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Phish and U2 performing live at the Sphere in Las Vegas – see what he had to say below.Appearing on SiriusXM’s Phish Radio show recently, Carey spoke of watching U2 perform at the new Las Vegas venue, followed by Phish. Carey, a stranger to Phish until recently, said that he was a “casual” fan of U2, and had gone to their show at the Sphere after being talked into it by a fan. He was admittedly “blown away” at first, before retracting the statement after seeing Phish’s performance.“It blew my mind how great it was,” he said.

Entertainment Tonight at the CBS Fall Schedule Celebration on Thursday.“I’m not going anywhere,” he said. Carey has been hosting the beloved game show since 2007 when he took over from Bob Barker. “I think Bob made a mistake by retiring,” Carey added.

Phish, so the band have sent him a blender. In December, it was announced that Phish would be the next band to take up residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas, following the conclusion of U2’s run. Those four dates took place last week, from April 18-21.

Drew Carey was able to collect his well-deserved attaboys Sunday at the Writers Guild Awards, where he told the crowd that he covered the bills at Bob’s Big Boy and Swingers for striking scribes last summer because “it’s the right thing to do.”

The writers strike ended seven months ago, but memories of the picket lines were fresh at the WGA Awards tonight.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The Writers Guild of America is honoring the best of 2023’s television and film via its annual WGA Awards, held this year at the Hollywood Palladium for the West Coast edition and at New York’s Edison Ballroom for the East Coast ceremony. In Los Angeles, Niecy Nash-Betts, who recently won an Emmy for her role on Netflix’s “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” hosted this year’s event. L.A.

Hearing “Come on down!” on “The Price is Right” would make anyone excited, and there’s apparently plan in place if someone gets a little too excited.Former “Price is Right” and “Jeopardy!” producer Mike Richards told People recently that if someone accidentally wets their pants on set, production is prepared.“When I got there, they had a system in place in case someone peed their pants,” Richards told the outlet.He added, “I never saw it happen, but there were curtains and a blow dryer and [a] pair of sweats just in case, since we’d have to get on with the show.”Other kinds of accidents have happened on the set of “The Price is Right.”Last year, a contestant named Henry was celebrating his winning one of the games when he dislocated his shoulder. His wife, Alice, finished off the show by spinning the wheel for him.Henry ended up winning a Hawaiian vacation in the showcase showdown, and the show’s social media post of the clip joked, “He won a trip to Hawaii and the ER #PriceIsRight.”In 2014, a contestant named Judy hurt her ankle while spinning the wheel and played the Showcase Showdown on crutches.Richards worked on “The Price is Right” during its transition from Bob Barker as host to Drew Carey’s takeover and has also worked on “Wheel of Fortune” and “Let’s Make a Deal” throughout his career.The producer recently addressed his brief time as replacement host of “Jeopardy!” following the death of Alex Trebek.Richards told People, “No one was more surprised than me.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Niecy Nash-Betts, who recently won an Emmy for her role on Netflix’s “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” has signed on to host the Los Angeles portion of next month’s Writers Guild Awards. The 2024 event, which was pushed back in the wake of the Hollywood strikes, will take place on Saturday, April 14 at the Hollywood Palladium.

Drew Carey‘s weight has fluctuated, but it wasn’t until his doctor told him that his lifespan was going to be cut short that he made a major change.In 2010, Carey’s doctor informed him that his “life’s going to be shorter” if he continued on the path he was on. He explained that he’s lost “1,000 pounds over my whole life,” but since the wake-up call, he’s 80 lbs lighter “more or less.”In an interview with People magazine, Carey, 65, broke down his old post-game show ritual, which included medicating with food.

Margot Robbie won a best acting award while her film Barbie won for best ensemble at Saturday’s 26th AnnualFamily Film and TV Awards, hosted by The Talk‘s Akbar Gbajabiamila and Amanda Kloots.

Drew Carey is coming clean about what makes him “want to scream” at contestants on the veteran CBS game show.In an in-depth interview on the Max series “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?” Carey, 65, told Wallace that he doesn’t understand the appeal of Plinko, the fan-favorite game — and that it drives him crazy at the methods contestants use to try to win money on the challenge. When playing Plinko, a contestant takes chips, which they’ve won previously, to the top of a game board and releases them, one at a time, into slots at the bottom of the board containing money amounts.Each chip is worth up to $10,000.“I don’t get it, honestly,” Carey said.

UPDATE, 4:58 PM: Gareth Pursehouse, age 45, was hit today with a life sentence without the possibility of parole for his murder of 38-year-old Amie Harwick, the ex-fiance of Drew Carey.

Drew Carey today saluted the writers who thanked him for the meals he provided strikers at Bob’s Big Boy and Swingers during the WGA work stoppage. It was his first public comments on his charitable efforts.

BREAKING …The former boyfriend of Dr. Amie Harwick has been found guilty of killing the Hollywood therapist.

With the strike about to come to an end, Drew Carey has declared last call on those delicious free meals at Bob’s Big Boy and Swingers.

CBS is honoring the late Bob Barker.

The Price Is Right host Bob Barker will air on CBS this week.Barker died last week aged 99, as revealed by his publicist Roger Neal. “It is with profound sadness that we announce that the World’s Greatest MC who ever lived, Bob Barker has left us,” the statement read.The Price Is Right: A Tribute to Bob Barker will air on the network at 8pm EST on Thursday (August 31) and will be hosted by Drew Carey, who has succeeded Barker as host of the show.The special will feature highlights from Barker’s career and The Price Is Right, as well as his life in general.

died on Aug. 26 at the age of 99, with a special tribute to the longtime host of “The Price Is Right.”A special one-hour tribute episode to Barker and his career will air on the network on Thursday at 8 p.m.

Drew Carey is honoring Bob Barker. On Tuesday, CBS announced that it will air hosted by Carey, the late host's fan and friend, on Aug. 31.

Bob Barker will be remembered with the one-hour special The Price Is Right: A Tribute To Bob Barker airing Thursday, Aug. 31 (8-9 p.m. ET/PT) and streaming on Paramount+. An encore broadcast will air on Labor Day during the regular weekday timeslot for The Price Is Right, 11 a.m. to Noon ET/10 a.m.-11 a.m. PT.

Selome Hailu CBS will air “The Price Is Right: A Tribute to Bob Barker” on Aug. 31 at 8 p.m. Hosted by Drew Carey, Barker’s friend and successor as “The Price Is Right” host, the special will present highlights from Barker’s life and career, such as the first episode of what was then “The New Price Is Right” in 1972; the transition from 30-minute to one-hour episodes and a different big wheel in 1975; the introduction of the game Plinko; CBS’ renaming of the soundstage to the Bob Barker Studio; his final “The Price Is Right” episode in 2007 prior to retiring; his return to the show for his 90th birthday, April Fool’s Day and to promote his book Priceless Memories; Barker as Adam Sandler read his poem “Ode to Bob Barker”; interactions with contestants and more.

posted on Instagram alongside a picture of her competing on the show. “Thank you Bob for introducing me to the game show world! We will miss you.” The “Wheel of Fortune” letter-turner — who is currently embroiled in contract negotiations with producers as Pat Sajak prepares for retirement — wasn’t the only celebrity to share a fond memory of the consummate host.

via a statement from Barker’s publicist Roger Neal. “It is with profound sadness that we announce that the World’s Greatest MC who ever lived, Bob Barker has left us,” Neal statement read.Barker, who celebrated his 99th birthday in December last year, was best known for his role as the host and emcee of CBS’ The Price Is Right. The game show – which is the longest-running game show in United States history – debuted in 1972 and featured Barker as its host from then until his retirement from the show in 2007.Besides his tenure on The Price Is Right, Barker also led Truth And Consequences from 1956 to 1975.

Bob Barker‘s team is sharing new details about his funeral.

Jaden Thompson Hollywood stars have taken to social media to pay tribute to the late Bob Barker, who recently died at the age of 99. Barker is known as the longtime host of the game show “The Price Is Right.” Adam Sandler posted a photo of himself alongside Barker on Instagram, writing, “The man. The myth.

Fans are mourning the loss of Bob Barker after the longtime host of “The Price Is Right” died Saturday at age 99.

Carmel Dagan Emmy Award-winning gameshow host Bob Barker, who spent five decades associated with “The Price Is Right” and “Truth or Consequences,” has died. He was 99.

Bob Barker, longtime host of daytime game show “The Price Is Right”, has died at age 99.

While celebrities like Betty White, Morgan Freeman, Tom Selleck and more made a name for themselves in the entertainment industry, they also felt a higher calling to serve their country.

So long, soundstage of 1,000 memories.

, named Henry, was playing a game with host Drew Carey in which he needed to guess the digits in the total price for a trip to Hawaii, in order to win that trip.Henry proved to be a fairly impressive guesser, nailing the total early on and thus eliciting a bout of celebratory jumping and fist-pumping.However, his explosive display of exuberance and joy wound up costing him — at least, in terms of some serious aches and pains. As it turns out, Henry celebrated so hard that he fully dislocated his shoulder.The show shared a video of the jubilant jumping to Instagram, which they captioned, «He won a trip to Hawaii and the ER»The show also shared an update, explaining, «Henry is feeling better and all healed now!»A post shared by The Price Is Right (@therealpriceisright)Fans found out about Henry's injury when it came time to spin the wheel for the Showcase Showdown, and he was joined by his wife, Alice.«Henry was celebrating and going 'Woo!' and he dislocated his shoulder,» Carey told the audience, as Henry and Alice both chuckled at the unusual circumstance.

posted a video of contestant Henry celebrating, unable to contain his excitement after solving the final puzzle.The clip then cuts to the show’s host Drew Carey explaining that Henry wouldn’t be able to spin the wheel due to him popping his shoulder out of his socket — and bringing out the contestant’s wife, Alice, to do the honor for him.“Henry was celebrating and going ‘Woo,’ and he dislocated his shoulder,” Carey said. “So, he’s not going to be able to spin the wheel, but Alice is going to spin the wheel for him.”A post shared by The Price Is Right (@therealpriceisright)As if it was fate, Alice spun and secured a 95 for her husband — sending him to the Showcase Showdown — this time with him celebrating with his one good arm as his wife jumped for joy.“Be careful,” Carey joked to Alice.Henry cruised through the Showcase Showdown — securing a tropical vacation in Hawaii.“He won a trip to Hawaii and the ER #PriceIsRight,” the Instagram post caption read.

A contestant on "The Price is Right" may have taken his celebrations a little too far. On Saturday, the game show shared a clip to Instagram that showed the contestant, whose name is Henry, celebrating a big win. Drew Carey, the show's host, explained to the crowd that Henry dislocated his shoulder while celebrating, so his wife, Alice, finished off the show by spinning the wheel for him.

One contestant on a recent episode of The Price Is Right celebrated their victory a little too hard.

A “Price Is Right” contestant got a little too excited over his win during a recent episode.

A post shared by The Price Is Right (@therealpriceisright)A clip of the incident, which was posted to the show’s Instagram account, showed the eager man — with his arm limply hanging by his side — slowly walking up to the the wheel with his wife.“He won a trip to Hawaii and the ER #PriceIsRight,” the caption read, which noted that the episode was filmed in February and Henry is “feeling better and all healed now.”Fans loved his celebratory moves — even if it did mean a trip to the hospital.“Omg!! Now that’s a celebration! Glad you’re doing good Henry!” one wrote on the clip.“That was crazy to watch,” another said in amazement.