Welcome to Better Know a Guest, your weekly guide to the wonderful and diverse array of personalities appearing on ‘The Colbert Report’ and ‘The Daily Show’ each week.
Hey there Hubsters! In preparation for the second installment of the cOlbert’ Book Club this week, I’m trying to decide what to read for Tuesday. Being away at school certainly doesn’t leave me at a loss for things to read, so I’m going to try to find time to read one of Salinger’s short stories. Are any of you Hubsters planning on reading something for Tuesday? Let me know in the comments!
Stephen’s guests this week are tennis player Billie Jean King, producer Shane Salerno, singer Sheryl Crow, and author Philip Mudd. Sounds like a well-rounded group to me!
Monday, September 9 (2013)
Billie Jean King (Subject: American Masters – Billie Jean King)
Billie Jean King is a former American World no. 1 tennis player, whose careers titles include, 39 grand slams, 12 singles, 16 doubles, and 11 mixed doubles. ing represented the United States in several Wightman Cup (9) and Federation Cups (7). She is most famous, however, for her participation in the 1973 tennis match known as the ‘Battle of the Sexes’, when she competed with — and beat — Bobby Riggs, bringing recognition to women’s tennis. Since the win, she has been a staunch supporter of sexual equality, and is the founder of the ‘Women’s Tennis Association’, ‘World TeamTennis’, and the ‘Women’s Sports Foundation’. She is the subject of the upcoming PBS documentary American Masters: Billie Jean King which airs on PBS on September 10 at 8PM.
Born: November 22, 1943 (Long Beach, California, United States)
Education: Long Beach Polytechnic High School | California State University
Awards: Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year 1972 | International Tennis Hall of Fame 1987 | Presidential Medal of Freedom 2009 | National Women’s Hall of Fame 1990
Follow: @BillieJeanKing
Tuesday, September 10 (2013)
Shane Salerno (Producer: Salinger)
Shane Salerno is an American screenwriter, producer, director, and author, who has had a successful career in both film and television, with such credits as Hawaii Five-0, New York Undercover, Armageddon, and NYPD Blue. He has also been commissioned as co-screenwriter for Avatar 4. Salerno’s current project is the soon-to be released documentary Salinger about the reclusive American author J.D. Salinger, which, following its run in theatres will air as the 200th episode of the PBS series American Masters. Salinger was kept as a secret for five years, and features interviews with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edward Norton, John Cusack, Danny DeVito, John Guare, Martin Sheen, David Milch, Robert Towne, Tom Wolfe, E.L. Doctorow, and Pulitzer Prize winners Scott A. Berg, Elizabeth Frank, and Gore Vidal. Salerno has also co-written a biography of Salinger with author David Shields.
Born: November 27, 1972 (Memphis, Tennessee, United States)
Education: St. John’s College High School | San Dieguito High School
Filmography: Sundown: The Future of Children and Drugs | NYPD Blue | New York Undercover | Armageddon | Alien vs. Predator | Ghost Rider | Hawaii Five-0 | Savages | Satori
Wednesday, September 11 (2013)
Sheryl Crow (Singer: ”Feels Like Home”)
Sheryl Crow is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actress whose music features rock, folk, hip hop, country, and pop influences. She has released seven studio albums, two compilations, a live album, and has contributed to several movie soundtracks. Over the course of her career, Crow has sold over 50 million albums worldwide and has won nine Grammy Awards. She has collaborated with a number of recording artists including the likes of the Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson, Smokey Robinson, Sting, and many more. She has made guest appearances on television shows including 30 Rock and Cougar Town, and was a celebrity guest at the ‘Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear’. Her first country album ”Feels Like Home ” will be released on September 10.
Born: February 11, 1962 (Kennett, Missouri, United States)
Education: Kennett High School | University of Missouri
Discography: Tuesday Night Music Club | Sheryl Crow | The Globe Sessions | C’mon C’mon | Wildflower | Detours | 100 Miles From Memphis
Filmography: The Minus Man | Cop Rock | One Tree Hill | Cars | 30 Rock | Cougar Town | The Voice Seaon 4
Awards: Grammy Award | American Music Awards | ASCAP Music Award | BRIT Award | Orville H. Gibson Award | People’s Choice Award
Follow: Website | @SherylCrow | Facebook
Thursday, September 12 (2013)
Philip Mudd (Author: Takedown: Inside the Hunt for Al Qaeda)
Philip Mudd is an American government official, having been the deputy head of the CIA Counter-terrorism Center and the deputy director of the FBI National Security Branch. He is currently a senior research fellow on counter-terrorism studies at the Washington, D.C. based New America Foundation. His book Takedown: Inside the Hunt for Al Qaeda recounts how the Al-Qaeda threat looked from the perspectives of the CIA and the FBI. Mudd shares his insider prospective on issues such as the hunt for Osama bin Laden, the efforts to displace the Taliban, and the relationships between the White House, the State Department, and national security agencies during the Iraq War and the Afghanistan War.
And now, let’s check in with our good friend Jon Stewart over at ‘The Daily Show’!
Monday, September 9 (2013)
Sheri Fink (Author: “Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital”)
Sheri Fink is an American author and journalist, whose works frequently cover issues of health, medicine, and science. She is a fellow of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and a reporter for ProPublica New York. Her articles have appeared in publications such the New York Times, Discover, and Scientific American. Her book Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital tells how medical professionals at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans Louisiana dealt with threat of hurricane Katrina.
Education: Stanford University | University of Michigan
Awards: Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Journalism | National Magazine Award for Reporting
Follow: Website | @sherifink
Tuesday, September 10 (2013)
Bill Dedman (Author: “Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune”)
Bill Dedman is an American author, journalist and an investigative reporter for NBC News. His book Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune tells the story of reclusive American heiress Huguette Clark and her family. Though she was born into all the opulence that her copper industrialist father could by, owned large homes in California, New York, and Connecticut, and was a talented artist, she chose to live a life of simplicity and secrecy.
Born: 1960 (Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States)
Education: Baylor School | Washington University in St. Louis
Awards: Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
Follow: @BillDedman | Facebook
Wednesday, September 11 (2013)
Bob Odenkirk & David Cross (Authors: “Hollywood Said No!: Orphaned Film Scripts, Bastard Scenes, and Abandoned Darlings from the Creators of Mr. Show”)
Bob Odenkirk and David Cross are American comedians and creators of the HBO series Mr. Show with Bob and David. The series ran from 1995 to 1998, and featured a mixture of pre-taped segments and live sketches, and showcased the talents of several alternative comedians including Sarah Silverman, Jack Black, Mary Lynn Rajskub, and Tom Kenny. Their book Hollywood Said No!: Orphaned Film Scripts, Bastard Scenes, and Abandoned Darlings from the Creators of Mr. Show is a collection of of scripts and ideas that were never green-lighted for production, and evens features the full script of the duo’s abandoned project Bob and David Make a Movie.
Born: Odenkirk: October 22, 1962 (Berwyn, Illinois, Unites States) Cross: April 4, 1964 (Atlanta, Georgia, Unites States)
Education: Odenkirk: Columbia College
Awards: Odenkirk: Primetime Emmy Award
Cross: Primetime Emmy Award
Better Know a Guest: September 9 – 12, 2013
Welcome to Better Know a Guest, your weekly guide to the wonderful and diverse array of personalities appearing on ‘The Colbert Report’ and ‘The Daily Show’ each week.
Hey there Hubsters! In preparation for the second installment of the cOlbert’ Book Club this week, I’m trying to decide what to read for Tuesday. Being away at school certainly doesn’t leave me at a loss for things to read, so I’m going to try to find time to read one of Salinger’s short stories. Are any of you Hubsters planning on reading something for Tuesday? Let me know in the comments!
Stephen’s guests this week are tennis player Billie Jean King, producer Shane Salerno, singer Sheryl Crow, and author Philip Mudd. Sounds like a well-rounded group to me!
Monday, September 9 (2013)
Billie Jean King (Subject: American Masters – Billie Jean King)
Billie Jean King is a former American World no. 1 tennis player, whose careers titles include, 39 grand slams, 12 singles, 16 doubles, and 11 mixed doubles. ing represented the United States in several Wightman Cup (9) and Federation Cups (7). She is most famous, however, for her participation in the 1973 tennis match known as the ‘Battle of the Sexes’, when she competed with — and beat — Bobby Riggs, bringing recognition to women’s tennis. Since the win, she has been a staunch supporter of sexual equality, and is the founder of the ‘Women’s Tennis Association’, ‘World TeamTennis’, and the ‘Women’s Sports Foundation’. She is the subject of the upcoming PBS documentary American Masters: Billie Jean King which airs on PBS on September 10 at 8PM.
Born: November 22, 1943 (Long Beach, California, United States)
Education: Long Beach Polytechnic High School | California State University
Awards: Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year 1972 | International Tennis Hall of Fame 1987 | Presidential Medal of Freedom 2009 | National Women’s Hall of Fame 1990
Follow: @BillieJeanKing
Tuesday, September 10 (2013)
Shane Salerno (Producer: Salinger)
Shane Salerno is an American screenwriter, producer, director, and author, who has had a successful career in both film and television, with such credits as Hawaii Five-0, New York Undercover, Armageddon, and NYPD Blue. He has also been commissioned as co-screenwriter for Avatar 4. Salerno’s current project is the soon-to be released documentary Salinger about the reclusive American author J.D. Salinger, which, following its run in theatres will air as the 200th episode of the PBS series American Masters. Salinger was kept as a secret for five years, and features interviews with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edward Norton, John Cusack, Danny DeVito, John Guare, Martin Sheen, David Milch, Robert Towne, Tom Wolfe, E.L. Doctorow, and Pulitzer Prize winners Scott A. Berg, Elizabeth Frank, and Gore Vidal. Salerno has also co-written a biography of Salinger with author David Shields.
Born: November 27, 1972 (Memphis, Tennessee, United States)
Education: St. John’s College High School | San Dieguito High School
Filmography: Sundown: The Future of Children and Drugs | NYPD Blue | New York Undercover | Armageddon | Alien vs. Predator | Ghost Rider | Hawaii Five-0 | Savages | Satori
Wednesday, September 11 (2013)
Sheryl Crow (Singer: ”Feels Like Home”)
Sheryl Crow is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actress whose music features rock, folk, hip hop, country, and pop influences. She has released seven studio albums, two compilations, a live album, and has contributed to several movie soundtracks. Over the course of her career, Crow has sold over 50 million albums worldwide and has won nine Grammy Awards. She has collaborated with a number of recording artists including the likes of the Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson, Smokey Robinson, Sting, and many more. She has made guest appearances on television shows including 30 Rock and Cougar Town, and was a celebrity guest at the ‘Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear’. Her first country album ”Feels Like Home ” will be released on September 10.
Born: February 11, 1962 (Kennett, Missouri, United States)
Education: Kennett High School | University of Missouri
Discography: Tuesday Night Music Club | Sheryl Crow | The Globe Sessions | C’mon C’mon | Wildflower | Detours | 100 Miles From Memphis
Filmography: The Minus Man | Cop Rock | One Tree Hill | Cars | 30 Rock | Cougar Town | The Voice Seaon 4
Awards: Grammy Award | American Music Awards | ASCAP Music Award | BRIT Award | Orville H. Gibson Award | People’s Choice Award
Follow: Website | @SherylCrow | Facebook
Thursday, September 12 (2013)
Philip Mudd (Author: Takedown: Inside the Hunt for Al Qaeda)
Philip Mudd is an American government official, having been the deputy head of the CIA Counter-terrorism Center and the deputy director of the FBI National Security Branch. He is currently a senior research fellow on counter-terrorism studies at the Washington, D.C. based New America Foundation. His book Takedown: Inside the Hunt for Al Qaeda recounts how the Al-Qaeda threat looked from the perspectives of the CIA and the FBI. Mudd shares his insider prospective on issues such as the hunt for Osama bin Laden, the efforts to displace the Taliban, and the relationships between the White House, the State Department, and national security agencies during the Iraq War and the Afghanistan War.
And now, let’s check in with our good friend Jon Stewart over at ‘The Daily Show’!
Monday, September 9 (2013)
Sheri Fink (Author: “Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital”)
Sheri Fink is an American author and journalist, whose works frequently cover issues of health, medicine, and science. She is a fellow of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and a reporter for ProPublica New York. Her articles have appeared in publications such the New York Times, Discover, and Scientific American. Her book Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital tells how medical professionals at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans Louisiana dealt with threat of hurricane Katrina.
Education: Stanford University | University of Michigan
Awards: Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Journalism | National Magazine Award for Reporting
Follow: Website | @sherifink
Tuesday, September 10 (2013)
Bill Dedman (Author: “Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune”)
Bill Dedman is an American author, journalist and an investigative reporter for NBC News. His book Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune tells the story of reclusive American heiress Huguette Clark and her family. Though she was born into all the opulence that her copper industrialist father could by, owned large homes in California, New York, and Connecticut, and was a talented artist, she chose to live a life of simplicity and secrecy.
Born: 1960 (Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States)
Education: Baylor School | Washington University in St. Louis
Awards: Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
Follow: @BillDedman | Facebook
Wednesday, September 11 (2013)
Bob Odenkirk & David Cross (Authors: “Hollywood Said No!: Orphaned Film Scripts, Bastard Scenes, and Abandoned Darlings from the Creators of Mr. Show”)
Bob Odenkirk and David Cross are American comedians and creators of the HBO series Mr. Show with Bob and David. The series ran from 1995 to 1998, and featured a mixture of pre-taped segments and live sketches, and showcased the talents of several alternative comedians including Sarah Silverman, Jack Black, Mary Lynn Rajskub, and Tom Kenny. Their book Hollywood Said No!: Orphaned Film Scripts, Bastard Scenes, and Abandoned Darlings from the Creators of Mr. Show is a collection of of scripts and ideas that were never green-lighted for production, and evens features the full script of the duo’s abandoned project Bob and David Make a Movie.
Born: Odenkirk: October 22, 1962 (Berwyn, Illinois, Unites States) Cross: April 4, 1964 (Atlanta, Georgia, Unites States)
Education: Odenkirk: Columbia College
Awards: Odenkirk: Primetime Emmy Award
Cross: Primetime Emmy Award