How 'Krisha' Became a Family Affair; Super Host Steve Harvey

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Krisha Fairchild left LA in the 1980’s when her acting career failed to launch. Thirty years later, her nephew wrote and directed a film and cast her in the title role. Now, she's finally having her Hollywood moment. And Steve Harvey tells us how he's fought back against network execs who wanted to pigeonhole him in "black TV."

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0:00.0	On To the Point, we try to make sense of the policy debates and the political sideshows on the campaign trail.
0:05.6	Neither party's agenda really aligns with who its coalition is today.
0:09.9	It was the dumbest speech I have ever seen in my life of covering politics.
0:14.9	When people walk into a voting booth, at the end of the day, they do say,
0:19.1	I really should vote for someone smarter than me.
0:21.7	I'm Warren Alney. To the Point has you covered for the 2016 campaign. Find the To the Point
0:26.4	podcast on KCRW's iTunes page. From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Saul Gonzalez, filling in for Kim
0:34.9	Masters, and this is the business.
0:42.2	Two years ago, I retired to Mexico with my union pension and my Social Security thinking that it was just going to be me and my dogs in Mexico.
0:46.1	And then I made this movie.
0:48.0	And so, yes, I'm a professional actress again.
0:51.7	Kresha Fairchild first tried to make it as an actress in Los Angeles more than 30 years ago.
0:56.6	When the roles didn't land, she left.
0:59.2	Fairchild never planned to return to Hollywood, but now in her 60s, she's starring the title
1:04.4	role in the award-winning indie Kresha, directed by her nephew, Trey Edward Schultz.
1:10.5	She tells us about getting back in the business and why she refuses to get plastic surgery.
1:15.6	Then comedian and TV host Steve Harvey shares what was running through his head during the Miss Universe debacle,
1:21.6	and how he knew NBC's newest reality show, Little Big Shots, would be a hit even before it premiered.
1:29.2	But first, the Hollywood News banter.
1:31.6	Stay tuned.
1:32.5	It's The Business from KCRW.
1:39.0	I'm Michael Schneider of TV Guide Magazine and TV Insider.com, bantering this week with
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