January 14, 2018 - ED BEGLEY, JR ("St. Elsewhere") and GENE LIM (award-wining animator)

Summary: ED BEGLEY, JR, actor from hit TV show "St. Elsewhere," is our special guest this Sunday night! Inspired by the works of his Academy Award-winning father, ED became an actor. He first came to audiences' attention for his portrayal of Dr. Victor Ehrlich on the long-running hit television series, "St. Elsewhere," for which he received six Emmy nominations. Since then, ED has moved easily between feature, television and theatre projects. ED can be seen in "Ghostbusters" with Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy and a number of Christopher Guest films, such as "Mascots," "A Mighty Wind," "Best In Show," and "For Your Consideration." He has also appeared in the Woody Allen movie "Whatever Works" with Larry David, as well as the Seth Rogan/Judd Apatow film, "Pineapple Express." On television, ED is currently shooting "Future Man" for Seth Rogen, and can be seen on "Better Call Saul" with Bob Odenkirk, the Judd Apatow series "Love" and two seasons of "Lady Dynamite" with Maria Bamford. He has starred in two HBO movies: "Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight" with Christopher Plummer, Danny Glover and Frank Langella, as well as "Recount" with Kevin Spacey, Tom Wilkinson and Laura Dern. He has also had recurring roles on "Six Feet Under," "Arrested Development," and "Portlandia." ED is supporting a free press with celebrity reading of "All the President's Men" at Los Angeles City Hall. The special, one-night only reading of William Goldman's screenplay, presented by the award-winning Fountain Theatre in partnership with the City of Los Angeles and with exclusive permission from Warner Bros Entertainment and Simon & Schuster. The free event will be hosted by Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell and will take place in the John Ferraro Council Chamber of Los Angeles City Hall on Saturday, January 27 at 7:30 p.m. A catered reception will follow in the City Hall Rotunda. Also dropping by the show Sunday night is GENE LIM, executive producer at Barajoun Entertainment, a leading animation and visual effects studio based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. His passion for storytelling inspired him to produce the animation feature film "Bilal," which tells a story about faith, hope, and courage. "Bilal" has drawn enormous applause and gained recognitions and awards worldwide since its first launch in 2016. Bilal has won "The Best Inspiring Movie" on the Animation Day during Cannes Film Festival in 2016 and an official selection at the Annecy Film Festival in the same year. "Bilal" was also nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, the region's highest accolade for film and was screened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, last March 2017. For GENE, "Bilal" is an eye-opener realization of his ultimate goal in life which is to inspire other people through the power of storytelling. His work paved a way to pursue this advocacy by directing his own masterpiece of art and producing stories that impart values, inspirational and brings life-changing experience that will appeal to different generations of all mankind.