E-mail a friendJanuary 8, 2007
New York Times' Baghdad Bureau Chief John Burns, live via satellite, discusses the situation in Iraq following Hussein's death. R&B singer-songwriter-actor Chris Brown talks about his feature film debut in Stomp the Yard.
John Burns
John Burns
Foreign correspondent John Burns heads The New York Times Baghdad Bureau and has written extensively on the war in Iraq. During his career, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner headed several Times' foreign bureaus, including Moscow, Sarajevo, Beijing, Kabul and Belgrade. Born in the U.K., Burns grew up in Canada and studied Russian at Harvard and Chinese at Cambridge. He also wrote for the Toronto Globe and Mail, where he covered local stories and served as a China correspondent.
Chris Brown
Chris Brown
Multitalented Chris Brown finished '06 as Billboard's top pop artist and a Best New Artist Grammy nominee. The 17-year-old rising star starts '07 with his big screen debut in the feature film, Stomp the Yard. Brown rose to fame in '05, at age 16, with the single "Run It!" from his platinum-selling self-titled debut CD. He initially wanted to be a rapper, but with his mom's encouragement, he began looking for recording opportunities using his singing voice. He's in production for his sophomore release, 'Graduation.'