Oct 21st, 2008 · Journalist Helene Cooper fled her home country of Liberia as a young woman when civil war erupted in 1980. She details the journey that took her back to Liberia, in her memoir The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood. Cooper tells Renee Montagne what it was like to return to Liberia after 23 years.
Sep 3rd, 2008 · The Houston-born pianist studied classical piano and was accepted into a select group at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance. To preview her concert on JazzSet, here's a performance of "Shall We Tango," recorded live.
Aug 18th, 2008 · Documentarian Rory Kennedy, who's won acclaim and awards for her documentaries American Hollow and The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, turns her lens on legendary White House correspondent Helen Thomas. David Bianculli has a review.
Aug 14th, 2008 · As part of the Washington Press Corps, Helen Thomas has spent 60 years asking presidents tough questions. Rory Kennedy talks about her documentary, which chronicles the journalist's career.
Apr 23rd, 2008 · Actress Helen Hunt directed the new film Then She Found Me. She helped adapt the film from an autobiographical novel by Elinor Lipman. Hunt also stars in the film as April Epner alongside Bette Midler, who plays her mother.
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Apr 14th, 2008 · Will Rinta, an emergency medical technician in Yacolt, Wash., talks with Michele Norris about the helicopter rescue of a 52-year-old snowmobiler who fell hundreds of feet into the gaping crater of Mount St. Helens on Saturday. It's believed to be the first time a person has fallen into the crater.
Mar 31st, 2008 · Actress Helen Mirren has played countless royals -- Cleopatra, Queen Charlotte, Queen Elizabeth I and II. It's no coincidence. Aristocracy is in the blood. Even the working class women in her family were "queenly," she says.