Milling About

Goo Goo Dolls John Rzeznik and Robby Takac join host Robin Milling backstage at Roseland Ballroom in New York to chat about their CD Something For The Rest of Us. Celebration is in the air as fellow Sag Rzeznik who turns 45 December 5th sings a few bars of Happy Birthday to Milling celebrating her milestone December 4th.

M*A*S*H’s original Hot Lips Houlihan, whose new CD is titled Sally, recalls making the 1985 TV film Murder Among Friends with the late great Leslie Nielsen—who teased her with fake flatulence. “I’d always looked up to him. I thought he was a wonderful, serious actor,” she tells Milling About host Robin Milling. “We were doing this play for film in New York. The first day we were getting ready to shoot he comes into my dressing room with some other people from the play and suddenly there's this big resounding fart and we all go, ‘Ha ha ha,’ and out he goes,” adds Sally, who’s also got a singing gig at The Metropolitan Room in New York. “First I felt sorry for him and then I was sickened. I never wanted to see him again. By the end of the day, he’d left and we were finished filming and someone said it was a fart machine. He was perfectly willing to have me think—and anyone else—that he was ill!”

The pop icon recalls having laryngitis while recording the soundtrack for 1969’s Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid soundtrack, which would yield the Oscar-winning, Hal David and Burt Bacharach-penned megahit Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head. “I had been to the doctor a couple of days before we did the session and I could barely talk, B.J. tells Milling About host Robin Milling. “The doctor didn't want me to even speak for two weeks, let alone sing. He gave me a B12 shot and I got through the song after five times. Burt was quite upset that I wasn't in good shape but the 20th Century Fox guy said, 'Boy this is great. It sounds like maybe Paul Newman was singing! That's a great idea!'”

The Harry Potter star, whose new flick, Made in Dagenham, tells the true story of a 1968 Ford Motor Co. assembly plant strike, recalls her first real-life ride. “It was a Saab ’95, which was the little chubby sort of spy car,” she tells Milling About host Robin Milling. “It was a filthy sandy yellow, but I absolutely adored it! I got it for 200 [British] pounds.I got my driving test in Bristol and I was able to drive away in my Saab, and then I spent about six months learning how to park it.”

Micky Dolenz: The Lost Interview In 1991, the pop icon recalled auditioning for NBC’s The Monkees. “I don't consider myself a drummer, but I do consider myself a guitar player,” he told host Robin Milling. “I had to quickly learn to play drums—and certainly played adequately for what I had to do for the band’s light pop rhythms.” Micky Dolenz also discussed his nightmare fans during the Monkees’ heyday. “They used to steal my mail, and my pets—poison my pets,” he said. “It’s been a real love-hate thing. It’s like [Stephen King’s] Misery. Remember Misery? That happens, and it’s pretty grim. It can get very, very annoying. And it got very dangerous, too.”

Ryan Kawnten: I'm Bigger Than Charles Manson! The True Blood hunk chats about his new big-screen role in Red Hill, which opens Nov. 5. But he also shares his feelings about playing Charles Manson in an upcoming biopic titled The Family. “He’s a lot smaller than me,” Ryan Kwanten tells Milling About host Robin Milling of the infamous mass murderer, “I’m discovering that the little that I knew about him—I was amazed at how much I amplified that little bit and then my imagination carried me away to places that weren't necessarily based in fact,” he says. “We really want to make a film that humanizes the victims… It's also interesting because he’s a lot smaller than me. He was only 5'2” or 5'3”, so it'll be the beauty of filmmaking.”

Charlie Sheen’s ex-wife chats about her role on the Spike TV sitcom Blue Mountain State. But Denise Richards also opens up to Milling About host Robin Milling about getting beyond Charlie’s meltdown in the Big Apple this week, saying she has no choice but to move forward. "I could've easily cancelled my shows and appearances but I've had this trip to New York booked for months promoting at all the talk shows. I'm thrilled that they wanted me on to promote this show,” she says. “I'm professional and wanted to just move forward with that. This happened and it's unfortunate but I have to keep going on."

Royal Pains star Mark Feuerstein joins Robin Milling from his childhood home in New York City to talk about his starring role as a wrestling trainer in the comedy Knucklehead. Mark talks about his own high school wrestling championship and the trophies that still remain in his boyhood bedroom, how he got along with the bear in the movie, and how he got a Fulbright scholarship to the London School of Dramatic Arts.

Who killed JFK? That question will finally be answered by Jesse Ventura on the new season of Conspiracy Theory on Tru TV. Ventura joins Robin Milling sharing new and startling information on JFK's real killers, why he will go to his grave without ever using a cell phone and his tour of duty as body guard for The Rolling Stones!

Paul Simon: The Lost Intervew In honor of Paul Simon’s 69th birthday today, Milling About host Robin Milling unspools a never-before-aired 1986 interview with the pop-music legend, which was conducted at Manhattan’s storied Brill Building. Discussing his inspiration for the titled track of his Graceland album, Paul said, “All the music that I do comes from some place that I’m not aware of. I don’t start out and say I’m going to write a song about this subject or, with this point. I don’t have any preconceived notions about what I’m going to write about. So, the songs emerge. Seldom do they sort of pop. They’ sort of slowly reveal themselves.” Listen now.

Harry Hamlin on His Boutique Break-in: Alarm Company Bungled It For Harry Hamlin, it was a case of no L.A. law—to save his tony boutique from being burgled, that is. Interviewed on Milling About with wife Lisa Rinna— stars of the new TV Land reality series Harry Loves Lisa—the L.A. Law hunk reveals how, on Oct. 4, thieves managed to make off with more than $100,000 worth of clothing and accessories from their Belle Gray store in Studio City. “We have a security company with an alarm that goes off,” Harry tells host Robin Milling. “But we don't think it went off because it wasn't going when our manager got to the store. There were no police there because the alarm company called the wrong…” (To read the full story, click here.)

David Carradine’s Ex Suspects Foul Play In Star’s 2009 Death Marina Anderson, who was married to David Carradine from 1998 to 2001, is adamant that her ex didn’t die alone of what medical examiners concluded was “accidental asphyxiation” during an autoerotic act. Interviewed on Milling About, the actress discusses her ongoing investigation into David’s 2009 death in a Bangkok hotel room, where he was found hanging by a rope in the closet. “What disturbed me most publicly was I just didn't believe that he was by himself. I still do not buy that,” Marina—whose new memoir is titled David Carradine: The Eye of My Tornado—tells host Robin Milling of learning of David’s demise. “He was back to drinking at that point for a long time, and…” (To read the full story, click here.)

Paul McCartney to ‘Nowhere Boy’ Star: John Lennon Never Punched Me! Do you want to know secret? Nowhere Boy, the new John Lennon biopic opening Oct. 8—on the eve of what would’ve been the rock icon’s 70th birthday—isn’t 100 percent accurate. So says fellow Beatle Paul McCartney. Interviewed on Milling About, Nowhere Boy star Aaron Johnson discusses Sir Paul’s reaction to the flick. “Paul said he loved it and thought it was great,” the British actor tells host Robin Milling— but then adds: “He said, ‘I can't remember Lennon ever punching me in the face!' during one of the scenes. But if that’s the only thing he was worried about, then we're off.” Aaron also asked John’s widow, Yoko Ono, how she… (To read the full story, click here.)

Jerry Seinfeld: The Lost Interview Long before Jerry Seinfeld signed a deal with NBC to develop his show about nothing, he had nothing but the highest of standards in mind for the series. In a 1987 interview with Milling About host Robin Milling—which has never before aired anywhere—the then-33-year-old funnyman chatted about his influences, his development as a performer, the role of confidence in his craft, and the possibility of headlining on the small screen. When asked, “Do you have any interest in having your own show?” Jerry said, “No. Not unless it was by some very high-quality people. A Cheers type of situation or something like that. But I have no desire…” (To read the full story, click here.)

Marlo Thomas: Phil Donahue ‘Is My Father’ Is there a psychiatrist in the house? If so, please weigh in on this doozy from Marlo Thomas, about her hubby of 30 years, daytime talk pioneer Phil Donahue: “I didn't realize until after I married him that he is my father,” the still-sexy-at-72 icon tells Milling About host Robin Milling. “He’s like my father in the fact that he’s very charismatic, he’s a great storyteller, he’s very empathetic to people—he really cares people and he has a basic decency,” she adds of Phil’s connection to her even-more-celebrated dad, funnyman Danny Thomas. “That’s pretty much all you need to…” (To read the full story, click here.)

Molly Ringwald’s New Career: Novelist Molly Ringwald is ratcheting up her writing chops a notch. Interviewed on Milling About, the ‘80s screen icon— now 42 and a mom of three—chats about what she’d like to do next, now that her first book, this year’s self-help memoir Getting the Pretty Back, has hit the best-seller list. “I’m working on my second book, but it’ll be fiction,” Molly tells host Robin Milling. “I wrote a lot about myself in the first book, so I’m looking forward to writing about…” (To read the full story, click here.)

Josh Duhamel: Vanity Still Intact (Thanks to Photoshop) John Duhamel may star in the smash-hit Transformers series, but in real life, transforming his bod was beyond his abilities. Interviewed on Milling About, the hunky screen idol reveals how he evaded looking deformed in the ad campaign for his upcoming flick, Life as We Know It, co-starring Katherine Heigl. “I’m getting a lot of flak—mostly about my chicken legs,” Josh tells host Robin Milling about the poster for the flick. “I was like, ‘OK dude, I’ll do the underwear, but please…” (To read the full story, click here.)

Kate Holmes: In on the Cupcake Craze It’s hard to believe from the looks of her bod that Katie Holmes has not only given birth, but that she frequently pigs out on cupcakes and pizza. Interviewed on Milling About, Mrs. Tom Cruise chats about her eating habits on the set of her new flick, The Romantics, which opens today. “I do like a good cupcake and I’m always in search of a new and better one, which I always manage to find,” Katie tells host Robin Milling. “They're amazing. We always have some on the set.” “She’s got a nose for cupcakes,” adds Romantics co-star —and fellow sveltie—Malin Akerman. Yet another cast member, Josh Duhamel…(To read the full story, click here.)

We all remember what song we were listening to when we got our first kiss or the song we danced to at prom. Now there's an Off-Broadway show Power Balladz which takes you back to those magical moments, celebrating the ballads of the hard rock bands of the 80s. Robin Milling chats with stars Dieter Bierbrauer and Scott Foster at The Midtown Theater in New York about the show and the zealous audiences who celebrate their youth with music night after night during and after the show. The guys also perform a special acoustic rendition of Every Rose Has It's Thorn.

David Bowie’s Lost Interview: Ziggy Stardust Trapped in the Sky David Bowie may be famous for the celestial explorations his Ziggy Stardust alter-ego sang about during the ‘70s, but in real life, he had little desire to be trapped in a tin bucket far above the world. In a 1992 interview with host Robin Milling, which has never before aired anywhere, the glam-rock icon recalled a technical glitch during one of his performances that left him cursing (we imagine) ground control. “The funniest thing that happen—and it was a bit of a nightmare—was on the first show of the Diamond Dogs show,” he said, chatting side by side with his Tin Machine bandmate Tony Sales. “I had a contraption fixed into one of the skyscrapers that was an integral part of the set that put me in front of the audience. It was the cherry-picker bit that is now known and loved through The [Rolling] Stones. This was 1974, and the cherry picker would place me out on a chair about 30 feet above the audience…” (To read the full story, click he