Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event:
Monday, February10, 2025, 6pm PT/9pm ET

**An Evening with Naomi Watts
discussing her book, “Dare I Say It: Everything I Wish I’d Known About Menopause.”**

*This event is taped on Feb 3, 2025 with an audience.*

VIRTUAL TICKETS (**US Orders Only**)
Monday, February 10, 2025, 6pm PT/9pm ET
$46 Virtual Admission + signed book (**includes shipping to US addresses only**). Includes access to watch the event on December 10 at 6pm PT/9pm ET and on video-on-demand for five days.

**A frank, funny and informative guide to menopause and aging by beloved actress Naomi Watts, one of the leading voices in menopause awareness.**

**Naomi Watts** is a renowned actor and producer. She has Academy Award nominations for her performances in *21 Grams* and *The Impossible*, and is also known for starring in critically acclaimed projects such as *Mulholland Drive, King Kong*, and, more recently, *Feud: Capote vs. The Swans*. She is the founder and chief creative officer of Stripes, a company dedicated to raising menopause awareness and providing women with education, community, and solutions for a holistic approach to menopause.

At thirty-six, Naomi Watts had just completed filming King Kong and was trying to start a family when she was told that she was on the brink of menopause. It is estimated that seventy-five million women in the United States are currently dealing with menopause symptoms (dry itchy skin, raging hormones, night sweats), and yet the very word “menopause” continues to be associated with stigma and confusion. With so little information, many women feel unprepared, ashamed, and deeply alone when the time comes.

This is the book Naomi Watts wishes she had when she first started experiencing symptoms. Like sitting down over coffee and having an intimate chat with your girlfriend, Dare I Say It blends funny and poignant stories from Naomi and her friends with advice from doctors, hormone experts, and nutritionists to take the secrecy and shame out of menopause and aging. Answering questions such as: What’s hormone therapy and should I be on it? Will I ever sleep again? Will I get myself back? What happened to my libido? Do I need eighteen serums for my aging skin? Whose body is this anyway? Who am I now? Naomi Watts shares the most up-to-date research on how to manage menopause symptoms and tackle the physical and emotional challenges we encounter as we age.

Irreverent, bold, and reassuring, Dare I Say It is the companion every woman needs to embrace the best version of herself as she moves into what can be the most powerful and satisfying period of her life.
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Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event:
Monday, November 25, 2024, 6pm PT/9pm ET

**Riley Keough in conversation with Taylor Jenkins Reid
discussing the memoir she finished on behalf of her mother, Lisa Marie Presley, “From Here to the Great Unknown.”**

This event is taped on Nov 18 with an audience.

TICKETS (**US Orders ONLY**):
$50 Virtual Admission + signed book (includes shipping to **US addresses only.**) Includes access to watch the event on November 25 at 6pm PT/9pm ET and on video-on-demand for five days after.

**Born to an American icon and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole story for the first time in this raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir faithfully completed by her daughter, Riley Keough.**

**Riley Keough** is an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Independent Spirit Award-nominated actress. She is known for her work in Daisy Jones & the Six, Zola, and more. She also co-directed War Pony (2022), which won the Caméra d’Or for best first feature at Cannes, and cofounded the production company Felix Culpa with Gina Gammell. She is the eldest daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and sole trustee of Graceland. 

**Lisa Marie Presley** was a singer and songwriter who was born in Memphis and raised at Graceland, the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley. She released three studio albums throughout her music career—To Whom It May Concern, Now What, and Storm & Grace, the first of which was certified gold. Lisa Marie passed away in January 2023.

**Taylor Jenkins Reid** is the New York Times bestselling author of nine novels, including Carrie Soto Is Back, Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

Join actor and producer Riley Keough for a one-of-a-kind conversation as she pays tribute to her mother Lisa Marie Presley’s incredible memory. Joined by a special guest, Keough will dive into a legendary tale of celebrity, family ties, the highs and lows of fame, love, grief, and the unbreakable bond between a mother and daughter. 

Elvis Presley’s only child spent years recording countless hours of riveting, raw, and breathtakingly vulnerable tape for her memoir. After Lisa Marie died in 2023, her daughter Riley dedicated herself to completing the unfinished work. In From Here to the Great Unknown, Riley’s voice joins with her mother’s to tell a breathtaking story.

Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event:
Sunday, February 2, 2025 at 3pm PT/6pm ET

**An Afternoon with Eric Idle
discussing his book, “The Spamalot Diaries”**

*This event tapes on Jan 28 with an audience.*

TICKETS:
$46 Virtual Admission + signed book (includes shipping to US addresses only). Includes access to watch the event on February 2, 2025 at 3pm PT/6pm ET and on video-on-demand for five days. Books ship a week after the virtual event.

**From comedy legend Eric Idle, the fascinating inside story of bringing Monty Python and the Holy Grail to Broadway as the unlikely theatrical hit Spamalot.**

**Eric Idle** is a comedian, actor, author, and singer-songwriter who found immediate fame on television with the sketch-comedy show Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Following its success, the group began making films that include Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, and Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life. Eric wrote, directed, and created The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, the world’s first-ever mockumentary, as well as the Tony Award–winning musical Spamalot. His memoir, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life was a New York Times bestseller.  

[Watch videos](hhttps://livetalksla.org/blog/ericidle/ttp://) of Eric Idle’s three previous appearances at Live Talks Los Angeles — interviewing John Cleese and Alan Zweibel; and interviewed by Bob Saget.

“Idle provides a rollicking account of the making of his Broadway musical Spamalot. . . . [and] an irresistible and unfiltered ode to the art of live theater. Fans will love this tantalizing glimpse behind the curtain.”—Publishers Weekly

Long before Spamalot was the toast of Broadway and the winner of three Tony awards, it was an idea threatening to fizzle out before it could find its way into existence. In The Spamalot Diaries, Eric Idle shares original journal entries and raw email exchanges that reveal the sometimes bumpy, always entertaining path to the show’s unforgettable run. 

Financial anxieties, collaborative disputes that tested decades-long friendships, endless rewriting and a broken ankle were just some of the challenges. Idle chronicles every minor mishap and triumph along the way, as well as the creative tension that drove the show to new heights. An unforgettable look behind the curtain of a beloved musical and inside the wickedly entertaining mind of one of our most treasured comic performers.

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