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Showing 1 - 11 of 11 articles tagged "Lucille Ball"
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Posted Saturday 3/05/22 at 4:01AM EST
Amy Poehler's goal for Lucy and Desi was to avoid making a documentary where "“funny people talk about how funny everyone is”"
"I was trying to figure out, as a filmmaker, what would be my way in and my point of view,"...
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Posted Friday 1/21/22 at 3:51AM EST
Buster Keaton was a silent movie pioneer, but he also became a TV trailblazer who helped with I Love Lucy's launch
Keaton was in his mid-50s when he first encountered television in 1948, according to Dana Stevens, in her upcoming book...
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An Annotated Guide to the I Love Lucy Episodes in Being the Ricardos
When we learned that Aaron Sorkin — celebrated screenwriter, director, and TV creator — was making a movie about the...
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Emmys Rewind: When the Stars of I Love Lucy Called Out the Academy
Television has changed a lot since the inaugural Emmy Awards were held in 1949 at the Hollywood Athletic Club and...
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Posted Friday 8/06/21 at 1:35PM EDT
Mattel announces a Lucille Ball Barbie doll in honor of her 110th birthday and I Love Lucy's 70th anniversary
The TV icon was born 110 years ago today, on Aug.
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Posted Wednesday 6/09/21 at 2:27PM EDT
Turner Classic Movies' The Plot Thickens podcast to tackle Lucille Ball
The 10-episode third season of the TCM podcast hosted by Ben Mankiewicz will premiere in October with more than 50...
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Posted Tuesday 1/12/21 at 2:18PM EST
Debra Messing lobbies for Lucille Ball role after hearing Nicole Kidman is in talks for Aaron Sorkin's Being the Ricardos
Kidman, who would replace Cate Blanchett, is in talks along with Javier Bardem to join the Sorkin film on I...
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Posted Saturday 12/12/20 at 3:37AM EST
Orson Welles made a "groundbreaking" TV pilot in 1958 with the help of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
When Welles arrived in Hollywood in 1939, the first movie he planned to make wasn't Citizen Kane, but a mystery...
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Posted Thursday 11/26/20 at 5:42AM EST
Author recalls Lucille Ball's finale meeting with I Love Lucy co-star Vivian Vance
In 1979, the Ethel Mertz actress was renting Paige Peterson's mother's house in Marin County as she battled bone and...
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Posted Monday 8/24/20 at 3:56PM EDT
Amy Poehler to direct a documentary on Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's marriage
Poehler is teaming with Imagine Documentaries on Lucy & Desi, which will explore the remarkable personal and professional partnership between...
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Posted Wednesday 8/07/19 at 6:25PM EDT
I Love Lucy theatrical tribute was No. 6 at the box office on Tuesday
I Love Lucy: A Colorized Celebration, a one-day tribute to Lucille Ball on what would have been her 108th birthday,...