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Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event: Monday, October 21, 2024, 6pm PT/9pm ET **Eric Roberts in conversation with Eliza Roberts discussing his memoir, "Runaway Train: or, The Story of My Life So Far."** *This event is taped with an audience on October 16, 2024.* TICKETS (**US Orders Only)**: $46 Virtual Admission + signed book (includes shipping to **US addresses only**). Includes access to watch the event on October 21 at 6pm PT/9pm ET and on video-on-demand for five days. **In this brutally candid memoir, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Eric Roberts pulls no punches about the ups and downs of his career and his sometimes stormy relationship with his famous sister, Julia.** **Eric Roberts**, during his five decade career, has appeared in over 700 films, from King of the Gypsies and The Pope of Greenwich Village to The Dark Knight, Inherent Vice and Babylon. He’s won a Golden Globe and been nominated for an Oscar, and celebrated at film festivals around the world. He’s brother to Julia Roberts and father to Emma Roberts. **Eliza Roberts** is known for National Lampoon's *Animal House*, *The Tasmanian Devil* and *My Last Best Friend*. She has been married to Eric Roberts since 1992. She was born Read More ...

Barry Sonnenfeld in conversation with Rob Reiner discussing his memoir, "Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time: True Stories from a Career in Hollywood." This event is taped on October 22. TICKETS: $45 Virtual Admission + signed book (includes shipping to US addresses only). Includes access to watch the event on October 27 at 3pm PT/6pm ET and on video-on-demand for five days. One-of-a-kind filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld tells stories only he can tell, from his blockbuster career with iconic actors, studio execs, and producers. His humor and insight provide an inside glimpse into how Hollywood really works, or how it doesn’t. Barry Sonnenfeld is a filmmaker and writer who broke into the film industry as the cinematographer on the Coen Brothers' first three films: Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, and Miller's Crossing. He also was the director of photography on Throw Mamma from the Train, Big, When Harry Met Sally, and Misery. Sonnenfeld made his directorial debut with The Addams Family in 1991, and has gone on to direct a number of films including Addams Family Values, Get Shorty, and the first three Men in Blacks. His television credits include Pushing Daisies, for which he won an Emmy, Netflix's A Series of Read More ...