Award-winning actor Ted Danson will receive another honor: the Carol Burnett Award for Career Achievements at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards. The news about Danson, who’s following in the footsteps of previous recipients Norman Lear, Ryan Murphy, and Ellen DeGeneres, was announced on Monday. “Ted Danson has entertained audiences for …
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Carol Burnett reminisced about her misadventures in late-night television during the legendary comedian’s visit Tuesday to The Late Show. Speaking to host Stephen Colbert, Burnett recalled a visit to Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show where she intentionally — and unbeknownst to Carson — pretended to be “the world’s worst guest,” answering …
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In the first episode of the new Apple comedy series Palm Royale, Kristen Wiig‘s Maxine tells a long, rambling story to Dinah (Leslie Bibb), a wealthy woman she’s trying to befriend. An impatient Dinah tells her, “I have lost the thread here, Maxine.” Dinah is meant to be one of …
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Carol Burnett had a lot to reminisce about at the NBC tribute special Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love, which aired on Wednesday. At 90 years old, with close to seven decades of experience under her belt, the actress and comedian sat in the audience surrounded by generations …
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While digging into her family ancestry, Carol Burnett discovered a range of surprising connections. Her episode of PBS’s Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. traced her lineage all the way back to the American Revolution and the Civil War, before discovering that she had a familial connection in …
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