Barry Bonds Indicted; On the Road Broadcast from the L.A. Auto Show; Enchanted; FilmWeek Reviews
Barry Bonds Indicted
San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds is back in the hot seat. He was indicted Thursday for perjury and obstruction of justice; charged with lying when he told a federal grand jury that he did not knowingly use steroids. If convicted on the five counts, Bonds could go to prison for up to 30 years. Larry talks with LA Times Sports Writer Bill Shaikin and Elliott Almond of San Jose Mercury News about the indictment and what it means for Bonds as well as the game itself.
On the Road Broadcast from the L.A. Auto Show
One thousand of the latest model cars, trucks, and SUVs will be on display at this year's Los Angeles Auto Show, including forty World and North American debuts. Among them will be a Hyundai sports car concept, Nissan's new Murano, and a Volkswagen mini-car concept. A variety of hybrids, and other alternative-energy vehicles, will also be exhibited. Larry discusses the design, engineering, environmental, and financial challenges facing today's automotive industry with Ron Cogan of Green Car Journal, Chuck Pelly, of The Design Academy, Inc., and Charlie Vogelheim, of JD Power and Associates. The Los Angeles Auto Show, at the LA Convention Center, runs from Friday, Nov. 16 through Sunday, the 25th. Hours and ticket information are available on their website.
Enchanted
Disney's latest film, Enchanted, gives a new meaning to "cross-cultural" when characters from the animated fairy tale world arrive in present day New York City. Larry talks with Kevin Lima, director of Enchanted, about the challenges of simultaneous filmmaking in two genres.
FilmWeek Reviews
Larry and critics Jean Oppenheimer, of Village Voice Media, Andy Klein of CityBeat, and Charles Solomon, of amazon.com, discuss many of the week's new releases including the feature films Beowulf, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, Redacted, and Love in the Time of Cholera, and the documentaries How to Cook Your Life and Salvador Allende.