The latest about Iran's nuclear program, SAG chooses a new president, Ruth Reichl of Gourmet Magazine, FilmWeek on AirTalk, and actress Annette Bening.
Iran reveals secret nuclear facility
Larry Mantle talks with Jim Walsh of MIT about his meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and about Iran’s revelation today that it is building a nuclear facility that it has until now, kept secret. World leaders were outraged and said that Iran has two months to comply with world demands or face sanctions. What’s next?
Guest:
Jim Walsh, International security expert at Security Studies Program, Center for International Studies, at M.I.T.
SAG election results
Ken Howard was elected president of the Screen Actors Guild yesterday, beating out three rival contenders. Howard, who will succeed Alan Rosenberg, ran on the Unite for Strength platform, which seeks a merger with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. The new SAG president is best known for his role as Coach Ken Reeves on the popular 1978-81 CBS television show "The White Shadow". Contract talks are to begin with Hollywood studios in October 2010.
Guest:
Brian Watt, KPCC reporter
Gourmet's Ruth Reichl
Gourmet Magazine’s editor-in-chief, Ruth Reichl, has a new book, “Gourmet Today.” Reichl joins Larry in studio to talk about the mammoth-sized collection and its thousands of tantalizing recipes.
Guest:
Ruth Reichl, Gourmet Magazine’s editor-in-chief, and editor of "Gourmet Today: More than 1000 All-New Recipes for the Contemporary Kitchen"(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).
FilmWeek
Larry Mantle talks with KPCC film critics Jean Oppenheimer of Village Voice Media and Wade Major of boxoffice.com about the week’s new film releases, including Surrogates, Fame, The Boys Are Back, Capitalism: A Love Story, Coco Before Chanel, Disgrace, The Most Dangerous Man In America, We Live In Public, and Lord, Save Us From Your Followers.
Guests:
Jean Oppenheimer, Village Voice Media
Wade Major, boxoffice.com
The many faces of Annette Bening
Acclaimed actress Annette Bening has played some spectacularly scheming and deeply deluded women in films such as Bugsy, American Beauty and Being Julia. Now she’s tackling Euripides' famed anti-heroine, Medea, in UCLA Live’s world premier production. Bening talk with Larry about her enduring stage and film career.
Guest
Annette Bening, actress, currently starring in UCLA Live’s production of Medea