Seventy years ago today, a 21-year-old Orson Welles, along with his Mercury Theater players, gathered at New York City's CBS studios to perform a one-hour radio play—an adaptation of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. Panic would ensue—though much of it was probably blown a wee bit out of proportion by newspapermen unhappy with radio's increasing dominance—and mass media would never be the same. It's easy to say that we were a younger, more naive society in 1938 and it was cake for Welles to convince six million listeners than Martians really were invading Earth, starting with Grover's Mill, NJ. But when I think of War of the Worlds two things come to mind...
Dalton Ross is back with the seventh installment in his series of dramatic readings of passages from the recently published Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul. This week, we pay homage to the literary genius that is Kevin "Chicken Little" Covais. For previous clips -- including Sanjaya Malakar, Scott Savol, and Haley Scarnato -- click here.
Dalton Ross is back with the sixth installment in his series of dramatic readings of passages from the recently published 'Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul.' This week, prepare yourself for the literary genius that is "author" Carmen Rasmusen.
(For previous clips — including Sanjaya Malakar, Scott Savol, and Haley
Scarnato — click here.)
Dalton Ross is back with the fifth installment in his series of dramatic readings of passages from the recently published Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul. Prepare yourself for the genius that is "author" Sanjaya Malakar. (For previous clips, click here for Scott Savol, here for Kimberly Caldwell, here for Ace Young, and here for Haley Scarnato. Keep the Kleenex handy.)
Dalton Ross is back with the fourth installment in his series of dramatic readings of passages from the recently published Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul.
Today's clip spotlights the moving prose of "author" Scott Savol. (For
previous clips, click here for Kimberly Caldwell, here for Ace Young,
and here for Haley Scarnato... if you dare.)
Dalton Ross is back with the third installment in his series of dramatic readings of passages from the recently published Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul. Today's clip spotlights "author" Kimberly Caldwell. (To see last week's clip on the works of Ace Young, click here. The previous installment, featuring the prose of Haley Scarnato, is here.)
In his new weekly series, EW's Dalton Ross performs dramatic readings of passages from the recently published book Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul. Today's second installment spotlights "author" Ace Young. (To see last week's reading, from the pen of Haley Scarnato, click here.)
In a new weekly series, EW's Dalton Ross performs dramatic readings of passages from
the recently published book Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul.
Today's "author": Haley Scarnato.
