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This week on Q...

Monday, December 24th
The voice actors of the original 1964 Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer animation special... Live in studio Q. And, good grief! A look back at the life of another Christmas master - Charles Schulz. Biographer David Michaelis, whose book drew some criticism from the Schulz family when it came out this fall, is here. Plus, my conversation with the witty and urbane actor, and now novelist, David Thewlis.

Wednesday, December 26th
All About Excess! His grandma introduced him to the "sport" of pro-wrestling when he was just a lad. Now, seven-time WWE Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho looks back on a business that thrives on extremes. And, "I'll take two tonnes of carbon offsets and a grande bold, please..." A product designer has issued a creative call to sustainable arms. Plus, the guitarist for the Most Dangerous Band in the World. Yes, Slash of Guns N' Roses brings the snake pit to our studio.
Thursday, December 27th
The brightest of all the rock star muses - ex-supermodel Patti Boyd. Loved, and married, by both George Harrison and Eric Clapton, she's going public with her story for the first time ever. And, KT Tunstall. The Scottish-Chinese singer broke out in a big way two years ago with her disc "Eye to the Telescope." Now she's back with her a new record "Drastic Fantastic." The charismatic KT is live in studio Q. Plus, was it a Magnificent 07 in video-game land? Our couch potato Jesse Wente swings by with his verdict.
Friday, December 28th
She's a model, an actress and a top chef. Is there anything Padma Lakshmi can't do? She stops by to chat about her new cookbook. Plus, the Download Down-Lo All-Star Edition! Mio is by with his highlights (and lowlights) from the year online. And, we revisit two favourite interviews - the gravitas and spirituality of Deepak Chopra and the political and personal life of musician and activist Harry Belafonte.
Monday, December 31st
We take the long view when it comes to art - all 30,000 years of it. We talk to the editor of a new book that puts the entire history of art into a thousand pages of splendour. And, it's been a big year for David Cronenberg. His film "Eastern Promises" won raves when it opened in September and now it's stalking both Golden Globes and Oscar. Plus, Canadian actor, comic, producer and Carson foil, David Steinberg.
Tuesday, January 1st
Shirley MacLaine! Out with her latest memoir Sage-ing While Age-ing, the seventy-year-old talks to Q about spirituality, and maybe a little about her Canadian mother. And what to do with a modern first edition? Read and enjoy them or put them up to maintain their pristine condition in hopes of someday cashing in a windfall. Inveterate collector Paul Whitney of the Vancouver Public Library gives us some advice.
Coming up on Q...

There's Paris, London, New York ... but 2008 will mark the dawn of a new cultural centre, Beijing, China. In this year of the Beijing Olympics, a look at culture in China and the West's new interest in it. - Actor Graham Abbey talks about his role in a new Canadian TV series about immigration and Canadian-US relations: The Border. - Author Taylor Clark tackles Starbucks Culture - Alan Alda on his new book.

Q's Top Twenty Albums of 2007

1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse
3. Björk - Volta
4. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
5. Patty Griffin - Children Winning Through
6. M.I.A. - Kala
7. Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars
8. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
9. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
10. Brandi Carlile - The Story
11. Feist - The Reminder
12. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
13. Miracle Fortress - Five Roses
14. Basia Bulat - Oh, My Darling
15. Nicole Atkins - Neptune City
16. Suzanne Vega - Beauty & Crime
17. Kanye West - Graduation
18. Cuff the Duke - Sidelines of the City
19. Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade
20. Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War