▁Magazine , ▁which ▁covered ▁the ▁entire ▁Gen ese e ▁Valley ▁Region . ▁He ▁also ▁wrote ▁reviews ▁and ▁entertain ment - related ▁articles ▁for ▁the ▁Ro chester ▁Times - Union ▁and ▁the ▁Wol fe ▁newspaper ▁chain , ▁then ▁became ▁Man aging ▁Editor ▁of ▁the ▁arts ▁newspaper , ▁Ro chester ▁Rout es . ▁ ▁He ▁has ▁interview ed ▁a ▁host ▁of ▁authors , ▁actors , ▁direct ors ▁and ▁other ▁cele brit ies , ▁among ▁them ▁novel ist ▁Norman ▁Mail er ; ▁po ets ▁Ear le ▁Bir ney , ▁Jim ▁Car roll ▁and ▁William ▁He yen ; ▁direct ors ▁Sid ney ▁L um et , ▁Oliver ▁Stone , ▁Dennis ▁Ho pper , ▁Francis ▁Ford ▁Co pp ola , ▁James ▁Br id ges ; ▁actors ▁Jane ▁F onda , ▁Michael ▁J . ▁Fox , ▁Gene ▁H ack man , ▁Jeff ▁Br id ges , ▁D iane ▁Ke aton , ▁Richard ▁D rey f uss , ▁Meg ▁Ryan , ▁James ▁Ca an , ▁Leon ardo ▁Di Cap rio , ▁Brad ▁Pitt , ▁Dennis ▁Qu a id , ▁Martin ▁She en , ▁Made le ine ▁St owe , ▁Robert ▁Log gia , ▁Mark ▁Wahl berg ; ▁publish er ▁Hugh ▁He f ner ; ▁film ▁execut ives ▁Jeff rey ▁Kat zen berg ▁and ▁Michael ▁E is ner , ▁and ▁music - TV ▁im pres ario ▁Dick ▁Clark . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁on ▁the ▁recommendation ▁of ▁a ▁local ▁radio ▁station ▁manager , ▁he ▁became ▁the ▁film ▁rev iewer ▁for ▁community ▁station ▁W G MC - FM ▁in