Steve Martin, Harry Bliss team up on ‘Number One Is Walking’
November 15, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Steve Martin has this funny theory about artists and careers, spelled out with comic timing.
“You kind of can always tell if someone hits a wall by their haircut," he says.
Review: Steve Martin slips with funny but thin movie memoir
November 15, 2022 GMT“Number One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions,” by Steve Martin with drawings by Harry Bliss (Celadon):
Between the covers of this surprisingly thin memoir are truffles of humor from comedian Steve Martin’s movie career illustrated by cartoonist Harry Bliss.
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 14-20
August 8, 2022 GMTCelebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 14-20:
Aug. 14: Singer Dash Crofts of Seals and Crofts is 84. Singer David Crosby is 81. Country singer Connie Smith is 81. Actor-musician Steve Martin is 77.
Partial list of Emmy Award nominees
July 12, 2022 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Partial list of nominees for the 2022 prime-time Emmy Awards, announced Tuesday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. For the complete list, visit Emmys.com:
Martin, McDonald, Porter join stars in telethon for Ukraine
March 18, 2022 GMTAn all-star roster of film, TV and theater performers — including Steve Martin, Annette Bening, Billy Porter, Audra McDonald, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Chenoweth, David Hyde Pierce and Rosie Perez — have signed up for a 10-hour telethon to raise money for the victims of the war in Ukraine.
Hollywood bard, muse and reveler Eve Babitz dies at 78
December 18, 2021 GMTEve Babitz, the Hollywood bard, muse and reveler who with warmth and candor chronicled the excesses of her native world in the 1960s and 1970s and became a cult figure to generations of readers, has died.
Conan O’Brien ends TBS late-night show with snark, gratitude
June 25, 2021 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Conan O'Brien stayed true to form as he wrapped his TBS show “Conan” after nearly 11 years, bouncing between self-deprecating and smart-aleck humor before allowing himself a touch of sentiment.
Celebs like Dolly and Bruce raid closets for charity auction
April 28, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Christine Baranski wants your help cleaning out her closet.
The Emmy- and Tony-winning actor is donating three custom-made Bob Mackie gowns for an online charity auction on Wednesday and she's tapped a starry group of A-listers to follow her lead with hundreds of items...
Mel Brooks, Steve Martin, son Rob pay tribute to Carl Reiner
June 30, 2020 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — “I met him in 1950 when he joined Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows and we’ve been best friends ever since...
Carl Reiner, comedy’s rare untortured genius, dies at 98
June 30, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — No one in the world of comedy was more admired, and loved, than Carl Reiner.
Reiner was the rare untortured genius of comedy, his career a story of laughter and camaraderie, of innovation and triumph and affection...
Steve Martin and Martin Short to star in Hulu comedy series
January 17, 2020 GMTPASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Steve Martin and Martin Short are taking their touring act to television with a new Hulu comedy.
The untitled show about three strangers who share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one was announced Friday at a TV critics meeting.
Steve Martin, Martin Short to perform at Mayo Civic Center
January 18, 2019 GMTTickets go on sale Friday for a show by Steve Martin and Martin Short at 7:30 p.m. May 23 at Mayo Civic Center.
The concert, part of the “Now You See Them, Soon You Won’t” tour, is billed as a musical comedy act.
Bob Einstein, Comic Writer, ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Actor, Dies at 76
January 4, 2019 GMTBy Matt Schudel
The Washington Post
Bob Einstein, an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer, actor and producer who was best known for his appearances on the sitcom "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and for creating the character of the hapless daredevil "Super Dave Osborne," died Jan.
‘Gong Show’ creator Chuck Barris dies at 87
March 22, 2017 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Chuck Barris, whose game show empire included "The Dating Game," ''The Newlywed Game" and that infamous factory of cheese, "The Gong Show," has died...