I’m joined by Academy Award winner Louis Gossett, Jr.
He discusses his recent Emmy nomination for his work on HBO's "Watchmen", his foundation - ERACISM, his recent film work, the future of our country & it’s people, and his legendary career.
His stories are EPIC.
You’ll love this episode!
IN THIS EPISODE:
6:21 Lou talks about his foundation ERACISM
8:32 His wall of awards - Oscar, Emmy's, Golden Globes, People's Choice Awards, NAACP Image Awards...endless awards!
11:31 A Living Legend in more ways than one
14:43 His career started on Broadway, at the tender age of 17
22:37 Let's take responsibility
23:48 Talking about open systems & Nobel Prize winners, and what it means to what's happening today
25:11 Lou talks about all of the incredible contributions Africa and Black people have given The World.
28:06 Lou tells the story of Marilyn Monroe and Lifebuoy Soap & The Actor's Studio
29:38 "And you thought Chinese arithmetic was hard?!"
33:27 "We don't serve Black people" - How Academy Award winner Shirley Booth, righted a horrible racist wrong.
38:30 Lou gets the call from the King of Hollywood - Lou Wasserman - to "come to Hollywood"
42:22 Handcuffed to a tree by the Beverly Hills Police Department because he was a black man driving a brand new convertible...??
49:57 How Lou met Ritchie Havens
52:56 The royalty check for "Lonesome Johnny" came the day he was getting kicked out of his apartment
55:41 Hollywood helped combat the racism that happened to Lou
58:46 Is there anyone Lou doesn't know?!
1:01:14 We talk about his Academy Award winning performance in "An Officer and a Gentleman"
1:08:41 We have to come together as a nation and a people
1:09:37 The ultimate virus that infects our country - We HAVE TO get it out of our system
1:13:35 We talk about our Jamaican ganga experiences
LINKS MENTIONED:
Handsome Johnny - the song Lou wrote with Ritchie Havens - Ritchie sang this at the legendary Woodstock Festival
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Music by Ritchie Havens & Louis Gossett, Jr. - Handsome Johnny - performed live at in Landover, MD on July 4th 1987 (Welcome Home benefit concert for Vietnam vets)
The Art of Being Dar - with Dar Dixon
The Art of Being Dar - Hosted by Dar Dixon
Dar is a half Iranian/half American white boy...born in Tehran.
Yes, Iran.
He's moved over 80 times.
He escaped the Iranian Revolution with, literally, the clothes on his back.
He even found himself in a cult...
And through every crazy thing that's happened, against insane odds, he's been succeeding in life & in Hollywood, for almost 30 years.
People with boring lives have boring stories.
Nothing boring here.
This...is The Art of Being Dar - with Dar Dixon