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Butler is excited by the possibility that we could eliminate Alzheimer’s.

We won’t be able to stop aging completely, but Butler believes people will be able to live until they’re 120.

Sexuality, Butler says, is not just intercourse.

Not only does alcohol have a negative impact on the brain, it is also highly associated with domestic abuse, child abuse and motor fatalities.

Can science stop the course of memory loss?

Old people are not all sick and sexless, Butler says.

Butler thinks that restricting your intake will slow the aging process.

The Romans knew the secret thousands of years ago, Butler says.

What is old age and why do we fear it?

Robert Butler talks about the force of mortality.

Timmermann has seen some pretty ugly things, but retains a faith in people’s inner goodness.

A true story of love and loss..of a dog.

After working with Deepa Mehta, Timmermann thinks we’re going to see a globalized Tinseltown.

Timmermann recalls some notable performances, old and new?

Robert DeNiro takes notes.

A great actor has a greatness at his or her core that’s hard to imitate.

Timmermann doesn’t care about the chatter.

When an actor with that special something walks in to a room, it changes color, Timmermann changes.

Timmermann imagines the actor on-screen.

For casting director Bonnie Timmermann Los Angeles is vacation, New York is home.

The child of an opera singer and a boxer finds the right balance for show business.

Obama would be great, and McCain is a paradox.

The Secretary’s programs lack the necessary depth to be effective, Nafisi says.

The West should be fighting extremist ideology.

Azar Nafisi on Iranian culture being more poetry than sharia.

They aren’t identical, Nafisi says.

Even if you don’t agree with her views, Nafisi says, Hirsi Ali should not have to fear for her life for expressing them.

Nafisi’s passion was always literature. Religion was an externally imposed reality.

Nafisi isn’t making up the facts, she says.

The Prophet’s first wife was his boss.