AIRTALK LIVE FROM DISNEY HALL'S REDCAT; HURRICANE KATRINA UPDATE; FILMWEEK
AIRTALK LIVE FROM DISNEY HALL'S REDCAT
Larry Mantle gets an update on the Grand Avenue project from developer Bill Witte, Allan Kotin of USC's School of Urban and Regional Planning and LA County Chief Administrative Officer David Janssen. Then Larry talks about the upcoming downtown arts season with REDCAT Executive Director Mark Murphy, Center Theater Group Artistic Director Michael Ritchie, Adam Crane and Joan Cumming of the LA Philharmonic, and Elizabeth Kennedy of the Los Angeles Opera.
HURRICANE KATRINA UPDATE
Hurricane Katrina may turn out to be the worst natural disaster in US history. Federal and even international relief efforts are gearing up, but many areas in the Gulf States are still difficult to reach. Larry talks to Houston Chronicle reporter Salatheia Bryant from the Houston Astrodome and Red Cross Shelter and Feeding Administrator Mike Goth from Baton Rouge.
FILMWEEK
Larry Mantle and critics Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com and Jean Oppenheimer of New Times discuss this week's new releases, including The Constant Gardner, Transporter 2, A Sound of Thunder, The Baxter, The Underclassman, KordaVision: A Cuban Revolution, Reel Paradise, and A State of Mind.