Datebook: 12.2.08
Five things worth knowing today
- Photographer Annie Leibovitz stops by Chicago's Harold Washington Library Center to discuss her new book, Annie Leibovitz at Work. Likely not included therein: topless Miley Cyrus, but you can ask Annie all about it. (We bet she's not tired of that one yet.)
- William Shatner, the latest onetime star to get a celebrity talk show, debuts Shatner's Raw Nerve on Biography tonight. On the couch: Valerie Bertinelli, who we can only assume was invited to calm Shatner's titular nerve before producers bring in the big guns. (Jenna Jameson's coming later this season.)
- The MacDowell Colony celebrates its 101st year with a gala in New York, featuring performances by James Earl Jones, Meredith Monk, and Sam Waterston.
- Today in 1970, the Environmental Protection Agency began operations, working to ensure that, amongst other things, polar bears continue to exist.
- And today in 1946, late designer Gianni Versace was born. Below, Versace discusses his inspirations and philosophy in a '97 television special, which also features the requisite eye candy:

