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- The 53rd Annual Tony Awards (1999)
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- The Confession (1999)
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- The Confession (1999)
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- Watch the Mercury Rising (1999)
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (1999)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Adam Sandler (1999)
- Saturday Night Live Christmas (1999)
- Saturday Night Live 25 (1999)
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- The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (1998)
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- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Mike Myers (1998)
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- The Edge (1997)
- Sean Connery Close Up (1997)
- The 51st Annual Tony Awards (1997)
- Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial (1996)
- Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
- Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
- Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
- The Juror (1996)
- Looking for Richard (1996)
- Looking for Richard (1996)
- The 49th Annual Tony Awards (1995)
- Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995)
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1995)
- The Universal Story (1995)
- Two Bits (1995)
- Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995)
- The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995)
- The Shadow (1994)
- The Getaway (1994)
- Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects (1994)
- The Shadow (1994)
- Malice (1993)
- Canceled Lives: Letters from the Inside (1993)
- Moving Image Salutes Al Pacino (1993)
- The Crusaders (1993)
- Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
- The 39th Annual New Dramatists Benefit (1992)
- Earth and the American Dream (1992)
- The 46th Annual Tony Awards (1992)
- Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
- The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991)
- The Marrying Man (1991)
- Alice (1990)
- Miami Blues (1990)
- The Hunt for Red October (1990)
- Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
- Tong Tana - En resa till Borneos inre (1989)
- Talk Radio (1988)
- Beetle Juice (1988)
- She's Having a Baby (1988)
- Married to the Mob (1988)
- Working Girl (1988)
- The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987)
- Forever, Lulu (1987)
- Dress Gray (1986)
- Love on the Run (1985)
- Sweet Revenge (1984)
- The Doctors (1963)
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Alec Baldwin "What's In Your Wallet" NWO Wealth Confiscation
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- Duration: 12:31
- Updated: 26 Sep 2013
Cyprus- Style Wealth Confiscation has begun in Poland and Italy and Canada next http://www.paulbegleyprophecy.com also http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com
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Cyprus- Style Wealth Confiscation has begun in Poland and Italy and Canada next http://www.paulbegleyprophecy.com also http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com
Top 10 Alec Baldwin Moments
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- Duration: 9:14
- Updated: 12 Aug 2013
This guy's so versatile; he can change his personality, his voice -- even his face! In honor of the release of "Blue Jasmine," starring Alec Baldwin and Cate...
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This guy's so versatile; he can change his personality, his voice -- even his face! In honor of the release of "Blue Jasmine," starring Alec Baldwin and Cate...
- published: 26 Jul 2013
- views: 34997
- author: WatchMojo
Alec Baldwin on David Letterman Late Show 2013 full interview
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- Duration: 14:38
- Updated: 02 Aug 2013
Alec Baldwin on David Letterman Late Show 2013. Link to the show http://bit.ly/165gxUu . David Letterman is an American comedian and television host. Letterm...
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Alec Baldwin on David Letterman Late Show 2013. Link to the show http://bit.ly/165gxUu . David Letterman is an American comedian and television host. Letterm...
- published: 25 Jul 2013
- views: 72
- author: SHOWMUSTGOON
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin hosting the Oscars®
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- Duration: 9:46
- Updated: 19 Aug 2013
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, co-hosts of the 82nd Academy Awards®, in their opening monologue.
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Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, co-hosts of the 82nd Academy Awards®, in their opening monologue.
- published: 10 Mar 2010
- views: 1681357
- author: Oscars
Alec Baldwin - Best performance
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- Duration: 7:22
- Updated: 20 Aug 2013
In Glengarry Glen Ross, Alec Baldwin plays the character Blake, almost earning Baldwin an Oscar for the role. The salestalk presented is one of the finest ev...
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In Glengarry Glen Ross, Alec Baldwin plays the character Blake, almost earning Baldwin an Oscar for the role. The salestalk presented is one of the finest ev...
- published: 26 Oct 2006
- views: 4295194
- author: David Lukas
Alec Baldwin & Tina Fey Win The SAG Awards 2013 [HD]
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- Duration: 8:20
- Updated: 18 Aug 2013
Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Comedy Series: WINNER : Alec Baldwin / Jack Donaghy - "30 Rock" (NBC) * Outstanding Performance By A Female Ac...
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Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Comedy Series: WINNER : Alec Baldwin / Jack Donaghy - "30 Rock" (NBC) * Outstanding Performance By A Female Ac...
- published: 30 Jan 2013
- views: 11182
- author: Kai Donaghy
Alec Baldwin pins paparazzi against car
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- Duration: 1:47
- Updated: 28 Aug 2013
Photos show actor Alec Baldwin in another scuffle with a member of the paparazzi
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Photos show actor Alec Baldwin in another scuffle with a member of the paparazzi
- published: 28 Aug 2013
- views: 117
Alec Baldwin Weight Loss Diet on Letterman
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- Duration: 6:43
- Updated: 17 Aug 2013
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MALICE (1993) Alec Baldwin - Full Movie
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- Duration: 106:21
- Updated: 20 Aug 2013
Also starring Nicole Kidman & Bill Pullman. Baldwin plays a narcissus doctor.
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Also starring Nicole Kidman & Bill Pullman. Baldwin plays a narcissus doctor.
- published: 21 Oct 2012
- views: 405613
- author: THECHILLZNTHRILLZ247
'NFL Honors' Alec Baldwin's opening monologue - NFL Videos
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- Duration: 10:15
- Updated: 14 Aug 2013
Alec Baldwin opens up the NFL Honors Ceremony at the expense of some of the biggest names in the National Football League.
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Alec Baldwin opens up the NFL Honors Ceremony at the expense of some of the biggest names in the National Football League.
- published: 04 Feb 2013
- views: 28995
- author: Haroon Tanveer
The Art of selling by Alec Baldwin
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- Duration: 4:13
- Updated: 19 Aug 2013
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) This Channel Has Been Taken over. More content to come. Enjoy Alec Baldwin's performance http://dmancollection.com.
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Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) This Channel Has Been Taken over. More content to come. Enjoy Alec Baldwin's performance http://dmancollection.com.
- published: 26 Feb 2008
- views: 1052146
- author: dman71215
TIME Interviews Alec Baldwin
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- Duration: 9:57
- Updated: 06 Aug 2013
LISTEN TO FULL INTERVIEW: http://tinyurl.com/3fhrf4 Alec Baldwin is one of the few actors who can transition seamlessly from Broadway to movies to television...
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- published: 18 Sep 2008
- views: 46622
- author: TimeMagazine
Alec Baldwin Interview "Knot's Landing" (Merv Griffin Show 1984)
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- Updated: 23 Jul 2013
A young blond Alec Baldwin chats with Merv about his voice, his career, his love of New York, his start in show business and his role on Knot's Landing in th...
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A young blond Alec Baldwin chats with Merv about his voice, his career, his love of New York, his start in show business and his role on Knot's Landing in th...
- published: 28 Nov 2012
- views: 3537
- author: Merv GriffinShow
NFL Honors Awards 2013: Alec Baldwin Opening Act - Alec Baldwin Hosts NFL Honors | Jokes
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- Updated: 14 Aug 2013
Alec Baldwin Opening Act - Alec Baldwin Hosts NFL Honors | Jokes.
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- published: 03 Feb 2013
- views: 81626
- author: PlanetEarth2013
Friends - HD - Enthusiastic Parker (1/2)
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- Updated: 06 Aug 2013
Alec Baldwin guest stars as Phoebe's overly enthusiastic friend who makes a fuss about everything. The One In Massapequa S08E18. © Warner Bros. Television 19...
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Alec Baldwin guest stars as Phoebe's overly enthusiastic friend who makes a fuss about everything. The One In Massapequa S08E18. © Warner Bros. Television 19...
- published: 24 Apr 2013
- views: 18537
- author: PureBloodPaul
Alec Baldwin's Tracy Morgan Impersonation 12/05/11
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- Duration: 1:56
- Updated: 19 Aug 2013
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- published: 07 Dec 2011
- views: 1256257
- author: teamcoco
Alec Baldwin's DVD Picks
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- Duration: 2:11
- Updated: 12 Aug 2013
The supremely talented Alec Baldwin stopped by the Criterion Collection office and the DVD closet!
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The supremely talented Alec Baldwin stopped by the Criterion Collection office and the DVD closet!
- published: 09 May 2013
- views: 17238
- author: criterioncollection
Alec Baldwin Goes on Twitter Rant
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- Updated: 16 Aug 2013
"Alec Baldwin was the talk of Twitter on Thursday night after unleashing a torrent of 140-character invectives at a British tabloid reporter who accused the ...
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- published: 29 Jun 2013
- views: 53497
- author: The Young Turks
Alec Baldwin | Interview | TimesTalks
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- Duration: 8:13
- Updated: 12 Aug 2013
Alec Baldwin, Emmy®-winning actor, co-star of TV's "30 Rock" and the film "It's Complicated," talks with New York Times book critic Janet Maslin. www.timesta...
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Alec Baldwin, Emmy®-winning actor, co-star of TV's "30 Rock" and the film "It's Complicated," talks with New York Times book critic Janet Maslin. www.timesta...
- published: 18 Oct 2012
- views: 2861
- author: TimesTalks
Alec Baldwin at Harvard: On SNL and 30 Rock
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- Duration: 5:44
- Updated: 05 Aug 2013
See http://thephoenix.com/podcast to download the full audio. Alec Baldwin interviewed at Harvard's JFK Forum at the Kennedy School of Government on 4/28/201...
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- published: 29 Apr 2010
- views: 12856
- author: Boston Phoenix
Alec Baldwin Mocks American Airline Incident on 'Saturday Night Live'
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- Duration: 2:03
- Updated: 14 Aug 2013
The actor plays a pilot who issues an apology in a comedy sketch. For more on this go here: http://abcn.ws/srVLDx.
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The actor plays a pilot who issues an apology in a comedy sketch. For more on this go here: http://abcn.ws/srVLDx.
- published: 12 Dec 2011
- views: 209331
- author: ABCNews
Alec Baldwin 1
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- Duration: 6:11
- Updated: 10 Jul 2013
Alec Baldwin.
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Kevin Smith talks about the Shia LaBeouf and Alec Baldwin fight
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- Duration: 2:49
- Updated: 19 Aug 2013
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- published: 06 Jul 2013
- views: 4379
- author: TheInterviewLocker
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MALICE 1993) Alec Baldwin Full Movie
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- Duration: 106:21
- Updated: 04 Jun 2013
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Crazy Streets - Forever, Lulu (Comedy with Alec Baldwin)
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- Duration: 82:44
- Updated: 21 Aug 2013
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- published: 21 Aug 2013
- views: 73
Journey to the edge of the Universe HD
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- Duration: 90:36
- Updated: 13 Aug 2013
A space journey from Earth to the edge of the Universe narrated by Alec Baldwin.
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A space journey from Earth to the edge of the Universe narrated by Alec Baldwin.
- published: 08 Feb 2013
- views: 17249
- author: Wonder Road
Demi Moore - The Juror (1996) Full Movie
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- Duration: 118:02
- Updated: 19 Aug 2013
Rated R 17+ DVD. Also Starring Alec Baldwin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Gandolfini & Anne Heche. Moore Plays A Juror Who Has To Vote Not Guilty In A Mafia C...
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Rated R 17+ DVD. Also Starring Alec Baldwin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Gandolfini & Anne Heche. Moore Plays A Juror Who Has To Vote Not Guilty In A Mafia C...
- published: 30 Jan 2013
- views: 67296
- author: Bryan Brandon
In the Mixx Studio Show Episode 9 - Starring Hilaria Thomas Baldwin, Mick Rock and Larry King
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- Duration: 30:03
- Updated: 13 May 2013
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Nuremberg (1996)
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- Duration: 179:35
- Updated: 19 Aug 2013
Nuremberg (1996) Synopsis: This TNT miniseries stars Alec Baldwin as Robert Jackson, the Supreme Court justice who served as the head prosecutor for the war ...
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Nuremberg (1996) Synopsis: This TNT miniseries stars Alec Baldwin as Robert Jackson, the Supreme Court justice who served as the head prosecutor for the war ...
- published: 01 Nov 2012
- views: 45600
- author: AvicennaHealthCenter
Howard Stern Interview with Alec Baldwin 07/16/12
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- Duration: 29:06
- Updated: 08 Aug 2013
Alec Baldwin Calls.
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"Here's the Thing" Alec Baldwin Podcast with Billy Joel 7-30-12
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- Duration: 65:54
- Updated: 29 Jul 2013
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- published: 03 Aug 2012
- views: 5133
- author: stoots24
Alec Baldwin calls in to The Howard Stern Show (7/16/12)
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- Duration: 30:09
- Updated: 26 Jul 2013
Actor Alec Baldwin calls in to promote his new film "To Rome with Love." The actor talks about his recent marriage and his troubles with the paparazzi.
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Actor Alec Baldwin calls in to promote his new film "To Rome with Love." The actor talks about his recent marriage and his troubles with the paparazzi.
- published: 17 Jul 2012
- views: 12698
- author: grindhouse141
Opie & Anthony: Baldwin & Hasselhoff Get Sold Out By Their Daughters (04/20-05/11/07, 11/10/09)
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- Duration: 91:56
- Updated: 10 Aug 2013
Alec Baldwin's daughter gets an angry voice mail from her father and that made it to the press. David Hasselhoff's daughter taped him drunk and that made it ...
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Alec Baldwin's daughter gets an angry voice mail from her father and that made it to the press. David Hasselhoff's daughter taped him drunk and that made it ...
- published: 01 Jun 2013
- views: 2323
- author: Jasonayeiter
Tribeca Talks® Directors Series: Doug Liman with Alec Baldwin
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- Duration: 60:16
- Updated: 22 Jun 2013
Tribeca Talks Directors Series: Doug Liman with Alec Baldwin.
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Tribeca Talks Directors Series: Doug Liman with Alec Baldwin.
- published: 27 Aug 2012
- views: 543
- author: tribecafilm
iW | Alec Baldwin Interviews Matthew Broderick in the Hamptons.mov
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- Duration: 28:04
- Updated: 26 Jun 2013
Alec Baldwin interviews Matthew Broderick about his career on stage and on film at the Hamptons International Film Festival.
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Alec Baldwin interviews Matthew Broderick about his career on stage and on film at the Hamptons International Film Festival.
- published: 17 Oct 2011
- views: 1642
- author: indieWIRE
Alec Baldwin - Wiki Article
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- Duration: 22:07
- Updated: 02 Aug 2013
Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III is an American actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television. He is the eldest of the four Baldwin brothers, all wel...
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Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III is an American actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television. He is the eldest of the four Baldwin brothers, all wel...
- published: 18 May 2013
- views: 27
- author: wikispeak10
Dinner for Five (2003) Peter Dinklage, Carrie Fisher, Alec Baldwin, Tracey Ullman
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- Duration: 26:28
- Updated: 14 Aug 2013
Jon Favreau hosts an evening with four Hollywood friends. TV Series 2001-2005. Season 2, episode 15 clips.
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Jon Favreau hosts an evening with four Hollywood friends. TV Series 2001-2005. Season 2, episode 15 clips.
- published: 08 Dec 2011
- views: 70530
- author: Cyn Aye
Alec Baldwin,Daniel Baldwin,Stephen Baldwin,William Baldwin
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- Duration: 180:45
- Updated: 07 Aug 2013
Alec Baldwin,Daniel Baldwin,Stephen Baldwin,William Baldwin.
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Alec Baldwin,Daniel Baldwin,Stephen Baldwin,William Baldwin.
- published: 23 Jan 2012
- views: 1937
- author: TheIcomefromgod
(2013/03/xx) Here's The Thing, Alec Baldwin, Thom
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- Duration: 49:21
- Updated: 12 Aug 2013
Thom Yorke interview. TRANSCRIPTION: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/heresthething/2013/apr/01/transcript/
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Thom Yorke interview. TRANSCRIPTION: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/heresthething/2013/apr/01/transcript/
- published: 13 May 2013
- views: 1242
- author: Radiohead's interviews' archive
Dinner For Five S03E08 - Alec Baldwin, Peter Dinklage, Carrie Fisher, Tracey Ullman
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- Duration: 27:34
- Updated: 09 Aug 2013
Here is episode 8 from season 3 Starring Alec Baldwin, Peter Dinklage, Carrie Fisher, Tracey Ullman.
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Here is episode 8 from season 3 Starring Alec Baldwin, Peter Dinklage, Carrie Fisher, Tracey Ullman.
- published: 18 Jul 2012
- views: 19758
- author: DinnerForFive
●{Jerry Goldsmith}● ~~ 'The Shadow' ~~ "La Sombra" ~~ ♫♭♪ ((( Suite ))) ♫♭♪ ~~ .wmv
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- Duration: 22:56
- Updated: 12 Aug 2013
Jerry Goldsmith : "The Shadow" (La Sombra) ♫♭♪ (((Suite))) ♫♭♪ Alec Baldwin, acompañado por Penélope Ann Miller, da vida al legendario superhéroe enemigo del...
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Jerry Goldsmith : "The Shadow" (La Sombra) ♫♭♪ (((Suite))) ♫♭♪ Alec Baldwin, acompañado por Penélope Ann Miller, da vida al legendario superhéroe enemigo del...
- published: 02 May 2012
- views: 5450
- author: José Gimiro
Alec Baldwin, Emmylou Harris on David Letterman Full Interview
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- Duration: 42:56
- Updated: 09 Jun 2013
Alec Baldwin, Emmylou Harris on David Letterman Full Interview.
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Alec Baldwin, Emmylou Harris on David Letterman Full Interview.
- published: 08 Jun 2013
- views: 66
- author: fenrfun sale
Journey To The Edge Of The Universe
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- Duration: 89:47
- Updated: 16 Aug 2013
This is compiled from the separated version already on YouTube. This is the Alec Baldwin narrated version of the NatGeo documentary. I created all of the spa...
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This is compiled from the separated version already on YouTube. This is the Alec Baldwin narrated version of the NatGeo documentary. I created all of the spa...
- published: 05 Feb 2013
- views: 3617
- author: Albert Alejandro
A Conversation With Alec Baldwin
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- Duration: 85:30
- Updated: 06 Aug 2013
Actor Alec Baldwin discusses campaign finance reform, sustainable energy initiatives, the Iraq war, and Sarah Palin.
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Actor Alec Baldwin discusses campaign finance reform, sustainable energy initiatives, the Iraq war, and Sarah Palin.
- published: 22 Feb 2012
- views: 1073
- author: John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
![Journey through the universe beyond the speed of light [HD]](http://web.archive.org./web/20131001111940im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/5vOU6-1yNZs/default.jpg "Journey through the universe beyond the speed of light [HD]")
Journey through the universe beyond the speed of light [HD]
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- Duration: 88:11
- Updated: 18 Aug 2013
Excellent documentary, mind blowing and superbly narrated. Enjoy Narrated by Alec Baldwin.
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Excellent documentary, mind blowing and superbly narrated. Enjoy Narrated by Alec Baldwin.
- published: 09 Feb 2013
- views: 234669
- author: LordDanofLondon
Nancy Hanks Lecture 2012: Alec Baldwin
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- Duration: 42:09
- Updated: 13 Aug 2013
Acclaimed actor and arts advocate Alec Baldwin delivered the 25th Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy. The Nancy Hanks Lecture is a leading ...
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Acclaimed actor and arts advocate Alec Baldwin delivered the 25th Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy. The Nancy Hanks Lecture is a leading ...
- published: 01 Nov 2012
- views: 250
- author: americansforthearts
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Alec Baldwin - Interview Letterman 2013 02 25 720p
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- Duration: 14:14
- Updated: 09 Aug 2013
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Alec Baldwin | Interview | Times
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- Duration: 8:35
- Updated: 09 Aug 2013
Alec Baldwin, Emmy Award winner and Tony Award and Oscar nominee, talks with New York Times theater reporter Patrick Healy -- www.times.com. Alec Baldwin dis...
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Alec Baldwin, Emmy Award winner and Tony Award and Oscar nominee, talks with New York Times theater reporter Patrick Healy -- www.times.com. Alec Baldwin dis...
- published: 08 May 2013
- views: 2694
- author: TimesTalks
Pt. 1 - GENE WILDER: ROLE MODEL (2008)
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- Duration: 14:34
- Updated: 10 Aug 2013
ROLE MODEL: GENE WILDER 2008 / TCM - Mine All Mine / 58 mins. total Dir. by - Robert Trachtenberg Interviewed by - Alec Baldwin 2008 TCM-produced "sit-down" ...
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ROLE MODEL: GENE WILDER 2008 / TCM - Mine All Mine / 58 mins. total Dir. by - Robert Trachtenberg Interviewed by - Alec Baldwin 2008 TCM-produced "sit-down" ...
- published: 13 Nov 2012
- views: 45007
- author: FlyingBearFilmSchool
Jiminy Glick Interviews Alec Baldwin
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- Duration: 5:36
- Updated: 18 Aug 2013
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David Letterman, HQ, Alec Baldwin, 10/29/08
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- Duration: 10:56
- Updated: 03 Jul 2013
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- published: 30 Oct 2008
- views: 23446
- author: littlebritainusausa
Alec Baldwin Interview: Actor Discusses His Broadway Return in 'Orphans'
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- Duration: 5:08
- Updated: 15 Aug 2013
Alec Baldwin, Ben Foster and Tom Sturridge discuss the gritty drama "Orphans," Mr. Baldwin's first Broadway appearance since 2004. Related article: http://ny...
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Alec Baldwin, Ben Foster and Tom Sturridge discuss the gritty drama "Orphans," Mr. Baldwin's first Broadway appearance since 2004. Related article: http://ny...
- published: 03 Apr 2013
- views: 5643
- author: TheNewYorkTimes
Alec Baldwin on David Letterman Show Full Interview
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- Duration: 8:39
- Updated: 17 Jun 2013
Alec Baldwin on David Letterman Show Full Interview.
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Alec Baldwin on David Letterman Show Full Interview.
- published: 13 Jun 2013
- views: 70
- author: fenrfun sale
Alec Baldwin - pressroom interview (Emmys 2009)
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- Duration: 9:24
- Updated: 25 Aug 2012
pressroom interview.
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Howard Stern Show - Alec Baldwin Interview 07/23/13
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- Duration: 76:54
- Updated: 02 Sep 2013
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- published: 02 Sep 2013
- views: 365
Alec Baldwin turns the tables on Piers Morgan
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- Duration: 1:19
- Updated: 14 Aug 2013
Alec Baldwin explains the fear of dying alone, then asks Piers "how many times have you been properly in love?"
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Alec Baldwin explains the fear of dying alone, then asks Piers "how many times have you been properly in love?"
- published: 25 Jan 2012
- views: 146501
- author: CNN
INTERVIEW" Alec Baldwin "30 Rock" Series Finale
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- Duration: 3:01
- Updated: 04 Aug 2013
30 ROCK comes to and end after the January 31st episode. Watch FULL EPISODES OF "30 ROCK" http://vibenonfilms.blogspot.com Air date: January 31, 2013.
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30 ROCK comes to and end after the January 31st episode. Watch FULL EPISODES OF "30 ROCK" http://vibenonfilms.blogspot.com Air date: January 31, 2013.
- published: 24 Jan 2013
- views: 2872
- author: LittleGrownGirlCo
Alec Baldwin Interview -- Rock of Ages
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- Duration: 4:38
- Updated: 16 May 2013
Alec Baldwin on Rock of Ages. http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1518 Want to keep up to date with everything going on in the world of ...
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Alec Baldwin on Rock of Ages. http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1518 Want to keep up to date with everything going on in the world of ...
- published: 19 Jun 2012
- views: 1191
- author: Empiremagazine
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Alec Baldwin on David Letterman [12 September, 2013] Interview
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- published: 13 Sep 2013
- views: 112
Meryl Streep & Alec Baldwin & Steve Martin - Interview on It's Complicated
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- Duration: 4:49
- Updated: 02 Aug 2013
Dec. 25, 2009 - NEW interview with Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin on their new movie It's Complicated. Enjoy! :) Re-upload.
http://wn.com/Meryl_Streep_Alec_Baldwin_Steve_Martin_Interview_on_It's_Complicated
Dec. 25, 2009 - NEW interview with Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin on their new movie It's Complicated. Enjoy! :) Re-upload.
- published: 08 Feb 2010
- views: 20052
- author: xM4everx
106:21
MALICE 1993) Alec Baldwin Full Movie
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published: 05 May 2013
author: NewActionMovie2013
MALICE 1993) Alec Baldwin Full Movie
- published: 05 May 2013
- views: 1209
- author: NewActionMovie2013
82:44
Crazy Streets - Forever, Lulu (Comedy with Alec Baldwin)
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A young German woman na...
published: 21 Aug 2013
Crazy Streets - Forever, Lulu (Comedy with Alec Baldwin)
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A young German woman named Elaine Hines moves to New York City with dreams of becoming a writer. Elaine becomes entangled in a mystery and falls in with a group of gangsters who lead her through a series of crazy adventures.
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- published: 21 Aug 2013
- views: 73
90:36
Journey to the edge of the Universe HD
A space journey from Earth to the edge of the Universe narrated by Alec Baldwin....
published: 08 Feb 2013
author: Wonder Road
Journey to the edge of the Universe HD
A space journey from Earth to the edge of the Universe narrated by Alec Baldwin.
- published: 08 Feb 2013
- views: 17249
- author: Wonder Road
118:02
Demi Moore - The Juror (1996) Full Movie
Rated R 17+ DVD. Also Starring Alec Baldwin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Gandolfini & Anne...
published: 30 Jan 2013
author: Bryan Brandon
Demi Moore - The Juror (1996) Full Movie
Rated R 17+ DVD. Also Starring Alec Baldwin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Gandolfini & Anne Heche. Moore Plays A Juror Who Has To Vote Not Guilty In A Mafia C...
- published: 30 Jan 2013
- views: 67296
- author: Bryan Brandon
30:03
In the Mixx Studio Show Episode 9 - Starring Hilaria Thomas Baldwin, Mick Rock and Larry King
...
published: 12 Feb 2013
author: BeINTHEMIXX
In the Mixx Studio Show Episode 9 - Starring Hilaria Thomas Baldwin, Mick Rock and Larry King
- published: 12 Feb 2013
- views: 13578
- author: BeINTHEMIXX
179:35
Nuremberg (1996)
Nuremberg (1996) Synopsis: This TNT miniseries stars Alec Baldwin as Robert Jackson, the S...
published: 01 Nov 2012
author: AvicennaHealthCenter
Nuremberg (1996)
Nuremberg (1996) Synopsis: This TNT miniseries stars Alec Baldwin as Robert Jackson, the Supreme Court justice who served as the head prosecutor for the war ...
- published: 01 Nov 2012
- views: 45600
- author: AvicennaHealthCenter
65:54
"Here's the Thing" Alec Baldwin Podcast with Billy Joel 7-30-12
Visit "Billy Joel: Completely Retold" on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/groups/21159669...
published: 03 Aug 2012
author: stoots24
"Here's the Thing" Alec Baldwin Podcast with Billy Joel 7-30-12
Visit "Billy Joel: Completely Retold" on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/groups/211596698859371.
- published: 03 Aug 2012
- views: 5133
- author: stoots24
30:09
Alec Baldwin calls in to The Howard Stern Show (7/16/12)
Actor Alec Baldwin calls in to promote his new film "To Rome with Love." The actor talks a...
published: 17 Jul 2012
author: grindhouse141
Alec Baldwin calls in to The Howard Stern Show (7/16/12)
Actor Alec Baldwin calls in to promote his new film "To Rome with Love." The actor talks about his recent marriage and his troubles with the paparazzi.
- published: 17 Jul 2012
- views: 12698
- author: grindhouse141
91:56
Opie & Anthony: Baldwin & Hasselhoff Get Sold Out By Their Daughters (04/20-05/11/07, 11/10/09)
Alec Baldwin's daughter gets an angry voice mail from her father and that made it to the p...
published: 01 Jun 2013
author: Jasonayeiter
Opie & Anthony: Baldwin & Hasselhoff Get Sold Out By Their Daughters (04/20-05/11/07, 11/10/09)
Alec Baldwin's daughter gets an angry voice mail from her father and that made it to the press. David Hasselhoff's daughter taped him drunk and that made it ...
- published: 01 Jun 2013
- views: 2323
- author: Jasonayeiter
60:16
Tribeca Talks® Directors Series: Doug Liman with Alec Baldwin
Tribeca Talks Directors Series: Doug Liman with Alec Baldwin....
published: 27 Aug 2012
author: tribecafilm
Tribeca Talks® Directors Series: Doug Liman with Alec Baldwin
Tribeca Talks Directors Series: Doug Liman with Alec Baldwin.
- published: 27 Aug 2012
- views: 543
- author: tribecafilm
28:04
iW | Alec Baldwin Interviews Matthew Broderick in the Hamptons.mov
Alec Baldwin interviews Matthew Broderick about his career on stage and on film at the Ham...
published: 17 Oct 2011
author: indieWIRE
iW | Alec Baldwin Interviews Matthew Broderick in the Hamptons.mov
Alec Baldwin interviews Matthew Broderick about his career on stage and on film at the Hamptons International Film Festival.
- published: 17 Oct 2011
- views: 1642
- author: indieWIRE
22:07
Alec Baldwin - Wiki Article
Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III is an American actor who has appeared on film, stage, and...
published: 18 May 2013
author: wikispeak10
Alec Baldwin - Wiki Article
Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III is an American actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television. He is the eldest of the four Baldwin brothers, all wel...
- published: 18 May 2013
- views: 27
- author: wikispeak10
26:28
Dinner for Five (2003) Peter Dinklage, Carrie Fisher, Alec Baldwin, Tracey Ullman
Jon Favreau hosts an evening with four Hollywood friends. TV Series 2001-2005. Season 2, e...
published: 08 Dec 2011
author: Cyn Aye
Dinner for Five (2003) Peter Dinklage, Carrie Fisher, Alec Baldwin, Tracey Ullman
Jon Favreau hosts an evening with four Hollywood friends. TV Series 2001-2005. Season 2, episode 15 clips.
- published: 08 Dec 2011
- views: 70530
- author: Cyn Aye
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William Baldwin - Alpina Watches Ambassador - new Extreme Diver making off
ALPINA is pleased to announce actor, producer, and writer William Baldwin as the new face ...
published: 13 May 2013
author: Alpina Watches
William Baldwin - Alpina Watches Ambassador - new Extreme Diver making off
ALPINA is pleased to announce actor, producer, and writer William Baldwin as the new face of its 2012 advertising campaign unveiling the latest model of the Diver Watches collection.
"We couldn't be more confident in our choice for this campaign; William Baldwin not only represents the face of Alpina, he carries the spirit of the brand -- generous, strong, and talented," says Alpina's CEO, Peter Stas.
"Associating myself with brands founded on solid corporate ethics with ambitious programs in place is paramount," says Baldwin. "Alpina is exactly that brand and I've enjoyed working with them every step of the way."
As Baldwin describes, "The new Alpina Extreme Diver is that ideal accessory which combines the elements of diving while delivering a bold, athletic, cool-factor that's completely unrivalled." The collection makes its debut at Baselworld in Switzerland March 8-15, 2012.
About William Baldwin
William Baldwin is an American actor, producer, and writer best known for his starring roles in Flatliners, Backdraft, Fair Game alongside Cindy Crawford, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Most recently, Baldwin appeared as Senator Patrick Darling in the TV drama Dirty Sexy Money and as a regular guest on the massively popular teen drama Gossip Girl. Baldwin is the brother of actors Alec, Daniel, and Stephen Baldwin, collectively known as The Baldwin Brothers.
Alpina Extreme Diver Collection
Keeping time while diving requires very robust professional watches. There is a kind of beauty to the professional diver's watch that comes from the pure pleasure of engineering excellence. There is nothing superfluous about divers' watches, except of course the fact that they are engineered beyond the point of mere utility. After all, no human being is ever going to dive to depths beyond 300 meters. There is, however, a marvelous draw to the idea that you can go that deep, if you wanted, with the proper equipment.
To fully appreciate the Alpina Extreme Diver, the first thing to do is understand the requirements that define the professional diver's watch. In this regard, it is possible to define clear parameters and, without resorting to hyperbole, make the case for the true professional diver's watch. As a general rule, for any regular activities from snorkeling to scuba diving, a diver should always choose a watch with a water resistance rating of at least 200 meters. For the occasional swim, a watch resistant to 100 meters will do. The rationale behind the exceptional water resistance we recommend is that, in general, watches tend to perform differently in real-world situations than they do in the laboratories where they receive their certifications.
The Alpina Extreme Diver's case is made of anti-corrosive materials, has a non-scratch crystal, and is outfitted with extendable wrist straps that can fit over a wet suit.
The bezel of the Alpina Extreme Diver is unidirectional, has luminous markers, and is used to set the maximum time a diver plans to be under water. Therefore, it is vital that the setting cannot be accidentally pushed or knocked off. Having it moved in only one direction means that time meant to be spent under can only be accidentally reduced, but not increased.
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Alec Baldwin speaking Irish
30 Rock's St Patrick's Day special, 2012 where Jack speaks the cupla focail gaeilge!...
published: 20 Mar 2012
author: Jack Devlin
Alec Baldwin speaking Irish
30 Rock's St Patrick's Day special, 2012 where Jack speaks the cupla focail gaeilge!
0:30
SNL Alec Baldwin
SNL Alec BaldwinSaturday at 9pm...
published: 28 Jul 2009
author: Conrad Smith
SNL Alec Baldwin
SNL Alec BaldwinSaturday at 9pm
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Alec Baldwin,Daniel Baldwin,Stephen Baldwin,William Baldwin
Alec Baldwin,Daniel Baldwin,Stephen Baldwin,William Baldwin....
published: 23 Jan 2012
author: TheIcomefromgod
Alec Baldwin,Daniel Baldwin,Stephen Baldwin,William Baldwin
Alec Baldwin,Daniel Baldwin,Stephen Baldwin,William Baldwin.
- published: 23 Jan 2012
- views: 1937
- author: TheIcomefromgod
49:21
(2013/03/xx) Here's The Thing, Alec Baldwin, Thom
Thom Yorke interview. TRANSCRIPTION: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/heresthething/2013/apr/01/t...
published: 13 May 2013
author: Radiohead's interviews' archive
(2013/03/xx) Here's The Thing, Alec Baldwin, Thom
Thom Yorke interview. TRANSCRIPTION: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/heresthething/2013/apr/01/transcript/
- published: 13 May 2013
- views: 1242
- author: Radiohead's interviews' archive
27:34
Dinner For Five S03E08 - Alec Baldwin, Peter Dinklage, Carrie Fisher, Tracey Ullman
Here is episode 8 from season 3 Starring Alec Baldwin, Peter Dinklage, Carrie Fisher, Trac...
published: 18 Jul 2012
author: DinnerForFive
Dinner For Five S03E08 - Alec Baldwin, Peter Dinklage, Carrie Fisher, Tracey Ullman
Here is episode 8 from season 3 Starring Alec Baldwin, Peter Dinklage, Carrie Fisher, Tracey Ullman.
- published: 18 Jul 2012
- views: 19758
- author: DinnerForFive
22:56
●{Jerry Goldsmith}● ~~ 'The Shadow' ~~ "La Sombra" ~~ ♫♭♪ ((( Suite ))) ♫♭♪ ~~ .wmv
Jerry Goldsmith : "The Shadow" (La Sombra) ♫♭♪ (((Suite))) ♫♭♪ Alec Baldwin, acompañado po...
published: 02 May 2012
author: José Gimiro
●{Jerry Goldsmith}● ~~ 'The Shadow' ~~ "La Sombra" ~~ ♫♭♪ ((( Suite ))) ♫♭♪ ~~ .wmv
Jerry Goldsmith : "The Shadow" (La Sombra) ♫♭♪ (((Suite))) ♫♭♪ Alec Baldwin, acompañado por Penélope Ann Miller, da vida al legendario superhéroe enemigo del...
- published: 02 May 2012
- views: 5450
- author: José Gimiro
14:14
Alec Baldwin - Interview Letterman 2013 02 25 720p
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published: 26 Feb 2013
author: pelle foss
Alec Baldwin - Interview Letterman 2013 02 25 720p
- published: 26 Feb 2013
- views: 7690
- author: pelle foss
8:35
Alec Baldwin | Interview | Times
Alec Baldwin, Emmy Award winner and Tony Award and Oscar nominee, talks with New York Time...
published: 08 May 2013
author: TimesTalks
Alec Baldwin | Interview | Times
Alec Baldwin, Emmy Award winner and Tony Award and Oscar nominee, talks with New York Times theater reporter Patrick Healy -- www.times.com. Alec Baldwin dis...
- published: 08 May 2013
- views: 2694
- author: TimesTalks
14:34
Pt. 1 - GENE WILDER: ROLE MODEL (2008)
ROLE MODEL: GENE WILDER 2008 / TCM - Mine All Mine / 58 mins. total Dir. by - Robert Trach...
published: 13 Nov 2012
author: FlyingBearFilmSchool
Pt. 1 - GENE WILDER: ROLE MODEL (2008)
ROLE MODEL: GENE WILDER 2008 / TCM - Mine All Mine / 58 mins. total Dir. by - Robert Trachtenberg Interviewed by - Alec Baldwin 2008 TCM-produced "sit-down" ...
- published: 13 Nov 2012
- views: 45007
- author: FlyingBearFilmSchool
5:36
Jiminy Glick Interviews Alec Baldwin
...
published: 11 Mar 2011
author: Jiminy Glick
Jiminy Glick Interviews Alec Baldwin
- published: 11 Mar 2011
- views: 88996
- author: Jiminy Glick
10:56
David Letterman, HQ, Alec Baldwin, 10/29/08
http://lateshow.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow....
published: 30 Oct 2008
author: littlebritainusausa
David Letterman, HQ, Alec Baldwin, 10/29/08
http://lateshow.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow.
- published: 30 Oct 2008
- views: 23446
- author: littlebritainusausa
5:08
Alec Baldwin Interview: Actor Discusses His Broadway Return in 'Orphans'
Alec Baldwin, Ben Foster and Tom Sturridge discuss the gritty drama "Orphans," Mr. Baldwin...
published: 03 Apr 2013
author: TheNewYorkTimes
Alec Baldwin Interview: Actor Discusses His Broadway Return in 'Orphans'
Alec Baldwin, Ben Foster and Tom Sturridge discuss the gritty drama "Orphans," Mr. Baldwin's first Broadway appearance since 2004. Related article: http://ny...
- published: 03 Apr 2013
- views: 5643
- author: TheNewYorkTimes
8:39
Alec Baldwin on David Letterman Show Full Interview
Alec Baldwin on David Letterman Show Full Interview....
published: 13 Jun 2013
author: fenrfun sale
Alec Baldwin on David Letterman Show Full Interview
Alec Baldwin on David Letterman Show Full Interview.
- published: 13 Jun 2013
- views: 70
- author: fenrfun sale
9:24
Alec Baldwin - pressroom interview (Emmys 2009)
pressroom interview....
published: 24 Sep 2009
author: perrygrahamislove
Alec Baldwin - pressroom interview (Emmys 2009)
pressroom interview.
- published: 24 Sep 2009
- views: 764
- author: perrygrahamislove
76:54
Howard Stern Show - Alec Baldwin Interview 07/23/13
Howard Stern Show - Alec Baldwin Interview 07/23/13 The Howard Stern Show,
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published: 02 Sep 2013
Howard Stern Show - Alec Baldwin Interview 07/23/13
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- published: 02 Sep 2013
- views: 365
1:19
Alec Baldwin turns the tables on Piers Morgan
Alec Baldwin explains the fear of dying alone, then asks Piers "how many times have you be...
published: 25 Jan 2012
author: CNN
Alec Baldwin turns the tables on Piers Morgan
Alec Baldwin explains the fear of dying alone, then asks Piers "how many times have you been properly in love?"
- published: 25 Jan 2012
- views: 146501
- author: CNN
3:01
INTERVIEW" Alec Baldwin "30 Rock" Series Finale
30 ROCK comes to and end after the January 31st episode. Watch FULL EPISODES OF "30 ROCK" ...
published: 24 Jan 2013
author: LittleGrownGirlCo
INTERVIEW" Alec Baldwin "30 Rock" Series Finale
30 ROCK comes to and end after the January 31st episode. Watch FULL EPISODES OF "30 ROCK" http://vibenonfilms.blogspot.com Air date: January 31, 2013.
- published: 24 Jan 2013
- views: 2872
- author: LittleGrownGirlCo
4:38
Alec Baldwin Interview -- Rock of Ages
Alec Baldwin on Rock of Ages. http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=151...
published: 19 Jun 2012
author: Empiremagazine
Alec Baldwin Interview -- Rock of Ages
Alec Baldwin on Rock of Ages. http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1518 Want to keep up to date with everything going on in the world of ...
- published: 19 Jun 2012
- views: 1191
- author: Empiremagazine
19:02
Alec Baldwin on David Letterman [12 September, 2013] Interview
Alec Baldwin on David Letterman 2013.09.12
Alec Baldwin on David Letterman 2013.12.09
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published: 13 Sep 2013
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Official website: http://www.cbs.com/shows/late_show/
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- published: 13 Sep 2013
- views: 112
4:49
Meryl Streep & Alec Baldwin & Steve Martin - Interview on It's Complicated
Dec. 25, 2009 - NEW interview with Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin on their ne...
published: 08 Feb 2010
author: xM4everx
Meryl Streep & Alec Baldwin & Steve Martin - Interview on It's Complicated
Dec. 25, 2009 - NEW interview with Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin on their new movie It's Complicated. Enjoy! :) Re-upload.
- published: 08 Feb 2010
- views: 20052
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William Baldwin - Alpina Watches Ambassador - new Extreme Diver making off
ALPINA is pleased to announce actor, producer, and writer William Baldwin as the new face ...
published: 13 May 2013
author: Alpina Watches
William Baldwin - Alpina Watches Ambassador - new Extreme Diver making off
ALPINA is pleased to announce actor, producer, and writer William Baldwin as the new face of its 2012 advertising campaign unveiling the latest model of the Diver Watches collection.
"We couldn't be more confident in our choice for this campaign; William Baldwin not only represents the face of Alpina, he carries the spirit of the brand -- generous, strong, and talented," says Alpina's CEO, Peter Stas.
"Associating myself with brands founded on solid corporate ethics with ambitious programs in place is paramount," says Baldwin. "Alpina is exactly that brand and I've enjoyed working with them every step of the way."
As Baldwin describes, "The new Alpina Extreme Diver is that ideal accessory which combines the elements of diving while delivering a bold, athletic, cool-factor that's completely unrivalled." The collection makes its debut at Baselworld in Switzerland March 8-15, 2012.
About William Baldwin
William Baldwin is an American actor, producer, and writer best known for his starring roles in Flatliners, Backdraft, Fair Game alongside Cindy Crawford, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Most recently, Baldwin appeared as Senator Patrick Darling in the TV drama Dirty Sexy Money and as a regular guest on the massively popular teen drama Gossip Girl. Baldwin is the brother of actors Alec, Daniel, and Stephen Baldwin, collectively known as The Baldwin Brothers.
Alpina Extreme Diver Collection
Keeping time while diving requires very robust professional watches. There is a kind of beauty to the professional diver's watch that comes from the pure pleasure of engineering excellence. There is nothing superfluous about divers' watches, except of course the fact that they are engineered beyond the point of mere utility. After all, no human being is ever going to dive to depths beyond 300 meters. There is, however, a marvelous draw to the idea that you can go that deep, if you wanted, with the proper equipment.
To fully appreciate the Alpina Extreme Diver, the first thing to do is understand the requirements that define the professional diver's watch. In this regard, it is possible to define clear parameters and, without resorting to hyperbole, make the case for the true professional diver's watch. As a general rule, for any regular activities from snorkeling to scuba diving, a diver should always choose a watch with a water resistance rating of at least 200 meters. For the occasional swim, a watch resistant to 100 meters will do. The rationale behind the exceptional water resistance we recommend is that, in general, watches tend to perform differently in real-world situations than they do in the laboratories where they receive their certifications.
The Alpina Extreme Diver's case is made of anti-corrosive materials, has a non-scratch crystal, and is outfitted with extendable wrist straps that can fit over a wet suit.
The bezel of the Alpina Extreme Diver is unidirectional, has luminous markers, and is used to set the maximum time a diver plans to be under water. Therefore, it is vital that the setting cannot be accidentally pushed or knocked off. Having it moved in only one direction means that time meant to be spent under can only be accidentally reduced, but not increased.
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1:10
Alec Baldwin speaking Irish
30 Rock's St Patrick's Day special, 2012 where Jack speaks the cupla focail gaeilge!...
published: 20 Mar 2012
author: Jack Devlin
Alec Baldwin speaking Irish
30 Rock's St Patrick's Day special, 2012 where Jack speaks the cupla focail gaeilge!
0:30
SNL Alec Baldwin
SNL Alec BaldwinSaturday at 9pm...
published: 28 Jul 2009
author: Conrad Smith
SNL Alec Baldwin
SNL Alec BaldwinSaturday at 9pm
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28 Sep 2013
BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Miss Philippines, Megan Young, was crowned Miss World on Saturday amid tight security on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali, where the contest’s final round was moved following protests by Muslim hardliner groups ... Despite threats from the Islamic Defenders Front to disrupt the contest, police said no rallies were staged Saturday ... The British, Australian and U.S ... Col. R ... ....(size: 3.3Kb)
photo: AP Photo / Ron Edmonds
01 Oct 2013
The US government has begun a partial shutdown after the Republican-led House of Representatives refused to approve a budget for next year. A midnight deadline passed without agreement despite an 11th hour appeal by President Barack Obama. More than 700,000 US government workers face unpaid leave with no guarantee of back pay once the deadlock is over ... It is the US government's first partial shutdown in 17 years. Obama address ... ....(size: 5.1Kb)
photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed
30 Sep 2013
A wave of car bombings in Baghdad has killed at least 47 people and injured dozens, according to police and medical officials. Police said the parked car bombs - placed mainly in Shia neighbourhoods - hit outdoor markets and car parks. Initial reports said the deadliest bombing was in the Sadr City neighbourhood, where at least seven died after a bomb exploded near a place where labourers had gathered ... ....(size: 2.2Kb)
photo: AP / Evan Vucci, Files
29 Sep 2013
WASHINGTON -- With the Republican-led House still crafting its latest bid to use funding the government to delay or destroy the Affordable Care Act, Senate leaders already have decided to reject the House bill, leaving the other chamber with a funding-only option. Carrying out that decision would leave the government on the precipice of a shutdown. Senate leadership sources said the Senate would return to session as planned at 2 p.m ... ....(size: 6.9Kb)
photo: UN / Rick Bajornas
30 Sep 2013
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "Who feels warm with a currant, will feel cold with some sour." -Persian saying. It will take much more than a 15-minute phone call (or what was to be a photo-op) from U.S. President Barack Obama to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in resolving a long-standing nuclear dispute ... Meanwhile, time and several major differences will have to be successfully managed ... Iran too has its detractors.)....(size: 5.9Kb)
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01 Oct 2013
30 Rock Star Alec Baldwin to Share Secrets of Transformation in ServiceSource Super Session ... Famed actor Alec Baldwin will join for a session on the principles of transformation, based on his memorable film and television appearances in works such as 30 Rock, Malice and Glengarry Glen Ross ... "I';m excited to share the stage with at Dreamforce 2013," said actor Alec Baldwin....(size: 8.1Kb)
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01 Oct 2013
3 ... Data from YouTube users will drive the nominations, and users will vote for the winners. SEE ALSO ... BONUS ... 1 ... Rihanna ... Alec Baldwin vs ... Alec Baldwin quit Twitter again this summer following an article by journalist George Stark of the Daily Mail. The piece falsely accused Baldwin's pregnant wife, Hilaria Thomas, of tweeting during the funeral of James Gandolfini ... Baldwin has since apologized for his language but not for defending his wife....(size: 8.2Kb)
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01 Oct 2013
Facebook. Follow @washtimes. Who stands to lose the most from a government shutdown?. Login to Vote. View results. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis says he wants a missionary church with a modern spirit that gives hope to the poor, young and elderly, speaking as key meetings begin on church reform ... Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved ... Famous quitters ... Alec Baldwin ... Lamar Odom. NBA star breaks silence via Twitter....(size: 3.3Kb)
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01 Oct 2013
Facebook. Follow @washtimes. Who stands to lose the most from a government shutdown?. Login to Vote. View results. ARLINGTON, Texas — David Price threw a complete game, Evan Longoria had a two-run homer among his three hits and the Tampa Bay Rays are in the playoffs again after a 5-2 win over Texas in the AL wild-card tiebreaker Monday night ... Tampa Bay is in the playoffs for the fourth time in six seasons ... LOVERRO ... Alec Baldwin ... More......(size: 3.6Kb)
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01 Oct 2013
Facebook. Follow @washtimes. Who stands to lose the most from a government shutdown?. Login to Vote. View results. A 30-year-old federal law created to protect the right of Christian students to gather now is being used to protect the rights of students with opposite beliefs ... Mr ... The safe zones are overseen primarily by student leaders and faculty member allies ... Galef said ... The telephone survey of 2,000 U.S ... Devout Bryce Harper ... Alec Baldwin....(size: 5.3Kb)
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01 Oct 2013
Facebook. Follow @washtimes. Who stands to lose the most from a government shutdown?. Login to Vote. View results. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Monday the student loan crisis has grown so large it poses a “threat to the American dream.”. Mr ... “One of the real barriers right now is college cost,” said Mr. Duncan ... In a speech at the National Press Club, Mr ... Duncan said ... Mr ... Mr ... Mr ... Mr ... Mr ... Duncan said ... Alec Baldwin....(size: 5.5Kb)
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30 Sep 2013
Alec Baldwin has some words for Arpad Busson. Alec Baldwin has some choice words for Arpad Busson, the billionaire French financier and fledgling film producer who has a child with Uma Thurman. In a new interview with TV Guide, Baldwin blasted Busson as a "pockmarked toady" and "bloated little toad." ... For more on Baldwin, including what he thinks of Steven Spielberg, head to TV Guide....(size: 2.4Kb)
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30 Sep 2013
» Read more at E! News ... Alec Baldwin in his wife's prenatal yoga video! The Emmy winner appears in Hilaria Baldwin's promo clip for a "Fit Mommy-to-Be" DVD on yoga stretches during pregnancy, which she says helped her with aches and pains before giving birth to the couple's first child together ... 22. More Buzz.. » Rihanna's new reality show ... » Alec Baldwin lashes out at Uma Thurman's 'toady' multimillionaire partner (DM)....(size: 3.6Kb)
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Alec Baldwin lashes out at Uma Thurman's billionaire fiance Arki Busson calling him a 'pockmarked toady'
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Alec Baldwin lashes out at Uma Thurman's billionaire fiance Arpad Busson calling him a 'pockmarked toady'
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Business Wire
30 Sep 2013
Famed actor Alec Baldwin will join ServiceSource for a session on the principles of transformation, based on his memorable film and television appearances in works such as 30 Rock, Malice and Glengarry Glen Ross ... We also welcome award-winning actor Alec Baldwin to our Dreamforce Super Session, where he’ll share secrets of transformation from his long and storied career.” ....(size: 13.9Kb)
| Alec Baldwin | |
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 Alec Baldwin with fiance, Hilaria Thomas in 2011. |
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| Born | Alexander Rae Baldwin III (1958-04-03) April 3, 1958 (age 54) Long Island, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Spouse | Kim Basinger (m. 1993–2002; divorced) |
| Partner | Hilaria Thomas (engaged) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | |
| http://www.alecbaldwin.com/ | |
Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958) is an American actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television.
Baldwin first gained recognition through television for his work, for two seasons (6 and 7), on the soap opera Knots Landing, in the role of Joshua Rush. He has since played both leading and supporting roles in films such as Beetlejuice (1988), The Hunt for Red October (1990), The Marrying Man (1991), The Shadow (1994), Notting Hill (1999), The Aviator (2004) and The Departed (2006). His performance in the 2003 film The Cooler garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Since 2006 he has starred as Jack Donaghy on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, receiving critical acclaim for his performance and winning two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards for his work on the show, making him the male performer with most SAG Awards ever.
He is the eldest of the Baldwin brothers working in Hollywood.
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Early life[link]
Baldwin was born on Long Island, New York, the son of Carolyn Newcomb (née Martineau) and Alexander Rae Baldwin, Jr., a high school history/social studies teacher and football coach.[1] Baldwin was raised in a Roman Catholic family of Irish, English, and French descent.[2][3] He has three younger brothers, Daniel, William, and Stephen, who also became actors. Baldwin has two sisters, Beth Baldwin Keuchler (born 1955), and Jane Baldwin Sasso (born 1965).[citation needed]
Baldwin attended Alfred G. Berner High School in Massapequa, Long Island, and played football there under Coach Bob Reifsnyder, who is in the College Football Hall of Fame. He worked as a busboy at the famous New York City disco Studio 54. Baldwin attended George Washington University from 1976 to 1979. He then transferred to New York University to study acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute under Elaine Aiken and Geoffrey Horne.[4] He returned to NYU in 1994 and graduated with a BFA that year. On May 12, 2010, he gave a commencement address at New York University and was awarded a Doctor of Fine Arts degree, honoris causa.[5]
Career[link]
Stage[link]
Baldwin made his Broadway debut in 1986, in a revival of Joe Orton's Loot alongside theater veterans Zoë Wanamaker, Željko Ivanek, Joseph Maher and Charles Keating.[6] This production closed after three months. His other Broadway credits include Caryl Churchill's Serious Money with Kate Nelligan and a highly acclaimed revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. His performance as Stanley Kowalski in the latter garnered him a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor. Baldwin also received an Emmy nomination for the 1995 television version of the production, in which both he and Jessica Lange reprised their roles, alongside John Goodman and Diane Lane. In 1998, Baldwin played the title role in Macbeth at the Public theater alongside Angela Bassett and Liev Schreiber in a production directed by George C. Wolfe. In 2004, Baldwin starred in a revival of Twentieth Century with Anne Heche.
On June 9, 2005, he appeared in a concert version of the Rogers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific at Carnegie Hall. He starred as Luther Billis, alongside Reba McEntire as Nellie and Brian Stokes Mitchell as Emile. The production was taped and telecast by PBS on April 26, 2006. In 2006, Baldwin made theater news in Roundabout Theatre Company's Off-Broadway revival of Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr. Sloane. In 2010, Baldwin starred opposite Sam Underwood in a critically acclaimed revival of Peter Shaffer's Equus, directed by Tony Walton at Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY.
Television[link]
Baldwin's first major acting role was as Billy Aldrich on the daytime soap opera The Doctors from 1980 to 1982. In fall 1983, he starred in the short-lived television series Cutter to Houston. He then co-starred in the television series Knots Landing from 1984 to 1986. In 1986, Baldwin starred in Dress Gray, a four-hour made-for-television miniseries, as an honest cadet sergeant who tries to solve the mystery of a murdered gay classmate.[7] The film was adapted by Gore Vidal from the novel by Lucian Truscott IV.
Between 1998 and 2003, Baldwin was the U.S. narrator for the children's show Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, narrating all 52 episodes of Series 5 and Series 6. He portrayed Arnold Pagani in a Goosebumps episode, "Bad Hare Day". Baldwin appeared in a celebrity edition of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in November 2000, competing against Jon Stewart, Charlie Sheen, Vivica A. Fox and Norm Macdonald. He won $250,000 for PAWS, and used Kim Basinger as one of his "phone-a-friend" partners. He voiced Blue Barron in Teen Titans.
In 2002, Baldwin appeared on two episodes of Friends as Phoebe Buffay's overly enthusiastic love interest, Parker. He also portrayed a recurring character in a number of episodes in seasons 7 and 8 of Will & Grace, in which he played Malcolm – a "top secret agent" and the lover of Karen Walker (Megan Mullally). He also guest-starred in the first live episode of the series. Baldwin wrote an episode of Law & Order entitled "Tabloid", which aired in 1998. He played the role of Dr. Barrett Moore, a retired plastic surgeon, in the series Nip/Tuck.
On July 7, 2007, Baldwin was a host at the American leg of Live Earth, which was broadcast on NBC.[citation needed]
Baldwin stars in the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, which first aired October 2006. Baldwin met his future co-stars Tina Fey and Tracy Morgan while appearing on Saturday Night Live. He has received two Emmy Awards,[8] two Golden Globe awards and five Screen Actors Guild Awards for his role. Baldwin received his second Emmy nomination for Best Actor in a Television Comedy or Musical as Jack Donaghy in 2008, marking his seventh Primetime Emmy nomination and first win. He won again in 2009. Since season 3, Baldwin has been credited as producer of the show.
Baldwin joined TCM’s The Essentials Robert Osborne as co-host beginning in March 2009.[9][10]
Baldwin co-hosted the 82nd Academy Awards with Steve Martin in 2010.[11] He has hosted Saturday Night Live sixteen times, the most recent being the Season 37 premiere on September 24, 2011. He currently holds the record for most times hosting Saturday Night Live, eclipsing Steve Martin.[12]
Film[link]
Baldwin made his film debut with a minor role in the 1987 film Forever, Lulu. Also in 1988, he appeared in Beetlejuice and Working Girl. He gained further recognition as a leading man with his role as Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October (1990).
Baldwin met his future wife Kim Basinger when they played lovers in the 1991 film The Marrying Man. He appeared with Basinger again in The Getaway, a 1994 remake of the 1972 Steve McQueen film of the same name. Next, in a brief role, Baldwin played a ferocious sales executive in Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), a part added to the film version of David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play (including the monologue "Coffee's for closers"). Later that year, he starred in Prelude to a Kiss with Meg Ryan, which was based on the Broadway play. The film received a lukewarm reception by critics and grossed only $22 million worldwide.[13]
In 1994, Baldwin made a foray into pulp fiction-based movies with the role of the title character in The Shadow. The film made $48 million. In 1996 and 1997, Baldwin continued to work in several thrillers including The Edge, The Juror and Heaven's Prisoners.
Baldwin shifted towards character acting, beginning with Pearl Harbor in 2001. He played Lt. Col. James Doolittle in the film, which, with a worldwide box office of $449,220,945, remains the highest grossing film Baldwin has appeared in his acting career.[14] Baldwin was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance in the 2003 gambling drama The Cooler.[4] He appeared in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator (2004) and The Departed (2006).[4] In 2006, he starred in the film Mini's First Time, alongside Nikki Reed and Luke Wilson. Baldwin performed opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar in the 2007 romantic comedy, Suburban Girl. In 2009, he co-starred in the hit romantic comedy It's Complicated with Meryl Streep and Steve Martin. In 2001, he voiced Butch in Cats & Dogs.
Baldwin directed and starred in an all-star version of The Devil and Daniel Webster with Anthony Hopkins, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Dan Aykroyd in 2001.[15] The then-unreleased film became an asset in a federal bank fraud trial when investor Jed Barron was convicted of bank fraud while the movie was in production. The film eventually was acquired by The Yari Group without Baldwin's involvement.[16]
In 2003, he served as the antagonist in the live-action film The Cat in the Hat.
In 2007, the Yari Film Group announced it would give the film, now titled Shortcut to Happiness, a theatrical release in the spring and cable film network Starz! announced they had acquired pay TV rights for the film. Shortcut to Happiness was finally released in 2008. Baldwin, displeased with the way the film had been cut in post-production, demanded that his directorial credit be changed to the pseudonym "Harry Kirkpatrick".[17]
In 2009, Balwin appeared in a series of commercials for Hulu that premiered during the Super Bowl broadcast.
In 2010, Baldwin made a 5-second cameo appearance with comedian Andy Samberg in a musical video titled "Great Day" featured on the bonus DVD as part of Lonely Island's new album "Turtleneck & Chain". In this video, Samberg plays an enthusiastic, upbeat cocaine addict who believes that Tom Petty (who also co-stars) and Alec Baldwin are his very best friends--only to be quickly rejected by both. After finding out the hard way they are quite the opposite and feeling heartbroken, the addict then briefly sings about losing them.
Baldwin has also worked as voice actor in films such as The Royal Tenenbaums, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Thomas and the Magic Railroad and The Spongebob Squarepants Movie. As of March 2011 Baldwin has signed on to star alongside Tom Cruise, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julianne Hough, and Mary J. Blige in the film adaptaion of the jukebox hit musical Rock of Ages. Baldwin will play Dennis Dupree, the aging owner of a Sunset Strip rock club, when production begins in May 2011.
Radio[link]
On January 12, 2009, Baldwin became the host of The New York Philharmonic This Week, the nationally broadcast radio series of the New York Philharmonic.[18] He has recorded two nationally distributed public service radio announcements on behalf of the Save the Manatee Club.[19]
On October 24, 2011, WNYC public radio released the first episode of Baldwin's new podcast Here's the Thing, a series of interviews with public figures including artists, policy makers and performers. The first two episodes featured actor Michael Douglas and political consultant Ed Rollins.[20]
Personal life[link]
In 1990, he met his future wife, actress Kim Basinger, when they played lovers in the film The Marrying Man.[21] They married in 1993[22] and had a daughter, Ireland, in October 1995.[23] On January 12, 2001, Basinger filed for divorce,[24] which was finalized in February[citation needed] 2002.[25]
Since summer 2011,[26] Baldwin has been dating Hilaria Thomas, an instructor with Yoga Vida in Manhattan.[27][28] As of April 2012, Baldwin and Thomas are engaged.[29] In August 2011, Baldwin moved from the Upper West Side and to SoHo,[30] where they live together.[31]
Baldwin is a Catholic.[32][33]
Runway Incident[link]
In December of 2011, Alec was waiting on an American Airlines flight at LAX, and playing Words with Friends on his phone. When instructed to put away the "electronic device" by the stewardess, he reportedly became belligerent, and was eventually removed from the plane. He later publicly apologized, though only to the passengers so delayed, not the airline or Federal regulators.[34]
In 2012, a commercial for Capital One credit cards (for which Alec is a spokesman) made a humorous reference to this event: A viking character from the famous ad series asks about the phone Alec is using, and Baldwin replies, in a very facetious way, that it is not to be used on the runway, ending with a very chiding "no!" A commercial for Best Buy, also humorously referenced the event in which the Words With Friends co-creators are on a plane and are interrupted by a stewardess looking down at them, clearing her throat and signaling them to put their phones away while saying, "we created Words With Friends."
Baldwin also made a guest appearance on SNL's Weekend Update posing as the captain of the plane he was removed from in a bit poking fun at the situation.
[edit] A Promise to Ourselves
In 2008 Alec Baldwin and Mark Tabb published their book, A Promise to Ourselves, which chronicles Baldwin's seven-year battle to remain a part of his daughter's life.[35][36]
Baldwin contends that after their separation in December 2000, his former wife, Kim Basinger, endeavored to deny him access to his daughter by refusing to discuss parenting,[37] blocking visitation,[38] not providing telephone access,[39] not following court orders,[40] not dropping their daughter off for reasons of it being inconvenient,[41] and directly lobbying the child.[42] He contends she spent over $1.5 million in the effort.[43]
Baldwin called this parental alienation syndrome.[44] Baldwin has called the attorneys in the case "opportunists" and has characterized Basinger's psychologists as part of the "divorce industry". He has faulted them more than Basinger, and writes, "In fact, I blame my ex-wife least of all for what has transpired. She is a person, like many of us, doing the best she can with what she has. She is a litigant, and therefore, one who walks into a courtroom and is never offered anything other than what is served there. Nothing off the menu, ever."[45]
Baldwin wrote that he has spent over a million dollars,[46] has had to put time aside from his career,[47] has had to travel extensively,[48] and needed to find a house in California (he lived in New York),[49] so he could stay in his daughter's life.[35]
Baldwin contended that after seven years of these issues, he hit a breaking point, and on April 11, 2007, left an angry voicemail message in response to another unanswered arranged call in which Baldwin called his daughter a "rude, thoughtless little pig".[50] He contends that the tape was sold to TMZ, which released the recording despite laws against publishing media related to a minor without the permission of both parents.[51] Baldwin admitted he made a mistake, but asked not to be judged as a parent based on a bad moment.[52] He later admitted to Playboy in June 2009 that he contemplated suicide over the voice mail that leaked to the public. Of the incident, he said "I spoke to a lot of professionals, who helped me. If I committed suicide, [ex-wife Kim Basinger's side] would have considered that a victory. Destroying me was their avowed goal."[53]
During the autumn of 2008, Baldwin toured in support of the book, speaking about his experiences related in it.[54][55][56][57]
Political views[link]
Baldwin serves on the board of People for the American Way. He is an animal rights activist, and a strong supporter of PETA,[58][59] for which he has done work that includes narrating the video entitled Meet Your Meat.[60] Baldwin also lent his support to the Save the Manatee Club by donating his time to record several public service announcements for the group, which had contacted him following his role in "Bonfire of the Manatees", an episode of The Simpsons in which he was the voice of a biologist working to save the endangered mammals.[61]
During his appearance on the comedy late night show Late Night with Conan O'Brien on December 12, 1998, eight days before President Bill Clinton was to be impeached, Baldwin said, "If we were in another country ... we would stone Henry Hyde to death and we would go to their homes and kill their wives and their children. We would kill their families, for what they're doing to this country."[62] Baldwin later apologized for the remarks, and the network explained it was meant as a joke and promised not to rerun it.[63]
Baldwin said in a 2006 interview with the New York Times that if he did become involved in electoral politics, he would prefer to run for Governor of New York. When asked if he was qualified for the office, Baldwin responded that he considered himself far more qualified than California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.[64] In June 2011, The Daily reported that Baldwin was mulling a 2013 run for Mayor of New York City, in the wake of a potential early race shakeup after candidate Congressman Anthony Weiner's sexting scandal.[65] However, on December 21, 2011, Baldwin said he was abandoning plans to run for the office and would instead continue in his role on 30 Rock.[66]
In February 2009, Baldwin spoke out to encourage state leaders to renew New York's tax break for the film and television industry, stating that if the "tax breaks are not reinstated into the budget, film production in this town is going to collapse and television production is going to collapse and it's all going to go to California".[67]
During the 2011 Emmy Awards, Baldwin was slated to appear in a taped skit. However, the producers of the show cut a portion of the skit containing a reference to Rupert Murdoch and the News International phone hacking scandal. Baldwin told Access Hollywood Live that he asked them not to air his performance. Producers complied and he was replaced with Leonard Nimoy.[68]
Filmography[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980–1982 | Doctors, TheThe Doctors | Billy Allison Aldrich | |
| 1983 | Cutter to Houston | Dr. Hal Wexler | |
| 1984 | Sweet Revenge | Major Alex Breen | |
| 1984–1986 | Knots Landing | Joshua Rush | Cast member, seasons 6 & 7: 40 episodes |
| 1985 | Hotel | Dennis Medford | Episode: Distortions |
| Love on the Run | Sean Carpenter | ||
| 1986 | Dress Gray | Rysam 'Ry' Slaight | Miniseries |
| 1987 | Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory, TheThe Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory | Colonel William B. Travis | |
| 1990–2011 | Saturday Night Live | Host/various roles | Has record for most times hosted - 16 times |
| 1995 | Streetcar Named Desire, AA Streetcar Named Desire | Stanley Kowalski | Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Television Film Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film |
| 1996 | Goosebumps | Arnold Pagani | Episode: "Bad Hare Day" |
| 1998 | The Simpsons | Himself | Episode: "When You Dish Upon A Star" |
| Storytime with Thomas | Himself | Narrator | |
| 1998–2002 | Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends | Himself | Narrator: Series 5-6 |
| 2000 | Nuremberg | Justice Robert H. Jackson | TV miniseries Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film |
| 2000–2001 | Clerks: The Animated Series | Leonardo Leonardo | 6 Episodes |
| 2002 | Friends | Parker | Episodes: "The One in Massapequa", "The One with the Tea Leaves" |
| Path to War | Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense | TV movie Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Television Film Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
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| 2003 | Walking with Cavemen | Himself | Episodes: "Blood Brothers", "First Ancestors", "Savage Family", "The Survivors" |
| Teen Titans | Blue Barron | Voice | |
| Second Nature | Paul Kane | ||
| Dreams & Giants | Himself | Host | |
| 2004 | Johnny Bravo | Himself | Voice role Episode: "Johnny Bravo Goes to Hollywood" |
| Fairly OddParents in: Channel Chasers, TheThe Fairly OddParents in: Channel Chasers | Adult Timmy Turner | Voice | |
| Nip/Tuck | Dr. Barret Moore | Episode: "Joan Rivers" | |
| Las Vegas | Jack Keller | Episodes: "Degas Away with It", "Hellraisers & Heartbreakers" | |
| 2005 | Simpsons, TheThe Simpsons | Dr. Caleb Thorn | Episode: "Bonfire of the Manatees" |
| Will & Grace | Malcolm | Episodes: "The Hole Truth", "Seems Like Old Times", "The Old Man and the Sea", "Alive and Schticking", "Friends with Benefits", "Kiss and Tell" Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – Comedy Series (2005, 2006) |
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| 2006 | Great Performances | Luther Billis | Episode: "'South Pacific' in Concert from Carnegie Hall" |
| 2006–present | 30 Rock | Jack Donaghy | Produced five episodes Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Comedy Series (2008, 2009) Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2006, 2008, 2009) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series (2006-2011) Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Comedy Series (2007, 2010, 2011) Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2007, 2010) |
| 2010 | Marriage Ref, TheThe Marriage Ref | Guest Judge | Episodes: "Pilot", "Episode 5" |
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- ^ "And the Oscar Goes to ... 'The Cove'!". The PETA Files. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. March 8, 2010. http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/tags/Alec+Baldwin/default.aspx. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
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- ^ "Alec Baldwin speaks out for manatees" (Press release). Save the Manatee Club. July 31 , 2007. http://www.savethemanatee.org/news_pr_baldwin_psas.html. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
- ^ Baker, Brent H. (December 16, 1998). "'Stone Henry Hyde to Death!'". CyberAlert. Media Research Center. Archived from the original on November 14, 2010. http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/1998/cyb19981215.asp#5. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
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- ^ Solomon, Deborah (2006-10-29). "Getting In on the Sitcom Act". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/29/magazine/29wwln_q4.html?_r=1&oref=slogin. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
- ^ Johnson, Richard (June 8, 2011). "Political Smart Alec". The Daily. http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/06/08/060811-news-alec-baldwin-1-2/. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
- ^ Johnson, Richard (December 21, 2011). "Alec Baldwin rules out 2013 NYC mayoral campaign". Daily News (New York). http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/alec-baldwin-rules-2013-mayoral-campaign-article-1.995075. Retrieved December 23, 2011.
- ^ "Alec Baldwin Calls on Governor To Extend Tax Credit". NY1. February 26, 2009. http://www.ny1.com/content/94633/alec-baldwin-calls-on-governor-to-extend-tax-credit/Default.aspx. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
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Further reading[link]
- Baldwin, Alec (2008). A Promise to Ourselves: A Journey Through Fatherhood and Divorce. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-36336-9. OCLC 222666774. http://books.google.com/books?id=BdLOJ-S_IIEC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- Brown, Scott (December 15, 2009). "Stay in the Game: The Fall and Rise of Alec Baldwin". Wired (Condé Nast Publications) (January 2010): 86–87. http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/fail_alec_baldwin/.
External links[link]
- Official website
- Alec Baldwin at the Internet Movie Database
- Alec Baldwin at the Internet Broadway Database
- Alec Baldwin at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Alec Baldwin at AllRovi
- Political contributions of Alec Baldwin
- Alec Baldwin's Blog at Huffington Post
- Alec Baldwin narrates the PETA's Meet your Meat video
- Alec Baldwin's Charity Work
- Alec Baldwin at Emmys.com
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| Name | Baldwin, Alec |
| Alternative names | Baldwin, Alexander Rae III |
| Short description | American actor |
| Date of birth | April 3, 1958 |
| Place of birth | Amityville, New York, U.S. |
| Date of death | |
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| David Letterman | |
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 Letterman performing on his show in June 2011. |
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| Pseudonym | Earl Hofert |
| Born | (1947-04-12) April 12, 1947 (age 65) Indianapolis, Indiana, United States[1] |
| Medium | Stand-up, talk show |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Genres | Observational comedy, surreal humor, deadpan |
| Subject(s) | Self-deprecation, everyday life |
| Influences | Steve Allen,[citation needed] Johnny Carson,[2] Jack Paar,[citation needed] Paul Dixon[3] |
| Influenced | Jimmy Kimmel, Jim Gaffigan, Jon Stewart, Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon |
| Spouse | Michelle Cook (1969–1977) Regina Lasko (2009–present) |
| Domestic partner(s) | Regina Lasko (1986–2009) |
| Notable works and roles | Host of The David Letterman Show (NBC) Host of Late Night with David Letterman (NBC) Host of Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) |
| Signature |  |
| Website | CBS.com/latenight/lateshow |
| Emmy Awards | |
| Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Variety Series 1981 The David Letterman Show Outstanding Individual Achievement — Writers 1981 The David Letterman Show Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program 1984 Late Night with David Letterman 1985 Late Night with David Letterman 1986 Late Night with David Letterman 1987 Late Night with David Letterman Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series 1994 Late Show with David Letterman |
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| American Comedy Awards | |
| Funniest Male Performer in a TV Special (Leading or Supporting) Network, Cable or Syndication 1989 Late Night with David Letterman 1995 Late Show with David Letterman: Video Special Funniest Male Performer in a TV Series (Leading Role) Network, Cable or Syndication 1994 Late Show with David Letterman 2001 Late Show with David Letterman |
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David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host and comedian.[1] He hosts the late night television talk show, Late Show with David Letterman, broadcast on CBS. Letterman has been a fixture on late night television since the 1982 debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC. Letterman recently surpassed friend and mentor Johnny Carson for having the longest late-night hosting career in the United States of America.[4]
Letterman is also a television and film producer. His company Worldwide Pants produces his show as well as its network follow-up The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Worldwide Pants has also produced several prime-time comedies, the most successful of which was Everybody Loves Raymond, currently in syndication.
In 1996, David Letterman was ranked #45 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.[5]
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Early life and career[link]
Letterman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. His father, Harry Joseph Letterman (April 1915 – February 1973),[6] was a florist of British descent; his mother Dorothy Letterman (née Hofert, now Dorothy Mengering), a Presbyterian church secretary of German descent, is an occasional figure on the show, usually at holidays and birthdays.
Letterman lived on the north side of Indianapolis (Broad Ripple area), not far from Speedway, IN, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and he enjoyed collecting model cars, including racers.[7] In 2000, he told an interviewer for Esquire that, while growing up, he admired his father's ability to tell jokes and be the life of the party. Harry Joseph Letterman survived a heart attack at age 36, when David was a young boy. The fear of losing his father was constantly with Letterman as he grew up.[8] The elder Letterman died of a second heart attack[9] at age 57.
Letterman attended his hometown's Broad Ripple High School at the same time as Marilyn Tucker (future wife of Dan Quayle) and worked as a stock boy at the local Atlas supermarket.[10] According to the Ball State Daily News, he originally had wanted to attend Indiana University, but his grades weren't good enough, so he decided to attend Ball State University, in Muncie, Indiana.[11] He is a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, and he graduated from what was then the Department of Radio and Television, in 1969. A self-described average student, Letterman endowed a scholarship for what he called "C students" at Ball State.[12]
Though he registered for the draft and passed his physical after graduating from college, he was not drafted for service in Vietnam due to receiving a draft lottery number of 352 (out of 365).[13]
Letterman began his broadcasting career as an announcer and newscaster at the college's student-run radio station—WBST—a 10-watt campus station which now is part of Indiana Public Radio.[14] He was fired for treating classical music with irreverence.[14]
Letterman then became involved with the founding of another campus station—WAGO-AM 570 (now WWHI, 91.3).[15]
Letterman credits Paul Dixon—host of the Paul Dixon Show, a Cincinnati-based talk show also shown in Indianapolis while Letterman was growing up—for inspiring his choice of career:[3]
- "I was just out of college [in 1969], and I really didn't know what I wanted to do. And then all of a sudden I saw him doing it [on TV]. And I thought: That's really what I want to do!"
Weatherman[link]
Letterman began his career as a radio talk show host on WNTS (AM), and on Indianapolis television station WLWI (now called WTHR) as an anchor, and weatherman. He received some attention for his unpredictable on-air behavior, which included congratulating a tropical storm for being upgraded to a hurricane and predicting hail stones "the size of canned hams."[16] He would also occasionally report the weather and the day's very high and low temps for fictitious cities ("Eight inches of snow in Bingree and surrounding areas.") while on another occasion saying that a state border had been erased.[17] ("From space you can see the border between Indiana and Ohio has been erased. I'm not in favor of this.") He also starred in a local kiddie show, made wisecracks as host of a late night TV show called "Freeze-Dried Movies" (he once acted out a scene from "Godzilla" using plastic dinosaurs),[18] and hosted a talk show that aired early on Saturday mornings called "Clover Power,"[19] in which he interviewed 4-H members about their projects.[20]
In 1971, Letterman appeared as a pit road reporter for ABC Sports' tape-delayed coverage of the Indianapolis 500.[21] David initially is introduced as Chris Economaki in his job as a corner reporter. Letterman interviews Mario Andretti who has just crashed out of the race and asks him a question about traffic on the course.
Move to Los Angeles[link]
In 1975, encouraged by his then-wife Michelle and several of his Sigma Chi fraternity brothers, Letterman moved to Los Angeles, California, with hope of becoming a comedy writer.[22] He started off by writing material for comedian Jimmie Walker.[23] He also began performing stand-up comedy at The Comedy Store, a proving ground for unknown comics.
In the summer of 1977, Letterman was a writer and regular on the six-week summer series The Starland Vocal Band Show, broadcast on CBS.[24] He hosted a 1977 pilot for a game show entitled The Riddlers[25][26] that was never picked up and co-starred in the Barry Levinson-produced comedy special Peeping Times that aired in January 1978. Later that year, Letterman was a cast member on Mary Tyler Moore's variety show, Mary.[27] Letterman made a guest appearance on Mork & Mindy (as a parody of EST leader Werner Erhard[28]) and appearances on game shows such as The $20,000 Pyramid,[29] The Gong Show, Password Plus[30] and Liar's Club, as well as talk shows such as The Mike Douglas Show.[31] He was also screen tested for the lead role in the 1980 film Airplane!, a role that eventually went to Robert Hays.[32]
His dry, sarcastic humor caught the attention of scouts for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Letterman was soon a regular guest on the show. Letterman became a favorite of Carson's and was a regular guest host for the show beginning in 1978. Letterman credits Carson as the person who influenced his career the most.[2]
NBC[link]
Morning show[link]
Main article: The David Letterman Show
On June 23, 1980, Letterman was given his own morning comedy show on NBC, The David Letterman Show. It was originally 90 minutes long, but was shortened to 60 minutes in August 1980.[33] The show was a critical success, winning two Emmy Awards, but was a ratings disappointment and was canceled in October 1980.
[edit] Late Night with David Letterman
Main article: Late Night with David Letterman
NBC kept Letterman under contract to try him in a different time slot. Late Night with David Letterman debuted February 1, 1982; the first guest on the first show was Bill Murray.[34] Murray also guested on January 31, 2012 – 30 years later. The show ran Monday through Thursday at 12:30 a.m. Eastern Time, immediately following The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (a Friday night broadcast was added in June 1987). It was seen as being edgy and unpredictable, and soon developed a cult following (particularly among college students). Letterman's reputation as an acerbic interviewer was borne out in verbal sparring matches with Cher[35] (who even called him an asshole on the show), Shirley MacLaine,[36] Charles Grodin, and Madonna. The show also featured comedy segments and running characters, in a style heavily influenced by the 1950s and 1960s programs of Steve Allen.[37] Although Ernie Kovacs is often cited as an influence on the show,[38] Letterman has denied this.[2]
The show often featured quirky, genre-mocking regular features, including "Stupid Pet Tricks[39] ", dropping various objects off the roof of a five-story building,[40] demonstrations of unorthodox clothing (such as suits made of Alka-Seltzer,[41] Velcro[42] and suet), a recurring Top 10 list, the Monkey-Cam[43] (and the Audience Cam), and a facetious letter-answering segment.[44] The Top 10 list, several "Film[s] by My Dog Bob" in which a camera was mounted on Letterman's own dog[45] (often with comic results), Stupid Human Tricks,[46] Small Town News,[47] and Stupid Pet Tricks[48] (which had its origins on Letterman's morning show) all eventually moved with Letterman to CBS.
Other memorable moments included Letterman using a bullhorn to interrupt a live interview on The Today Show, announcing that he was the NBC president while not wearing any pants; interrupting Al Roker on WNBC-TV's broadcast of Live at Five by walking into their studio (which occupied the same floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza as Letterman's studio); and staging "elevator races", complete with commentary by NBC Sports' Bob Costas. In one infamous appearance, in 1982, Andy Kaufman (who was already wearing a neck brace) appeared to be slapped and knocked to the ground by professional wrestler Jerry Lawler (though Lawler and Kaufman's friend Bob Zmuda later revealed that the event was staged.)[49] In another memorable exchange, sex expert Dr. Ruth Westheimer included cucumbers in a list of handy sex objects that women could find at home. The following night, guest Ted Koppel asked Letterman "May I insert something here?" and Dave responded "OK, as long as it's not a cucumber."[citation needed]
[edit] Late Show with David Letterman
Main article: Late Show with David Letterman
In 1992, Johnny Carson retired, and many fans believed that Letterman would become host of The Tonight Show. When NBC instead gave the job to Jay Leno, Letterman departed NBC to host his own late-night show on CBS, opposite The Tonight Show at 11:30 p.m., called the Late Show with David Letterman. The new show debuted on August 30, 1993 and was taped at the historic Ed Sullivan Theater, where Ed Sullivan taped his eponymous variety series from 1948 to 1971. For Letterman's arrival, CBS spent $8 million in renovations.[50] In addition to that cost, CBS also signed Letterman to a lucrative three-year, $14 million/year contract,[51] doubling his Late Night salary. The total cost for everything (renovations, negotiation right paid to NBC, signing Letterman, announcer Bill Wendell, Shaffer, the writers and the band) was over $140 million.
But while the expectation was that Letterman would retain his unique style and sense of humor with the move, Late Show was not an exact replica of his old NBC program. Recognizing the more formal mood (and wider audience) of his new time slot and studio, Letterman eschewed his trademark blazer with khaki pants and white sneakers wardrobe combination in favor of expensive shoes, tailored suits and light-colored socks. The monologue was lengthened and Paul Shaffer and the "World's Most Dangerous Band" followed Letterman to CBS, but they added a brass section and were rebranded the "CBS Orchestra" as a short monologue and a small band were mandated by Carson while Letterman occupied the 12:30 slot. Additionally, because of intellectual property disagreements, Letterman was unable to import many of his Late Night segments verbatim,[52] but he sidestepped this problem by simply renaming them (the "Top Ten List" became the "Late Show Top Ten", "Viewer Mail" became the "CBS Mailbag", etc.)
Popularity[link]
The main competitor of The Late Show is NBC's The Tonight Show, which was hosted by Jay Leno for nearly 16 years, but from June 1, 2009, to January 22, 2010, was hosted by Conan O'Brien. In 1993 and 1994, The Late Show consistently gained higher ratings than The Tonight Show. But in 1995, ratings dipped and Leno's show consistently beat Letterman's in the ratings from the time that Hugh Grant came on Leno's show after Grant's arrest for soliciting a prostitute.;[53] Leno typically attracted about 5 million nightly viewers between 1999 and 2009. The Late Show lost nearly half its audience during its competition with Leno, attracting 7.1 million viewers nightly in its 1993–94 season and about 3.8 million per night as of Leno's departure in 2009.[54] In the final months of his first stint as host of The Tonight Show, Leno beat Letterman in the ratings by a 1.3 million viewer margin (5.2 million to 3.9 million), and Nightline and The Late Show were virtually tied.[55] Once O'Brien took over Tonight, however, Letterman closed the gap in the ratings.[56][57][58] O'Brien initially drove the median age of Tonight Show viewers from 55 to 45, with most older viewers opting to watch The Late Show instead.[59]
Following Leno's return to The Tonight Show, however, Leno has regained his lead.[60]
Letterman's shows have garnered both critical and industry praise, receiving 67 Emmy Award nominations, winning 12 times in his first 20 years in late night television. From 1993–2009, Letterman ranked higher than Leno in the annual Harris Poll of Nation's Favorite TV Personality 12 times.[61] For example, in 2003 and 2004 Letterman ranked second in that poll, behind only Oprah Winfrey, a year that Leno was ranked fifth.[62] Leno was higher than Letterman on that poll three times during the same period, in 1998, 2007, and 2008.[61]
Hosting the Academy Awards[link]
On March 27, 1995, Letterman acted as the host for the 67th Academy Awards ceremony. Critics blasted[63] Letterman for what they deemed a poor hosting of the Oscars, noting that his irreverent style undermined the traditional importance and glamor of the event.[citation needed] In a joke about their unusual names (inspired by a similar joke by Woody Allen), he started off by introducing Uma Thurman to Oprah Winfrey, and then both of them to Keanu Reeves: "Oprah...Uma. Uma...Oprah," "Have you kids met Keanu?"[64] This and many of his other jokes fell flat.[citation needed] Although Letterman attracted the highest ratings to the annual telecast since 1983, many felt that the bad publicity garnered by Letterman's hosting caused a decline in the Late Show's ratings.[65]
Letterman recycled the apparent debacle into a long-running gag. On his first show after the Oscars, he joked, "Looking back, I had no idea that thing was being televised." He lampooned his stint two years later, during Billy Crystal's opening Oscar skit, which also parodied the plane-crashing scenes from that year's chief nominated film, The English Patient.
For years afterward, Letterman recounted his hosting the Oscars, although the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences continued to hold Letterman in high regard and they had invited him to host the Oscars again.[66][67] On September 7, 2010, he made an appearance on the premiere of the 14th season of The View, and confirmed that he had been considered for hosting again.
Heart surgery hiatus[link]
On January 14, 2000, a routine check-up revealed that an artery in Letterman's heart was severely obstructed. He was rushed to emergency surgery for a quintuple bypass.[68]
During the initial weeks of his recovery, reruns of the Late Show were shown and introduced by friends of Letterman including Drew Barrymore,[58] Ray Romano, Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Megan Mullally, Bill Murray, Regis Philbin, Charles Grodin, Nathan Lane, Julia Roberts,[58] Bruce Willis, Jerry Seinfeld, Martin Short, Steven Seagal, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Danny DeVito, Steve Martin, and Sarah Jessica Parker.
Subsequently, while still recovering from surgery, Letterman revived the late night tradition that had virtually disappeared on network television during the 1990s of 'guest hosts' by allowing Bill Cosby, Kathie Lee Gifford (recommended by Regis Philbin, who was asked first but had no time in his schedule), Dana Carvey, Janeane Garofalo, and others to host new episodes of The Late Show. Cosby—the show's first guest host—refused to sit at Letterman's desk out of respect, using the couch instead; Garofalo followed suit, utilizing a set of grade-school desks instead.
Upon his return to the show on February 21, 2000, Letterman brought all of the doctors and nurses on stage who had participated in his surgery and recovery (with extra teasing of a nurse who had given him bed baths—"This woman has seen me naked!"),[69] including Dr. O. Wayne Isom and physician Louis Aronne, who frequently appears on the show. In a show of emotion, Letterman was nearly in tears as he thanked the health care team with the words "These are the people who saved my life!" The episode earned an Emmy nomination. For a number of episodes, Letterman continued to crack jokes about his bypass, including saying, "Bypass surgery: it's when doctors surgically create new blood flow to your heart. A bypass is what happened to me when I didn't get The Tonight Show! It's a whole different thing." In a later running gag he lobbied his home state of Indiana to rename the freeway circling Indianapolis (I-465) "The David Letterman Bypass." He also featured a montage of faux news coverage of his bypass surgery, which included a clip of Dave's heart for sale on the Home Shopping Network. Letterman became friends with his doctors and nurses. In 2008, a Rolling Stone interview stated "he hosted a doctor and nurse who'd helped perform the emergency quintuple-bypass heart surgery that saved his life in 2000. 'These are people who were complete strangers when they opened my chest,' he says. 'And now, eight years later, they're among my best friends.' "[4]
Additionally, Letterman invited the band Foo Fighters to play "Everlong",[70] introducing them as "my favorite band, playing my favorite song."[71] During a later Foo Fighters appearance, Letterman said that Foo Fighters had been in the middle of a South American tour which they canceled to come play on his comeback episode.
Letterman again handed over the reins of the show to several guest hosts (including Bill Cosby, Brad Garrett, Elvis Costello, John McEnroe, Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell, Bonnie Hunt, Luke Wilson and bandleader Paul Shaffer) in February 2003, when he was diagnosed with a severe case of shingles. Later that year, Letterman made regular use of guest hosts—including Tom Arnold and Kelsey Grammer—for new shows broadcast on Fridays. In March 2007, Adam Sandler—who had been scheduled to be the lead guest—served as a guest host while Letterman was ill with a stomach virus.[72]
Re-signing with CBS[link]
In March 2002, as Letterman's contract with CBS neared expiration, ABC offered him the time slot for long-running news program Nightline with Ted Koppel. Letterman was interested as he believed he could never match Leno's ratings at CBS due to Letterman's complaint of weaker lead-ins from the network's late local news programs, but was reluctant to replace Koppel.[73] Letterman addressed his decision to re-sign on the air, stating that he was content at CBS and that he had great respect for Koppel.
On December 4, 2006, CBS revealed that Letterman signed a new contract to host The Late Show with David Letterman through the fall of 2010. "I'm thrilled to be continuing on at CBS," said Letterman. "At my age you really don't want to have to learn a new commute."[74] Letterman further joked about the subject by pulling up his right pants leg, revealing a tattoo, presumably temporary, of the ABC logo.
"Thirteen years ago, David Letterman put CBS late night on the map and in the process became one of the defining icons of our network," said Leslie Moonves, president and CEO of CBS Corporation. "His presence on our air is an ongoing source of pride, and the creativity and imagination that the Late Show puts forth every night is an ongoing display of the highest quality entertainment. We are truly honored that one of the most revered and talented entertainers of our time will continue to call CBS 'home.'"[75]
According to a 2007 article in Forbes magazine, Letterman earned $40 million a year.[76] A 2009 article in The New York Times, however, said his salary was estimated at $32 million per year.[77] In June 2009, Letterman's Worldwide Pants and CBS reached agreement to continue the Late Show until at least August 2012. The previous contract had been set to expire in 2010, and the two-year extension is shorter than the typical three-year contract period negotiated in the past.[77] Worldwide Pants agreed to lower its fee for the show, though it had remained a "solid moneymaker for CBS" under the previous contract.[77]
On the February 3, 2011, edition of the Late Show, during an interview with Howard Stern, Letterman said he would continue to do his talk show for "maybe two years, I think."[78]
2007–2008 writers' strike[link]
The Late Show went off air for eight weeks during the months of November and December because of the Writers Guild of America strike. Letterman's production company—Worldwide Pants—was the first company to make an individual agreement with the WGA,[79] thus allowing his show to come back on air on January 2, 2008. On his first episode since being off air, he surprised the viewing audience with his newly grown beard, which signified solidarity with the strike.[80] His beard was shaved off during the show on January 7, 2008.
Controversy over jokes about daughter of Sarah Palin[link]
On June 8 and June 9, 2009, Letterman told a sexually-themed joke on his show each night about a daughter of Sarah Palin.[81] Palin was in New York City at the time with her fourteen year-old daughter, Willow, and the jokes were said to be aimed at the daughter, never named, who was visiting New York City with her mother.[81] Palin criticized the jokes, saying in a statement posted on the internet that "I doubt he'd ever dare make such comments about anyone else's daughter," and "laughter incited by sexually-perverted comments made by a 62-year-old male celebrity aimed at a 14-year-old girl" is "disgusting."[82] On June 10, Letterman responded to the controversy on his show by stating that the jokes were meant to be about Palin's eighteen year-old daughter, Bristol, whose pregnancy as an unmarried teenager had caused controversy during the 2008 Presidential election, and that "(t)hese are not jokes made about (Palin's) 14-year-old daughter. I would never, never make jokes about raping or having sex of any description with a 14-year-old girl."[82] His remarks didn't put an end to the public criticism, however, with the National Organization for Women, who supported Palin in a statement, noting he had given only "something of an apology."[81] With the controversy not subsiding, Letterman addressed the issue again on his June 15 show, faulting himself for the error and apologizing "especially to the two daughters involved, Bristol and Willow, and also to the governor and her family and everybody else who was outraged by the joke."[83]
Letterman and Carson[link]
In spite of Johnny Carson's clear intention to pass his title to Letterman, NBC selected Jay Leno to host The Tonight Show after Carson's departure.[84] Letterman maintained a close relationship with Carson through his break with NBC. Three years after he left for CBS, HBO produced a made-for-television movie called The Late Shift, based on a book by New York Times reporter Bill Carter, chronicling the battle between Letterman and Leno for the coveted Tonight Show hosting spot. Letterman would mock the film for months afterward, specifically on how the actor playing him, John Michael Higgins, did not resemble him in the least.[citation needed]
Carson later made a few cameo appearances as a guest on Letterman's show. Carson's final television appearance came May 13, 1994, on a Late Show episode taped in Los Angeles, when he made a surprise appearance during a 'Top 10 list' segment. The audience went wild as Letterman stood up and proudly invited Carson to sit at his desk. The applause was so protracted that Carson was unable to say anything, and he finally returned backstage as the applause continued (it was later explained that Carson had laryngitis, though Carson can be heard talking to Letterman during his appearance).
In early 2005, it was revealed that Carson still kept up with current events and late-night TV right up to his death that year, and that he occasionally sent jokes to Letterman, who used these jokes in his monologue; according to CBS senior vice president Peter Lassally (a onetime producer for both men), Carson got "a big kick out of it."[85] Letterman would do a characteristic Johnny Carson golf swing after delivering one of Carson's jokes. In a tribute to Carson, all of the opening monologue jokes during the first show following Carson's death were written by Carson.
Lassally also claimed that Carson had always believed Letterman, not Leno, to be his "rightful successor."[86] Letterman also frequently employs some of Carson's trademark bits on his show, including "Carnac the Magnificent" (with Paul Shaffer as Carnac), "Stump the Band" and the "Week in Review."
Letterman and Oprah Winfrey[link]
Letterman and Oprah had a 16 year feud which according to Letterman started when he and his girlfriend decided to skip out on a bill, tricking the waiter into thinking Oprah agreed to pay it.[87]
On September 10, 2007, Letterman made his first appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show at Madison Square Garden in New York City. He shared pictures of his son and live-in girlfriend. The so-called feud between Letterman and Winfrey apparently ended in 2005 when Winfrey appeared on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman on December 2, in an event Letterman jokingly referred to as "the Super Bowl of Love".[88] Winfrey had previously appeared on Letterman's show when he was hosting NBC's Late Night on May 2, 1989.
Winfrey and Letterman also appeared together in a Late Show promo that aired during CBS's coverage of Super Bowl XLI in February 2007, with the two sitting next to each other on the couch watching the game. Since the game was played between the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears, the Indianapolis-born Letterman wears a Peyton Manning jersey, while Winfrey—who tapes her show in Chicago—is in a Brian Urlacher jersey.[89] Three years later, during CBS's coverage of Super Bowl XLIV, the two appeared again, this time with Winfrey sitting on a couch between Letterman and Jay Leno. The appearance was Letterman's idea: Leno flew to New York City in an NBC corporate jet, sneaking into the Ed Sullivan Theater during the Late Show's February 4 taping wearing a disguise, meeting Winfrey and Letterman at a living room set created in the theater's balcony where they taped their promo.[90]
Response to Internet death threat[link]
On August 17, 2011, it was reported that a Muslim militant had posted a death threat against Letterman on a website frequented by Al-Qaeda supporters, calling on American Muslims to kill Letterman for making a joke about the death of an Al-Qaeda leader killed in a drone strike in Pakistan in June 2011.[91] In his show on August 22, Letterman joked about the threat, saying "State Department authorities are looking into this. They're not taking this lightly. They're looking into it. They're questioning, they're interrogating, there's an electronic trail—but everybody knows it's Leno."[92]
Appearances in other media[link]
Letterman appeared in issue 239 of the Marvel comic book The Avengers, in which the title characters are guests on Late Night.[93] A parody of Letterman, named "David Endochrine," is gassed to death along with his bandleader named "Paul" and their audience in Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns.[94]
Letterman appeared in the pilot episode of the short-lived 1986 series "Coach Toast", and he appears with a bag over his head as a guest on Bonnie Hunt's ca. 1993 sitcom The Building. He also appears in The Simpsons, as himself in a couch gag when The Simpsons find themselves (and the couch) in "Late Night with David Letterman." He had a cameo in the feature film Cabin Boy, with Chris Elliott, who worked as a writer on Letterman's show. In this and other appearances, Letterman is listed in the credits as "Earl Hofert", the name of Letterman's maternal grandfather. He also appeared as himself in the Howard Stern biopic Private Parts as well as the 1999 Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon, in a few episodes of Garry Shandling's 1990s TV series The Larry Sanders Show and in "The Abstinence", a 1996 episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. Letterman also made an uncredited appearance in the first episode of the third season of the sitcom The Nanny.
Letterman provided vocals for the Warren Zevon song "Hit Somebody" from My Ride's Here,[95] and provided the voice for Butt-head's father in the 1996 animated film Beavis and Butt-head Do America.
In 2010, a documentary Dying to Do Letterman was released directed by Joke Fincioen and Biagio Messina featuring Steve Mazan, a stand up comic, who has cancer and wants to appear on the Letterman Show. The film won Best Documentary and Jury Awards at the Cinequest Film Festival.[96] Steve Mazan published a same-titled book (full title, Dying to Do Letterman: Turning Someday into Today) about his own saga.[97]
Known for rarely giving television interviews, Letterman appeared as an exclusive guest on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight on May 29, 2012. He was interviewed for one full hour by a long-time friend and fellow television host Regis Philbin, who guest hosted the show during Piers Morgan's leave during that week.
Other projects[link]
Worldwide Pants[link]
Letterman started his own production company—Worldwide Pants Incorporated—which produced his show and several others, including Everybody Loves Raymond, The Late Late Show, and several critically acclaimed, but short-lived television series for Bonnie Hunt. Worldwide Pants also produced the dramedy program Ed, which aired on NBC from 2000–2004. It was Letterman's first association with NBC since he left the network in 1993. During Ed's run, the star, Tom Cavanagh, appeared as a guest on The Late Show several times.
In 2005, Worldwide Pants produced its first feature film, Strangers with Candy, which was a prequel to the Comedy Central TV series of the same title. In 2007, Worldwide Pants produced the ABC comedy series, Knights of Prosperity.
Worldwide Pants made significant news in December 2007 when it was announced that Letterman's company had independently negotiated its own contract with the Writers Guild of America, East, thus allowing Letterman, Craig Ferguson, and their writers to return to work, while the union continued its strike against production companies, networks and studios who had not reached an agreement.
Record company[link]
In late April 2010, several music industry websites reported that Letterman started a record label named Clear Entertainment/C.E. Music and signed his first artist, Runner Runner.[98][99] Lucy Walsh announced on her MySpace page that she has been signed by Letterman and Clear Entertainment/C.E. Music and is working on her album.
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing[link]
Main article: Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLLR) is an auto racing team that currently races in the American Le Mans Series, and part-time in the Indy Racing League. It is co-owned by 1986 Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Rahal, businessman Mike Lanigan, and Letterman himself, and is based in Hilliard, Ohio. The team won the 2004 Indianapolis 500 with driver Buddy Rice. Letterman was a pit reporter for ABC in the 1971 Indianapolis 500.[21]
American Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming[link]
Main article: American Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming
American Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming is Letterman's private foundation. Through it, Letterman has donated millions of dollars to charities and other non-profits in Indiana and Montana, celebrity-affiliated organizations such as Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, universities such as Ball State, and other organizations such as the American Cancer Society, Salvation Army, and Doctors Without Borders.
Personal life[link]
Marriages and long-term relationships[link]
In 1969, Letterman married Michelle Cook; the marriage ended by divorce in 1977.[100] He also had a long-term relationship with former head writer and producer on Late Night, Merrill Markoe. Markoe was the mind behind several Late Night staples, such as "Stupid Pet/Human Tricks".
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Letterman has a son, Harry Joseph Letterman (born on November 3, 2003), with Regina Lasko. Harry is named after Letterman's father.[101] In 2005, police discovered a plot to kidnap Harry Letterman and ransom him for $5 million. Kelly Frank, a house painter who had worked for Letterman, was charged in the conspiracy.[102]
Letterman and Lasko, who had been together since 1986, wed on March 19, 2009, during a quiet courthouse civil ceremony in Choteau, Montana, where he purchased a ranch in 1999.[103][104][105] Letterman announced the marriage during the taping of his March 23 show, shortly after congratulating Bruce Willis for getting married the previous week. Letterman told the audience he nearly missed the ceremony because his truck became stuck in mud two miles from their house.[106] The family resides in North Salem, New York, on a 108-acre (44 ha) estate.[107]
Stalking incident[link]
Beginning in May 1988, Letterman was stalked by Margaret Mary Ray, a woman suffering from schizophrenia. She once stole his Porsche, repeatedly broke into his house, and camped out on his tennis court. Her exploits drew national attention, and Letterman occasionally joked about her behavior in his show, although never mentioning her name. After she committed suicide in 1998, Letterman told the New York Times that he had had great compassion for her,[108] and publicly expressed sympathy.[109]
[edit] Extortion attempt and revelation of affairs
On his October 1, 2009, show, Letterman announced that he had been the victim of an extortion attempt by someone threatening to reveal that he had had sex with several of his female employees, and at the same time, he confirmed that he had had such relationships.[110] He stated that three weeks earlier (on September 9, 2009) someone had left a package in his car with material he said he would write into a screenplay and a book if Letterman did not pay him $2 million. Letterman said that he contacted the Manhattan District Attorney's office, ultimately cooperating with them to conduct a sting operation involving giving the man a phony check.[111] Subsequently, Robert J. "Joe" Halderman, a producer of the CBS true crime journalism series 48 Hours, was arrested after trying to deposit the check. He was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury and pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempted grand larceny on October 2, 2009.[112] Eventually, on March 9, 2010, he pleaded guilty to this same felony and served a 6-month jail sentence, followed by probation and community service.[113]
A central figure in the case and one of the women Letterman had had a sexual relationship with was his longtime personal assistant Stephanie Birkitt, who often appeared with him on his show. She had also worked for 48 Hours.[114] Until a month prior to the revelations, she had shared a residence with Halderman,[115] who allegedly had copied her personal diary and used it, along with private emails, in the blackmail package.[116]
On October 3, 2009, a former CBS employee, Holly Hester, announced that she and Letterman had engaged in a year-long "secret" affair in the early 1990s while she was his intern and a student at New York University.[117]
In the days following the initial announcement of the affairs and the arrest, several prominent women, including Kathie Lee Gifford, co-host of NBC's Today Show, and NBC news anchor Ann Curry questioned whether Letterman's affairs with subordinates created an unfair working environment.[118] A spokesman for Worldwide Pants said that the company's sexual harassment policy did not prohibit sexual relationships between managers and employees.[119] According to business news reporter Eve Tahmincioglu, "CBS suppliers are supposed to follow the company's business conduct policies" and the CBS 2008 Business Conduct Statement states that "If a consenting romantic or sexual relationship between a supervisor and a direct or indirect subordinate should develop, CBS requires the supervisor to disclose this information to his or her Company's Human Resources Department..."[120]
On October 5, 2009, Letterman devoted a segment of his show to a public apology to his wife and staff.[121][122] Three days later, Worldwide Pants announced that Birkitt had been placed on a "paid leave of absence" from the Late Show.[123] On October 15, CBS News announced that the company's Chief Investigative Correspondent, Armen Keteyian, had been assigned to conduct an "in-depth investigation" into Halderman's blackmail of Letterman.[124]
Awards and honors[link]
Awards[link]
Main article: List of David Letterman awards
In his capacities as either a writer, producer, performer, or as part of a writing team, Letterman is among the most nominated people in Emmy Award history with 52 nominations, winning two Daytime Emmys and five Primetime Emmys since 1981. His nomination record is second only to producer Jac Venza, who holds the record for the most Emmy nominations for an individual (57). Letterman has been nominated every year since 1984, when he first appeared on late night television as the host of Late Night with David Letterman. Additionally, he has won four American Comedy Awards. Letterman was the first recipient of the Johnny Carson Award for Comedic Excellence at The Comedy Awards in 2011.
David Letterman Communication and Media Building[link]
On September 7, 2007, Letterman visited his alma mater, Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, for the dedication of a communications facility named in his honor for his dedication to the university throughout his career as a comedian. The $21 million, 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m2) David Letterman Communication and Media Building opened for the 2007 fall semester. It features state-of-the-art recording equipment and facilities. Thousands of Ball State students, faculty, and local residents welcomed Letterman back to Indiana.[125] Letterman's emotional speech touched on his struggles as a college student and his late father, and also included the "top ten good things about having your name on a building", finishing with, "if reasonable people can put my name on a $21 million building, anything is possible."[126]
At the same time, Letterman also received a Sagamore of the Wabash award given by Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, which recognizes distinguished service to the state of Indiana.[125]
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This article is about the performer. For other people named Steve Martin, see Steve Martin (disambiguation).
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| Birth name | Stephen Glenn Martin |
| Born | (1945-08-14) August 14, 1945 (age 66) Waco, Texas, United States |
| Medium | Concert, film, recordings, television, books |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Genres | Surreal humor, Musical comedy, physical comedy, sketch comedy, Wit/word play Music: bluegrass |
| Influences | British television, Red Skelton, Jerry Lewis, Jack Benny, Laurel and Hardy, Wally Boag[1] |
| Influenced | Judd Apatow, Will Arnett, Louis C.K., Stephen Colbert,[2] Eddie Izzard, Patton Oswalt,[3] Lucy Porter, Sarah Silverman, Jon Stewart |
| Spouse | Victoria Tennant (1986–1994)[4] Anne Stringfield (2007–present) |
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| Website | www.stevemartin.com |
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| Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music 1969 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour |
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| Best Comedy Album 1978 Let's Get Small 1979 A Wild and Crazy Guy Best Country Instrumental Performance 2002 Foggy Mountain Breakdown Best Bluegrass Album 2009 The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo |
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Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, author, playwright, producer, musician and composer. Martin came to public notice as a writer for the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and later became a frequent guest on The Tonight Show. In the 1970s, Martin performed his offbeat, absurdist comedy routines before packed houses on national tours. In 2004, Comedy Central[5] ranked Martin at sixth place in a list of the 100 greatest stand-up comics.
Since the 1980s, having branched away from stand-up comedy, Martin has become a successful actor in both comedic and dramatic roles, as well as an author, playwright, pianist, and banjo player, eventually earning Emmy, Grammy, and American Comedy awards, among other honors.
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Early life[link]
Martin was born in Waco, Texas,[6] the son of Mary Lee (née Stewart) and Glenn Vernon Martin, a real estate salesman and aspiring actor.[4][7] Martin was raised in Inglewood, California, and then later in Garden Grove, California, in a Baptist family.[8] Martin was a cheerleader of Garden Grove High School.[9] One of his earliest memories is of seeing his father, as an extra, serving drinks onstage at the Call Board Theatre on Melrose Place. During World War II, in England, Martin's father had appeared in a production of Our Town with Raymond Massey. Years later, he would write to Massey for help in Steve's fledgling career, but would receive no reply. Expressing his affection through gifts of cars, bikes, etc., Martin's father was stern, and not emotionally open to his son.[10] He was proud but critical, with Martin later recalling that in his teens his feelings for his father were mostly ones of hatred.[11] Martin's first job was at Disneyland, selling guidebooks on weekends and full-time during the summer school break. That lasted for three years (1955–1958). During his free time he frequented the Main Street Magic shop, where tricks were demonstrated to potential customers.[10] By 1960, he had mastered several of the tricks and illusions, and took a paying job there in August. There he perfected his talents for magic, juggling, and creating balloon animals, frequently performing for tips.[12] In his authorized biography, close friend Morris Walker suggests that Martin could "be described most accurately as an agnostic [...] he rarely went to church and was never involved in organized religion of his own volition".[13]
Comedy[link]
After high school graduation, Martin attended Santa Ana Junior College, taking classes in drama and English poetry. In his free time, he teamed up with friend and Garden Grove High School classmate Kathy Westmoreland to participate in comedies and other productions at the Bird Cage Theatre. He joined a comedy troupe at Knott's Berry Farm.[10] Later, he met budding actress Stormie Sherk, and they developed comedy routines and became romantically involved. Sherk's influence caused Martin to apply to the California State University, Long Beach, for enrollment with a major in Philosophy.[10] Stormie enrolled at UCLA, about an hour's drive north, and the distance eventually caused them to lead separate lives.[14]
Inspired by his philosophy classes, Martin considered becoming a professor instead of an actor-comedian. His time at college changed his life. "It changed what I believe and what I think about everything. I majored in philosophy. Something about non-sequiturs appealed to me. In philosophy, I started studying logic, and they were talking about cause and effect, and you start to realize, 'Hey, there is no cause and effect! There is no logic! There is no anything!' Then it gets real easy to write this stuff, because all you have to do is twist everything hard—you twist the punch line, you twist the non sequitur so hard away from the things that set it up".[15] Martin recalls wondering in a psychology class "What if there were no punch lines? What if there were no indicators? What if I created tension and never released it? What if I headed for a climax, but all I delivered was an anticlimax? What would the audience do with all that tension? Theoretically, it would have to come out sometime. But if I kept denying them the formality of a punch line, the audience would eventually pick their own place to laugh, essentially out of desperation."[16] Martin periodically spoofed his philosophy studies in his 1970s stand-up act, comparing philosophy with studying geology. "If you're studying geology, which is all facts, as soon as you get out of school you forget it all, but philosophy you remember just enough to screw you up for the rest of your life."[17]
In 1967, Martin transferred to UCLA and switched his major to theater. While attending college, he appeared in an episode of The Dating Game. Martin began working local clubs at night, to mixed notices, and at twenty-one he dropped out of college.[18]
Career[link]
Early career – stand-up[link]
In 1967, his former girlfriend Nina Goldblatt, a dancer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, helped Martin land a writing job with the show by submitting his work to head writer Mason Williams.[19] Williams initially paid Martin out of his own pocket. Along with the other writers for the show, Martin won an Emmy Award[20] in 1969, aged 23.[10] He also wrote for John Denver (a neighbor of his in Aspen, Colorado, at one point), The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, and The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour. Martin's first TV appearance was on The Steve Allen Show in 1969. He says: "[I] appeared on The Virginia Graham Show, circa 1970. I looked grotesque. I had a hairdo like a helmet, which I blow-dried to a puffy bouffant, for reasons I no longer understand. I wore a frock coat and a silk shirt, and my delivery was mannered, slow and self-aware. I had absolutely no authority. After reviewing the show, I was depressed for a week."[21] During these years his roommates included comedian Gary Mule Deer and singer/guitarist Michael Johnson.[22] Martin opened for groups such as The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Carpenters, and Toto. He appeared at San Francisco's The Boarding House, among other venues. He continued to write, earning an Emmy nomination for his work on Van Dyke and Company in 1976.
In the mid-1970s, Martin made frequent appearances as a stand-up comedian on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.,[21] and on The Gong Show, HBO's On Location and NBC's Saturday Night Live (SNL). SNL's audience jumped by a million viewers when he made guest appearances, though despite a common misconception, he was never a cast member.[10] Martin has guest-hosted Saturday Night Live 15 times, bested only in number of presentations by host Alec Baldwin (who has hosted 16 times as of September 2011). On the show, Martin popularized the air quotes gesture, which uses four fingers to make double quote marks in the air.[23] While on the show Martin became close with several of the cast members, including Gilda Radner. On the day Radner died of ovarian cancer in 1989, a visibly shaken Martin hosted SNL and featured footage of himself and Radner together in a 1978 sketch.
His TV appearances in the 1970s led to the release of comedy albums that went platinum.[10] The track "Excuse Me" on his first album, Let's Get Small, helped establish a national catch phrase.[10] His next album, A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978), was an even bigger success, reaching the No.2 spot on the US sales chart, selling over a million copies. "Just a wild and crazy guy" became another of Martin's known catch phrases.[10] The album featured a character based on a series of Saturday Night Live sketches where Martin and Dan Aykroyd played "Georgi" and "Yortuk" the Festrunk Brothers, a couple of bumbling Czechoslovak would-be playboys. The album ends with the song "King Tut", sung and written by Martin and backed by the "Toot Uncommons", members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It was later released as a single, reaching No.17 on the US charts in 1978 and selling over a million copies.[10][24] The song came out during the King Tut craze that accompanied the popular traveling exhibit of the Egyptian king's tomb artifacts. Both albums won Grammys for Best Comedy Recording in 1977 and 1978, respectively. Martin performed "King Tut" on the April 22, 1978, edition of SNL.
On his comedy albums, Martin's stand-up is self-referential and sometimes self-mocking. It mixes philosophical riffs with sudden spurts of "happy feet", banjo playing with balloon depictions of concepts like venereal disease, and the controversial kitten juggling (he is a master juggler). His style is off-kilter and ironic, and sometimes pokes fun at stand-up comedy traditions, such as Martin opening his act (from A Wild and Crazy Guy) by saying, "I think there's nothing better for a person to come up and do the same thing over and over for two weeks. This is what I enjoy, so I'm going to do the same thing over and over and over [...] I'm going to do the same joke over and over in the same show, it'll be like a new thing." Or: "Hello, I'm Steve Martin, and I'll be out here in a minute."[23][25] In one comedy routine, used on the Comedy Is Not Pretty! album, Martin claimed that his real name was "Gern Blanston". The riff took on a life of its own. There is a Gern Blanston website, and for a time a rock band took the moniker as their name.[26] He stopped stand-up in 1981 to concentrate on movies and never went back.[10]
Acting career – film[link]
By the end of the 1970s, Martin had acquired the kind of following normally reserved for rock stars, with his tour appearances typically occurring at sold-out arenas filled with tens of thousands of screaming fans. But unknown to his audience, stand-up comedy was "just an accident" for him; his real goal was to get into film.[15]
Martin's first film was a short, The Absent-Minded Waiter (1977). The seven-minute-long film, also featuring Buck Henry and Teri Garr, was written by and starred Martin. The film was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Short Film, Live Action. He made his first feature film appearance in the musical Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, where he sang The Beatles' "Maxwell's Silver Hammer". In 1979, Martin co-wrote and starred in his first full-length movie, The Jerk, directed by Carl Reiner. The movie was a huge success, grossing over $100 million on a budget of approximately $4 million.[27]
Stanley Kubrick met with him to discuss the possibility of Martin starring in a screwball comedy version of Traumnovelle (Kubrick later changed his approach to the material, the result of which was 1999's Eyes Wide Shut). Martin was executive producer for Domestic Life, a prime-time television series starring friend Martin Mull, and a late-night series called Twilight Theater. It emboldened Martin to try his hand at his first serious film, Pennies from Heaven, a movie he was anxious to perform in because of his desire to avoid being typecast. To prepare for that film, Martin took acting lessons from director Herbert Ross, and spent months learning how to tap dance. The film was a financial failure; Martin's comment at the time was "I don't know what to blame, other than it's me and not a comedy."[28]
Martin was in three more Reiner-directed comedies after The Jerk: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid in 1982, The Man with Two Brains in 1983 and All of Me in 1984, possibly his most critically acclaimed comic performance to date.[29][30] In 1986, Martin joined fellow Saturday Night Live veterans Martin Short and Chevy Chase in ¡Three Amigos!, directed by John Landis, and written by Martin, Lorne Michaels, and singer-songwriter Randy Newman. It was originally entitled The Three Caballeros and Martin was to be teamed with Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. In 1986, Martin was in the movie musical film version of the hit Off-Broadway play Little Shop of Horrors (based on a famous B-movie), playing the sadistic dentist, Orin Scrivello. The film was the first of three films teaming Martin with Rick Moranis. In 1987, Martin joined comedian John Candy in the John Hughes movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles. That same year, Roxanne, the film adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac which Martin co-wrote, won him a Writers Guild of America, East award. It also garnered recognition from Hollywood and the public that he was more than a comedian. In 1988, he performed in the Frank Oz film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, a remake of Bedtime Story, alongside Michael Caine.
Martin starred in the Ron Howard film Parenthood, with Moranis in 1989. He later met with Moranis to make the Mafia comedy My Blue Heaven in 1990. In 1991, Martin starred in and wrote L.A. Story, a romantic comedy, in which the female lead was played by his then-wife Victoria Tennant. Martin also appeared in Lawrence Kasdan's Grand Canyon, in which he played the tightly-wound Hollywood film producer, Davis, who was recovering from a traumatic robbery that left him injured, which was a more serious role for him. Martin also appeared in a remake of the comedy Father of the Bride in 1991 (followed by a sequel in 1995). He starred in the 1992 comedy HouseSitter, with Goldie Hawn and Dana Delany.
In David Mamet's 1997 thriller, The Spanish Prisoner, Martin played a darker role as a wealthy stranger who takes a suspicious interest in the work of a young businessman (Campbell Scott). He went on to star with Eddie Murphy in the 1999 comedy Bowfinger, which Martin also wrote. He appeared in a version of Waiting for Godot as Vladimir, with Robin Williams as Estragon and Bill Irwin as Lucky. In 1998, Martin guest starred with U2 in the 200th episode of The Simpsons titled "Trash of the Titans", providing the voice for sanitation commissioner Ray Patterson. In 1999, Martin and Hawn starred in a remake of the 1970 Neil Simon comedy, The Out-of-Towners. By 2003, Martin ranked 4th on the box office stars list, after starring in Bringing Down The House and Cheaper By The Dozen, each of which earned over $130 million at U.S. theaters. That same year, he also played the villainous Mr. Chairman in the animation/live action blend, Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
Martin wrote and starred in Shopgirl (2005), based on his own novella (2000), and starred in Cheaper by the Dozen 2. He also starred in the box office hit The Pink Panther in 2006, standing in Peter Sellers's shoes as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau, a role which he reprised in 2009's The Pink Panther 2. In Baby Mama (2008), he played the founder of a health food company, and in It's Complicated (2009), he played opposite Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin. In 2009, an article in The Guardian listed Martin as one of the best actors never to receive an Oscar nomination.[31]
He appeared with Jack Black, Owen Wilson, and JoBeth Williams in the birdwatching comedy The Big Year, in 2011.
Writing[link]
In 1993, Martin wrote his first full length play Picasso at the Lapin Agile. The first reading of the play took place in Beverly Hills, California at Steve Martin's home, with Tom Hanks reading the role of Pablo Picasso and Chris Sarandon reading the role of Albert Einstein. Following this, the play opened at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois, and played from October 1993 to May 1994, then went on to run successfully in Los Angeles, New York City and several other US cities.[32] In 2009, the La Grande, Oregon school board refused to allow the play to be performed after several parents complained about the content. In an open letter in the local Observer newspaper, Martin wrote "I have heard that some in your community have characterized the play as 'people drinking in bars, and treating women as sex objects.' With apologies to William Shakespeare, this is like calling Hamlet a play about a castle [...] I will finance a non-profit, off-high school campus production [...] so that individuals, outside the jurisdiction of the school board but within the guarantees of freedom of expression provided by the Constitution of the United States can determine whether they will or will not see the play".[33]
Throughout the 1990s, Martin wrote various pieces for The New Yorker. In 2002, he adapted the Carl Sternheim play The Underpants, which ran Off Broadway at Classic Stage Company and in 2008, co-wrote and produced Traitor, starring Don Cheadle. He has also written the novellas, Shopgirl (2000), and The Pleasure of My Company (2003), both more wry in tone than raucous.[34] A story of a 28-year-old woman behind the glove counter at the Neiman Marcus department store in Beverly Hills, Shopgirl was made into a film starring Martin and Claire Danes.[34] The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2005 and was featured at the Chicago International Film Festival and the Austin Film Festival before going into limited release in the US. In 2007, he published a memoir, Born Standing Up, which TIME magazine named as one of the Top 10 Nonfiction Books of 2007, ranking it at #6, and praising it as "a funny, moving, surprisingly frank memoir."[35] In 2010, he published the novel An Object of Beauty.
Hosting[link]
Martin hosted Academy Awards solo in 2001 and 2003 and with Alec Baldwin in 2010.[36] In 2005, Martin co-hosted Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years, marking the park's anniversary. Disney continued to run the show until March 2009, which now plays in the lobby of Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln.
Music[link]
Martin first picked up the banjo when he was around 17 years of age. Martin has claimed in several interviews and in his autobiography, "Born Standing Up", that he used to take 33 rpm bluegrass records and slow them down to 16 rpm and tune his banjo down, so the notes would sound the same. Martin was able to pick out each note, and perfect his playing.
Martin learned how to play the banjo with help from John McEuen, who later joined the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. McEuen's brother later managed Martin as well as the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Martin did his stand-up routine opening for the band in the early 1970s. He had the band play on his hit song, "King Tut", being credited as "The Toot Uncommons" (as in Tutankhamun).
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Steve Martin playing with the Steep Canyon Rangers in Seattle
The banjo was a staple of Martin's 1970s stand-up career, and he periodically poked fun at his love for the instrument.[21] On the Comedy Is Not Pretty! album he included an all-instrumental jam, titled "Drop Thumb Medley", and played the track on his 1979 concert tour. His final comedy album, The Steve Martin Brothers (1981), featured one side of Martin's typical stand-up material, with the other side featuring live performances of Steve playing banjo with a bluegrass band.
In 2001, he played banjo on Earl Scruggs's remake of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown". The recording was the winner of the Best Country Instrumental Performance category at the following year's Grammys. In 2008, Martin appeared with the band, In the Minds of the Living, during a show in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.[37]
In 2009, Martin released his first all-music album, The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo with appearances from stars such as Dolly Parton.[38] The album won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album in 2010.[39] Nitty Gritty Dirt Band member John McEuen produced the album.
Martin made his first appearance on The Grand Ole Opry on May 30, 2009.[40] In the American Idol season eight finals, he performed alongside Michael Sarver and Megan Joy in the song "Pretty Flowers". In June, Martin played banjo along with the Steep Canyon Rangers on A Prairie Home Companion, and began a two-month U.S. tour with the Rangers in September, including an appearances at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, Carnegie Hall and Benaroya Hall in Seattle.[41][42] In November, they went on to play at the Royal Festival Hall in London with support from Mary Black.[43] In 2010, Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers appeared at the New Orleans Jazzfest, Merlefest Bluegrass Festival in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, at Bonnaroo Music Festival, at the ROMP[44] Bluegrass festival in Owensboro, Kentucky, at the Red Butte Garden Concert series and on the BBC's Later... with Jools Holland.[45][46] Martin performed "Jubilation Day" with the Steep Canyon Rangers on The Colbert Report on March 21, 2011, on Conan on May 3, 2011, and on BBC's The One Show on July 6, 2011.[47] Martin performed a song he wrote called "Me and Paul Revere"[48] in addition to two other songs on the lawn of the Capitol Building in Washington, DC, at the "Capitol Fourth Celebration" on July 4, 2011.[49]
Personal life[link]
Martin was romantically involved with actress and singer Bernadette Peters, his costar in the films The Jerk and Pennies from Heaven, during the 1970s and early 1980s. He married actress Victoria Tennant on November 20, 1986, and the union lasted until 1994. On July 28, 2007, after three years together, Martin married Anne Stringfield, a writer and former staffer for The New Yorker magazine.[50] Former Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey presided over the ceremony at Martin's Los Angeles home. Lorne Michaels, creator of Saturday Night Live, was best man.[50] Several of the guests, including close friends Tom Hanks, Eugene Levy, comedian Carl Reiner, and magician/actor Ricky Jay were not informed that a wedding ceremony would take place. Instead, they were told they were invited to a party, and were surprised by the nuptials.[50]
Investigators at Berlin's state criminal police office (LKA) think that Martin was one victim of a German art forgery scandal. In July 2004 Martin purchased what he believed to be a 1915 work by the German-Dutch painter Heinrich Campendonk, "Landschaft mit Pferden", or "Landscape With Horses", from a Paris gallery for what should have been a bargain price in the neighborhood of €700,000 (around $850,000 at the time). Before the purchase an expert authenticated the work and identified the painter's signature on a label attached to the back. Fifteen months later Martin put the painting up for sale, and auction house Christie's disposed of it in February 2006 to a Swiss businesswoman for €500,000 – a loss of €200,000. Police believe the fake Campendonk originated from an invented art collection devised by a group of German swindlers caught in 2010. Skillfully forged paintings from this group were sold to French galleries like the one where Martin bought the forgery.[51]
Awards and honors[link]
- 1969 Emmy Award – The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (with other writers)
- 1978 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album – Let's Get Small[52]
- 1979 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album – A Wild and Crazy Guy.[52]
- 1989 Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from California State University Long Beach[53]
- 2001 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance with Earl Scruggs (and others) – banjo performance of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown".[52]
- 2005 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
- 2005 Disney Legend award
- 2007 30th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
- 2009 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album for his album The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo.[52]
- 2011 International Bluegrass Music Association's Entertainer of the Year.
Written works by Martin[link]
- The Jerk (1979) (Screenplay written with Carl Gottlieb)
- Cruel Shoes (1979) (Essays)
- Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Other Plays: Picasso at the Lapin Agile, the Zig-Zag Woman, Patter for the Floating Lady, WASP (1996) (Play)
- L.A. Story and Roxanne: Two Screenplays (published together in 1997) (Screenplays)
- Pure Drivel (1998) (Stories)
- Bowfinger (1999) (Screenplay)
- Eric Fischl : 1970–2000 (2000) (Afterword)
- Modern Library Humor and Wit Series (2000) (Introduction and Series Editor)
- Shopgirl (2000) (Novella)
- Kindly Lent Their Owner: The Private Collection of Steve Martin (2001) (Art)
- The Underpants: A Play (2002) (Play)
- The Pleasure of My Company (2003) (Novel)
- The Alphabet from A to Y with Bonus Letter Z (2007) (Children's Books illustrated by Roz Chast)
- Born Standing Up (2007) (Memoir)
- An Object of Beauty (2010) (Novel)
- Late For School (2010) (Children's book)
- The Ten, Make That Nine, Habits of Very Organized People. Make That Ten.: The Tweets of Steve Martin (February 21, 2012) (Collection)
Released stand-up shows[link]
- Steve Martin-Live! (1986, VHS)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best Of Steve Martin (1998, DVD)
Filmography[link]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Disneyland Dream | Documentary | |
| 1977 | The Absent-Minded Waiter | Short Subject | |
| 1978 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Dr. Maxwell Edison | |
| 1979 | The Muppet Movie | Insolent Waiter | |
| The Kids Are Alright | Documentary | ||
| The Jerk | Navin R. Johnson | Also Writer | |
| 1981 | Pennies from Heaven | Arthur | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | Rigby Reardon | Also Writer |
| 1983 | The Man with Two Brains | Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr | |
| 1984 | The Lonely Guy | Larry Hubbard | |
| All of Me | Roger Cobb | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
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| 1985 | Movers & Shakers | Fabio Longio | |
| 1986 | Three Amigos | Lucky Day | Also Writer and Executive Producer |
| Little Shop of Horrors | Orin Scrivello, DDS | Billed as "Special Appearance" | |
| 1987 | Roxanne | C.D. Bales | Also Writer and Executive Producer Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| Planes, Trains and Automobiles | Neal Page | ||
| 1988 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Freddy Benson | |
| 1989 | Parenthood | Gil Buckman | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1990 | My Blue Heaven | Vinnie Antonelli | |
| 1991 | L.A. Story | Harris K. Telemacher | Also Writer and Executive Producer |
| Father of the Bride | George Banks | Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance | |
| Grand Canyon | Davis | ||
| 1992 | HouseSitter | Newton Davis | |
| Leap of Faith | Jonas Nightengale | ||
| 1993 | And the Band Played On | The Brother | Cameo |
| 1994 | A Simple Twist of Fate | Michael McCann | Also Writer and Executive Producer |
| Mixed Nuts | Philip | ||
| 1995 | Father of the Bride Part II | George Banks | Nominated – American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1996 | Sgt. Bilko | Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko | |
| 1997 | The Spanish Prisoner | Jimmy Dell | |
| 1998 | The Prince of Egypt | Hotep | Voice |
| 1999 | The Out-of-Towners | Henry Clark | |
| Bowfinger | Bobby Bowfinger | Also writer | |
| The Venice Project | Cameo | ||
| Fantasia 2000 | Introductory Host | Disney Re-Release | |
| 2000 | Joe Gould's Secret | Charlie Duell | |
| 2001 | Novocaine | Frank Sangster | |
| 2002 | Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | As himself | |
| 2003 | Bringing Down the House | Peter Sanderson | |
| Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Mr. Chairman | ||
| Cheaper by the Dozen | Tom Baker | ||
| 2004 | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Cameo | |
| The Merchant of Venice | |||
| 2005 | Shopgirl | Ray Porter | Also Writer and Producer |
| Cheaper by the Dozen 2 | Tom Baker | ||
| Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years | As himself | ||
| 2006 | The Pink Panther | Inspector Clouseau | A remake of the earlier series |
| 2008 | Baby Mama | Barry | |
| Traitor | Writer and Producer | ||
| 2009 | The Pink Panther 2 | Inspector Clouseau | Also Screenplay Nominated - Razzie Award for Worst Actor |
| It's Complicated | Adam Schaffer | ||
| 2011 | The Big Year | Stu Preissler |
Discography[link]
Albums[link]
| Album | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
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| Let's Get Small | 1977 | 10 | — |
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| A Wild and Crazy Guy | 1978 | 2 | — |
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| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band soundtrack | 1978 | 5 | — |
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| Comedy Is Not Pretty! | 1979 | 25 | — |
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| The Steve Martin Brothers | 1981 | 135 | — | |
| Little Shop of Horrors soundtrack | 1986 | — | — | |
| The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo | 2009 | 93[58] | 1 | |
| Rare Bird Alert[59] | 2011 | 43 | 1 | |
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Singles[link]
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions |
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| "Grandmother's Song" | 1977 | 72 |
| "King Tut" | 1978 | 17 |
| "Cruel Shoes" | 1979 | 91 |
Music videos[link]
| Video | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| "Jubilation Day"[61] | 2011 | Ryan Reichenfeld |
TV specials[link]
| Title | Year | Network |
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| "Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy" | 1978 | NBC |
| "All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special" | 1980 | NBC |
| "Steve Martin: Comedy is Not Pretty" | 1980 | NBC |
| "Steve Martin's Best Show Ever" | 1981 | NBC |
| "The Winds of Whoopie" | 1983 | NBC |
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- ^ a b Morris (1999) p 2.
- ^ Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of all Time
- ^ Walker (1999) p1
- ^ "Ancestry of Steve Martin". Wargs.com. http://www.wargs.com/other/martin.html. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ^ Martin (2007) pp.20–39
- ^ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/20/top-5-famous-former-male-cheerleaders/
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- ^ Wills, Dominic. "Steve Martin – Biography". TalkTalk. http://www.talktalk.co.uk/entertainment/film/biography/artist/steve-martin/biography/118. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
- ^ Martin (2007) p 39
- ^ Walker (1999) p40
- ^ Martin (2007) p 65
- ^ a b Fong-Torres, Ben (1982) "Steve Martin Sings: The Rolling Stone Interview". Rolling Stone February 18, 1982. Issue 363
- ^ "Being Funny: How the path-breaking comedian got his act together" By Steve Martin. Smithsonian magazine. February 2008. Accessed August 14, 2010
- ^ Steve Martin at the Internet Movie Database
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- ^ Steve Martin Emmy Award Winner
- ^ a b c Martin, Steve (2008). "Being Funny". Smithsonian Magazine. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/funny-martin-200802.html. Retrieved February 22, 2008.
- ^ Martin, (2007) p. 77
- ^ a b Frum, David (2000). How We Got Here: The '70s. New York, New York: Basic Books. pp. 36–37. ISBN 0-465-04195-7.
- ^ "King Tut" Video. Accessed August 14, 2010.
- ^ "Rationalist of the Absurd: Steve Martin’s extraordinarily calculated comedy".New York Books" Nov 18, 2007. Accessed August 12, 2010[dead link]
- ^ Martin (2007) p176–77
- ^ Chris Brummel (2010). "The Jerk". http://chrisbrummel.com/the-jerk-that-movie-about-hating-cans. Retrieved June 19, 2010.
- ^ American film Volume 7. 1981. American Film Institute, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation
- ^ "All of Me". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1000640-all_of_me/. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ^ All of Me. New York Times film review. September 21, 1984. Accessed August 12, 2010
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- ^ History: Picasso At The Lapin Agile. Oct. 13, 1993 – May. 12, 1994. Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Accessed August 14, 2010
- ^ "Of arts and sciences". by Steve Martin. Article in The Observer (Oregon). March 13, 2009. Accessed August 14, 2010
- ^ a b But Seriously, Folks. Time Magazine article. October 16, 2000. Accessed August 14, 2010
- ^ Grossman, Lev (December 9, 2007). "Born Standing Up'' review". Time.com. http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/top10/article/0,30583,1686204_1686244_1691787,00.html. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
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- ^ Itzkoff, Dave (August 5, 2009). "Steve Martin brings it all home with his banjo". Guardian. Retrieved May 15, 2010
- ^ The Crow album on Martin's official website. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
- ^ "Steve Martin To Make Grand Ole Opry Debut". April 1, 2009. Billboard. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
- ^ "Benaroya Hall Calendar, Seattle Symphony Orchestra".
- ^ Madison, Tjames (August 4, 2009). "Steve Martin and his banjo map fall tour". LiveDaily.com. Retrieved on October 4, 2009.
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- ^ "2011 ROMP". Bluegrass-museum.org. International Bluegrass Music Museum. http://www.bluegrass-museum.org/general/home.php.
- ^ "Concerts – 2010 Outdoor Concert Series". Red Butte Garden. The University of Utah. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
- ^ "BBC – BBC Two Programmes – Later... with Jools Holland, Series 35, Episode 9". BBC. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
- ^ Tobey, Matt (March 21, 2011). "This Week on the Colbert Report: Steve Martin". Ccinsider.comedycentral.com. Comedy Partners. http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2011/03/21/this-week-on-the-colbert-report-steve-martin/. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
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- ^ "A Capitol Fourth". PBS. Retrieved July, 4, 2011.
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- ^ Los Angeles Times via Sydney Morning Herald; August 28, 1989 Late Edition; NEWS AND FEATURES; Pg. 11
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- ^ "Rare Bird Alert". Rounder.com. Rounder Records. March 1, 2011. http://www.rounder.com/2011/03/new-releases/rare-bird-alert. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
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Sources[link]
- Martin, Steve. (2007) Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life. Scribner. ISBN 1-4165-5364-9.
- Walker, Morris (1999) Steve Martin: The Magic Years. SPI Books. ISBN 1-56171-980-3.
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| Name | Martin, Steve |
| Alternative names | Martin, Stephen Glen |
| Short description | American comedian, writer, entertainer |
| Date of birth | August 14, 1945 |
| Place of birth | Waco, Texas, United States |
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| Tina Fey | |
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 Fey at the premiere of Baby Mama in 2008. |
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| Born | Elizabeth Stamatina Fey (1970-05-18) May 18, 1970 (age 42) Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | University of Virginia (BA) |
| Occupation | Actress, comedian, writer, producer |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Spouse | Jeff Richmond (2001–present) |
| Children |
Alice Zenobia Richmond (b. 2011) |
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Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (
/ˈfeɪ/; born May 18, 1970)[1] is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer, known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL), the NBC comedy series 30 Rock, and films such as Mean Girls (2004) and Baby Mama (2008).
Fey first broke into comedy as a featured player in the Chicago-based improvisational comedy group The Second City. She then joined SNL as a writer, later becoming head writer and a performer, known for her position as co-anchor in the Weekend Update segment. In 2004 she adapted the screenplay Mean Girls in which she also co-starred. After leaving SNL in 2006, she created the television series 30 Rock, a situation comedy loosely based on her experiences at SNL. In the series, Fey portrays the head writer of a fictional sketch comedy series. In 2008, she starred in the comedy film Baby Mama, alongside former SNL co-star Amy Poehler. Fey next appeared in the 2010 comedy films Date Night and Megamind.
She has received seven Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, four Writers Guild of America Awards and has been nominated for a Grammy Award for her autobiographical book Bossypants, which topped the The New York Times Best Seller list for five weeks. She was singled out as the performer who had the greatest impact on culture and entertainment in 2008 by the Associated Press, which gave her its AP Entertainer of the Year award for her satirical portrayal of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in a guest appearance on SNL.[2] In 2010, Fey was the recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the youngest-ever winner of the award.[3]
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Early life[link]
Fey was born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania – a township just west of Philadelphia. Her mother, Zenobia "Jeanne" (née Xenakes),[4][5] is a brokerage employee of Greek descent,[6] and her father, Donald Fey, is a university grant-proposal writer of half German and half Scottish descent.[4][7][8] She has a brother, who is eight years older, named Peter.[4][9]
Fey was exposed to comedy early. She has recalled:
I remember my parents sneaking me in to see Young Frankenstein. We would also watch Saturday Night Live, or Monty Python, or old Marx Brothers movies. My dad would let us stay up late to watch The Honeymooners. We were not allowed to watch The Flintstones though: my dad hated it because it ripped off The Honeymooners.[10] I actually have a very low level of Flintstones knowledge for someone my age.[11]
She also grew up watching Second City Television (SCTV), and has cited Catherine O'Hara as a role model.[12]
Fey attended Cardington Elementary School and Beverly Hills Middle School in Upper Darby.[13] By middle school, she knew she was interested in comedy, doing an independent-study project on the subject in eighth grade.[10] Fey attended Upper Darby High School, where she was an honor student,[14] a member of the choir, drama club, and tennis team, and co-editor of the school's newspaper.[14][15] She also anonymously wrote the newspaper's satirical column, The Acorn.[16] Following her graduation in 1988,[13][17] Fey enrolled at the University of Virginia, where she studied playwriting and acting.[18] She graduated in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama.[19]
Career[link]
[edit] Saturday Night Live (1997–2006)
While performing shows with The Second City in 1997, Fey submitted several scripts to NBC's variety show Saturday Night Live (SNL), at the request of its head writer Adam McKay, a former performer at Second City.[6] She was hired as a writer[20] for SNL following a meeting with SNL creator Lorne Michaels, and moved to New York.[21] Fey told The New Yorker, "I’d had my eye on the show forever, the way other kids have their eye on Derek Jeter."[6] Originally, Fey "struggled" at SNL.[21] Her first sketch to air starred Chris Farley in a Sally Jessy Raphael satire.[21] Fey went on to write a series of parodies, including one of ABC's morning talk show The View.[22] She co-wrote the "Sully and Denise" sketches with Rachel Dratch,[21] who plays one of the teens.[22]
Fey played an extra in one of the episodes in 1998,[23] and after watching herself, decided to diet[24] and lost 30 pounds. She told The New York Times, "I was a completely normal weight. But I was here in New York City, I had money and I couldn't buy any clothes. After I lost weight, there was interest in putting me on camera."[25] In 1999, McKay stepped down as head writer, which led Michaels to approach Fey for the position.[21] She became SNL's first female head writer, a milestone she downplays.[26]
In 2000, Fey began performing in sketches,[6] and she and Jimmy Fallon became co-anchors of SNL's Weekend Update segment.[27] Fey said she did not ask to audition, but that Michaels approached her.[24][28] Michaels explained that there was "chemistry" between Fey and Fallon.[28] Michaels, however, revealed that choosing Fey was "kind of risky" at the time.[29] Her role in Weekend Update was well-received by critics. Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly wrote: "...Fey delivers such blow darts – poison filled jokes written in long, precisely parsed sentences unprecedented in Update history – with such a bright, sunny countenance makes her all the more devilishly delightful."[30] Dennis Miller, a former cast member of SNL and anchor of Weekend Update, was pleased with Fey as one of the anchors for the segment: "...Fey might be the best Weekend Update anchor who ever did it. She writes the funniest jokes".[31] Robert Bianco of USA Today, however, commented that he was "not enamored" of the pairing.[32]
In 2001, Fey and the writing staff won a Writers Guild of America Award for SNL's 25th anniversary special.[6] The following year at the 2002 Emmy Awards ceremony, she and the writing team won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program.[33]
The pairing of Fey and Fallon ended in May 2004 when Fallon last appeared as a cast member.[34] He was replaced by Amy Poehler.[35] It was the first time that two women co-anchored Weekend Update.[36] Fey revealed that she "hired" Poehler as her co-host for the segment.[37] The reception to the teaming of Fey and Poehler was positive, with Rachel Sklar of the Chicago Tribune noting that the pairing "has been a hilarious, pitch-perfect success as they play off each other with quick one-liners and deadpan delivery".[35]
The 2005–2006 season was her last; she thereafter departed to develop 30 Rock.[38]
[edit] 30 Rock (2006–present)
Main article: 30 Rock
In 2002, Fey suggested a pilot episode for a situation comedy about a cable news network to NBC, who rejected it. The pilot was reworked to revolve around an SNL style series, and was accepted by NBC.[40] She signed a contract with NBC in May 2003, which allowed her to remain in her SNL head writer position at least through the 2004–2005 television season. As part of the contract, Fey was to develop a primetime project to be produced by Broadway Video and NBC Universal.[41] She began developing the pilot project under the working title Untitled Tina Fey Project.[42] The pilot, directed by Adam Bernstein,[43] centered on the head writer of a variety show and how she managed her relationships with the show's volatile star and its executive producer.[44] In October 2006, the pilot aired on NBC as 30 Rock. Although the episode received generally favorable reviews,[45] it finished third in its timeslot.[46]
The network renewed the series for a second season, which began in October 2007.[47] The show's third season premiered on October 30, 2008. The premiere episode set records for the highest ratings of the series.[48] In January 2009, NBC renewed 30 Rock for the 2009–2010 season.[49]
In 2007, Fey received an Emmy Award[50] nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series.[51] The show itself won the 2007 Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series.[52] In 2008, she won the Golden Globe,[53] Screen Actors Guild,[54] and Emmy awards all in the category for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.[55] The following year, Fey again won the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award in the same categories,[53][56] and was nominated for an Emmy Award.[57] In early 2010, Fey received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress,[58] and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Lead Actress.[59] 30 Rock was renewed for the 2010–2011 season in March 2010.[60] It will return for the 2011–2012 season, though due to Fey's pregnancy with her second child, the season premiere will be delayed until midseason.[61] Fey once mentioned that her performance on the show is inspired by Julia Louis Dreyfus,[62] and later used Dreyfus to play the stand-in for the character of Liz Lemon in flashback scenes during the live episode of the fifth season.
Feature films[link]
In 2002, Fey appeared in the surreal comedy Martin & Orloff.[63] She made her debut as writer and co-star of the 2004 teen comedy Mean Girls. Characters and behaviors in the movie are based on Fey's high school life at Upper Darby High School[64] and on the non-fiction book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman.[65] The cast includes other past cast members of SNL including Tim Meadows, Ana Gasteyer, and Amy Poehler. The film received favorable reviews,[66] and was a box office success, grossing US$129 million worldwide.[67]
In a 2004 interview, Fey expressed that she would like to write and direct movies in which she has small parts.[14] In 2006, Fey worked on a movie script for Paramount Pictures, which was to feature Sacha Baron Cohen, by the name of Curly Oxide and Vic Thrill, based loosely on the true story of a Hasidic rock musician.[68][69] In 2007, she was cast in the animated comedy film Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters as the Aqua Teens' mother, a giant burrito.[70]
Fey and former SNL castmate Amy Poehler starred in the 2008 comedy Baby Mama. The movie was written and directed by Michael McCullers. The plot concerns Kate (Fey), a business woman, who wants a child but, discovering she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant, decides to find a surrogate: Angie (Poehler), a white-trash schemer.[71] Baby Mama received mixed reviews, but many critics enjoyed Fey's performance. Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote: "Fey is a delight to watch throughout. Able to convey Kate's intentions and feelings through the simple looks and inflections, she never melodramatizes her situation; nor does her efficient, perfectionist side become overbearing."[72] The movie grossed over US$64 million at the box office.[67]
Fey's projects after 2008 include her lending her voice to the character Lisa in the English language version of the Japanese animated film Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (titled Ponyo for its U.S. release).[73] In 2009, she appeared in The Invention of Lying,[74] alongside Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe, and Christopher Guest.[75] Her next film role was in Shawn Levy's 2010 comedy Date Night,[76] a feature that focuses on a married couple, played by Fey and Steve Carell, who go on a date; however, the night goes awry for the two.[77] Also in the same year, she voiced Roxanne Ritchie, a television reporter, in the DreamWorks animated film Megamind (2010).[78] With a total worldwide gross of US$321 million, Megamind is Fey's most commercially successful picture to date. It earned US$173 million outside the U.S. and US$148 million domestically.[67]
In January 2011, it was announced that Fey will star in an upcoming comedy/drama entitled Admission, based on the Jean Hanff Korelitz novel by the same name. The film will be directed by Paul Weitz.[79]
Impersonation of Sarah Palin[link]
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Web promo for 2008 web video of Palin (Fey) and Clinton (Poehler) from NBC.com.
From September to November 2008, Fey made frequent guest appearances on SNL to perform a series of parodies of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. On the 34th season premiere episode, aired September 13, 2008, Fey imitated Palin in a sketch, alongside Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton. Their repartee included Clinton needling Palin about her "Tina Fey glasses".[80] The sketch quickly became NBC.com's most-watched viral video ever, with 5.7 million views by the following Wednesday.[81] Fey reprised this role on the October 4 show,[82] on the October 18 show where she was joined by the real Sarah Palin, and on the November 1 show where she was joined by John McCain and his wife Cindy. The October 18 show had the best ratings of any SNL show since 1994.[83] The following year Fey won an Emmy in the category of Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her impersonation of Palin.[84] Fey returned to SNL in April 2010, and reprised her impression of Palin in one sketch titled "Sarah Palin Network".[85] Fey once again did her impression of Palin when she hosted Saturday Night Live on May 8, 2011.[86]
In December 2009, Entertainment Weekly put her impersonation on its end-of-the-decade "best-of" list, writing, "Fey's freakishly spot-on SNL impersonation of the wannabe VP (and her ability to strike a balance between comedy and cruelty) made for truly transcendent television."[87]
Other work[link]
In 1997, Fey and other members of The Second City provided voices for the pinball game Medieval Madness.
In 2000, Fey partnered with fellow SNL cast member Rachel Dratch in the Off Broadway two-woman show Dratch & Fey at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York City.[88][89] The production was well received by critics.[90] Tim Townsend of The Wall Street Journal in review of Dratch & Fey, wrote that the fun part of watching them perform was "seeing how comfortable they are with each other".[88] He concluded that the production "isn't about two women being funny. [...] Dratch and Fey are just funny. Period."[88] One of the SNL sketches, "Sully and Denise", originated at Second City in Chicago.[21]
On August 13, 2007, Fey made a guest appearance on the children's television series Sesame Street, in the episode, "The Bookaneers".[91] She appeared as a guest judge on the November 25, 2007 episode of the Food Network program Iron Chef America.[92] Fey has appeared in Disney's campaign "Year of a Million Dreams" as Tinker Bell, along with Mikhail Baryshnikov as Peter Pan and Gisele Bündchen as Wendy Darling.[93] She has also done commercials for American Express credit card in 2008, and Garnier Nutrisse hair color in 2012.[94][95][96]
On February 23, 2008, Fey hosted the first episode of SNL after the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike.[97] For this appearance, she was nominated for an Emmy in the category of Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program.[98] Fey hosted SNL for a second time on April 10, 2010, and for her appearance she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.[99]
On April 5, 2011, her book, a humorous autobiography entitled Bossypants, was released. It received a positive review from the New York Times.[100]
In 2011, Fey narrated The Secret Life of Girls, a two-hour-long radio documentary produced by The Kitchen Sisters. Fey introduced stories of women and girls from around the world, and also shared memories of her own girlhood and mother.[101]
In the media[link]
Fey was ranked in the Hot 100 List at number 80 on Maxim magazine in 2002.[102] She was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2003,[103] and one of People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People in 2007, 2008, and 2009.[104][105][106][107] In 2007, Fey placed seventh on the Hot 100 List on AfterEllen.com.[108] She repeated the appearance the following year, however, being voted as number one on the list.[109]
In 2001, Entertainment Weekly named Fey as one of their Entertainers of the Year for her work on Weekend Update.[110] She was named one of the magazine's Entertainers of the Year in 2007,[111] and placed number two in 2008.[112] In 2009, Fey was named as Entertainment Weekly's fifth individual in their 15 Entertainers of the 2000s list.[113] The newspaper editors and broadcast producers of the Associated Press voted Fey the AP Entertainer of the Year as the performer who had the greatest impact on culture and entertainment in 2008, citing her impression of Sarah Palin on SNL.[2] She has appeared on Forbes' annual Celebrity 100 list of the 100 most powerful celebrities in 2008, 2009, and 2010, at No. 99, No. 86, and No. 90 respectively.[114][115][116]
In 2007, the New York Post included Fey in New York's 50 Most Powerful Women, ranking her at number 33.[117] Fey was among the Time 100, a list of the 100 most influential people in the world, in 2007 and 2009, as selected annually by Time magazine.[118][119] Fey's featured article for the 2009 list was written by 30 Rock co-star, Alec Baldwin.[119] She was selected by Barbara Walters as one of America's 10 Most Fascinating People of 2008.[120]
In September 2011, Tina Fey landed at the top of the Forbes magazine’s list of the highest-paid TV actresses.[121]
Personal life[link]
Fey met Richmond, now a composer on 30 Rock, at Chicago's Second City. They dated for seven years, before marrying in a Greek Orthodox ceremony on June 3, 2001.[1] The couple has two daughters: Alice Zenobia Richmond (born September 10, 2005)[122] and Penelope Athena Richmond (born August 10, 2011).[123][124] In April 2009, Fey and Richmond purchased a US$3.4 million apartment on the Upper West Side in New York City.[125]
A faint scar running across Tina Fey’s left cheek, the cause of which remained unexplained to the public until 2008, is the result of a violent cutting attack by a stranger in an alley behind her home when Fey was six years old. In her autobiographical book, she revealed that she was slashed by a man when she was six, but withheld specific details of the incident.[126]
Charity work[link]
Her charity work includes support of Autism Speaks, an organization that sponsors autism research.[127][128] In April 2008, she participated in Night of Too Many Stars, a comedy show benefit for autism education.[129]
Fey is also a supporter of Mercy Corps, a global relief and development organization, in their campaign to end world hunger.[130] Fey narrated a video for Mercy Corps's Action Center in New York City, describing hunger as a symptom of many wider world problems.[131] She also supports the Love Our Children USA organization, which fights violence against children,[132] who named her among their Mothers Who Make a Difference, in 2009.[133] She was the 2009 national spokesperson for the Light the Night Walk, which benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.[134]
In June 2010, it was announced she would receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011.[135]
Detailed works[link]
| Year(s) | Title | Medium | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–2006 | Saturday Night Live | TV | Head writer 1999–2006 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program (2002) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program (2001, 2003) |
| 2004 | Mean Girls | Film | Screenplay adapted from Queen Bees and Wannabes Nominated—WGA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (2004) |
| 2006–present | 30 Rock | TV | Episodes written: Season 1: (8/21) "Pilot", "The Aftermath", "Tracy Does Conan", "The Head and the Hair"‡, "Black Tie"‡, "Up All Night", "The C Word", "Hiatus" Season 2: (4/15) "SeinfeldVision", "Somebody to Love"‡, "MILF Island"‡, "Cooter" Season 3: (5/22) "Do-Over", "Christmas Special"‡, "St. Valentine's Day"‡, "The Bubble", "The Natural Order"‡ Season 4: (4/22) "Season 4", "Secret Santa", "Lee Marvin vs. Derek Jeter"‡, "I Do Do" Season 5: (4/23) "The Fabian Strategy", "Live Show"‡, "100" (counts as 2 episodes)‡ Season 6: (2/14) "Dance Like Nobody's Watching"‡, "Kidnapped by Danger" ‡denotes episode co-written. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (2008) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (2007, 2010) |
| 2011 | Bossypants | Book | Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album (2012) |
| 2011 | Saturday Night Live | TV | Additional sketch – Jimmy Fallon, host (17 December 2011) |
| Year(s) | Title | Medium | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 | Saturday Night Live | TV | Various | Includes being a cast member from 1998 to 2006, host of Weekend Update (2000–2006), host in 2008, 2010, and 2011, and made five appearances impersonating Sarah Palin. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (2009) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (2010, 2011) |
| 1999 | Upright Citizens Brigade | TV | Kerri Downey | One episode |
| 2002 | Martin & Orloff | Film | Southern Woman | |
| 2004 | Mean Girls | Film | Ms. Norbury | Features several colleagues from Saturday Night Live |
| 2006 | Artie Lange's Beer League | Film | Gym Secretary | |
| 2006 | Man of the Year | Film | Herself | SNL's Weekend Update with Fey and Amy Poehler was featured in the movie |
| 2006–present | 30 Rock | TV | Liz Lemon | Main role Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2007, 2008) Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Comedy Series (2008) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series (2007, 2008, 2009) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2008) People's Choice Award for Favorite Funny Female Star (2008) Critics' Choice Television Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Series (2011) Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Comedy Series (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011) Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2009, 2010, 2011) Nominated—People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Comedy Actress (2009, 2010, 2011) Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series (2010, 2011) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011) |
| 2007 | Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters | Film | Giant Burrito | Voice |
| 2008 | Baby Mama | Film | Kate Holbrook | Re-teams with Amy Poehler, colleague from SNL |
| 2009 | Ponyo | Film | Lisa | Voice (English version) |
| 2009 | Invention of Lying, TheThe Invention of Lying | Film | Shelley | |
| 2009 | SpongeBob's Truth or Square | TV | Herself | |
| 2010 | Date Night | Film | Claire Foster | |
| 2010 | Megamind | Film | Roxanne Ritchi | Voice |
| 2011 | Phineas and Ferb | TV | Annabelle | Voice |
| 2013 | Mommy and Me | Film | Daughter | Pre-production, writer also. |
| 2013 | Admission | Film | Portia Nathan | Pre-production, based on Jean Hanff Korelitz novel. |
Awards and nominations[link]
The following awards are categorized under the year they were announced (and not necessarily the year covered by the award ceremony).
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Emmy Award | Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program | Saturday Night Live | Nominated |
| 2001 | WGA Award | Comedy/Variety series | Saturday Night Live | Nominated |
| 2001 | WGA Award | Comedy/Variety special | Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special | Won |
| 2002 | Emmy Award | Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program | Saturday Night Live | Won |
| 2002 | WGA Award | Comedy/Variety series | Saturday Night Live | Nominated |
| 2003 | Emmy Award | Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program | Saturday Night Live | Nominated |
| 2003 | WGA Award | Comedy/Variety Series | Saturday Night Live | Nominated |
| 2003 | WGA Award | Comedy/Variety Special | Saturday Night Live: NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Nominated |
| 2004 | Teen Choice Award | Choice TV Actress: Comedy | Saturday Night Live | Nominated |
| 2005 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Funny Female Star | Nominated | |
| 2005 | Teen Choice Award | Choice Comedian | Nominated | |
| 2005 | WGA Award | Best Adapted Screenplay | Mean Girls | Nominated |
| 2007 | Emmy Award | Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Won |
| 2007 | Emmy Award | Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Nominated |
| 2007 | Emmy Award | Writing for a Comedy Series | "Tracy Does Conan" for 30 Rock | Nominated |
| 2007 | WGA Award | Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Nominated |
| 2007 | WGA Award | New Series | 30 Rock | Nominated |
| 2007 | WGA Award | Comedy/Variety Special | Saturday Night Live | Won |
| 2008 | Emmy Award | Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Won |
| 2008 | Emmy Award | Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Won |
| 2008 | Emmy Award | Writing for a Comedy Series | "Cooter" for 30 Rock | Won |
| 2008 | Emmy Award | Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | Saturday Night Live | Nominated |
| 2008 | Golden Globe Award | Actress in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy | 30 Rock | Won |
| 2008 | Golden Globe Award | Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy | 30 Rock | Nominated |
| 2008 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Female Actor in a Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Won |
| 2008 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Ensemble in a Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Nominated |
| 2008 | WGA Award | Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Won |
| 2009 | Golden Globe Award | Actress in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy | 30 Rock | Won |
| 2009 | Golden Globe Award | Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy | 30 Rock | Won |
| 2009 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Female Actor in a Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Won |
| 2009 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Ensemble in a Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Won |
| 2009 | WGA Award | Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Won |
| 2009 | WGA Award | Episodic Comedy | "Cooter" for 30 Rock | Nominated |
| 2009 | Emmy Award | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Portrayal of Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live | Won |
| 2009 | Emmy Award | Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Won |
| 2009 | Emmy Award | Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Nominated |
| 2010 | Golden Globe Award | Actress in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy | 30 Rock | Nominated |
| 2010 | Golden Globe Award | Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy | 30 Rock | Nominated |
| 2010 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Female Actor in a Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Won |
| 2010 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Ensemble in a Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Nominated |
| 2010 | Emmy Award | Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Nominated |
| 2010 | Emmy Award | Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Nominated |
| 2010 | Emmy Award | Writing for a Comedy Series | "Lee Marvin vs. Derek Jeter" for 30 Rock | Nominated |
| 2010 | Emmy Award | Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | Saturday Night Live | Nominated |
| 2010 | Teen Choice Award | Choice Movie Actress: Comedy | Date Night | Won |
| 2010 | Mark Twain Prize for American Humor | American Humor | Won | |
| 2011 | Golden Globe Award | Actress in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy | 30 Rock | Nominated |
| 2011 | Golden Globe Award | Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy | 30 Rock | Nominated |
| 2011 | The Comedy Awards | Best Actress in Film Comedy | Date Night | Won |
| 2011 | Critics' Choice Television Award | Best Acting in a Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Won |
| 2011 | Emmy Award | Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Nominated |
| 2011 | Emmy Award | Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Nominated |
| 2011 | Emmy Award | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Saturday Night Live | Nominated |
| 2012 | Golden Globe Award | Actress in a TV Series – Comedy or Musical | 30 Rock | Nominated |
| 2012 | Grammy Award | Best Spoken Word Album | Bossypants | Nominated |
| 2012 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Nominated |
| 2012 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series | 30 Rock | Nominated |
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Further reading[link]
- Baldwin, Kristen. "'Update' With Destiny." Entertainment Weekly. May 2, 2002. Accessed July 14, 2009.
- Smith, Kyle. "Leap of Fey." People Magazine. May 3, 2004. Accessed July 14, 2009.
- Schwartz, Missy. "The Smartest Girl in The Class." Entertainment Weekly. May 7, 2004. Accessed July 14, 2009.
- Ryder, Caroline. "A Conversation with Tina Fey." Women's Health Magazine. March 2007. Accessed July 14, 2009.
- Rys, Richard. "Exit Interview: Tina Fey." Philadelphia Magazine. April 3, 2008. Accessed July 15, 2009.
- Baldwin, Kristen. "Tina Fey: One Hot 'Mama'." Entertainment Weekly. April 9, 2008. Accessed July 14, 2009.
- Jacobs, A.J. "Tina Fey, Make Us Laugh." Esquire Magazine. May 1, 2008. Accessed July 15, 2009.
- Carnwath, Ally. "Queen of the jokers." The Guardian. May 4, 2008. Accessed July 14, 2009.
- Goodwin, Christopher. "And funny with it." The Guardian. May 11, 2008. Accessed July 14, 2009.
- Moran, Caitlin. "Tina Fey and Sarah Silverman: the new queens of comedy." The Times October 3, 2008. Accessed July 14, 2009.
- Carter, Bill. "It’s Easy to Find Tina Fey on TV, but Not Her Show." The New York Times. October 13, 2008. Accessed July 14, 2009.
- Brown, Laura. "Tina Fey Rocks." Harper's Bazaar. November 2009. Accessed October 7, 2009.
- Pringle, Gill. "Tina Fey — From spoofer to movie stardom." The Independent. March 19, 2010. Accessed March 19, 2010.
- Walker-Mitchell, Donna. "Witty woman." The Sydney Morning Herald. March 28, 2010. Accessed March 28, 2010.
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| Born | Mervyn Edward Griffin, Jr. (1925-07-06)July 6, 1925 San Mateo, California, United States |
| Died | August 12, 2007(2007-08-12) (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Cause of death | Prostate cancer |
| Resting place | Westwood Village Memorial Park, United States 34°03′30″N 118°26′28″W / 34.0583468°N 118.4411348°W / 34.0583468; -118.4411348 |
| Occupation | Actor, talk show host, entertainer, business magnate |
| Years active | 1944–2007 |
| Spouse | Julann Wright (1958–1976; divorced) |
| Children | Tony Griffin (b. 1959)[1] |
Mervyn Edward "Merv" Griffin, Jr. (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American television host, musician, actor, and media mogul.[2] He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in movies and on Broadway. From 1965 to 1986 Griffin hosted his own talk show, The Merv Griffin Show on Group W (Westinghouse) Broadcasting. Griffin created the game shows Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Click, and Merv Griffin's Crosswords with his own "Merv Griffin Enterprises" television production company. During his life Griffin was considered an entertainment business magnate.
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Early life[link]
Griffin was born into an Irish-American family on July 6, 1925, in San Mateo, California, to Mervyn Edward Griffin, Sr., a stock broker, and Rita Elizabeth Griffin (née Robinson),[3] a homemaker. Raised as a Roman Catholic, Griffin started singing in his church choir as a boy, and by his teens was earning extra money as a church organist. This is one of the reasons he got into show business early; he was considered a piano prodigy. He attended San Mateo High School, class of 1942, and continued to aid in financing the school.[4]
During World War II, Merv was declared 4F after failing several military physical exams due to having a slight heart murmur.[5] Drafted for service during the Korean War, he was then deemed fit for service, but was considered too old as the draft limit was 26 and he had just turned 27.
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Singing at 19[link]
Griffin started as a singer on radio at age 19, appearing on San Francisco Sketchbook, a nationally syndicated program based at KFRC. Griffin was overweight as a teenager, which disappointed his radio fans.[5] Embarrassed by their reaction, Griffin resolved to lose weight and change his image, losing 80 pounds in four months. Freddy Martin heard him on the radio show and asked Griffin to tour with his orchestra,[1] which he did for four years.[6]
He also had an uncredited role as a radio announcer in the 1953 horror/science fiction classic The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.
By 1945, Griffin earned enough to form his own record label, Panda Records, which produced Songs by Merv Griffin, the first American album ever recorded on magnetic tape.[7] He became increasingly popular with nightclub audiences, and his fame soared among the general public with his 1950 hit I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts. The song reached the number one spot on the Hit Parade and sold three million copies.[8]
At one of his nightclub performances, Griffin was discovered by Doris Day. Day arranged for a screen test at Warner Brothers Studios for a role in By the Light of the Silvery Moon. Griffin didn't get the part, but the screen test led to supporting roles in other musical films such as So This is Love in 1953.[9] The film caused a minor controversy when Griffin shared an open-mouthed kiss with Kathryn Grayson. The kiss was a first in Hollywood film history since the introduction of the Production Code in 1934.[10]
Griffin would go on to film more pictures, namely, The Boy from Oklahoma and Phantom of the Rue Morgue, but soon became disillusioned with movie making. Griffin bought his contract back from Warner Brothers and decided to focus on a new medium: television.[4]
Game show host[link]
From 1958 to 1962, Griffin hosted a game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman called Play Your Hunch. The show appeared on all three networks, but primarily on NBC. He also hosted a prime time game show for ABC called Keep Talking. Additionally, he also substituted for a week for the vacationing Bill Cullen on The Price Is Right, and also for Bud Collyer on To Tell The Truth. In 1963, NBC offered him the opportunity to host a new game show, Word for Word, which Griffin produced. He also produced Let's Play Post Office for NBC in 1965; Reach for the Stars for NBC in 1967; and One in a Million for ABC in 1967.
Talk show host[link]
Griffin scored a coup when Jack Paar accidentally emerged onto the set of Play Your Hunch during a live broadcast, and Griffin got him to stay for a spontaneous interview. The interview led to a guest-hosting spot on The Tonight Show, then hosted by Paar.
While Johnny Carson finished his CBS contract before taking over Tonight after Paar in October 1962, Griffin was one of the many guest hosts NBC used. He found hosting a live show very uncomfortable and attempted to quit after only a few minutes on camera. His producer forced him back onto the stage, however, and Griffin was considered the most successful of the guest hosts,[11] with his own daytime talk show on NBC in 1962.
By the mid 1960s, many other big band singers (such as Dinah Shore and Mike Douglas), had reinvented themselves as talk show hosts. In 1965, Griffin launched a syndicated talk show for Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting): The Merv Griffin Show. The show aired in a variety of time slots throughout North America; many stations ran it in the daytime, some broadcast it opposite Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show. Griffin's announcer/sidekick was the veteran British character actor Arthur Treacher, who had been his mentor. After Treacher left the show, Griffin would do the announcing himself, and walk on stage with the phrase: "And now..., here I come!" According to an obituary article on August 24, 2007 in Entertainment Weekly, The Merv Griffin Show was on the air for 21 years and won eleven Emmy Awards during its run.
Griffin was not shy about tackling controversial subjects, especially the Vietnam War. The guests on the Westinghouse show were an eclectic mix of entertainers, authors, politicians, and "personality" performers like Zsa Zsa Gabor. Griffin also booked controversial guests like George Carlin, Dick Gregory, Richard Pryor, Norman Mailer, and Bertrand Russell. Griffin received critical acclaim for booking such guests, but was also widely criticized for it. When philosopher and anti-war activist Bertrand Russell used Griffin's show to condemn the war in Vietnam, Griffin was criticized for letting Russell have his say. Arnold Schwarzenegger made his talk show debut in the United States on Griffin's talk show in 1974 after moving from Austria and becoming a bodybuilder.
Griffin dedicated two shows to the topic of Transcendental Meditation and its founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, one in 1975, the other in 1977. Griffin himself was an enthusiastic student of the practice.[12]
Griffin would also frequently chat with audience members.[4] One regular audience member, Lillian Miller, would become a fixture on Griffin's program throughout its run.
Merv's best friend since the sixth grade, Robert (Bob) Murphy, was the producer of The Merv Griffin Show, and eventually became president of Merv Griffin Enterprises.
Late-night host[link]
CBS gave Griffin a late-night show opposite Johnny Carson in 1969, a move which proved disastrous. The network was uncomfortable with the guests Griffin wanted, who often spoke out against the Vietnam War and on other taboo topics. When political activist Abbie Hoffman was Griffin's guest in April 1970, CBS blurred the video of Hoffman so viewers at home would not see his trademark American flag pattern shirt even though other guests had worn the same shirt in the past, uncensored. Griffin disliked the censorship imposed by CBS and complained.[4]
Sensing that his time at CBS was ending, and tired of the restrictions imposed by the network, Griffin secretly signed a contract with rival company Metromedia. The contract with Metromedia would give him a syndicated daytime talk show deal as soon as CBS canceled Griffin's show. Within a few months, Griffin was fired by CBS. His new show began the following Monday and ran until the mid 1980s. By 1986, Griffin was ready to retire and ended his talk show run. Due to profits from his highly successful game shows, Griffin had become one of the world's wealthiest entertainers.[4]
Game show creator[link]
Griffin created and produced the successful television game show Jeopardy! in 1964; in an Associated Press profile released right before the show premiered, Griffin talked about the show's origins:[1]
- My wife Julann just came up with the idea one day when we were in a plane bringing us back to New York from Duluth. I was mulling over game show ideas, when she noted that there had not been a successful 'question and answer' game on the air since the quiz show scandals. Why not do a switch, and give the answers to the contestant and let them come up with the question.
- She fired a couple of answers to me: '5,280' and the question of course was how many feet in a mile. Another was '79 Wistful Vista.' That was Fibber and Mollie McGee's address. I loved the idea, went straight to NBC with the idea, and they bought it without even looking at a pilot show. Merv's Califon Productions was named for the New Jersey town in which he and wife lived.
The show premiered on NBC on March 30, 1964, hosted by Art Fleming, and lasted for 11 years. Merv wrote the 30-second piece of music heard during the show's Final Jeopardy! Round, and which later became the melody of the theme for the show in the first part of Alex Trebek era.
In 1975, NBC canceled Jeopardy! after moving it twice on their daytime schedule and despite having an additional year on its network contract left to fulfill. Griffin produced the show's successor, Wheel of Fortune. Premiering on January 6, 1975, Wheel with Chuck Woolery and Susan Stafford as host and hostess, had mediocre ratings throughout its network run, yet was expanded to an hour, in response to the successful 60-minute version of The Price Is Right on CBS. It barely escaped cancellation in 1980, when NBC replaced all its other game shows with a daytime talk show starring David Letterman; NBC finally cancelled it in 1989, when CBS picked it up for a year, only to return to NBC, when the daytime version was finally cancelled for good in 1991. It became a phenomenon when on September 19, 1983, Wheel of Fortune hit the syndication market with Pat Sajak and Vanna White as hosts. Two different revivals of Jeopardy! would be produced: one on NBC that ran for five months in late 1978/early 1979 with Art Fleming returning as host, and the other airing in first-run syndication beginning on September 10, 1984, starring Alex Trebek. Both Jeopardy! and the night version of Wheel of Fortune remain on the air today in syndication.
In 1990, Griffin had an ambitious but unsuccessful attempt at adapting the venerable board game Monopoly into a game show of the same name. His biggest failure was a wild game show called Ruckus, which emanated from the Resorts International Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, which he owned at the time. Involving slapstick stunts and a somewhat truncated version of his old Reach For the Stars, the show initially aired locally in New York, with the intent of national syndication early the following year. But the ratings were abysmal, and the plug was pulled on the show after several weeks. A national audience did get a look at it, via reruns that aired for a time on GSN.
Upon his retirement, Griffin sold his production company, Merv Griffin Enterprises, to Columbia Pictures Television unit for US$250 million on May 6, 1986, the largest acquisition of an entertainment company owned by a single individual at that time. Following the sale, Forbes named him the richest Hollywood performer in history. He retained the title of creator of both shows.
The two powerhouses spun off numerous programs, and Griffin often would sign on as a creative consultant. The spin-offs included Wheel 2000 on CBS in 1997 and the short lived Jep! on GSN in 1998, both for children; Rock & Roll Jeopardy! on VH1 in 1998 for purveyors of pop music trivia; a teen-oriented game called Click!, which introduced a youngster named Ryan Seacrest as its host, and in association with Wink Martindale, Headline Chasers in 1985.
On May 14, 2003, Griffin was honored with the BMI President's Award at the annual BMI Film and Television Awards ceremony. Among his other achievements, Griffin created what has to be one of America's best-known melodies: the immortal theme to his game show, "Jeopardy!"[13]
In 2007, Griffin's production company, Merv Griffin Entertainment, began pre-production on a new syndicated game show Merv Griffin's Crosswords (originally titled Let's Play Crosswords and Let's Do Crosswords). The show taped in Los Angeles after initial reports that it would be produced at WMAQ-TV in Chicago. The show was produced in association with Program Partners and the William Morris Agency and began airing September 10, 2007. NBC-owned-and-operated stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Dallas carried the show, with many stations airing two episodes per day.
Business ventures[link]
Griffin ventured into real estate, purchasing the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. He also purchased Resorts Hotel and Casino, formerly Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Hotel in Atlantic City from Donald Trump in 1988. An active desert resident, he was a supporter of the La Quinta Arts Festival and the owner of the Merv Griffin Givenchy Resort & Spa in Palm Springs, now The Parker. He owned a ranch near La Quinta, California where he raised thoroughbred racehorses, as well as St. Clerans Manor, a boutique hotel, set in an eighteenth-century estate once owned by director John Huston, near Craughwell, County Galway Galway, Ireland. In the 1980s, Griffin purchased Paradise Island in the Bahamas for US$400 million from Donald Trump, but he later sold it for just US$125 million. Merv Griffin sold his empire for $250 million to Coca-Cola in 1986, he then went on a buying spree of hotels and his wealth in 2003 was said to be around $1.2 billion.[14][15]
In March 2001, Griffin returned to singing with the release of the album It's Like a Dream.
Personal life[link]
Griffin kept many details of his personal and business life private. On being wealthy he said that "if people know you're rich they don't talk with you when you walk down the street." He kept his wealth as an open secret, amassing media outlets, hotels and casinos with a net worth widely estimated at more than a billion dollars. Griffin stated he didn't really know his worth because it “would keep me from sleeping at night.”[16] He and former First Lady Nancy Reagan exchanged birthday greetings each July 6, for they shared the same birthday. Griffin was also an honorary pallbearer at the funeral of President Ronald Reagan in 2004. He was friends with both of the Reagans for many years.[17] He remained friends with his ex-wife, whom he credited with creating the premise of Jeopardy!.
Illness and death[link]
Griffin's prostate cancer, treated originally in 1996, returned and he was admitted to Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where his condition deteriorated, leading to his death on August 12, 2007.[18][19] Griffin is survived by his son, Tony, born in 1959 during Griffin's marriage to Julann Wright from 1958 to 1976. He is also survived by two grandchildren.[20]
Funeral services were held for Griffin on August 17, 2007 at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills. The well attended service included former First Lady and longtime friend Nancy Reagan, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (who gave the eulogy along with Griffin's son Tony), Maria Shriver, actors, television stars, employees and friends including Pat Sajak, Vanna White, Alex Trebek, Dick Van Dyke, Jack Klugman, Dick Van Patten, Ellen DeGeneres and partner Portia de Rossi, Ryan Seacrest, and Catherine Oxenberg and husband Casper Van Dien. Pallbearers included Ron Ward, Vice Chairman of the Griffin Group, Griffin Group President Robert Pritchard, Griffin Group Vice President Michael Eyre, and Griffin's son Tony. His 7-year-old grandson Donovan Mervyn was an honorary pallbearer as was Nancy Reagan. His 12-year-old granddaughter Farah gave a reading. A post-burial reception was held at the Beverly Hilton, a property owned by Griffin from 1987 to 2003.[21] He was buried in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery and his headstone epitaph (even though in his book "Merv", written with David Bender in 2003, states it would be "Stay Tuned") reads "I will not be right back after this message," an epitaph Griffin announced on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
Game Show Network (GSN) honored Griffin by airing ten-episode marathons of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! during the weekend of August 18–19, 2007. The Wheel marathon included two episodes with cameo appearances by Griffin: Pat Sajak's departure from the daytime version in 1989 and a 1992–93 episode that ended with Griffin, the MervTones, and Vanna White singing at a dinner club in Orlando, Florida. The Jeopardy! marathon consisted of a rerun of the Jeopardy! Million Dollar Masters Tournament from 2002.
Selected popular songs[link]
- "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts"
- "Wilhelmina"
- "Never Been Kissed"
- "The Charanga" (#69, Pop Charts, 1961)
- "Banned In Boston" (#101, Pop Charts, 1961)
- "Happy To Know You" (Radio Hit, 1973)
- "Jeopardy! theme music"
- "Changing Keys" (the Wheel of Fortune Theme)
References[link]
- ^ a b c Cynthia Lowry (March 29, 1964). "Merv Griffin: Question and Answer Man". Associated Press (Independent Star-News).
- ^ "Spokeswoman: 'Jeopardy' inventor Merv Griffin dies at 82". Associated Press. 2007-08-12. Archived from the original on September 17, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070917082035/http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/12/griffin.obit.ap/index.html. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
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- ^ a b c d e "Merv Griffin". The Notable Names Database. Soylent Communications. http://www.nndb.com/people/418/000022352. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
- ^ a b Merv Griffin, Before He Was a Legend
- ^ All Movie Guide. "Merv Griffin Filmography". Fandango. http://www.fandango.com/mervgriffin/filmography/p+28806. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
- ^ Entertainment Legend Merv Griffin Dies At 82, from Billboard (magazine)
- ^ The Griffin Group; Wikipedia; IMDB. "TV Land Remembers Merv Griffin". TV Land. http://www.tvland.com/obits/mervgriffin. Retrieved 2007-09-09. [dead link]
- ^ Richard Natale (12 August 2007). "Hollywood legend Merv Griffin dies". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117970093.html?categoryid=2492&cs=1. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
- ^ Erik Pedersen (13 August 2007). "'Visionary' H'wood host, tycoon Merv Griffin dies". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i11da93653366e6b325a6577b8af9fe8f. Retrieved 2007-09-09. [dead link]
- ^ "Late Night". Pioneers of Television, 9 January 2008.
- ^ Woo, Elaine (February 6, 2008). "Maharishi Mahesh Yogi; founded Transcendental Meditation movement". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-maharishi6feb06,1,4208394.story. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ "For Merv Griffin, 14 Seconds Can Last a Lifetime". bmi.com. http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233747. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
- ^ John Colapinto. "Dear Mister Fantasy". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10432607/dear_mister_fantasy/. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
- ^ "Gaming Hall of Fame Award". Fine Awards. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070928051537/http://www.fineawards.com/custom-gaming-hall.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
- ^ Severo, Richard; Wyatt, Edward (August 13, 2007). "Merv Griffin, Television Innovator, Dies at 82". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/13/arts/television/13griffin.html. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Gerhart, Ann (11 June 2004). "A Widow's Heartfelt Farewell". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2004/06/11/AR2005033113573.html. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
- ^ "Merv Griffin in grave condition". The Desert Sun. azcentral.com. 9 August 2007. http://www.azcentral.com/ent/celeb/articles/0809merv0809.html. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
- ^ David Zurawik (12 August 2007). "Merv Griffin dies at age 82". Baltimore Sun. http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bal-griffinobit0812,0,2231857.story. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
- ^ Kakie Urch; Bruce Fessier; Erica Solvig (12 August 2007). "Remembering Merv Griffin, 1925-2007". The Desert Sun. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/television/2003833182_webgriffin12.html. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
- ^ "Hundreds Pay Final Respects To Merv Griffin". KNBC Los Angeles. 17 August 2007. http://www.knbc.com/entertainment/13917581/detail.html?dl=mainclick. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
External links[link]
- Merv Griffin at the Internet Movie Database
- He Had a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts at the Wall Street Journal
- Merv Griffin tribute from ABC, from YouTube
- Merv Griffin at Find a Grave
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| Name | Griffin, Jr., Mervyn Edward |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | American singer and television game show producer |
| Date of birth | July 6, 1925 |
| Place of birth | San Mateo, California |
| Date of death | August 12, 2007 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles, California |
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