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Waylaid by Woody Allen, an Actress Gets Fired! Up

Getting fired is never fun. But Annabelle Gurwitch's journey to the unemployment line was particularly unpleasant: Not long after she landed a dream gig in a Woody Allen play, the neurotic nebbish complained that she looked "retarded" and promptly sacked her. The comic actress — who's best known for her six-year stint as cohost of TBS' Dinner & a Movie — was devastated. How could she fight back? By mining her experience for laughs, of course! First she published a personal essay in Show People magazine. Next she organized a series of performances, both in Los Angeles and New York, where celebrities like Illeana Douglas and writer read full article
Roomies Donna, Cyndi and Keisha are hardworking metropolitan ladies, but they don't give the...
Free | Discovery Channel
Length: 01:43
Posted: 10/28/2009
Maggie Rodriguez spoke with "Wa$ted's" Annabelle Gurwitch about great tips that help the...
Free | CBS
Length: 03:15
Posted: 4/22/2009
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Annabelle Gurwitch's first-person take on getting the axe.
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Length: 01:12:00
Posted: 1/24/2008
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Annabelle Gurwitch's first-person take on getting the axe.
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Posted: 1/24/2008
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Title Year Type
Fired! (Screenwriter) 2007 TV Show Series
Fired! (Producer) 2007 TV Show Series
Fired! (Author) 2007 TV Show Series
Wa$ted (Host) 2007 TV Show Series
Fired! (Writer) 2006 Movie

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Waylaid by Woody Allen, an Actress Gets Fired! Up

Getting fired is never fun. But Annabelle Gurwitch's journey to the unemployment line was particularly unpleasant: Not long after she landed a dream gig in a Woody Allen play, the neurotic nebbish complained that she looked "retarded" and promptly sacked her. The comic actress — who's best known for her six-year stint as cohost of TBS' Dinner & a Movie — was devastated. How could she fight back? By mining her experience for laughs, of course! First she published a personal essay in Show People magazine. Next she organized a series of performances, both in Los Angeles and New York, where celebrities like Illeana Douglas and writer read more

Annabelle Gurwitch Makes the Team

Annabelle Gurwitch is not a shrink. Nor is she a scientist, a psychic or even a Sominex addict. Yet the Sci Fi Channel knew at once that she'd be perfect to co-host its risqué late-night talk show The Dream Team with Annabelle and Michael (premiering Monday at 11 pm/ET). For Pete's sake, her name's even in the title! "But I have absolutely no qualifications," she tells TV Guide Online. "None whatsoever. I'm just like anybody else out there who's been through a certain amount of therapy, sleeps, has dreams and wonders what the hell they mean!" Ah, that's why Gurwitch was Sci Fi's go-to gal: The onetime Not Necessarily the News correspondent is so witty, she spends her evenings tossing off one-liners instead of counting sheep. For actual interpretations of nocturnal transmissions, Dream Team guests rely on Gurwitch's sidekick, Jungian psychologi read more

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