AUTHORS Sidney Sheldon, Colleen McCullough ("The Thorn Birds"), Ray Bradbury ("The Martian Chronicles"), Peter Benchley ("Jaws"), Bob Kane ("Batman" creator), James Ellroy ("L.A. Confidential"), Dominick Dunne, (Vanity Fair correspondent), Richard North Patterson "(Degree of Guilt"), Eleanor Vallee (widow of Rudy Vallee), Kathy Acker ( "My Mother, Demonology"), David McClintick, ("Swordfish") Brian Redfield ("A Bartender's Guide to Pick Up Women"), Vikram Seth ("The Golden Gate"), Frederic Dannen ("Hit Men"), Neeli Cherkovski (Charles Bukowski biographer), Philip Ziegler (Duke of Windsor biographer), Michael and Jane Stern ("Encyclopedia of Bad Taste"), James Redfield ("Celestine Prophecy"), Sally Merrill Redfield (relaxation tapes - wife of James), Diana Rico (Ernie Kovaks biographer), Charles Busch (playwright, "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom"), Christopher Durang (playwright, "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You"), David Morrell, Petru Popescu, Laura Van Wormer, James Spada (Streisand biographer), Mark Frost ("Twin Peaks" co-creator, "List of Seven"), Diane Shalet, Yvonne Fern (Gene Roddenberry biographer), Bruce Cook ("The Beat Generation"), James Crumley, Sarah McClendon (oldest living White House correspondent), Madeline Bruser, Jeffrey Meyers (Bogart biographer), Mark Leyner (Esquire columnist), Alison Gold ("Diary of Eva Braun"), Richard Meltzer (poet), Julia Barrett, Lisa See ("Flower Net"), Claire Douglas (Jungian), Susan Braudy, Marcel Montecino ("Crosskiller), Alex Abella ("Killing of the Saints"), Harvey Pekar ("American Splendor"), Robert Rosen ("John Lennon's Diaries: A Biography of His Final Years"), Herb Gold, Hubert Selby, Jr. ("Last Exit to Brooklyn"), Gerald Petevitch ("To Live and Die in L.A.") ACTORS Leonardo DiCaprio, Bud Cort ("Harold and Maude"), Mary Wornov "(Warhol actor, "Scenes From the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills"), Eileen Atkins, Grace Zabriskie ("Twin Peaks"), Salome Jens, Rachel Rosenthal, Alex Winter ("Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure"), Raymond J. Barry ("Born on the Fourth of July"), Pat Ast (Warhol actress), Marianne Sagebrecht ("Baghdad Cafe"), Josh Kornbluth, Ron Vawter, Tippi Hedrin COMEDIANS George Carlin, Soupy Sales, Steve Allen,Harry Shearer, Rick Overton, Taylor Negron, Julia Sweeney, Bruce Vilanch, John Fleck, Lotus Weinstock, Julie Halston, Los Trios Ringbarkus, Stephen Kearney, Diedrich Bader, Beth Lapides, Carma Bums, Rube Ruben, Caldwell and Winfree, Tim Fields, Gregg Gibbs, Paul Krassner, Rube Ruben DIRECTORS Percy Adlon ("Bagdhad Cafe"), John McNaughton ("Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer"), Phillipe Mora, James Quatrocci, Reza Abdoh, Gordon Davidson (Tony award-winning Artistic Director of Mark Taper Forum in L.A. for the last 30 years) MUSICIANS Kinky Friedman, Henry Rollins, El Vez, Ian Whitcomb, The Del Rubio Triplets, Les Stevens, Julie Christensen, Yma Sumac, John Densmore ("The Doors"), Ginger Baker ("Cream"), Anton Coppola (Francis Ford's conductor uncle), David Newman (film composer), tenor Greg Fedderly, Lounge-O-Leers, tenor Gary Bachland, Debbie Shapiro, Johnny Crawford (formerly of "The Rifleman"), Dale Kristien (longest running Phantom soprano), Peggy Judy, Chuck E. Weiss, Criag Urquhart PERSONALITIES Timthy Leary, Dr. David Viscott, Psychic Twins, Mr. Blackwell, Flying Russian from the Cirque du Soleil, Art Fein, Kenny Kahn, Pierre DuLat, Ivan Moffat (screenwriter: "Giant") ARTISTS Robbie Conal, Jonathon Borofsky, Lita Albuquerque, photographer Gary Leonard, Robt. Williams, Russ Butler RESTAURATEURS Michel Richard (Citrus), Mark Peel, Arnaud Palatan, Larry Flax (California Pizza Kitchen), Evan COMEDY BITS Letters to Ms. Looseleaf, Hygiene Alley, Looseleaf Beauty Reports (Facial Flex and Chin Gym), Victoria Looseleaf's Festival of Chariots, Loose Copy, Letter to Leona (Helmsley), Unveiling of the Nude Portrait