“If Jonathan Winters is ever accused of anything, he’s got the perfect alibi,” Jack Paar once told his audience. “He was someone else at the time.” Winters was a wonder on television, unlike any other comedian in that he never told jokes, he just inhabited characters. Not crazy, made up characters either, but astoundingly real,
Laurence Fishburne spent several months in Toronto this winter shooting Hannibal. Episode Two airs tonight at 10 p.m. on NBC and City. The Tony and Emmy Award winner fielded questions from behind the desk of his character, FBI Behaviour Sciences Head Jack Crawford, when I visited the set along with some international reporters a few
From Tuesday night’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: A prop phaser gun from the “Star Trek” TV show recently sold for $231,000 at an auction — making it the most expensive thing you can point at someone right before they beat the crap out of you.
News of Annette Funicello’s passing Monday at age 70 sent me scrambling through a box of old cassette tapes. Thanks to my friend Lorraine Santoli, a former Disney publicity manager who authored a book on the Mouseketeers and who formed a close bond with Funicello, I was able to interview the Disney princess. That memorable
Esaw with Phil Esposito: reality TV at its finest If you grew up watching sports on TV in Canada in the ’60s and ’70s you could not miss Johnny Esaw. The Saskatchewan native died Saturday at age 87. “Johnny Seesaw,” as some sports wags called him, was the face of the CFL for two decades
The attention to detail and tone that goes into a Mad Man poster tells a lot about the series itself. The Season Six poster illustration, right, was painted in the bubble and squeak style by Brian Sanders. Read the incredible story about his contribution to the look of ’60s advertising art here. I’m busy watching
I was going to write about appearing as an extra on Lost Girl‘s second last episode of the season (Sunday night at 9 p.m. on Showcase) but Rob Salem beat me to it.The Toronto Star’s veteran television columnist did it better than I could so read what he has to say about it here.The two
From Thursday’s Late Show with David Letterman: They give Jay $15 million NOT to host “The Tonight Show.” They gave Conan $30 million NOT to host “The Tonight Show.” I have not hosted “The Tonight Show” longer than both of them put together. WHERE IS MY MONEY?