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Stella Stevens, star of 'The Nutty Professor,' is dead at 84
Read full article: Stella Stevens, star of 'The Nutty Professor,' is dead at 84Stella Stevens, a prominent leading lady in 1960s and '70s comedies who is perhaps best known for playing the object of Jerry Lewis’ affection in “The Nutty Professor,” has died.
Hear the multi-talented musician who plays everything from clarinet to rock music
Read full article: Hear the multi-talented musician who plays everything from clarinet to rock musicDave Bennett is a multi-talented musician who’s new project deviates from his roots in jazz, and crosses over into rock. Today for Music Monday, he was back on “Live In The D”, to talk abut his new album, Nowhere Fast.
TV legend Norman Lear credits journey to laughter, family
Read full article: TV legend Norman Lear credits journey to laughter, familyIn this video grab issued Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, by NBC, Norman Lear accepts the Carol Burnett television achievement award at the Golden Globe Awards. (NBC via AP)LOS ANGELES – Norman Lear made TV relevant with “All in the Family” and more 20th-century sitcoms, and he's accomplished the same for himself as a working producer who's nearing his 99th birthday. But Lear was modest as he accepted the Carol Burnett Award for his decades of achievement — and the decades themselves — at Sunday's virtual Golden Globes ceremony. “I've had a lifetime of partners, performers, associations and creative talents for which I am eternally grateful,” Lear said, adding there would be “an entirely different Norman Lear here with you tonight” without them. The Carol Burnett Award is an honorary Golden Globe given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for outstanding contributions to television.
Norm Crosby, comic mangler of language, dies at 93
Read full article: Norm Crosby, comic mangler of language, dies at 93Crosby, the deadpan mangler of the English language who thrived in the 1960s, 70s and 80s as a television, nightclub and casino comedian, has died. Crosbys daughter-in-law, Maggie Crosby, told the New York Times that the comic died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020 of heart failure in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)LOS ANGELES – Norm Crosby, the deadpan mangler of the English language who thrived in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s as a television, nightclub and casino comedian, has died. Crosby’s daughter-in-law, Maggie Crosby, told The New York Times that the comic died Saturday of heart failure in Los Angeles. As a public performer, Crosby thrived despite having poor hearing.
Kevin Hart: Hosting MDA telethon is a 'major level-up'
Read full article: Kevin Hart: Hosting MDA telethon is a 'major level-up'Jerry Lewis performs during the Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Sept. 5, 2005, left, and Kevin Hart arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" in Los Angeles on Dec. 11, 2017. Hart is hosting a re-imagined online fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The two-hour event will benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association and Harts Help From the Hart charity. (AP Photo)LOS ANGELES – Kevin Hart says hosting a re-imagined online fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association is “a major level-up for me.”“It’s different from anything that you’ve really seen me do. And there’s a great reason behind it,” said the comic and actor, who is leading the MDA Kevin Hart Kids Telethon online on Saturday.
Kevin Hart to host famed telethon long hosted by Jerry Lewis
Read full article: Kevin Hart to host famed telethon long hosted by Jerry LewisLOS ANGELES Kevin Hart will host the return of a popular telethon once spearheaded by the late Jerry Lewis to fight muscular dystrophy. The Muscular Dystrophy Association announced Wednesday that Hart will host the MDA Kevin Hart Kids Telethon. Hart said the telethons return is an incredible opportunity to bring back the work of Lewis, who helped make the Labor Day Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon a television tradition for decades. Lewis stepped down as host in 2011 and the association held its last telethon three years later. She hopes the telethon can continue to help raise awareness to therapies for muscular dystrophy and other related neuromuscular diseases.
On this day: August 20
Read full article: On this day: August 202017: Actor, singer and filmmaker Jerry Lewis dies at age 91 from end-stage cardiac disease and peripheral artery disease in Las Vegas. Known for his slapstick humor, he first rose to fame by partnering with Dean Martin in the 1940s and became known for movies such as "The Bellboy," "The Ladies Man" and "The Nutty Professor." He was also known for hosting the Muscular Dystrophy Association's annual Labor Day Telethon from 1966 to 2010 and as the national chairman of the MDA for even longer. Hide Caption