THE "BLACK" PANTHER

I am saddened by the death of BLAKE EDWARDS. Several years ago I interviewed his wife, Julie, and he was there. My heart goes out to her....

DEAR KEIR

Had an awesome interview today with KEIR GILCHRIST who plays the ever-lovable Marshall on United States of Tara.

The guy has thoughtful and intelligent things to say about the HIV/AIDS epidemic. He also has an idea on how to best reach his generation when it comes to having safer sex, and he reveals the person he'd most like to meet.

Dann & Kelly with Keir

http://DANNandKELLY.com/

Watch for the upcoming story on Keir in A&U magazine in early 2011

http://aumag.org/wordpress/

Thanks to Marc Hamou and Adam Greenberg for their valuable assistance.

SHE REIGNS!

Fresh on the stands:

My cover story on REGINA KING

http://aumag.org/wordpress/

SQUASH!

HOME WITH ALEC MAPA

He cooks up some squash soup in his kitchen today...

as we interview him ....

for A&U magazine.

http://aumag.org/wordpress/

Thanks, Alec, for a homey afternoon

[For the record, the soup was Dee-Lish!]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOHN

John Lennon's death is one of those explosive moments in your memory

that you know EXACTLY where you were when you heard the former Beatle had been shot.

I was living on Ohio Avenue in Westwood, not far from UCLA and was returning home from dinner with a new beau, a British lad -- as was Lennon -- when Mike and I heard it announced on the car radio. I became numb and for the rest of the evening we talked about not only the shocking news, but how John's life had positively affected us.

Don't miss the new film, NOWHERE BOY, just released starring the gifted actor who portrays Lennon, Aaron Johnson.

Had John lived, I wonder how his creative spirit would have continued to touch me . . .

Where were you when you heard?

TONY WAS "HOT!"

IN MEMORIAM

So long, partner!

Photos taken April 2010 at TCM film fest in Hollywood

[We came very near to interviewing you...Darn.]

SHE'S OUT!

MY ANN-MARGRET ARTICLE IN A& U MAGAZINE

IS OUT ON THE STANDS!

[Read below]

THE FACTS!

IN BED WITH DANN & KELLY interviewed "Mrs. Garrett" from the iconic TV sitcom, THE FACTS OF LIFE, the inimitable actor

CHARLOTTE RAE

At 84, she's one-hell-of-a-broad. Fiesty, Friendly, and Fetching!

Watch for snippets of the interview at:

www.DANNandKELLY.com

IF I WERE A CARPENTER

IN BED WITH DANN & KELLY

Honors one of the greatest voices of the century: KAREN CARPENTER

[click on link below to view]

http://dannandkelly.com/

THE QUEEN

We met with and interviewed the Queen today at a Los Feliz restaurant --

REGINA KING, that is.

[Her name in Latin means queen!]

We found Regina delightful, charming, and mostly just down-to-earth.

She does a lot of work with The Black AIDS Institute and travels around to high schools lecturing on AIDS prevention to teen girls. A couple of years ago she even took an HIV test in public!

Find out more about this activist and all 'round gal in Dann's cover story on Regina coming out in A&U magazine very soon.

UPTIGHTS!

COMBING CULVER CITY

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IT HITS THE SPOT!

There's more revealed than a G-string

when DANN & KELLY

eat at THE SPOT restaurant

in Hermosa Beach, California

[click link below to view]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knR36O7InPA

YEAH SEX!

NEW COVER STORY OUT!

Sex in the City's Kristin Davis

Due to this issue being late, unfortunately, a couple minor edits could not be made. Probably no one else reading the story will catch it, but, alas, me, the writer, will!

GRIPEFEST

DANN & KELLY are back in bed and havin' at it!

[Click on link below to view]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9fzoQexopQ

US'N AND THE CITY

DANN & KELLY interview SEX AND THE CITY's

KRISTIN DAVIS

over lunch in Brentwood

She was simply a delight and passionate about her work with Oxfam in Africa.

Read about her in A&Us July cover story.

http://www.kristindavis.me/oxfam

STEEL STEALS THE DAY!

IN BED WITH DANN & KELLY

GETS KRISTIAN STEEL IN BED

The actor discovers his soul diaspora then takes highway 191 to go to work with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts then stands in for Wilmer Valderrama . . .

What a life!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3g08FCuFiU&feature=channel

RUE, BOO-HOO

WHAT A DAMN SHAME....

I came 'this close' to landing an interview with Rue in the past several years, but due to her hectic schedule it never happened.

My loss.....

INTO THE SOUL

IN BED WITH DANN & KELLY head to Culver City to interview the star, SADIQ ABU and wirter/diredtor, ODERA OZOKA of the film SOUL DIASPORA at the Culver Plaza Theatre.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etay5PcveKg&feature=channel

LADY

I will really miss this Lady: her voice, her charm, her outspokenness, her beauty, and her feistiness. I saw her in the early eighties on Broadway in her spectacular, legendary one-woman show. [I hope it's on DVD so everyone can see it.]

Who can ever forget her stunning show stopping performance

in the film THE WIZ??!!

So damn sorry I never had the opportunity to interview Lady Lena....