Monthly Archives: May 2023

via B. Harlan Boll Public Relations: MILT LARSEN, founder of The Magic Castle and patriarch of magic and illusion around the world, dies Sunday 5/28 at age 92 of natural causes

MILT LARSEN, the patriarch of magic, was perhaps best known for his life-long role in the world of magic and illusion, and grew up in a family of magicians.  His father, William W. Larsen Sr., was a performing magician and Los Angeles defense attorney and his … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Oscar-nominated actress ANNE ARCHER (Fatal Attraction, Patriot Games, Short Cuts) on why Norris Church Mailer, a woman of her era, is probably the closest to her personally of all the characters she has played on stage, film, and television. She’ll also share a few memories of some of her other screen roles, and tell you what Howard Cosell said on the day of her wedding. Anne is about to star as Norris Church Mailer in a stage production of A TICKET TO THE CIRCUS, a one-woman show, written by Bonnie Culver and produced and directed by Michelle Danner, that is based on Mailer’s memoir of the same name. A Ticket to the Circus will have its world premiere as a virtual theatre performance on Thursday 6/1 beginning at 7pm PT, with additional performances Thursdays through Sundays throughout the month of June. For tickets and more information, go to eventbrite.com/e/ticket-to-the-circus-tickets-641606100117

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 611.4 with guests Patrick Duffy and Linda Purl is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast

Patrick Duffy, Linda Purl, and Duffy’s Dough Original Airdates: May 19-22, 2023 TVC 611.4: Ed welcomes television icons Patrick Duffy (Dallas, Step by Step, The Bold and the Beautiful) and Linda Purl (Happy Days, Matlock, The Office). Patrick and Linda … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 611.1 with guest Gisela Adisa is now available online for listening on demand as a free podcast

Gisela Adisa of 1776 Original Airdates: May 19-22, 2023 TVC 611.1: Ed welcomes singer/actress Gisela Adisa (Kaleidoscope, Power Book III: Raising Kanan, Ridley Jones, Lights Out: Nat King Cole). Gisela currently stars as John Adams in the national tour of … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 611.3: The Jerry Springer That Only Cincinnatians Knew is now available online for listening on demand as a free podcast

The Jerry Springer That Only Cincinnatians Knew Original Airdates: May 19-22, 2023 TVC 611.3: Tony and Donna join Ed for a remembrance of Jerry Springer, the award-winning television personality who passed away Thursday, Apr. 27 at age seventy-nine. Though known … Continue reading

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Patrick Duffy and Linda Purl, plus Gisela Adisa of 1776: Next on TVC

Patrick Duffy (Dallas, Step by Step, The Bold and the Beautiful), Linda Purl (Happy Days, Matlock, The Office), and Gisela Adisa (1776: The Musical) will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing May 19-22 at the following times and … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Four-time Emmy Award-winning actress MICHAEL LEARNED on the tremendous audience reaction to MONSTER: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, including more than one billion views since it premiered last fall; the latitude that Earl Hamner gave her and other actors on THE WALTONS in the development of their characters; and her experience working with Robert Reed on NURSE and James Arness on GUNSMOKE. Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is available now for streaming on demand on Netflix

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actress, author, teacher, and radio host DEE WALLACE (E.T.: The Extraterrestrial, Cujo, The Howling, Conscious Creation) on approaching her 300th screen credit as an actress; how her naivete about the acting industry actually worked in her favor when she first came to New York; and how she left her mark with casting directors when she first came to Hollywood with the help of chocolate chip cookies. Dee currently can be seen as Emma Rauch in FATAL ATTRACTION: The Series, the deep dive reimagining of the classic psychosexual thriller of the 1980s. New episodes of Fatal Attention drop every Sunday on Paramount+. Dee’s latest book, Born: Giving Birth to a New You, is available both at Amazon.com and IAmDeeWallace.com

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 610.1 with guest Natasha Blasick is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast

Natasha Blasick on working with Jamie Foxx and playing the bass guitar Original Airdates: May 12-15, 2023 TVC 610.1: Ed welcomes actress, model, singer, and bass guitarist Natasha Blasick (Paul T. Goldman, All-Star Weekend, Moms Rising, Karaganda, Immortality). Originally from … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 610.3: Steve Binder, Harry Belafonte, and “The Touch” is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast

Steve Binder, Harry Belafonte, and “The Touch” Original Airdates: May 12-15, 2023 TVC 610.3: From August 2016: Emmy Award-winning director Steve Binder (Elvis: The 1968 Comeback Special, The T.A.M.I. Show) tells Ed the back story of “The Touch,” the seminal … Continue reading

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