SimplyShowbiz.comCarol Burnett: Hip to be “Square”
The “char-lady,” Mrs. Wiggins, Eunice Harper Higgins… Carol Burnett’s classic characters from her old CBS TV show retain their timeless comic spark despite the passing of the decades. This month the comedian turns—God bless us all—80 years old. She doesn’t look it. And I bet she still has the vocal prowess to execute her famous [...]
Category: Comedy, Grand Dames, Hot Topics, TV
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Happy 39th Birthday, Carol Burnett!
After spending her first year in New York working as a hat-check girl in a ladies’ tea room, and failing to land acting jobs, Burnett along with other girls living at The Rehearsal Club, a boarding house for women seriously pursuing an acting career, put on The Rehearsal Club Revue on March 3, 1955. She’s [...]
Bistro Award recipient Kaye Ballard looks back–and forward
The 86-year-old entertainer is planning a new show, to play at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency in New York, on June 17. But before that, on April 23, she will be honored at the 27th Annual Bistro Awards with a Bob Harrington Lifetime Achievement designation. The ceremony, honoring excellence in cabaret, happens at [...]
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Hannigan began-again: Rosie for “Annie” role?
Rebounding from the cancellation of her talk show on OWN, Rosie O’Donnell may be on her way back to Broadway. According to Naughty But Nice Rob at the Huntington Post, O’Donnell is likely to play the key role of Miss Hannigan in an autumn revival of the musical Annie. Negotiations are reportedly underway for Ro [...]
The truth about Carol Burnett and Joan Rivers in Hawaii
What in the name of Queen Liliuokalani happened in Hawaii that has caused such animosity toward Joan Rivers from fellow funny lady Carol Burnett? Some think the recent scene on Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? (which showed Burnett in a restaurant, rebuffing Rivers’ request that she lend a hand for a charitable cause) is [...]
Category: Divas, Hot Topics, Infamy, TV
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