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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 579.3 with guest George Stevens Jr. is available for listening on demand as a free podcast

George Stevens Jr., Sidney Poitier, and Tommy Lasorda Original Airdates: May 27-29, 2022 TVC 579.3: Part 2 of a conversation that began with last week with George Stevens Jr., founder of the American Film Institute and the Kennedy Center Honors, … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 579.1 with guest John Cerney is available for listening on demand as a free podcast

John Cerney, Michael Nesmith, and Giant Marfa Original Airdates: May 27-29, 2022 TVC 579.1: A conversation recorded in February 2020 with John Cerney, a commercial artist who specializes in creating 16-foot-high, billboard-size cut-out art murals that dot the landscape of … Continue reading

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George Stevens Jr., plus The Giant GIANT Tribute in Marfa, Texas: Next on TVC

We’ll play Part 2 of our conversation with George Stevens Jr., founder of the American Film Institute, plus we’ll welcome commercial mural artist John Cerney. All this, and more, on our special Memorial Day weekend edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 578.5 with guest George Stevens Jr. is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast

George Stevens Jr. and The Test of Time Original Airdates: May 20-22, 2022 TVC 578.4: Ed welcomes George Stevens Jr., founder of the American Film Institute, creator of the Kennedy Center Honors, and son of Academy Award-winning director George Stevens. … Continue reading

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George Stevens Jr., Stuart Pankin, and The Test of Time: Next on TVC

George Stevens Jr., founder of the American Film Institute, will join us this weekend, along with actor and voice artist Stuart Pankin, on a brand new edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing May 20-22 at the following times and venues: WBRT … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Emmy and Oscar-winning screenwriter, producer, and director GEORGE STEVENS JR. on working closely with his dad, Academy Award-winning director George Stevens (A Place in the Sun, Giant, Shane, The Diary of Anne Frank) early in his career; developing his own style as a director while working with Jack Webb, Blake Edwards, and Alfred Hitchcock; how a unique opportunity to work with legendary broadcaster Edward R. Murrow in Washington, D.C. not only changed the course of George’s life, but changed the course of film history through George’s efforts with the American Film Institute (and, later, the Kennedy Center Honors); and why the true measure of a motion picture, or any artistic endeavor, is whether it stands the test of time. George’s memoir, MY PLACE IN THE SUN: Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington, becomes available wherever books are sold through University Press of Kentucky beginning Tuesday 5/17 and is a great Fathers Day gift

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Meet John Cerney, the renowned large-scale artist who has worked with television writers and producers, as well as such legends as Wayne Gretsky and the late John Candy. John’s giant cut-out murals of George Harrison, James Dean, Amelia Earhart and other icons dot the landscapes of twenty-eight states across the United States, including a multimedia tribute to the epic motion picture GIANT in Marfa, Texas that includes a vital contribution by former Monkee Michael Nesmith

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