“Most actors recognize there’s something different in Val than meets the eye,” Mr. Stone said in a 2007 interview for a segment of the television series “Biography.” David Mamet, the playwright and screenwriter who directed Mr. Kilmer in the political thriller “Spartan” (2004), added, “What Val has as an actor is something that the really, … Read more
The first time Phylicia Rashad realized what she wanted to do with her life, she was making her way to the exit of a bustling auditorium. This was November 1959, in Houston, after a student music festival at the 9,000-seat Sam Houston Coliseum. Rashad, who was then Phylicia Allen, had been the festival’s mistress of … Read more
Ava Barker, party hostess, Buena Park, CA. Michael J. Stern, former federal prosecutor; USA Today opinion columnist. Shelly Groves, owner, dog-sitting service, Atlanta area. The Canyon. Twitter. Charley King, owner, Bluebell Events, Los Angeles. David Abramson, PhD, clinical associate professor of social and behavioral sciences and director, research program on Population Impact, Recovery and Resilience, … Read more