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23:15

Celeste Holm Discusses her Career at Fox.

Actress Celeste Holm. She appeared in the films such as "All About Eve," "Gentlemen's Agreement," and "High Society," on Broadway in shows such as "Oklahoma!" and "The King and I," and in numerous television roles over the years. She's now taking part in a retrospective of 20th Century Fox films being held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

Interview
18:27

Actor Joe Morton.

Actor Joe Morton. Morton plays attorney Michael James on the ABC series "Equal Justice," and he played the leading role in John Sayles 1984 film, Brother From Another Planet."

Interview
11:48

Actor Meshach Taylor.

Actor Meshach (mee-shack) Taylor. He plays Anthony Bouvier on the T-V series "Designing Women," and he's appearing in the upcoming film, "Mannequin on the Move."

Interview
11:01

Actor Tim Robbins.

Actor Tim Robbins. He starred in the film, "Bull Durham." He now stars in the new film "Cadillac Man" with Robin Williams.

Interview
22:37

Actor Martin Landau.

Actor Martin Landau. He was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his roles in "Crimes and Misdemeanors," and "Tucker." And he's starring in the new HBO movie, "By Dawn's Early Light." He plays a President of the United States who is trying to avert a full-scale nuclear war with the Soviet Union.

Interview
22:42

Actress Barbara Hershey.

Actress Barbara Hershey. Hershey's had a long career in Hollywood, from films such as "Boxcar Bertha" in the 60s to "Hannah and Her Sisters," and "The Last Temptation of Christ." Next week, she stars in a made for T-V movie called "A Killing in a Small Town." It's based on the true-list story of a Texas woman who brutally murders her friend.

Interview
22:54

Actor Pam Grier.

Actress Pam Grier. She got her start playing tough, scantily-clad women in black exploitation films, such as "Black Mama, White Mama," "Foxy Brown," and "Sheba Baby." She played a hooker in "Fort Apache: The Bronx," and is now appearing in the new film, "The Class of 1999."

Interview
11:27

Bill Plympton Discusses his "Surreal Gags."

Cartoonist and Animator Bill Plympton. His work combines the humorous and the grotesque. Most recently his "Plymptoons" have been showing on MTV. His award-winning animated cartoons, "25 Ways to Quit Smoking," "How to Kiss," "Your Face," and "Drawing Lesson," have appeared in numerous animated film festivals. Before he took up animation, Plympton's political cartoon strip was syndicated in 25 newspapers. His other illustrations and cartoons have been featured in Harpers, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, The New York Times, and others.

Interview
11:17

Rock Singer John Wesley Harding's Rise to Stardom.

British singer-songwriter John Wesley Harding. Born in the historical seaside town of Hastings, Harding has looked to the United States for his creative influences--from his Cambridge doctoral dissertation on the role of Jimmy Stewart in American films--to the songs of bluesman Robert Johnson, and folksingers John Prine and Jim Croce. His new album is called, "Here Comes the Groom."

23:13

Batman Creator Bob Kane.

Batman creator Bob Kane. In his new autobiography, "Batman & Me," Kane tells how he came up with the idea for the caped crusader, and what influence he had on the T-V series and last year's movie. Kane drew Batman from its inception in 1939 to the late 60s.

Interview
11:18

Underground Comic Kim Deitch.

Underground cartoonist Kim Deitch. In 1967 he began doing comic strips for the "East Village Other" where he introduced his more famous characters, Waldo the Cat, and Uncle Ed, the India Rubber Man. Since then he has contributed to dozens of underground comics.

Interview

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