In this episode are my thoughts on the late Alain Delon, with whom I became fascinated after watching the French actor appear as a gigolo in love in The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1965), Gena Rowlands (Gloria, The Betty Ford Story, The Notebook) and Phil Donahue.
From the Hollywood Reporter’s obituary:
After [Phil Donahue] had turned 60 and received 11 Daytime Emmys, Donahue called it quits in 1996, and [billionaire TV hostess Oprah] Winfrey presented him with a Lifetime Achievement honor. “I want to thank you for opening the door so wide, wide enough for me to walk through,” she said. “Had there not been a Phil Donahue, I don’t believe there could have been an Oprah.” …Donahue said he was influenced in his formative years by the motto of [the Cleveland Press newspaper’s owner] the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain: “Give Light, and the People Will Find Their Own Way.”
Donahue found his niche in 1963 when he began hosting Conversation Piece, a weekday 90-minute radio talk show. It employed new tec…
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