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SFGATE
11 months ago
SF real estate

The Week's Most Popular Listing Is a Must-See California Mobile Home-Seriously

Realtor.comA tiny mobile home in Palm Springs, CA, rumored to have once been actor Desi Arnaz's makeup trailer is this week's most popular listing on Realtor.com®.Named "Lucille" after Arnaz's real-life wife and "I Love Lucy" co-star, Lucille Ball, the 336-square-foot abode is part of a mobile park community known as Horizon Mobile Village.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Springfield native Ruth E. Carter becomes 1st Black woman to win 2 Oscars

Entertainment Carter, who grew up in Massachusetts, took home best costume design Sunday night at the 95th Academy Awards for the Marvel sequel "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever."LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ruth E. Carter made history: The costume designer behind the "Black Panther" films became the first Black woman to win two Oscars.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Television

Tyler James Williams Lifts His Spirits With bell hooks and Tom Ford

Tyler James Williams has had a winning season.A Screen Actors Guild award that he and his Abbott Elementary castmates won for their work on the ABC mockumentary about an underfunded public school in Philadelphia.A Golden Globe for best supporting actor for his own performance in the series, as Gregory Eddie, a substitute teacher who finds a sense of purpose and permanence in the job.
amNewYork
1 year ago
Music

Jennifer Lopez, Sam Smith and 'You People' to appear this week | amNewYork

Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week.MOVIES
- Jennifer Lopez, rom-com queen, returns to the genre she's most identified with in "Shotgun Wedding," premiering Friday on Amazon's Prime Video.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
New York City

Silver Saundors Friedman, Who Helped Found the Improv, Dies at 90

Silver Saundors Friedman, a former Broadway chorine whose hankering for an affordable after-work hangout in Manhattan inspired her future husband to open the original Improvisation, the grandfather of comedy clubs, which she later owned outright, died on Dec. 3 in Santa Monica, Calif.,She was 89.Her death, in a hospice, was caused by a hemorrhagic stroke, her daughter Zoe Friedman said.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Television

Da'Vine Joy Randolph Doesn't Want Anyone Finishing Her Sentences

Whether in comedies like "Only Murders in the Building" or dramas like "On the Come Up," the ubiquitous actor refuses to be pigeonholed.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Television

George Shapiro, Talent Manager Who Pushed for 'Seinfeld,' Dies at 91

He left his job as an agent in the 1970s to guide the careers of Jerry Seinfeld, Carl Reiner and other comics.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
London

The venue's no joke but Just for Laughs' London festival delivered megastar standups | Brian Logan

You've heard of Just for Laughs Montreal: it's one of the world's biggest comedy festivals.But Just for Laughs London?That's a new initiative, which unfolded this weekend at the O2 with corporate partners galore, and promised to shine the international spotlight on the incredible UK scene, while bringing global comedy stars [together in] one epic comedy celebration.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

13 Comedy Clubs for Great Stand-Up and Improv in New York

307 West 26th Street, Manhattan; asylumnyc.com.
Washington Post
1 year ago
DC food

Review | 'You People': A master class in race relations, delivered as comedy

From left, David Duchovny, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jonah Hill, Lauren London, Eddie Murphy and Nia Long in "You People."(Parrish Lewis/Netflix) (3.5 stars) "You People," a very, very fresh and funny love story starring Jonah Hill and Lauren London, has all the bones of its rom-com antecedents: the opening meet-cute, in which Hill's Ezra mistakes London's Amira for his Uber driver; a scowling father of the bride (Eddie Murphy) who can't stand the unworthy groom; several hilariously awkward meet-the-parents scenes; and not one but two kooky wedding planners (Deon Cole and Andrea Savage).
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

Adam Sandler wins the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

Adam Sandler is the winner of this year's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.Sandler will receive the award at a gala performance at the Kennedy Center on March 19th, 2023.Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Adam Sandler has been named the recipient of the 24th Mark Twain Award for American Humor, considered one of the most prestigious honors in comedy.
Fatherly
2 years ago
Fathers

Check Out This Vintage '90s Kenan Thompson Classic Before It Leaves Netflix

If there's the equivalent of Shakespeare to be found in 20th-century pop culture, perhaps it's Good Burger.
www.standard.co.uk
1 year ago
London

Cheerful stories from this week to put a smile on your face

I t's been a big week with some even bigger stories.From Prince Harry leaving our jaws dropped with the latest revelations in his memoir Spare, to more strike action in the capital it's been a lot to take in.So if you're looking for stories that will bring a smile to your face, you've come to the right spot.
Pinstripe Alley
1 year ago
New York Yankees

Yankees History: Chick Gandil gives the Bombers some help in 1918

The great thing about the Win Probability Added stat is that it puts a tangible number on big plays and performances with regards to their importance in a game.Obviously, you can feel how big an eighth inning go-ahead hit or stranding the bases loaded in a one-run game is, but with WPA you can put a figure on just how big.
Washington Post
1 year ago
DC food

Review | Claymation pioneer is celebrated in documentary 'Claydream'

Will Vinton may not be a household name, outside the world of animation junkies.
Gay City News
1 year ago
NYC LGBT

Queer films included in "Let's Talk About Sex" series - Gay City News

As mainstream American cinema has become utterly sexless under the new Hays Code of the PG-13 rating, visual representations of sex are all too often marginalized.
The Real Deal Los Angeles
2 years ago
LA real estate

Mark Wahlberg, Rhea Durham List 31K SF Estate In Beverly Park

Hollywood A-lister Mark Wahlberg has listed his 30,500-square-foot estate in Beverly Park for $87.5 million.
The Real Deal Los Angeles
2 years ago
LA real estate

Billionaire Alec Gores Sells 31K SF Estate In Beverly Park

Leveraged buyout specialist Alec Gores has sold his 31,000 square-foot French Normandy-style estate in Beverly Park for $70 million.
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