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Howard Fineman • November 16, 2011
A true Washington insider, political speaker Howard Fineman is widely respected throughout the news industry for his knowledge of the political landscape. He is editorial director of The Huffington Post Media Group, and previously served as senior political editor. Fineman continues to report for The Huffington Post, and maintains a role as an analyst for NBC and MSNBC.
As former senior Washington correspondent and columnist for Newsweek, Fineman has reported from the nation’s capital since 1980. His Living Politics column also appears weekly on Newsweek.com and MSNBC.com. He is a frequent contributor to Hardball with Chris Matthews
and The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.
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Scott Turow • February 29, 2012
Scott Turow is a writer and attorney. He is the author of nine best-selling works of fiction: Presumed Innocent (1987), The Burden of Proof (1990), Pleading Guilty (1993), The Laws of Our Fathers (1996), Personal Injuries (1999), Reversible Errors (2002) and Ordinary Heroes (2005). He has also written two non-fiction books—One L (1977) about his experience as a law student, and Ultimate Punishment (2003), a reflection on the death penalty, and has frequently contributed essays and op-ed pieces to publications such as The New York Times, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Playboy and The Atlantic. Mr. Turow’s books have won a number of literary awards. Mr. Turow continues to work as an attorney concentrating on white collar criminal defense.
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Mia Farrow • April 4, 2012
Following her young life in 1940s Hollywood as the daughter of Hollywood royalty, Farrow gained national attention through her role in the television classic Peyton Place. Farrow went on to star in over forty movies, including such classics as Rosemary’s Baby, The Great Gatsby and Hannah and Her Sisters. As the mother of fourteen children (ten of whom are adopted), Farrow has devoted her life to humanitarian efforts as seen through her awareness of the genocide occurring in Darfur and the care of a truly remarkable family as reflected in her elegant memoir which reveals her personal struggles and successes, and the quest to find deeper meaning in her life.
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