Once upon a time, there was a sitcom called "Rhoda." It was a spinoff of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," and was an instant smash. How instant? Early in the first season, Rhoda got married, and the episode was watched by over 52 million television viewers. It was the highest-rated episode of television in the 1970s until the premiere of "Roots" in 1977, and served as a bit of a sitcom laboratory for James L. Brooks and Allan Burns. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was groundbreaking in its own right, but, at least early in the series, Brooks and his writers were a little looser on "Rhoda."
One of their most brilliant ideas was to introduce a regular character who is heard but never seen. "The Andy Griffith Show" had done this on occasion with Barney Fife's beloved Juanita Beasley, but "Rhoda" turned the alcoholic Carlton the Doorman into something of a sensation.
One of their most brilliant ideas was to introduce a regular character who is heard but never seen. "The Andy Griffith Show" had done this on occasion with Barney Fife's beloved Juanita Beasley, but "Rhoda" turned the alcoholic Carlton the Doorman into something of a sensation.
- 9/22/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Science fiction is a genre that thrives on mankind's ability to imagine the future. Sci-fi films take us to galaxies far, far away, or they guide us down the rabbit hole into a computer program. We can visit forbidden planets or envision technologies that transform our own world, exploring space, or learning all too late that in space, no one can hear us scream. Ray Bradbury, author of "The Martian Chronicles," put it this way: "Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it's the history of ideas, the history of our civilization birthing itself."
By revisiting the films on this list, however, we can imagine a different sort of future: someone's future acting career. The sci-fi genre has provided a jumping-off point for countless stars who went on to make their mark elsewhere, including future Oscar winners, future comedians, future talk show hosts,...
By revisiting the films on this list, however, we can imagine a different sort of future: someone's future acting career. The sci-fi genre has provided a jumping-off point for countless stars who went on to make their mark elsewhere, including future Oscar winners, future comedians, future talk show hosts,...
- 9/21/2024
- by Eric Langberg
- Slash Film
Chuck Lorre, with his remarkable contribution to the comedy sitcom genre, can easily be called the King of Sitcoms. The producer has brought forth several highly acclaimed shows, such as The Big Bang Theory, Cybill, Mom, and Young Sheldon. But in this list, Two and a Half Men gained him huge acclaim. But also brought in a slew of controversies, all thanks to Charlie Sheen.
Chuck Lorre in a still from Extra Tv interview || Credits: YouTube
The actor was going through some addiction issues during the sitcom’s eighth season. During the same time, he entered rehab, and also started a major Anti-Chuck Lorre rant, bashing the showrunner at every chance he got.
It was this very public fallout with Sheen that made it almost impossible for him to watch the show again.
Chuck Lorre Struggled to Watch Two and a Half Men After Charlie Sheen Fallout
Chuck Lorre and...
Chuck Lorre in a still from Extra Tv interview || Credits: YouTube
The actor was going through some addiction issues during the sitcom’s eighth season. During the same time, he entered rehab, and also started a major Anti-Chuck Lorre rant, bashing the showrunner at every chance he got.
It was this very public fallout with Sheen that made it almost impossible for him to watch the show again.
Chuck Lorre Struggled to Watch Two and a Half Men After Charlie Sheen Fallout
Chuck Lorre and...
- 9/18/2024
- by Sakshi Singh
- FandomWire
This year’s Emmy nominees for Supporting Actress in a Drama Series are a mix of former winners and first-time nominees — and if you’re on The Morning Show or The Crown, there’s a pretty good chance you’re nominated.
Those two shows represent six of the seven nominees in this category, which is becoming a pattern lately: Last year, The White Lotus grabbed five of the eight slots, including one for winner Jennifer Coolidge. The Crown’s Elizabeth Debicki is the only repeat nominee from last year, back again for her work as Princess Diana in the sixth and final season.
Those two shows represent six of the seven nominees in this category, which is becoming a pattern lately: Last year, The White Lotus grabbed five of the eight slots, including one for winner Jennifer Coolidge. The Crown’s Elizabeth Debicki is the only repeat nominee from last year, back again for her work as Princess Diana in the sixth and final season.
- 8/15/2024
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
As Agnes van Rhijn in The Gilded Age, Christine Baranski embodies a New York matriarch bound by stringent class division and societal contest—something the show’s creator Julian Fellowes so famously explored within the British aristocracy in Downton Abbey. Baranski conveys both generations of painful suppression and a wry humor as Van Rhijn—a woman upholding a family legacy while supporting her sister (Cynthia Nixon), niece (Louisa Jacobson) and son (Blake Ritson).
A two-time Tony winner, an Emmy winner and 16-time nominee, here Baranski talks shooting Season 3 and reveals juicy details about her upcoming Season 2 of Nine Perfect Strangers with Nicole Kidman.
Deadline: Last time we sat down for a proper chat was for The Good Fight. What a show…
Christine Baranski: Yes! Somebody was just asking me how Diane Lockhart would feel about all of the things happening in American politics. I said maybe we could have...
A two-time Tony winner, an Emmy winner and 16-time nominee, here Baranski talks shooting Season 3 and reveals juicy details about her upcoming Season 2 of Nine Perfect Strangers with Nicole Kidman.
Deadline: Last time we sat down for a proper chat was for The Good Fight. What a show…
Christine Baranski: Yes! Somebody was just asking me how Diane Lockhart would feel about all of the things happening in American politics. I said maybe we could have...
- 8/13/2024
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
The Big Bang Theory is one of the most beloved modern-day sitcoms and has had a huge cultural impact. The show was centered around a group of scientists in LA and their adventures in navigating the social world after the entry of an attractive neighbor. Jim Parsons, who played Sheldon Cooper, won four Emmys for his role.
While the show had a perfect pilot that established the four lovable nerds, it was actually the second one made for the show. Though not that different, the first unaired pilot had some variations in characteristics and plot. However, one key difference in Sheldon’s character that fans were not ready to accept was his s*xualization in the unaired pilot.
Sheldon Cooper Was So Different In The Big Bang Theory’s Unaired Pilot The cast, including Sheldon Cooper, in The Big Bang Theory | Credits: CBS
Fans love the train-loving, arrogant physicist Sheldon...
While the show had a perfect pilot that established the four lovable nerds, it was actually the second one made for the show. Though not that different, the first unaired pilot had some variations in characteristics and plot. However, one key difference in Sheldon’s character that fans were not ready to accept was his s*xualization in the unaired pilot.
Sheldon Cooper Was So Different In The Big Bang Theory’s Unaired Pilot The cast, including Sheldon Cooper, in The Big Bang Theory | Credits: CBS
Fans love the train-loving, arrogant physicist Sheldon...
- 7/10/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
Two and a Half Men, starring Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer became one of the most popular sitcoms after it impressed the audience with a unique narrative and humor. Another primary reason behind the show’s standout hit was its co-creator, Chuck Lorre.
Being the mastermind of several critically acclaimed shows like The Big Bang Theory and Cybill, Lorre is hailed as the undisputed legend of sitcoms. While the audience could also feel Chuck Lorre’s magic in Two and a Half Men, the co-creator almost left the show midway due to Sheen.
Charlie Sheen in a still from Two and a Half Men | Chuck Lorre Productions
Besides all the positive elements of the show, Two and a Half Men also raised several headlines due to Charlie Sheen’s numerous controversies. However, all hell broke loose when Sheen was embroiled in a feud against Lorre which almost convinced the latter to leave the show.
Being the mastermind of several critically acclaimed shows like The Big Bang Theory and Cybill, Lorre is hailed as the undisputed legend of sitcoms. While the audience could also feel Chuck Lorre’s magic in Two and a Half Men, the co-creator almost left the show midway due to Sheen.
Charlie Sheen in a still from Two and a Half Men | Chuck Lorre Productions
Besides all the positive elements of the show, Two and a Half Men also raised several headlines due to Charlie Sheen’s numerous controversies. However, all hell broke loose when Sheen was embroiled in a feud against Lorre which almost convinced the latter to leave the show.
- 7/6/2024
- by Subham Mandal
- FandomWire
The Big Bang Theory star Mayim Bialik has opened up about one very significant rule while working with Chuck Lorre on the popular sitcom. The actress took on the role of Amy Farrah Fowler starting in Season 3 and recently reprised her role alongside Jim Parsons in Young Sheldon.
A still from The Big Bang Theory | CBS
Her time working on the Emmy-winning TV series helped her gain many insights into comedy. One crucial lesson was a key rule that showrunner Chuck Lorre adhered to was to always prioritize the audience’s perception of what’s funny.
Mayim Bialik Reveals Chuck Lorre’s Golden Rule for Comedy Success
One of the many names behind the success of hit shows like The Big Bang Theory, Dharma & Greg, and Cybill, has been Chuck Lorre, who is also known as the ‘King of Sitcoms.’ And actress Mayim Bialik has revealed the secret behind his success.
A still from The Big Bang Theory | CBS
Her time working on the Emmy-winning TV series helped her gain many insights into comedy. One crucial lesson was a key rule that showrunner Chuck Lorre adhered to was to always prioritize the audience’s perception of what’s funny.
Mayim Bialik Reveals Chuck Lorre’s Golden Rule for Comedy Success
One of the many names behind the success of hit shows like The Big Bang Theory, Dharma & Greg, and Cybill, has been Chuck Lorre, who is also known as the ‘King of Sitcoms.’ And actress Mayim Bialik has revealed the secret behind his success.
- 6/27/2024
- by Laxmi Rajput
- FandomWire
Having trouble predicting who will win Best Drama Supporting Actress at the upcoming Emmy Awards? Let’s consult Gold Derby’s 2024 Emmy Experts! These savvy pundits from major media outlets have chimed in with their predictions, and the majority of them believe the trophy will go to Elizabeth Debicki (“The Crown”). The other potential nominees, per the Experts’ current racetrack odds, are Moeka Hoshi (“Shōgun”), Holland Taylor (“The Morning Show”), Adelaide Clemens (“Justified: City Primeval”), Lesley Manville (“The Crown”) and Christine Baranski (“The Gilded Age”).
As of this writing, a leading 14 out of our 17 Emmy Experts predict a victory for Debicki: Christopher Rosen (Gold Derby), Clayton Davis (Variety), Dave Nemetz (TV Line), Eric Deggans (NPR), Jazz Tangcay (Variety), Joyce Eng (Gold Derby), Keith Simanton (IMDb), Kelly Lawler (USA Today), Matt Roush (TV Guide Magazine), Peter Travers (ABC), Ray Richmond (Gold Derby), Susan King (Gold Derby), Thelma Adams (Gold Derby) and...
As of this writing, a leading 14 out of our 17 Emmy Experts predict a victory for Debicki: Christopher Rosen (Gold Derby), Clayton Davis (Variety), Dave Nemetz (TV Line), Eric Deggans (NPR), Jazz Tangcay (Variety), Joyce Eng (Gold Derby), Keith Simanton (IMDb), Kelly Lawler (USA Today), Matt Roush (TV Guide Magazine), Peter Travers (ABC), Ray Richmond (Gold Derby), Susan King (Gold Derby), Thelma Adams (Gold Derby) and...
- 6/24/2024
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Hiram Kasten, a comedian well-known across the New York comedy club circuit and in shows such as Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, has died. He was 71.
Kasten died in his home in Batavia, New York, after seven years of fighting several illnesses, including prostate cancer and Crohn’s disease, an obituary in his local paper The Batavian reported.
Kasten was a regular comedian at New York’s Comic Strip, where he met then-mc Jerry Seinfeld and the two eventually became friends.
He also made regular appearances at Catch a Rising Star, The Improv, The Comedy Cellar and Caroline’s throughout the 1970s and 1980s. At Dangerfield’s, he ran his own show on Sunday nights for many years.
In the late 1980s, Kasten moved to Los Angeles and eventually appeared in shows such as Mad About You, Everybody Loves Raymond, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 7th Heaven,...
Kasten died in his home in Batavia, New York, after seven years of fighting several illnesses, including prostate cancer and Crohn’s disease, an obituary in his local paper The Batavian reported.
Kasten was a regular comedian at New York’s Comic Strip, where he met then-mc Jerry Seinfeld and the two eventually became friends.
He also made regular appearances at Catch a Rising Star, The Improv, The Comedy Cellar and Caroline’s throughout the 1970s and 1980s. At Dangerfield’s, he ran his own show on Sunday nights for many years.
In the late 1980s, Kasten moved to Los Angeles and eventually appeared in shows such as Mad About You, Everybody Loves Raymond, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 7th Heaven,...
- 6/16/2024
- by Zoe G. Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Will “The Gilded Age” find Emmys gold?
After its sophomore season, HBO’s historical drama “The Gilded Age” has entered the Emmy race with up to 37 nominations, Variety can exclusively reveal. This includes outstanding drama series, 15 main cast members and the season finale “In Terms of Winning and Losing,” which will represent director Michael Engler and scribe Julian Fellowes in their submissions.
The central couple, Bertha and George Russell, played by Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector, are contenders in the lead acting categories. Coon, an Emmy nominee for the third season of the anthology crime series “Fargo” in 2017, has a solid chance of picking up her second nom, competing against contenders Anna Sawai, Jennifer Aniston and Emma Stone. Already proving to be a big year for the actress, she could find herself in the Oscar race later this year for her remarkable performance in Azazel Jacobs’ family drama “His Three Daughters,...
After its sophomore season, HBO’s historical drama “The Gilded Age” has entered the Emmy race with up to 37 nominations, Variety can exclusively reveal. This includes outstanding drama series, 15 main cast members and the season finale “In Terms of Winning and Losing,” which will represent director Michael Engler and scribe Julian Fellowes in their submissions.
The central couple, Bertha and George Russell, played by Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector, are contenders in the lead acting categories. Coon, an Emmy nominee for the third season of the anthology crime series “Fargo” in 2017, has a solid chance of picking up her second nom, competing against contenders Anna Sawai, Jennifer Aniston and Emma Stone. Already proving to be a big year for the actress, she could find herself in the Oscar race later this year for her remarkable performance in Azazel Jacobs’ family drama “His Three Daughters,...
- 5/22/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Leanne Morgan’s current tour is called Just Getting Started, and the 58-year-old comedian is living up to that with a comedy series and two more specials at Netflix. The streamer has given a 16-episode order to an untitled multi-cam sitcom, headlined by Morgan in her TV acting debut and executive produced by top comedy showrunner Chuck Lorre. Additionally, Netflix has picked up two more stand-up specials from Morgan following the success of her first one, the 2023 Leanne Morgan: I’m Every Woman.
Co-created by Morgan, Lorre and Susan McMartin, the Untitled Leanne Morgan Project will follow Leanne whose life is upended when her husband of 33 years leaves her for another woman. Starting over when you’re a grandmother and in menopause isn’t exactly what she had in mind, but with the help of her family, she will navigate this new chapter with grace, dignity and jello salad.
Co-created by Morgan, Lorre and Susan McMartin, the Untitled Leanne Morgan Project will follow Leanne whose life is upended when her husband of 33 years leaves her for another woman. Starting over when you’re a grandmother and in menopause isn’t exactly what she had in mind, but with the help of her family, she will navigate this new chapter with grace, dignity and jello salad.
- 4/25/2024
- by Rosy Cordero and Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Ready to make your 2024 Emmy predictions for Best Drama Supporting Actress? Before you do, take a look through our photo gallery featuring the likeliest contenders. Elizabeth Debicki (“The Crown”) being the only 2023 nominee eligible to return puts her in the frontrunner position and leaves the remaining slots open to a bevy of formidable newcomers and past hopefuls.
“The Morning Show” cast mates Julianna Margulies and Holland Taylor are each seeking a second win in this category after respectively being honored for “ER” (1995) and “The Practice” (1999). The same applies to Archie Panjabi (“Hijack”), who previously won for “The Good Wife” (2010).
“Sugar” actress Anna Gunn is vying for a third trophy of this kind following her dual “Breaking Bad” victories (2013-2014). Also in the mix are “The Gilded Age” costars Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon, who scored Best Comedy Supporting Actress wins for “Cybill” (1995) and “Sex and the City” (2004).
Actresses who could...
“The Morning Show” cast mates Julianna Margulies and Holland Taylor are each seeking a second win in this category after respectively being honored for “ER” (1995) and “The Practice” (1999). The same applies to Archie Panjabi (“Hijack”), who previously won for “The Good Wife” (2010).
“Sugar” actress Anna Gunn is vying for a third trophy of this kind following her dual “Breaking Bad” victories (2013-2014). Also in the mix are “The Gilded Age” costars Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon, who scored Best Comedy Supporting Actress wins for “Cybill” (1995) and “Sex and the City” (2004).
Actresses who could...
- 4/24/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Ready to make your 2024 Emmy predictions for Best Drama Supporting Actress? Before you do, take a look through our photo gallery featuring the likeliest contenders. Elizabeth Debicki (“The Crown”) being the only 2023 nominee eligible to return puts her in the frontrunner position and leaves the remaining slots open to a bevy of formidable newcomers and past hopefuls.
This year’s supporting actress candidates will not have to fend off reigning champ Jennifer Coolidge of “The White Lotus,” which is set to return in 2025 with an almost completely fresh cast. All nine acting nominees from the show’s most recent season are presumably finished playing their roles, as are 2023 featured female competitors Rhea Seehorn and J. Smith-Cameron from the concluded series “Better Call Saul” and “Succession.”
“The Morning Show” cast mates Julianna Margulies and Holland Taylor are each seeking a second win in this category after respectively being honored for “ER...
This year’s supporting actress candidates will not have to fend off reigning champ Jennifer Coolidge of “The White Lotus,” which is set to return in 2025 with an almost completely fresh cast. All nine acting nominees from the show’s most recent season are presumably finished playing their roles, as are 2023 featured female competitors Rhea Seehorn and J. Smith-Cameron from the concluded series “Better Call Saul” and “Succession.”
“The Morning Show” cast mates Julianna Margulies and Holland Taylor are each seeking a second win in this category after respectively being honored for “ER...
- 4/24/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
A pair of Emmy winners have made a reservation for Season 2 of Nine Perfect Strangers.
Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek) and Christine Baranski (The Good Fight) have joined the cast of the Hulu spa dramedy’s sophomore season, TVLine has confirmed. (Our sister site Variety first reported the news.) No character details have been released yet, but we do have character names, at least: Murphy will play Imogen, while Baranski will play Victoria.
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Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek) and Christine Baranski (The Good Fight) have joined the cast of the Hulu spa dramedy’s sophomore season, TVLine has confirmed. (Our sister site Variety first reported the news.) No character details have been released yet, but we do have character names, at least: Murphy will play Imogen, while Baranski will play Victoria.
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- 12/14/2023
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Are Chuck Lorre’s days on broadcast television coming to an end?
CBS on Wednesday announced that its Lorre-produced comedy Bob Hearts Abishola will end with its upcoming fifth season, with the series finale set for May 13.
The comedy starring Billy Gardell and Folake Olowofoyeku joins fellow Lorre-produced series Young Sheldon in coming to a close in 2024. With the conclusion of both shows next year, broadcast comedy kingpin Lorre will have gone from having a two-hour block of four shows on CBS to zero on broadcast. The brains behind broadcast hits including Two and a Half Men, Cybill and scores of others next has his Max comedy Bookie debuting this week and is readying another spinoff from Big Bang Theory for the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed platform.
“Bob Hearts Abishola is about an unlikely love story, but also the premise that immigrants make America great,” said executive producers Gina Yashere,...
CBS on Wednesday announced that its Lorre-produced comedy Bob Hearts Abishola will end with its upcoming fifth season, with the series finale set for May 13.
The comedy starring Billy Gardell and Folake Olowofoyeku joins fellow Lorre-produced series Young Sheldon in coming to a close in 2024. With the conclusion of both shows next year, broadcast comedy kingpin Lorre will have gone from having a two-hour block of four shows on CBS to zero on broadcast. The brains behind broadcast hits including Two and a Half Men, Cybill and scores of others next has his Max comedy Bookie debuting this week and is readying another spinoff from Big Bang Theory for the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed platform.
“Bob Hearts Abishola is about an unlikely love story, but also the premise that immigrants make America great,” said executive producers Gina Yashere,...
- 11/29/2023
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Moonlighting,” the ’80s detective series that revived Cybill Shepherd’s career and gave Bruce Willis his, has long been notoriously unavailable. But all that changes when its 67 episodes begin streaming on Hulu on October 10.
Yes, that’s correct: Five seasons encompassed all of just 67 episodes of a network show. The series — created by Glen Gordon Caron — was infamous for missing its deadlines to make it to air (there’s even a joke in “The Golden Girls” about staying in to watch an episode that’s “only been rerun three times”) and by on-set strife that garnered reams of tabloid coverage.
Prevented by music rights issues from streaming, the series is poised to win over a new generation of fans for whom the behind-the-scenes drama will just be background noise. Per TVLine, the songs sung by the cast and the Al Jarreau theme song remain intact; ambient music has been swapped out where necessary.
Yes, that’s correct: Five seasons encompassed all of just 67 episodes of a network show. The series — created by Glen Gordon Caron — was infamous for missing its deadlines to make it to air (there’s even a joke in “The Golden Girls” about staying in to watch an episode that’s “only been rerun three times”) and by on-set strife that garnered reams of tabloid coverage.
Prevented by music rights issues from streaming, the series is poised to win over a new generation of fans for whom the behind-the-scenes drama will just be background noise. Per TVLine, the songs sung by the cast and the Al Jarreau theme song remain intact; ambient music has been swapped out where necessary.
- 9/26/2023
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
Legendary performer Tony Bennett, a 20-time Grammy Award winner who sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, died Friday at the age of 96.
His publicist, Sylvia Weiner, confirmed his death to the New York Times.
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Bennett was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016. His family first went public with his diagnosis in February 2021. He retired from touring shortly thereafter, and his final performance...
His publicist, Sylvia Weiner, confirmed his death to the New York Times.
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Bennett was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016. His family first went public with his diagnosis in February 2021. He retired from touring shortly thereafter, and his final performance...
- 7/21/2023
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
On a drizzly Thursday morning, the WGA strike picketers were out in force – several hundred strong – at Gates 2, 3 and 4 of the Warner Brothers Studios lot in Burbank. They were fortified by tubs of coffee, boxes of doughnuts and muffins, cases of water and Gatorade and enough bags of potato chips to sustain a small army. People showed up to hand out tacos, because heck, anytime is a good time for a taco. These writers may not be well-paid, but they’d at least be well-fed and hydrated.
The water falling from the sky didn’t phase any of them, nor did the prospect of what’s being predicted will be a protracted walkout. As this was merely Day 3, the mood was upbeat and energetic, the signs clever and on point. They strode with purpose and chanted, “You want pages? Give us better wages!”.
Some of my favorite pickets:
“My Wedding...
The water falling from the sky didn’t phase any of them, nor did the prospect of what’s being predicted will be a protracted walkout. As this was merely Day 3, the mood was upbeat and energetic, the signs clever and on point. They strode with purpose and chanted, “You want pages? Give us better wages!”.
Some of my favorite pickets:
“My Wedding...
- 5/5/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Herb Lazarus, the veteran TV distribution executive who spent nearly 70 years in the business, including the past 27 with Carsey-Werner, died Tuesday in Los Angeles, a spokesperson for the company announced. He was 88.
At Carsey-Werner Television Distribution, where he most recently served as international TV president, Lazarus put into place massive deals globally — many still in place today — for such hits as That ’70s Show, Roseanne, The Cosby Show, 3rd Rock From the Sun, A Different World, Cybill, Grace Under Fire and Grounded for Life.
“Herb was so warm and fun to be around, but when it came to getting business done, he was among the greats of the industry,” Carsey-Werner Television president and COO Robert Dubelko said in a statement. “Everyone here is extremely sad but can’t help but smile recounting his poker-playing face and the countless laughs it delivered to all of us.”
Added Alexandra Taylor, Carsey-Werner’s...
At Carsey-Werner Television Distribution, where he most recently served as international TV president, Lazarus put into place massive deals globally — many still in place today — for such hits as That ’70s Show, Roseanne, The Cosby Show, 3rd Rock From the Sun, A Different World, Cybill, Grace Under Fire and Grounded for Life.
“Herb was so warm and fun to be around, but when it came to getting business done, he was among the greats of the industry,” Carsey-Werner Television president and COO Robert Dubelko said in a statement. “Everyone here is extremely sad but can’t help but smile recounting his poker-playing face and the countless laughs it delivered to all of us.”
Added Alexandra Taylor, Carsey-Werner’s...
- 4/20/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Herb Lazarus, who spent the past 27 years as international TV president for Carsey-Werner Television Distribution during his nearly 70-year career and is in the International TV Distribution Hall of Fame, died Tuesday. He was 88.
Carsey-Werner Television announced the news but did not give other details.
At Carsey-Werner, Lazarus put into place massive global deals for its comedies including The Cosby Show, Roseanne, That ‘70s Show, 3rd Rock from the Sun, A Different World, Cybill, Grace Under Fire and Grounded for Life — – many of which remain in place today.
“He saw the lighter side of our business and always said that we were lucky it didn’t involve decisions of life and death,” said Alexandra Taylor, Carsey-Werner’s London-based EVP international. She recalled one incident at MIPCOM in which a Belgian buyer apologetically notified them at the last minute that he couldn’t make a planned lunch.
“Herb’s reaction was...
Carsey-Werner Television announced the news but did not give other details.
At Carsey-Werner, Lazarus put into place massive global deals for its comedies including The Cosby Show, Roseanne, That ‘70s Show, 3rd Rock from the Sun, A Different World, Cybill, Grace Under Fire and Grounded for Life — – many of which remain in place today.
“He saw the lighter side of our business and always said that we were lucky it didn’t involve decisions of life and death,” said Alexandra Taylor, Carsey-Werner’s London-based EVP international. She recalled one incident at MIPCOM in which a Belgian buyer apologetically notified them at the last minute that he couldn’t make a planned lunch.
“Herb’s reaction was...
- 4/19/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd starred in the ABC series Moonlighting from 1985 to 1989. Which TV star has the higher net worth? Here’s what we know.
Bruce Willis’ net worth Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis | Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
As of this writing, Willis has an estimated net worth of $250 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. According to IMDb, he was paid $5 million for his role in Die Hard. Willis also received big paychecks for Last Man Standing ($16.5 million), Unbreakable ($20 million), and Live Free or Die Hard ($25 million).
Willis made a significant amount of money after starring in the 1999 film The Sixth Sense. In addition to a base salary of $14 million, he received a percentage of the film’s gross profits. Willis reportedly made $114 million for his starring role in the M. Night Shyamalan film.
Willis also built wealth from product endorsements and collaborations. In 2010, he introduced his fragrance,...
Bruce Willis’ net worth Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis | Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
As of this writing, Willis has an estimated net worth of $250 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. According to IMDb, he was paid $5 million for his role in Die Hard. Willis also received big paychecks for Last Man Standing ($16.5 million), Unbreakable ($20 million), and Live Free or Die Hard ($25 million).
Willis made a significant amount of money after starring in the 1999 film The Sixth Sense. In addition to a base salary of $14 million, he received a percentage of the film’s gross profits. Willis reportedly made $114 million for his starring role in the M. Night Shyamalan film.
Willis also built wealth from product endorsements and collaborations. In 2010, he introduced his fragrance,...
- 3/26/2023
- by Sheiresa Ngo
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Exclusive: Alicia Witt (I Care a Lot) and Blair Underwood (Caste) have signed on to star alongside Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe in Longlegs — the horror-thriller from Jason Cloth and Dave Caplan’s C2 Motion Picture Group (Babylon), which Osgood Perkins (The Blackcoat’s Daughter) is directing from his own script.
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The film currently in production in Vancouver follows FBI Agent Lee Harker (Monroe), a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer (Cage). As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to...
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The film currently in production in Vancouver follows FBI Agent Lee Harker (Monroe), a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer (Cage). As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to...
- 3/6/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
When I saw that both the Golden Globes (coming to a TV set or streaming monitor near you next Tuesday) and the Critics Choice Awards had nominated “The Bear” and its lead actor Jeremy Allen White — and in the case of the Critics Choice, supporting actress Ayo Edebiri, too — in Comedy categories, I thought maybe there was something wrong with my laugh detector. So I sat my wife down to watch a couple of episodes of the FX on Hulu freshman series about the drama inside a Chicago sandwich shop so we could find the hilarity together. We emerged pleasantly exhausted from the experience of taking in the show’s excitement, intensity and superb performances — but we didn’t laugh once. In point of fact, we didn’t even crack a smile.
“What’s wrong with us?” I asked Jill.
“Nothing,” she replied. “This show is a lot of things,...
“What’s wrong with us?” I asked Jill.
“Nothing,” she replied. “This show is a lot of things,...
- 1/5/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
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“The following is a true story. Except for cutting the boring shit and making up a bunch of stuff, this really happened.”
So opens Sex, Drugs and a Sitcom, a wild TV pilot script written by überproducer Chuck Lorre about the tumultuous time he spent steering the ship at Two and a Half Men. The series starred, of course, Charlie Sheen, then one of the highest-paid actors on TV, before he was fired in 2011 after publicly attacking Lorre, launching antisemitic insults and calling him a “turd” and a “clown.”
The script, obtained by THR, is dated June 15, 2022. According to a source, Lorre shopped it around town but didn’t set it up — though there’s little doubt it dropped a few jaws with its raucous, no-holds-barred account of what (possibly?) went on behind the scenes.
After opening with a fired-up Sheen being interviewed...
“The following is a true story. Except for cutting the boring shit and making up a bunch of stuff, this really happened.”
So opens Sex, Drugs and a Sitcom, a wild TV pilot script written by überproducer Chuck Lorre about the tumultuous time he spent steering the ship at Two and a Half Men. The series starred, of course, Charlie Sheen, then one of the highest-paid actors on TV, before he was fired in 2011 after publicly attacking Lorre, launching antisemitic insults and calling him a “turd” and a “clown.”
The script, obtained by THR, is dated June 15, 2022. According to a source, Lorre shopped it around town but didn’t set it up — though there’s little doubt it dropped a few jaws with its raucous, no-holds-barred account of what (possibly?) went on behind the scenes.
After opening with a fired-up Sheen being interviewed...
- 11/21/2022
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
At the first Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony in 1995, the cast of “Seinfeld” took the stage as the inaugural Best TV Comedy Ensemble recipients. The series, which starred stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld as a fictionalized version of himself, was one of several shows about the entertainment industry nominated for the group prize that year, with “Frasier” and “Murphy Brown” having been respectively centered on the radio and news media subsectors. Over the last quarter century, the casts of many other comedies about show business have competed and sometimes won here, and now the stars of “Hacks” are hoping to make good on their second try.
Like “Seinfeld,” “Hacks” is centered on the stand-up comedy profession, but the similarities end there. The HBO Max show’s main character is septuagenarian female comic Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), who is entirely fictional and primarily performs in the American West, as opposed to New York.
Like “Seinfeld,” “Hacks” is centered on the stand-up comedy profession, but the similarities end there. The HBO Max show’s main character is septuagenarian female comic Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), who is entirely fictional and primarily performs in the American West, as opposed to New York.
- 10/24/2022
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
HBO Max has given an eight-episode straight-to-series order to How To Be a Bookie, the first comedy for the streamer from one of Warner Bros. Television’s top showrunners, Chuck Lorre, co-creator/exec producer of HBO Max’s most watched off-network series, The Big Bang Theory. Actor-comedian Sebastian Maniscalco (The Irishman) is set to star in the single-camera series, which Lorre is co-writing with one of his close associates over the past decade, Nick Bakay. It is comedy king Lorre’s first sale since the start of the pandemic.
In How To Be a Bookie, a veteran bookie (Maniscalco) struggles to survive the impending legalization of sports gambling, increasingly unstable clients, family, co-workers, and a lifestyle that bounces him around every corner of Los Angeles, high and low.
“It’s an absolute dream to work with Sebastian Maniscalco — whom I’ve been a fan of for years,” Lorre said. “To...
In How To Be a Bookie, a veteran bookie (Maniscalco) struggles to survive the impending legalization of sports gambling, increasingly unstable clients, family, co-workers, and a lifestyle that bounces him around every corner of Los Angeles, high and low.
“It’s an absolute dream to work with Sebastian Maniscalco — whom I’ve been a fan of for years,” Lorre said. “To...
- 10/4/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Richard Roat, a character actor with 130-plus credits spanning nearly a half-century who appeared in many of TV’s biggest shows including Seinfeld, Friends, Cheers, Murphy Brown, Dallas, Hawaii Five-o and Happy Days, has died. He was 89.
Roat died August 5 in Orange County, CA, according to his family. No other details were available.
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Born on July 3, 1933, in Hartford, Ct, Roat had a couple of bit TV roles before being cast as Dr. Jerry Chandler in the 1962 pilot of NBC soap opera The Doctors. He appeared in more than 170 episodes during the first year of the which, would go on to air for two decades.
He guested on a 1965 episode of The Fugitive and became a busy character actor during the following decade. Roat appeared in memorable 1970s comedies and dramas as Hawaii Five-o, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Columbo, Cannon, Kojak, The Bob Newhart Show,...
Roat died August 5 in Orange County, CA, according to his family. No other details were available.
Hollywood & Media Deaths 2022: A Photo Gallery
Born on July 3, 1933, in Hartford, Ct, Roat had a couple of bit TV roles before being cast as Dr. Jerry Chandler in the 1962 pilot of NBC soap opera The Doctors. He appeared in more than 170 episodes during the first year of the which, would go on to air for two decades.
He guested on a 1965 episode of The Fugitive and became a busy character actor during the following decade. Roat appeared in memorable 1970s comedies and dramas as Hawaii Five-o, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Columbo, Cannon, Kojak, The Bob Newhart Show,...
- 8/31/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Chuck Lorre, the producer behind “The Big Bang Theory,” “Two and a Half Men” and many other TV hits, is separating from his wife of nearly four years, Arielle Lorre.
The two were married in September 2018. Arielle Lorre is a lifestyle influencer who is known for her active presence on Instagram and YouTube with a focus on health and wellness. The couple confirmed their split in a joint statement to Variety.
“It is with mutual consideration and respect that we have decided to separate. Our plan is to move forward in different directions but with great love, admiration and gratitude for the time we shared. We ask that you respect our privacy during this difficult time. Thank you for your support,” the statement said.
Chuck Lorre ranks among the most successful producers in Hollywood and is among the most prolific TV producers of the past four decades. Among his other...
The two were married in September 2018. Arielle Lorre is a lifestyle influencer who is known for her active presence on Instagram and YouTube with a focus on health and wellness. The couple confirmed their split in a joint statement to Variety.
“It is with mutual consideration and respect that we have decided to separate. Our plan is to move forward in different directions but with great love, admiration and gratitude for the time we shared. We ask that you respect our privacy during this difficult time. Thank you for your support,” the statement said.
Chuck Lorre ranks among the most successful producers in Hollywood and is among the most prolific TV producers of the past four decades. Among his other...
- 7/23/2022
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
It was the last year to date that the Big Four Networks won the major 14 Emmy Awards — Best Comedy and Drama Series, Lead and Supporting Actor and Actress in Comedy and Drama, and Writing and Directing for Comedy and Drama. However, the love was spread across several different series, and HBO was well-represented among the movie and miniseries categories. Bryant Gumbel hosted the 49th Primetime Emmy Awards on CBS on September 14, 1997. Read on for our Emmys flashback 25 years ago to 1997.
“Frasier” became the first series to hold on to its title as Best Comedy Series for four consecutive years; “Hill Street Blues” had achieved this record on the drama side in 1984. Also nominated in this category was “The Larry Sanders Show,” which earned the unfortunate distinction of being the comedy series with most nominations and no wins at 16. While “Frasier” also took home the Best Directing Comedy statue, the other...
“Frasier” became the first series to hold on to its title as Best Comedy Series for four consecutive years; “Hill Street Blues” had achieved this record on the drama side in 1984. Also nominated in this category was “The Larry Sanders Show,” which earned the unfortunate distinction of being the comedy series with most nominations and no wins at 16. While “Frasier” also took home the Best Directing Comedy statue, the other...
- 7/7/2022
- by Susan Pennington
- Gold Derby
At the 1995 Emmy Awards, Christine Baranski and Julianna Margulies both won prizes in supporting categories, Baranski for comedy “Cybill” and Margulies for drama “ER.” Almost 15 years later, the two actresses would partner on the CBS legal series “The Good Wife,” which ran seven seasons and netted both performers an impressive number of nominations by the time the show wrapped in 2016. This year, they might both receive recognition for new roles — Baranski for HBO’s “The Gilded Age” and Margulies for Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show” — and compete in the same category. Their characters didn’t end up in a good place in the series finale after all, remember?
See Christine Baranski (‘The Gilded Age’) could be the next Julian Fellowes grande dame to score at the Emmys
In a particularly competitive year for dramas, it may be hard for either actress to crack the top eight contenders in Best Drama Supporting Actress,...
See Christine Baranski (‘The Gilded Age’) could be the next Julian Fellowes grande dame to score at the Emmys
In a particularly competitive year for dramas, it may be hard for either actress to crack the top eight contenders in Best Drama Supporting Actress,...
- 6/13/2022
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Estelle Harris, who played George Costanza’s (Jason Alexander) mother Estelle on the iconic NBC sitcom Seinfeld, died Saturday evening of natural causes in Palm Desert, California, just weeks before her 94th birthday.
“It is with the greatest remorse and sadness to announce that Estelle Harris has passed on this evening at 6:25pm,” her son Glen Harris, who held her as she drew her final breath, told Deadline. “Her kindness, passion, sensitivity, humor, empathy and love were practically unrivaled, and she will be terribly missed by all those who knew her.”
Born Estelle Nussbaum in New York City on April 22, 1928, Harris appeared on 27 episodes of Seinfeld between 1992 and 1998. (The character had been named Estelle before she landed the part.) She began pursuing acting at assorted amateur community theaters while raising her children, and went on to find incredible success both on stage and on screen, also featuring in such series as Futurama,...
“It is with the greatest remorse and sadness to announce that Estelle Harris has passed on this evening at 6:25pm,” her son Glen Harris, who held her as she drew her final breath, told Deadline. “Her kindness, passion, sensitivity, humor, empathy and love were practically unrivaled, and she will be terribly missed by all those who knew her.”
Born Estelle Nussbaum in New York City on April 22, 1928, Harris appeared on 27 episodes of Seinfeld between 1992 and 1998. (The character had been named Estelle before she landed the part.) She began pursuing acting at assorted amateur community theaters while raising her children, and went on to find incredible success both on stage and on screen, also featuring in such series as Futurama,...
- 4/3/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
In the first season of HBO’s “The Gilded Age,” nouveau riche character Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon), who is modeled after the real Ava Vanderbilt, ascends from an underestimated newcomer in 1882 Old New York to an impressive force amongst the “old guard” of society. Her fictional rise just might foreshadow the path of this Julian Fellowes series at the Emmys from an underdog to a strong above- and below-the-line contender.
According to our current combined odds, “The Gilded Age” starts off as an underrated entry. The series narrowly misses our top 20 Best Drama Series contenders. Coon sits two spots outside of our Best Drama Actress top 10, Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon sit in 13th and 25th places in Best Drama Supporting Actress, respectively, and Best Drama Actor hopeful Morgan Spector trails even further behind. Despite these current positions, there are a number of reasons why our Experts, editors, and users...
According to our current combined odds, “The Gilded Age” starts off as an underrated entry. The series narrowly misses our top 20 Best Drama Series contenders. Coon sits two spots outside of our Best Drama Actress top 10, Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon sit in 13th and 25th places in Best Drama Supporting Actress, respectively, and Best Drama Actor hopeful Morgan Spector trails even further behind. Despite these current positions, there are a number of reasons why our Experts, editors, and users...
- 4/1/2022
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
‘The Gilded Age’: Julian Fellowes’ new period drama is exceedingly rich in Tony Award-winning actors
Few television series boast an ensemble as rich as HBO’s “The Gilded Age,” at least in terms of Tony Awards. Julian Fellowes’ new period drama, which takes place in 1882 New York during a period of American industrialization and affluence, was shot predominantly in New York City. It draws on the wealth of theatre performers available due to the pandemic. The result is a cast of Broadway luminaries whose accolades total in the dozens, or 64 nominations and 23 wins, to be exact.
At the center of the action are a pair of two-time Tony winners — Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon — who play sisters Agnes van Rhijn and Ada Brook. These doyennes of old, moneyed New York try to bar the door to the new wealth elbowing their way into high society. Baranski won her first Tony for her performance in Tom Stoppard’s “The Real Thing,” which featured Nixon as Baranski’s daughter.
At the center of the action are a pair of two-time Tony winners — Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon — who play sisters Agnes van Rhijn and Ada Brook. These doyennes of old, moneyed New York try to bar the door to the new wealth elbowing their way into high society. Baranski won her first Tony for her performance in Tom Stoppard’s “The Real Thing,” which featured Nixon as Baranski’s daughter.
- 1/24/2022
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Few television performances have grown as richly as Christine Baranski’s as attorney Diane Lockhart. Now in her 12th season of playing liberal feminist Diane – first on CBS’ “The Good Wife” and now on the Paramount+ spinoff “The Good Fight” – Baranski continues to unearth newfound complexities in her signature role but has yet to earn a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for her performance. For SAG voters, the show’s shocking and incisive fifth season should prove the ideal opportunity to recognize her for her work for the very first time.
In the fifth season of the legal and political drama, Baranski’s Diane must navigate a thorny situation surrounding her named partnership at a Black law firm now that Adrian Boseman (Delroy Lindo) has resigned. Though Diane and fellow named partner Liz Reddick (the equally impressive Audra McDonald) have become close colleagues, they disagree about the appropriateness of Diane leading an African American firm.
In the fifth season of the legal and political drama, Baranski’s Diane must navigate a thorny situation surrounding her named partnership at a Black law firm now that Adrian Boseman (Delroy Lindo) has resigned. Though Diane and fellow named partner Liz Reddick (the equally impressive Audra McDonald) have become close colleagues, they disagree about the appropriateness of Diane leading an African American firm.
- 12/27/2021
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Although celebrities, publicists and NBC are boycotting the 79th annual Golden Globes, the show will go on — although it’s unclear in what form.
On Monday, the Hollywood Foreign Press trudged forward with its nominations for its dinner on Jan. 9, which currently doesn’t have a broadcast partner because of scrutiny over the glaring lack of diversity among its voters. The organization’s president Helen Hoehne informed viewers on YouTube, where about 10,000 people were watching, that the HFPA had instituted changes to reform its outdated practices, including adding 21 new members. Last winter, a bombshell investigation in the Los Angeles Times revealed that the group previously didn’t have a single Black member.
Then Hoehne introduced a surprise presenter — Snoop Dogg — to kick off the nominations. Wearing dark sunglasses just after 6 a.m. in Los Angeles, Dogg struggled with the teleprompter, butchering so many of the nominees’ names that it was...
On Monday, the Hollywood Foreign Press trudged forward with its nominations for its dinner on Jan. 9, which currently doesn’t have a broadcast partner because of scrutiny over the glaring lack of diversity among its voters. The organization’s president Helen Hoehne informed viewers on YouTube, where about 10,000 people were watching, that the HFPA had instituted changes to reform its outdated practices, including adding 21 new members. Last winter, a bombshell investigation in the Los Angeles Times revealed that the group previously didn’t have a single Black member.
Then Hoehne introduced a surprise presenter — Snoop Dogg — to kick off the nominations. Wearing dark sunglasses just after 6 a.m. in Los Angeles, Dogg struggled with the teleprompter, butchering so many of the nominees’ names that it was...
- 12/13/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano and Ramin Setoodeh
- Variety Film + TV
At the first Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony in 1995, the cast of “Seinfeld” took the stage as the inaugural Best TV Comedy Ensemble recipients. The series, which starred stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld as a fictionalized version of himself, was one of several shows about the entertainment industry nominated for the top prize that year. Seinfeld and his castmates defeated actors from programs centered on a range of show business sub-sectors, from radio (“Frasier”) to news media (“Murphy Brown”). In the quarter century since, the casts of many other comedies about show business have competed and sometimes won here, and now the stars of “Hacks” are hoping to be next on the list.
Like “Seinfeld,” “Hacks” is centered on the profession of stand-up comedy, but the similarities end there. The HBO Max show’s main character is female comic Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), who is entirely fictional, decades older than the Seinfeld character was,...
Like “Seinfeld,” “Hacks” is centered on the profession of stand-up comedy, but the similarities end there. The HBO Max show’s main character is female comic Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), who is entirely fictional, decades older than the Seinfeld character was,...
- 11/30/2021
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Fans of the CBS series “The Good Wife” have still not recovered from the series-ending slap that Christine Baranski’s Diane Lockhart delivered to Julianna Margulies’ protagonist Alicia Florrick five years ago. Now on different series, Margulies and Baranski could compete at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where both could earn nominations for drama actress. Margulies is eligible for her performance in the second season of Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show,” while Baranski continues to portray Lockhart on the fifth season of Paramount+’s acclaimed spin-off “The Good Fight.”
Right now, neither actress cracks our projected nominees in the combined odds, but they’re not far off. Margulies sits in sixth place, just one slot shy of the top five, trailing her “Morning Show” co-stars Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, plus Sarah Snook (“Succession”), Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), and Mj Rodriguez (“Pose”). Baranski is a little further back,...
Right now, neither actress cracks our projected nominees in the combined odds, but they’re not far off. Margulies sits in sixth place, just one slot shy of the top five, trailing her “Morning Show” co-stars Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, plus Sarah Snook (“Succession”), Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), and Mj Rodriguez (“Pose”). Baranski is a little further back,...
- 11/24/2021
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
While Christine Baranski’s six consecutive Emmy nominations for The Good Wife is certainly impressive, it’s worth noting that nine of Baranski’s 15 Emmy nominations (and one win) came in the Comedy category, for her roles on Cybill, Frasier, and The Big Bang Theory. It’s no secret that Baranski, who currently stars on The Good Fight, […]
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- 7/15/2021
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Robert Sacchi, the actor who so closely resembled Humphrey Bogart that he starred in the 1980 20th Century Fox comedy The Man With Bogart’s Face, died June 23 in Los Angeles after a brief illness, according to a family spokesperson. He was 89.
The Rome-born, Brooklyn-raised actor played Bogart or Bogart look-alikes in several films, TV shows and commercials, including on the series Fantasy Island, Sledge Hammer! and Cybill and Tales From the Crypt on which he lent his voice. He also played Bogart in Phil Collins’ 1990 music video for “I Wish It Would Rain Down.”
Sacchi also starred in a one-man show, Bogey’s Back, and in touring productions of Play It Again, Sam. He even had a top 10 hit single in Germany with 1982’s “Jungle Queen,” a rap performed in Bogart-ese.
In The Man With Bogart’s Face, directed by Robert Day and based on Andrew J. Fenady’s book, Sacchi starred as Sam Marlowe,...
The Rome-born, Brooklyn-raised actor played Bogart or Bogart look-alikes in several films, TV shows and commercials, including on the series Fantasy Island, Sledge Hammer! and Cybill and Tales From the Crypt on which he lent his voice. He also played Bogart in Phil Collins’ 1990 music video for “I Wish It Would Rain Down.”
Sacchi also starred in a one-man show, Bogey’s Back, and in touring productions of Play It Again, Sam. He even had a top 10 hit single in Germany with 1982’s “Jungle Queen,” a rap performed in Bogart-ese.
In The Man With Bogart’s Face, directed by Robert Day and based on Andrew J. Fenady’s book, Sacchi starred as Sam Marlowe,...
- 6/29/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Actor Robert Sacchi, known for his close resemblance to Humphrey Bogart, died June 23 at Barlow Respiratory Hospital in Los Angeles after a brief illness. He was 89.
Sacchi played the title role in the 1980 feature “The Man With Bogart’s Face.” He also appeared in many films, TV shows and commercials playing Bogart or a Bogart look-alike. That list includes appearances on the sitcom “Cybill,” a Phil Collins musicvideo and “Fantasy Island,” as well as his one-man show, “Bogey’s Back” and touring productions of Woody Allen’s comedy “Play It Again, Sam.”
He also played other characters in such works as the Mike Hodges-Michael Caine movie “Pulp,” the Anthony Quinn-Yaphet Kotto drama “Across 110th Street” and “Die Hard 2,” among others. He also had a top 10 hit in Germany with the 1982 single “Jungle Queen” and authored the book “Willie Pep Remembers … Friday’s Heroes.”
“The Man With Bogart’s Face...
Sacchi played the title role in the 1980 feature “The Man With Bogart’s Face.” He also appeared in many films, TV shows and commercials playing Bogart or a Bogart look-alike. That list includes appearances on the sitcom “Cybill,” a Phil Collins musicvideo and “Fantasy Island,” as well as his one-man show, “Bogey’s Back” and touring productions of Woody Allen’s comedy “Play It Again, Sam.”
He also played other characters in such works as the Mike Hodges-Michael Caine movie “Pulp,” the Anthony Quinn-Yaphet Kotto drama “Across 110th Street” and “Die Hard 2,” among others. He also had a top 10 hit in Germany with the 1982 single “Jungle Queen” and authored the book “Willie Pep Remembers … Friday’s Heroes.”
“The Man With Bogart’s Face...
- 6/29/2021
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Wanda Sykes has been tapped for a recurring role in the upcoming fifth season of Robert and Michelle King’s legal drama The Good Fight on Paramount+.
She will play Allegra Durado, a brilliant, strategic attorney who’s been away from the law for ten years while trying to finish her white whale of a book.
“Our holy grail of casting is always to find dramatic actors who can also deliver the comedy, and that pretty much defines Wanda,” Robert and Michelle King said. “We couldn’t feel more fortunate to be working with her.”
The Kings have successfully infused The Good Fight drama series (and predecessor The Good Wife) with comedy, helped by a cast of versatile actors, led by The Good Fight star Christine Baranski, an Emmy winner for comedy series Cybill who was also Emmy nominated for Frasier and The Big Bang Theory in addition to...
She will play Allegra Durado, a brilliant, strategic attorney who’s been away from the law for ten years while trying to finish her white whale of a book.
“Our holy grail of casting is always to find dramatic actors who can also deliver the comedy, and that pretty much defines Wanda,” Robert and Michelle King said. “We couldn’t feel more fortunate to be working with her.”
The Kings have successfully infused The Good Fight drama series (and predecessor The Good Wife) with comedy, helped by a cast of versatile actors, led by The Good Fight star Christine Baranski, an Emmy winner for comedy series Cybill who was also Emmy nominated for Frasier and The Big Bang Theory in addition to...
- 6/21/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Jean Smart won her third Emmy Award in 2008 for playing Regina Newly, mother of Samantha “Sam” Newly (Christina Applegate), on ABC’s comedy “Samantha Who.” After claiming her trophy from presenter Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Smart proclaimed at the podium, “Thank you so much. I just wanted to let you know I have a tuxedo on under this dress, but I’m not ripping it off.” She was referring to an earlier skit in the ceremony in which Heidi Klum, one-fifth of the year’s reality TV Emmy hosts, had her breakaway tuxedo removed by Tom Bergeron and William Shatner, revealing a dress underneath. Watch Smart’s Emmy flashback video above.
Smart took down co-nominees Kristin Chenoweth (“Pushing Daisies”), Amy Poehler (“Saturday Night Live”), Holland Taylor (“Two and a Half Men”) and Vanessa Williams (“Ugly Betty”) to win the statuette for Best Comedy Supporting Actress. It was her third career Emmy after...
Smart took down co-nominees Kristin Chenoweth (“Pushing Daisies”), Amy Poehler (“Saturday Night Live”), Holland Taylor (“Two and a Half Men”) and Vanessa Williams (“Ugly Betty”) to win the statuette for Best Comedy Supporting Actress. It was her third career Emmy after...
- 6/19/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Casting director Linda Lamontagne got her start in sitcoms including “Roseanne” and “Cybill” in the early 1990s but less than a decade later she made a full-time pivot to voiceover for animated comedies and films. Crediting “Family Guy” as the title that truly turned the tide for her, she then went onto such projects as “The Magic School Bus Rides Again” franchise, “The Angry Birds” movie, “The Powerpuff Girls,” “Tuca & Bertie” and, most recently, “Invincible,” for Amazon Prime Video.
What made you want to get into voice casting and how different is your process than when you were in live action?
It sort of found me. The first animated thing I did was “The Last Halloween,” this CBS special, and I thought, “This is kind of cool.” And then “Family Guy” turned my career around because all of a sudden I was only known for animation. It is different casting,...
What made you want to get into voice casting and how different is your process than when you were in live action?
It sort of found me. The first animated thing I did was “The Last Halloween,” this CBS special, and I thought, “This is kind of cool.” And then “Family Guy” turned my career around because all of a sudden I was only known for animation. It is different casting,...
- 6/10/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Christmas in July will return to Hallmark bringing Crashing Through The Snow, starring Amy Acker and Warren Christie, to the lineup.
The annual summer movie celebration will kick off Friday, July 9 and will run until Sunday, July 31. Crashing Through The Snow will make its Hallmark debut Friday, July 10 at 9 p.m. The film centers on Maggie (Acker), who joins her ex-husband Jeff (Kristian Brunn) and his girlfriend Kate (Brooke Nevin) for a Christmas getaway in Aspen, where she meets Kate’s brother, Sam (Warren Christie).
Crashing Through the Snow is from Through the Snow Pictures Inc. Stan Spry, Eric Woods and Ryan M. Murphy are executive producers. Anthony Fankhauser is co-executive producer.
This year’s lineup will also include a 2020 Movie Marathon, Soap Sunday and Countdown to Christmas Greatest Hits, which will feature holiday movies including The Christmas Ring and Crown for Christmas.
See highlights from the Christmas In July lineup below.
The annual summer movie celebration will kick off Friday, July 9 and will run until Sunday, July 31. Crashing Through The Snow will make its Hallmark debut Friday, July 10 at 9 p.m. The film centers on Maggie (Acker), who joins her ex-husband Jeff (Kristian Brunn) and his girlfriend Kate (Brooke Nevin) for a Christmas getaway in Aspen, where she meets Kate’s brother, Sam (Warren Christie).
Crashing Through the Snow is from Through the Snow Pictures Inc. Stan Spry, Eric Woods and Ryan M. Murphy are executive producers. Anthony Fankhauser is co-executive producer.
This year’s lineup will also include a 2020 Movie Marathon, Soap Sunday and Countdown to Christmas Greatest Hits, which will feature holiday movies including The Christmas Ring and Crown for Christmas.
See highlights from the Christmas In July lineup below.
- 6/2/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
It was this week a year ago that Christine Baranski, Meryl Streep and Audra McDonald went viral with their boozy rendition of “Ladies Who Lunch” during a virtual birthday celebration for Stephen Sondheim that raised money for Artists Striving to End Poverty.
“It was a sloppy, drunken mess done in our back offices,” Baranski cracks. “When we were putting it together, we had a phone call where we said, ‘This could end our careers.’ Meryl said, ‘It would be a wonderful way to go.’”
Sondheim and the trio like to joke about a follow-up performance of “You Could Drive a Person Crazy.” “I think that might be in our viral future,” Baranski says.
Now Baranski is by teaming up with Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers for a celebrity auction on April 28 that benefits The Actors Fund. In addition to the gold-beaded Robert Turturice gown the “Good Fight” star wore to the 1996 Emmys...
“It was a sloppy, drunken mess done in our back offices,” Baranski cracks. “When we were putting it together, we had a phone call where we said, ‘This could end our careers.’ Meryl said, ‘It would be a wonderful way to go.’”
Sondheim and the trio like to joke about a follow-up performance of “You Could Drive a Person Crazy.” “I think that might be in our viral future,” Baranski says.
Now Baranski is by teaming up with Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers for a celebrity auction on April 28 that benefits The Actors Fund. In addition to the gold-beaded Robert Turturice gown the “Good Fight” star wore to the 1996 Emmys...
- 4/27/2021
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
By winning her third SAG Award in the Drama Female Actress category on Sunday night, Gillian Anderson is now tied with Edie Falco at three victories in this specific race. Only one person has more trophies in the category: Julianna Margulies at four. The 27th edition of these kudos aired Sunday night on TNT/TBS in a virtual ceremony that was pre-taped due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Anderson initially prevailed at the 1996 and 1997 ceremonies for portraying FBI Agent Dana Scully on “The X-Files.” Her victory this year was for “The Crown,” in which she took on the role of UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. (She won an additional trophy as part of “The Crown’s” ensemble cast.) Anderson beat out two of her own show’s main stars (Olivia Colman and Emma Corrin) plus a pair of “Ozark” scene-stealers (Laura Linney and Julia Garner). She had an obvious leg up...
Anderson initially prevailed at the 1996 and 1997 ceremonies for portraying FBI Agent Dana Scully on “The X-Files.” Her victory this year was for “The Crown,” in which she took on the role of UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. (She won an additional trophy as part of “The Crown’s” ensemble cast.) Anderson beat out two of her own show’s main stars (Olivia Colman and Emma Corrin) plus a pair of “Ozark” scene-stealers (Laura Linney and Julia Garner). She had an obvious leg up...
- 4/5/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
The SAG Awards don’t distinguish between lead and supporting performances for TV shows, so it’s understandably tough for a featured player to prevail. That’s why, on paper, Gillian Anderson seems to have an uphill climb this year for playing UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on “The Crown.” She’s competing against two of her own show’s main stars (Olivia Colman and Emma Corrin) plus a pair of “Ozark” scene-stealers (Laura Linney and Julia Garner). However, on rare instances, featured players are able to overtake lead performers to claim the Screen Actors Guild trophy. Just ask John Lithgow.
Seesag Awards nominee profile: Gillian Anderson (‘The Crown’) may continue her award-winning run as Margaret Thatcher
For the first season of “The Crown,” Lithgow won the trophy for playing British Pm Winston Churchill. Just like Anderson, he was a supporting actor who went through an acclaimed physical transformation — prosthetic makeup,...
Seesag Awards nominee profile: Gillian Anderson (‘The Crown’) may continue her award-winning run as Margaret Thatcher
For the first season of “The Crown,” Lithgow won the trophy for playing British Pm Winston Churchill. Just like Anderson, he was a supporting actor who went through an acclaimed physical transformation — prosthetic makeup,...
- 3/26/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: The Good Fight is getting a high-profile new cast addition for Season 5. Emmy and Tony winner Mandy Patinkin (Homeland) is joining the praised Paramount+ drama series as a series regular with a one-year deal.
Patinkin will play Hal Wackner, a layman with no legal training who spontaneously decides to open a court in the back of a copy shop. Against all odds, the court catches on, and the team at Reddick, Boseman & Lockhart find themselves contending with judgements that mean nothing legally, but are honored by much of the entertained public.
This marks Patinkin’s return to television following his eight-season run as CIA vet Saul Berenson on Showtime’s Homeland, which landed him a Golden Globe nomination and four out of his seven Emmy nominations. Patinkin won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his role as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on CBS’ Chicago Hope.
Coincidentally, Patinkin and The Good Fight star Christine Baranski,...
Patinkin will play Hal Wackner, a layman with no legal training who spontaneously decides to open a court in the back of a copy shop. Against all odds, the court catches on, and the team at Reddick, Boseman & Lockhart find themselves contending with judgements that mean nothing legally, but are honored by much of the entertained public.
This marks Patinkin’s return to television following his eight-season run as CIA vet Saul Berenson on Showtime’s Homeland, which landed him a Golden Globe nomination and four out of his seven Emmy nominations. Patinkin won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his role as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on CBS’ Chicago Hope.
Coincidentally, Patinkin and The Good Fight star Christine Baranski,...
- 3/5/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
On election night 2016, CBS All Access’ “The Good Fight” was filming its pilot episode, which had baked into its premise the assumption that Hillary Clinton would win the presidency. Her loss not only inspired the show’s opening scene, in which Christine Baranski’s feminist attorney Diane Lockhart watches Donald J. Trump’s inauguration aghast, but also proved kismet for the series, which fast became the most incisive political satire of the Trump era. With Trump’s tenure now ended, will Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild voters finally honor this delightfully bonkers legal thriller with first-ever nominations?
Although perennially overlooked at the Primetime Emmy Awards, “The Good Fight” has been a mainstay at the Critics’ Choice Awards. It just nabbed nominations for Best Drama Series and Best Actress for Baranski, bringing its total haul to 10 nominations over its four seasons. Though those previous nominations haven’t translated to corresponding...
Although perennially overlooked at the Primetime Emmy Awards, “The Good Fight” has been a mainstay at the Critics’ Choice Awards. It just nabbed nominations for Best Drama Series and Best Actress for Baranski, bringing its total haul to 10 nominations over its four seasons. Though those previous nominations haven’t translated to corresponding...
- 1/27/2021
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
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