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Author Martin, Ray, 1944-

Title Ray Martin's favourites : the stories behind the legends / Ray Martin
Published Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2011

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Contents Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgments; Introduction; An unnatural act; It's never too late / Audrey Hepburn; Sex never disappoints me / Dustin Hoffman; Dinner with the bishop / Jane Fonda; Simply the best / Michael Crawford; The king of comedy / Peter Cook; Caryn she ain't / Whoopi Goldberg; 'Is it Opera?' / Oprah Winfrey; 'If they could only see me now' / Shirley MacLaine; The missing interview / Bob Dylan; The worst of friends / Bob Hawke and Paul Keating; The 'father of reconciliation' / Patrick Dodson; The old eye doctor / Fred Hollows
'Miss Goody-two-shoes' / Lowitja O'Donoghue'We're not all like James Bond' / His Royal Highness, Prince Charles; The classic Coppertone kid / Jodie Foster; As good as Marlon Brando / Heath Ledger; An Oscar, in a brown paper bag / Russell Crowe; A sporting life ... ; Our century / Steve Waugh; 'Just an ordinary human being' / Don Bradman; The big fella / Kerry Packer; 'That's life' / Derryn Hinch; The great train robber / Ronnie Biggs; A true Renaissance man / Peter Ustinov; The king of foreplay / Sydney Pollack; The tough get going / Michael Douglas; The Queen of Pop / Madonna
More than a city slicker / Billy CrystalThe funniest man alive / Robin Williams; Poems, prayers and promises / John Denver
Summary Award-winning journalist Ray Martin is one Australia's most loved personalities. It seems he's been everywhere and met everybody, for 60 Minutes and a range of top-rating ABC and Channel 9 shows. So, who are his favourites? And what was Audrey Hepburn or Prince Charles or Madonna really like? That's what people always ask Ray and that's why he's written this book. Ray's Favourites bring together the most remarkable of these interviews, offering an intriguing insight into some truly extraordinary celebrities-Dustin Hoffman talking about sex, Jane Fonda talking about God, some poetry from R
Subject Martin, Ray, 1944- -- Anecdotes
SUBJECT Martin, Ray, 1944- fast
Subject Television broadcasting -- Australia -- Anecdotes
Popular culture -- Australia -- Anecdotes
Biography -- 20th century -- Anecdotes
Interviews -- Australia -- Anecdotes
Biography
Interviews
Popular culture
Television broadcasting
Australia
Genre/Form Anecdotes
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780522860894
0522860893