E-mail a friendNovember 8, 2007
Journalist Ron Brownstein discusses the polarization of the political system in the U.S. Men in Trees star Anne Heche says soap operas are the best training ground for TV actors.
Ron Brownstein
Ron Brownstein
Veteran journalist Ron Brownstein is political director for Atlantic Media Company, publisher of The Atlantic and National Journal. He was previously political correspondent and a columnist with the Los Angeles Times and chief political correspondent for U.S. News and World Report. Brownstein has received several journalism awards and was named one of Washington's 20 "best and most influential" journalists by Washingtonian Magazine. He's the author/editor of six books, including The Second Civil War.
Anne Heche
Anne Heche
Currently starring in TV's Men in Trees, Anne Heche began her career as a singer-dancer. After high school, she landed the dual role of good/evil twins in the soap Another World, winning a Daytime Emmy. She moved on to film, with credits that include Donnie Brasco and John Q. Heche earned a Tony nod for her performance in Twentieth Century on Broadway and also wrote and directed a segment of HBO's If These Walls Could Talk 2. Her best-selling autobiographical book, Call Me Crazy, was published in '01.