Laura Elizabeth Dern is an actress,film director and producer. She has acted in
such films as Smooth Talk (1985), Blue Velvet (1986), Fat Man and Little Boy
(1988), and Jurassic Park (1993). She was nominated for an Academy Award for
Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the 1991 film Rambling
Rose. Laura is the daughter of actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd.
Laura Dern with Sam Neil in Jurassic Park
Judy Norton Taylor is an actress, singer, and director. She is
best known for her role as the oldest daughter, Mary Ellen, on
The Waltons series which aired on CBS-TV from September
14, 1972 to June 4, 1981. Judy is also a veteran of the stage,
where she made her first appearance at the age of 7.
Taylor as Mary Ellen Walton
Alan Alda ,an actor, director and screenwriter is a five-time Emmy Award and six-time Golden Globe Award winner. He is best known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce ( above)
in the TV series M*A*S*H on CBS from September 17, 1972 to February 28, 1983. He was nominated for 21 Emmy Awards, and won five. He took part in writing 19 episodes, including the finale, and directed 32. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the Stony Brook University School of Journalism.
Alda as U.S. Republican Senator Arnold Vinick in West Wing on NBC-TV
from 1999 to 2006
Alan Alda played U.S. Senator Owen Brewster (above) in The Aviator
in 2004. He received his first Academy Award nomination for the role.
Kevin Michael Costner is an actor, singer, musician, producer, director, and businessman. He has won two Academy Awards, and two Golden Globe awards.. Costner’s roles include Lt. John J. Dunbar in the film Dances with Wolves (1990), Jim Garrison in JFK (1991), Ray Kinsella in Field of Dreams (1989), and Eliot Ness in The Untouchables (1987). Costner earned a B.A. in business from California State University, Fullerton, in 1978.
Kevin Costner singing with his band Kevin Costner and Modern West
John Carpenter, film director, screenwriter, producer, and composer
is most associated with horror and science fiction films such as his
1978 big hit, Halloween that helped give birth to the slasher film. The
theme from this classic is one of the most recognizable to this day.
THE THING (1982) is a remake ot the 1951 Howard Hawks film,
The Thing From Another World.
