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that is brian grazer and not john. we will be right back. ♪ mark: candidate hillary clinton was at columbia university for a statement about justice, a lot like bill clinton, and we will play a fair amount of the speech for you and talk about what she said and how she's said it, starting out with her best, a well-written speech the more in poetry than in prose. candidate hillary clinton: we will have to try to begin to replenish our depleted reservoirs of trust, but i am convinced as the congenital optimist i must be to live my life that we can rise to this challenge. we can heal our wounds. we can restore balance to our justice system and respect in our communities, and we can make sure that we take actions that are going to make a difference in the lives of those who for too long have been marginalized and forgotten. let's protect the rights of all our people. let's take on the broader inequities in our society. we can't separate the unrest we see on our streets from the cycles of poverty and despair that hollow out
that is brian grazer and not john. we will be right back. ♪ mark: candidate hillary clinton was at columbia university for a statement about justice, a lot like bill clinton, and we will play a fair amount of the speech for you and talk about what she said and how she's said it, starting out with her best, a well-written speech the more in poetry than in prose. candidate hillary clinton: we will have to try to begin to replenish our depleted reservoirs of trust, but i am convinced as the...
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i'm pleased to have brian grazer back at this table. welcome. >> thank you, charlie.> i'll revisit it, of course. first, what i've done is, for 30 years, every two weeks i go to meet somebody that is expert or renowned in anything other than show business. so every two weeks it's science, medicine, politics, religion all art forms, the full from architecture to fine art to toÑi coture to fashion. >> rose: why do you do this? to enlargen my world, to expand my universe. i grew up in a tiny world, the radius of three miles maximum. i lived in a cul-de-sac of three blocks, didn't leave till i was 18 went to college 22 miles away. i didn't see much. >> rose: so there is insecurityçó ab a little bit of i haven't seen as much, i haven't done as much. i want to play in the big leagues and i want to expose myself to as much as possible. >> yes. i never thought of it like that but there is -- that's part of it's drive. i knew that i grew up in such a provincial little world and i wanted to make it bigger and i wanted to create larger opportunities for myself, and i thought by
i'm pleased to have brian grazer back at this table. welcome. >> thank you, charlie.> i'll revisit it, of course. first, what i've done is, for 30 years, every two weeks i go to meet somebody that is expert or renowned in anything other than show business. so every two weeks it's science, medicine, politics, religion all art forms, the full from architecture to fine art to toÑi coture to fashion. >> rose: why do you do this? to enlargen my world, to expand my universe. i grew up...
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we'll be right back with brian grazer! ♪ (spoken in german) performance, is now an american thing. introducing the all new chrysler 200 america's import find it at chrysler.com when laquinta.com sends him a ready for you alert the second his room is ready, ya know what salesman alan ames becomes? i think the numbers speak for themselves. i'm sold! a "selling machine!" ready for you alert, only at lq.com. to help pay for her kids' ice time. before earning 1% cash back everywhere, every time. and 2% back at the grocery store. even before she got 3% back on gas, all with no hoops to jump through. katie used her bankamericard cash rewards credit card to stay warm and toasty during the heat of competition. that's the comfort of rewarding connections. apply online or at a bank of america near you. the new s6 hits the stores and i'm like... whoa. open the box and... (sniffing) new phone smell. jump on a video chat with my friend. he's a real fan boy, so i can't wait to show this off. picture is perfect. i got mine at verizon. i..
we'll be right back with brian grazer! ♪ (spoken in german) performance, is now an american thing. introducing the all new chrysler 200 america's import find it at chrysler.com when laquinta.com sends him a ready for you alert the second his room is ready, ya know what salesman alan ames becomes? i think the numbers speak for themselves. i'm sold! a "selling machine!" ready for you alert, only at lq.com. to help pay for her kids' ice time. before earning 1% cash back everywhere,...
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brian grazer's chats with steve jobs, $.50 and hundreds more have inspired his films. hares his stories in a "the new york times" best dollar -- bestseller. brian: i been sitting here watching your show for the last half hour and you are in san francisco and it involves technology, but i'm in the movie business or the storytelling business and everything is a story. whether it is your previous interview which i watch, or it's a narrative like empire or any show i'm producing, there is a story involved. stories get created out of curiosity. even apple computer has a story that tries it. there is a story that is part of his legacy. i do these one-on-one meetings. i done them for over 30 years every two weeks with no agenda and no ask. i will every two weeks meet someone who is expert in science, medicine, technology, religion, all art forms and i do it for my own edification, to expand my world. for 20 years i never told anybody except the person i was trying to meet but it's just to enlarge my world so i can curate my life or story or stories better. to create or find mo
brian grazer's chats with steve jobs, $.50 and hundreds more have inspired his films. hares his stories in a "the new york times" best dollar -- bestseller. brian: i been sitting here watching your show for the last half hour and you are in san francisco and it involves technology, but i'm in the movie business or the storytelling business and everything is a story. whether it is your previous interview which i watch, or it's a narrative like empire or any show i'm producing, there is...
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brian grazer will join us when we come back.a williams, fencing champion tim morehouse and the rockettes years to master their craft. but only moments to master paying bills at chase.com. depositing checks at the atm and transferring funds on the mobile app. technology designed for you. so you can easily master the way you bank. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 [ male announcer ] your love for trading never stops tdd# 1-800-345-2550 even on the go. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 open a schwab account, and you could...
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what is it about that you wouldn't want us to know about you, brian grazer? ian: oh, god, charlie. charlie: what is it that makes you a little bit crazy to get close to? brian: very neurotic. charlie: we know that. brian: geez. that's too general. way too general. charlie: is it women, is it -- brian: i can't figure out women but most men cannot figure out women. [laughter] charlie: tell me what it is that makes you, i cannot go there? brian: i do not know. charlie: do you think your life is an open book? brian: it is pretty open. i did not write the book for a while, by writing a book it looks like you have soft -- solved everything about life and you have all of the answers and i definitely do not have all of the answers. friends of my know that. i have so many foilbles. the world is going so technology is driving the world so badly -- rapidly that i would just say in three years what will i want to do? right now, storytelling has existed for thousands of years and that is what i am. i am a storyteller. it takes and my stories, the stories i do whether movie
what is it about that you wouldn't want us to know about you, brian grazer? ian: oh, god, charlie. charlie: what is it that makes you a little bit crazy to get close to? brian: very neurotic. charlie: we know that. brian: geez. that's too general. way too general. charlie: is it women, is it -- brian: i can't figure out women but most men cannot figure out women. [laughter] charlie: tell me what it is that makes you, i cannot go there? brian: i do not know. charlie: do you think your life is an...
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some of the notable names, we have candice before begin, brian grazer, your favorite, bullly idol joyce carol oates patton oswald, john scolazzi, the science fiction writer, tavis smiley, it is something for everyone families, foodies, hipsters students spanish-language programming more than a hundred conversations on everything from california, digital privacy rights to the future of the american identity. >> host: what kind of reaction do you get from the community to a book fest? >> guest: you know, it's been an immediate success. it's one of the -- when it was started 20 years ago it right away became a cornerstone event in los angeles culture. people mark it out all year long. it's been a signature event. it's been kind of a way the los angeles times inviolates all kinds of -- invites all kinds of folks around the community come celebrate this great city. it's grown to one of the largest festivals of its kind. there's really nothing like it anywhere in the united states, you know? it started very simply as the goal of bringing together people who create books and people who love to
some of the notable names, we have candice before begin, brian grazer, your favorite, bullly idol joyce carol oates patton oswald, john scolazzi, the science fiction writer, tavis smiley, it is something for everyone families, foodies, hipsters students spanish-language programming more than a hundred conversations on everything from california, digital privacy rights to the future of the american identity. >> host: what kind of reaction do you get from the community to a book fest?...
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tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- blake lively brian grazer
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tomorrow, brian grazer joins us.ursday, time for the minister of silly walks, monty python's john cleese. and then a conversation with larry flynt. mark: until then, sayonara. ♪ pimm: hello, i am pimm fox. this is what i am "taking stock" of this tuesday, april 28, 2015 -- it was an earnings snafu for twitter. the company results were made earlier than scheduled and the performance was disappointing. the stock fell sharply at the end of the trading session losing 18%. twitter posted first-quarter revenue that fell short of earnings and cut its sales forecast, but the number of monthly active members climbed 18% at 302 million. brad stone spoke with the cofounder evan williams who reacted. evan: nobody likes to see a stock fall like that, but honestly, i have the utmost
tomorrow, brian grazer joins us.ursday, time for the minister of silly walks, monty python's john cleese. and then a conversation with larry flynt. mark: until then, sayonara. ♪ pimm: hello, i am pimm fox. this is what i am "taking stock" of this tuesday, april 28, 2015 -- it was an earnings snafu for twitter. the company results were made earlier than scheduled and the performance was disappointing. the stock fell sharply at the end of the trading session losing 18%. twitter posted...
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brian grazer thank you. emily: coming up, the unusual way the richest families choose to spend their cash. later, a firsthand account of the development for apple watch. that's coming up on "bloomberg west." ♪ emily: it takes a whole company to manage a billionaire's fortune. take the google cofounder worth nearly $30 billion. his team of personnel management includes x bankers, former navy seals, and an archivist. a new generation of tech billionaires is taking their office in a different direction. margaret collins joins a now from new york with more. first this sounds insane. what can you tell us about it? margaret: what we found out is their office has at least 47 people working for it. and they range from people who help serve him on a day-to-day basis, with his physical security, a yacht captain, a photographer and archivist, two people who were on his investment management team, that includes the cio, cfo accountants, portfolio managers and financial analysts. emily: how are you getting this informati
brian grazer thank you. emily: coming up, the unusual way the richest families choose to spend their cash. later, a firsthand account of the development for apple watch. that's coming up on "bloomberg west." ♪ emily: it takes a whole company to manage a billionaire's fortune. take the google cofounder worth nearly $30 billion. his team of personnel management includes x bankers, former navy seals, and an archivist. a new generation of tech billionaires is taking their office in a...
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. >>> also big hollywood producer brian grazer is here with a great book all about curiosity, stay with car your way at autotrader. jummy: we have got breaking news, big problems this morning for mark riders. jamie sullivan has the latest. jamie: if you do travel at all in this area we are here -- hearing about congestion at the dorsey marc train station. there is a suspicious package the police are there doing some investigating, so plan ahead. on the beltway let's take a live look and show you what we have got near the robinson terminal. talking about the slow traffic 66, not blocking any lanes 66 near slow traffic, keep that in mind with an accident near 123. jackie? jacqui: pretty comfortable close to the average high of 64 going back into the 70's, we will be watching raindrops from time to time, stormscan showshowers across the northern neck of maryland. a nice break to the middle of the day as we soar into the 70's with showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening with cooler conditions tomorrow and thursday, thunderstorms back on friday. jummy: other top stories this mor
. >>> also big hollywood producer brian grazer is here with a great book all about curiosity, stay with car your way at autotrader. jummy: we have got breaking news, big problems this morning for mark riders. jamie sullivan has the latest. jamie: if you do travel at all in this area we are here -- hearing about congestion at the dorsey marc train station. there is a suspicious package the police are there doing some investigating, so plan ahead. on the beltway let's take a live look...
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. >>> also, big hollywood producer brian grazer is here.brought to you by autotrader. find your car your way at autotrader. autotrader. ed. >>> good morning. i'm eric thomas. . oakland police hope surveillance video can help them find a man who robbed an elderly woman. they suddenly took off and dragged her on california street just outside the victim's home. she suffered bruises but is expected to be okay. >> it has been crazy, eric. we've had almost 100 incidents at one time throughout the course of the morning. a live picture of the san mateo bridge. you can see how sluggish it is. just off to the side here we've got a new accident off to the shoulder but still causing some spectator slowing. as we take a look at . >>> good morning. live doppler 7 hd still tracking some wet weather. we'll show you some moderate showers just to the east of san jose. heavier showers at this hour. >>> it's time for some fun. >> i'm going in. can you keep him occupied? >> what do you think i've been doing? >> hang on. let's finish this. ♪ >> that's going to
. >>> also, big hollywood producer brian grazer is here.brought to you by autotrader. find your car your way at autotrader. autotrader. ed. >>> good morning. i'm eric thomas. . oakland police hope surveillance video can help them find a man who robbed an elderly woman. they suddenly took off and dragged her on california street just outside the victim's home. she suffered bruises but is expected to be okay. >> it has been crazy, eric. we've had almost 100 incidents at...
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my thanks to blake lively, and brian grazer, and weird al yankovic! cheers and applause ] and the roots of course, everybody. stay tuned for "late night with seth meyers." thank you for watching. have a great night. hope to see you tomorrow. bye-bye! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- ethan hawke from hbo's "silicon valley," kumail nanjiani music from dwight yoakam featuring the 8g band with jeremy gara from arcade fire. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] and now, here he is, seth meyers! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: good evening, everybody. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how's everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] good to hear. good to hear. you guys like birthdays? [ cheers ] anyway, nothing on that. [ laughter ] you guys, today is queen elizabeth's 89th birthday. [ cheers ] she's celebrating the same way she always does, by sucking the life force from a peasant child. [ laughter ] cnn said today that president obama's
my thanks to blake lively, and brian grazer, and weird al yankovic! cheers and applause ] and the roots of course, everybody. stay tuned for "late night with seth meyers." thank you for watching. have a great night. hope to see you tomorrow. bye-bye! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- ethan hawke from hbo's "silicon valley," kumail nanjiani...
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some of the notable names, we have candace bergen, tc boyle, roy choi the chef, brian grazer, your favorite, billy idol joyce carol oates jason seigel, paulie peretti, tavis smiley octavia spencer -- there is something for everyone. families, foodies hipsters students spanish language programming. more than 100 conversations on everything from california crime through digital privacy rights to the future of the american identity. >> what kind of reaction do you get from the community to a book fest? >> you know, it's been an immediate success. it's one of the -- whether it was started 20 years ago, it right away became a cornerstone event in los angeles culture. people market it all year long. it's been a signature event. it's been kind of a way the "los angeles times" invites all kinds of folks around the community to come celebrate there this great city. it's grown to one of the largest festivals of its kind. there's nothing like it anywhere in the united states. you know, it started very simply as -- as bringing together people who create books and people who love to read them. it's grow
some of the notable names, we have candace bergen, tc boyle, roy choi the chef, brian grazer, your favorite, billy idol joyce carol oates jason seigel, paulie peretti, tavis smiley octavia spencer -- there is something for everyone. families, foodies hipsters students spanish language programming. more than 100 conversations on everything from california crime through digital privacy rights to the future of the american identity. >> what kind of reaction do you get from the community to a...
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. >>> also big hollywood producer brian grazer is here with a great book all about curiosity, stay withat autotrader. >> ♪♪ >> philadelphia police have released this surveillance video as they search for the three men who kidnapped attacked and robbed a woman who works on jewelers' row. the kidnappers were driving a burgundy or red van with white graffiti. >>> 8:27 tuesday morning checking traffic now with karen rogers. >> hi matt. looking life at the schuylkill expressway. pretty heavy in both directions new york accidents. your normal jam. eastbound traffic as you head towards center city heavy from 202 to the curve and from city avenue to girard. meanwhile westbound jams approaching the boulevard to gladwyne right now we've got this accident still out there involving an overturned tractor-trailer blocking the left lane 422 westbound near sanatoga and they're probable going to need to shut it down when they pull that accident out of there so when that happens stick to high street or 724. not too bad a delay right now 41 miles an hour there. a couple accidents in lower gwynedd. one on
. >>> also big hollywood producer brian grazer is here with a great book all about curiosity, stay withat autotrader. >> ♪♪ >> philadelphia police have released this surveillance video as they search for the three men who kidnapped attacked and robbed a woman who works on jewelers' row. the kidnappers were driving a burgundy or red van with white graffiti. >>> 8:27 tuesday morning checking traffic now with karen rogers. >> hi matt. looking life at the...
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candace bergen, tc boyle, sarah destin brian grazer, billy idol, joyce carol oates a science fictionter, tavis smiley are -- tavis smiley. hipsters, spanish-language programming, more than 100 conversations on everything from california to digital privacy rights to the future of the american identity. >> what kind of reaction do you get from the community to a book fest? >> you know, it has been an immediate success. when it started 20 years ago and immediately became a cornerstone event in culture in california. a signature event. the los angeles time invites all folks around the community to come celebrate the great city. it has grown into one of the largest festivals of its kind, there is nothing like it anywhere in the united states. it started very simply as bringing together people who create books and people who love to read them, but it has grown into this much broader celebration. among other things, we have a big book award we give out every year. the shareware adding something new, and ideas exchange where malcolm gladwell will be in conversation with the los angeles times
candace bergen, tc boyle, sarah destin brian grazer, billy idol, joyce carol oates a science fictionter, tavis smiley are -- tavis smiley. hipsters, spanish-language programming, more than 100 conversations on everything from california to digital privacy rights to the future of the american identity. >> what kind of reaction do you get from the community to a book fest? >> you know, it has been an immediate success. when it started 20 years ago and immediately became a cornerstone...
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brian grazer said curiosity is the key, and it's behind his book "a curious mind."ur 20s you are out in california and somehow you get a job as a law clerk. and you realize hey, wait a minute, i can kind of make this job work so i can meet the biggest people in show business. >> yes. that's ba was. i graduated college. didn't quite know what to do. was in my apartment complex, i overheard a conversation, two guys saying the easiest job in the world was to be a claw clerk at warner bros. i called the phone number got the job, and my job was just to deliver papers to famous people but not to touch them or hand it to them. >> give it to the housekeeper. >> give it to the housekeeper. >> but -- >> i insisted i had to hand the papers directly to warren beatty or mel brooks and i would generate a conversation with them once they agreed. >> and then you realized that everybody pretty much talked to you. you know, you would say i got to see matt damon. i've got to go and talk to jim carrey that we see right there or ron howard or steve martin and the list goes on and on and
brian grazer said curiosity is the key, and it's behind his book "a curious mind."ur 20s you are out in california and somehow you get a job as a law clerk. and you realize hey, wait a minute, i can kind of make this job work so i can meet the biggest people in show business. >> yes. that's ba was. i graduated college. didn't quite know what to do. was in my apartment complex, i overheard a conversation, two guys saying the easiest job in the world was to be a claw clerk at...
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. >> emmy winning producer brian grazer. lights. it's just where "your curious mind" has taken you through your life. >> doing it about 30 years, as you said. at the same time for 30 years in another vertical i have every two weeks met somebody that's expert in anything other than entertainment. so out of the pool of hollywood completely, but science, medicine politics religion every art form known to man. cia directors, police chiefs. endless amount of people. hundreds of nobel laureates. >> have you picked up what makes somebody succeed, what makes them excel? >> encapsulated in this book in a way, because the common thread is curiosity. any of these people whether they're scientist ss, or in medicine, serm in the work die all breakthroughs come through curiousty, by using your curiosity as a super power a as tool to enter the psyche of others. living -- >> and enter that psyche you require them sometimes to let down their shell. it was fastencinateing when you talked to michael jackson. you're going to have to take off th
. >> emmy winning producer brian grazer. lights. it's just where "your curious mind" has taken you through your life. >> doing it about 30 years, as you said. at the same time for 30 years in another vertical i have every two weeks met somebody that's expert in anything other than entertainment. so out of the pool of hollywood completely, but science, medicine politics religion every art form known to man. cia directors, police chiefs. endless amount of people. hundreds of...
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boyle, brian grazer, your favorite, billy idol joyce carol oates patton oswald jason segal, john scohazzi o.k. they've ya spencer, there's something for everyone. students, hipper ises, spanish -- hipsters, spanish-language programming. more than a hundred considerations on everything from digital privacy rights to the future of the american identity. >> host: what kind of reaction do you get from the community to a book fest? >> guest: you know it's been an immediate success. when it was started to 20 years ago, it right away became a cornerstone event in los angeles culture. people mark it out all year long. it's been a signature event. it's been kind of a way the los angeles times invites all kinds of folks around the community come celebrate this great city. it's grown to one of the largest festivals of its kind. there's really nothing like it anywhere in the united states. you know, it started very simply as brupging together -- bringing together people who create books and people who love to read them, but it's grown into this much broader celebration. you know among other things we
boyle, brian grazer, your favorite, billy idol joyce carol oates patton oswald jason segal, john scohazzi o.k. they've ya spencer, there's something for everyone. students, hipper ises, spanish -- hipsters, spanish-language programming. more than a hundred considerations on everything from digital privacy rights to the future of the american identity. >> host: what kind of reaction do you get from the community to a book fest? >> guest: you know it's been an immediate success. when...
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brian grazer. your favorite billy idol. joyce carole oates. patton oswalt. giants segel, paula peretti. john scelasi the science fiction writer. tavis smiley. octavia spencer. there's something for everyone. families foodies, hipsters, students spanish language programming. more than 100 conversations on everything from california, crime noir to digital privacy rights to the future of the american identity. >> what kind of reaction do you get from the community to a bookfest? >> you know, it's been an immediate success. when it was started 20 years ago it right away became a cornerstone event in los angeles culture. people market out all year long. it's been a signature event. it's been kind of a way the "los angeles times" invites folks from all around the community to come celebrate this great city. it's grown to one of the largest festivals of its kind. there's really nothing like it anywhere in the united states. it start the very simply bringing together people who create books and people who love to read them but it's grown into this much broader celeb
brian grazer. your favorite billy idol. joyce carole oates. patton oswalt. giants segel, paula peretti. john scelasi the science fiction writer. tavis smiley. octavia spencer. there's something for everyone. families foodies, hipsters, students spanish language programming. more than 100 conversations on everything from california, crime noir to digital privacy rights to the future of the american identity. >> what kind of reaction do you get from the community to a bookfest? >> you...