E-mail a friendApril 30, 2008
Journalist and best-selling author Cokie Roberts talks about the Democratic primary season and explains why she likes to write about women in history. Actor Richard Jenkins tells how filming The Visitor was made difficult by the simultaneous filming of Will Smith's I Am Legend in New York City.
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
As the daughter of two former members of Congress, Emmy-winning journalist Cokie Roberts has an insider's insight. She covers Congress, politics and public policy for ABC News and NPR. She's also been a contributor to PBS' The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour and a CBS News reporter. Roberts is the author of several best sellers, including Founding Mothers, which chronicles women in American history, and, the new companion volume, Ladies of Liberty. With her husband, Roberts also writes a syndicated weekly column.
Richard Jenkins
Richard Jenkins
Richard Jenkins is one of Hollywood's most in-demand character actors. He's worked steadily in film and TV and has an impressive list of credits, including the films There's Something About Mary, Me, Myself & Irene and, his latest, The Visitor. He's known to TV audiences as the family patriarch in HBO's Six Feet Under. Jenkins has also enjoyed a distinguished regional theater career, including a 15-year stint at Rhode Island's Trinity Repertory Theater, where he served as artistic director for four years.