Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Marlon Brando Biographer, Burt Kearns, Author of “Marlon Brando: Hollywood Rebel”.
Burt Kearns is an award-winning producer, director, writer, journalist and author who is perhaps best known for his work in nonfiction television and film — most recently as a creator and executive producer of the popular sports docuseries, “Breaking the Ice”.
He’s also worked on many other series and specials including “Who Do You Believe?”, “Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura”, “Guinness World Records Unleashed”, “Joe Rogan Questions Everything”, “TIME Presents: Celebrities on Trial”, “The Secret History of Rock ‘n’ Roll” with Gene Simmons, “All The Presidents’ Movies”, and “El Chapo & Sean Penn: Bungle in the Jungle”.
His film credits include the documentaries “Death of A Beatle”, about the death of John Lennon, and “The Seventh Python”, for which he won the Las Vegas Film Festival Golden Ace Award. He also co-wrote and produced the feature film, “Cloud 9”, and he produced “High There”, for which he won the Cannabis Film Festival Viewers’ Choice Award. He’s an Emmy Award winning newswriter, and he served as managing editor and producer of the highly popular TV shows, “A Current Affair” and “Hard Copy”.
Burt Kearns is also a highly acclaimed author. His first book, “Tabloid Baby” traces his instrumental role in the evolution of the tabloid television genre. He and Jeff Abraham then co-wrote “The Show Won’t Go On: The Most Shocking, Bizarre, and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage”. That book was followed by “Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood’s Real-Life Tough Guy”.
Burt Kearns talks about his brand new book entitled, “Marlon Brando: Hollywood Rebel”, which canvases the profound and pervasive impact that Marlon Brando had, not only on the acting community, but on Western society and popular culture, because of his artistic and personal decisions.
Harvey Brownstone is a retired judge of the Ontario Court of Justice and was the first openly gay judge in Canada. He is also the bestselling author of “Tug of War: A Judge’s Verdict on Separation, Custody Battles and the Bitter Realities of Family Court” and hosted “Family Matters with Justice Harvey Brownstone,” a television talk show on matters involving the family justice system.
After a distinguished legal career, Harvey was appointed a judge at the age of 38 in 1995. He has presided in family and criminal courts. He has been a trailblazer in several ways. He was the first openly gay judge in Canada. He was the first sitting judge in the world to write a national best seller and to host a TV talk show.
Harvey has been a role model and icon in the LGBTQ community. When same-sex marriage was legalized in Canada in 2003, he was the only judge to make himself publicly available to officiate at weddings for lesbian and gay couples travelling to Toronto from all over the world to get married. In 2007, he officiated at the wedding of Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer, the American couple whose marriage triggered the 2013 United States Supreme Court decision overturning the definition of “spouse” in the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
In February 2021, Harvey launched his online talk show “Harvey Brownstone Interviews” on his own YouTube channel. He saw this as an interesting hobby. Within several months, the show attracted hundreds of thousands – and then eventually, millions – of viewers. Because of the overwhelming success of the show, Harvey decided to retire from the judiciary on December 31, 2021 after having presided as a full-time judge for 26 1/2 years. Free from the constraints imposed upon judges regarding the expression of opinions and the endorsement of private enterprise, Harvey now happily devotes his full-time attention to hosting “Harvey Brownstone Interviews” as a regular member of the public – albeit one with a rather illustrious and unique career history.
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