Every once in a while I run across
Cenk Uygur's Young Turks radio show while I'm driving my kids to school. The Turkish-born Uygur has a Muslim background and co-hosts with Jewish Ben Mankiewicz and Christian Jill Pike so you know you're going to have a little diversity in their experience. The show has a decidedly liberal bent, but no matter your politics, the three are entertaining. Uygur's got a super-impressive academic background that makes him a lot more educated than the typica radio show host - a Wharton undergrad degree and a law degree from Columbia University. Not what I was expecting when I was researching today's immigrant of the day.
Sid - I only include living people in my immigrant of the day list. But thanks for the suggestions. Foreign actors in Hollywood is no new phenomenon. They've been part of the film industry since Brit Charlie Chaplin and Swede Greta Garbo dominated the silent screen.
Posted by: Greg Siskind | October 27, 2007 at 08:57 AM
Interesting credentials for a radio show host.
I'm not sure if you've covered two of my favorite actors - Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn.
Sometimes I wonder what the Screen Actors Guild would have to say about the infiltration of foreign actors in the movie industry. I'm sure that the competition for jobs there is way more than that in IT. The NY Times review for "3:10 to Yuma" mentioned that two foreigners are playing American cowboys. Is it about shortage or is it about cheap labor? ;-)
Posted by: Sid | October 27, 2007 at 08:15 AM