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<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks with Judy Lev about her Groundbreaking New Memoir, <i>Our Names Do Not Appear</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks with Judy Lev about her Groundbreaking New Memoir, Our Names Do Not Appear

Books, News + Views, Podcast, PoliticsAugust 18, 2023by Andy Culpepper

  Judy Lev (the pen name for Judy Labensohn) is an American-Israeli writer whose new memoir — Our Names Do Not Appear —  breaks new ground…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks with Author Pamela Skjolsvik about Her Novel, <i>Forever 51</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks with Author Pamela Skjolsvik about Her Novel, Forever 51

Books, PodcastAugust 8, 2023by Andy Culpepper

  Pamela Skjolsvik and I met in 2008 at Goucher College where we both were enrolled in the Creative Nonfiction MFA program.  We’ve kept in…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks Painting and Poetry with Chris Arvidson, Author of <i>The House Inside My Head</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks Painting and Poetry with Chris Arvidson, Author of The House Inside My Head

Books, PodcastJuly 24, 2023by Andy Culpepper

I caught up recently with a woman who, like me, graduated from Goucher College’s MFA program in Creative Nonfiction. She and I have been Facebook…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Interviews the “Queen of the Hollywood Press Junket,” Reba Merrill & Big News Regarding the Oscar Folks</b>

Tandy Culpepper Interviews the “Queen of the Hollywood Press Junket,” Reba Merrill & Big News Regarding the Oscar Folks

Books, Film, Podcast, TVJuly 22, 2023by Andy Culpepper

Reba Merrill is an author, lecturer, and broadcast journalist. Reba and I crossed paths several decades back when I was host of a TV show…

<b>A Spy Among Friends: Guy Pearce and Damian Lewis Give Life to the Treachery of the Notorious British Double Agent, Kim Philby</b>

A Spy Among Friends: Guy Pearce and Damian Lewis Give Life to the Treachery of the Notorious British Double Agent, Kim Philby

Books, News + Views, Personalities, Politics, TVMarch 24, 2023by Andy Culpepper

I am fascinated by the true story of Kim Philby, a highly-placed intelligence officer in Britain’s MI6 special intelligence service — the British equivalent of…

<b>Yet Another Book on the Royals: Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor</b>

Yet Another Book on the Royals: Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor

Books, PersonalitiesOctober 9, 2022by Andy Culpepper

Whew! It’s difficult keeping up with the growing number of new books out chronicling the comings and goings of Britain’s royal family. The latest would…

<b>Actor Tom Hanks: From Two-Time Oscar Winner to First-Time Novelist</b>

Actor Tom Hanks: From Two-Time Oscar Winner to First-Time Novelist

Books, PersonalitiesOctober 4, 2022by Andy Culpepper

So, the photo you see of Tom Hanks at the top of this post obviously is not recent. Indulge me here. This pic of Hanks…

<i>Confidence Man</i>: NYTimes’ Maggie Haberman’s Deep Dive into All Things Trump

Confidence Man: NYTimes’ Maggie Haberman’s Deep Dive into All Things Trump

Books, News + Views, Personalities, PoliticsOctober 3, 2022by Andy Culpepper

I am over the moon. Maggie Haberman, political correspondent at the New York Times, has a new book coming out this week, and the political…

Jenifer Lewis Walks In Joy

Jenifer Lewis Walks In Joy

Books, News + Views, PersonalitiesSeptember 23, 2022by Andy Culpepper

I caught a cable interview with Hollywood funny-woman Jenifer Lewis this past week in which she discussed her recently-published memoir Walking in My Joy: In…

<i>The Divider</i> Trump in the White House, 2017-2021

The Divider Trump in the White House, 2017-2021

BooksSeptember 16, 2022by The Hollywood Beat

The pre-release hype on this book has been through the roof, and that’s saying something considering the number of best-sellers about all-things-Trump published over the…

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