Celeb News Aggregate
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Katie Holmes fuelled reports she's heading to Broadway for a new stage role after she and husband Tom Cruise were spotted at the theater in New York on Saturday night.
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Comedian Jerry Seinfeld narrowly escaped serious injury when the brakes on one of his classic cars failed during a drive in New York.
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Comedian Jerry Seinfeld has dismissed reports he is to star in a new TV sitcom.
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Jerry Seinfeld has snubbed the chance to host the Academy Awards--preferring instead to perform for an audience that isn't racked with nerves.
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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' baby girl had her first taste of the Oscars Saturday when she accompanied her dad to Academy Awards rehearsals at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
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Comedian Jerry Seinfeld has been left lighter in the pocket after losing a legal battle with his former real estate broker.
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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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Comedian Michael Richards has been banned from a Los Angeles comedy club after hurling racially charged insults at black audience members during a stand-up routine there.
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News, Nov. 22: McCartney to perform at Super Bowl, Jim Carrey says he is drug-free, Seinfeld's famous puffy shirt on display
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Shrek 2 Hits Record Number of Theaters, Vincent Gallo's Brown Bunny Comes to U.S., Online Bets Taken on Celeb Poker Players Leonardo DiCaprio Ben Affleck Lou Diamond Phillips Ed Norton Matt Damon Jerry Seinfeld Liza Minnelli Johnny Cash
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News, Mar. 9: : Murphy Brown Actor Robert Pastorelli Dies, Jerry Seinfeld Postpones Show To Be With Injured Son, American Idol's Hung Bangs Out Record Deal O.J. Simpson Drew Carey Brett Butler Martha Stewart Paul Winfield Wesley Snipes Frances Dee Ryan Phillippe
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Kinks Singer Shot in Leg, Stewart Jury Selection Begins, Boy Band B2K Calls It Quits, More...
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A confidential document posted on The Smoking Gun Web site indicates authorities in Los Angeles cleared Michael Jackson of sexual allegations involving the same boy months before the singer was arrested on molestation charges in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Nov. 20. Also: George Clinton Average Joe Melana Scantlin Jason Peoples The Bachelor Andrew Firestone Jen Schefft Rosa Parks OutKast LaFace Records Arista Records BMG Entertainment GLAAD 15th annual Media Awards David Bowie Jerry Seinfeld Bee Movie MC Hammer
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News, Aug. 11: Mike Newell Directing Fourth Harry Potter Pic, "Terminator 4" Without Arnold Schwarzenegger Voted Against Illegal Immigrant Measure Martin Lawrence Jerry Seinfeld Harry Potter
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News, March 4: Michael Jackson: That Voodoo You Do; Jerry Seinfeld's a Daddy; Eagles on Tour Terry Gilliam Jack Black
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Box office analysis, Nov. 10
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Martin Grove's box office analysis for Nov. 3, 2002, featuring The Santa Clause 2, I Spy, Jackass: The Movie, The Ring, and more.
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Comedian Jerry Seinfeld plans to unveil an all-new comedy routine Thursday on CBS' Late Night With David Letterman. Also Robert Blake Oprah Winfrey Bob Newhart Anna Nicole Smith Adam Sandler First Fifty Kisses Ozzy Osboure Sharon Osbourne Supermodel Tyra Banks
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Box Office Analysis: Oct. 13
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Michael Jackson Gary Pudney Jerry Seinfeld Yasmine Bleeth Margot Kidder Robert Blake Dean Riesner Robert Dellinger John Carlen Nicolas Cage Sonny Ice Cube De-Fense Jennifer Love Hewitt Women Rock! Girls & Guitars
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News Roundup for May 30 - Jerry Seinfeld may return to television. Other celebrities and movies mentioned: Bob Hope Die Another Day John Singleton The Fast and the Furious Tyrese Charlize Theron Mark Wahlberg James Woods David Bowie Snoop Dogg
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Hosts Kelsey Grammer Bill Cosby Tom Brokaw and Jerry Seinfeld will kick off a live three-hour anniversary special highlighting some of NBCs most memorable shows
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In the year following his departure from his eponymous hit comedy, Seinfield, Jerry Seinfeld went on the road for about a year, followed by a digital video camera. Now, even if you didn't catch him live, you'll get to see the stand-up comedian in all his glory, plus take a sneak peek behind the curtain, thanks to Miramax.
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News Roundup: March 13 Top Story is Harrison's Ford new role as Fred Cuny. Other stories on Barbie, Sony, Ellen DeGeneres/Once and Again, Jerry Seinfeld, Sigourney Weaver, CSI vs. E.R., John Larroquette, Billy Joel adn Elton John.
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News Roundup: March 7. Top Story--Is 'N Sync breaking up? Other stories on: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Jerry Seinfeld, Drew Carey, Jude Law, Bob Hope, Gary Condit (Law & Order), Alicia Keys, Alanis Morrisette and Aretha Franklin
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Jerry Seinfeld appeared at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Saturday and hinted at the possibility of a Seinfeld reunion during a question-and-answer session at the end of the show
Britney Spears Robert Altman Denzel Washington Gene Hackma, Jennifer Connelly Judy Davis James Gandolfini Tom Hanks Yves Saint Laurent Moby Prince Edward Prince Charles Leni Riefenstahl
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Following is a Rants & Raves column for the week of October 18. Mentioned keywords are Survivor Tom Buchanan Boran Samburu Alex Trebec Bob Patterson Jason Alexander Michael Richards Seinfeld Jerry Seinfeld Monday Night Football Popeye Cartoon Network TOON ABC Wonder Years Fox Family Nickelodeon NICK TNN The National Network TV
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Chris Rock, who joined Jerry Seinfeld and others Monday at Carnegie Hall for a Sept. 11 victims' benefit, to CNN on why it's OK to keep a sense of humor at all times.
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Celine Dion, Bill Cosby, Jerry Seinfeld, Colin Quinn, Will Ferrell and George Wallace join the efforts to raise money for the victims.
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HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 18, 2000 -- The American Film Institute is honoring funnyman Billy Crystal with its Star Award at the 2001 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, Daily Variety reports. The seventh annual event will once again take place in Aspen, Colo., from Feb. 28 through March 4, organizers said Tuesday. The weeklong gathering showcases fresh comic talent, and details about the festival will be announced over the next few months.
Crystal's credits include "Analyze This," "When Harry Met Sally" and "City Slickers." He's also a celebrated Academy Awards host and six-time Emmy winner.
Past AFI honorees include Robin Williams, Steve Martin, Monty Python and Jerry Seinfeld.
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The following is a rundown of TV's best and worst as of August 2. Mentioned actors and shows are Jason Alexander Bob Patterson Jerry Seinfeld Julia Louis Dreyfus Michael Richards Becker Allison Janney Richard Schiff John Spencer West Wing Bradley Whitford Charlie Rose Bill Maher The Practice Ally McBeal Buffy Aaron Spelling Big Brother II Survivor Bon Jovi Billy Idol
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You thought his artwork was expensive? Andy Warhol's oceanfront estate recently went on the market for a mere $50 million.
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Kelsey Grammer, who plays the character of "Frasier" on the NBC sitcom of the same name, is now the highest-salaried actor in TV history, Daily Variety reports.
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Jerry Seinfeld's request that reporters and TV news crews keep away when he makes two appearances in Boston's Wang Theatre Thursday has evoked both support and criticism from other stand-up comics currently performing in Boston, the Boston Herald reported Wednesday.
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HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 8, 2000 --First came love, then came marriage. Now Jerry Seinfeld is pushing a baby carriage.
The comedian's wife, Jessica Skylar, 29, gave birth Tuesday to the couple's first offspring, daughter Sascha, Reuters reports. Seinfeld's publicist wouldn't provide anymore information regarding the little tyke, only saying that mother and baby are doing fine.
Seinfeld is best known for portraying the forever bachelor during the nine-year run of his hit NBC show "Seinfeld." The news of his new daughter comes after a much publicized gossip frenzy over the couple's courtship.
Seinfeld, 46, met his wife at a New York gym soon after she had returned from her honeymoon with her first husband, Broadway heir Eric Nederlander. The newlyweds divorced soon after. Seinfeld courted her for 16 months, and they were married Dec. 25, 1999.
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HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 25, 2000 -- The jokes have paid off for Carl Reiner. The legendary funnyman joined the list of comedians honored with The Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Award on Tuesday. Reiner joins Richard Pryor and Jonathan Winters as the comedians that the Center has honored every year since 1997, Reuters reports. Fellow comedians Jerry Seinfeld, Steve Martin and Dick Van Dyke were among the celebrities who spoke at the event to pay homage to Reiner.
The 78-year-old got his big break in 1950 on Sid Caesar's classic TV shows "Your Show of Shows" and "Caesar's Hour." Before that, he spent three years on Broadway. But he hit the big time on the small screen in 1961 when he created and wrote "The Dick Van Dyke Show."
``That was my baby. It was about my reality, my life, my ideas and thoughts. So I'm most proud of that,'' he told reporters before the Kennedy Center gala.
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"Friends" (© NBC) SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 26, 2000 -- Maintaining the lifestyle of the rich and famous ain't cheap. And who'd know that better than those perky artistes known as the stars of "Friends" -- who, as the TV nation is well-aware of, are collectively demanding a lofty pay raise as their contracts and the show's sixth-season run down.
As their current monetary compensation goes, each member of the "Friends" sextet pulls in a respectable $125,000 per episode this year, the final stage of a gradual pay hike (from a $40,000 starting point) that was negotiated out of a similar collective bargaining stalemate in 1996.
And despite that's $125,000 an episode, the "Friends" coup is said to be asking for a lot more moolah this time around: as much as $800,000 per episode, per actor -- plus retroactive back pay for this year's 24 shows, according to one report i
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 6, 2000 -- Kramer's gonna be an uncle. Formerly employed sitcom notable Jerry Seinfeld, who finally gave up bachelorhood last December, is now ready to give up sleep. He's going to be a father.
The new production from Seinfeld and his bride, Jessica Sklar, is due in about six months.
The task of making the baby announcement to the world was left to Regis Philbin, which is nice because the guy doesn't get enough ink these days.
"I've got big news for you today," Reeg said on this morning's "Live! With Regis & Kathie Lee." "...There's a little Jerry Seinfeld coming."
Philbin said Seinfeld spilled the beans during a telephone conversation on Wednesday night. The Ubiquitous One went on to suggest a couple of names, including "Kramer George Seinfeld" and the inevitable "Regis Seinfeld."
Seinfeld, 45, and Sklar met cute in 19
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 3, 2000 -- It's amazing how one hit pop song and an electronic gizmo that makes your voice sound like a robot can lead to global domination.
Forbes magazine released its annual "Celebrity 100" list Thursday, power-ranking the world's greatest actors, entertainers, athletes, authors and other notables according to how much moola they made last year and how much media attention they received making said moola. Most of the names in the Top 10 were no-brainers, given their recent successes: Julia Roberts is the world's No. 1 omnipotent celeb (with estimated 1999 earnings of $50 million), followed by people like George Lucas (No. 2 -- $400 mil), Oprah Winfrey (No. 3 -- $150 mil), Tom Hanks (No. 4 -- $71.5 mil), golfer Tiger Woods (No. 7 -- $47 mil) and Steven Spielberg (No. 10 -- $60 mil).
But then there's No. 9. One word: Cher.
According to th
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 9, 2000 -- The infectious bug that has been plaguing TV series of late -- you know, the "I feel that my time with the show is up and I've decided to move on" epidemic -- has claimed another victim.
The latest casualty is none other than "Veronica's Closet's" Kathy Najimy. Trade papers report today that the actress, who plays Olive, Veronica's (Kirstie Alley) trusted sidekick and confidant, will bid farewell to the NBC comedy at the end of this season.
Najimy tells Variety that her decision to leave the show is based purely on personal reasons. With "Veronica's Closet" behind, Najimy reportedly plans to spend more time with her 3-year-old daughter, not to mention more of the same said time on a would-be "feature career."
Of course, the concept of "leaving" "Veronica's Closet" might become a moot point. The unbeloved comed
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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., 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., Dec. 26, 1999 -- Perennial single guy Jerry Seinfeld finally threw in the towel Christmas Day, wedding public-relations executive Jessica Sklar in a small, hush-hush ceremony in New York City.
It is the first marriage for Seinfeld, 45; the second (in 18 months) for Sklar, 28. The bride's initial husband-and-wife teamup (with theater scion Eric Nederlander) ended when she started dating Seinfeld weeks after she returned from her 1998 honeymoon.
Seinfeld is, of course, best known for his long-running self-titled TV sitcom, "Seinfeld." Sklar is best known for dating Seinfeld.
According to the New York Post, some 40 guests watched the couple exchange their vows at a traditional Jewish service. Not among those 40 guests: the groom's ex-"Seinfeld" cohorts Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards.
Comedian George Wallace ser
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 21, 1999 — Finally some good news for Jason Priestley.
The ex-"Beverly Hills 90210" star's directorial feature debut, "Barenaked in America," a documentary about pop-rock's Barenaked Ladies ("One Week"), has been selected to play the Slamdance Film Festival.
"Barenaked in America" is one of six films chosen to play the Special Screenings section of Slamdance, the chief alternative venue (and Park City, Utah, neighbor) to Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival. Slamdance is scheduled to run Jan. 22-29. (Sundance will play Jan. 20-30.)
Whether Priestley is able to attend his own screening may depend on what happens in a Los Angeles courtroom. The actor turned director is facing felony drunken driving charges for a Dec. 2 crash that trashed his Porsche and left his passenger with a broken arm. Priestley is currently free on $50,000 bail.
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Jerry Seinfeld has had "a hand" in developing a new show for the FX channel, Lunatic Theater, the brainchild of two of his close friends, brothers Alan and Barry Marder, according to FoxNews.com's Roger Friedman.