PHIL DONAHUE talk show host "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. The commentators Mark Shields and Paul Gigot help me when I need ammunition as I'm arguing something and waving my arms."
JAMES WOODS actor "The Godfather Part II was just a brilliantly performed, brilliantly directed picture. It showed how even the most evil crime empire can be run like a business."
CARLY SIMON singer "Jimmy Webb's Ten Easy Pieces presents a great artist unadorned."
BEN AFFLECK actor "When I was young, on Fridays I watched The Dukes of Hazzard. You can't overestimate the appeal of Daisy Duke to an 11-year-old.
PAUL SORVINO actor "Star Trek. Any of them, all of them, as many times as I can see them. I like the show because it's a morality play every week."
MARLO THOMAS actress "Soap is my favorite TV show because it showed the eccentricity of families with such affection that you could recognize your own crazy family."
VICTORIA PRINCIPAL actress "UB40's Promises and Lies is the kind of music where you turn the lights down, light the candles, lock the door and throw away the key every time."
GREG KINNEAR actor "I was 12 years old when my mom took me and 10 of my friends to stand in a very long line to see Jaws in the summer of 1975. It was the Mt first time I'd ever loved a movie and had that visceral experience."
BARBARA WALTERS news anchor "I can identify with Murphy Brown. The New Year's Eves spent working, the stuff that went on at the station, it was all very funny and reminded me of my own experiences."
WHOOPI GOLDBERG actress "One book is The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, which is the story of a Baptist preacher who uproots his family to the Congo just as the Congolese are fighting to gain independence from Belgium."
CHRISTIE BRINKLEY model "Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark. I've always been a big fan of hers. Her lyrics are so interesting and emotional and come from the heart of an artists."
JOHN LITHGOW actor "A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan spans the life of one person, but it really talks about an entire generation and the Vietnam War. It is an amazing piece of journalism."
BRYANT GUMBEL newscaster "I'm a huge Prince fan, and I thought Purple Rain was his best work. When I travel I take about 10 or 12 CDs, and it always makes the traveling squad."
RAQUEL WELCH actress "Year of the King by Antony Sher is from a brilliant actor and is all about the experience he had creating his role of Richard III."
LISA KUDROW actress "The film Ordinary People. Watching good therapy is fascinating to me."
DONNA SHALALA Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services "I love Sleepless in Seattle. It's warm, sweet and funny. It made me laugh and cry."
NOAH WYLE actor "I liked the show M*A*S*H a lot. In their unit it was long, long moments of boredom punctuated by intense drama."
GENE SISKEL film critic "Oddly, my favorite book—Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities—was turned into a bad movie. The book managed to identify an era, a generation, and a national racial and class schism while telling an irresistible nightmare."
MATT LEBLANC actor "Pink Floyd's The Wall is a great film."
CHRISTINA APPLEGATE actress "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. It's brilliant. You can't go wrong. I've probably only seen it like 15 or 20 times."
MARTHA STEWART TV host "Being There is probably the one movie I could watch over and over because it's about nature and expression and simplicity."
LEA THOMPSON actress "Meredith Brooks's 'Bitch' describes a lot of women I know, and it describes me! The world wants to make women into little rooms, little classifiable shapes. I love this song because she's like, 'Wait a minute! I'm all these things, and I can still be me.' "
STAR JONES TV host "My favorite book has to be Roots by Alex Haley. It gave me a historical perspective on African-Americans and the pride in their hearts and family."
KENNY ROGERS singer "Seinfeld. Every night we watch reruns, and I laugh so hard."
SUSAN LUCCI actress "My favorite book is The Prince of Tides. I was bowled over by Pat Conroy's use of language. I began to dole it out to myself in small portions. I didn't want it to end."
JERRY STILLER actor "I Think I'm Outta Here by Carroll O'Connor deals with his feelings about his work as an actor, and it also covers what happened to his son Hugh [who committed suicide in 1995]. It was very poignant."
DONALD TRUMP entrepreneur "I've been a big fan of 60 Minutes because they have always kept the highest standard and accurately shown you where the world is."
SUSAN SARANDON actress "My favorite book is Dead Man walking by Helen Prejean, because it changed my life and brought Sister Helen into my life."
SANDRA BULLOCK actress "Cinema Paradiso. Just watch it. It's all about the idea of love and memories and family. It's just beautiful."
KELSEY GRAMMER actor "I was riding across country on my motorcycle, and I read The Right Stuff. There was a movement in it that was really impressive."
MIRA SORVINO actress "Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison is a great American coming-of-age novel with a young female protagonist. Just beautiful, very touching."
JUDY COLLINS singer "The album Graceland is the most innovative, musically. It was brilliant the way Paul Simon did it—going to South Africa and working with South African musicians to pull together something that was part of their culture. And of course Paul Simon was singing at his peak."
BARBARA MANDRELL singer "I love Coach. The writing was superb, the actors were the best. It's in syndication, and I watch it every day now."
FRANK McCOURT author "M.F.K. Fisher's A Life in Letters: Correspondence 1929-1991. If I were still teaching high school English, I'd use her books to show how to write simply, how to enjoy food and drink but, most of all, how to enjoy life. Her books and letters are one feast after another."
LUCY LAWLESS actress "Lyle Lovett's album Pontiac. I love anything by Lyle Lovett."
NAOMI JUDD singer "The first time I saw The Silence of the Lambs I was on the road. That night, I confess, I piled up furniture against the door."
BILL MAHER TV host "Bill Clinton's grand jury testimony was a fascinating courtroom drama—a was-cally wabbit pursued by Elmer Starr."
WYNONNA JUDD singer "When Food Is Love by Geneen Roth helped me to understand that I have many years of healing to do. I was hungry as a child."
ROGER EBERT film critic "Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing dealt with the most important subject in America today and did so in a way that a viewer of any race could come away with a better understanding of what moves other groups."
DAVID HASSELHOFF actor "I used to watch Picket Fences all the time. David Kelley and his writing are what made it extraordinary."
MARTIN SHORT actor "Annie Hall is a brilliantly funny movie. The characters all had facets of people that I've known or found interesting."
SALMA HAYEK actress "One movie that I cannot help watching if it's on television is A Star Is Born. I sing every single tune. And Kris Kristofferson—how sexy was he? Every time I watch it I know he's going to die at the end, but I still cry."
USHER singer "A Donny Hathaway Collection is my favorite CD of all time. Hathaway has always been a great vocalist and has great soulful songs. He goes for these high, high notes."
KEENEN IVORY WAYANS comedian "My favorite comedic film is the first Airplane! It was edgy, it was inspiration for the kind of comedies I wanted to do. I'd do any part in that movie."
GLORIA STEINEM writer "The Color Purple by Alice Walker has an irresistible story, spiritual insight, and characters who are redeemed and thus give us faith that we can be redeemed too."
JAMES BROLIN actor "The Danish film Breaking the Waves exemplifies the depth and breadth of love and how it affects someone so deeply that they would do anything for it."
PETER JENNINGS news anchor "Sophie's Choice. As a father, watching someone faced with the ultimate choice—I was overcome with the utmost gravity."
DREW CAREY actor "CNN is my favorite for news. It's worldwide. People in Baghdad watch to find out what's going on."
DAVE FOLEY actor "London Calling by the Clash made me happy. When you were a kid in the '70s, there was David Bowie and then there was hell, so when the Clash came out it was a bit of a revelation. It was amazing."
ALYSSA MILANO actress "Fame is probably the show that changed me. I liked it because it was about young people who were creative and did all of the things that I liked to do."
BILL BLASS designer "Chariots of Fire had all the components. The music was memorable. The film was heroic."
PETER KRAUSE actor "I remember in 1977 I was 12 and had a transistor radio roped on my bicycle. My friend Dave and I would cruise around and when Boz Scaggs's 'Lido Shuffle' came on, we thought we were pretty cool."
DEBRA MESSING actress "Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill is just simple and raw and passionate."
ROGER MOORE actor "I saw The Color Purple in a theater in Switzerland. After the movie was over I was too embarrassed to let anyone see me crying. So I snuck out a side door, sprained my ankle and ended up in the hospital."
MARK WAHLBERG actor "Barney Miller. I'm an old-school guy, so I always wanted to be Wojohowicz, one of the detectives. He was just a solid guy."
LILY TOMLIN actress "Bagdad Cafe. I loved the sensibility and unpredictability of this movie."
MICHELLE PFEIFFER actress "One of my favorite films is Life Is Beautiful, because it is so overwhelming and powerful. I had to be scraped off the floor at the end of it."
KELLIE MARTIN actress "Three's Company, definitely. Jack Tripper [John Ritter]. That's all I have to say. Jack Tripper is just the man."
The quote from Gene Siskel (p. 14) was printed before his death on Feb. 20, 1999.
Saved by the Bell Reunion
The hookups, the meltdowns, the memoires
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