ladman presents herself as the self-probing, anxiety-venting person that she is. She has appeared on The Tonight Show ten times and was also featured on the last two of Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show Anniversary" shows. She's been on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, five times, has had her own HBO One Night Stand comedy special, and was awarded the American Comedy Award for Best Female Stand Up Comic. Her TV and film credits include: recurring roles on, I'm Dying Up Here and Pretty Little Liars, Modern Family, Scandal, How to Get Away With Murder, NCIS: LA, Mad Men, Brothers and Sisters, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Caroline in the City, Everybody Loves Raymond, Politically Incorrect , Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist, Charlie Wilson's War, The Aristocrats, White Oleander, What Planet Are You From?, My Fellow Americans, and Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead. Her solo show, Does This Show Make Me Look Fat? opened this past year.

In this gorgeous, sensualistic, tactile, provocative episode of Write-minded, we explore the senses with Janet Fitch of White Oleander fame. In this interview, Janet takes us on a tour through the senses, making the point that our language is impoverished and we can—and must—do more to become more sophisticated observers on the page. This is an episode you'll carry with you into your next writing or reading session, keeping an eye out (and tastebuds at the ready and an ear attuned and the nose trained) for the next sensual experience or opportunity. Revel in the possibilities and ideas Janet offers to employ the superpowers each of our senses hold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Scenecraft, we break down the "Entre Nous" scene from The Holdovers (2023), directed by Alexander Payne. Drop us a line at contact@scenecraftpodcast.com, or follow us on Instagram, X, TikTok, and Threads @scenecraftpodcast for the latest news on the show. — Show Notes — Quick Takes ~ 00:00:39 Anatomy of a Fall (2023), Priscilla (2023), The Curse (2023–), White Oleander (2002), The Pigeon Tunnel (2023), The Killer (2023) Scene Selection ~ 00:14:58 The Holdovers (2023) (Scene: Entre Nous) Thanks for listening, and Happy Thanksgiving!

Maddie sits down with Megan Hinrichs to discuss crispy tofu, getting lost in the sauce, a want of chopping wood, and the difference between pretzels and bagels. Enjoy! Remember to like and review this podcast, and find us on instagram at @werecommendthispodcast1.

I interview Tina Baker about her latest book “Make Me Clean” and also interview Drew Jerrison about the publisher Profile/Viper books and the books they have coming up later this year to look out for. I also review “The Innocent Wife” by Amy Lloyd, “White Oleander” by Janet Fitch and “The Bees” by Laline Paull. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Jimmy, Ana's boyfriend, says, "You're not fat. You're beautiful." She is both. "Real Women Have Curves" doesn't argue that Ana is beautiful on the "inside," like the Gwyneth Paltrow character in "Shallow Hal," but that she is beautiful inside and out--love handles, big boobs, round cheeks, and all. "Turn the lights on," she shyly tells Jimmy. "I want you to see me. See, this is what I look like." Ana has learned to accept herself. It is more than her mother can do. There have been several movies recently about the second generation of children of immigrants--Indian, Filipino, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese--and they follow broad outlines borrowed from life. The parents try to enforce the conditions of their homeland on the kids, who are becoming Americanized at blinding speed. While Carmen is insisting on her daughter's virginity, Ana is buying condoms. She insists on a view of her life that is not her parents'. That includes college. For young women depressed because they don't look like skinny models, this film is a breath of common sense and fresh air. "Real Women Have Curves" is a reminder of how rarely the women in the movies are real. After the almost excruciating attention paid to the world-class beauties in a movie like "White Oleander" (a film in which the more the women suffered, the better they looked), how refreshing to see America Ferrera light up the room with a smile from the heart." -- Roger Ebert, movie critic The universal themes of intergenerational family expectations, the road to self-worthiness, courage, and love delivered a healthy dose of hope, no matter what your mirror shows you. I loved it!

We (by which we actually mean just Dan) talk to writer and director Peter Kosminsky.He tells us about his early firings (of which there were many including lasting only a day as a researcher because they didn't like his ideas around tampon tax) as well as how he went from Chemistry student to lighting expert.He discusses his shortcomings as a director, his strengths and how they work on both sides of the Atlantic and the time he nearly gave up after being completely out of his depth on a big Hollywood movie.We talk about trying to write AND direct, his love of research and being a chameleon.A fascinating interview with a cerebral, analytical and inisghtful master of his craft.

”If people aren't failing, then I think that possibly they are actually not pushing beyond the envelope. They are not innovating, or not going for that hard thing and stretching. That's why it is important to recognize and celebrate failure.” Michele LairdThis week I sat down with Michele Laird, the Senior VP for Programs at Pact. I love Michele's take on failure and the importance to try and be willing to fail, even sharing that when her family is sitting around the table for dinner she asks them, "What did you fail at today?"Michele talks about normalizing failure and encouraging looking at what may not have gone "correctly" and learn from what happened.She also shared a blurb from Janet Finch, the author of White Oleander, who says, “The Phoenix must burn to emerge.” Michele says that a big ‘burning failure' may not be the goal, but that the lessons learned from failure are ones she encourages all entrepreneurs, CEO's, and leaders, to use to further evolve.Evolution, innovation, reflection, and impact are all words Michele used to define values in her organization. Also discussing leading from love, Michele notes how leading from love can be a calming force to reaction in the face of mistakes, unexpected turmoil, or failures."Having conversations from your heart is really important and people will feel that, hear that, and understand they are safe. They will understand they can try new things and if it doesn't go as planned, that's okay.... it helps us to react and lead better."Michele wisdom on her core values and principles in this episode is palpable. Thank you to Pact for sharing another organization member with us this week, we are so grateful!To connect with Pact: HomeTo connect with Michele Laird on Twitter: Michele_LairdTo connect with Michele Laird on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelelaird/?viewAsMember=true

Michelle Pfeiffer, white oleanders, milk. Pretty and poisonous. Hey, if you're lactose intolerant, milk is a real bitch. But Ms. Pfeiffer only plays poisonous in 2002's White Oleander, and, just like her young on-screen daughter, the Fogies are in her thrall. We all endeavor to differentiate ourselves from our parents in our teen years, though usually the legal system isn't literally putting bars between us to force that separation.

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Amy Aquino is an actor, who over her forty-plus year career, has recurred in numerous television series, including Bosch, Glee, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Falcon and the Winter Solider, Being Human, ER, The Practice, Judging Amy, Everybody Loves Raymond, Felicity, The Good Fight, The Mentalist, Brothers and Sisters, Prison Break, Picket Fences, Monk & Freaks and Geeks to name a few. Her films include Working Girl, Moonstruck, Boys on the Side, The Singing Detective, White Oleander, A Lot Like Love, In Good Company, The Lazarus Effect and Beautiful Boy. Plus, she's also a theatre guru. And that's just scratching the surface! As you can imagine, we dive deep and cover a lot such the beauty of gardens, needing to fix things, picking a career that is worthy of you, making positive change, Jewish lizards, being rejected from Yale 3 times and taking risks. The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well! So check them out on YouTube under Michael Kahan Check Amy out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aquino_amy/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/aquino_amy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/realamyaquino/ ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan

In the Shamanic Tradition we can communicate telepathically with other beings, healing spirits or guides.  Listen to my experience of having a conversation with a White Oleander that helped me face and move through chemotherapy.

Lively discussion of White Oleander by Janet Fitch. Loved to hear everyone's point of view on this disturbing topic and book. Join Libro.FM and use code LLTBPODCAST to get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. Also, you can buy gift memberships for your loved ones for any occasion or just because. It does take a lot of effort to produce these episodes. Your support means the world to me. How about Buy Me A Coffee, I would greatly appreciate it. THANK YOU. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please contact me by email at livingalifethroughbooks@gmail.com. If you enjoyed this episode or any of my previous episodes, please write me a positive review on Apple Podcasts. I thank you for it. My website is a work in progress. On Instagram I'm @livingalifethroughbooks. On TikTok, Twitter, and Clubhouse I'm @drshahnazahmed. I would like to introduce each of our members in attendance briefly with their instagram tags. Please follow them all. Thank you. Myself Shahnaz - @livingalifethroughbooks. Erin - @erin_eatsbooks. Riffat - @booksection. Dr. Jen and Nina are not on instagram yet. Please note that Riffat also has a blog: www.teacrockery.blog/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingalifethroughbooks/message

Cathy Ladman possesses one of the keenest minds in standup comedy. She has appeared on The Tonight Show nine times, and on Craig Ferguson's Late, Late Show four times. She has won the American Comedy Award for Best Female Standup Comic and starred in her own HBO special, One Night Stand. An acclaimed actor, Cathy's credits include:  “Charlie Wilson's War,” “The Aristocrats,” "White Oleander,” “Mad Men,” “Modern Family,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and "Everybody Loves Raymond."Cathy is now focussing her energy and talent on a solo play called, “Does This Show Make Me Look Fat which shines a light on her struggle with body image and Anorexia.  Plus, Fritz and Weezy are recommending Listening To Kenny G on HBO, Cyrano, in theaters and 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything on Apple Plus.Path Points of Interest:Cathy LadmanCathy Ladman on IMDBCathy Ladman on TwitterCathy Ladman on FacebookInstagram Cathy's Play - Does This Show Make Me Look Fat?HBO Music Box DocumentariesWoodstock 99: Peace, Love and RageJaggedDMX: Don't Try to UnderstandListening to Kenny GMr. Saturday NightJuice WRLD: Into the AbyssCyrano - In Theaters1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything on Apple Plus1971 - Never a Dull Moment: Rock's Golden Year

Today on Too Opinionated we chat with actress Amy Aquino. Amy is known for her roles in Bosch, White Oleander, Working Girl, The Good Fight, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Picket Fences, Platonic, ER and Everybody Loves Raymond!  Want to watch: YouTube Meisterkhan Pod Check out the website: Meisterkhan.com

Welcome to The Yellowstone Podcast!  Join Stef and Sheila each week as they discuss Paramount Network's hit series, Yellowstone. This week on The Yellowstone Podcast, Stef and Sheila discuss Episode 2 of Season 4, "Phantom Pain"! Plus, our interview with Cole Hauser! Some of the Topics Discussed This Episode Include: Where does Kayce's and John's relationship stand these days? And, has Kayce given into his destiny of being a Dutton? What do we think of John's new plan for legacy building? How many different outcomes and contingencies has Beth planned for, exactly? Will Carter fit in with the Duttons? And poor Jimmy, where will you end up? After the ladies are done discussing the episode, stay tuned for our (too brief) interview with Cole Hauser from Yellowstone's Season 4 Virtual Press Day! Thank you to Cole for your time! Time Code for the Start of the Cole Hauser Interview: 1:03:16 Guest Bio: Cole Hauser Cole Hauser has generated incredible performances in independent films. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for "Best Supporting Actor" for his work in Tigerland. He also received much critical acclaim in his turn in White Oleander. He is the lead in the DirecTV series "Rogue." Cole's numerous other feature credits include Hart's War, Tears of the Sun, Higher Learning, Good Will Hunting, Dazed and Confuzed, Olympus Has Fallen, A Good Day to Die Hard, Too Fast, Too Furious, and most recently, "Yellowstone." Cole made his film debut in 1992's School Ties, co-starring alongside a host of soon-to-be big name players, including Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. He worked with Affleck again the following year in Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused, also featuring a veritable talent pool ensemble cast. Born in Santa Barbara, California, he is the son of Cass Warner, founder of the film production company Warner Sisters, and Wings Hauser, an actor. Join in the conversation on Twitter at @podclubhouse! Announcement: Love Yellowstone? Love the music? Check out Yellowstone Tunes - Pod Clubhouse Brings You Songs from Yellowstone, Stef and Sheila's curated Yellowstone Playlist of their favorite songs from the show and ones that are similar. We hope you enjoy! Listen, rate, review, and subscribe to The Yellowstone Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen! And write in and leave us comments on PodClubhouse.com, we'd love to hear from you! MORE IN THIS SERIES Season 1 Episodes: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 Season 2 Episodes: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Season 3 Episodes: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Season 4 Episodes: 1 Sheila's Season 2 written recaps at PopCultureReview! FOLLOW THE HOSTS ONLINE Stef: Twitter | Instagram Sheila: PopCultureReview | Twitter  ### Credits: Music: “Western Days” by ihsandincer, licensed by Pod Clubhouse. "Tumbleweed Texas" by Chris Haugen, available through YouTube Audio Library License program. The Yellowstone Podcast is a Pod Clubhouse original production, recorded and produced at Pod Clubhouse studios. This episode was edited by Caroline Daley and assembled by Michael Caputo.

Season 1, Episode 22 The author Nicola Maye Goldberg came on the show, and we talked about White Oleander, mommy issues, the nature of YA fiction, Berlin, alienation, teenage desires, and why we shouldn't expect the truth from novelists. We discussed both the 1999 novel by Janet Fitch and the 2002 film adaptation. Follow Nicola Maye Goldberg on Instagram @nicolamayeg (https://www.instagram.com/nicolamayeg/) And check out her writing (https://www.nicolamaye.com/). Support Hate Fiction on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/posts/oleander-time-w-56810373?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshare)

The Gals are joined again by  dear friend and cover artist Grace Aki from Tell Me on a Sunday Podcast to deep dive star of the oughts, Alison Lohman. The gang explores her four major films White Oleander, Big Fish, Matchstick Men, and Drag Me to Hell in an attempt to figure out why Ms. Lohman disappeared from Hollywood. Chels apologizes to Morgan for almost killing her for this marathon, Grace has some hot Krispy Kreme thoughts, and the gang hasn't forgotten the crimes of Billy Crudup. Quite possibly the most chaotic episode to date! Get your tickets to Grace's virtual show! Buy Grace's rad art & merch! Follow us!TwitterInstagram

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We've entered a new month and a new decade of Michelle! We discuss WHAT LIES BENEATH (2000), I AM SAM (2001, ugh), and WHITE OLEANDER.

James and Ashley interview Amy and Laura, multitalented writers, social entrepreneurs, and radio hosts/podcasters from Newcastle, NSW. In it, they discuss the story behind Secret Book Stuff, transformative writing, and, of course, why reading makes you better in bed.  You can learn more about Secret Book Stuff on their website, follow them on Instagram and Facebook, or explore their various radio shows/podcast appearances. Books and authors discussed in this episode - Hold Your Own by Kae Tempest; - In Cold Blood by Truman Capote; - High Fidelity by Nick Hornby; - White Oleander by Janet Fitch; - Insomniac City by Bill Hayes; - Animal People by Charlotte Wood; - Hot Little Hands by Abigail Ulman; - Tonight I'm Someone Else by Chelsea Hodson; - Felicity by Mary Oliver; - I'll Tell You in Person by Chloe Caldwell; - Women by Chloe Caldwell; - Joan Didion; - Samantha Irby; - The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien; - The Neverending Story by Michael Ende; - Fun Home by Alison Bechdel; - Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid; - Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid; - Betty by Tiffany McDaniel; - The Animals in that Country by Laura Jean McKay;   - Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez; - A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet; - Ghost Species by James Bradley (read James's review here) Get in touch! Ashley's Website: ashleykalagianblunt.com Ashley's Twitter: @AKalagianBlunt Ashley's Instagram: @akalagianblunt James' Website: jamesmckenziewatson.com James' Twitter: @JamesMcWatson James' Instagram: @jamesmcwatson  

          On Episode 65 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete has the pleasure to speak with Natalie Lima. The two discuss Natalie's childhood, her relationship to language and the always-welcoming library, A Separate Peace, Song of Solomon, We the Animals, and other chill-inducing literature, the writers who have inspired her, and the inspirations behind some of her most well-known works.   Show Notes and Links to Natalie Lima's Work   Natalie Lima's Personal Website    For a Good Time, Call,” essay for Guernica, September 2020   “Snowbound,” essay for Brevity, September 2019   “Men Paid Me To Eat,” fiction for The Offing, June 2019   “Fly”-Fiction from Paper Darts, May 2017 Talking Points/Authors/Books Mentioned and Allusions Referenced During the Episode:   At about 2:35, Natalie talks about influences growing up, including her experience speaking Spanish and her ideas of “home”   At about 4:50, Natalie talks about her relationship with the written word growing up and into adolescence, including her love of the public library    At about 6:50, Natalie discusses the pivotal high school reading years, including a favorite of Pete and Natalie's, A Separate Peace by John Knowles   At about 10:40, Pete asks Natalie if she saw herself and her various cultures/subcultures in what she read growing up    At about 12:45, Natalie describes a few of her favorite books, including Cisneros' The House on Mango Street and White Oleander by Janet Fitch   At about 13:35, Natalie outlines Song of Solomon and Toni Morrison's impression on Natalie   At about 15:25, Natalie talks about contemporary writers who continue to thrill her, including Roxane Gay and her Bad Feminist and Justin Torres and his We the Animals, Myriam Gurba, Jhumpa Lahiri, T Kira Madden, Esmé Weijun Wang, Michelle Tea, Lindy West, Samantha Irby, and Jaquira Diaz   At about 20:10, Natalie details the moment(s) that made her believe in her ability to write professionally and successfully, including how Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird and Julia Cameron's The Right to Write helped her rekindle her writing passion and how her professor Colette Sartor gave feedback that energized Natalie   At about 28:35, Natalie discusses her target audience(s) and the success and how she was surprised how many people were moved by “Fat Girl Cries Herself to Sleep”    At about 30:45, Natalie talks about sharing personal information in her writing, as well as how certain works of her have affected her and her readers   At about 34:35, Natalie discusses “For a Good Time, Call,” her powerful essay about the “party line” and the essay's many layers; Pete and Natalie make connections to teenage chaos/malaise and to an NPR article about avatars and Walter Thompson Hernández and Yesika Salgado on California Love   At about 42:35, Natalie discusses the background and events and writing of “Snowbound” from Brevity Magazine and the event where college dorm gossip upset Natalie    At about 49:25, Natalie discusses her fiction piece, “Men Paid Me to Eat” and its inspiration, including its genesis with a class writing prompt   At about 53:10, Natalie reads from “Snowbound” and  “For a Good Time, Call”   At about 58:40, Natalie outlines her upcoming projects     You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Spotify and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch this episode and other episodes on The Chills at Will Podcast YouTube Channel. Please like, subscribe, and share while you're there. This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. Be sure to check out the next episode on July 13 with poet extraordinaire Gabrielle Bates. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.

Tra film di varia natura ed interpretazioni più o meno memorabili, si consuma la monografia della brava e bella Michelle Pfeiffer, tra le parole e le opinioni dei soliti Houssy e Carfa. Monografia dedicata all'amico JoJo, che la desiderava follemente.Elenco dei film citati:Grease 2, regia di Patricia Birch (1982)Scarface, regia di Brian De Palma (1983)Tutto in una notte (Into the night), regia di John Landis (1985)Ladyhawke, regia di Richard Donner (1985)Sweet Liberty - La dolce indipendenza (Sweet Liberty), regia di Alan Alda (1986)Le streghe di Eastwick (The Witches of Eastwick), regia di George Miller (1987)Donne amazzoni sulla Luna (Amazon women on the moon), regia di Joe Dante e John Landis (1987)Una vedova allegra... ma non troppo (Married to the Mob), regia di Jonathan Demme (1988)Tequila Connection (Tequila Sunrise), regia di Robert Towne (1988)Le relazioni pericolose (Dangerous Liaisons), regia di Stephen Frears (1988)I favolosi Baker (The Fabulous Baker Boys), regia di Steve Kloves (1989)La casa Russia (The Russia House), regia di Fred Schepisi (1990)Paura d'amare (Frankie and Johnny), regia di Garry Marshall (1991)Batman - Il ritorno (Batman Returns), regia di Tim Burton (1992)Due sconosciuti, un destino (Love Field), di Jonathan Kaplan (1993)L'età dell'innocenza (The Age of Innocence), regia di Martin Scorsese (1993)Wolf - La belva è fuori (Wolf), regia di Mike Nichols (1994)Pensieri pericolosi (Dangerous Minds), regia di John N. Smith (1995)Qualcosa di personale (Up Close & Personal), regia di Jon Avnet (1996)A Gillian, per il suo compleanno (To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday), regia di Michael Pressman (1996)Un giorno... per caso (One Fine Day), regia di Michael Hoffman (1996)Segreti (A Thousand Acres), regia di Jocelyn Moorhouse (1997)Sogno di una notte di mezza estate (A Midsummer Night's Dream), regia di Michael Hoffman (1999)Storia di noi due (The Story of Us), regia di Rob Reiner (1999)Le verità nascoste (What Lies Beneath), regia di Robert Zemeckis (2000)Mi chiamo Sam (I Am Sam), regia di Jessie Nelson (2001)White Oleander, regia di Peter Kosminsky (2002)Hairspray - Grasso è bello (Hairspray), regia di Adam Shankman (2007)Stardust, regia di Matthew Vaughn (2007)Chéri, regia di Stephen Frears (2009)Capodanno a New York (New Year's Eve), regia di Garry Marshall (2011)Dark Shadows, regia di Tim Burton (2012)Cose nostre - Malavita (The Family), regia di Luc Besson (2013)Madre! (Mother!), regia di Darren Aronofsky (2017)Assassinio sull'Orient Express (Murder on the Orient Express), regia di Kenneth Branagh (2017)Ant-Man and the Wasp, regia di Peyton Reed (2018)Avengers: Endgame, regia di Anthony e Joe Russo (2019) - cameoMaleficent - Signora del male (Maleficent: Mistress of Evil), regia di Joachim Rønning (2019)

In 1982 Shirley Allen killed her sixth and final husband, Lloyd Allen. Maria and Kash go over Shirley's story, discuss why she sucks for not having a job, and Kash professes his love for White Oleander. @BloodyPodcast on all social media. www.patreon.com/bloodypodcast PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW!

On this week's extra credit, Suesie and Frank are talking about the book White Oleander as opposed to the movie with slippy fingers Michelle Pfeiffer.  For some reason, Shania Twain features heavily into this episode. Intro is Rebel Girl by Bikini Kill.  Outro is Man, I Feel Like a Woman by Shania Twain.     We'd like to tell you about another podcast called Heaving Bosoms, a romance novel podcast.  They can be found here: https://www.heavingbosoms.com/    Please rate, review and subscribe to the show on iTunes E-mail: realteengirltalk@gmail.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/teengirltalk/ I Hope I Can Make It Through: https://ihopeicanmakeitthrough.podbean.com/ Suesie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susieboboozy/ Frank's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siriwouldchallenge/ 

On this week's extra credit, Suesie and Frank are talking about the book White Oleander as opposed to the movie with slippy fingers Michelle Pfeiffer.  For some reason, Shania Twain features heavily into this episode. Intro is Rebel Girl by Bikini Kill.  Outro is Man, I Feel Like a Woman by Shania Twain.     We'd like to tell you about another podcast called Heaving Bosoms, a romance novel podcast.  They can be found here: https://www.heavingbosoms.com/    Please rate, review and subscribe to the show on iTunes E-mail: realteengirltalk@gmail.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/teengirltalk/ I Hope I Can Make It Through: https://ihopeicanmakeitthrough.podbean.com/ Suesie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susieboboozy/ Frank's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siriwouldchallenge/ 

(Trigger warning: Grooming, child abuse, suicide, violence against a child, substance abuse, alcoholism, predatorial behavior)   On this week's episode of Teen Girl Talk we're covering White Oleander.  Following Astrid as she makes her way through a series of foster homes while trying to deal with her imprisoned mother.  Intro and outro is Rebel Girl by Bikini Kill.    We'd like to thank our sponsor this week: Smile Brilliant!  They can be found here: https://www.smilebrilliant.com/?coupon=girltalk#podcast   You can use the code: GIRLTALK for 30% off!      Please rate, review and subscribe to the show on iTunes E-mail: realteengirltalk@gmail.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/teengirltalk/ I Hope I Can Make It Through: https://ihopeicanmakeitthrough.podbean.com/ Suesie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susieboboozy/ Frank's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siriwouldchallenge/ 

(Trigger warning: Grooming, child abuse, suicide, violence against a child, substance abuse, alcoholism, predatorial behavior)   On this week's episode of Teen Girl Talk we're covering White Oleander.  Following Astrid as she makes her way through a series of foster homes while trying to deal with her imprisoned mother.  Intro and outro is Rebel Girl by Bikini Kill.    We'd like to thank our sponsor this week: Smile Brilliant!  They can be found here: https://www.smilebrilliant.com/?coupon=girltalk#podcast   You can use the code: GIRLTALK for 30% off!      Please rate, review and subscribe to the show on iTunes E-mail: realteengirltalk@gmail.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/teengirltalk/ I Hope I Can Make It Through: https://ihopeicanmakeitthrough.podbean.com/ Suesie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susieboboozy/ Frank's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siriwouldchallenge/ 

Pfor this week’s episode, we’ve invited The Film Experience creator and Michelle Pfeiffer superpfan Nathaniel Rogers back to discuss one of our listeners most requested films, 2002′s White Oleander. Based on the beloved novel by Janet Fitch, the film stars Allison Lohman as the teenage Astrid, who is plunged into the foster care system after … Continue reading "136 – White Oleander (with Nathaniel Rogers)"

Joining us this week is Dantiel Moniz, author of the debut short story collection MILK BLOOD HEAT. This collection touches on the intimacies and darker impulses in all of us, traversing topics such as womanhood, infidelity, loss, survival, and how the undercurrents of identity impact every decision we make. Moniz cites WHITE OLEANDER by Janet Fitch as an all-time favorite book, a cornerstone of her formative years and forever influencing her approach to her own writing. This novel, originally published in 1999, follows Astrid Magnussen, the teen daughter of famed poet Ingrid Magnussen. When Ingrid is convicted of murder, Astrid moves from foster home to foster home across the city of Los Angeles, and must overcome horrific tragedy to discover who she really is. We discuss the prose, characters, themes, and impact of WHITE OLEANDER, all while avoiding spoilers along the way. Moniz also shares insight on numerous other topics, such as what popular culture gets wrong about Florida, her takeaways from her MFA, and so much more. This is a fun, laid-back conversation that we hope you enjoy. Dantiel's Website: https://www.dantielwmoniz.com/ Follow the Your Favorite Book podcast on instagram and twitter @yfbpodcast

Artist. Mother. Most glamorous prisoner in the yard. These are just a few of the words you could use to describe the wickedly manipulative Ingrid Magnussen, as played by La Pfeiffer in her glorious SAG-nominated turn in White Oleander. 2002 was an incredibly stacked year for female performances and we get into it: the exquisite turns of the four ladies in this film (including Michelle in one of her most psychologically twisted roles), the odd trajectory across voting bodies for Best Supporting Actress nominees that season and the "Oscar narrative" track that can provide momentum to certain actors. If you enjoy what you hear, please rate and subscribe on whatever your preferred podcast channel is. You can also follow us on Twitter @pfeifferpfriday.

Janet Fitch is the author of the #1 national bestseller White Oleander, a novel translated into 24 languages, an Oprah Book Club book and the basis of a feature film, Paint It Black, also widely translated and made into a 2017 film, and her epic novels of the Russian Revolution, The Revolution of Marina M. and Chimes of a Lost Cathedral. Please give us a follow on Instagram/Twitter - - @writingfriction - - and make sure to subscribe to the podcast and share!!!

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영화 영화 감상 후 이야기 나누기. 2002년 미국작품. 감독/피터 코스민스키 주연/알리슨 로만, 로빈 라이트, 미셸 파이퍼, 르네 젤위거 [붙임] 2017년 12월 제작한 방송으로 해님, 별님, 나무님과 함께 했습니다.

Ann Kline is an independent music supervisor who has been pairing music with television and film since the 90s. For many years she ran the music department for John Wells Productions, where she supervised iconic NBC shows ER and The West Wing, and feature films White Oleander, Nearing Grace and The Company Men. Her current projects include Showtime’s Shameless, Animal Kingdom on TNT, ABC’s hit series The Good Doctor, and many more. In this episode we talk about the shifting nature of the entertainment industry in a pandemic era, music as a marketing tool for television, and the recognition of music supervisors. We also talk about the helpful tools that got Ann started in meditation, the apps and programs that keep her practice consistent, the benefits of quieting the inner voice, and how mindfulness can help us slow down and stay present in a fast-paced industry.Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @WolfInTune https://www.richardwolf.net/Read "In Tune: Music As The Bridge To Mindfulness" https://tinyurl.com/tz67aqm 

Sharon Flax Brutus, founder of White Oleander Destinations, talks with James Shillinglaw of Insider Travel Report about how she started her destination management company earlier this spring after resigning as director of tourism for the British Virgin Islands. A well-known Caribbean destination executive, Flax Brutus is now trying to start a company focused on selling travel programs to the B.V.I. even as the islands' tourism industry has taken a major hit due to the coronavirus crisis. But she vows White Oleander will succeed eventually by focusing on the high-end traveler and working with luxury travel advisors. For more information, visit www.whiteoleanderdestinations.com.

Janet Fitch, author of the classic White Oleander, joins Kate and Medaya to discuss the life and work of Kate Braverman, a Los Angeles literary legend who passed in late 2019. Braverman was Janet's teacher, mentor, and later friend; and Janet reflects on the person she knew, tells tales of her in the classroom, and, of course, on the power of her work on the written page. Then, LARB's own Founder and Editor-in-Chief Tom Lutz joins Kate and Medaya for an extended conversation about his just released debut novel, Born Slippy. This is the seventh episode in our series on LA and Southern California writers, artists and filmmakers. This episode of the LARB Radio Hour is supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at www.arts.ca.gov. Any findings, opinions, or conclusions contained herein are not necessarily those of the California Arts Council.

Janet Fitch, author of the classic White Oleander, joins Kate and Medaya to discuss the life and work of Kate Braverman, a Los Angeles literary legend who passed in late 2019. Braverman was Janet's teacher, mentor, and later friend; and Janet reflects on the person she knew, tells tales of her in the classroom, and, of course, on the power of her work on the written page. Then, LARB's own Founder and Editor-in-Chief Tom Lutz joins Kate and Medaya for an extended conversation about his just released debut novel, Born Slippy. This is the seventh episode in our series on LA and Southern California writers, artists and filmmakers. This episode of the LARB Radio Hour is supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at www.arts.ca.gov. Any findings, opinions, or conclusions contained herein are not necessarily those of the California Arts Council.

A career retrospective with Renée Zellweger from November 26, 2019. Moderated by Jenelle Riley, Variety. Renée Zellweger is one of the most cherished and respected actors in modern cinema. Zellweger is most notably known for her starring role as the seminal British everywoman in the film BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY and its sequel BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON, both opposite Hugh Grant and Colin Firth. In the first installment of the franchise, Zellweger earned her first Oscar® nomination, also earning Golden Globe, SAG and BAFTA nominations, among others. The sequel delivered her another Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. She secured her second Academy Award nomination as convicted killer Roxie Hart in CHICAGO, the Oscar®-winning film version of the Tony Award-winning musical. Acting, singing and dancing alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones, who portrayed fellow death row inmate Velma Kelly, Zellweger took home a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical and a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, among other awards. She later earned the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Anthony Minghella’s COLD MOUNTAIN, the Civil War drama in which she jumped off the screen as feisty farm worker Ruby Thewes. For her work in the film, Zellweger also garnered a Golden Globe Award and best supporting role honors from the Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA, and Broadcast Film Critics Association. Zellweger will next make her television debut starring in Netflix’s WHAT/IF, and her recent films include BRIDGET JONES'S BABY, alongside Colin Firth and Patrick Dempsey for Universal Pictures, the film adaptation of the book SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME, opposite Greg Kinnear and Djimon Hounsou, and THE WHOLE TRUTH, opposite Keanu Reeves. After graduating with an English degree from the University of Texas, Zellweger did some initial film and television work before making her feature debut in Richard Linklater’s seminal coming-of-age film DAZED AND CONFUSED. Other film roles quickly followed, including Ben Stiller’s REALITY BITES, LOVE AND A .45, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE NEXT GENERATION and MY BOYFRIEND’S BACK. Zellweger won the affection of audiences soon after with her breakthrough role opposite Tom Cruise in Cameron Crowe’s JERRY MAGUIRE. Subsequent film roles for Zellweger have included the acclaimed ONE TRUE THING with William Hurt and Meryl Streep, the dark comedy NURSE BETTY opposite Chris Rock and Morgan Freeman, ME, MYSELF & IRENE opposite Jim Carrey, the drama WHITE OLEANDER with Robin Wright and Michelle Pfeiffer, Peyton Reed’s romantic comedy DOWN WITH LOVE opposite Ewan McGregor, and director Ron Howard’s Depression-era boxing drama CINDERELLA MAN with Russell Crowe. She has also lent her voice to such animated features as DreamWorks’ SHARK TALE, BEE MOVIE and MONSTERS VS. ALIENS.

This episode is just for us to hang!!! Please enjoy an in-depth look of the heart of Ash’iz through spoken word poetry. Ash’iz goes all in to share how her healing journey began and the role words played in that journey. Listeners will find out how the written word from books to journaling can jump start a love for the spoken word and how each can help or damage the healing process. Don’t 4get to stick around until the end for a segment we like to call N2 the Ash’iz where you the listener get to participate. Books mentioned: White Oleander by Janet Fitch, She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb, Say Goodnight Gracie by Julie Reece Deaver & Even The Stars Look Lonesome by Maya Angelou. For your copy of Ash’iz poetic autobiography send inquiries to: beauty4rmashiz@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashizlove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ashizlove/support

Janet Fitch is the author of the #1 national bestseller White Oleander, a novel translated into 24 languages, an Oprah Book Club book and the basis of a feature film; Paint It Black, also widely translated and made into a 2017 film; and two epic novels of the Russian Revolution, "The Revolution of Marina M" and "Chimes of a Lost Cathedral." Many of the characters in those last two books are poets, with a body of poems written by Janet, which she'll share as poems as we discuss the book. For more information, visit: https://www.janetfitchwrites.com You can also watch her weekly writing lessons on her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMcQA2Ax_K29FwWZX5xoP0g _____ On the pre-show: Devon Balwit Jesse Bertron Jane Byers Peter Harris On the open mic: Alisha Hammond Liz Gallo Carrie Magnes Radna Michelle Parks Joshua Corwin Erin Bealmear Dean Barker

Cali picks one of her favorite books turned movie White Oleander. It might not be the perfect movie adaptation, but it touches on what it's like to be a child growing up in their parents shadow, identifying evil, and self acceptance.

American author Janet Fitch talks to The Gypsy Poet about her writing! Her novels such as Kicks, (1996) White Oleander (1999),Paint It Bllack (2006) and The Revolution of Marina M.  (2017) and her latest novel,  Chimes Of A Lost Cathedral (2019). Her latest novel is currently on a book tour and she will talk about her latest adventures on tour and throughout the writing of the novel! A show to not miss!  

Janet Fitch is the author of White Oleander, Paint It Black, The Revolution of Marina M., and her new novel Chimes of a Lost Cathedral. White Oleander was an Oprah […]

Sooooooo funny story about this one. I got the audiobook AND the kindle version, but relied on the audiobook because I had a packed week and it was easier to listen while I took care of chores and housework. UNFORTUNATELY, it turns out that the version I listened to was abridged, and this fact was not included in the title nor was there even a full-length version available at all to alert me of the danger. So. I apologize. That's two book club episodes now where I've dropped the ball and I'm smarting a little from it. I really did like what I heard of this book, and I'm deeply sad that they robbed me of a full experience. I wish I knew why! Thank you to Jaime for commissioning this one, and I will see you all in a couple of weeks with Where The Red Fern Grows!

Sooooooo funny story about this one. I got the audiobook AND the kindle version, but relied on the audiobook because I had a packed week and it was easier to listen while I took care of chores and housework. UNFORTUNATELY, it turns out that the version I listened to was abridged, and this fact was not included in the title nor was there even a full-length version available at all to alert me of the danger. So. I apologize. That's two book club episodes now where I've dropped the ball and I'm smarting a little from it. I really did like what I heard of this book, and I'm deeply sad that they robbed me of a full experience. I wish I knew why! Thank you to Jaime for commissioning this one, and I will see you all in a couple of weeks with Where The Red Fern Grows!

America’s first female serial killer. How does a woman get credited with that? Lavinia Fisher did it by using her beauty and charm to captivate men and lure them to their deaths. If you have ever seen the movie “White Oleander” with Michelle Pfeiffer, you know how dangerous these beautiful flowered-shrubs are. Very similar to the female killer using them. Even till this day, people are fascinated by Lavinia Fisher. There are stories that say that she would kill these men by crushing their heads between her legs or the fact that she killed hundreds of people. Those myths have not been found to be true, but the fascination continues to surround her.

Fun doesn’t get funner. Cathy Ladman may be on I’m Dying Up Here, but she’s anything but. Whether she’s talking about her trip to Israel and her first boyfriend, the smitten Jerry Seinfeld, whom she convinced should try his hadn’t at stand-up, or, when on his set, she spontaneously broke into a Nichole and May routine with Mike Nichols; doing The Tonight Show multiple times and getting panel with Johnny…Arsenio, Dick Cavett, writing on Roseanne, being a regular on Caroline in The City, Larry Miller, Judy Orbach, George Wallace, Jimmy Brogan, Carol Leifer, Richard Belzer, The Comedy Store, Modern Family, White Oleander, Michelle Pfeiffer, Renee Zellweger… currently appearing in Jews, Christians and Screwing Stalin at The Matrix Theatre in LA with 5 performances remaining, (https://bit.ly/2p40gRJ) Monday a benefit for beloved comedian, Carrie Snow… and, Does This Show Make Me Look Fat, Cathy’s one-woman show about her struggles with anorexia. A shoutout to our good friend Ed Crasnick, doing his best to assist his teenage girl suffering from the disease, and to Cathy, for shining her light on it. Cathy Ladman on Game Changers with Vicki Abelson Wed, 9/12/18, 7pm PT/ 10pm ET With Jason Reid DP Christinna Guzman​ Live on the Facebook Full show replay link here https://bit.ly/2p2UrUr All BROADcasts, as podcasts, also available on iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Soundcloud http://bit.ly/2hktWoS Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein bit.ly/2gGeItj This week's BROADcast is brought to you by Rick Smolke​ of Quik Impressions​, the best printers, printing, the best people people-ing. quikimpressions.com And, Nicole Venables​ of Ruby Begonia Hair Studio Beauty and Products​ for tresses like the stars she coifs, and peoples, like me. I love my hair, and I loves Nicole. http://www.rubybegoniahairstudio.com/ Her fabulous Ruby Begonia Products can be purchased and shipped from http://www.frendsbeauty.com/

In this episode, we discuss National Book Award winner Far From the Tree by Robin Benway. Kim suggests They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera. Amy suggests The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas. Molly suggests Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares. Cash Money suggests White Oleander by Janet Fitch. Lindsey suggests the television show The Fosters (and definitely NOT The Secret Life of the American Teenager). Nate suggests We Are Okay by Nina LaCour and Freaky Friday (w/ Jodie Foster: he specified this, but it did not make the final cut). Also because no one will understand what is meant by Molly's statement, Kim has—on occasion—cosplayed as as Rita Skeeter.

This week, Maggie & Tod welcome novelist Janet Fitch, the New York Times bestselling author of White Oleander, Paint It Black, and, now, The Revolution of Marina M.

Janet Fitch, author of the legendary novel White Oleander, joins co-hosts Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher to talk about her new work, The Revolutions of Marina M, which tells the story of a young woman poet coming of age in the heady, early days of the October Revolution. Fitch talks about her approach to writing such a sweeping novel, her visits to Russia before and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, how she's able to represent sex so well on the page, and the importance of balancing the utopian dream with mundane reality when writing about, and living through, revolutions. Also, Author Dan Lopez drops by to recommend Richard Lloyd Parry's Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone, which reflects on humanity's relationship to death and life while telling the story of a small town in Japan that suffered a tremendous loss of life during the March 2011 Tsunami.

L.A.’s own Janet Fitch, the mega-bestselling author of White Oleander and Paint It Black, returns to ALOUD with her newest work, a sweeping historical saga of the Russian Revolution. Beginning on New Year’s Eve in 1916 St. Petersburg, The Revolution of Marina M. follows the mesmerizing coming-of-age story of a young woman of privilege who aches to break free of the constraints of her genteel life, a life about to be violently upended by the vast forces of history. Joining Fitch to discuss this epic journey through some of the most dramatic events of the last century is Boris Dralyuk, Russian literature scholar and executive editor of the Los Angeles Review of Books, who helped Fitch with the Russian translations for her book. 

WHITE OLEANDER has it all: a ridiculous title, the imprimatur of Oprah's Book Club, and a parade of the blondest actresses of the early 2000s. As she exited the 90s and entered a decade that didn’t know what to do with any woman over 40 (except Meryl f****** Streep), Pfeiffer plays a troubled mother(!) to drippy Alison Lohman (remember her?). Michelle does whatever she can with whatever she’s given, but watching her smirk sociopathically in a prison jumpsuit doesn't make the most of her talents. Prepare yourself for an insanely convoluted bildungsroman in which little Alison gets passed from Michelle to Robin Wright to Renee Zellweger, spouting overwritten voiceovers all the way through. We were worried when the movie started that it might end up being good... we were wrong. Part 2 of 3 Clips from the film presented according to fair use policy. Podcast Theme: "Pipeline" by CyberSDF (https://soundcloud.com/cybersdf/tracks).

In this episode we discuss the Female of the species and read a note from an actual listener. Kim suggests My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier and Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson. Cash Money seconds Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson and suggests White Oleander by Janet Fitch. Katie seconds My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier. Molly suggests Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson and the Gillian Anderson show The Fall. Nathan suggests Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Veronica Mars, and iZombie as watch-a-likes. He also suggests Stephen King books. Nate suggests books by Carrie Mesrobian (Perfectly Good White Boy and Sex & Violence). Lindsey suggests The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Steve Cooper talks with comic/actor Cathy Ladman. Cathy has not only appeared on The Tonight Show nine times, but was also the only female comic to appear on the last two of Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show Anniversary shows. She made four appearances on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, did her own HBO One Night Stand comedy special, and was awarded the American Comedy Award for Best Female Stand Up Comic. She is an acclaimed television and film actor. Her film credits include Charlie Wilson’s War, The Aristocrats and White Oleander. Her TV appearances include Mad Men, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Everybody Loves Raymond and NCIS: Los Angeles and has had recurring roles in Caroline in the City, Pretty Little Liars and I'm Dying Up Here. She also appeared regularly on ABC's Politically Incorrect and Comedy Central's Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist. Besides writing her standup act and original scripted projects, she was on the writing staffs of The Caroline Rhea Show, Caroline in the City and Roseanne. She also wrote an episode of King of Queens and other sitcoms. Her theatre credits include a successful run Off-Broadway in, The JAP Show: The Princesses of Comedy, the 25th Anniversary production of Last Summer at Bluefish Cove in Los Angeles, which was nominated for several GLAAD awards, and she and HBO developed her first solo show, Scaredypants and took it to the Aspen Comedy Festival. Her second solo show, Does This Show Make Me Look Fat? is in the works.

Ben Falcone in conversation with Melissa McCarthy at Live Talks Los Angeles, May 21, 2017, discussing his memoir, "Being a Dad Is Weird: Lessons in Fatherhood from My Family to Yours".   The talk took place at the Moss Theatre in Santa Monica, CA   Ben Falcone is a film director, writer, and comedic actor. He made his directorial debut in 2014 with Warner Bros.’ feature film Tammy, which he also wrote and starred in alongside real-life wife Melissa McCarthy. Falcone’s upcoming projects include the feature film Life of the Party (New Line) which he co-wrote with McCarthy and will direct. The Boss is Falcone’s recently released directorial effort which he also wrote and produced with McCarthy, who starred in the film. Falcone was last seen in Fox Searchlight Pictures’ feature film Enough Said alongside James Gandolfini and Julia Louis-Dreyfus for Director Nicole Holofcener, and in Jason Bateman’s directorial debutBad Words. Falcone also recently guest starred on FOX’s comedy hit New Girl and in NBC’s A to Z.Currently, he can be seen as a regular on the television series Nobodies(TV Land) which he executive produces.   Falcone’s additional feature film credits include The Heat, Identity Thief, Spy, What to Expect When You’re Expecting and Bridesmaids.    Melissa McCarthy received an Academy Award nomination for her role as Megan in the hit comedy Bridesmaids, directed by Paul Feig and produced by Judd Apatow. She also received BAFTA, Critics’ Choice, and SAG Award nominations for this role and won the MTV Movie Award for Comedic Performance of the Year.    McCarthy recently starred in The Boss which she co-wrote. In 2015 McCarthy starred in the hit film Spy for which she received a People’s Choice Award for Favorite Comedic Movie Actress, as well as a Golden Globe Award nomination, and Critics’ Choice Award nomination. In 2014 McCarthy starred in St. Vincentopposite Bill Murray and in Tammy which she co-wrote with her actor/writer husband Ben Falcone. McCarthy’s previous film credits include The Heat, Identity Thief, This is 40, The Hangover Part III and Ghostbusters. She will next star in Life of the Party which she co-wrote with Ben Falcone and wrapped production on the Fox Searchlight film Can You Ever Forgive Me?   McCarthy’s additional feature film work includes The Back-Up Plan, Life As We Know It, Pretty Ugly People, Just Add Water, The Nines, White Oleander, Pumpkin,and Go.Additionally, she starred in John August’s short film God, as a young woman having a gossipy phone conversation and short-lived spat with the Almighty, and also appeared in The Life of David Gale, starring Kevin Spacey.   On television, McCarthy starred as the clumsy culinary genius Sookie St. James in Gilmore Girls and Dena in the series Samantha Who? McCarthy won an Emmy Award and People’s Choice Award for starring as Molly on the hit CBS comedy Mike & Molly and has directed several episodes. She has also received Emmy nominations for guest hosting Saturday Night Live, which she has hosted multiple times. McCarthy recently returned to Stars Hollow for the Netflix reintroduction of Gilmore Girls. Currently, she can be seen making guest appearances on the television series Nobodies (TV Land) which she executive produces along with husband Ben Falcone.   Being a Dad Is Weird: Lessons in Fatherhood from My Family to Yours is a funny and intimate look at fatherhood that combines stories about his own larger-than-life dad and how his experiences raising two daughters with his wife, Melissa McCarthy, are shaped by his own childhood.   Ben Falcone isn’t a big shot movie star director at home. There, he’s just dad. In this collection of stories, Ben shares his funny and poignant adventures as the husband of Melissa McCarthy, and the father of their two young daughters. He also shares tales from his own childhood in Southern Illinois, and life with his father—an outspoken, brilliant, but unconventional man with a big heart and a somewhat casual approach to employment.   Ben is just an ordinary dad who has his share of fights with other parents blocking his view with their expensive electronic devices at school performances. Navigating the complicated role of being the only male in a house full of women, he finds himself growing more and more concerned as he sounds more and more like his dad. While Steve Falcone may not have been the briefcase and gray flannel suit type, he taught Ben priceless lessons about what matters most in life. A supportive, creative, and downright funny dad, Steve made sure his sons’ lives were never dull—a sense of adventure that carries through this warm, sometimes hilarious, and poignant memoir.

We discuss the homework assignment (Young Frankenstein). Our main topic is in honor of AMERICA! (happy birthday, baby gurl) – we set aside our differences to draft desert island movies with the words Red, White, or Blue in them. > Direct podcast RSS feed: here!  > Contact: email, Facebook (movies, TV, games), and Twitter! > Review us on iTunes, Google Play, or anywhere!! Homework Assignment: Young Frankenstein (0:58) Main Topic: Red, White and Blue Desert Island Draft (13:43) Team TJ: Blues Brothers, White Men Can't Jump, Red Dawn, Single White Female, Red State, The Thin Red Line, Blue Jasmine, White Fang Team Chris: Hunt for Red October, Varsity Blues, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, White Oleander, Blue Valentine, The White Ribbon, RED, Blue Streak Team Brent: Blue Velvet, My Blue Heaven, White Heat, Red Dragon, Three Colors: Red, Blue Ruin, Blue is the Warmest Color, White Lightning Team David: Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, Reds, Red Shoes, Blue Chips, Dear White People, Devil in a Blue Dress, The Man with One Red Shoe, Red Cliff Homework for your dome, jerk: Okja (Neflix) (38:00) Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante. (Intro courtesy of The Willow Walkers)

Alison Lohman was kind enough to spend some time with me in my kitchen and chat with me about her amazing career and life. we talk about her start in theater at a very young age doing musicals in Palm Springs area, working with directors like Tim Burton, Ridley Scott, Sam Raimi and actors like Nicolas Cage, Ewan McGregor, Sam Rockwell, Robin Wright, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rene Zellweger, Justin Long. How she has stepped into teaching acting and now teaching online, meeting and falling in love with her husband, writer, director, stunt guy, Mark Neveldine and his unusual proposal. Mark even joins us at the end to give his version of the story. Why she chose to step away from acting full time to be a mother, and so much more!!! Please Listen! Please Share! Please Enjoy! Twitter @ejscott @EJPodcast Instagram @ejscott1106@gmail.com My website www.ejscott.com Charities to donate to www.crowdrise.com/7on7 RUNNING BLIND Documentary available on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play

In which the Idiots discuss Janet Fitch's bonkers bildungsroman "White Oleander" - try to help a young boy locate his father - examine modern notions of what constitutes a family - come to blows. With Special guest li'l Barnaby Rudolph.

Hysterically funny, whip-smart(are whips smart?) and painfully self-aware, there's nothing that doesn't sparkle with the Cathy Ladman spin. Cathy tells all... at least most... her teenage romance with Jerry Seinfeld from Long Island to Israel and back again... demanding panel on The Tonight Show, facing off with Roseanne, and her struggle with anorexia, which has led to her most heart-wrenching, albeit hysterical work, yet. Cathy made 9 appearances on The Tonight Show, 5 on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, had her own HBO "One Night Stand" comedy special, and was awarded the American Comedy Award for Best Female Stand Up Comic. Film credits include, Charlie Wilson’s War, The Aristocrats, White Oleander, What Planet Are You From? My Fellow Americans, and Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead. Her TV roles include a recurring role on Pretty Little Liars, NCIS: LA, Mad Men, Brothers and Sisters, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Everybody Loves Raymond. She had a recurring role on Caroline in the City, and was a regular panelist on Politically Incorrect, and, was a repeat guest on Comedy Central classic, Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist. Cathy did a successful run Off-Broadway in, The JAP Show: The Princesses of Comedy; she and HBO developed her solo show, Scaredypants, and she excerpted her new show, Does This Show Make Me Look Fat? for a TEDMED talk. Funny and fabulous... we laughed... a lot. You will, too. Promise. Did I mention I love her?!? Like crazy. Also available on: iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein bit.ly/2gGeItj Vicki Abelson's BROADcast: The Road Taken Produced by Louise Palanker Sound Engineer Lindsey Lack Sound edited by Jon Mattox This week's show is sponsored by Quik Impressions, the best printers, printing. quikimpressions.com BROADcast debuts 5/2/17

Get Lit welcomes their first guest to talk about White Oleander and how Selena is the greatest woman who ever lived.

In Part Two of their conversation, critically acclaimed author Diana Wagman talks about her friend Janet Fitch (author of _White Oleander_), her latest novel (_Life #6_), and the awesome clown novel she's working on (which Martin cannot wait to read!).

Culture Crash: The Killing of the Creative Class (Yale University Press)  Rapid change is part of life in the twenty-first century, and we must all adjust to an evolving world. But for many thousands of creative artists, a torrent of recent changes has made it nearly impossible to earn a living. A persistent economic recession, social shifts, and technological change have combined to put our artists and those whose work supports them—from graphic designers to indie-rock musicians, from architects to booksellers—out of work. As a group, artists, writers, and musicians have never been rich, but for most of American history, Scott Timberg argues, they have been able to build modest middle class lives through diligent work. Today, even artists who are quite successful—musicians with loyal fans and respected albums, award-winning novelists, visual artists with work in museum collections, architects with national reputations—cannot hold onto the benefits of the middle class: stable housing, access to healthcare, and educational opportunities for their kids. Along with artists themselves, the institutions and structures that have traditionally supported them have been decimated. Publishers, booksellers, galleries, record and video stores, radio stations, and newspapers have hemorrhaged jobs in a world of instantly available digital content and music piracy. In addition to a brutal recession and a tidal wave of technology, Timberg examines other drivers of the crisis. Trends in academia have devalued literature, focusing instead on impenetrable theory. An avant garde that disdains “middlebrow” artistic production has led to a shrinking audience for art. Radio monopolies have homogenized the airwaves. The music industry has invested almost all resources in a tiny number of hitmakers. Perhaps most important, entrenched stereotypes of artists as idle dreamers or entitled bohemians, rather than hardworking, highly trained professionals, have made it hard for the broader society to see their vital economic and cultural contribution. Americans respond with more sympathy for job losses in the agrarian economy or in manufacturing than to similarly devastating losses in the creative economy.   Timberg considers both the human costs and the unintended consequences for America if the people who create and support culture cannot stay in the middle class. When only the  independently wealthy can afford to engage in creative pursuits, he warns, culture becomes more narrow, robbed of important and critical perspectives.  When artists and artisans can't make a living, we all pay the price. Full of original reporting and thoughtful analysis, Culture Crash provides a sweeping overview of a very real crisis affecting real workers and their families as well as the broader culture. It is alarming and essential reading for anyone who works in a creative field, knows someone who does, or cares about the work artists produce. Praise for Culture Crash: “Scott Timberg has written an original and important study. He explores some of the most pressing cultural issues affecting the arts and intellectual life with remarkable clarity. This is the first analysis of our current culture from the bottom up—the precarious situation of the individual artists, writers, and musicians who are now struggling to survive.”—Dana Gioia, poet and former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts “I read Scott Timberg's pieces every week without fail. It's great to see his book Culture Crash debunk the mumbo jumbo about the long tail, file-sharing, free information, and positive thinking —and take a hard look at what it all means for artists, musicians, critics and teachers.”—Dean Wareham, lead singer of Luna and author of Black Postcards: A Memoir “We've all had the feeling of these enormous changes—long in the making, not ‘at the last minute'—but Scott Timberg has the synthesis that makes them make sense. Culture Crash throws a clear, defining light on the squeeze that digitally-based economies have put on our artists, the analog makers who have always defined us to ourselves. A hugely important book.”—Sven Birkerts, author of The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age “With coolness and equanimity, Scott Timberg tells what in less-skilled hands could have been an overwrought horror story: the end of culture as we have known it.  He mourns the loss of independent book- and record-store clerks who evangelized for quality.  He grieves for artists' ‘day jobs', which allowed creative workers a toehold in the middle-class. Culture Crash is an urgent, necessary book (or eBook) for anyone who has ever been moved by a song, a film, a paragraph or a painting. Without the humanities, Timberg cautions, we may lose our humanity.”—M.G. Lord, author of Forever Barbie and The Accidental Feminist Scott Timberg is a Los Angeles-based culture writer, contributing writer for Salon, and onetime LA Times arts reporter who has contributed to The New York Times, GQ, and The Hollywood Reporter. He is the co-editor, along with Dana Gioia, of the anthology The Misread City: New Literary Los Angeles. A graduate of Wesleyan University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he runs ArtsJournal's CultureCrash blog and lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son. Janet Fitch is the author of the novels Paint It Black and White Oleander. Her short stories and essays have appeared in anthologies and journals such as Black Clock, Room of One's Own, and Los Angeles Noir, and she is a contributing editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books.  A film version of Paint It Black has been recently shot in Silverlake and downtown.  She is currently finishing a novel set during the Russian Revolution. Her publisher, Little Brown, owned by Hachette Book Group,  went 14 rounds with marketing giant Amazon last year.

Steve Cooper talks with comic/actor Cathy Ladman. Cathy She has not only appeared on The Tonight Show nine times, but was also the only female comic to appear on the last two of Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show Anniversary shows. She’s made four appearances, thus far, on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, did her own HBO One Night Stand comedy special, and was awarded the American Comedy Award for Best Female Stand Up Comic. She is an acclaimed television and film actor. Her film credits include Charlie Wilson’s War, The Aristocrats and White Oleander. Her TV appearances include Mad Men, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Everybody Loves Raymond. She's done several TV pilots, including Caroline in the City, in which she had a recurring role and a bunch of others that barely saw the light of day. She also appeared regularly on ABC's Politically Incorrect and Comedy Central's Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist. Besides writing her standup act and original scripted projects, she was on the writing staffs of The Caroline Rhea Show, Caroline in the City and Roseanne. She also wrote an episode of King of Queens and other sitcoms. Her theatre credits include a successful run Off-Broadway in, The JAP Show: The Princesses of Comedy, the 25th Anniversary production of Last Summer at Bluefish Cove in Los Angeles, which was nominated for several GLAAD awards, and she and HBO developed her first solo show, Scaredypants and took it to the Aspen Comedy Festival. Her second solo show, Does This Show Make Me Look Fat? will be opening in Spring of 2014.

Rainey Royal (Soho Press) Greenwich Village, 1970s. Fourteen-year-old Rainey Royal lives with her father, a jazz musician with a cultish personality, in a once-elegant, now decaying brownstone. Her mother has abandoned the family, and Rainey fends off advances from her father's best friend while trying desperately to nurture her own creative drives and build a substitute family. She's a rebel, even a criminal, but she's also deeply vulnerable, fighting to figure out how to put back in place the boundaries her life has knocked down, and more than that, struggling to learn how to be an artist and a person in a broken world. Praise for Rainey Royal: "Rainey Royal" gets under your skin, pushes you out of your comfort zone, and takes you to a truer, more frightening place. Dylan Landis captures the innocence and cruelty of teenage girls in flamey, jewel-like sentences that hover on the edge of rapture: read these stories with your heart in your throat."--Ellis Avery, author of The Last Nude "There is a line in Dylan Landis's lush, fierce, and stunning novel Rainey Royal, that perfectly captures this book's intense beauty. 'Rainey feels half like a butterfly has landed on her wrist and half like a knife is angled to her neck.' Rainey Royal is a chronicle of girlhood as a dangerous, delicate thing. There is edge and tenderness and longing to be found here. Always, though, Landis's words are a butterfly and a knife both cutting you open in necessary ways." --Roxane Gay, author of An Untamed State "Every woman has known a Rainey Royal. The coolest girl in school, the most daring, the most beautiful, yet the one who could turn on you--and then, bewilderingly, turn back. What makes a Rainey Royal, and her effect on everyone she encounters--that chaos of yearning, cruelty, woundedness, seeking, and human poetry--we needed a great writer to show us, and here she is. Dylan Landis has written a spare, elegant novel that's pure nerves, pure adrenaline. Should carry a warning, "do not read at bedtime.""--Janet Fitch, #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of White Oleander and Paint It Black Dylan Landis is the author of Normal People Don't Live Like This (Persea Books), a linked story collection that made Newsday's Ten Best Books of 2009 and More magazine's list of 100 Books Every Woman Must Read. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Tin House, BOMB, Best American Nonrequired Reading, The New York Times Book Review and House Beautiful, among other publications. She's received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Sewanee Writers' Conference and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Rainey Royal is her first novel.

Melanie Thorne is the guest. Her debut novel, Hand Me Down, is now available in paperback from Plume Books. It was named one of the Best Books of 2012 by Kirkus Reviews. BookPage calls it “Difficult to read, but impossible to put down—this is perhaps the best way to describe Melanie Thorne’s debut, Hand Me Down. Like Janet Finch’s 1999 bestseller White Oleander, this is a raw and all too realistic story about a California teen forced to move from house to house—and often from bad situation to worse—after her well-intentioned but self-centered mother makes a life-changing choice.” And The Associated Press says “Melanie Thorne's debut novel is raw with emotion as she describes Liz's often futile efforts to protect her sister and herself from the predator their mother has invited into their lives. It is often hard to remember that this is, in fact, a novel and not a memoir… Thorne's novel is an eye-opener… she leaves the reader haunted by a nagging question: What happens to the children who are not so lucky?” Monologue topics: cynicism, Ancient Greece, guerilla theater, graffiti art, public sex.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dinner Party Show's (first ever) Festival Of Books features interviews with one of the world's foremost experts on Sherlock Holmes, Leslie S. Klinger, and acclaimed, best-selling novelist Janet Fitch, whose novel WHITE OLEANDER was an Oprah's Book Club Pick and adapted into a successful film starring Michelle Pfeiffer. Critic-at-large Jordan Ampersand takes Eric on an ill-advised trip to a local bookstore to prove that dumb people read, and a pretentious author panel on the future of publishing rapidly degenerates into a chair-smashing brawl.

If you enjoy listening to the show, please use the link below to rate us on iTunes and tell your friends to give us a listen. Thanks! Money. Movies in 3-D. There are a couple good movies this week we're looking forward to. Somehow we end up talking about books again. Brad saw Limitless & The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo so we spend some time talking about both of those. Also, Jason hates seeing the messes inevitably left at the end of most horror movies. Rate us in the iTunes app Beauty and the Beast Joyful Noise Loosies The Road book & movie Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals The Italian Job Shooter The Iron Lady Doubt Julie & Julia Adaptation The Orchid Thief (not White Oleander) Limitless on Netflix The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Our Picks for January 13, 2012 Brad: The Divide Jason: Contraband

Black Clock 13 An amazing lineup of writers -- Aimee Bender, Janet Fitch, Jonathan Lethem, Susan Straight, and Lisa Teasley --  will read from their pieces in Black Clock 13, the latest issue of this great literary journal.  Author Steve Erickson, Black Clock's editor, will moderate. Aimee Bender is the author of four books; the most recent is The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, winner of the SCIBA award. Her short fiction has been published in Granta, Harper's, The Paris Review, Tin House, Black Clock and more, as well as heard on "This American Life" and "Selected Shorts." Janet Fitch is the author of Paint it Black and White Oleander, an Oprah's Book Club selection from which a 2002 motion picture was made starring Michelle Pfeiffer. Her fourth novel will be published next year. Fitch teaches writing at the University of Southern California. Jonathan Lethem has written eight novels, including Girl in Landscape and Chronic City, and four collections of stories and essays, including the forthcoming The Ecstacy of Influence. His monograph on John Carpenter's They Live was published in November last year. He's lived in New York, Vermont, Oakland, Toronto, and now Los Angeles. Susan Straight's new novel is Take One Candle Light a Room, named one of the best novels of 2010 by The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and Kirkus. Highwire Moon was a Finalist for the 2001 National Book Award, and A Million Nightingales was a 2006 Finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. Her short story "The Golden Gopher," a chapter in the novel, won the 2008 Edgar Award for best Mystery Story. She has published stories and essays in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Harpers, Salon, Zoetrope, McSweeneys, The Believer, Black Clock, and elsewhere. She was born in Riverside, California, where she lives with her family, whose history is featured on susanstraight.com. Lisa Teasley is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Heat Signature and Dive, and the award-winning story collection, Glow in the Dark, all published by Bloomsbury. Lisa Teasley is writer and presenter of the BBC television documentary "High School Prom," and currently teaches poetry and fiction at UC Riverside. Steve Erickson is the Editor of Black Clock. He is the author of eight novels, receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2007. In 2010 he was nominated for the National Magazine Award for his film criticism and was the recipient of one of seven awards in literature given by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His novel novel These Dreams of You will be published in early 2012 by Europa. THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS FEBRUARY 13, 2011.

Strange Cargo Nine alumni of the PEN Center USA's Emerging Voices fellowship who have been published in the Emerging Voices anthology Strange Cargo will read from their selected pieces. Janet Fitch (White Oleander), who wrote the anthology's introduction, will introduce the event! PEN Center USA's Emerging Voices is a literary fellowship program that aims to provide new writers, who lack access, with the tools they will need to launch a professional writing career.  Over the course of the year, each Emerging Voices fellow participates in a professional mentorship hosted Q&A evenings with prominent local authors, a series of Master classes focused on genre, and two public readings. Janet Fitch is the author of the novels White Oleander and Paint It Black.  Her short stories have appeared in anthologies and journals such as Los Angeles Noir, Black Clock, Room of One's Own, and Black Warrior Review. She teaches creative writing in the MPW program at USC, and is writing a novel set during the Russian Revolution. Natashia Deón is a 2010 Bread Loaf Scholarship recipient, PEN Emerging Voice Fellow, Highlights Foundation Scholarship recipient, and award-winning screenwriter. She is penning her debut novel, The Spinning Wheel, a dark journey of three outcast women who, on the eve of the Civil War, are fighting the battle of their lives. Deón is a California native, practicing attorney and the first generation of her family to be born outside of East Tallassee, Alabama, since American slavery. Cara Chow was a 2001 Emerging Voices Fellow. "Fall Dance" will appear in the novel Bitter Melon in Spring 2011, published by Egmont USA. A native of Hong Kong, Cara grew up in the Richmond District of San Francisco, where this story is set. She currently resides in the Los Angeles area with her husband and son. Davin Malasarn is a writer and microbiologist from Sherman Oaks, California. In 2008, he was an Emerging Voices Fellow, a finalist in Glimmer Train's Very Short Fiction Contest, and first runner-up in Opium Magazine's 500-Word Memoir Contest. Two of his stories have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes. His fiction has appeared in The Los Angeles Review, Rosebud, Night Train and other literary journals, and he is a staff editor at SmokeLong Quarterly. Pireeni Sundaralingam was born in Sri Lanka and is co-editor of Indivisible: An Anthology of Contemporary South Asian American Poetry (U. Arkansas Press, 2010).  Her own poetry has appeared in journals such as Ploughshares, World Literature Today and The Progressive, as well as anthologies such as W.W. Norton's Language for a New Century: Poetry from the Middle East, Asia and Beyond (2008). It has been translated into 5 languages and been published in Sweden, Ireland, England, and the U.S. A cognitive scientist, Pireeni has given papers on the connections between the human brain and poetry at MOMA (New York), the Exploratorium (San Francisco) and Studio Olafur Eliasson (Berlin). She was a PEN Emerging Voice Fellow in 2003. Monica Carter lives in Los Angeles, California, and is a 2010 Emerging Voices Fellow. Her work will appear in the forthcoming issue of Pale House II. She is the owner and curator of her own website dedicated to international literature, Salonica World Lit. Ms. Carter is working on Eating the Apple, a psychological novel set in Manhattan in the 1930s. Marytza Rubio is a writer from Santa Ana, California. She was a 2008 Emerging Voices Fellow and received a Bread Loaf-Rona Jaffe Foundation Scholarship in 2010. She writes about Latinas, voodoo and animals. http://www.marytzakrubio.com/ Sylvia Sukop writes about art, faith, community and other good causes. Her memoir, Difficult Light, is framed by the death of her youngest brother, Alex, within an intentional community of organic farmers in eastern Washington. The memoir grew out of an extensive series of photographs documenting Alex's life and is in part a meditation on the role of photography in intimacy, loss and memory. A first-generation American raised in rural Pennsylvania, Sylvia is a graduate of Bucknell University and of NYU/International Center of Photography, and a grateful recipient of the 2009 Emerging Voices Fellowship. She co-founded MMIX Los Angeles Writers with her EV cohort in 2009, and is a contributing writer to Flaunt and Exposure magazines and the political blog The Huffington Post. Denise Uyehara is an award-winning performance artist, writer and playwright whose work has been presented in London, Tokyo, Helsinki, Vancouver and across the United States. She is the recipient of numerous recognitions of excellence which include a mid-career COLA Fellowship from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and funding from the Asian Cultural Council. She was also a Poets & Writers "Writer on Site" at Beyond Baroque and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her book Maps of City and Body: Shedding Light on the Performances of Denise Uyehara (Kaya Press) documents her recent works. Uyehara is a frequent lecturer at the University of California, Irvine and a founding member of the Sacred Naked Nature Girls. She was a PEN Emerging Voice Fellow in 1999. http://www.deniseuyehara.com/. Mehnaz Turner was born in Pakistan and raised in southern California. She was a 2009 Emerging Voices Fellow.  Her poems have appeared in: The Journal of Pakistan Studies, Cahoots Magazine, The Pedestal Magazine, Asia Writes and An Anthology of California Poets. She is currently at work on her first poetry collection, Tongue-tied: A Memoir in Poems. THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS SEPTEMBER 12, 2010.