(From the Best of State of the Arts originally broadcast December 13, 2010) Sterling recalls
smoky memories of a long ago Christmas, while Stroili reports stranger-than-strange medical news from a
British tabloid. Legendary motion picture star Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange) talks about his 40 year
career and his reading of Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales for the Intimate Opera Company of
Pasadena, CA at the Pasadena Playhouse. The Live Arts Calendar highlights holiday performances by the Gay
Men's Chorus of Los Angeles with special guests Sheryl Lee Ralph and LeAnn Rimes at the Alex Theatre in
Glendale, CA; and recording star Andy Williams with the Pacific Symphony Pops Orchestra at Segerstrom Concert
Hall in Costa Mesa, CA. Sterling reviews the nightclub acts of musical theatre star Leslie Margherita and
recording artist Antony Field. Television star Gerald McCullouch (CSI) discusses his starring role in the
west coast premiere of Daddy at Hollywood's Hudson Theatre. McDowell and McCullouch account for their
embarrassing career moments.
