WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with country music star Sara Evans, who performs live tonight and tomorrow at The Barns at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virgina. They discuss her biggest hits, including “No Place That Far,” “Born to Fly,” “Perfect,” “Suds in the Bucket,” “A Real Fine Place to Start” and her excellent Edwin McCain cover “I Could Not Ask for More.” (Theme Music: Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”)
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Janis Siegel of The Manhattan Transfer, which brings its 50th anniversary farewell tour to Strathmore in North Bethesda, Maryland on Friday. They discuss the group’s greatest four-part harmonies that dominated the Grammys in the 1980s and even wowed Millennials with an appearance on TV’s “Home Improvement.” (Theme Music: Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”)
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with comedian Bill Bellamy, who performs live at MGM National Harbor near Washington D.C. on Saturday night. They discuss Bellamy’s career, including coining the phrase “booty call” on HBO’s “Def Comedy Jam,” as well as his reaction to Chris Rock’s recent Netflix special in Baltimore. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”)
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WTOP Entertainment Report Jason Fraley chats with legendary high-wire artists Philippe Petite, who performs death-defying stunts this Thursday and Friday at the National Building Museum in Washington D.C. They discuss his stunning career, including his 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers in New York City, a feat that inspired the 2008 documentary “Man on Wire” and the 2015 narrative film “The Walk.” (Theme Music: Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”)
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Gary Cooper’s daughter, Maria Cooper Janis, as this Sunday marks the 70th anniversary of her father winning the Best Actor Oscar for his role as Marshal Will Kane in the classic western “High Noon.” They discuss her father’s most famous roles, including “Morocco,” “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town,” “Meet John Doe,” “Sergeant York,” “The Pride of the Yankees” and of course “High Noon.” (Theme Music: Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”)
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with D.C. author and American University professor Dolen Perkins-Valdez, who just earned an NAACP Image Literary Award for her harrowing novel “Take My Hand.” It explores the tragic true story of the Relf sisters, who were sterilized by a federally-funded family-planning clinic in Montgomery, Alabama in 1973. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”)
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Lena Sun is a decorated writer, on the Washington Post’s National Desk, focusing on health. She lost her mother to COVID, while she was covering the pandemic. She says the experience changed her view of grief.
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Camille Friend, the Oscar-nominated hair stylist from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” which is up for five Academy Awards on Sunday. They discuss her approach to designing the intricate hairstyles of Letitia Wright’s Shuri and Angela Bassett’s Ramonda in mourning after the death of Chadwick Boseman. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”)
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley celebrates Oscar week by flashing back to this 2016 conversation with Alicia Vikander, who was fresh off double Golden Globe nominations for “Ex Machina” and “The Danish Girl,” the latter of which won her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. You’ll also hear her backstage reaction to her big win at the Academy Awards. (Theme Music: Scott Buckley’s “Clarion”)
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