A Deeper Look Into the Life of "A Most Remarkable Fella."
Behind the scenes during the golden age of the Broadway musical: Susan Loesser, daughter of Frank Loesser, composer of the classic songs "Heart and Soul" and "Baby It's Cold Outside". He also wrote the score for "Guys and Dolls" which is now being revived on Broadway. Loesser's new memoir of her father is called "A Most Remarkable Fella."
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Actor and "Closet Comedian" Leslie Nielsen
Nielsen is best known for his comic roles in Airplane! and the Naked Gun films. He's been acting since the late forties, after he was taught radio broadcasting by Lorne Greene. He's just written a "fictional autobiography" called "The Naked Truth," a pun-encrusted look at nearly fifty years of show business.
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Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews the "last" big summer film, the one with Arnold Schwarzenegger: "Last Action Hero".
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