Celeb News Aggregate
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Actor Kevin Spacey has slammed producers of The Today Show for cutting short an interview to promote his new film Recount.
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Two film studios producing new movies including Rambo, Saw 5 and The Incredible Hulk have become the latest companies to reach a deal with striking screenwriters.
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Talk-show hosts Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel are struggling so much to find guests prepared to cross the Writers Guild of America picket line, they've agreed to appear on each other's shows.
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TV presenter David Letterman's pay deal with his talk show's striking writers couldn't save him from a ratings beating at the hands of rival Jay Leno.
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Talk-show legend Jay Leno has come under fire from the Writers Guild of America (WGA) for ignoring the union's strike and penning scripts for NBC's Tonight Show.
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Beloved TV talk-show host David Letterman has won a major break in the ongoing writers strike--his entire staff has been given a waiver to return to work.
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Funnyman Jerry Seinfeld turned serious on TV last night when he urged The Late Show's live studio audience to "stop laughing" as members chuckled at pal Michael Richards.
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Britney Spears stunned talk-show host David Letterman last night when she made her first post-pregnancy public appearance since giving birth to second son Jayden James Federline.
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Conservative talk-show host Bill O'Reilly got into a sparring match with David Letterman during an appearance on the Late Show on Friday night.
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Television legend Johnny Carson passed away peacefully early Sunday morning.
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Clint Eastwood settles a libel suit against a biographer, Kilborn says goodnight to his late-night talker, Fred Savage marries childhood friend. Plus: a Roy Horn update.
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Even though late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel apologized for joking that Detroit Pistons fans would burn down the city if their basketball team beats the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Final, ABC's yanked Jimmy Kimmel Live Wednesday night. Also in the headlines: Paris Hilton, Michael and Janet Jackson, Eminem and more.
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Julia Roberts is Expecting Twins, Kwame Jackson Fired…Again, Fahrenheit 9/11 Michael Moore May Heat Up Summer Movies, Polar Express Wayne Brady Scott Wolf David Letterman
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A champion snowboarder who was injured Thursday while performing a stunt on CBS' Late Show with David Letterman received stitches and a visit from host David Letterman. Also: Jay-Z Beyonce James Brown Orion Pictures Donald Trump The Apprentice Master P Percy Miller Jennifer Aniston
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CBS' 60 Minutes will air an interview with Michael Jackson Sunday, marking the 45-year-old singer's first public comments since his Nov. 20 arrest on suspicion of child molestation. Also: Oprah Winfrey David Letterman Bill O'Reilly Ray Romano Jay Leno The Writers Guild of America Scarlett Johansson Jennifer Aniston Jesse Ventura Trailer Park Boys
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Gwyneth Paltrow Gets Marriage License, Peter Jackson Wants To Do "Hobbit" Next, Bachelorette Trista Rehn Marries Her Guy James Brown Oprah Winfrey David Letterman Ozzy Osbourne Adam Sandler
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Jennifer Aniston will receive $550,000 in the settlement of her lawsuit against a photographer who admitted to illegally distributing photos of her sunbathing topless. Also: Phil Spector Paris Hilton David Letterman Eminem Cameron Diaz Coldplay Chris Martin David Spade 8 Simple Rules of Dating My Daughter Bob Barker The Price is Right Million Dollar Spectacular Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain
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David Letterman, Regina Lasko, John Ritter, James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, Mary Carey, Mel Gibson, Julie Thacker, Mike Scully, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Jay-Z, Ricky "Slick Rick" Walters, Mel Brooks, Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Noam Murro, Samuel L. Jackson, Ice Cube, Vin Diesel
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News, Nov. 4: CBS Pulls Reagan Miniseries, Tenacious D Jack Black To Pull Starvation Stunt, Britney Spears Pulls Out of MTV Event, David Letterman Michael Jackson Stephen King Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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Unfortunately for NBC, TV viewers aren't tuning in to the US version of BBC sitcom Coupling, a show the network had touted as a possible successor to Friends, now in its ninth and final season. Also: Conan O'Brien Donna Summers Jeopardy! Nielsen Media Research Oct. 6-12 Jayson Blair Harry Knowls George of the Jungle 2 Caterpillar Inc Marcus Nispel The Expendables
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ABC's airing Tuesday night of first of the late comedian John Ritter's final episodes of 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter was a ratings hit for the network. Also: Johnny Cash The Bachelor Kenneth Chyten David Letterman The Human Stain Charleton Heston Elton John Danny McBride Len Wiseman Underworld
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Actor and activist Martin Sheen, who portrays the fictional Democratic President Josiah Bartlet on NBC's political drama The West Wing, said Saturday he was proud of Canada for not entering the Iraq war. Also: Melissa Etheridge Tammy Lynn Michaels Will Smith Jada Pinkett Smith Sean "P.Diddy" Combs Robert Altman Curtis Hanson DGA Honors DGA Honors Naomi Watts Peter Jackson King Kong Julia Roberts Cate Blanchett Closer Jude Law Natalie Portman Clive Owen
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Peter Jackson Takes on King Kong, NBC Fires News Reporter Peter Arnett, David Letterman is Back Kathy Bates Jackie Chan Cher Michael Jackson Diana Ross Scooby-Doo Freddie Prinze Jr. Sarah Michelle Gellar Linda Cardellini Matthew Lillard South Park
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The musical Chicago may be lighting up movie theaters everywhere, but not theaters on Broadway. When Broadway musicians went on strike on Friday, 18 of 19 Broadway musicals were shut down, including Chicago, Hairspray and Mamma Mia!, at a cost of about $1.2 million per performance in lost box office revenue. Also: Dave Letterman, Tom Sizemore, Fred Durst, Adam Faith, Reese Witherspoon, Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line, Tom Welling, Hillary Duff, Cheaper by the Dozen, Christopher Walken, Glenn Close, The Stepford Wives, Ryan O'Neal, Miss/Match
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News, Feb. 28: "Mad Max" Delay Due to Iraqi Crisis; Letterman Diagnosed with Shingles; Playboy Searches for Starbucks Hotties Steven Soderbergh Robert Downey Jr. Lance Bass Naomi Campbell
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News, Feb. 27: "Buffy" Series Will End, Bruce Willis Stands In for Letterman, White House Criticizes CBS Over Saddam and More…
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Clint Eastwood filed a $10 million libel suit in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday against the author and publisher of the unauthorized biography, Clint: The Life and Legend, which he says portrays him as an atheist and wife-abuser. Also: Michael Jackson Sharon Osbourne Britney Spears Larry "The King" Lawler Andy Kaufman Zsa Zsa Gabor Ken Tobey David Letterman Hard Rock Cafe
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"Harry Potter" becomes Britain's fastest-selling video and DVD.
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News Roundup for April 29: Lisa Lopes' body to be flown back to the U.S. Madonna's new play cancels three previews Oprah Winfrey buys Hawaiian property Robert De Niro and Benicio Del Toro may star in movie together George Lucas says Indiana Jones 4 will have some surprises ABC's The Bachelor accepting applications for next show Sean "Puffy" Combs will have his own MTV reality show CBS The Early Show co-host thinks David Letterman should replace the departing Byrant Gumbel
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Jennifer Lopez opened her own restaurant in Pasadena called Madres George Lucas Tom Arnold Jane Fonda David Letterman Lenny Kravitz Ja Rule Jay-Z P Diddy John Lennon
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ABC and Ted Koppel sealed a deal that will ensure the future of the late-night news program Nightline for at least two more years in its 11:35 p.m. time slot
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Jay Leno host of NBCs The Tonight Show competes for ratings with David Letterman Late Show on CBS but he doesnt understand why there has to be personal competition
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News Roundup for April 8: Nicole Kidman may star in a Las Vegas show based on her movie Moulin Rouge; Tara Reid talks about her break up with Carson Daly Three men tried to blackmail Russell Crowe Mike Figgis to direct new movie Cold Mountain author to get $8 mil for next book South Park Kenny dead forever David Letterman Ted Koppel mutual admiration society Ozzy Osbourne to dine at White House Britney Spears failed to get into number one spot in charts
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News Roundup: April 7--Oprah Winfrey cutting back on book selections; R. Kelly faced with charges of having sex with a minor Attorney General John Ashcroft to go on David Letterman Harry Belafonte honored Mary Tyler Moore Show retrospective Ed Asner Gavin MacLeod Valerie Harper Betty White
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Ted Koppel and his ABC show Nightline remain a media target
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David Letterman has decided to remain at CBS and hopes to finish his career there, despite ABC's ardent wooing of the late-night talk-show host.
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Firefighters who watched the CBS documentary 9/11 on Sunday night said it was an accurate and sensitive account of the events that unfolded in New York City on Sept. 11
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Former Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert was elected the 23rd Screen Actors Guild President, defeating opponent Valerie Harper.
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While CBS attempts to retain Late Show host David Letterman ABC is fighting hard to procure the comedian
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News roundup for March 6: Christina Ricci will be starring in the next Woody Allen film also starring Jason Biggs. Susan Sarandon Bill Pullman Art Garfunkel attend a art show in New York Faith Hill will perform at the Academy Awards Sean "Puffy Daddy" Combs reaches custody settlement singer Brandy is having a girl Lucille Ball's childhood home is being sold on eBay Dana Delany and Cheri Oteri are starring in upcoming TV shows Cokie Roberts is leaving ABC This Week and David Letterman is still talking with CBS and ABC about where his show will end up
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The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin said he did not realize the comments he made in The New Yorker magazine about the news coverage of the Bush administration would create such a flap
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The Writers Guild of America held their awards night Saturday with Julian Fellowes winning best original screenplay for Gosford Park and Akiva Goldsman winning best adapted screenplay for A Beautiful Mind David Letterman Shirley Jones Paul McCartney Linda TrippTed Danson Prince Edward and wife Sophie
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News Roundup: March 1 Top Story: Mariah Carrey. Other stories on: John Madden David Letterman (ABC CBS) Jennifer Lopez Madonna Luke Perry Celebrity Boxing Jay Leno Destiny's Child Sex Pistols Prince Harry
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Jessica Alba Annette Bening Michael Caine Hugh Jackman and Damon Wayons have been added to the list of presenters for the 59th Golden Globe Awards
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Following is a TV Rants and Raves column for December 14 mentioning the keywords ER Eriq La Salle Noah Wyle George Clooney Anthony Edwards Peter Benton Doug Ross John Carter Mark Greene Cartoon Network TOON Nickelodeon Animal Planet Disney Gillian Anderson X Files David Letterman Oprah Winfrey Late Show WB Men Women Dogs Frog Network
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Following is a Rants & Raves column about Dan Rather and David Letterman. Mentioned names and titles are Dan Rather David Letterman Dave Letterman Late Show Tonight Show Jay Leno Hugh Grant Arsenio Bill Clinton
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Producers of television late-night comedy shows and cable news parodies were wrestling Tuesday with the question of when it will be fitting to be funny again.
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Dan Rather's tearful appearance on David Letterman's show Monday night has generated a host of critical letters.
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ABC News decided on Tuesday that airing footage of the World Trade Center plane attacks was now "inappropriate," according to ABC spokeswoman Su-Lin Cheng Nichols.
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America's changed attitude toward comedy was evident Monday as television networks attempted to resume their normal schedules.
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Dan Rather was visibly shaken during a guest appearance on CBS' Late Show with David Letterman Monday. The veteran newsman briefly lost his composure while talking about last Tuesday's attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
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It was still not clear when television programming would return to complete normalcy.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 23, 2000 -- If it was death that kept "ER" at the top of the primetime ratings heap for the third consecutive week, it was life -- after a close call with the grim reaper -- that brought record ratings to David Letterman's "Late Show" on Monday.
While "ER" once again managed to fend off "Millionaire" mania, perhaps with a little help from Fox's Romanesque "Multimillionaire" debacle, the return of Letterman to late night had America tuned in, if only for now.
Letterman drew a 9.3 preliminary overnight rating -- some 19 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research -- as he walked on stage at New York's Ed Sullivan Theatre to host the show for the first time since he underwent open-heart surgery five weeks ago. (The show, broadcast Monday, was taped last Friday.) Letterman's brush with death delivered his third-biggest audience since his 19
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HOLLYWOOD, June 9, 2000 -- Some people are jury duty material, some people aren't. David Letterman -- like Pauly Shore before him -- is among the latter. The CBS "Late Show" host was spurned today in Connecticut for a seat on a car-accident lawsuit trial. We're sure he was really crushed.
Letterman, a resident of New Canaan, Conn., spent two-and-a-half hours in his local Superior Court watching how-to-be-a-good-juror videos before getting passed over for the final open alternate spot.
Per state law, the comic has now fulfilled his jury-duty responsibilities and can go back to speeding.
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The Treasury Department is questioning CBS President Les Moonves, MTV Chairman Tom Freston, William Morris Agency President Jim Wiatt.
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The newly single Julia Roberts appeared on David Letterman's Late Show Tuesday night and proclaimed that her relationship with actor Benjamin Bratt came "to a kind and tenderhearted end," The Associated Press reports.
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Reacting to the furor created over a joke, during which he said a Colombian beauty queen's top talent was swallowing bags of heroin, David Letterman promised Miss Colombia Andrea Noceti that he would never jest about Colombia and drugs again. Letterman cracked the joke during his May 11 talk show, but he quickly realized his error when the Colombian community rose their voices in protest. He invited Noceti on his show, on which he apologized to her, saying, "I think I've learned my lesson." She told Letterman, "You joke about what you shouldn't joke [about], but you are a nice man." Noceti competed May 11 in the Miss Universe competition, but lost to Miss Puerto Rico.
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Andrea Noceti, who competed last week in the Miss Universe competition in Puerto Rico, threatened to sue David Letterman on Tuesday for joking Friday during his talk show that swallowing bags of heroin ranked among Noceti's top talents, Reuters reports. Infuriated Colombians also were urged to protest outside Letterman's studio Colombian Ambassador Luis Alberto Moreno. Letterman has since apologized for the joke and has invited Noceti to the show. Noceti said that she would accept the invitation to attend the show. "I would go," she said. "I think it's a very important opportunity to show the world who we Colombians are," she said.
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HOLLYWOOD, March 2, 2001 - SNL front man Will Ferrell and "Sex in the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker doubled their fun when the 15th Annual American Comedy Awards nominations were announced yesterday. Each actor/funny person got two nominations.
Parker was nominated for funniest female performer in a TV series (leading role) for "Sex." She was also nominated for in the TV special category, for her hosting of the "2000 MTV Movie Awards." Parker received a Golden Globe earlier this year.
Ferrell, whose impersonations of President Bush on SNL are hugely popular, got his two noms in the funniest male performer in a TV special and funniest supporting male performer in a TV series categories.
Competing against Parker for funniest female performer in a TV series (leading role) are Debra Messing for "Will & Grace" and Jane Kaczmarek for "Malcolm in the Middle."
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HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 18, 2000 -- Are the Oscars going standup?
Looks that way now that yet another star comic has been tapped to host the 73rd Academy Awards.
Wild and crazy guy Steve Martin will host ABC’s live telecast from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on March 21, following past hosts and fellow comics Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg up to the podium.
“He’s everything!” says the show’s producer, Gil Cates, who made the surprise announcement today. “He’s a movie star, he’s funny, he’s classy, he’s literate -- he’ll be a wonderful host.”
Academy President Bob Rehme is also confident that Martin is the right exception to the rule this year.
“Steve Martin has been on our list of host choices every year, and we’re delighted that we were able to persuade him to do it,” Rehme told Hollywood.com. “He’s wonderful, a big movie star, very funny and a
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HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 14, 2000 -- You loved his cameo-filled opening sequence, the side gags, his effervescent personality and, most of all, the way he made the usually tedious Oscar telecast fun and fast.
So who isn't going to miss Billy Crystal just a little bit at this year's Academy Awards?
"I like Billy Crystal. I know [he won't be hosting], but I'd like to talk to him about that because he is my favorite. I think he is the best," Jennifer Love Hewitt told Hollywood.com at the Fire and Ice Ball for cancer research on Tuesday night.
Crystal said earlier this month that he absolutely, definitely and positively would not return to emcee the Academy Awards this year due to scheduling conflicts.
And if that's not enough, previous host Whoopi Goldberg has given her "no, thank you" to the hosting job.
So what is the Academy to do for a suitable replacement
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HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 6, 2000 -- Hey, a man's got to make movies, too.
And that apparently is what seasoned emcee Billy Crystal is telling the Academy Awards people when it comes to hosting the gala event this year, the Associated Press says.
"I can't do it, you have to understand," Crystal told Fox News. "If everything goes according to plan, I'll just be finishing a new movie on March 22. I can't host the show five days later."
And how can you blame him. After all, the funnyman is getting to stretch His muscle in the high-profile comedy "America's Sweethearts" with Julia Roberts and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
But Crystal didn't exactly leave the Academy people high and dry, since he did jokingly nominate Jim Carrey, Jay Leno or David Letterman for the job.
HONORED: You don't get to a big-time producer for nothing. Brian Grazer, 48, who produced this year's
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HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 22, 2000 -- Just a little bit longer, one week actually, before the miracle of autumn, when TV starts anew, like fresh flowers growing out of the compost pile you keep out back. Can you smell it? Mmm … compost. In the meantime … um … well, the Olympic Games are still on. Only 220.75 hours to go. Apparently you aren't watching the tape delayed archery contests as much as in past Olympics, and we (and a few folks at NBC) find that a little disturbing. Come on, people! We medaled in the 10-meter BB gun (sorry, air rifle) competition. Surely that's interesting! U-S-A! U-S-A! Hello?!
It's "PBS Week" at Channel Surfer, and that means one thing: Day and time may vary in your area! The festivities begin (for most of you) on Sunday with "Debating Our Destiny." Ever wonder why leading presidential candidates hate debating with third party candidates on TV? It's because th
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 24, 2000 -- You ever think of Kelsey Grammer as a movie star? Kelsey Grammer No? Well, that's too bad, because Kelsey Grammer thinks of Kelsey Grammer as a movie star. At least he thinks he could be a movie star if it weren't for that darn hit NBC series of his.
In the upcoming issue of Smoke magazine, the "Frasier" stalwart talks about the "bugaboo of being Frasier."
"For a creative industry, it's certainly a world full of people with no creativity. They often do not have a vision beyond what they know," Grammer tells the mag.
While Grammer says he hopes he'll be given the opportunity to play other characters (presumably on the big screen), we, his public, can content ourselves in the meantime by reviewing his previous cinematic works.
"Down Periscope," anyone?
WINNER! Joe Trela, a 25-year-old bachelor computer co
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 2, 2000 -- Who made off with Sharon Stone's stones?
A 48-year-old ex-housekeeper of the "Basic Instinct" star was due to be arraigned in a Los Angeles court today on charges she purloined more than $300,000 in jewelry and other items from the actress' West L.A. home, authorities said.
Socorro Del Carmen Membrano faces one count of grand theft. She was arrested Tuesday following a police investigation, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said.
Membrano worked for Stone for three years, prosecutors said. It was not known what was allegedly stolen -- or when.
Stone's camp declined comment.
SEEING RED? The Halle Berry hit-and-run saga unfolds, as Los Angeles deputies now believe the actress ran a red light before striking a 1996 Pontiac Sunfire Feb. 23 and fleeing the scene in West Hollywood.
On the heels of
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 25, 2000 -- We know this might be hard for the tongue to adjust, but Regis and Kathie Lee might soon be no more.
Kathie Lee Gifford, the other half of "Live! With Regis & Kathie Lee," tells the New York Daily News that after 12 years with the morning talker, she might just be ready to call it quits.
An exact decision has yet to be reached, but Gifford tells the tab, "I have to make a decision soon, and I honestly don't know what it's going to be."
Regis and Kathie Lee But unlike her gold-digging co-host Regis Philbin(more on that later), money is not the core issue here. Gifford says the ambivalence behind her potential departure is driven mainly by personal reasons.
"ABC [which produces the series for syndication] has been so good to me. My quarrel isn't with them, it's an internal one," Gifford says in the paper. "I've got an
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 22, 2000 -- For better or for worse, Charlie Sheen will be stepping into Michael J. Fox's office on the set of ABC's "Spin City."
Charlie Sheen At least that's what today's trade papers say. According to the reports, the 34-year-old former bad-boy actor has signed a one-year, $2.75 million deal to replace Fox, who last month announced he was leaving at the end of the season to spend more time on his battle with Parkinson's disease. An ABC publicist could not be reached for confirmation of the deal.
Sheen reportedly will receive around $125,000 per episode, which is healthy but not extravagant by television-star standards. Production also will shift from New York to Los Angeles per Sheen's request, industry insiders familiar with the terms of Sheen's pact tell Daily Variety.
Thus ends a courting dance that had the Sheen camp as late a
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 14, 2000 -- Roll out the red carpet, unleash the stupid pets and put Paul Shaffer back in his place -- for Dave's imminent return is here.
That's right, all you Letterman fanatics, the indefinite postponement of the convalescing late-night talker's return is finally over as CBS and the "Late Show" higher power announced today that Dave is (absolutely and definitely) coming back to the talk show.
Letterman will tape his first show in five weeks on Friday, the network said. It'll air next Monday.
But don't expect to see Letterman's facetious grin every single night of the week -- not yet, anyway. According to the official word, Letterman will only be holding the "Late Show" court at a part-time basis for now -- he's tentatively slated to go on for two to three days next week with guest hosts -- Bill Cosby and the ever-eager Regis Philbin -
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 10, 2000 -- Leave it to the insurance types with their legal babble to ruin everything -- and that's including "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."
Reports today say that Buena Vista Entertainment, the ABC/Disney production wing behind the champion game show, has been taken to the British High Court of Justice by its London-based insurers. Why? The smarty-pants types at the insurance firm of Goshawk Syndicate feel that the quiz-show's questions have just gotten too bloody easy. So easy that, the Goshawk folks fear, the show will be minting too many millionaires -- a scenario equivalent to a depthless money pit for an insurer.
Simply put, the Goshawk camp wants out of its contract with ABC -- and nothing short of a ruling by the crown is going to stop the company from getting it.
Here's the breakdown of the financial implications for Goshawk if
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 7, 2000 -- David Letterman or no, CBS is determined to milk those "Late Show" reruns and famous guest host offers for all they're worth.
The network has announced that another week of Letterman reruns is in store for the "Late Night" time slot -- albeit with some special star-power favor. Starting tonight until Friday, famous people -- in the caliber of Jerry Seinfeld, Danny DeVito, Bruce Willis, Bill Cosby, and others -- will recount personal "Late Show" memories and Letterman-related special moments that would serve as openers to each show until the end of the week.
"Late Show" fans need not worry about the whereabouts of their favorite talk show host. The weirdly eulogistic nature of these "backstage" conversations has nothing to do with the availability of the convalescing Letterman. Dave's slated to come back to the late-night talk show as
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 3, 2000 -- Just in time for the February ratings sweeps -- and just one month after undergoing quintuple bypass heart surgery -- David Letterman may be back on the late shift sooner than expected.
The CBS late-night host reportedly worked at his "Late Show" offices in New York for a few hours Monday, reports today said. The date being most bandied about for the comic's possible return is Feb. 14 -- an occurrence that would be sure to give the network a really big ratings Valentine.
Calls to publicists at the "Late Show" offices in New York were not immediately returned.
The Los Angeles Times quotes an unnamed source with the show as saying that Letterman's post-surgery rebound is proceeding "so well and so quickly, we're not canceling the week of the 14th." However, the same source added that a return date has not been set in stone. Whi
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 28, 2000 -- How about this for a "Late Show" Top 10 list idea: "People Most Likely to Replace Dave During His Recovery."
That's right, "Late Show" fans. Indefinite weeks of reruns may finally be over as producers of the late night talk show contemplate offers from various TV celebs to fill in as guest host for the show while Letterman recovers from heart surgery.
The list of rumored candidates includes "Who wants to Be a Millionaire" host Regis Philbin, retired sitcom king Jerry Seinfeld, shock jock Howard Stern, and morning talk show hostess Rosie O'Donnell.
Letterman has been off the "Late Show" since Jan. 14 when he underwent a quintuple bypass to clear a blocked artery. He was released from the hospital Jan. 29 and is expected to return to the show in six to eight weeks. No word from the Letterman camp yet on the host's reaction to the
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 17, 2000 -- Gone 'til March.
That's what it's looking like at CBS, where its franchise late-night show (name of, um, "Late Night") might be out of commission for up to 10 weeks while host David Letterman rehabs from emergency quintuple bypass surgery.
Starting tonight, the network will deploy repeats in place of all-new Dave.
All-new Dave last taped on Thursday. On that edition, Letterman revealed to guest Regis Philbin (as well as his TV audience) that he was about to undergo a heart test. The angiogram, performed Friday, turned into a bypass (also Friday) -- the result of severely blocked arteries.
Doctors say Letterman, 52, is "doing great" and could be home by the end of the week. As for Dave himself? He (and/or his writers) are already yukking it up.
"I feel fantastic," the comic said in a statement released Saturday
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 14, 1999 Ð Late-night TV host David Letterman underwent emergency multiple-bypass heart surgery in New York today, one day after revealing on his CBS program that he was to undergo tests to determine if he had arterial disease.
Letterman's prognosis for recovery was said to be excellent. CBS will air reruns of "The Late Show with David Letterman" until its titular host returns.
"Dave has the heart muscle of a 20-year-old,'' Letterman surgeon Dr. O. Wayne Isom told reporters following the surgery.
Still, it appears the entertainer also had blocked arteries. Some reports said Letterman underwent a quintuple bypass.
The comic was at work as late as Thursday, when during a taping he told guest Regis Philbin that was to undergo an angiogram today. That show will air tonight.
Letterman, 52, said he has high blood cholesterol an
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The ratings weren't so big as those for the finale of the original Survivor, but CBS' Survivor II: The Australian Outback still drew the third-highest numbers of the year, behind only the Super Bowl and the Oscars. (CBS noted that the second Survivor finale aired in a more competitive time slot than its predecessor's.) The two-hour episode pulled a 20.1 rating and a 31 share (a 15.9/39 among adults 18-49), peaking in the final half-hour with a 23.6/33. A reunion show, hosted by Bryant Gumbel, at 10:00 p.m. also edged out a new episode of E.R. on rival NBC. CBS said that was the first time a first-run episode of the hospital drama had been beaten by any network since E.R.'s premiere season in 1994. The Late Show with David Letterman also benefited from the Survivor finale, notching up a rare win over NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 20, 2000 -- Don Knotts, best known as the quirky deputy in "The Andy Griffith Show," now has his own little star.
The 75-year-old actor was honored Wednesday with the 2,152nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Knotts, who has won five Emmys for his portrayal of Deputy Barney Fife on the show, also starred in films such as "The Incredible Mr. Limpet," "The Reluctant Astronaut" and shows such as "Three's Company" and "The Don Knotts Show." John Ritter, Knotts' "Three's Company" co-star, was in attendance.
"I can't believe I have my own star. I'm gonna come down here every morning and shine that sucker up," Knotts said.
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