At 91, Ed Asner has fully earned the right to the cranky-old-man archetype he’s been mining most of his career.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, to Eastern European Jewish immigrants, Asner discovered acting while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, where he appeared in plays. After his service, he joined Playwrights Theatre Company in Chicago. He then moved to New York City, where he worked with the earliest incarnation of The Second City in 1959. By 1960, he was appearing on Broadway opposite Jack Lemmon in the legal drama Face of a Hero. TV soon came calling,...
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, to Eastern European Jewish immigrants, Asner discovered acting while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, where he appeared in plays. After his service, he joined Playwrights Theatre Company in Chicago. He then moved to New York City, where he worked with the earliest incarnation of The Second City in 1959. By 1960, he was appearing on Broadway opposite Jack Lemmon in the legal drama Face of a Hero. TV soon came calling,...
- 8/19/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Cloris Leachman, who won a record eight Emmys across seven categories plus a Daytime Emmy, died on January 27 at the age of 94. In a business that favors the young, she came into her prime when she was already in her forties. Leachman earned the first of her 22 Emmy nominations for her scene-stealing work on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” in 1972, just weeks after winning the supporting actress Oscar for “The Last Picture Show.”
While she lost that first Emmy race to her on-screen nemesis Valerie Harper as well as Sally Struthers (“All in the Family”) she was back the following year and won lead actress in a telefilm. Since then, she has shown what a utility player she is with those eight Primetime Emmy wins spread across seven categories. (Julia Louis-Dreyfus equalled that record haul with single wins for “Seinfeld” and “The New Adventures of Old Christine” and six for “Veep.
While she lost that first Emmy race to her on-screen nemesis Valerie Harper as well as Sally Struthers (“All in the Family”) she was back the following year and won lead actress in a telefilm. Since then, she has shown what a utility player she is with those eight Primetime Emmy wins spread across seven categories. (Julia Louis-Dreyfus equalled that record haul with single wins for “Seinfeld” and “The New Adventures of Old Christine” and six for “Veep.
- 1/27/2021
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
SAG-AFTRA board member describes measures as “tantamount to stealing”.
Representatives of SAG-AFTRA have brought a class action against the union’s health plan and its trustees over benefit cuts they claim remove coverage of around 11,000 union members, many of whom are senior citizens.
Veteran actor Ed Asner is one of 10 plaintiffs named in papers filed on Tuesday (December 1) with a federal court in California alleging breach of fiduciary duty, engagement in prohibited transactions, and failure to disclose material to plan participants.
In August SAG-AFTRA Health Plan administrators said they would increase premiums for 2021 coverage, as well as the amount subscribers...
Representatives of SAG-AFTRA have brought a class action against the union’s health plan and its trustees over benefit cuts they claim remove coverage of around 11,000 union members, many of whom are senior citizens.
Veteran actor Ed Asner is one of 10 plaintiffs named in papers filed on Tuesday (December 1) with a federal court in California alleging breach of fiduciary duty, engagement in prohibited transactions, and failure to disclose material to plan participants.
In August SAG-AFTRA Health Plan administrators said they would increase premiums for 2021 coverage, as well as the amount subscribers...
- 12/1/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The 2018 Ed Asner & Friends Celebrity Poker Tournament was sold out and a huge success raising in excess of $140,000 in much needed funds for The Ed Asner Family Center, dedicated to promoting mental health and enrichment programs to special needs children and their families, it was announced by Matt Asner, President.
Ed Asner and Ed Begley Jr
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Emmy-winning actor and autism advocate Ed Asner, who has a son and grandson on the autism spectrum, hosted the event and was joined by comedian Tom Arnold, Thomas Gibson (Criminal Minds), Maureen McCormick (The Brady Bunch), Richard Schiff (The Good Doctor), Kate Linder (The Young and the Restless) among many others. Attended by over 350 guests, the poker tournament took place on Saturday, September 8, 2018 at the Playa Studios in Culver City.
Other celebrity friends who played a hand and supported the cause included Ed Begley Jr.., Marie Post, Willie Garson,...
Ed Asner and Ed Begley Jr
Credit/Copyright: Craig Mathews PR
Emmy-winning actor and autism advocate Ed Asner, who has a son and grandson on the autism spectrum, hosted the event and was joined by comedian Tom Arnold, Thomas Gibson (Criminal Minds), Maureen McCormick (The Brady Bunch), Richard Schiff (The Good Doctor), Kate Linder (The Young and the Restless) among many others. Attended by over 350 guests, the poker tournament took place on Saturday, September 8, 2018 at the Playa Studios in Culver City.
Other celebrity friends who played a hand and supported the cause included Ed Begley Jr.., Marie Post, Willie Garson,...
- 9/17/2018
- Look to the Stars
Last year, Ann Dowd’s Emmy win for “The Handmaid’s Tale’s” first season was one of the biggest surprises of the evening as Thandie Newton (“Westworld”) seemed to be the frontrunner to win. Dowd was able to overcome vote splitting with her co-star Samira Wiley, but it remains unclear whether she will be able to overcome two of her co-stars this year. This time around, she is up against Millie Bobby Brown (“Stranger Things”), Alexis Bledel (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), Lena Headey (“Game of Thrones”), Vanessa Kirby (“The Crown”), Yvonne Strahovski (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) and Newton.
If Dowd prevails, she’ll be the seventh in Best Drama Supporting Actress to win back-to-back Emmys, joining Ellen Corby, Nancy Marchand, Bonnie Bartlett, Allison Janney, Blythe Danner and Anna Gunn.
SEE2018 Emmy nominations complete list: All the nominees for the 70th Emmy Awards
Looking back at last year’s race,...
If Dowd prevails, she’ll be the seventh in Best Drama Supporting Actress to win back-to-back Emmys, joining Ellen Corby, Nancy Marchand, Bonnie Bartlett, Allison Janney, Blythe Danner and Anna Gunn.
SEE2018 Emmy nominations complete list: All the nominees for the 70th Emmy Awards
Looking back at last year’s race,...
- 8/17/2018
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
Former NBC chairman and CEO, Grant Tinker, has died at the age of 90. Together with Mary Tyler Moore, to whom he was married from 1962 to 1982, Tinker formed Mtm Enterprises. According to reports, he died at home in California, on November 28, 2016.The production company produced iconic TV sitcoms such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-offs Rhoda and Phyllis, as well as The Bob Newhart Show and Wkrp in Cincinnati. Mtm Enterprises was also behind critically acclaimed dramas like Hill Street Blues and St. Elsewhere -- and another Mtm spin-off -- Lou Grant.Read More…...
- 11/30/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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