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  James Lipton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Lipton (born September 19, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American writer, poet, and dean emeritus of the Actors Studio Drama School in New York City.
James Lipton, as the host of Inside the Actor's Studio, has been parodied on various sketch comedy shows, the first being Mr.
Lipton was also parodied on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, where show host Michael J. Nelson lost his mind and believed he was Lipton hosting Inside the Actors Studio.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Lipton   (568 words)

  
 BRAVO > Cast Biographies > James Lipton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Since James Lipton's father, Lawrence Lipton, was a prominent American poet, and one of the literary and philosophical leaders of the Beat Generation, and his mother was a teacher and librarian, he was under strong literary influence from birth.
Lipton created a seminal craft archive that began as, and still is, a course in the Actors Studio Drama School Master's Degree program, and, simultaneously with the creation of the Drama School, became the television series Inside the Actors Studio, of which he has been Executive Producer, writer and host from 1994 to the present.
Lipton was nominated for the Non-fiction Producer of the Year Award by the Producers Guild of America.
www.bravotv.com /Inside_the_Actors_Studio/bios/James_Lipton.html   (682 words)

  
 Suck.com: Defending James Lipton
James Lipton not only hosts a semi-popular TV show on a cable network, he is a great American and valued servant to all mankind.
Lipton has directed and written for a singing Tom Bosley, introduced TV America to Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter, and written the kind of non-fiction perennial you wish you and your agent had been savvy enough to package.
Lipton's habit of telling personal anecdotes featuring celebrities of his acquaintance recalls Dick Cavett at his Groucho-namedropping Dick Cavett-iest, and his approach as a peer rather than an accredited interviewer not only recalls the genius that is Byron Allen but channels Oprah.
www.suck.com /daily/2001/02/23/1pr.html   (1268 words)

  
 Boston.com / A&E / TV / Getting inside 'Actors Studio' with James Lipton
Lee Grant, an Oscar-winning actress and friend of Lipton, says that is precisely why he is successful: "He is a passionate, caring guy, and he really is in love with the people he is talking to, which is a secret," she says.
In Lipton's home, there are many portraits of his wife of 33 years, Kedakai, but they are outnumbered by photographs of Lipton and famous people.
Lipton believes he was able to convince them simply because they respected the music.
www.boston.com /ae/tv/articles/2004/06/20/getting_inside_actors_studio_with_james_lipton?pg=2   (866 words)

  
 Getting inside 'Actors Studio' with James Lipton - The Boston Globe
NEW YORK -- James Lipton, the host of Bravo's "Inside the Actors Studio," is telling the story of how for three decades he believed a trunk containing the original score of the 1967 Broadway musical he co-wrote had been destroyed.
Lawrence Lipton married five times and left James Lipton's mother, Betty, a schoolteacher and librarian, when Lipton was 6.
By the time he was 12, Lipton had written three novels; after a family friend sent the books to a publisher Grosset and Dunlap, they were returned with a kind rejection letter.
www.boston.com /news/globe/living/articles/2004/06/20/getting_inside_actors_studio_with_james_lipton   (1292 words)

  
 lipton
Seymour Lipton (American, 1903-1986) achieved art-world recognition in the 1950s as one of a small number of avant-garde construction sculptors.
Lipton himself wrote extensively about the underlying ideas in his work and once stated, "Basically 'man' concerns me in all the various things I make.
However, by 1980 Lipton's popularity and critical reputation were in decline, a fate he shared with most of his colleagues except for David Smith.
www.psu.edu /dept/palmermuseum/past/lipton/lipton.html   (631 words)

  
 Bravo's James Lipton to the Extreme, Dude - New York Times
IF you heard that James Lipton, the intense, erudite host of "Inside the Actors Studio," was interviewing a blue-chip lineup of stars, you would normally not go wrong by expecting them to bear names like Cruise, Newman and Streisand.
Lipton is buttoned down, are not some of the famous film personalities whom he regularly quizzes on his series on the Bravo cable network.
Lipton said, because it fit with efforts by him and Bravo, part of the NBC Universal division of General Electric, to "broaden the demographic range" of "Inside the Actors Studio."
www.nytimes.com /2005/07/27/business/media/27adco.html?ex=1280116800&en=2cc42647a2e28169&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss   (1022 words)

  
 Aisle Say (CD): SHERRY!
Lipton’s own CD booklet notes about that are part of the experience, and a Bravo teevee special about the recording of the album is imminent), so I’ll just jump to the main course.
Lipton’s stanzas predate that startling turn in Sondheim’s career (and musical theatre vocabulary) by at least two years.
Lipton and Rosenthal, in their desire not to lose a hard-won opportunity, felt coerced into saying yes to several key things they’d rather have said no to.
www.aislesay.com /CD-SHERRY.html   (770 words)

  
 Lawrence Lipton: Finding Aid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Lawrence Lipton was born in Lodz, Poland, on October 10, 1898, and brought to America in 1903 by his father, Abraham Lipton, who had saved enough money to send for his wife, Rose, and their three small children.
Lipton's home became an informal center for the arts, with Lipton functioning as both teacher and catalyst.
For Lipton, poetry readings were at the heart of the Beat experience in Venice, helping to explain "the alienation of the hipsters from the squares." He stated that "when the barbarians appear on the frontier of a civilization it is a sign of a crisis in that civilization.
www.usc.edu /isd/archives/arc/findingaids/lipton   (928 words)

  
 It's been 10 years since James Lipton's first kiss   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
What this has to do with the 10th anniversary of Lipton's series, a "very important occasion," is anyone's guess, though it does clearly show his willingness to do anything to make his guests happy.
Lipton wildly overpraises a four-minute improv bit by Robin Williams in which the comedian employed an audience member's pink pashmina.
Drew Barrymore's mention that she was sent to rehab for a year in lockdown when she was 13 prompted Lipton to call it "impressive," but not even she bought that.
www.suntimes.com /output/rosenthal/cst-ftr-phil18new.html   (470 words)

  
 Welcome to Planet Will
James Lipton (Will Ferrell): Every once in a while, an actor graces the stage, who's truly an icon of the American cinema.
James Lipton: A reference to me. And now it's time for the dreaded questions.
James Lipton: Clint Eastwood, on behalf of the Actor's Studio, and the students before us, I thank you.
planetwill.jt.org /media/transcripts/actorsstudio.html   (459 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Exaltation Of Larks The Ultimate Edition: Books: James Lipton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
James Lipton's "An Exaltation of Larks" is a splendid curiosity and a must for any etymology lover's bookshelf.
In it, Lipton gathers together virtually every known existing grouping phrase (as in a murder of crows, a leap of leopards, and, naturally, an exaltation of larks) and even admits to adding a few of his own--ones which he felt ought to be in use, even if they weren't already.
Lipton gives all sorts of fascinating background on the existing phrases and provides many good reasons for the ones he makes up.
www.amazon.ca /Exaltation-Larks-Ultimate-James-Lipton/dp/0140170960   (841 words)

  
 This title isn't clever but: JAMES LIPTON IS A COLOSSAL JACKASS!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
James Lipton is guilty of both, and makes "Inside the Actors Studio" a platform for feeding his own narcissism.
The program is not about exploring acting as "a craft" (Lipton’s favorite word to describe the work, the toil and tears, that goes into acting) as much as it is a vehicle for Lipton to prove to the viewers that he is the master of the pregnant pause.
James knows them all on a first-name basis and he will not hesitate to let the audience know that he, James Lipton, is truly inner circle.
www.shtick.org /Genina/genina26.htm   (1356 words)

  
 >> Barbra Streisand Archives | Inside the Actors Studio, 2004
Lipton's line of questioning is always chronological, starting with "where were you born?" and ending with 10 questions which originally came from French TV show "Bouillon de Culture" and its host Bernard Pivot.
Lipton began the questioning about Barbra's childhood and several new photos of Barbra, her parents and brother were shown to illustrate her words.
Lipton surprised Barbra by telling her she was 4th highest in her High School graduation class.
www.barbra-archives.com /TV/ias.html   (734 words)

  
 Inside The Actor's Studio
James Lipton: [ laughing uproariously ] When Jean Claude van Damme was on the show, he said acting is like a ferocious bag of hope with wide feet and thick, yellow fingernails.
James Lipton: It is a hilarious joke from my new friend Billy Bobby, in the form of a death threat.
Lipton now wears a neck brace and a sling around his right arm, making it difficult for him to pick up one of the cards from his stack.
snltranscripts.jt.org /01/01factorsstudio.phtml   (704 words)

  
 michaelduff: Why I Love James Lipton
All of these criticisms would be valid, if Lipton was a journalist, but James Lipton is not a journalist.
I love James Lipton because he shows us that you can hold on to the magic, even after you look behind the curtain.
I love James Lipton because I believe that acting is work, and that making it look easy is the hardest part of the job.
www.livejournal.com /users/michaelduff/107027.html?thread=205075#t205075   (333 words)

  
 James Lipton recites Kevin Federline's PopoZao - The Superficial - www.thesuperficial.com
A couple of weeks ago Conan O'Brien had James Lipton on to recite the lyrics to Kevin Federline's "PopoZao." I know a lot of you don't stay up until 12:35 to catch Conan, but this is one of those gems that just can't be missed.
James Lipton is by far one of the classiest people in the industry.
James Lipton, Sycophant to the Stars, inherits the mantle of Steve Allen, TV pioneer and genuinely funny human, who graced the airwaves (courtesy of the first crude communications infrastructure erected for Dione Warwick's psychic network) on "Solid Gold," where he recited the lyrics of popular numbers of the day.
www.thesuperficial.com /archives/2006/01/27/james_lipton_recites_kevin_fed.html   (1257 words)

  
 An Exaltation of Larks: The Ultimate Edition James Lipton jetzt nur EUR 14,50 - News und Infos, Daten und Test
This is the topic of James Lipton's sometimes humorous but always classic book, An Exaltation of Larks.
Lipton list the more common phrases and the research that has gone into finding out their meaning--where, for instance, "a pride of lions" originated and how long ago it was first used.
James Lipton has proved, with this book, that he is the most inept author alive.
www.billig-profi.de /An-Exaltation-of-Larks-The-Ultimate-Edition_0140170960_1707p.html   (500 words)

  
 Playbill Features: STAGE TO SCREENS: James Lipton Chats About Sherry and "Inside the Actor's Studio"
In Lipton's defense, it is difficult to say the name Bernard Pivot (who devised the questions with which Lipton ends each program) and not sound pretentious.
Lipton's notes for the CD booklet (and various reviews) have detailed the saga of how the score was thought lost for 34 years and then discovered at the Library of Congress, and how the orchestral tracks — in the singers' keys — were recorded in Bratislava (probably during its slow season).
States Lipton, the choice of Sanders to play Sheridan Whiteside "was, I think, the most brilliant piece of casting in the history of the theatre.
www.playbill.com /features/article/84395.html   (2077 words)

  
 James Lipton is the king of cool - Deborah Norville Tonight - MSNBC.com
Lipton's guests share their craft with a studio audience of drama students and television viewers in 125 countries.
This Sunday, Lipton celebrates 10 years of “Inside the Actors Studio” with a two-hour special.  Last Wednesday, MSNBC’s Deborah Norville turned the tables on the dean of “The Actors Studio”  and interviewed him for the full hour.
James Lipton, host of "Inside the Actors Studio": Interestingly enough, "The Actors Studio Drama School" precedes the television show by only two weeks.  "The Actors Studio," was created in 1947, and we created the "Actors Studio Drama School" of New School University, of which I became dean.
msnbc.msn.com /id/5234498   (1749 words)

  
 Playbill News: D'Arcy James Joins Lipton's Travelogue Nov. 1 at Makor
Lipton is not yet the equivalent of a theatrical household name.
Playing in the pit on that last show's recent regional tour lead to the creation of "Travelogue," a new CD of his music, set for release at the end of Sept. On his first out-of-town musician's gig, Lipton felt the experience was begging for him to examine it while he was traveling.
Lipton often wrote in the warm-up period before the musical began each night.
www.playbill.com /news/article/48706.html   (636 words)

  
 BiOMune Cancer Research Inc. - James S Lipton M.D., Ph.D.
BiOmune, Inc. is a Florida C corporation dedicated to the eradication of cancer through the use of a promising new therapy invented by Dr. James S. Lipton, MD PhD.
We also cooperate with charitable organizations in ffunding reasearch, including the non-profit Lipton Cancer Research Foundation and Beta Medical Research, Inc.The vision of our investors, and the generosity of the non-profit supporters, make the strides possible to prevent and cure some devastating diseases.
The non-profits are constantly seeking funds for the development and testing of medications targeting, a variety of cancers, AIDS and pre-senile dementia.
www.biomune.org   (355 words)

  
 2004-12-27-Barbra Streisand-James Lipton
In the interview, she told Lipton she was glad that Marmelstein was from Madagascar so people wouldn't think she had been typecast.
Lipton noted that in Funny Girl, Streisand portrayed an "Ugly Duckling" and asked if it had ever crossed her mind that if she had been born with traditional good looks, she never would have gotten the parts that she had played so magnificently.
After the interview had progressed through various roles, Streisand asked Lipton, "you never get hungry doing this show?" explaining that she would like to have a Kit-Kat bar, or a cookie or a Ritz cracker—her spontaneity much appreciated by the audience, which cheered when a stagehand thereafter brought snacks for her.
www.jewishsightseeing.com /dhh_weblog/2004-blog/2004-12/2004-12-27-barbra-streisand_james_lipton.htm   (1133 words)

  
 'Deborah Norville Tonight' for June 16 - MSNBC Transcripts - MSNBC.com
LIPTON:  He made a decision to say it.  We this year won the Prism Award, which is given to the program that most directly and, they think, effectively faces the question of alcohol and drug abuse.  We won it, and we‘re very proud of it.
LIPTON:  I realized that I didn‘t have to be a lawyer.  I was going to be a lawyer because my father was the famous beatnik poet, Lawrence Lipton, and he was such an eccentric that I thought if I went into the arts, I‘m going to be just like that.
LIPTON:  Six, I was 6.  I wasn‘t worried about becoming my father.  It was that being the son of a working poet means that you don‘t eat all that often.  My mother was a teacher, a librarian.  We had a very hard life.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5234103   (5404 words)

  
 AbsoluteNow: James photos - James Lipton and Stockard Channing New York Premiere of ANYTHING ELSE at the Paris Theatre, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
James King The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala with the Spring 2003 Exhibition theme to be GODDESS.
James King The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala with the exhibition theme of GODDESS, New York City.
James Lipton and Stockard Channing New York Premiere of ANYTHING ELSE at the Paris Theatre, 58th street.
www.absolutenow.com /new/james43.html   (333 words)

  
 Anecdote - James Lipton - Bolstoy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In 2000 James Lipton, famed for his dedication to research, had Philip Seymour Hoffman appear as a guest on "Inside the Actor's Studio":
Lipton: I did not go through your trash...
Lipton, James (?-) American actor and producer [noted for his role as Dr. Dick Grant on "The Guiding Light" (1952-1962) and for his role as host of "Inside the Actors Studio"]
www.anecdotage.com /index.php?aid=6127   (200 words)

  
 James Lipton Photos - James Lipton News - James Lipton Information
Comedy bits included Dean James Lipton reciting a verse from Kevin Federline's new rap song and bonging a beer, NBC's made-for-TV movie honor Katie Couric's years of television journalism, and two local, professional athletes who do cheesey,...
Tell the world what you think of James Lipton, write a review for this person.
For over eight years and more than 100 episodes, James Lipton has sat down with some of the world’s most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.
www.tv.com /james-lipton/person/126889/summary.html   (185 words)

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