Darlene Love’s annual television performance of “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” was essentially orphaned after “Late Show With David Letterman” went off the air in 2015, putting an end to the 28-year streak that had the music legend singing her signature holiday song with Paul Shaffer’s band on Letterman’s last original show before Christmas each December. But they all reunited — not over the air, but on YouTube — for a resumption of the tradition, nine years after the last time this particular caroling took place on CBS.
Watch the video, below.
Love has sung the modern standard she originated on “The View,” but her song has not had a regular nighttime slot since 2014. She recently sang it on the Rockefeller Center prime-time special with Cher, who also asked Love to perform it with her on her recent Christmas album. But Love still has some feelings about never having been...
Watch the video, below.
Love has sung the modern standard she originated on “The View,” but her song has not had a regular nighttime slot since 2014. She recently sang it on the Rockefeller Center prime-time special with Cher, who also asked Love to perform it with her on her recent Christmas album. But Love still has some feelings about never having been...
- 12/20/2023
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Christmas has finally come home: In a sweet, new YouTube video, Darlene Love reunites with David Letterman and Paul Shaffer for the first time in nine years to resume a longtime holiday tradition that capped off the Christmas episodes of Letterman’s late night talk shows for 28 years.
“I hate all novelty holiday songs,” Letterman says in the new video posted on his Letterman YouTube channel. “I hate them. The only one I love is ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).'”
Together again for the first time since the final Christmas episode of Letterman’s Late Show in 2014, Love, Letterman, Shaffer and Late Show executive producer Barbara Gaines chat about the annual performances that resurrected Love’s solo career and became a beloved holiday TV tradition.
The 1963 song, written Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, and Phil Spector and recorded by Love for the compilation album A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector,...
“I hate all novelty holiday songs,” Letterman says in the new video posted on his Letterman YouTube channel. “I hate them. The only one I love is ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).'”
Together again for the first time since the final Christmas episode of Letterman’s Late Show in 2014, Love, Letterman, Shaffer and Late Show executive producer Barbara Gaines chat about the annual performances that resurrected Love’s solo career and became a beloved holiday TV tradition.
The 1963 song, written Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, and Phil Spector and recorded by Love for the compilation album A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector,...
- 12/19/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
What’s 20 feet long, 8 feet high, belongs in the Smithsonian — but could end up in your garage?
The answer: The Late Show With David Letterman marquee. The familiar blue-and-yellow sign hung outside the Ed Sullivan Theater at Broadway and 53rd Street for the entire run of Letterman’s CBS late-night show, from 1993 to 2013.
Now, that oversize piece of television history, which has been sitting in storage for a decade, is the grand prize in a sweepstakes benefiting Habitat for Humanity, the Atlanta-based nonprofit that builds and repairs homes for low-income families and individuals. Letterman is a longtime supporter of the organization, having first volunteered with Habitat in New Orleans as part of its response to 2005’s Hurricane Katrina.
For a donation of $10 or more, anyone can enter the sweepstakes at GiveAwayDave.com until Dec. 31. The grand prize also includes a trip to New York City to meet Letterman and his longtime band leader Paul Shaffer.
The answer: The Late Show With David Letterman marquee. The familiar blue-and-yellow sign hung outside the Ed Sullivan Theater at Broadway and 53rd Street for the entire run of Letterman’s CBS late-night show, from 1993 to 2013.
Now, that oversize piece of television history, which has been sitting in storage for a decade, is the grand prize in a sweepstakes benefiting Habitat for Humanity, the Atlanta-based nonprofit that builds and repairs homes for low-income families and individuals. Letterman is a longtime supporter of the organization, having first volunteered with Habitat in New Orleans as part of its response to 2005’s Hurricane Katrina.
For a donation of $10 or more, anyone can enter the sweepstakes at GiveAwayDave.com until Dec. 31. The grand prize also includes a trip to New York City to meet Letterman and his longtime band leader Paul Shaffer.
- 11/9/2023
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The actors’ and writers’ strikes have left countless people out of work for months as the two unions, SAG-AFTRA and the WGA, fight with the studios for better working conditions for their members. The strikes have also pushed the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards (originally set for Sept. 18) to January, stalled TV and film productions, and delayed the return of late-night talk shows indefinitely. With so many in the entertainment world out of work, actors and talk show hosts have found ways to raise money through the Entertainment Community Fund, the SAG-AFTRA relief fund,...
- 9/19/2023
- by Kalia Richardson
- Rollingstone.com
David Letterman has made his love for Warren Zevon and The National very clear, declaring that both artists ought to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and that he wishes he “could be Matt Berninger.”
Sitting down for a YouTube conversation with Barbara Gaines and Mary Barclay — longtime colleagues from the Late Show days — the 70-year-old television icon shared some of his thoughts on the 2023 inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, starting with his disappointment over the snubbing of Zevon.
“Warren Zevon was on the ballot for the first time, and was not voted in,” he explained. “I will say that I’m disappointed. I’m not angry, because I would’ve been surprised had it gone the other way. I think to be angry would’ve been 30 years ago, when he should’ve been inducted.” Zevon currently sits at No. 2 on Consequence‘s...
Sitting down for a YouTube conversation with Barbara Gaines and Mary Barclay — longtime colleagues from the Late Show days — the 70-year-old television icon shared some of his thoughts on the 2023 inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, starting with his disappointment over the snubbing of Zevon.
“Warren Zevon was on the ballot for the first time, and was not voted in,” he explained. “I will say that I’m disappointed. I’m not angry, because I would’ve been surprised had it gone the other way. I think to be angry would’ve been 30 years ago, when he should’ve been inducted.” Zevon currently sits at No. 2 on Consequence‘s...
- 5/5/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
The variety series Emmy race hasn’t always been a boys’ club. But Samantha Bee is bringing balance back to a category that had become way too male-dominated.
“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” is the first female-fronted series to be nominated in the relatively new Outstanding Variety Talk Series category, which was created in 2015. That’s when the TV Academy split the Outstanding Variety Series category into two: variety talk and variety sketch series.
The first year out, “Inside Amy Schumer” won the variety sketch Emmy, becoming the first female-fronted variety show to win a series Emmy since Tracey Ullman’s “Tracey Takes On” in 1997. But that was also the first time a variety show starring a woman had even been nominated in the variety series field since “Tracey Takes On” in 1999.
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That’s right – a 15-year drought.
“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” is the first female-fronted series to be nominated in the relatively new Outstanding Variety Talk Series category, which was created in 2015. That’s when the TV Academy split the Outstanding Variety Series category into two: variety talk and variety sketch series.
The first year out, “Inside Amy Schumer” won the variety sketch Emmy, becoming the first female-fronted variety show to win a series Emmy since Tracey Ullman’s “Tracey Takes On” in 1997. But that was also the first time a variety show starring a woman had even been nominated in the variety series field since “Tracey Takes On” in 1999.
Read MoreEmmys: How the Election Helped Get the Talk Show Nominees (Mostly) Right
That’s right – a 15-year drought.
- 7/19/2017
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
David Letterman‘s mother, Dorothy Mengering, died on Tuesday. She was 95. Mengering made regular guest appearances on the “Late Show” when her son was the host, often from her Indiana home while baking in the kitchen for a popular holiday segment called “Guess Mom’s Pies.”
Her passing was confirmed via Twitter by Barbara Gaines, an executive producer on the CBS talk show whose connection to Letterman dates back to 1980.
So sorry to hear about Dave's mom Dorothy. She was 95! Definitely went the distance. — Barbara Gaines (@barbara_gaines1) April 12, 2017 Current CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert.
Her passing was confirmed via Twitter by Barbara Gaines, an executive producer on the CBS talk show whose connection to Letterman dates back to 1980.
So sorry to hear about Dave's mom Dorothy. She was 95! Definitely went the distance. — Barbara Gaines (@barbara_gaines1) April 12, 2017 Current CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert.
- 4/12/2017
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Martin Scorsese pays tribute: “It was like listening to a great jazz musician wail.”
Don Rickles, legendary comedian and actor, died on Thursday in Los Angeles of kidney failure. He was 90.
Born in New York City, Rickles began his career in nightclubs where he earned his reputation as an insult comic after his manner of responding to hecklers became as popular as the material itself.
Rickles’ career spanned more than six decades and included continued stand-up routines, acting in television and film, as well as regular appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Late Show with David Letterman.
The comedian may be best known to contemporary audiences as the voice of Mr. Potato Head in Pixar’s Toy Story films, including the latest instalment, Toy Story 4, due to hit theatres in 2019.
He got his break in the 1958 war film Run Silent Run Deep alongside Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster, followed by dramatic...
Don Rickles, legendary comedian and actor, died on Thursday in Los Angeles of kidney failure. He was 90.
Born in New York City, Rickles began his career in nightclubs where he earned his reputation as an insult comic after his manner of responding to hecklers became as popular as the material itself.
Rickles’ career spanned more than six decades and included continued stand-up routines, acting in television and film, as well as regular appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Late Show with David Letterman.
The comedian may be best known to contemporary audiences as the voice of Mr. Potato Head in Pixar’s Toy Story films, including the latest instalment, Toy Story 4, due to hit theatres in 2019.
He got his break in the 1958 war film Run Silent Run Deep alongside Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster, followed by dramatic...
- 4/7/2017
- ScreenDaily
Legendary comedian had roles in Toy Story and Casino.
Don Rickles, legendary comedian and actor, died on Thursday in Los Angeles of kidney failure. He was 90.
Born in New York City, Rickles began his career in nightclubs where he earned his reputation as an insult comic after his manner of responding to hecklers became as popular as the material itself.
Rickles’ career spanned more than six decades and included continued stand-up routines, acting in television and film, as well as regular appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Late Show with David Letterman.
The comedian may be best known to contemporary audiences as the voice of Mr. Potato Head in Pixar’s Toy Story films, including the latest instalment, Toy Story 4, due to hit theatres in 2019.
He got his break in the 1958 war film Run Silent Run Deep alongside Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster, followed by dramatic turns in The Rabbit Trap and X: The Man With The X-Ray Eyes...
Don Rickles, legendary comedian and actor, died on Thursday in Los Angeles of kidney failure. He was 90.
Born in New York City, Rickles began his career in nightclubs where he earned his reputation as an insult comic after his manner of responding to hecklers became as popular as the material itself.
Rickles’ career spanned more than six decades and included continued stand-up routines, acting in television and film, as well as regular appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Late Show with David Letterman.
The comedian may be best known to contemporary audiences as the voice of Mr. Potato Head in Pixar’s Toy Story films, including the latest instalment, Toy Story 4, due to hit theatres in 2019.
He got his break in the 1958 war film Run Silent Run Deep alongside Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster, followed by dramatic turns in The Rabbit Trap and X: The Man With The X-Ray Eyes...
- 4/6/2017
- ScreenDaily
Three weeks prior to his death, Don Rickles shared his final tweet, which he made in loving tribute to his wife, Barbara.
On March 11, Rickles celebrated his 52nd wedding anniversary with his bride and expressed his love for her on Twitter.
“We are celebrating our 52nd Wedding Anniversary March 14th. Happy Anniversary my dear wife, Barbara. You are my life. Xo Pussycat (Me),” he tweeted.
We are celebrating our 52nd Wedding Anniversary March 14th. Happy Anniversary my dear wife, Barbara. You are my life. ❤️❌⭕Pussycat
(Me)
— Don Rickles (@DonRickles) March 12, 2017
Rickles married Barbara in 1965 and shared two children with her: their late son Larry Rickles,...
On March 11, Rickles celebrated his 52nd wedding anniversary with his bride and expressed his love for her on Twitter.
“We are celebrating our 52nd Wedding Anniversary March 14th. Happy Anniversary my dear wife, Barbara. You are my life. Xo Pussycat (Me),” he tweeted.
We are celebrating our 52nd Wedding Anniversary March 14th. Happy Anniversary my dear wife, Barbara. You are my life. ❤️❌⭕Pussycat
(Me)
— Don Rickles (@DonRickles) March 12, 2017
Rickles married Barbara in 1965 and shared two children with her: their late son Larry Rickles,...
- 4/6/2017
- by Natalie Stone
- PEOPLE.com
Don Rickles, who made his name as a devastating insult comic but endeared himself to a new generation of fans as Toy Story‘s Mr. Potato Head, has died at age 90.
The legendary comedian’s longtime representative Paul Shefrin tells People in a statement: “Emmy-Award winning iconic comedian Don Rickles passed away at his home Los Angeles this morning (Thursday) as a result of kidney failure.”
“Rickles would have turned 91 on May 8. Rickles also had great success as an actor and best-selling author,” he continued. “He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Barbara, as well as their daughter Mindy Mann and her husband Ed,...
The legendary comedian’s longtime representative Paul Shefrin tells People in a statement: “Emmy-Award winning iconic comedian Don Rickles passed away at his home Los Angeles this morning (Thursday) as a result of kidney failure.”
“Rickles would have turned 91 on May 8. Rickles also had great success as an actor and best-selling author,” he continued. “He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Barbara, as well as their daughter Mindy Mann and her husband Ed,...
- 4/6/2017
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
This year's New York Comedy Festival was kicked off with riotous laughter by the New York Women in Film and Television Panel "Comedy Makers: Tales from the Dark Side." Moderated by comedian Lizz Winstead, the panel included writer Susan Fales-Hill, producer Barbara Gaines, writer and actress Jill Kopelman Kargman, director and executive producer Stephanie Laing, and writer and executive producer Elisa Zuritsky. Read More: Joss Whedon and the 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog' Cast Wouldn't Change A Thing (Except Maybe the Godzilla Thing) These hilarious women shared the ups and downs in their careers, including some horror stories from the male-dominated writers' rooms. Highlights from this witty panel are below: The importance of creating roles for women."I grew up around a lot of fantastic actresses of color," said Fales-Hill. "This was before the days of Shonda Rhimes. Black actresses had been in for about a year and I grew up around all of these.
- 11/13/2015
- by Sonya Saepoff
- Indiewire
Chicago Shakespeare Theater Cst announces today the casting and creative team for William Shakespeare's towering epic King Lear, directed by CSTFounder and Artistic Director Barbara Gaines and featuring Chicago theater legend Larry Yando in the title role. A wrenching story of love, loss and reconciliation, the unraveling of an imperious king has fascinated audiences for more than 400 years. Gaines brings audiences aKing Lear for our times, especially relevant as today's generation wrestles with the harrowing effects of aging on loved ones. King Lear opens Chicago Shakespeare's 201415 season in the Courtyard Theater, September 9-November 9, 2014.
- 8/11/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Stephen Colbert, who will succeed David Letterman as host when he retires, will visit the "Late Show with David Letterman," Tuesday, April 22 (11:35 Pm-12:37 Am, Et/Pt) on CBS. CBS announced last week that Colbert, the host, writer and executive producer of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning "The Colbert Report," will be the next host of the "Late Show," effective when Letterman retires from the broadcast sometime in 2015. Letterman, the legendary, critically-acclaimed host of the CBS late night series for the past 21 years, announced his retirement on the show's April 3 broadcast. The "Late Show with David Letterman" is a production of Worldwide Pants Incorporated. Barbara Gaines, Matt Roberts, Jude Brennan, Maria Pope, Eric Stangel,...
- 4/16/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Chicago Shakespeare Theater Cst announces William Shakespeare's Henry VIII, the first professional Chicago production in 400 years since its debut at Shakespeare's Globe in London. Staged by Artistic Director Barbara Gaines in Cst's Courtyard Theater April 30-June 16, 2013, Henry VIII features a celebrated company of artists that includes Gregory Wooddell in the title role and Christina Pumariega as Anne Boleyn. The Acting Company features an ensemble of veteran Cst actors which includes Kate Buddeke, David Darlow, Kevin Gudahl, Scott Jaeck, Ora Jones, David Lively and Mike Nussbaum. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production highlights below.
- 5/6/2013
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
Chicago Shakespeare Theater Cst announces William Shakespeare's Henry VIII, the first professional Chicago production in 400 years since its debut at Shakespeare's Globe in London. Staged by Artistic Director Barbara Gaines in Cst's Courtyard Theater April 30-June 16, 2013, Henry VIII features a celebrated company of artists that includes Gregory Wooddell in the title role and Christina Pumariega as Anne Boleyn. The acting company features an ensemble of veteran Cst actors which includes Kate Buddeke, David Darlow, Kevin Gudahl, Scott Jaeck, Ora Jones, David Lively and Mike Nussbaum. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production shots below.
- 5/6/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
From his sharp wit, profound devotion to language and characters which resound with contemporary audiences, Shakespeare's legacy is felt from the high school classroom to the nerdy fantasies of true love. After a busy life of 38 plays and 154 sonnets, the Bard has made an indelible mark on our minds and hearts.
We've made a roundup of various cities to see Shakespeare in the Park this summer, so get ready for fireflies, picnic baskets, and the magic of the theater:
Midwest:
Why wait for the summer if you can start seeing Shakespeare now? Being Shakespeare in Chicago presents "Timon of Athens" (directed by Barbara Gaines and starring Ian McDiarmid) at the Courtyard Theater from April 24 - June 10, 2012.
West Coast:
If you are living in sunny California, you can catch Shakespeare in the Park's rendition of "Henry V" in San Francisco or Cal Shakes' presentation of "The Tempest".
East Coast:
If crowds...
We've made a roundup of various cities to see Shakespeare in the Park this summer, so get ready for fireflies, picnic baskets, and the magic of the theater:
Midwest:
Why wait for the summer if you can start seeing Shakespeare now? Being Shakespeare in Chicago presents "Timon of Athens" (directed by Barbara Gaines and starring Ian McDiarmid) at the Courtyard Theater from April 24 - June 10, 2012.
West Coast:
If you are living in sunny California, you can catch Shakespeare in the Park's rendition of "Henry V" in San Francisco or Cal Shakes' presentation of "The Tempest".
East Coast:
If crowds...
- 4/23/2012
- by Kathleen Massara
- Huffington Post
Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Cst 25th Anniversary Season includes Elizabeth Rex, directed by Cst Artistic Director Barbara Gaines and playing in Cst's Courtyard Theater now through January 22, 2012. Set in Shakespeare's time, Timothy Findley's Elizabeth Rex is a fictional drama based on an obscure historical fact on the eve of the beheading of her court favorite and rumored lover, the Earl of Essex, Queen Elizabeth was entertained with a royal command performance by William Shakespeare and his company. Findley's daring and original play imagines the troubled Queen's impassioned confrontation with an ailing actor-who dares to reveal the woman buried beneath the role of the Virgin Queen.
- 12/28/2011
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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