Joan Rivers
Hank Bradford, Stand-Up Comic Turned Head Writer on Carson’s ‘Tonight Show,’ Dies at 88
Hank Bradford, the clever stand-up comic who performed a half-dozen times on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson before serving a five-year stint as head writer on the program, has died. He was 88. Bradford died Jan. 18 in Los Angeles, his family announced. Bradford did uncredited dialogue rewrites on the Burt Reynolds-starring Smokey and […]
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Sean Penn to Receive Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at TV Academy’s Hall of Fame Event
Sean Penn has a date with the Television Academy on Nov. 16. The actor, filmmaker and founder of Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) will be feted with a Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the organization’s Hall of Fame event. Held at TV Academy headquarters at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, the event serves […]
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Kathryn Hahn to Play Joan Rivers in Showtime Limited Series
Kathryn Hahn has lined up her next TV role. The WandaVision Emmy nominee will play comedy legend Joan Rivers in The Comeback Girl, a limited series project in development at Showtime. Hahn will also be an executive producer along with writer Cosmo Carlson and Greg Berlanti, who will also direct. The potential series would begin […]
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Billy Sammeth, Longtime Manager of Cher and Joan Rivers, Dies at 66
Billy Sammeth, the personal manager who shepherded the careers of multiplatform superstars Cher and Joan Rivers as well as Donny Osmond, Olivia Newton-John and K.C. and the Sunshine Band, has died. He was 66.
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‘Jellyfish’: Film Review | Tribeca 2018
Kitchen sink meets insult comedy in James Gardner’s grotesquely grim feature debut, 'Jellyfish.'
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‘Take My Nose … Please!’: Film Review
Longtime beauty-magazine journalist Joan Kron makes her directing debut at age 89 with 'Take My Nose ... Please!,' a documentary about cosmetic surgery.
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Kathy Griffin Memoir: Joan Rivers Took Her to Windsor Castle to Meet Prince “Chuck”
In this exclusive excerpt from her new book 'Celebrity Run-ins,' Griffin fondly writes about the time the two comediennes stormed Buckingham Palace for a royal two-night event: "We were like a couple of teenagers getting ready to go to the prom."
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Joan Rivers’ Private Collection Up for Auction at Christie’s
The late 'Fashion Police' host's belongings are up for online auction until Thursday.
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Melissa Rivers Settles Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Over Joan Rivers’ Death
"Moving forward, my focus will be to ensure that no one ever has to go through what my mother, Cooper and I went through," the 'Fashion Police' executive producer and co-host said in a statement.
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Joan Rivers’ Manager Breaks Silence on Her Death
Eighteen months after the comedy legend died, Larry Thompson tells THR why he waited: "I thought no one could speak better for Joan than her daughter."
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Melissa Rivers Pays Tribute to Joan Rivers on One-Year Anniversary of Her Death
"This was the year of firsts: first holidays, first birthdays, first everythings without mom, without grandma."
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Jennifer Coolidge on Hollywood, Women in Comedy and Her Serial Killer Dream Role
The '2 Broke Girls' regular was honored at the 17th Annual Provincetown Film Festival with a Career Achievement Award.
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