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Watch Video: "Idol Gives Back" Bloopers! | The Great American Idol Blog | 4/9/2008
It's that time of the season again—the one when all your favorite Idol-ers and celebs team up to raise awareness and funds to benefit poverty stricken children around the world. So who'll be joining this year's event? Basically every celeb under the sun including Bono, Brad Pitt, Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Reese Witherspoon, Miley Cyrus, Mariah Carey, Fergie, Chris Daughtry and Snoop Dogg. We could go on, but this preview sums it up best (with some added bloopers, of course!) read more
Billy Crystal to Take the Field with the Yankees | Today's News: Our Take | 3/11/2008
To celebrate his 60th birthday, funnyman — and avid New York Yankees fan — Billy Crystal will suit up in pinstripes and play for his beloved team. Crystal will sign a one-day, minor-league contract that allows him to play for the Yankees in Thursday's exhibition game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Tampa. Though manager Joe Girardi hasn't decided Crystal's role in the lineup, the City Slickers star will wear No. 60 as another tribute to his age.According to the Yankees, Crystal hit... read more
Oscars Poll: You Really Like Sally Field (and Billy Crystal) | Oscars Live Recap and News Blog | 2/19/2008
As anticipation for this Sunday's 80th Academy Awards grows, some Oscar fans just can't help looking back. In a survey by Parade magazine, readers were asked to pinpoint the most memorable moments from the show's 80-year history as well as sound off on this year's races. Categories included everything from most memorable acceptance speech — which went to Sally Field's "You like me right now!" declaration — to the viewers' preferred host of the annual event, where Billy Crystal was the... read more
Billy Crystal Seeks a Mahvelous Late-night Gig | Today's News: Our Take | 8/15/2007
Saludos, my night owls.... Billy Crystal and his peeps are reportedly on the prowl for a late-night-TV hosting gig. The big question, of course, is where . "Billy was initially set on Conan O'Brien's slot when Conan takes over... The Tonight Show [in 2009]," a source tells the New York Post's Page Six. "But even if that didn't work out, he would do something in syndication." Billy's ask: $20 mil over five years. My ask: be better than Chevy.** To be fair, I'm midway through Chevy's biography,... read more
Billy Crystal Makes His Mark... Twain | Today's News: Our Take | 5/1/2007
And he feels mahvalous about it! Funnyman Billy Crystal will receive the 10th-annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on October 11, in a star-studded (and hopefully laugh-filled) gala to be broadcast on PBS at a later date, says Playbill.com. Prior recipients include fellow Oscar host Whoopi Goldberg and SNL VIPs Lorne Michaels and Steve Martin. The Twain Prize recognizes "people who have had an impact on American society in ways similar to the distinguished 19th century novelist and... read more
A Likable Host for a Long, Low-Key Oscars | Roush Dispatch | 2/26/2007
The one thing I realized as Oscar night droned on and on for nearly four hours: If I ever had to choose someone to be stranded with for hours on end (say, like those poor Jet Blue passengers a few weeks ago), it would have to be Ellen DeGeneres.Keeping her cool, and her genuine aura of chipper goodwill, throughout three costume changes (in suits from red velvet to all-white to royal blue) and what seemed once again like an overindulgent excess of movie montages (we definitely could have done... read more
Tony Bennett's Instant Classic | Roush Dispatch | 11/21/2006
Consider this an unqualified rave. NBC is offering a deluxe sweeps and holiday treat in Tuesday’s prime-time special Tony Bennett: An American Classic (8/7c), which is as lustrously filmed as it is impeccably sung. For those of us who’ve been waiting for Oscar-nominated director Rob Marshall (Chicago) to tackle a new musical project, here it is. Marshall has lovingly conceived and masterfully executed a shimmering, swinging hour of razzle-dazzle showmanship that redefines what a... read more
Ask Matt | 3/10/2006
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TV Guide Interviews & Features | 3/8/2006
Rob Corddry, a correspondent for read more
Roush Dispatch | 3/6/2006
Jon Stewart did his best, but it wasn't good enough. There are limitations in being a clever, self-deprecating ma read more
Today's News: My Take | 1/26/2006
New Line Cinema is launching a nationwide casting call to fill the lead role of Tracy Turnblad in its film version of th read more
Ask Matt | 1/20/2006
Instead of the usual TV show questions I'm sure you get often, how about an awards-show question? We recently had Den read more
Today's News: My Take | 1/10/2006
Billy Crystal tells the Los Angeles Times that as recently as just before Christmas, Academy A read more
Today's News: My Take | 12/22/2005
Just weeks after Chris Rock removed himself from read more
The Watercooler | 6/11/2005
SUNDAY The 4400 Shawn saving lives. Check. Jordan Collier still evil. Check. Kyle still freaking. Check. OK, folks: We' read more
The Watercooler | 6/6/2005
SUNDAY Entourage Awww, yeah. I couldn't have said it better than agent provocateur Ari. The boys are back in town. And read more
Today's News: My Take | 6/6/2005
Monty Python's Spamalot and the Pulitzer-winning drama Doubt triumphed at the 2005 Tony Awards, winning best musical and read more
The Watercooler | 6/6/2005
SUNDAY Entourage Awww, yeah. I couldn't have said it better than agent provocateur Ari. The boys are back in town. And read more
Today's News: My Take | 3/8/2005
Billy Crystal is in talks to join the movie version of Hairspray as Wilbur Turnblad. As previously reported, John Travol read more
Ask Matt | 3/4/2005
Question: I cannot believe the Oscars. Whose idea was it to go out into the audience and give the Oscars? This is their read more