Serena Yang Serena Yang Serena Yang is an American television journalist, producer and documentary film director, best known for her series "Eye of the Beholder" on the Discovery HD Channel and the Travel Channel, and her role as the West Coast Correspondent of CNN’s "World Beat". A former international correspondent for CNN, Yang was a writer, producer and reporter for E! Entertainment Television’s "E! Features". Some of her notable interviews are Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Robert Redford, Sean Penn, Glenn Close, Al Pacino, Susan Sarandon, Sydney Pollack, Demi Moore, Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, John Cleese, Julia Roberts and Oprah Winfrey. Yang
Glenn Close television movie "Orphan Train" and "Too Far to Go". The latter film, included Blythe Danner and Michael Moriarty in the cast, Close played Moriarty's lover. In 1980, director George Roy Hill discovered Close on Broadway and asked her to audition with Robin Williams for a role in "The World According to Garp," which would become her first film role. The 1980s proved to be Close's most successful decade in Hollywood. She made her debut film performance in "The World According to Garp" which earned Close her first Oscar nomination. She played Robin Williams' mother, despite being just four years older.