Long Island’s Film & TV Family

Actor: Kevin James — born in Mineola, raised in Stony Brook.

Actress: Lorraine Bracco — raised in Hicksville.

Director: Jonathan Demme — born in Baldwin, raised in Rockville Centre.

Musician: Lou Reed — raised in Freeport.

Festival director: Alan Inkles — Stony Brook; founded the Stony Brook Film Festival.

Book: The Guest by Emma Cline — cast out with nowhere to go, a young woman bluffs her way through a week among the rich as her lies close in.

Next installment in a few days.