Posts tagged as: Interviews

Our Prattville Exclusive Interview with George Lindsey: Goober Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show

<em>Our Prattville</em> Exclusive Interview with George Lindsey: Goober Pyle on <em>The Andy Griffith Show</em>

The name George Lindsey is synonymous with nostalgic television; i.e., the character of Goober Pyle in The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry R.F.D., and Hee Haw.
The legendary performer has also guest-starred on many shows including Daniel Boone, The Rifleman, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Gunsmoke, MASH, [...]

A sit down with Rep. Mac Gipson: Legislator discusses gambling and other issues affecting Alabama

A sit down with Rep. Mac Gipson: Legislator discusses gambling and other issues affecting Alabama

Prattville – A lifelong resident of Autauga County, H. Mac Gipson is serving a fourth term in the Alabama House of Representatives District 88 (which covers both Autauga and Elmore counties).
Gipson’s standing house committees include Education, Finance and Appropriations, the Education Committee, the Children’s First Joint Oversight Committee, and the Community Service Grant Joint [...]

Our Prattville Exclusive Interview with Billy Miller: Actor speaks about his roles on All My Children and The Young and the Restless

<em>Our Prattville</em> Exclusive Interview with Billy Miller: Actor speaks about his roles on <em>All My Children</em> and <em>The Young and the Restless</em>

Born on September 17, 1979, Texas native Billy Miller’s first breakout role on television was the character of Richie Novak, Annie Chandler’s murdering, blackmailing brother on the ABC daytime drama All My Children. Ironically, his first appearance on the show was as a bartender, an interest the actor has kept over the years.
Miller went from [...]

Our Prattville Exclusive Interview with Carolyn Hennesy: General Hospital star publishes fourth book

<em>Our Prattville</em> Exclusive Interview with Carolyn Hennesy: <em>General Hospital</em> star publishes fourth book

Carolyn Hennesy is probably best known as the sarcastic no-nonsense legal shark Diane Miller in the ABC daytime drama General Hospital. She also appears on the Wednesday night ABC sitcom Cougar Town, as scene-stealing Barb, the “Cougar Goddess,” who dishes up advice night and day on how to land a boy toy.
Hennesy has penned a [...]

Our Prattville Exclusive Interview with Mark Pellegrino: Star of the ABC series Lost and the CW series Supernatural

<em>Our Prattville</em> Exclusive Interview with Mark Pellegrino: Star of the ABC series <em>Lost</em> and the CW series <em>Supernatural</em>

One of the busiest actors in television today is Mark Pellegrino, a forty-four year old Los Angeles native who has been in the entertainment business since the late 1980s.
In March of 2009, Pellegrino was cast as the mysterious Jacob in the ABC series Lost, for an appearance in the last episode of the fifth season. [...]

Our Prattville Exclusive Interview with Melora Hardin, star of the NBC series The Office: Actress releases debut studio album

<em>Our Prattville</em> Exclusive Interview with Melora Hardin, star of the NBC series <em>The Office</em>: Actress releases debut studio album

Born in Houston, Texas on June 29, 1967, Melora Hardin is the daughter of actor Jerry Hardin and retired actress/acting coach Diane Hill Hardin. She is probably best known to millions of television viewers as Michael Scott’s boss, Jan Levinson on NBC’s comedy series The Office and also as Monk’s deceased wife, Trudy, on USA’s [...]

Our Prattville Exclusive Interview: Bill Johnson, 2010 Alabama Republican gubernatorial candidate

<em>Our Prattville</em> Exclusive Interview: Bill Johnson, 2010 Alabama Republican gubernatorial candidate

Born in 1959, Bill Johnson, the oldest child of a career army soldier, grew up on air force bases until his father retired in 1973 and the family settled in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended John Carroll High School in the city, and then went to Springhill College in Mobile on a full academic scholarship, receiving [...]

Our Prattville Exclusive Interview with Country Icon George Jones

<em>Our Prattville</em> Exclusive Interview with Country Icon George Jones

Born on September 12, 1931, George Glenn Jones was raised in Saratoga, Texas, near the city of Beaumont, and was exposed to country music at age seven when his parents bought a radio. His first guitar was given to him two years later; and when he left home at sixteen he found work singing and [...]

An Our Prattville Exclusive Interview with Julia Barr: Emmy Award-winning actress returns to All My Children

An <em>Our Prattville</em> Exclusive Interview with Julia Barr: Emmy Award-winning actress returns to <em>All My Children</em>

Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana on February 8, 1949, Julia Barr is most famous for her role as Brooke English on the ABC daytime drama All My Children. Barr played the character from 1976 until 1981 and from 1982 until she exited the show on December 20, 2006.
Barr broke into the soap world at 27 [...]

An Our Prattville Exclusive Interview with Academy Award winner Timothy Hutton: Actor discusses his role on Leverage

An <em>Our Prattville</em> Exclusive Interview with Academy Award winner Timothy Hutton: Actor discusses his role on <em>Leverage</em>

Born on August 16, 1960, actor Timothy Hutton holds the distinction of being the youngest actor to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, at age 20 in 1980 for his first feature film Ordinary People.
To date he has played numerous roles on the big screen and on television. Hutton starred as detective Archie [...]

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