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Mother’s Day, Former Oprah Winfrey TV Executive Producer, Lisa Erspamer

admin — Fri, 08 May 2015 19:06:15 +0000

Top TV producer Lisa Erspamer shares celebrities’ exclusive, heartfelt letters to their mothers in MUST HAVE book, A Letter to My Mom
Lisa Erspamer, former co-executive producer of The Oprah Winfrey Show, and creator of the A Letter To My… series is now available for interviews to discuss her blockbuster new book, A Letter To My Mom—which features a number of exclusive letters from celebrities such as Shania Twain, Kristin Chenoweth, Kelly Osbourne, Mariel Hemingway and Melissa Rivers, among many others.
A Letter To My Mom is the third book in Lisa’s breakout series celebrating the joy and emotion of letter-writing. The first two books, A Letter To My Dog and A Letter To My Cat, were huge hits — now the third installment is here and it’s this year’s MUST gift for Mother’s Day.
Would love to schedule an interview for you with Lisa to discuss these letters and this incredible list of talent decided to share their personal letters. We will also have giveaway available for your listeners and a chance to have them submit their letters to for future books in this hugely popular series.
Available now from Crown Archetype, A Letter To My Mom features touching, heartfelt letters and nostalgic photos from sons and daughters expressing their love for their mothers and features everyday people as well as celebrities (full list below).
Lisa is an inspiring, highly-regarded television producer who has helped craft stories and segments for Oprah and many of today’s most influential celebrities.
Celebrity contributors:
Kristin Chenoweth
Cat Cora
Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York
Josh Groban
Mariel Hemingway
Ali Landry
Monica Lewinsky
Lisa Ling
Dr. Phil McGraw
Robin Meade
Nancy O’Dell
Suze Orman
Kelly Osbourne
Ken Paves
Melissa Rivers
Shaun Robinson
Molly Sims
Lennon & Maisy Stella (Nashville)
The Tenors
Christy Turlington Burns
Shania Twain

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Ali MacGraw on “Super Soul Sunday” this Sunday on OWN (9/28)

admin — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:15:22 +0000

PROMO: Ali MacGraw on “Super Soul Sunday” Sunday, September 28 at 11 a.m. ET/PT on OWN

http://www.oprah.com/own-super-soul-sunday/Ali-MacGraw-Is-On-Super-Soul-Sunday-September-28-Video

DESCRIPTION: Super Soul Sunday with Ali MacGraw

Oprah sits down with author and actress Ali MacGraw, star of the iconic 1970s film “Love Story,” for a rare conversation about aging with grace, and the love lessons she learned from her marriages to Hollywood legends Steve McQueen and Robert Evans. After leaving Los Angeles in 1994, Ali moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in order to live her spiritual journey more fully, ultimately learning how to redefine her worth outside the lens of Hollywood. Nearly three decades sober, Ali shares with Oprah how learning to say “no” shifted the course of her life. Ali also reveals her evolving views on living as a celebrity, the importance of gratitude in her life, and her secret to finding inner peace.

CLIP: Why Ali MacGraw Loves Her Gray Hair

http://www.oprah.com/own-super-soul-sunday/Why-Ali-MacGraw-Loves-Her-Gray-Hair-Video

CLIP: Reason Ali MacGraw’s Three Marriages Ended in Divorce

http://www.oprah.com/own-super-soul-sunday/The-Reason-Ali-MacGraws-Three-Marriages-Ended-in-Divorce-Video

CLIP: Ali MacGraw on Steve McQueen: “I Always Thought He’d Leave Me”

http://www.oprah.com/own-super-soul-sunday/Ali-MacGraw-on-Steve-McQueen-I-Always-Thought-Hed-Leave-Me-Video

CLIP: The Reason Ali MacGraw’s Three Marriages Ended in Divorce

http://www.oprah.com/own-super-soul-sunday/The-Reason-Ali-MacGraws-Three-Marriages-Ended-in-Divorce-Video

CLIP: The Wake Up Call Ali MacGraw Needed to Leave Los Angeles

http://www.oprah.com/own-super-soul-sunday/The-Wake-Up-Call-Ali-MacGraw-Needed-to-Leave-Los-Angeles-Video

PHOTOS:

https://owncomm.box.com/s/404r8zwik24ey5q76ouc

Oprah Winfrey with Ali MacGraw

Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc. / George Burns

AIRDATE/TUNE-IN:

“Super Soul Sunday” with Ali MacGraw airs Sunday, September 28 at 11 a.m. ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.

ABOUT Super Soul Sunday

“Super Soul Sunday” is the multi-award winning daytime series that delivers a timely thought-provoking, eye-opening and inspiring block of programming designed to help viewers awaken to their best selves and discover a deeper connection to the world around them. Recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with two Daytime Emmy® awards, “Super Soul Sunday” features all-new conversations between Oprah Winfrey and top thinkers, authors, visionaries and spiritual leaders exploring themes and issues including happiness, personal fulfillment, spirituality, conscious living and what it means to be alive in today’s world.

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Les (Leslie) Wolff, part 1 + 2 + 3 + 4

admin — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 18:15:48 +0000

In 1959 I started saving newspapers that had Yankees on the covers, and in 1969 I started a quest to get every major athletes autograph. I started with the NY Jets getting Joe Namath and branched out to getting my idol Mickey Mantle in the Yankee locker room, and trading pictures with his agent Roy True, to Muhammad Ali, who I became friends with and did a TNT SPECIAL with. My Jamaica High School education was highlighted by having my picture in the Daily News getting Mickey Mantle’s autograph as a senior. My 3 idols in sports were Muhammad Ali, Mickey Mantle and Dave DeBusschere. My college education at LaGuardia Community College, in 1973, as part of the 1st graduating class, provided me a scholarship to go on with my schooling at Queens College, where I graduated with Jerry Seinfeld. By befriending major athletes like Hank Aaron, Muhammad Ali, Mickey Mantle, Bill Bradley, Joe Namath, Wayne Gretzky, Joe Frazier, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Joe Dimaggio, and Thurman Munson, it provided me with a great collection. In order to afford my addiction I had to become a dealer and start selling my doubles at an early age in order to help support my parents who were much older and to pay for my college education, clothes, food, housing and transportation etc. Then I branched out and started the first sports auction in the world, in 1986, with Phillips and branched out to start my own company called Sports Auctions of NY. Sports Auctions of NY was around from 1987-92 Before the days of the internet I was appraising, auctioning, buying ,collecting, selling and trading sports memorabilia worldwide. I sold the only known copy of Josh Gibson’s contract, and when Lou Gehrig sued a newspaper for libel because they said ALS was contagious, I sold that document. I also sold a Lou Gehrig contract and check, along with quite a few mint autographed Babe Ruth baseballs. I used to take Dusty Baker, Ralph Garr and Bruce Bochy by train from the hotel to Shea Stadium and I am still friends with Dusty. My work has been with Miami Project, Tuesdays Children, MDA, MS, Make A Wish foundation, Ronald McDonald house, Stand on your feet Foot Locker, Arod’s charity and numerous other charities. We Provide celebrities for these events, whether they are dinners, golf outings, store appearances or corporate events, including simply just having an athlete call a child for an interview etc. I have worked with ESPN/Cox communications traveling the country appraising sports collectibles including authentic game worn jerseys, bats, rings, autographs, golf balls, and books. My business is to cater to the client whether it is a 6 year old child, teaching him how to collect and what to collect, to a Fortune 500 executive on how to preserve his valuable collection and store it. My goal is to try to help everyone I meet and pay it forward. Remember the collectible you save today will make someone smile tomorrow. Collectingly and sportingly yours, Les Les Wolff Worldwide Sports and Entertainment LLC.

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GEORGES MALAIKA FOUNDATION & NOËLLA COURSARIS MUSUNKA:

editor — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:57:23 +0000

‘THE RISE OF CONGO: EMPOWERING THROUGH EDUCATION’ FUNDRAISER

WHAT: Noëlla Coursaris Musunka, Founder & CEO of the Georges Malaika Foundation (GMF), host their 2nd annual New York Reception celebrating Congolese Culture, Fashion and Music.

The event will be hosted by comedian Eddie Kadi and will feature an exclusive performance by the legendary Lokua Kanza. Music by DJ Hardy Indiigo, photography by Richard Foulser, art by Congolese painters, jewelry and fashion by talented African designers.

Guest speakers will include former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Luis Moreno-Ocampo; humanitarian and daughter of Muhammad Ali, Khaliah Ali, who placed the first stone of the GMF school in the Congo; Kara Gerson, Executive Director of the Voss Foundation which partnered with GMF to create two fresh-water wells; Joe Whinney, CEO of Theo Chocolate, who has just collaborated with Ben Affleck to produce a fair trade organic chocolate bar using Congolese cocoa; Dr. Amy Lehman, Founder of the Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic in Congo; and fitness expert Holly Rillinger from Flywheel, who will talk about her recent trip to the GMF school to create a sports program.

About the Georges Malaika Foundation

The Georges Malaika Foundation (GMF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to unlocking the potential of African girls and their communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through education.

Named in memory of Noëlla Coursaris Musunka’s father, Georges, and the Swahili word malaika, for ‘angel,’ GMF empowers through education. GMF is dedicated to the advancement of African communities by providing educational opportunities to young girls. In 2011 GMF finished construction on their first Girls’ School in the DRC. 152 girls are enrolled and receive a fully comprehensive program including free tuition, school supplies, uniforms, and two healthy meals a day. In 2012 GMF built two fresh water wells as part of a collaborative effort with the Voss Foundation, and is now providing clean drinking water to the entire community. GMF’s latest project is a partnership with FIFA to build a community center that will function as a base for sports, health, education and enterprise.

About Noëlla Coursaris Musunka

Noëlla Coursaris Musunka was born in Lubumbashi, DRC. Noëlla was educated in Belgium and Switzerland, and after achieving a degree in business management, she moved to London and broke into the world of international modeling. Noëlla’s success brought her to New York where she started the Georges Malaika Foundation in 2007, in tandem with her active modeling career.

Noëlla has been featured in a 30-minute special on CNN’s African Voices and CNN’s Connect the World. Hoping to bring international attention to the education dilemma in Africa, she has addressed UNICEF and the Congolese Parliament about issues confronting underprivileged girls. She was also a panelist in the Global Creative Leadership Summit in 2009 and was a featured speaker at the United Nations’ Investing in Women and Entrepreneurship Solutions to address the Millennium Development Goal 3 on International Women’s Day 2011. Noella also participated in the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in 2012, where she addressed President Clinton during the Opening Plenary.

WHO: (List in formation):

• Noëlla Coursaris Musunka – Model/Humanitarian/Founder, Georges Malaika Foundation

• Holly Rilinger – Former WNBA Player

• Joe Whinney – Founder & CEO of Theo Chocolate

• Luis Moreno-Ocampo – Internationally renowned prosecutor of human rights abusers

• Eddie Kadi – Comedian, Presenter, Actor & MC

• Lokua Kanza – Singer-Songwriter

• DJ Hardy Indiigo – Rapper, Music Producer/Composer

• Richard Foulser – Lifestyle Photographer

• Khaliah Ali – Humanitarian & daughter of Muhammad Ali

• Kara Gerson – Executive Director of the Voss Foundation

• Dr. Amy Lehman – African Health & Education Expert

• Fabrice Muamba – Professional Football Great

• Cheryl Wills – Award winning Anchor & Author, NY1 News Television

• Tamsen Fadal – Award Winning Anchor & Author, WPIX News Television

• Stacey Tisdale – Correspondent, PBS’ Need to Know & Founder, Winning Play$ for women’s financial literacy

• Camilla Barungi – Model/Entrepreneur/Activist of “Project Runway” fame

• Loreen Arbus – Disability Rights Activist/Humanitarian/Philanthropist

• Margot Bingham – star of the hit series “In Between Men”

• Tim Morehouse – U.S. Olympic Silver Medalist & E! News Correspondent

• Rachael Kun Morehouse – Associate Producer, “60 Minutes”

• Wendy Diamond – Publisher of Animal Fair Media, Correspondent for “The Today Show”

• Nicole Sexton – Director of Central Park Conservancy

• Faith Hope Consolo – Chair of Douglas Elliman Retail

• Josey Greenwell – Singer/Model/TV Personality

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It’s a Crazy Beautiful Life for NY Teen Singer Songwriter Ali Isabella

editor — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:55:06 +0000

New Single Released August 3rd, Performing Live on Fox TV and On Stage at Webster Hall and Friars Club

Following the break out success of her debut single “New York City Country Girl” – Which reached #15 on the coveted Billboard Hot Singles Chart, 16 year old singer songwriter Ali Isabella will release her new single “Crazy Beautiful Life’ on Friday, August 3rd. Both singles come from her current CD “Say You’ll Be Mine”, released on AIX Records and distributed through Naxos. more to come…

ring Bells around the World For Peace & a World Without War

UNIVersal PeaCe daY – sunday, august 5th, 2012

CommemoratING the 67th aNNIVersarY of the BomBINGs of

HIrosHIma and NaGasaKI

WHere: NEW LOCATION!! UNIoN sQUare ParK by the GaNdHI statUe

located at Union Square West between 14th and 15th Streets

WHeN: sunday, august 5th, 2012 – 5-7:30Pm

Peace Bell Ceremony at 7:15Pm

PrICe: Free!

New York, New York – Join in a Peal for Peace Bell ringing Project, a global event of ringing bells around the world for Peace and a World Without War. On sunday, august 5th, join a gathering by the Gandhi statue in Union square Park to commemorate the exact moment of the 67th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing.

Beginning at 5PM, the public is invited to participate in sharing their visions of Peace with poetry and songs. At

7:15PM, there will be a Bell Ringing Ceremony featuring a 7 foot tall bell from shohola Bells and a Peace Pole from The World Peace Prayer society, with the words, “may Peace Prevail on earth,” in English, Japanese, French and Spanish. Everyone is invited to bring bells to join in. Afterwards, John Lennon’s song, “Imagine,” will be sung.

Bells will ring in numerous places around the world including, Japan, New Zealand, Australia and Mexico. Sharing the moment is the World Peace Bell Association, founded in Japan, which has installed over 20 Peace Bells in 16 countries. Among churches in NYC participating by ringing their bells are: The Riverside Church and St. John the Divine.

This event is organized by Universal Peace Initiative, and co-sponsored by World Peace Bell Association, Search for Common Ground, World Wide Peace Bell Foundation, The World Peace Prayer Society, Good News Broadcast, and Shohola Bells. Printing contributed by Art Institute of New York City.

The concept of Universal Peace Day (UPday) is to bring people around the world together to share their vision of peace and to trans- form a remembrance of horror into a rededication of life. The legacy of UPday, sponsored by Art For The People, began in 1984 in Central Park, where Peter Yarrow and others performed before a candle lighting ceremony at the exact moment of the Hiroshima bomb- ing. Over the years, UPday events have taken place in numerous locations including: Dag Hammerskjold Plaza, Riverside Park, Battery Park, Union Square, The Riverside Church, Church Center of the UN, Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew, and the NY Buddhist Church.

For more information, contact suZen: 917-607-4694 or Barry Gruber: 917-597-6046

ringbells4peace@gmail.com • www.universalpeaceday.com • www.facebook.com/ringbells4peace

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