Topics and Guests for June 26
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This weekend:
Living legend Julie Andrews discusses her career and her newest projects, including "Shrek 2" (search) and "The Princess Diaries 2." (search)
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}If the economy is recovering, why aren't President Bush's numbers better? Former Montana Gov. Marc Racicot, Bush's campaign chairman, gives us a sneak peek at the strategy for defeating John Kerry.
Plus, this week's edition of Column One on the Iraq handover..
About the Show:
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}If you prefer conversation to confrontation, something new and different to the same old same-old, After Hours with Cal Thomas is your kind of show.
Each week Cal will sit down with some of the most influential people in entertainment, government and politics — from both sides of the aisle.
A show as original as the host himself. Where ideas and interesting people meet and the unexpected is always welcome.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}At the corner of news and opinion, you'll find After Hours with Cal Thomas.
Straight From the Source:
FNC Express: You are the most widely syndicated political columnist in the country. What makes you want to do a television show talking to newsmakers who are not necessarily politicians?
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Cal: My life is diverse. I originally wanted to be in show business and am a frequent patron of Broadway. There's a certain synergy between New York, Hollywood and Washington — politicians, actors, and actresses. I thought it would be fun to have both on every week — a politician and an actor, liberal, conservative, Republican, Democrat. We're going to have conversation instead of confrontation. Not that confrontation's bad, but this is late-night from New York, off the clock, no coat and tie (for me anyway), laid-back conversation that people might expect to see in their homes.
FNC Express: This is a different approach from most of the shows on FNC — It's going to be a little softer?
Cal: Yes, a little softer, but entertaining as well. I'll ask Vice President Cheney (our first guest) some obvious news-of-the-day questions, because those are important. But I am also going to ask him some other more personal questions. The same with some of the celebrities. We'll ask them show business questions, but we'll also ask them — many of whom will be political — for some political answers. I think it's going to be, as we say at FOX, fair and balanced.