http://www.mail.com/people/27414-johnny-carson.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/27414-johnny-carson.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2081346-free-e-book-excerpts-sue-grafton-amy-tan.html NEW YORK (AP) — Upcoming novels by Sue Grafton, Elizabeth Gilbert and Wally Lamb are among 40 fall and winter releases excerpted in a free e-book. "Buzz Books 2013: Fall/Winter" also previews fiction from Amy Tan and actor James Franco and such nonfiction as a memoir about Johnny Carson by confidant Henry Bushkin and a book about the Beatles' rise by vete... Mon, 13 May 2013 10:07:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2081346-free-e-book-excerpts-sue-grafton-amy-tan.html 2013-05-13T10:07:49Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2024224-producer-ny-best-fallons-tonight.html BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — NBC's "Tonight Show" is moving back to New York because it's the right place for its next host, producer Lorne Michaels said Tuesday. Jimmy Fallon has "the energy of the city," said Michaels, who will produce "Tonight" when Fallon takes the show over from Jay Leno next year. The move also is a tribute to New York itself, said ... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:32:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2024224-producer-ny-best-fallons-tonight.html 2013-04-16T22:32:54Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2017336-jonathan-winters-man-faces-dead-87.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jonathan Winters was a crowd all by himself, guaranteeing that his multitude of characters, breakneck improvisations and kinetic clownishness kept generations of fans laughing. Winters, who died Thursday at age 87 at his Montecito, Calif., home, was a pioneer of improvisational standup comedy, with an exceptional gift for mimicry, a gra... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:36:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2017336-jonathan-winters-man-faces-dead-87.html 2013-04-13T08:36:42Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2016126-groundbreaking-improv-comic-jonathan-winters-dies.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jonathan Winters, the cherub-faced comedian whose breakneck improvisations and misfit characters inspired the likes of Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, has died. He was 87. The Ohio native died Thursday evening at his Montecito, Calif., home of natural causes, said Joe Petro III, a longtime friend. He was surrounded by family and friends.... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:47:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2016126-groundbreaking-improv-comic-jonathan-winters-dies.html 2013-04-13T00:47:37Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2013134-woody-allen-collaborator-mickey-rose-dies-77.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A childhood friend of Woody Allen who co-wrote his movies "Bananas" and "Take the Money and Run" has died. Mickey Rose was 77. His daughter, Jennifer, tells the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/1551DRw ) that he died Sunday from cancer at his home in Beverly Hills. Rose and Allen met in high school in Brooklyn, N.Y., and became friends.... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2013134-woody-allen-collaborator-mickey-rose-dies-77.html 2013-04-11T18:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1997232-nbc-learned-transition-lessons.html NEW YORK (AP) — NBC's recent personnel transition in morning television was a disaster. Executives hope their luck is better late at night, and they have a year to try and make it a smooth handoff from Jay Leno to Jimmy Fallon at the "Tonight" show. The network announced Wednesday what has been rumored for the past several weeks: Leno will leave the job h... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:03:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1997232-nbc-learned-transition-lessons.html 2013-04-04T14:03:39Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1971630-official-ny-tax-breaks-would-apply-to-tonight.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — If New York isn't trying hard to lure "The Tonight Show" back to Manhattan, it's doing a pretty good impression. A Cuomo administration official said Thursday that New York is trying to lure TV shows from California with a proposed tax credit program and the "Tonight" show would qualify if it decides to move back to Manhattan. The show... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:14:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1971630-official-ny-tax-breaks-would-apply-to-tonight.html 2013-03-22T01:14:22Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1969924-admission-malibu-tomlin-remembers-mama.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — For a moment, Lily Tomlin was 73 going on 40. In the comedy "Admission," starring Tina Fey and Paul Rudd, Tomlin plays the young-at-heart seventy-something feminist mother of Fey's university admissions officer. "When we first sat down, I think I'm their age," Tomlin recalled. "They started asking me about 'Nine to Five' and '(The Incre... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:27:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1969924-admission-malibu-tomlin-remembers-mama.html 2013-03-21T17:27:56Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1968806-fallon-reportedly-replacing-leno-moving-to-ny.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — As Jay Leno lobs potshots at ratings-challenged NBC in his "Tonight" monologues, speculation is swirling the network is taking steps to replace the host with Jimmy Fallon next year and move the show from Burbank to New York. NBC confirmed Wednesday it's creating a new studio for Fallon in New York, where he hosts "Late Night." But the n... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 02:32:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1968806-fallon-reportedly-replacing-leno-moving-to-ny.html 2013-03-21T02:32:34Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1966186-sunday-kind-love-singer-fran-warren-dies.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fran Warren, whose 1947 recording of "A Sunday Kind of Love" was one of the classic hits of the big band era, has died. Alan Eichler, a spokesman for the singer-actress, said Tuesday that Warren died March 4 of natural causes at her home in Brookfield, Conn. She was 87. Warren's career spanned more than 50 years with hits that included ... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:54:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1966186-sunday-kind-love-singer-fran-warren-dies.html 2013-03-20T00:54:30Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1904640-joe-garagiola-ends-broadcast-career-58-years.html SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Be it down on a baseball field or up in the broadcast booth, whether he was pinch-hitting for Johnny Carson or looking at pooches, Joe Garagiola could always tell a story. So when the 87-year-old Garagiola was prodded Wednesday to reminisce about an on-air career that lasted nearly six decades, he obliged. Naturally, he did. Garag... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:36:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1904640-joe-garagiola-ends-broadcast-career-58-years.html 2013-02-21T02:36:13Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1888366-comcast-doubles-tv-167b-deal-nbcu.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Comcast's $16.7 billion deal to buy the remaining half of NBCUniversal ahead of schedule represents a resounding vote of confidence in the future of TV, even as the growth of Internet video reshapes the entertainment landscape. The decision was driven largely by Comcast Corp.'s belief that it would end up paying substantially more for G... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:27:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1888366-comcast-doubles-tv-167b-deal-nbcu.html 2013-02-13T22:27:04Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1814720-kimmel-expects-to-3rd-late-night.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel says he expects to settle in at third place in the ratings behind Jay Leno and David Letterman, even as one week of direct competition suggests a healthy competition. There were backstage smiles at Kimmel's Los Angeles studio Friday after Nielsen ratings showed the ABC comic had his largest audience ever on Thursday. This i... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1814720-kimmel-expects-to-3rd-late-night.html 2013-01-11T21:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1804840-jimmy-kimmel-moves-to-late-nights-sweet-spot.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — During production of his final post-midnight show, Jimmy Kimmel's studio audience waited patiently while he taped a string of promotional spots. "Hey, Denver: You, me, now at 10:35. Let's not be weird about this," the host quipped to the camera in his Hollywood Boulevard studio. "This will be good for us," Kimmel said earnestly in anoth... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1804840-jimmy-kimmel-moves-to-late-nights-sweet-spot.html 2013-01-07T19:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1785114-huge-collection-odd-tv-stuff.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Comisar is the first to acknowledge that more than a few have questioned his sanity for spending the better part of 25 years collecting everything from the costume George Reeves wore in the 1950s TV show "Superman" to the entire set of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson." Then there's the pointy Spock ears Leonard Nimoy wore... Mon, 24 Dec 2012 08:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1785114-huge-collection-odd-tv-stuff.html 2012-12-24T08:25:00Z