Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Legendary Actress, Dyan Cannon

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Dyan Cannon, is a beloved, multi-award-winning actress, director, writer, producer, editor and humanitarian who’s been dazzling audiences, both in front of and behind the camera, in a monumental career spanning almost 7 decades.

She’s the first woman ever to be nominated for Academy Awards both as an actress and a filmmaker. She received her first Academy Award nomination for her wonderful performance as “Alice” in “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice”, for which she also received 2 Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical, and Most Promising Female Newcomer. And she won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her second Oscar nomination was in the category of Best Live Action Short for her film, “Number One”, which she wrote, directed, produced, edited and scored. The New York Times commended the film as one of the best movies ever made concerning child development.

Her third Oscar nomination was for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as “Julia Farnsworth”, opposite Warren Beatty, in “Heaven Can Wait”, for which she WON a Golden Globe Award and a Saturn Award. She received another Golden Globe Best Actress nomination for her performance in “Such Good Friends”. She also wrote, directed and starred in the highly acclaimed and intensely personal film, “The End of Innocence”, and she’s appeared in many other great movies including “Revenge of the Pink Panther”, “The Anderson Tapes”, “The Love Machine”, “The Last of Sheila”, “Honeysuckle Rose”, “Deathtrap”, “Author! Author!”, “Caddyshack 2”, “Out to Sea”, “Boynton Beach Club” and many more. On television, we all remember her as the intelligent and classy “Whipper Cone” on the hit TV show, “Ally McBeal”, and as the vivacious and free-spirited “Honey Bernstein-Flynn” on the popular sitcom, “Three Sisters”. She’s also guest starred in dozens of classic TV shows including “Have Gun, Will Travel”, “The Untouchables”, “77 Sunset Strip”, “Gunsmoke”, “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In”, “Beverly Hills, 90210”, “Diagnosis Murder” and many more. And she’s co-starred in numerous terrific TV movies and miniseries including “Virginia Hill”, “Lady of the House”, “Having it All”, “Master of the Game”, “Jenny’s War”, “Christmas in Connecticut” and “My Mother the Spy”, to name only a few.

In 2011, our guest released her riveting and highly compelling, best-selling memoir, “Dear Cary”, which chronicled her incredibly intense and turbulent relationship with her husband, Cary Grant. The book was so tremendously successful, that it was on the New York Times best seller list THREE different times over a period of 4 years.

And in 2023, our guest was the executive producer of the highly acclaimed miniseries about Cary Grant called “Archie”.

She also has a podcast called “God’s Table”. And if all of that weren’t enough, our guest is renowned for her humanitarianism, especially in the areas of child welfare, as national spokesperson for the Hemangioma Treatment Foundation, and for Operation Lookout, which is dedicated to finding kidnapped children. And she’s worked with Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America, as well as many other organizations advocating for animal welfare, substance abuse rehabilitation, and California's Special Olympics for physically and mentally challenged athletes.

And last but certainly not least, in 1983 our guest received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Dyan Cannon, go to:

https://www.instagram.com/therealdyan.cannon/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Tim Russ, Actor, Director & Musician, Co-Star, “Star Trek: Voyager”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Tim Russ, is a highly popular, multi-award-winning actor, director and musician who’s been immortalized for his portrayal of the Vulcan security chief, “Lieutenant Tuvok”, in the blockbuster TV series, “Star Trek: Voyager”.

In fact, he has the distinction of appearing in FOUR “Star Trek” TV series as well as in the feature film, “Star Trek Generations”. Besides playing “Lieutenant Tuvok” in “Star Trek: Voyager”, he played “Devor” in “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, he played “T’kar” in “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”, he played a changeling impersonating “Lieutenant Tuvok” in an episode of “Star Trek: Picard”. And in the movie, “Star Trek Generations”, he played a lieutenant on USS Enterprise B.

But far beyond his work on that iconic franchise, our guest has many talents that encompass a wide spectrum of the performing arts including writing, producing, directing, songwriting, recording albums like "Only a Dream in Rio", "Tim Russ", "Kushangaza" and "Brave New World", and performing with his band, Tim Russ Crew.

On the big screen, you’ve seen him in many movies including “Live Free or Die Hard,” “Rampart”, “Greyscale”, “The Midnight Sky”, “Nightshade”, “The Star City Murders”, “5th Passenger” and many more. And on TV, besides the Star Trek shows I mentioned, he’s appeared in dozens of classic series including “Hill Street Blues”, “Thirtysomething”, “The Highwaymen”, “Murphy Brown”, “ER”, “CSI: Miami”, “iCarly”, “Criminal Minds”, “American Horror Story”, “NCIS”, and yes, he played the sarcastic doorman “Frank” in “Samantha Who?”.

He’s also appeared in many great TV movies and miniseries including “Roots: The Gift”, “Alien Nation”, “The Heroes of Desert Storm”, “Journey to the Center of the Earth”, “Asteroid vs Earth”, “Karma” and many more. And as a director, he brought us feature films like “Star Trek: Of Gods and Men”, “Junkie” and “ A Night at the Silent Movie Theater.” And he’s directed episodes of TV shows including “The FBI Files”, “12-Sided Die” and the award-winning web series, "Bloomers."

Our guest has won an Indie Series Award, a Telly Award, an Indie Short Fest Award, an Indie X Film Festival Award, 2 Vegas Movie Awards, and an Emmy Award for directing several public service ads.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Tim Russ, go to:

https://www.timrusswebpage.com

https://www.instagram.com/trvulcan/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Rodney Allen Rippy, Former Child Star, Actor

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Rodney Allen Rippy, is an actor, producer, TV personality, radio host, business man and humanitarian who first captured our hearts at the tender age of 3 years old. His over-the-top cuteness, infectious giggle and precocious personality made him an overnight sensation when he became the national spokesperson the popular fast food chain, Jack-in-the-Box.

He was one of the biggest child stars of the 70s and appeared on many iconic TV shows including “Laugh-In”, “The Six Million Dollar Man”, “Marcus Welby”, “Police Story”, and he had a co-starring role on the Saturday morning children’s show, “The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine”. And when he guest starred on “The Odd Couple”, HE was the one who first used the phrase, “You’re fired.”

He also appeared in classic movies like “Blazing Saddles” and “Oh God, Book 2”. As a child, our guest had his own talking doll made by MATTEL, AND he was also a recording artist. In fact, his 1973 hit song “Take Life a Little Easier”, recorded when he was only 5 years old, made him the youngest music artist in history to have a song on the Billboard Charts, a record which STILL has not been surpassed.

As an adult, our guest has appeared in movies like “Checking the Gate”, “Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star”, “Flowers in the Snow” and “To the Top”, and on TV, you’ve seen him in “Parker Lewis Can’t Lose”, “Howie Goes to Hollywood” and “The Mis-adventures of Camp Elaine”. He’s also had a successful career in radio broadcasting.

And beyond his show business career, our guest has had his own marketing firm, he’s been a film production executive, and he has his own charitable foundation, the Rippy Foundation, which supports at-risk youth, seniors and veterans.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Rodney Allen Rippy, go to:

https://rodneyallenrippy.wixsite.com/official-site

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553337029996

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