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Spanning seven decades, Dick Van Dyke’s career has captivated audiences across generations. From his early days in vaudeville and radio to his roles on Broadway, film, and television, he has consistently charmed viewers. His remarkable talent has been recognized with a Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award, solidifying his status as one of the most beloved and legendary stars in entertainment.

Born Richard Wayne Van Dyke in West Plains, Missouri in 1925, his career began unexpectedly. Denied entry into the Air Force due to his weight, he served in World War II as a radio announcer. Post-war, he continued his radio career, working as a DJ and comedian emcee and appearing on Wdsu-tv New Orleans Channel 6 between 1947 to 1954.

His television debut came in 1954 on Chance of a Lifetime, followed by a series of bit parts. He then transitioned to Broadway, making his debut in The Girls Against the Boys. This led...

Jim O’Heir couldn’t figure out why a publisher would want Jerry Gergich to share his Parks and Recreation adventures, but let me tell you, the guy’s one hell of a storyteller. He sheepishly agreed to put pen to paper after getting the collective blessing of Amy Poehler, Mike Schur and Greg Daniels, and the result is Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles and Parks and Recreation, out November 19th.

I recently had the opportunity to speak with O’Heir about the collection of tales he calls “my love letter to the show.”

“Nick Offerman and I used to always say we were just journeymen actors. We went from job to job, and maybe you get a pilot that goes or that usually doesn’t go. You’re making enough money to pay the bills and life is going on and then a show like Parks and Recreation...

Janet Jackson, Eminem, N.W.A, George Clinton, Boy George, Sheryl Crow and Sonny Curtis — an original member of Buddy Holly’s Crickets who went on to compose the theme song for The Mary Tyler Moore Show (“Love Is All Around”) — are among the 2025 nominees announced Tuesday for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. See the full list below.

Eligible Hall of Fame voting members will have until midnight Et on December 22 to turn in ballots, with their choices of up to three nominees in each of the songwriter and performing songwriter categories. The winning nominees will be inducted at the 2025 Induction & Awards Gala in New York City.

The Songwriters Hall of Fame is dedicated to recognizing and celebrating “the exceptional work and lives of composers and lyricists who make an indelible impact creating music around the world.” A songwriter with a catalog of notable songs qualifies for induction...

One neat aspect of the original "Frasier" series is that it featured a bunch of bonafide Hollywood legends as guest stars we never actually got to see. While many renowned actors showed up in the physical — from Michael Keaton to Linda Hamilton — many more only lent their voice to the beloved sitcom, calling into Frasier's Kacl talk radio show for some advice from the good doctor. In fact, before she appeared on the show's fourth season as Molly, a potential love interest for Frasier who quickly gets away, Linda Hamilton herself called into Dr. Crane's radio show in the pilot episode, voicing the character of Claire, a woman struggling to get over her ex-boyfriend.

Over the course of 11 seasons, many more prestigious guest stars called Frasier for advice. Kevin Bacon, Mary Tyler Moore, Carrie Fisher, Billy Crystal, Macaulay Culkin, Helen Mirren, and Bill Paxton are just some examples. But it wasn't just actors.

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld, 70, retracted his claim that the “extreme left” is ruining comedy during an appearance on the Breaking Bad with Tom Papa podcast.

“I said that the extreme left has suppressed the art of comedy,” Seinfeld said. “I did say that. It’s not true.”

He added, “I don’t think the extreme left has done anything to inhibit the art of comedy. I’m taking that back now, officially. They have not. Do you like it? Maybe, maybe not. It’s not my business to like or not like where the culture is at.”

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Seinfeld argued that it’s a comedian’s job to adapt to culture. “You can’t say certain words about groups,” he said. “So what? The accuracy of your observation has to be 100 times finer than that to just be a comedian.

Peacock‘s coming-of-age thriller series “Hysteria!” is set to tackle the era of Satanic Panic, with heavy metal and actual Satanism sowing generational division in a small conservative town in Michigan. And what’s Michigan horror without actor Bruce Campbell?

The actor guest stars as Chief Dandridge in the series, set to premiere all episodes on Friday, October 18, 2024.

“Hysteria!” follows a group of 1980s high school misfits as they exploit the growing hysteria around teen occult activity, written and executive produced by Matthew Scott Kane (Stitchers) and David Goodman (The Orville). Caught in the middle of the mounting tension between adults and teens is Campbell’s police chief.

Unlike his most iconic character, Ash Williams, Chief Dandridge prefers logic and science. Though he isn’t your typical small-town police chief. That’s because he treats the teens with respect and compassion, a far cry from the typical parents in suburban set ’80s horror.

Jerry Seinfeld is walking back comments he made earlier this year blaming political correctness ruining comedy.

In a new interview, the Unfrosted director is expressing his regret for blaming the “extreme left” killing humor.

“I did an interview with The New Yorker, and I said that the extreme left has suppressed the art of comedy,” Seinfeld said on Breaking Bread with Tom Papa. “I did say that. That’s not true. It’s not true.”

Seinfeld started his mea culpa saying, “There were two things that I have to say I regret saying and that I have to take back.”

The comedian started by saying, “One of them, I didn’t say but people think I did so just the same. I said I don’t play colleges because the kids are too PC and you can’t do comedy for them.”

Seinfeld said he never said it and noted...

Jerry Seinfeld is walking back saying the “extreme left” and “PC crap” were killing comedy.

Seinfeld was making headlines all over during the press tour for his Netflix comedy “Unfrosted,” but few gained him the attention that his comments on political correctness being the death of comedy. Now he’s saying “there are two things that I have to say I regret saying and that I have to take back” on Tom Papa’s “Breaking Bread” podcast.

“I said that the ‘extreme left’ has suppressed the art of comedy. I did say that. That’s not true,” Seinfeld said. “It’s not true. If you’re a champion skier, you can put the gates anywhere you want on the mountain and you’re going to make the gate. That’s comedy. Whatever the culture is, we make the gate. You don’t make the gate, you’re out of the game.

Blue Bloods‘ end truly begins this Friday at 10/9c, when the long-running CBS family/cop drama serves up the first of its eight final episodes.

In the episode “Life Sentence,” an allegation of jury tampering against Erin (played by Bridget Moynahan) intertwines with Danny and Baez’s (Donnie Wahlberg and Marisa Ramirez) homicide case and Eddie’s (Vanessa Ray) bond to a child murder witness. Elsewhere, Frank (Tom Selleck) clashes with his friend and confidant Archbishop Kearns (Stacy Keach) over the death penalty; and when Jamie’s (Will Estes) car is stolen, he joins forces with his nephew, Joe Hill (WIll Hochman), to recover it.

While the "Frasier" revival continues to give the impression that it should have been a one-off special, you can't fault the series for its guest appearances. The first season brought back several big names from the original sitcom, which ran from 1993 to 2004, including Peri Gilpin's Roz Doyle and Bebe Neuwirth's Lilith Sternin. What's more, it also featured some guest stars who weren't "Frasier" alums. The revival tapped modern sitcom royalty in the form of June Diane Raphael for one episode and even brought in a cartoon comedy king for another.

With season 2 of the "Frasier" revival, Peri Gilpin has returned on a recurring basis, and now the show is bringing in other guest stars to help bolster its existing ensemble. Kelsey Grammer's former "Back to You" co-star Patricia Heaton showed up at the top of the season, playing a bartender who seems oddly compatible with the titular...

Update: Reports indicate that John Amos died of congestive heart failure, according to the actor’s death certificate. Sadly, Amos’s daughter, Shannon, did not learn about her father’s death until news outlets posted the story on social media. In an Instagram post, Shannon Amos said she is “without words” after learning about her father’s passing in such an impersonal way.

“I am without words…Our family has received the heartbreaking news that my Dad, John Allen Amos, Jr., transitioned on August 21st,” she wrote. “We are devastated and left with many questions about how this happened 45 days ago, learning about it through the media like so many of you.”

Original Article: The hits keep coming this week as word reaches the masses that John Amos, the beloved actor who played James Evans Sr. on Good Times, Cleo McDowell from Eddie Murphy’s 1988 comedy Coming to America, and much more,...

Spoiler Alert: Details follow for Season 36, Episode 1 of “The Simpsons,” “Bart’s Birthday,” which aired September 29 on Fox.

“The Simpsons” kicked off its Season 36 premiere on Sunday with what the show dubbed its “series finale.” Hosted by an animated version of former “Simpsons” writer Conan O’Brien, the episode opened with “The Simpsons” characters and other notables entering a Dolby Theatre-esque venue to celebrate the show’s ending.

“It’s such an honor to be with you all for the series finale of ‘The Simpsons,'” O’Brien said in his opening monologue. “I knew I was the right man for the job because I’ve hosted the last episode of three of my own shows and counting… Well, it’s true. Fox has decided to end the Simpsons. This show was such a special part of my early career, so being here means the world to me. Also. I left...

When you think of Steve Martin, you probably don’t think “incel weirdo.” On top of being 79 years old and therefore simply having ample time to have encountered women, he’s been in several high-profile relationships with extremely non-desperate ones, including Bernadette Peters, Mary Tyler Moore, Karen Carpenter and Anne Heche. He’s even been married twice, and not quickie Vegas mistakes.

So you’d think, at some point, he’d have gotten familiar with women’s bodies and the things that they do to them. However, based on a passage of his 2000 novella Shopgirl — yes, the one that became a 2005 Steve Martin movie — we can only conclude that everything Steve Martin thinks he knows about women is wrong.

The passage in question concerns a woman on a quest to lure a rich man away from her co-worker: “To Lisa, Prada is as recognizable as her own mother, and seeing...

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When a series wraps up with an ending so great that people are still chatting about it today, it’s clear it did something right. Mad Men was one of the most acclaimed shows ever, pulling in huge ratings over its seven seasons. But is it the final episode? It was arguably one of the best conclusions ever, brilliantly blending fiction with reality.

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But for this to work out perfectly, a lot of planning went into it. The best part? It all happened through a partnership with Coca-Cola, not a purchase as many people thought. The result was a scene that was super simple but nailed the essence of the protagonist and the advertising world flawlessly.

The Mad Men Finale Took A Lot Of Work Still from the Mad Men finale (Credits: AMC)

For anyone who hasn’t followed the series, Mad Men is...

Female friendships have been at the center of some of television’s most memorable and iconic shows — from comedy highs to dramatic lows. Here are TV’s Top 10 BFFs.MEGALaverne and Shirley on 'Laverne & Shirley'mega

Schlemiel! Schlimazel! They might be polar opposites, but as roommates and co-workers at Milwaukee’s fictional Shotz Brewery, Laverne (Penny Marshall) and Shirley (Cindy Williams) constantly lifted each other’s spirits as they got in and out of trouble!

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In one of the most legendary sitcoms in TV history, Lucille Ball as Lucy and Vivian Vance as Bff Ethel made audiences howl with laughter over their hilarious antics.

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The classic opposites attract couple of polite local news producer Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore) and her brash best friend and upstairs neighbor Rhoda Morgenstern (Valerie Harper) became a...

When it comes to the greatest endings that do its respective show justice, Breaking Bad‘s Felina is often the first one to cross fans’ minds, and for good reason. But similar wasn’t the case with Jerry Seinfeld’s Seinfeld, which is notable for its polarizing finale that wasn’t received well among its viewers when it first aired.

Jerry Seinfeld | Credit: Seinfeld/NBC

Similar to AMC’s Breaking Bad, Jon Hamm’s Mad Men was successful in giving fans a satisfying conclusion, and the Unfrosted star too holds it in very high regard.

Mad Men’s Finale Is Jerry Seinfeld’s Pick for the Greatest Finale Ever Person to Person | Credit: Mad Men/AMC

While the general consensus towards Seinfeld‘s finale has wormed up over the years, when it originally aired, the episode left a sour taste in fans’ mouths, as the main cast ended up in jail in the finale.

Ambition has almost always been a thorny issue for television’s fictional females. When Mary Richards applied for a secretarial job at a local television station in Minneapolis on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” in the 1970s, she ended up as an associate producer by the end of the interview. News director Lou Grant gave her the elevated title so he could pay her less, implicitly signaling that there was a price for women moving up the career ladder. It was an ingenious way for the writers on the show to set Mary on a career path without making her appear overly ambitious and thus, less feminine. Mary didn’t negotiate and was grateful for the unexpected promotion.

Approximately 50 years later, stand-up comic Deborah Vance, played by the inimitable Jean Smart, on “Hacks” finds herself navigating a similar conundrum when she discovers that her dream job, a spot as a...

Blue Bloods is coming to an end with the upcoming season. While neither the fans nor the cast are ready for it to end, the showrunners didn’t have a choice. The network canceled the show, and no one could stop it. However, that doesn’t mean that the writers are not trying to make the finale one that fans will love.

Here is what showrunner Kevin Wade said about creating the Blue Bloods finale.

Blue Bloods Series Finale To Be Iconic?

There are series finales that have ruined beloved shows, and there are also series finales that remain iconic and beloved even after the series ends. Blue Bloods fans want a finale that falls into the latter group. In the past, some finales disappointed fans, such as Lost, Seinfeld, and The Sopranos.

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That is why Kevin Wade said he started studying series finales before working on the last Blue Bloods episode.

Legendary actor and comedian Dick Van Dyke was recognized for his decades-long career at the 2024 Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Van Dyke, now 98 years old, received the Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special for “Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic.” The CBS special celebrated Van Dyke’s illustrious 75-year career in show business. With this latest Emmy win, Van Dyke has made history as the oldest winner of a Creative Arts Emmy Award.

When accepting his Emmy award, Van Dyke playfully reminded viewers that he will turn 99 years old next month. “Thank you, that reception, I cannot tell you what it means,” Van Dyke said in his acceptance speech. “I’m 99 next month.” The two-hour CBS special, available on Paramount+, features archival footage and live performances from across Van Dyke’s prolific and varied career.

This is not the first time Van Dyke has broken records at award ceremonies. Last June, he...

Blue Bloods will go out with a bang. The CBS cop drama wraps up its 14-season run this fall, and the final episode won’t disappoint, showrunner Kevin Wade promises.

‘Blue Bloods’ series finale will feature the Reagan family working on the ‘same crimes’ Tom Selleck as Frank Reagan and Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan in Blue Bloods | CBS via Getty Images)

Wade recently spoke to TVLine about what fans can expect from the last episode of Blue Bloods. He didn’t reveal any spoilers, but he did say that the finale will bring all the members of the Reagan family together.

“To me, the Blue Bloods season finales that worked best were where we found a crime or criminals or a situation for all the Reagans to work together on — separately but together,” he said.

“We did that,” for the series finale, Wade said. “We have four different stories...

Blue Bloods showrunner Kevin Wade took a cue from Hawkeye, B.J., Sam, Diane and Tony Soprano (but hopefully not Journey!) when formulating his approach to the long-running cop/family drama’s series finale.

It was announced last November that Blue Bloods would end with a bisected Season 14. The first 10 episodes aired February through May, and the last eight will roll out this fall, beginning Friday, Oct. 18.

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Sheldon Pinchuk, a partner in the Finnegan-Pinchuk Company, which produced more than 40 TV movies during the genre’s 1980s-90s heyday as well as TV series Any Day Now and Northern Exposure and features Reality Bites and The Fabulous Baker Boys, died August 28 of Parkinson’s disease at his home in Calabasas, CA. He was 84.

After getting a Bachelor’s and law degrees from UCLA, Pinchuk began his career as a business affairs executive at NBC. While working there, he earned an additional degree from UCLA’s film school and segued into a programming role. Stints at David Dortort’s company and as Head of Development at Warner Bros followed before Pinchuk made another Hollywood career shift, becoming an agent at CAA. There, he represented the husband-and-wife producing team of William and Patricia Finnegan. Based on his lifelong love of aviation, Pinchuk pitched them an idea that became his first TV movie,...

The bond between John Lennon and Yoko Ono, mutually inspired artists from very different worlds, is only one of the love stories at the core of director Kevin Macdonald’s vibrant and stirring new documentary. Tracing an eventful year, One to One: John & Yoko is, first and foremost, a portrait of the couple’s love affair with New York City, their newly adopted home. In its mix of remarkable archival material, the film is both tender and galvanizing, summoning up what New York felt like in 1972 (yes, I would know) and offering a fresh slant on a country’s upheaval and a generation’s countercultural awakening.

For Macdonald (One Day in September, The Last King of Scotland), One to One is not only a return to form after his mixed-bag profile of John Galliano, but one of his finest pieces of work. He and co-director/editor Sam Rice-Edwards have conjured...

“Hacks” could join an exclusive Emmys club this year by winning both Best Comedy Actress and Best Comedy Supporting Actress, an accomplishment only nine shows have achieved in Emmys history.

This hit HBO Max laffer stars Jean Smart as Deborah Vance, a stand-up who tries to reinvent her act with the help of a young comedy writer — Ava Daniels, played by Hannah Einbinder.

Smart is nominated this year for Best Comedy Actress alongside Ayo Edebiri (“The Bear”), Quinta Brunson (“Abbott Elementary”), Kristin Wiig (“Palm Royale”), Maya Rudolph (“Loot”), and Selena Gomez (“Only Murders in the Building”). Meanwhile, Einbinder is nominated for Best Comedy Supporting Actress alongside Meryl Streep (“Only Murders in the Building”), LizaColón-Zayas (“The Bear”), Sheryl Lee Ralph (“Abbott Elementary”), Carol Burnett (“Palm Royale”), and Janelle James (“Abbott Elementary”).

We are predicting that Smart will win the again this year. She previously won Best Comedy Actress for “Hacks” in...

Peter Marshall, the velvety-voiced host who presided over NBC’s celebrity-filled game show The Hollywood Squares for 16 years, died Thursday. He was 98.

Marshall, an accomplished singer who also was a leading man on Broadway and one-half of a popular comedy team before embarking on his game-show gig, died of kidney failure at his Encino home, his family announced.

The pride of West Virginia hosted some 6,000 episodes of The Hollywood Squares from 1966 through 1981, winning four Daytime Emmy Awards. Marshall often worked just one day a week, when he taped five shows. “It was the easiest job I ever had, and I never rehearsed,” he said.

Soon after starring in the Tony-nominated Broadway musical comedy Skyscraper opposite Julie Harris, Marshall was offered the job as host of The Hollywood Squares, created by Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley. An earlier version of the show, hosted by Bert Parks, had been turned down.

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Robert Redford has had a highly successful 50-year career as an actor dating back to early appearances on television (most famously as “Death” in an episode of The Twilight Zone”), then successfully on Broadway and finally as one of the biggest movie stars of all time.

His acting career has included two outstanding films with Paul Newman, Oscar Best Picture nominee “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and Best Picture champ “The Sting.” He has explored politics with “The Candidate” and “All the President’s Men.” And he starred in Best Picture winner “Out of Africa” with Meryl Streep among his many roles. All of these movies and more are now featured in our photo gallery of his 15 best films (view above).

In addition to his acclaimed work as an actor Redford has been a major force behind-the-scenes in the film industry with his directorial and producing efforts as well as...

Comedian Bob Newhart passed away this week at the age of 94, leaving behind a legacy built on big laughs and heartwarming performances. While plenty of TV fans knew Newhart best for his self-titled sitcoms, "The Bob Newhart Show" and "Newhart," a younger generation got familiar with the comedic actor thanks to his roles in "Elf" and on the CBS show "The Big Bang Theory." The latter would ultimately pave the way for the actor's final on-screen appearance, in which he reprised his role of beloved kids' TV scientist Professor Proton in the show's prequel series, "Young Sheldon."

Newhart first joined "The Big Bang Theory" in season 6, playing a Mr. Wizard or Bill Nye-like science expert who shared his curiosity with the world, including kid versions of Sheldon and Leonard. Though the TV host turned party performer lands in the hospital during his first appearance, Newhart would go on to...

Cap’n Crunch, full name Horatio Magellan Crunch, is an icon. But I think it’s safe to say that he’s known almost exclusively for his contributions to the cereal sphere. Whether that makes him a hero or villain is probably up to how intact the roof of your mouth was after a bowl of his eponymous crunch.

And yet, it turns out that Cap’n Crunch’s origins might have been a warm-up for one of the most lauded sitcoms of all time.

That would be The Mary Tyler Moore Show, a series co-created by a man named Allan Burns. It ran for seven seasons and won the positively gob-smacking total of 29 Emmys, accompanied by a litany of other high-profile praise, like holding the number one spot on Entertainment Weekly’s list of 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

But before he was given the reins to his own network sitcom,...

It's been confirmed that Max Original adult animated series Kite Man: Hell Yeah! will debut with two episodes on Thursday, July 18, with new instalments following weekly through September 12, on Max.

The series features characters from Harley Quinn and is a spin-off from the popular animated show starring Kaley Cuoco which has been renewed for a fifth season and is currently available to stream on Max.

That premiere date has been floating around for a while, but it's accompanied today by an awesome new trailer and poster for the series offering a better idea of what to expect when this C-List supervillain takes centre stage.

"Kite Man and Golden Glider take their relationship to the next level by opening a bar in the shadow of Lex Luthor’s Legion of Doom," reads the synopsis for Kite Man: Hell Yeah! "Nobody said serving cold ones to the most dangerous rogues outside of Arkham Asylum would be easy,...

Welcome back to Oscars Playback, in which Gold Derby editors and Experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng revisit Oscar ceremonies and winners of yesteryear. In our Season 3 premiere, we cover the 53rd Academy Awards in 1981, honoring the films of 1980.

If you were waiting on pins and needles back then to see who would win, you had to wait an extra day. For the first time since 1968, the Oscars were postponed following the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan. Once the ceremony was underway, which included a video message from the actor-turned-potus taped weeks earlier, it was an extraordinary night for “Ordinary People.” The Robert Redford-helmed drama collected four awards, including Best Picture, but now receives undue hate as the film that beat Martin Scorsese‘s “Raging Bull.”

See Oscars Playback: Revisiting the 2010 ceremony when Kathryn Bigelow made history and Best Picture expanded to 10

It wasn’t a full sweep for “Ordinary People” though.

Tony Mordente, the actor, dancer and choreographer who starred in the original Broadway and big-screen versions of West Side Story before carving out a long career as a TV director, has died. He was 88.

Mordente, who lived in Henderson, Nevada, died Tuesday, his family announced.

Mordente also worked on Broadway as an actor, understudy and/or assistant choreographer in Li’l Abner, Bye Bye Birdie and Ben Franklin in Paris.

The Brooklyn native portrayed A-Rab on stage in West Side Story, which premiered at the Winter Garden Theatre in September 1957, and played Action, another member of the Jets gang, in the 1961 United Artists adaptation. (David Winters was given the part of A-Rab in the movie.)

He married West Side Story castmate Chita Rivera, who of course played Anita, in December 1957. “A Jet marrying a Shark. It was quite a thing,” he said in a 1963 interview. (Rivera died in January.)

Mordente began...

The musical “Hell’s Kitchen” and the drama “Stereophonic” are leading the nominations with 13 followed closely by the musical “The Outsiders” with 12 for the 77th annual Tony Awards which will be telecast live from Lincoln Center June 16 on Pluto and CBS. The ceremony hosted for the third consecutive year by Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose will also hand out several special Tony Awards.

Two powerhouse directors (and previous Tony winners), George C. Wolfe and Jack O’Brien, are set to receive special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. Other special honors will go to sound designer Abe Jacobs, Alex Edelman for his one-man show “Just for Us,” and Nikiya Mathis for her hair and wig design for the Tony nominated “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding.” Among those receiving Tonys for excellence in the theater are the Dramatist Guild Foundation, the Samuel J. Friedman Heath Center for the Performing Arts and the Wilma Theater.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is weighing in on comedians who say political correctness affects their comedy.

The Veep star is not opposed to being sensitive to certain topics and doesn’t think being politically correct threatens comedy.

“If you look back on comedy and drama both, let’s say 30 years ago, through the lens of today, you might find bits and pieces that don’t age well,” Dreyfus told The New York Times in an interview. “And I think to have an antenna about sensitivities is not a bad thing. It doesn’t mean that all comedy goes out the window as a result.”

She continued, “When I hear people starting to complain about political correctness — and I understand why people might push back on it — but to me that’s a red flag, because it sometimes means something else. I believe being aware of certain sensitivities is not a bad thing.

Who is the best female TV star of all time? Our new photo gallery above takes on the tough task of ranking the 30 greatest actresses and performers. Agree or disagree with our choices?

With over 70 years of television to consider, we had to provide ourselves with a few rules to help simplify things. One of those was that every woman in our gallery must have been an ongoing leading lady at some point, preferably more often than not. That’s why you will not see such classic supporting actresses as Vivian Vance, Doris Roberts or Rhea Perlman.

In order to place them in the rankings, we were looking at a combination of quality (top rated shows with the public or critics), quantity (number of shows and TV appearances), Emmy wins and nominations, plus overall legacy and iconic nature. They also needed to be on television regularly for at least the last 15 years or more.

Reflecting on her career, Lena Waithe says, “I think about legacy a lot.” The writer-producer-actor, whose body of work includes creating Showtime drama The Chi and BET’s Twenties, has been on a steady upward trajectory since winning a primetime Emmy Award in 2017 for outstanding writing on Netflix’s Master of None. But for Waithe, success raised questions about where she was headed. “I didn’t know what I was actually trying to build. I wanted to have real agency over my career, but it was also not just about me, it’s about who I can work with.”

Together with Rishi Rajani, a studio exec who honed his skills at 20th Century Fox, UTA, Paradigm, and Studio 8, Waithe has created a multi-platform entertainment company that accomplishes both. At Hillman Grad Productions, Waithe and Rishi develop projects that often go against the industry grain, while also hiring up-and-coming talent...

Late in the highly entertaining and enlightening new HBO Documentary Films movie on the life and career of Faye Dunaway we learn how much this iconic star just loves coming to the Cannes Film Festival. “Just about every year,” she says — not only for the world’s best films but also to immerse herself in all aspects of filmmaking. I have seen her many times just soaking it all up cinematically both here in Cannes and Telluride, to name two fests.

So it seems appropriate that the Cannes Classics section would be the place for the World Premiere Wednesday night — in the presence of Dunaway as the French like to call it — of this terrific new docu in which Dunaway pretty much tells it all straight about her life, loves, desires, ambitions, movies, co-stars, depression, controversies, family and hopes for the future in a profession she says she can’t imagine not working in.

Jerry Seinfeld has been a recognized comedy star since the early ‘90s, but he has some concerns about modern audiences no longer being interested in watching comedies on their televisions just like what they used to do back in the day.

Jerry Seinfeld in Seinfeld

Not only did he blame the advancement of technologies, but he also pointed out how people often police comedy lines and jokes thrown on-air. This simply means that everything they say on screen can either make or break their career due to the rise of cancel culture.

Jerry Seinfeld Airs Frustration Over The Ever-Changing World Of Comedy Shows

In his interview with The New Yorker, actor-comedian Jerry Seinfeld lamented the fall of traditional comedy that viewers enjoy on their small screens. Back in the day, people would relax in the form of tuning into their favorite comedy show.

“You mean, like Friends?”: Jerry Seinfeld...

The beloved sitcom Seinfeld was famously never canceled, because co-creator Jerry Seinfeld and his fellow cast members decided they should walk away after nine seasons, leaving viewers wanting more. But for about a decade, Seinfeld has continuously complained that “political correctness” is stifling comedy of the kind that made him a household name and fabulously wealthy.

As long ago as 2015 — right around when our contemporary ideas of “cancel culture” were beginning to take shape on social media — Seinfeld was talking about not playing college campuses for fear of students labeling his material racist or sexist.

Jerry Seinfeld thinks that both film and TV are caput.

The “Seinfeld” co-creator, who also makes his directorial debut with Netflix’s “Unfrosted,” said during The New Yorker Radio Hour that the “extreme left” is to blame for the end of the golden era of comedy, particularly with sitcoms.

“People always need comedy,” Seinfeld said. “It used to be that you would go home at the end of the day…People would go, ‘Oh, ‘Cheers’ is on. ‘M*A*S*H’ is on. Oh, ‘Mary Tyler Moore’ is on. ‘All in the Family’ is on.’ Where is it? Where is it? This is the result of the extreme left and P.C. crap and people worrying so much about offending other people.”

Seinfeld pointed to the new process by “committee” to create comedy, particularly with writing jokes.

“When you write a script, and it goes into four or five different hands,...

Just days after saying the movie business “is over” as a cultural force, Jerry Seinfeld is decrying the decline of comedy on television. He blames “the extreme left and P.C. crap.”

In a new interview with David Remnick for the New Yorker Radio Hour, the Seinfeld creator maintained that “people always need comedy” in their lives. He observed that “it used to be that you would go home at the end of the day…People would go, ‘Oh, Cheers is on. M*A*S*H is on. Oh, Mary Tyler Moore is on. All in the Family is on.” No more, says, Seinfeld.

“Where is it? Where is it? This is the result of the extreme left and P.C. crap and people worrying so much about offending other people,” he said.

“When you write a script, and it goes into four or five different hands, committees, groups – ‘Here’s...

Jerry Seinfeld said in an interview with The New Yorker while touting his feature directorial effort “Unfrosted” that “P.C. crap” and the “extreme left” is making television comedy go extinct. Seinfeld is a sitcom icon thanks to his eponymous NBC sitcom that ran between 1989 and 1998, but he says viewers no longer flock to their television sets in order to get their comedy fix like they did for decades.

“Nothing really affects comedy. People always need it. They need it so badly and they don’t get it,” Seinfeld said. “It used to be, you would go home at the end of the day, most people would go, ‘Oh, “Cheers” is on. Oh, “Mash” is on. Oh, “Mary Tyler Moore” is on. “All in the Family” is on.’ You just expected, ‘There’ll be some funny stuff we can watch on TV tonight.’ Well, guess what—where is it? This...

What’s the deal with being politically correct? Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is once again going after PC and woke culture, saying they are responsible for the demise of the American sitcom.

On a recent episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour, Jerry Seinfeld said that while there is always a hunger for good comedy, the sitcom has suffered greatly because people – both those making the decisions and tuning in every week – are too easily offended. “Nothing really affects comedy. People always need it. They need it so badly and they don’t get it. Used to be you would go home at the end of the day, most people would go, “Oh, Cheers is on. Oh, M.A.S.H. Is on. Oh, Mary Tyler Moore is on. Oh, All in the Family‘s on. You just expected, ‘There’ll be some funny stuff we can watch on TV tonight.’ Well, guess what?...

Mad Men is one of the most critically acclaimed drama series of all time. With a rating of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, on top of capturing a huge, dedicated audience, it managed to impress critics. The series is perfectly accurate to the 1960s and also has some very strong performances from its cast members. Despite all of its success, it was unfortunately unable to outrun one major criticism.

Don Draper (Jon Hamm) – Mad Men – Season 1, Episode 10 – Photo Credit: Carin Baer/AMC

When the show ended in 2015, there was one major issue fans had with its finale; it was far too confusing. Following a cryptic conclusion is nothing new in Hollywood, however, some audience members believed that the show took it a step too far.

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Back in the ’90s and even now, Jerry Seinfeld is widely regarded as one of the most talented stars in the comedy genre, especially because of his superhit iconic series named after his surname. But as much as he was in love with this genre and fans were in love with his show, the finale of his fan-favorite series was inevitably botched and thoroughly hated by fans for many years that followed.

Jerry Seinfeld. | Source: Wikimedia Commons.

That being said, his own saga’s finale was obviously not one that he considered to be the best, and he was even slightly bothered by it, even decades later. But other than that, the one series finale that the 69-year-old comedian actually considers the greatest of all television shows was none other than the seven-season drama series from the late 2000s, Mad Men.

Jerry Seinfeld Feels Mad Men Had the “Greatest” Finale

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Jerry Seinfeld is still bothered “a little bit” by how “Seinfeld” ended. Let’s just say, it wasn’t as cinematic as his favorite finale ever: “Mad Men.”

Seinfeld, who makes his directorial debut with upcoming Netflix film “Unfrosted,” told GQ that while he doesn’t “believe in regret,” he couldn’t help but compare the “Seinfeld” finale to the “greatest” series finale of all-time with Emmy-winning AMC’s “Mad Men.”

“I feel ‘Mad Men’ was the greatest,” Seinfeld said. “A lot of people like the ‘Bob Newhart’ one. ‘Mary Tyler Moore’ was Ok. ‘Mad Men’ was the greatest final moment of a series I’ve ever seen. So satisfying. So funny.”

During the recent series finale of Larry David’s long-running meta HBO series “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” David and Seinfeld reunite onscreen to revisit the controversial “Seinfeld” final moments with the stand-up comic ending up in jail.

“I don’t believe in regret,...

It’s been more than a quarter of a century since Seinfeld ended its nine-season run on NBC, and Jerry Seinfeld says he’s “a little bit” bothered by how the sitcom ended.

In a new interview, the stand-up comic talks about the TV show finales that he thought were great and discussed how he was not completely satisfied with how the characters ended up in a jail cell.

“I don’t believe in regret. I think it’s arrogant to think you could have done something different. You couldn’t. That’s why you did what you did,” Seinfeld said in an interview with GQ Hype. “But me and Jeff Schaffer and Larry were standing around, talking about TV finales and which we thought were great. I feel Mad Men was the greatest. A lot of people like the Bob Newhart one. Mary Tyler Moore was okay.”

He continued,...

Coming up on the 26th anniversary of Seinfeld’s much-discussed series finale, Jerry Seinfeld admits he is still “a little bit” bothered how the beloved NBC sitcom ended things.

“The Finale,” which aired May 14, 1998, and drew (wait for it) 76 million viewers, has since landed on many a “Worst Series Finales Ever” ranking, including TVLine’s own (where it sits at No. 6 out of 25).

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Jerry Seinfeld is finally a movie director with the upcoming premiere of his feature debut “Unfrosted.” Backed by Netflix, the star-studded comedy is a fictional account of the creation of Pop-Tarts toaster pastries. In a new interview with GQ magazine, Seinfeld reflected on his experience jumping into moviemaking for the first time so late in his career.

“It was totally new to me. I thought I had done some cool stuff, but it was nothing like the way these people work,” Seinfeld said. “They’re so dead serious! They don’t have any idea that the movie business is over. They have no idea.”

Asked to elaborate on a more serious note, Seinfeld continued: “Film doesn’t occupy the pinnacle in the social, cultural hierarchy that it did for most of our lives. When a movie came out, if it was good, we all went to see it. We all discussed it.

Michael J. Fox became a household name when he starred as the protagonist Marty McFly in Robert Zemeckis’ sci-fi comedy Back to the Future. While the actor was not the first choice for the role, he replaced actor Eric Stoltz who had already begun filming for the movie. Fox has now become synonymous with the role and starred in two more sequels.

Before he became known for his role in Back to the Future and the sitcom Family Ties, Michael J. Fox was reportedly at the worst of his finances. He revealed once that his situation was so bad that he used to check at dumpsters for food because he could not afford it. However, once he bagged the roles of his lifetime, there was no turning back.

Michael J. Fox Had To Find Food At A Dumpster To Survive As A Struggling Actor A still from Family Ties

Actor Michael J.