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Saturday May 2025 JoBeth Williams Interview: Written by Marc Parker and Melissa Benefield Parker, Posted in Interviews Actors JoBeth Williams is perhaps most recognized for her roles in Poltergeist, as suburban housewife Diane Freeling, a character she reprised in a sequel, Poltergeist II: The Other Side, in Stir Crazy with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor and The Dogs of War with Christopher Walken.

Born on January 24, 1979, Tatyana Ali is best known for her role as Ashley Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990-1996). She played a recurring role as Roxanne on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless and starred in the sitcom Love That Girl! for three seasons. She appeared as Mrs. Hughes in season two of the drama series Bel-Air, which is a reimagined version of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Ali is married to Dr. Vaughn Rasberry, and the couple has two sons.

Kentucky native Chrishell Stause is known for her role on the Netflix reality series Selling Sunset, which follows agents of a high-end real estate brokerage firm in the Los Angeles area as they navigate their personal and professional lives. With about 20 years on television, she has starred on daytime dramas like All My Children, The Young and the Restless and Days of Our Lives.

Annette O’Toole is known for portraying Lana Lang in Superman III, Martha Kent (the mother of Clark Kent) in the television series Smallville, adult Beverly Marsha in the miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s epic horror novel It, Tammy Wynette in the TV movie Stand by Your Man and Rose Fitzgerald Kenney in The Kennedys of Massachusetts, a role that earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress.

C. Thomas (Tommy) Howell is known for portraying Ponyboy in the teen coming-of-age epic The Outsiders, Officer Bill “Dewey” Dudek in the TNT drama series Southland and as the sadistic serial killer, the Reaper, on CBS’s Criminal Minds. He also appeared in Red Dawn, Grandview: U.S.A., The Land That Time Forgot, The Amazing Spider-Man and LBJ. Howell is starring in the upcoming Netflix action dramedy series Obliterated from the creators of Cobra Kai.

It’s been well over a decade since That ‘70s Show went off the air, but fans of the beloved sitcom can now tune in to Netflix to see the return of Red Forman, played by Kurtwood Smith. The actor recently sat down with Smashing interviews Magazine to discuss the new sequel series, That ‘90s Show. According to Smith, the series picks up with Red retired and living in Wisconsin with his wife Kitty.

Kurtwood Smith is known for playing Clarence Boddicker in RoboCop, Robert Griggs in Rambo III and Red Forman in That '70s Show. He made a number of appearances in the Star Trek franchise, starred in the ABC sci-fi drama Resurrection, had a recurring role in the Netflix sitcom The Ranch and was a regular on the Amazon original dramedy series Patriot.

Josh Radnor is best known for playing Ted Mosby on the Emmy Award-winning CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. Other television appearances include Law & Order, ER, Judging Amy, Mercy Street and Grey’s Anatomy. He has a recurring role in the drama series Fleishman Is in Trouble, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Lizzy Caplan, which premiered on FX on November 17, 2022. Radnor can also currently be seen in Prime Video's Hunters, portraying Lonny Flash, an actor and master of disguises.

Carmine Appice is a rock drummer who is best known for his associations with the bands Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Beck, Bogert & Appice, King Kobra and Rod Stewart’s backing band. As an educator, Appice was the first to legitimize rock drumming with his book, The Realistic Rock Drum Method, selling over 400,000 copies (now in video format). He is ranked number 28 on Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Drummers of All Time” list.

Jeff Perry is an actor of stage, television and film. He is known for portraying Cyrus Beene on the political drama series Scandal, Thatcher Grey on the medical drama series Grey’s Anatomy, Richard Katimski on the teen drama My So-Called Life and Inspector Harvey Leek on the CBS crime drama Nash Bridges.