People I've Interviewed
Here's a comprehensive list of all the people I've interviewed - from the famous to the obscure. Last updated November 28, 2015.
Paula Abdul – Grammy winning singer, judge on “American Idol”
Casey Affleck – Oscar-nominated actor ("The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford," "Gone Baby Gone," "Ocean's Eleven")
Alf – alien life form, talk show host
Bo Allen – clown, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
John L. Allen Jr. – award-winning journalist, author, Vatican watcher (Crux, Boston Globe)
Kevin Allen – writer/director (“Twin Town”)
Ted Allen – food and wine guru for “Queer Eye”
Tim Allen – Golden Globe-winning, Emmy-nominated actor (“Home Improvement,” "Toy Story," “The Santa Clause”)
Pedro Almodovar – Oscar winning writer and director ("Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown," "Volver")
Lauren Ambrose – Emmy-nominated actress ("Six Feet Under," "Can't Hardly Wait," Broadway's "Awake & Sing")
Laurie Anderson – composer, inventor, singer-songwriter, director, actor ("United States Live," "Swimming To Cambodia," "Home Of The Brave")
Julie Andrews – Oscar and Tony winning actress (“The Sound of Music,” “Victor/Victoria”), best selling author
Jonas Armstrong – actor ("Robin Hood," "Teachers")
Jake Arnott – best-selling UK author (“The Long Firm”)
Nicole Atkins – pop-rock singer songwriter
Jon Avnet – Emmy-nominated dir. (“Fried Green Tomatoes,” “Mighty Ducks,” “The Burning Bed”)
David Ayer – screenwriter ("Training Day," "U-571," "The Fast & The Furious") and director ("Harsh Times")
Joan Baez – Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, activist ("Diamonds & Rust," "Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word")
Kevin Baker – author “Paradise Alley,” columnist in “American Heritage,”
Simon Baker – Emmy-nominated actor ("The Mentalist," “LA Confidential;” “Ride with the Devil”)
Christian Bale – actor (“Empire of the Sun,” “Velvet Goldmine,” “American Psycho,” "The Dark Knight")
Alan Ball – Oscar-winning director, writer, producer ("American Beauty," "Six Feet Under," "True Blood,")
Javier Bardem – Oscar-winning actor ("No Country For Old Men," "Before Night Falls," "Vicky Cristina Barcelona")
Clive Barker – best-selling horror author, director (“Hellraiser,” “Books of Blood”)
Michael Barker – film industry exec (co-head of Sony Pictures Classics)
Brooks Barnes – entertainment journalist for The New York Times
Jhane Barnes – fashion designer
Samuel Barnett – Tony-nominated actor ("The History Boys," "His Dark Materials," "Mrs. Henderson Presents")
David Barron – producer ("Harry Potter" films, "Young Indiana Jones Chronicles")
Lance Bass – massive selling singer-dancer, actor, possible astronaut ('N Sync, "Hairspray")
Angela Bassett – Oscar-nominated actress (“What’s Love Got to Do With It”)
Eric Bazilian – Grammy-nominated singer songwriter with The Hooters(Joan Osbourne's "One Of Us")
Gary Beach – Tony winning actor “The Producers,” “La Cage Aux Folles”
Warren Beatty – Oscar-winning director and actor (“Reds,” “Bugsy,” “Bonnie and Clyde”)
Eric Beckman – co-festival director of NY International Children's Film Festival
David Bedella – actor “Jerry Springer: The Opera”
Brian Bedford – Tony-winning actor (“The School for Wives,” “Timons of Athens”)
Drake Bell – musician, actor ("Drake & Josh," "Superhero Movie," CD "It's Only Time")
Donald P. Bellisario – writer, producer, TV creator (“JAG,” “First Monday”)
Jim Belushi – Emmy-nominated actor and writer ("Acording To Jim," “SNL,” “”Salvador,” “About Last Night…”)
Laura Benanti – Tony-winning actress ("Gypsy," "Into The Woods," "Swing," "The Sound Of Music")
Elizabeth Berkley – actress (“Saved by the Bell,” “Showgirls,” "The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion")
Laurie Berkner – kids' music superstar
Brooke Berman – writer ("All Saints Day")
Marc Berman – TV analyst and ratings guru for "TV Media Insights," formerly of “Mediaweek”
Gael Garcia Bernal – Golden Globe nominated actor ("Y Tu Mama Tambien," "The Motorcyle Diaries")
Randy Bernard – CEO of Professional Bull Riders (PBR)
Bert Fershners – comedy troupe on Comedy Central (Mike Rock, Josh Lewis, etc.)
Raj Bhavsar – Olympic gymnast )(team bronze)
Alex Billington – editor of "First Showing"
Lewis Black – Emmy nominated actor and writer, stand-up comic ("The Daily Show")
Rikki Beadle Blair – UK writer, director, actor (“Metrosexuality”)
Terence Blanchard – Grammy-winning jazz musician and film composer ("When The Levees Break")
Cate Blanchett – Oscar-winning actress ("Elizabeth," "The Lord Of The Rings," "The Good German," "Babel," "Aviator")
Ross Bleckner – painter
Corbin Bleu – actor, singer ("High School Musical")
Nikki Blonsky – Golden Globe-nominated actress and singer ("Hairspray")
Michael Boatman – actor (TV’s “Spin City,” “China Beach,” “Arliss”)
Justin Bond – Tony-nominated half of Kiki & Herb
Linwood Boomer – Emmy winning creator of “Malcolm in the Middle”)
Gretha Boston – Tony-winning actress (“Show Boat,” “It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues”)
Geoff Boucher – journalist (Los Angeles Times, blog The Hero Complex)
Danny Boyle – Oscar-winning director (“Trainspotting,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” “28 Days Later”)
Ray Bradbury – Oscar and Emmy-winning sci-fi writer (“Fahrenheit 451,” “Martian Chronicles”)
Zach Braff – Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor, writer and director (“Scrubs,” "Garden State")
Christopher Bram – author (“Father of Frankenstein” aka “Gods and Monsters”)
Paul Brickman – writer and director (“Risky Business;” “Men Don’t Leave”)
Matthew Broderick – Tony-winning and Emmy-nominated actor (“WarGames,” “The Producers,”)
Erin Brodie – reality TV star, “For Love or Money”
Tim Brooks – author (“Complete Dir. to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows”)
Betty Buckley – Tony-winning actress and singer (“Tender Mercies,” “Sunset Blvd,” “Cats”)
Ronnie Burkett – puppeteer (“Street of Blood,” “The Likes of Me”)
Carol Burnett -- Emmy-winning actress ("Once Upon a Mattress," "The Carol Burnett Show," "All My Children")
Bo Burnham – actor, stand-up comic, singer-songwriter ("Funny People")
Charles Busch – Tony-nominated writer and actor (“Vampire Lesbians of Sodom,” “The Tale Of The Allergist's Wife”)
Kerry Butler – Tony-nominated actress ("Xanadu," "Little Shop Of Horrors," "Hairspray")
Robert Calhoun – TV producer, partner of Farley Granger ("As The World Turns," "The Guiding Light")
Ann Hampton Callaway – Tony and Grammy-nominated songwriter, singer and cabaret performer (theme for "The Nanny")
Rhona Cameron – UK standup comic, actor (“Rhona”)
Matt Camirind – bassist psych-rock band Black Mountain
John Candy – Emmy-winning writer and actor (“Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” “SCTV”) (press conference)
Catherine Cappellaro – writer (Off Broadway musical "WalMartopia")
Michael Capuzzo – best-selling author (“Close to Shore”)
Mary Carillo – Tennis pro, sports TV commentator
Glenn Gordon Caron – Emmy-nominated writer, director, TV creator (“Moonlighting,” “Now and Again,”)
Jim Carrey – Golden Globe winning actor ("The Truman Show," "Dumb & Dumber," "Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotted Mind")
Shana Carroll – one of the artistic directors of circus troupe 7 Fingers
Tim Carroll – horse wrangler ("Wildfire," "Comanche Moon," "Wildfire")
Marcy Carsey – Emmy-winning TV heavyweight (Carsey/Werner did “Bill Cosby Show,” “Roseanne”)
David Carson – director (“Star Trek: Generations”)
Gabrielle Carteris – actress, TV talk show host (“Beverly Hills, 90210”)
Rosanne Cash – Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, daughter of Johnny Cash ("Interiors," "Kings Record Shop," "The List")
Reese Cates – cowboy, bull-rider (PBR Rookie Of The Year 2008)
Tom Cavanaugh – lead singer, punk band Signal The Escape
Cedric The Entertainer – actor and stand-up comic ("The Original Kings Of Comedy," "The Steve Harvey Show," "Barbershop,")
Michael Chabon – Pulitzer Prize-winning writer (“Wonder Boys;” “Kavalier & Clay”)
Jackie Chan – actor (“Police Story,” “Drunken Master,” “Shanghai Noon”)
Michael Chiklis – Emmy-winning actor (“The Shield,” “The Commish”)
Staceyann Chin – poet, actress – “Def Poetry Jam”
Cory Chisel – singer-songwriter ("Born Again")
Dawn M. Chmielewski – Los Angeles Times reporter
Christina Christian – Top 10 finalist on “American Idol”
Cotty Chubb – film producer ("Unthinkable")
Dick Clark – Emmy-nominated ageless celeb, host of “American Bandstand,” New Year’s Eve icon
Kelly Clarkson – Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, winner of first “American Idol”
Brett Claywell – actor ("One Life To Live," "One Tree Hill")
John Cleese – Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated actor and writer (“Monty Python,” “Fawlty Towers,” “Fish Called Wanda”)
George Clooney – Oscar-winning actor, writer and director ("ER," "Good Night and Good Luck," "Three Kings," "Syriana,")
Joel and Ethan Coen – Oscar winning filmmakers (round-table only, not one on one) (“Blood Simple,” “Fargo” "No Country For Old Men")
Bruce Cohen – Oscar-winning producer (“American Beauty,” “Big Fish”)
Dabney Coleman – Emmy-winning actor (“9 to 5,” “Mary Hartman,” “Buffalo Bill”)
David Collins – Emmy-winning producer (“Queer Eye For The Straight Guy”)
Scott Collins – TV reporter for The Los Angeles Times
Stephen Collins – Emmy-nominated actor (“Tattingers;” “7th Heaven”)
Bill Condon – Oscar winning writer and director (“Gods & Monsters,” "Kinsey," “Chicago”)
Robert Cooper – writer, producer (“Stargate SG-1”)
Bob Costas – Emmy-winning sportscaster (“Later With,” “On the Record,” Olympics)
Jim Courier – Grand Slam-winning tennis pro, TV commentator
Simon Cowell – Emmy-nominated producer and judge, record executive (“American Idol,” "The X Factor")
Bryan Cranston – Emmy-winning actor ("Breaking Bad," “Malcolm in the Middle”)
Chace Crawford – actor ("Gossip Girl," "Footloose," "The Covenant")
Christina Crawford – best-selling author (“Mommie Dearest”)
Michael Cunningham – author “The Hours,” “A Home at the End of the World”
Darren Criss – actor ("Glee")
Francisco Cruz – circus performer, member of 7 Fingers troupe
Catherine Curtin - (star of “Love, Janis” musical)
John Cusack – Golden Globe-nominated actor (“Grosse Point Blank,” “Hi Fidelity,” “Say Anything”)
John Dahl – director (“The Last Seduction,” “Red Rock West”)
Carson Daly – TV personality, dj ("Total Request Live," "Last Call With")
Matt Damon – Oscar-winning writer and actor ("Good Will Hunting," "The Bourne Identity," "The Talented Mr. Ripley," "Saving Private Ryan")
Graciela Daniele – Tony-nominated choreographer and director (“Hello Again,” “Chronicle of a Death Foretold,”)
Russell T. Davies – BAFTA-winning writer, producer, creator (“Queer as Folk,” "Doctor Who")
Paige Davis – TV personality and host of "Trading Spaces;" theater actress in "Boeing, Boeing," "Chicago"
Stephen S. DeKnight – writer, producer ("Smallville," creator of "Spartacus")
Catherine Deneuve – Oscar-nominated, Cesar-winning actress ("The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg," "Persepolis," "8 Women," "Belle Du Jour")
Elizabeth Devine – producer “CSI,” former criminologist
Nat DeWolf – actor (“Famous,” theater’s “Betty’s Summer Vacation”)
Carl DiOrio – journalist, editor (The Hollywood Reporter)
Xavier Dolan – award-winning actor, writer, director ("I Killed My Mother," "Les Amours Imaginaires/Heartbeats")
Declan Donnellan – Olivier-winning director (Cheek by Jowl, orig “Angels in America”)
Vincent Phillip D’Onofrio – Emmy-nominated actor (“Full Metal Jacket,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”)
Mark Doty – poet, author (“Heaven’s Coast,” “My Alexandria”)
Kyan Douglas – grooming guru for “Queer Eue”
Mike Douglas – Emmy-winning TV talk show icon
Patrick Doyle – Oscar-nominated composer (“Henry V,” “Gosford Park”)
Sandi Simcha DuBowski – filmmaker (“Trembling Before G-d”)
Tan Dun – Oscar-winning composer (“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”)
Brian Dunkleman – cohost of “American Idol”
Steve Dunleavy – NY Post columnist, one-time reporter for “A Current Affair”
Dominick Dunne – best-selling author, tv host (“The Two Mrs. Grenvilles,”)
Cheryl Dunye – director (“The Watermelon Woman”)
Alonso Duralde – journalist, editor, author (Movieline, The Advocate)
Alexis Dziena – actress (“She’s Too Young”)
Christine Ebersole – Tony-winning actress ("Grey Gardens," "42nd St.," "Camelot")
Roger Ebert – only film critic to win Pulitzer Prize
Lisa Edelstein – actress ("House," "Relativity,” “Almost Perfect”)
Cory Edwards – director ("Hoodwinked!")
Atom Egoyan – Oscar-nominated director (“Exotica,” “The Sweet Hereafter")
Chiwetel Ejiofor – actor ("Inside Man," "Dirty Pretty Things," "Serenity," "Kinky Boots")
Anita Elberse – Harvard Business School professor, author of "Blockbusters: Hit-Making, Risk Taking And The Big Business Of Entertainment"
Eldar – jazz composer and pianist
Scott Ellis – Tony-nominated director (“And the World Goes Round,” “She Loves Me”)
James Ellroy – screenwriter and best-selling author (“L.A. Confidential,” “The Cold Six Thousand”)
Peter Engel – creator (TV’s “Saved By the Bell”)
Leif Enger – best-selling author (“Peace Like a River”)
Michael Essany – junior talk show host
Erik Estrada – actor (“CHiPs”)
Erik-Michael Estrada – singer in boy band O-Town (no relation)
Jeffrey Eugenides – best-selling author (“The Virgin Suicides,” “Middlesex”)
Alice Eve – actress ("Starter For 10," Tom Stoppard's "Rock 'n' Roll")
Rupert Everett – Golden Globe nominated actor. writer )“Another Country,” “My Best Friend’s Wedding”)
Peter Facinelli – actor, husband of Jennie Garth (“Fastlane”)
Ian Falconer – writer-illustrator, set designer (“Olivia,” “New Yorker” covers)
Stephen Farber – journalist (The Hollywood Reporter, The Daily Beast)
Vera Farmiga – actress ("The Departed," "Nothing But The Truth," TV's 'Touching Evil")
Ryan Faughnder – reporter for The Los Angeles Times
Raymond De Felitta – director ("Two Family House," "City Island")
Tom Felton – actor (Draco Malfoy in "Harry Potter" films)
Glenn Ficarra – writer, director ("Bad Santa," "I Love You Phillip Morris," "Cats & Dogs")
Thom Filicia – interior design guru for “Queer Eye”
Suzanne Finstad – writer (“Natasha: The Biography of Natalie Wood”)
Linda Fiorentino – actress (“The Last Seduction,” “After Hours,” “Vision Quest”)
Tim Fish – cartoonist, graphic novelist ("Cavalcade Of Boys")
John Flansburgh – one-half of Grammy-winning duo They Might Be Giants
Joe Fleischer – marketing executive (Big Champagne website)
Jonathan Safran Foer – best-selling author ("Everything Is Illuminated," editor “A Convergence of Birds”)
Ken Follett – best-selling author (“Eye of Needle,” “The Pillars Of The Earth”)
Tom Fontana – Emmy-winning writer and producer (“Oz,” “Tattingers,” “Homicide,” "St. Elsewhere")
Laura Foreman – writer, historical nonfiction (“Alexander the Conqueror”)
Richard Foreman – MacArthur "genuis" grant, multiple Obie-winning playwright and director (“I’ve Got the Shakes”)
Sutton Foster – Tony-winning actress ("Thoroughly Modern Millie," "The Drowsy Chaperone," "Shrek The Musical," "Young Frankenstein")
Alastair Fothergill – Emmy-winning nature doc producer (“The Blue Planet,” "Planet Earth")
Matthew Fox – Golden Globe-nominated actor ("Lost," "Party Of Five," "We Are Marshall")
Tony Fox -- exec vp of corporate communications at Comedy Central
Vivica Fox – actress (“Independence Day,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm”)
Jamie Foxx – Oscar-winning actor ("Ray," “Any Given Sunday,” TV’s “Jamie Foxx Show”)
Barney Frank – Congressman
David Frankel – journalist (The Wrap)
Bruce Jay Friedman – Oscar-nominated writer (“Splash,” “Stir Crazy,” “The Lonely Guy”)
Roger Friedman – journalist, film producer (Showbiz 411, "Only The Strong Survive")
Ben Fritz – Los Angeles Times reporter
Mark Frost – best-selling author, TV writer and producer ("Twin Peaks," "The Greatest Game Ever Played." "Fantastic Four")
Alexandra Fuller – best-selling author (“Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight”)
Dan Futterman – Oscar-nominated writer and actor “Will & Grace,” “Capote")”
Max Gail – Emmy-nominated actor (“Barney Miller”)
Barbara Gaines – Emmy-winning producer (“Late Show w David Letterman”)
John Gallagher – Tony-winning actor, singer and songwriter ("Spring Awakening," "Rabbit Hole")
Peter Gallagher – Tony-nominated actor (“Guys and Dolls,” “The O.C.,” “sex, lies and videotape”)
Andy Garcia – Oscar and Emmy-nominated actor ("The Untouchables," "Ocean's Eleven")
Eriq Gardner – senior editor for The Hollywood Reporter
James Garner – Emmy-winning actor (“Rockford Files,” “Maverick,” “Victor/Victoria”)
Stephen Garrett – journalist, film editor, cutter of trailers (Kinetic Trailers)
Brian Garrity – editor at Billboard
Jennie Garth – actress (“Beverly Hills, 90210” “What I Like About You”)
Megan Garvey – Los Angeles Times reporter
Colin Geddes – film programmer (Toronto Film Fest Midnight Madness, ActionFest)
Jason Gedrick – actor (“Iron Eagle,” “Falcone,” “Murder One”)
Janie Geiser – puppeteer (“Evidence of Floods”)
David Gelles – business reporter for The New York Times
Boy George – Grammy winning and Tony-nominated writer and singer with Culture Club, dj, actor (musical “Taboo”)
Melissa George – Golden Globe-nominated actress (“Thieves,” "Alias," "Grey's Anatomy")
Ricky Gervais – Emmy-winning writer and actor (“The Office,” "Extras")
Korbi Ghosh – journalist blogger (Zap2It)
Leeza Gibbons – TV host, entrepreneur ("Entertainment Tonight," "Extra")
Charlie Gibson – Emmy-winning anchor (“Good Morning, America;” "ABC Evening News")
Gregory Gibson – author ("Hubert's Freaks")
Jesse Gilbert – musician
A.J. Gill – Top 10 finalist on “American Idol”
Parker Gisbert – lead singer, The Whigs
Philip Glass – BAFTA-winning, Oscar-nominated composer (“Einstein on the Beach,” “Koyaanisqatsi,” “Mishima”)
Ron Glass – Emmy-nominated actor (“Barney Miller,” "Firefly")
Scott Glenn – actor (“The Right Stuff,” “Nashville,” “Urban Cowboy”)
Danny Glicker – Oscar-nominated costume designer ("Transamerica," "Milk," HBO's "True Blood")
Savion Glover – Tony-winning actor, choreographer ("bring In Da Noise, Bring On Da Funk," "Jelly's Last Jam," "Black and Blue")
Akiva Goldsman – Oscar-winning screenwriter (“A Beautiful Mind,” “Lost in Space”)
Patrick Goldstein – Los Angeles Times film reporter
Brad Gooch – author, model (“City Poet: Life of Frank O’Hara,” “Scary Kisses”)
Lesley Gore – Oscar-nominated songwriter, teen idol ("It's My Party," "Fame's 'Out Here On My Own'")
Marleen Gorris – Oscar-winning director (“Antonia’s Line,” “Mrs. Dalloway”)
Ryan Gosling – Oscar-nominated actor ("Half Nelson," "Lars and the Real Girl," "The Notebook")
Topher Grace – actor (“That ‘70s Show,” “Traffic,” "In Good Company," "Spider-Man 3")
Kelsey Grammer – Emmy winning actor (“Frasier,” “Cheers,” "The Simpsons”)
Farley Granger – actor ("Strangers On A Train," "Rope," "Senso," "They Live By Night")
Tamyra Gray – Top 10 finalist on “American Idol,” songwriter of #1 hit, actress ("Boston Public," "Rent")
Adam Green – director ("Hatchet," "Hatchet II")
Brian Austin Green – actor, singer-songwriter (“Beverly Hills, 90210;” "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles")
John Green – best-selling author, online innovator ("The Fault In Our Stars," "Finding Alaska")
Seth Green – Emmy-nominated writer, producer, director, actor (“Buffy,” “Austin Powers,” "Family Guy," "Robot Chicken")
Richard Greenberg – Tony-winning playwright (“Take Me Out,” “Three Days Of Rain,” “Eastern Standard”)
Michael Greene – music industry heavyweight (head of NARAS, Grammy org)
Paul Grein – Billboard music chart analyst
Joel Gretsch – actor (The 4400," "V: The TV Series")
Richard Griffiths – Tony-winning actor ("The History Boys," "Harry Potter," "Withnail & I,")
Rupert Grint – actor (Ron in "Harry Potter" films)
Jonathan Groff – Tony nominated actor ("Spring Awakening," "Hair," "Taking Woodstock")
Ioan Gruffudd – actor (TV’s “Horatio Hornblower,” "Forsyte Saga," "Fantastic Four")
Justin Guarini – runner-up on “American Idol”
Christopher Guest – Emmy and Grammy-winning writer, actor, director ("This Is Spinal Tap," "Best In Show," "SNL," "Lily Tomlin Show")
Peter Guralnick – best-selling author (“Last Train to Memphis”)
Andrew Gurland – cofounder, New York Underground Film Festival
Jasmine Guy – actress ("A Different World," "Dead Like Me")
Boze Hadleigh – author (“Conversations w My Elders,” “Hollywood Lesbians”)
Barbara Hall – Emmy-nominated writer, producer, creator ("I'll Fly Away," “Joan of Arcadia,” “Judging Amy”)
Michael C. Hall – Emmy-nominated actor (“Six Feet Under,” "Dexter")
Rebecca Hall – Golden Globe nominated actress ("Vicky Cristina Barcelona," "The Prestige," "A Winter's Tale")
Robert Halmi Sr. – Emmy-winning producer (“Dinotopia,” “Gulliver’s Travels”)
Brenda Hampton – Emmy-nominated writer and producer (“7th Heaven,” "The Secret Life Of The American Tennager")
Jonathan Handel – entertainment lawyer at TroyGould, journalist (Hollywood Reporter)
Tom Hanks – Oscar-winning actor, producer, director (“Big,” “Saving Private Ryan,” "Apollo 13,” "Band Of Brothers," "From The Earth To The Moon")
Marcia Gay Harden – Oscar-winning actress ("Pollock," "Mystic River")
David Hare – Olivier-winning, Tony and Oscar-nominated playwright and screenwriter ("The Hours," "The Reader," "Skylight," "Plenty")
Robert Harling -- writer ("Steel Magnolias," "Soap Dish")
Deborah Harry – Golden Globe-nominated singer songwriter and actor (Blondie, "Heavy")
Mark Hartley – filmmaker ("Machete Maidens Unleashed," "Not Quite Hollywood")
Ethan Hawke – Tony and Oscar nominated actor, novelist ("Dead Poets Society," "The Coast Of Utopia," "Training Day
Carla Hay – “Billboard” reporter
Roy Halee – Grammy winning producer/engineer, Simon & Garfunkel, the Byrds, Lovin' Spoonful
Peter Hedges – author, playwright (“What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” “An Ocean in Iowa”)
Darren Hayes – pop star, solo and with Savage Garden
Peter Hedges – Oscar-nominated writer, best-selling author ("What's Eating Gilbert Grape?," "About A Boy")
Tricia Helfer – actress ("Battlestar Galactica," "Burn Notice")
Marg Helgenberger – Emmy-winning actress (“CSI,” "China Beach")
R.J. Helton – Top 10 finalist on “American Idol”
Peter Hemple – Gap exec vp of marketing
Nona Hendryx – singer-songwriter with LaBelle
Jill Hennessy – actress (“Law & Order;” “Crossing Jordan”)
Patti Callahan Henry – acclaimed, best-selling author ("And Then I Found You," "The Idea Of Love")
John Hensley – actor ("Nip/Tuck")
Wilson Jermaine Heredia – actor, original cast of "Rent"
Edward Herrmann – Emmy winning actor (“Gilmore Girls,” Eleanor and Franklin”)
Edward Hibbert – agent for Chuck Palahniuk; actor (“Frasier,” “Noises Off”)
Homer Hickam – best-selling author ("Rocket Boys" aka "October Sky," "Carrying Albert Home")
John Benjamin Hickey – actor (“Love! Valour! Compassion!” “General’s Daughter,” "Mary Stuart")
Laura Hillenbrand – best-selling author (“Seabiscuit”)
Stephen Hillenburg – Emmy-nominated animator, creator (“SpongeBob SquarePants”)
Tony Hillerman – best-selling mystery author (“Hunting Badger,” Navajo mysteries)
Hunter Hoffman – scientist
Leslie Hope – actress (“24,” “Line of Fire”)
Rev. Michael Hopkins – pres of gay Episcopal group Integrity and rector in Md.
Vit Horejs – puppeteer, writer, founder of Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre
Anthony Horowitz – best-selling author, writer-producer (“Foyle’s War,” Alex Rider books)
Jonathan Horton – Olympic gymnast (individual silver, team bronze)
James Houghton – theater heavyweight (founder of Signature; Kennedy Center)
Djimon Hounsou – Oscar-nominated actor ("Amistad," "In America," "Black Diamonds")
Ron Howard – Oscar-winning director, actor (“A Beautiful Mind,” “Apollo 13”)
James Howe – best-selling kids author (“Bunnicula,” “The Watcher”)
Denise Howell – intellectual property lawyer, host of podcast "This Week In Law"
Marcus Hu – movie industry heavyweight (cofounder Strand Releasing)
John Hughes – writer/dir (“Breakfast Club,” “Planes, Trains and Automobiles”) (press conference only, not one-on-one)
Bonnie Hunt – Emmy-nominated actress, writer, director (“Life With Bonnie,” “The Building,” "Cars")
Tab Hunter – actor, teen idol ("Damn Yankees," "Battle Cry")
Tim Hunter – director (“River’s Edge,” “Tex,” "Mad Men," "Twin Peaks")
Ron Hutchinson – Emmy-winning writer ("The Tuskegee Airmen," "Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story," US miniseries version of “Traffic”)
Rob Hyman – Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter with The Hooters (Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time")
Nicholas Hytner – Tony-winning director and filmmaker ("Carousel," "The History Boys," "Miss Saigon")
Ice Cube – actor, rapper, writer, producer (NWA, "Friday," "Barbershop")
Steve and Terri Irwin – “Crocodile Hunter” and wife
Chris Isaak – musician, actor (“Silence of the Lambs,” “Little Buddha,” "The Chris Isaak Show")
Randy Jackson – Grammy-winning and Emmy-nominated producer, musician and judge on “American Idol,” record industry producer and talent
Samuel L. Jackson – Oscar-nominated actor (“Pulp Fiction,” “Jungle Fever,” “Apocalypse Now”)
Brian Jacques – best-selling author (“Redwall” fantasy series)
Ricky Jay – sleight of hand artist, writer, actor (“Learned Pigs,” "Boogie Nights," "Deadwood")
Alex Jennings – Olivier-winning actor (RSC’s “Hamlet,” “Peer Gynt”)
Penn Jillette – magician/comic, Emmy-nominated writer and actor (half of Penn & Teller, "Bullshit")
Dan Jinks – Oscar-winning producer (“American Beauty,” “Pushing Daisies," "Milk")
Roland Joffe – Oscar-nominated director (“The Killing Fields,” “The Mission”)
Angelina Jolie – Oscar-winning actress ("A Mighty Heart," "Girl, Interrupted," "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider")(roundtable -- not one-on-one)
Orlando Jones – TV talk show host, 7-Up pitchman
Sharon Jones – soul singer with the Dap Kings ("100 Days, 100 Nights," "I Learned The Hard Way")
Neil Jordan – Oscar-winning writer and director (“Mona Lisa,” “The Crying Game,” "The End Of The Affair")
Jane Kaczmarek – Emmy winning actress (“Malcolm in the Middle,” "Raising The Bar")
Bela Karolyi – legendary gymnastics coach
Anthony Kaufman – entertainment journalist for Indiewire, et al.
Kevin Kay – Spike TV exec
Danny Kean – final 30 contestant on “American Idol”
Catherine Keener – Oscar-nominated actress ("Capote," "The 40 Year Old Virgin," "Where The Wild Things Are")
Joshua Kendall – journalist, author ("The Man Who Made Lists" -- about Roget)
Phil Keoghan – Emmy-winning host and producer (“The Amazing Race”)
Krzysztof Kieslowski – Oscar-nominated writer and director (“The Decalogue,” “Red,” “The Double Life of Veronique”)
Billie Jean King – Grand Slam winning tennis star, feminist icon
King Kong – animal actor ("King Kong," "Son Of Kong")
Rev. Richard Kirker – general secretary of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (mainly Anglicans)
Richard Kletter – screenwriter, “She’s Too Young” Lifetime movie
Dan Klores – pr man, director ("Crazy Love," "Ring Of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story")
T.R. Knight – Emmy nominated actor ("Grey's Anatomy," Broadway revival of "Noises Off")
Davy Knowles – lead singer and guitarist of Back Door Slam
Michael Kodas – writer, journalist ("High Crimes: The Fate Of Everest In An Age Of Greed")
David Kohan – Emmy-winning writer (cocreator “Will & Grace”)
Barbara Kopple – Oscar-winning director ("Harlan County USA," "Shut Up & Sing," "Wild Man Blues")
Yaphet Kotto – Emmy-nominated actor ("Homicide: Life On The Streets," "Lie And Let Die," "Alien")
Jeff Krell – cartoonist, graphic novelist ("Jayson")
Carson Kressley - fashion guru for “Queer Eye”
Lisa Kron – actor-writer “Well,” “2.5 Minute Ride”
Judy Kuhn – Tony-nominated actress, singer (“Pocahontas,” "Les Miserables," "Rags," "She Loves Me")
Tony Kushner – Tony and Pulitzer Prize and Emmy-winning playwright ("Angels In America," "Homebody/Kabul," "Caroline, Or Change")
Shia LaBeouf – actor ("Indiana Jones and the Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull," "Disturbia," "Transformers," "Even Stevens")
Nick Lachey – singer, 98 Degrees, “Newlyweds”
Michael John LaChuisa – composer (“Wild Party,” “Marie Christine,” “Hello Again”)
Lady Chablis – performer, actor (“Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”)
Steve Landesberg – Emmy-nominated actor and writer (“Barney Miller,” "Head Case")
Nathan Lane – Tony-winning actor ("The Producers," "Love Valour Compassion")
Simon Langley – UK gay activist (Rank Outsiders, military)
Anthony LaPaglia – Tony and Emmy-winning actor (“Betsy’s Wedding,” “A View From The Bridge,” “Murder One,” "Without A Trace")
Lucy Lawless – actress ("Xena: Warrior Princess," "Battlestar Galactica," "Spartacus")
Mike Lazzo – Cartoon Network exec
Robin Leach – Emmy-nominated TV personality (“Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous”)
Cloris Leachman – Emmy and Oscar winner (“Last Picture Show,” “Mary Tyler Moore”)
League of Gentlemen – UK comedy act (Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Jeremy Dyson)
Lawrence Leamer – best-selling author, Kennedy bios, etc
Barbara Leaming – best-selling author (bios of Orson Welles, Katharine Hepburn)
Simon Le Bon – lead singer of Duran Duran
Fran Lebowitz – writer, raconteur ("Metropolitan Life," documentary "Public Speaking")
James Lecesne – actor, writer (“Trevor,” Oscar-winning short; “Word of Mouth”)
Jason Lee – Golden Globe-nominated actor, skateboarder ("My Name Is Earl," "Mumford," "Alvin and the Chipmunks," "The Incredibles")
Ralph Lee – puppeteer, co-founder of NYC Halloween Parade (“Heart of the Earth")
Stewart Lee – stdn-up comic, writer (“Jerry Springer: The Opera”)
Dennis Lehane – best-selling mystery writer (“Mystic River,” "The Wire," "Gone Baby Gone")
Chyler Leigh – actress (“Girls Club”)
Jay Leno – Emmy-winning host (“The Tonight Show”)
Franklin Leonard – Hollywood agent, creator of The Black List for unproduced screenplays
Brock Lesnar – professional wrestler
Eugene Levy – Emmy-winning writer and actor ("SCTV," "A Mighty Wind," "American Pie," "Father Of The Bride")
Constance Lieber – pres of Nat. Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
Doug Liman – director ("The Bourne Identity," "Go,")
Hal Linden – Tony-winning actor (“Barney Miller”)
Laura Linney – Emmy and Golden Globe-winning and Oscar-nominated actress, daughter of Romulus (“Tales of City,” “You Can Count on Me”)
Romulus Linney – playwright, dad of Laura (“True Crimes,” Guggenheim fellowship)
Brian Scott Lipton – journalist, editor (Theatermania.com)
John Lithgow – Tony, Emmy-winning actor (“3rd Rock,” “World According to Garp”)
Robert Littell – best-selling writer (“The Company,” “The Defection of A.J. Lewinter”)
Ron Livingston – Golden Globe-nominated actor ("Office Space," "Band Of Brothers," "Sex And The City")
Lisa Lorwin – writer w Mabou Mines (“Peter and Wendy” with puppets)
Darlene Love – singer and actress (countless Phil Spector hits, voice of Christmas on David Letterman, "Hairspray")
Christopher Lowell – designer, TV personality (Discovery channel’s self-named show)
Craig Lucas – Tony-nominated writer, director ("Longtime Companion," "Prelude To A Kiss," "The Dying Gaul," "The Light In The Piazza")
Wayne Scot Lukas – stylist ("What Not To Wear")
Rod Lurie – writer, director, creator (“Line of Fire,” “The Contender,” "Commander In Chief")
Duncan Lustig-Prean – UK gay activist, veteran (Rank Outsiders, military)
David Lynch – Cannes Palme d'Or winning writer-director, artist, composer ("Twin Peaks," "Blue Velvet," "The Elephant Man," "Mulholland Drive")
Nigel Lythgoe – Emmy-nominated producer (“American Idol,” "So You Think You Can Dance")
Kyle MacLachlan – actor ("Twin Peaks," "Sex and the City," "Dune," "Desperate Housewives," "Showgirls"))
Steven Mackintosh – actor (“Prime Suspect 3,” “Different for Girls”)
Neil Maffin – actor (“One Life to Live,” “Entertaining Mr. Sloan”)
Maria Maggenti – writer, dir. (“The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love”)
Bill Maher – Emmy-nominated writer and TV host, stand-up (“Politically Incorrect,” "Real Time With Bill Maher," "Religulous")
John Mahoney – Tony winning and Emmy nominated actor ("Frasier," "Say Anything," "The House Of Blue Leaves," "Orphans")
Natalie Maines – Grammy-winning singer songwriter with Dixie Chicks
Lee Majors – actor ("The Six Million Dollar Man," "The Fall Guy," "The Big Valley")
Louis Malle – Oscar-nominated writer and director (“Au Revoir Les Enfants,” “Vanya,” “My Dinner With Andre”)
Leonard Maltin – writer, TV personality (Movie & Video Guide)
Camryn Manheim – Emmy-winning actress (“The Practice”)
Aimee Mann – Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated singer songwriter ('Til Tuesday, solo, "Magnolia")
Mehr Mansouri – co-founder Children's Theatre Company
Joe Mantello – Tony-winning actor and director (“Angels in America,” “Love! Valour! Compassion!,” "Assassins," "Take Me Out")
Kathleen Marshall – Tony-winnning director and choreographer ("The Pajama Game," "Follies," Wonderful Town")
Rob Marshall – Emmy-winning and Oscar and Tony-nominated director and choreographer (“Chicago,” TV’s “Annie,” "Nine," "Cabaret")
Todd Martens – Los Angeles Times reporter
Aaron Martin -- exec prod and head writer ("DeGrassi: The Next Generation")
Andrea Martin – Emmy and Tony-winning writer and actor ("SCTV," "My Big fat Greek Wedding," "My Favorite Year," "Young Frankenstein")
Darnell Martin – writer and director (“I Like It Like That,” "Their Eyes Were Watching God")
Steve Martin – Emmy-winning writer, actor, best-selling author ("The Jerk," "Pennies From Heaven," "All Of Me," "Shopgirl," "SNL")(press conference)
Jeff Marx – Tony-winning and Emmy-nominated composer (“Avenue Q,” "Scrubs")
Karen Mason – cabaret singer, actress (“Mamma Mia!”)
Richard Masur – actor, one-time head of SAG (“Semi-Tough,” “Heaven’s Gate”)
Heather Matarazzo – actress (“Welcome to the Dollhouse,” TV’s “Now and Again”)
Armistead Maupin – Emmy-nominated writer, best-selling author (“Tales of the City”)
Michael Mayer – Tony-winning director ("Spring Awakening," "Thoroughly Modern Millie," "Side Man," film "A Home at The End of The World")
Peter Mayer –founder of Overlook Press
James McBride – best-selling author (“Color of Water,” “Miracle at St. Anna’s”)
Stephen McCauley – best-selling author ("The Object Of My Affection," "Insignificant Others")
Liz McComb – gospel and blues singer
Matthew McConaughey – actor ("Dazed & Confused," "We Are Marshall," "Reign Of Fire," "U-571")
Eric McCormack – Emmy winning actor (“Will & Grace,” "Trust Me," "Lonesome Dove: The Series")
Mary McCormack – actress ("The West Wing," “Private Parts,” “Traffic,” "In Plain Sight")
Liam McCormick – founder and songwriter in band The Family Crest
Malachy McCourt – actor, author (“Oz,” “A Monk Swimming,” “Danny Boy”)
Brien McDonald – ReedPop staffer working on pop culture conventions (BookCon)
Frances McDormand – Oscar-winning and Tony and Emmy-nominated actress (“Fargo,” "Almost Famous," "Awake And Sing")
John McEnroe – Grand Slam-winning tennis player, tv commentator
Reba McEntire – Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, actress (“Reba,” Bway’s “Annie Get Your Gun,” “Tremors”)
Dr. Phil McGraw – Daytime Emmy-nominated talk show host (“Dr. Phil,” “Oprah”)
Ewan McGregor – actor ("Trainspotting," "Velvet Goldmine," "Young Adam," "Moulin Rouge")
Aaron McGruder – writer, cartoonist ("Boondocks")
Nellie McKay – singer, songwriter, actress, animal rights activist ("The Threepenny Opera," Normal As Blueberry Pie: A Tribute To Doris Day")
Maria McKee – singer and songwriter (Lone Justice, solo)
Sean McManus – head of CBS Sports
Larry McMurtry – Pulitzer Prize and Oscar-winning writer (“Lonesome Dove,” “The Last Picture Show”, "Brokeback Mountain")
Kathy Ann Meis – founder and head of Bublish, website to connect authors and readers
Kenny Mellman – Tony-nominated half of Kiki & Herb
Louis Menand – writer (“The Metaphysical Club;” New York Review of Books)
Idina Menzel – actress (original cast of "Rent")
Mark Merlis – author (“An Arrow’s Flight”)
Neil Meron – Emmy winning producer (“Life With Judy,” “Annie,” “Chicago”)
Debra Messing – actress (“Will & Grace,” "The Starter Wife," "Ned & Stacey")
David Metzler – Emmy-winning producer (“Queer Eye For The Straight Guy”)
Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh – costume designer ("Breakfast On Pluto," "The Wind That Shakes The Barley," "Brideshead Revisited")
Michael Michele – actress (“ER,” "Homicide: Life On The Streets," "Kevin Hill")
David Milch – Emmy-winning writer and producer (“Hill Street Blues,” "NYPD Blue," “Deadwood”)
Eric Millegan – actor ("Bones," "Harold & Maude" musical)
Dennis Miller – Emmy-winning writer, performer, stand-up (“SNL,” MNF,” “Dennis Miller Show”)
Helen Mirren – Oscar and Emmy-winning actress (“Prime Suspect,” “Madness of King George,” "The Queen")
John Cameron Mitchell– writer, actor, director (“Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” "Shortbus," "Rabbit Hole")
Jay Mohr – Emmy-nominated producer and actor (“Action,” “Jerry Maguire,” "Ghost Whisperer," "Gary Unmarried")
Mo’Nique – actress, host ("Showtime at the Apollo," "The Parkers," "Soul Plane," "Precious")
Jason Moore – Tony-nominated director ("Avenue Q," "Shrek The Musical," "Steel Magnolias")
Julianne Moore – Daytime Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated actress (“The Hours,” “Safe,” “Boogie Nights”)
Michael Moore – Oscar and Emmy-winning filmmaker (Fahrenheit 9/11, “Bowling For Columbine,” “Roger & Me”)
Ron Moore – Emmy-winning producer and writer ("Battlestar Galactica," "Star Trek The Next Generation," "Caprica," "Roswell")
Justin Angelo Morey – lead singer, The Black Hollies
Phillip Morris – real person movie "I Love You Phillip Morris" is based on)
Euan Morton – Olivier nominated actor “Taboo”
Megan Mullally – Emmy-winning actress and singer and talk show host ("Will & Grace," "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying," "Young Frankenstein")
Frankie Muniz – Emmy-nominated actor (“Malcolm in the Middle,” "Agent Cody Banks")
Bertram Van Munster – Emmy-winning producer, director, writer (“The Amazing Race”)
Cillian Murphy – Golden Globe-nominated actor ("Batman Returns," "The Wind That Shakes The Barley," "Breakfast On Pluto")
Donna Murphy – Tony-winning actress (“Passion,” “King and I,” TV’s “Murder One”)
Chad Michael Murray – actor (“One Tree Hill,” "Gilmore Girls," "A Cinderella Story")
Ty Murray – cowboy (winner of PRCA’s top all-around cowboy record 7 times)
Michael Musto – Village Voice columnist
Max Mutchnick – Emmy-winning writer and producer (“Will & Grace,” "Boston Commons")
Mira Nair – director (“Salaam Bombay!,” “Mississippi Masala,” "Amelia")
Sylvia Nasar – award-winning, best-selling author (“A Beautiful Mind”)
Sena Jeter Naslund – best-selling author (“Ahab’s Wife”)
Craig T. Nelson – Emmy-winning actor (“Coach,” “The District,” “Poltergeist”)
Thandie Newton – BAFTA-winning actress ("Beloved," "Crash," "The Pursuit Of Happyness," "ER")
Mike Nicholls – Olivier-wnning costume designer, Taboo
Alessandro Nivola – actor (“Face/Off”)
Cynthia Nixon – Tony and Emmy-winning actress (“Sex and the City,” “Amadeus,” “Angels in America,” "Rabbit Hole")
Nick Nolte – Oscar and Wmmy-nominated actor (“48 Hours,” “Prince of Tides,” “Affliction”)
Paul Noonan – lead singer, Bell X-1
Tom Noonan – actor, director (“What Happened Was…,” “The Wife,” “Manhunter”)
Graham Norton – UK TV personality
Jim Norton – Tony-winning actor ("Finian's Rainbow" revival, "The Seafarer," "Father Ted")
Naomi Novik – best-selling author ("Uprooted," Temeraire series)
Victor Nunez – director (“Ulee’s Gold,” “A Flash of Green,” “Ruby in Paradise”)
Conan O’Brien – Emmy-winning writer, actor, talk show host ("SNL," "Andy Barker P.I.," "The Tonight Show With...")
Jack O'Brien – Tony winning director ("The Coast Of Utopia," "Hairspray," "The Full Monty," "Henry IV")
Raul O’Connell – actor, director (“A Friend of Dorothy,” “Frisk”)
Nancy O'Dell – TV personality, interviewer ("Access Hollywood," "Entertainment Tonight")
Gail O’Grady – Emmy nominated actress (“NYPD Blue,” “American Dreams”)
Catherine O'Hara – Emmy-winning writer and actress ("SCTV," "HOme Alone," "Best In Show," "Nightmare Before Christmas")
Dana O'Keefe – director ("The New Yorkist")
Todd Oldham – fashion designer
Eddie de Oliveira – British playwright
Timothy Olyphant – actor (“Deadwood,” "The Broken Hearts Club," "Live Free Or Die Hard")
Zach O'Malley Greenburg – journalist (Forbes)
Thomas O’Neil – author (“The Grammys,” other Variety award guides)
Ed O’Neill – Golden Globe-nominated actor (“Married With Children,” “Dragnet," "John From Cincinatti")
Jamie O’Neill – author (“At Swim, Two Boys”)
Bill O’Reilly – Fox News host, best-selling author (“The O’Reilly Factor”)
Nagisa Oshima – director (“In the Realm of the Senses,” “Gohatto”)(roundtable)
Shane O'Sullivan – director ("RFK Must Die")
Tony Outedo – one-time manager of Foghat, restaurant chain Rock Heroes
Ferzan Ozpetek – director (“Steam,” “His Secret Life”)
Ann Packer – best-selling author (“The Dive From Clausen’s Pier”)
Jared Padalecki – actor (“Gilmore Girls,” "Supernatural")
Gene Page – photographer, stills (“Heavy, “If Lucy Fell,” Alligator)
Chazz Palminteri – writer-director of A Bronx Tale, “Bullets Over Broadway,” “Kojak”
Chuck Panozzo – Styx bassist
Christopher Paolini – best-selling author ("Eragon" fantasy series)
Michael Park – actor (star of “Violet,” “Hello Again,” “Smokey Joe’s Café”)
Sarah Jessica Parker – actress (“Sex and the City,” “Ed Wood”)
Scott Patterson – former Yankee, actor (“Gilmore Girls”)
Bobby Pearce – costume designer, Taboo
Felicia Pearson – actress, Snoop on "The Wire")
Josh Peck – actor ("Drake & Josh," "Mean Creek," "The Wackness")
Kal Penn – actor ("Harold & Kumar...," "Superman Returns," "The Namesake")
Luke Perry – actor (“Beverly Hills, 90210”)
Bernadette Peters – Golden Globe and Tony-winning actress (“Into the Woods,” “Sunday in the Park with George”)
Mekhi Phifer – actor and producer ("ER," "This Christmas," "8 Mile," "O")
Arthur Phillips – author (“Prague”)
Todd Phillips – cofounder, New York Underground Film Festival
David Hyde Pierce – Tony and Emmy winning actor ("Frasier," "Curtains," "Spamalot")
John Pierson – film heavyweight (IFC’s “Split Screen,” “She’s Gotta Have It,” “Clerks”)
Mary Pilon – journalist for New York Times, et al; author of "The Monopolists"
Brad Pitt – Oscar-nominated actor ("Fight Club," "The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford," "Ocean's Eleven")
David Pittsinger – opera and Broadway star ("South Pacific")
John Pizzarelli – jazz musician
Scott Pomfret – writer of gay romances ("Hot Sauce")
Jonathan Pontell – exec producer of “Boston Public”
Parker Posey – Golden Globe-winning actress ("Tales Of The City," "Dazed & Confused," "Party Girl," "Best In Show")
CCH Pounder – star of “the Shield,” “Baghdad café,” “ER”
Maury Povich – talk show host (A Current Affair); husband of Connie Chung
Padgett Powell – author (“Edisto,” “Typical,” “Edisto Revisited”)
Rebekah Presson Mosby – editor (“Poetry Speaks,”)
Christopher Price – BBC TV personality (“Liquid News”)
Jonathan Prince – creator “American Dreams”
Eric Pulido – guitarist in MIdlake ("The Trials of Van Occupanther")
Philip Pullman – bestselling author (“His Dark Materials” trilogy; winner little Booker)
Julia Query – stripper, director (“Live Nude Girls Unite!”)
Everett Quinton – head of Ridiculous Theatrical Co., partner of Charles Ludlum
Everett Quinton – actor ("The Mystery Of Irma Vep," "Pollock")
Frank Quitely – comic book illustrator “The Authority”)
Daniel Radcliffe – actor ("Harry Potter" films," "Equus," "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying")
Gideon Raff – writer, director ("The Killing Floor")
Dan Rank – ad exec at OMD USA
Anthony Rapp – actor, original cast of "Rent"
Adam Reed – creator, writer, producer ("Archer," "Sealab 2021," "Frisky Dingo")
Lou Reed – musician (Velvet Underground, “New York”)
Christopher Reeve – actor (“Superman,” “Deathtrap”)
Daniel Reichard – actor (“Radiant Baby” at Public)
Kevin Reilly – exec at Brillstein/Grey (co behind “Larry Sanders”)
Paul Reiser – actor-writer (“Mad About You”)
Ivan Reitman – director (“Ghostbusters,” “Stripes,” “Dave”)
Dan Renzi – personality (“MTV’s The Real World – Miami” 5th seasons)
John Requa – writer, director ("Bad Santa," "I Love You Phillip Morris," "Cats & Dogs")
Ving Rhames – star of “Pulp Fiction,” “Mission: Impossible,” “Kojak”
Frank Rich – cultural critic New York Times
Renee Richards – tennis star, sex change pioneer, world-class doctor
Andy Richter – talk show sidekick, actor (“Andy Richter Controls the Universe”)
J. Michael Riva – production designer (“Dave”)
Chita Rivera – Tony-winning actress ("West Side Story," "Chicago")
Kim Stanley Robinson – best-selling author (“Mars Trilogy,” “Years of Rice & Salt”)
Crissy Rock – UK comic, actress (“Ladybird, Ladybird”)
Brian Robbins – director (“Varsity Blues”)
Jai Rodriguez – culture guru for “Queer Eye,” actor “Zanna Don’t”
Ray Romano – Emmy-winning actor, writer, comic (“Everybody Loves Raymond”)
Dan Romer – singer, songwriter in band Fire Flies
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos – actress “X-Men,” “Femme Fatale”
Roseanne – Emmy nominated actress “Roseanne”
Benjamin Ross – director (“The Young Poisoner’s Handbook”)
Isabella Rossellini – Emmy-nominated actress, director ("Blue Velvet," "Big Night," "Green Porno")
Tim Roth – Oscar-nominated actor ("Pulp Fiction," "Rob Roy," "Lie To Me")
J. K. Rowling – best-selling author (“Harry Potter”)
Randy G. Roy – equestrian judge
Scott Rudin – movie and theatrical producer “The Hours,” “Addams Family”
Paul Rudnick – playwright, author (“Addams Family,” Libby column, “In & Out”)
Richard Russo – Pulitzer prize winning author (“Empire Falls,” “Nobody’s Fool”)
Leo Rutman – author of “Thy Father’s Son”
Jeri Ryan – actor (“Boston Public,” “Star Trek: Voyager”)
Shawn Ryan – creator TV’s “The Shield”
Robert Sabuda – pop-up book artist (“Wonderful Wizard of Oz”)
Ira Sachs – director ("40 Shades Of Blue," "The Delta," "Married Life")
Oliver Sacks – best-selling author, neurologist (“Awakenings”)
Katey Sagal – star of “Married With Children” and “8 Simple Rules”
Mark Samels – documentary filmmaker (“PBS’s American Experience”))
Susan Sarandon – Oscar-winning actress (“Dead Man Walking,” “Thelma & Louise”)
Peter Sarsgaard – actor (“Boys Don’t Cry,” “The Center of the World”)
Steven Sater – Tony and Grammy winning writer ("Spring Awakening")
James Schamus – producer “Crouching Tiger,” “Brokeback Mountain”
Fred Schepisi – director (“Plenty,” “Roxanne,” Cry in the Dark,” “Devil’s Playground”)
Josh Schmidt – composer ("Adding Machine")
Dan Schneider – TV producer, writer, director ("Drake & Josh," "iCarly," "Zoey 101,")
Fred Schneider – singer for B-52s
John Schneider – actor (“Dukes of Hazzard,” “Smallville”)
Sarah Schulman – writer ("Rat Bohemia," "Shimmer," "After Delores")
Celine Sciamma – director ("Water Lillies")
Campbell Scott – writer/dir (“Big Night,” “Mrs. Parker and…,” “Longtime Companion”
Ryan Seacrest – cohost of “American Idol”
Kyra Sedgwick – actress (“What’s Cooking?”
Jerry Seinfeld (roundtable -- not one-on-one) – Emmy-winning writer, actor, best-selling author, comic ("Seinfeld," "Bee Movie")
Shyam Selvadurai – author (“Funny Boy;” “Cinnamon Gardens”)
Scott Seomin – spokesperson for GLAAD
Chloe Sevigny – actress, fashion plate (“Boys Don’t Cry,” “Kids,” “Trees Lounge”)
Valerie Shaff – photographer
Tom Shales – TV critic for “The Washington Post”
Tony Shalhoub – actor (“Wings,” “Monk,” “Big Night”)
Eric Shanower – graphic novelist, “Age of Bronze” Trojan War retelling
William Shatner – Emmy winning actor “The Practice,” “Star trek,” author, singer
Harry Shearer – Emmy-nominated writer and actor ("The Simpsons," "This Is Spinal Tap," "SNL," "A Mighty Wind")
Tony Sheehan – writer (“Barney Miller”)
Ally Sheedy – actress (“Breakfast Club,” High Art,” “Hedwig”)
Cybill Shepherd – Golden Globe-winning actress ("Moonlighting," "Cybill," "The Last Picture Show")
Duncan Sheik – Grammy and Tony-winning musician (“Phantom Moon,” hit single “Barely Breathing,” musical "Spring Awakening")
Antony Sher – Olivier-winning and Tony-nominated actor, best-selling author ("Primo," "Year Of The King")
Martin Short – actor (“SNL,” “SCTV,” talk show)
Anita Shreve – best-selling author (“Pilot’s Wife,” “Fortune’s Rocks”)
Christopher Sieber – Tony-nominated actor ("Spamalot," "Shrek The Musical," "Into The Woods," TV's "It's All Relative")
Ed Sikov – author (Billy Wilder and Peter Sellers biographies)
Daniel Silva – best-selling author (“The English Assassin”)
Ron Silver – actor, “Skin,” “The West Wing,” “Enemies: A Love Story”
Ronald C. Simon – curator, Museum of Television & Radio
Jessica Simpson – singer, TV star “Newlyweds”
Karin Slaughter – award-winning, best-selling thriller writer ("Pretty Girls," Grant County series)
Barbara Smith – writer/activist (“The Truth Never Hurts,” founder Kitchen Sink Press)
Gary Smith – executive producer of Tonys
Shawnee Smith – actress (“Becker”)
Shepard Smith – Fox News anchor, host of “The Pulse”
Brittany Snow – star of “American Dreams”
Todd Solondz – writer/director (“Welcome to the Dollhouse,” “Happiness”)
Kevin Spacey – Oscar and Tony-winning actor and producer ("American Beauty," "LA Confidential," "The Usual Suspects," "Wiseguy," "The Iceman Cometh")
Aaron Spelling – TV producer (“90210,” “Love Boat,” “Fantasy Island,” etc)
Nicole Sperling – Los Angeles Times reporter
Art Spiegelman – graphic novel artist (“Maus”)
Morgan Spurlock – Oscar-nominated filmmaker ("Super Size Me," "Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden?")
Jerry Stahl – best-selling author (“Permanent Midnight,” “Perv -- A Love Story”)
John Stamos – actor (“Full House,” “Thieves”)
Florence Stanley – actress (“Barney Miller”)
Ryan Starr – Top 10 finalist on “American Idol”
Bobby Steggert – Tony-nominated actor ("All My Children," "Ragtime" revival, "Yank: A WW II Love Story")
Todd Stephens – screenwriter (“Edge of Seventeen”)
Laura Stevens – co-founder Manhattan Childrens Theatre
Mathew St. Patrick – actor (“Six Feet Under,” “General Hospital”)
Meryl Streep – Oscar winning actress “Sophie’s Choice,” “The Hours”
Jonathan Strickland – senior writer for "How Stuff Works"
Keith Strickland – B-52s guitarist
Susan Stroman – Emmy and Tony-winning director and choreographer ("The Producers," "Show Boat," "Crazy For You," "Contact")
Joel Surnow – Emmy-winning creator “24” and “La Femme Nikita”
David Sutcliffe – actor (“Gilmore Girls,” “Cold Feet”)
Kiefer Sutherland – actor (TV’s “24;” “Stand By Me;” “Lost Boys;”)
Hilary Swank – Oscar-winning actress (“Boys Don’t Cry,” “The Gift,” TV’s “90210”)
Matthew Sweet – acclaimed singer-songwriter, member of The Thorns, duets with Susanna Hoffs (hit song "Girlfriend")
Wanda Sykes – comic, actress “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Wanda At Large”
Rich Tafel – gay activist (head, Log Cabin Republicans)
Amber Tamblyn – actress “Joan of Arcadia”
Tristan Taormino – sex advice columnist “Pucker Up”
John Tartaglia – actor, puppeteer on “Sesame Street” (“Avenue Q,” "Johnny & The Sprites")
Peter Taylor -- acclaimed Southern writer ("The Old Forest and Other Stories")
Ron Taylor – actor, singer (“It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues”)
Neil Tennant – Grammy-nominated musician, half of Pet Shop Boys (“Discography,” “Behavior”)
Mary Testa – Tony-nominated actress ("On The Town," "42nd St.," "Xanadu")
Richard Thomas – cocreator “Jerry Springer: The Opera”
Anne Thompson – journalist (Indiewire, Thompson on Hollywood)
Linda Thompson – singer-songwriter, Grammy winner, one half of Richard & Linda Thompson duo (“Fashionably Late,” “Shoot Out The Lights”)
Richard Thompson – singer-songwriter, legendary guitarist and member of Fairport Convention, as well as one half of Richard & Linda Thompson
Teddy Thompson – acclaimed singer-songwriter, son of Richard and Linda Thompson
Tracey Thorn – acclaimed singer-songwriter, one half of Everything But The Girl ("Idlewild," :"Love and Its Opposites")
Billy Bob Thornton – actor, director (Oscar winner for “Slingblade”)
James Toback – Oscar-nominated writer/dir. (“Bugsy,” “Two Guys and a Girl,” “Pick-Up Artist”)
Van Toffler – head of MTV
Peter Tork – musician, actor (“The Monkees”)
Stephen Tropiano – author of “The Prime Time Closet”
Verne Troyer – actor ("Austin Powers" movies)
Donald Trump – real estate mogul, TV star, best-selling author
John Turturro – actor (“Quiz Show,” “Barton Fink,” “Do the Right Thing”)
Basil Twist –puppeteer (“The Araneidae Show”)
Tom Tykwer – director (“Run Lola Run,” “Winter Sleepers”)
Tracey Ullman – Emmy winning actor, writer, singer ("The Tracey Ullman Show," "Tracey Takes On....," "Ally McBeal," "Bullets Over Broadway")
Blair Underwood – actor “LA Law,” “Sex and the City”Dawn Upshaw – Grammy-winning opera singer
Dick Van Dyke – Emmy winning actor (“Dick Van Dyke Show,” “Diagnosis Murder”)
Melvin Van Peebles – actor, writer, dir (“Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song”)
Gus Van Sant – director (“Elephant,” “My Own Private Idaho,” “Drugstore Cowboy”)
Francis Veber – director (“The Dinner Guest,” “The Closet”)
Milo Ventimiglia – actor (“Gilmore Girls”)
Jim Verraros – final 10 on “American Idol”)
Richard Verrier – reporter for The Los Angeles Times
Meredith Vieira – Emmy-winning reporter, “The View,” “Who Wants to be Millionaire”
Abe Vigoda – actor (“Barney Miller,” “The Godfather”)
Ruth Vitale – film industry heavyweight (Fine Line)
Paula Vogel – Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (“How I Learned to Drive”)
Donnie Wahlberg – actor, pop star (“Boomtown,” New Kids On The Block)
Rufus Wainright – musician
Kasia Walicka-Maimone – costume designer ("Capote," "Amelia," "Jesus' Son")
Joseph Wambaugh – best-selling author (“The Onion Field,” “The Choirboys”)
Lauren Ward – actress (star of “Violet,” Lincoln Center revival “Carousel”)
Alan Ware – clown for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Malcolm-Jamal Warner – actor (“The Cosby Show,” “Jeremiah”)
Lenny Waronker – head of DreamWorks Records, record industry vet
John Waters – director (“Hairspray,” “Pink Flamingos,” “Cry Baby”)
Paul Watkins – author (“Night Over Day Over Night,” “Stand Before Your God”)
Emma Watson – actor (Hermione in "Harry Potter" films)
Damon Wayans – actor (“My Wife and Kids,” “Bamboozled”)
Charles Webb – author of "The Graduate"
Peter Webber – director ("Girl With A Pearl Earring," "Wuthering Heights," "Hannibal Rising")
Johnny Weir – Olympic ice skater, three time US champion
Tom Welling – actor (“Smallville”)
Matt Wells – media reporter for UK’s “The Guardian”
Adam Werbach – activist (youngest head of Sierra Club at 23; Act Now Prod.)
Donald Westlake – Edgar-winning mystery author, Dortmunder and Parker series
Mike White – writer and actor ("Chuck & Buck," "Freaks And Geeks," "School Of Rock")
Scott Whittier – author of gay romances ("Hot Sauce")
David Wild – senior editor “Rolling Stone,” “Friends” companion book
Tom Wilkinson – actor “Normal,” “In The Bedroom”|
Montel Williams – TV talk show host
Robin Williams – Oscar-winning actor, stand-up (World According to Garp)
Martha Williamson – TV writer (creator: “Touched By An Angel”)
Kelly Willis – country singer and songwriter
Cassandra Wilson – Grammy-winning jazz singer
Mary Louise Wilson – Tony-winning actress ("Grey Gardens," "Full Gallop"), memoirist
Patrick Wilson – actor Bway “Oklahoma,” TV’s “Angels in America”
Robert Wilson – thriller author (“A Small Death in Lisbon,” “Company of Strangers”)
Simon Winchester – author (“The Professor and the Madman”)
Dick Wolf – Emmy-winning TV producer (“Law & Order,” “New York Undercover”)
Michael Winterbottom – BAFTA-winning director ("24 Hour Party People," "In This World," "A Mighty Heart")
George C. Wolfe – Tony-winning director, head of Public (“Angels in America”)
Nat Wolff – actor, singer and songwriter ("The Naked Brothers Band")
BD Wong – “Pacific Overtures,” “M Butterfly,”
Doug Wright – Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning playwright ("I Am My Own Wife," "Grey Gardens," "Quills")
David Yates – director ("Harry Potter" films, TV miniseries "State Of Play,"
Anton Yelchin – actor ("Charlie Bartlett," "Star Trek")
Graham Yost – creator of “Boomtown,” writer of “Band of Brothers,” “Speed”
John Yost – head of Black Rocket ad agency
Jacob Young – actor, musician (“General Hospital”)
Will Young – singer, winner of UK’s “Pop Idol”
Craig Zadan -- Emmy winning producer of “Life With Judy,” TV’s “Annie,” “Chicago”
Paula Zahn – TV broadcaster (“Fox News,” “CBS This Morning”)
Peggy Zask – artist
Ian Ziering – actor (“Beverly Hills, 90210”)
Mary Zimmerman – MacArthur “genius” grant winner, theater director (“Metamorphoses;” “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”)