Because Donald Trump was once host of a reality show called The Apprentice, I was able to meet him on a couple of occasions. Once in his office on the 25th floor of Trump Tower in Manhattan, but that’s a story for another day. The story below is a little more urgent. Today, Tuesday, November
We’d seen the clips and read the hype. Maya Rudolph and Jim Gaffigan would play Vice President Kamala Harris and V.P. hopeful Tim Walz when Saturday Night Live returned for its 50th season. Anticipation was high that the series, five weeks before an election, would hit it out of the park. It did not. A
If only this was really the world. This was the view from our living room as the Games of the 2024 Olympics wrapped in Paris. The Olympic ideal seems so far removed from the fractured state of planet Earth, politically, environmentally and on so many other levels. Hats off to France and their Olympic organizers
Stronger, faster, higher — artier. The opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 was an artistic triumph, a master class in dazzling outdoor sight and sound. It had to be less fun for the tens of thousands of onlookers positioned for six to eight hours along the River Seine, as well as the 6800
Judas Priest. Not Lieutenant Hunter as well? The rash of former TV stars who have passed away in the last few days is alarming, especially considering another former reality show star came within a half inch or so of joining them. Passing away Friday, July 13 was James B. Sikking, part of the large and
I was asked on my first of several interviews upon hearing the news of Matthew Perry’s passing if there were any signs he would leave us so young. There were, of course, nothing but signs. There have been actors I’ve spoken with in the past who have died even younger, such as Cory Monteith from
Richard Moll, one of TV’s tallest series regulars ever, stood out for nine seasons on NBC’s “Must See” Thursday night sitcom Night Court (1984-1992). The 6-foot-8 actor passed away October 26 in California at age 80. Moll played bailiff “Bull” Shannon opposite Harry Anderson, Markie Post, Selma Diamond, Charles Robinson and surviving cast members Marsha
NBC presents a special, two-hour salute to one of television’s greatest performers — Carol Burnett. The wonder is that CBS — home to Burnett’s fondly-remembered comedy-variety series that ran from 1967 to 1978 — is not broadcasting this venture. Good on NBC for stepping in. Burnett and Vicki Lawrence are the only two Carol Burnett