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Actor Carl Ballantine, whose career spanned vaudeville, television, Vegas and Broadway, died Tuesday at his Hollywood home of natural causes.

While ABC had high hopes for its 1996-1997 TV series "Relativity", the show failed to connect with the audience but the network was high on Adam Goldberg who played Doug Kroll; ABC signed him to and exclusive.... While ABC had high hopes for its 1996-1997 TV series "Relativity", the show failed to connect with the audience but the network was high ...

Noted for his bouncy film scores that are a throwback to the heyday of the Tin Pan Alley composers, Marc Shaiman first gained prominence as the musical director for Bette Midler and her back-up singers, The Harlettes,.... Noted for his bouncy film scores that are a throwback to the heyday of the Tin Pan Alley composers, Marc Shaiman first gained ...

Halloween is a great time to discover "Drag Me to Hell," Sam Raimi's underrated gypsy horror comedy.

Alex D. Linz plays the junior-high anarchist of the title into a resourceful, low-key hero as he seeks revenge on the school bully.

It's "Sundays" on the porch with Billy. ON THE SCENE Where it counts the most -- in life, on stage -- Billy Crystal may well be the Jewish Count Basie of jazz comedy.

Thanks to my good friend NYMarkie, I got to see "Bye Bye Birdie" on Broadway Wednesday night at the newly refurbished Henry Miller's Theater, with a pre-show event at the MonteNapo restaurant in the New York Times Building.

Humour cinema so often reminds us is no laughing matter. When comedy is itself the subject of a film, it's invariably associated with depression and moral vacancy.

For years, character actor David Paymer appeared in a multitude of film and television projects, though his name remained unrecognizable to most.

Though he often claimed the film is not autobiographical, Richard Pryor wrote, directed and stars as what feels like a thinly veiled version himself in "Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling" . The film opens with Jo Jo lying in a coma after being badly burned in a botched attempt to freebase cocaine.

As previously reported , legendary comedian Jerry Lewis will make his Broadway directorial debut on with the new musical The Nutty Professor, based on the 1963 film that he starred in and co-wrote. With music by composer Marvin Hamlisch and a book and lyrics by Rupert Holmes, the musical is aiming for a bow on Broadway in the 2010/2011 season.

Billy Crystal's Tony Award-winning solo show 700 Sundays , which played an extended run on Broadway during the 2004-2005 season, will tour to six cities across the U.S. starting in September.

Her popularity on the television series Mad About You led to a successful film career, highlighted by her Academy Award -winning performance in As Good As It Gets .