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Susie Essman, star of the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Joy Behar, co-host of The View, discuss Susie's career and personal life, all with a healthy dose of sarcasm, at New York's 92nd Street Y.

Award-winning actress Kathleen Turner talks about her extraordinary life, career, activism, and passions with Gloria Feldt, the former president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and author of The War on Choice.

Tom Brokaw is a popular television journalist, currently working on news documentaries for NBC. He is the former NBC News anchorman and managing editor of the program NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. In the later part of Tom Brokaw's tenure, Nightly News became the most watched cable or broadcast news program in the United States.

Carl Reiner - legendary comedian, actor, novelist, and director - was a creator, writer, and producer for The Dick Van Dyke Show. In 1999, he was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by the Kennedy Center and was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.

Regarded as one of hip-hop's most insightful artists, Mos Def has shaped a career that transcends genres. His groundbreaking collaboration with fellow rapper Talib Kweli in Black Star; his distinctive and daring solo work, and his acting, both in film and theater, have earned him Grammy, Emmy, Golden Globe and NAACP Image Award nominations.

The late Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Art Buchwald wrote over 30 books, including his two-part memoir, the best-selling Leaving Home, and I'll Always Have Paris. In 1986, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Barbara Walters was the first woman to co-host a network news program. An ABC News correspondent, she is also the host of The Barbara Walters Specials and the creator, co-host, and co-executive producer of ABC's The View. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Alan Zweibel is an Emmy Award-winning writer, whose credits include The Story of Us and Curb Your Enthusiasm. He is the author of the novel The Other Shulman and the forthcoming Clothing Optional: And Other Ways to Read These Stories. Zweibel also wrote Billy Crystal's hit one-man Broadway show, "700 Sundays".

Susie Essman is a comedian. She plays Susie Greene on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm.

F. Murry Abraham speaks about Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and performs selections from Shakespeare's work with actress Kathleen Widdoes. The performance is followed by Q&A.