also, author and activist billy baldwin and kelly ann conway. welcome to you all. a genuine all-star panel tonight, i'm pleased to say. let's start with roger ebert. i guess you two probably came across him a few times, right? >> yeah, i bumped into him a couple times. i just wanted to talk to him about the fact he wrote beyond the valley of the dolls. i loved that movie. that is austin powers. just lose the laundry, this is my happening and it's freaking me out. just such a goofy, goofy movie. at the time i talked with him, i didn't care much about the criticism, i just wanted to know about beyond the valley of the dolls. >> billy, as a viewer, as somebody who liked movies, i would always look to see what roger ebert was giving it, always. it would have a real effect on me. what effect did it have on actors? >> well, i tell you, one time i was in a green room going on to oprah winfrey with universal executives in the green room, ronnie howard, kurt russell, robert deniro and they all started milling around him, making sure -- i sat there on the couch and ron howar