newsman Walter Cronkite and influential political commentator William F. Buckley, Jr., to join a cast of celebrity lecturers for the line's 2007 world cruise.
Other big names booked for the 126-day voyage on Silver Shadow include ABC News correspondent Lynn Sherr, author Richard Reeves, investigative journalist Judith Miller, film critic Rex Reed, champion yachtsman John Bertrand, Egyptologist Zahi Hawass, photojournalist Steve McCurry and Michael Green, wine and spirits consultant for Gourmet magazine.
Cronkite will speak during Silver Shadow's April 27 segment from Alexandria to Lisbon, and Buckley is scheduled for the May 8 segment from Lisbon to New York City.