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Megan Fox is finally opening up about all the plastic surgery she’s gotten.

Tom Johnson, who won two Emmy Awards for his comedy writing, died Jan.14 at his home in Los Angeles at 55. No cause of death has been established.

died in 2014, would despise the cancel culture of today — but would love the weight loss drugs.“She would have been very excited by body acceptance. That would have actually made her really happy,” Melissa told People in a recent interview.“She would have thought Ozempic was the greatest thing since sliced bread,” Melissa joked.

$3.5 million price cut four months ago, signaling a struggle to entice potential purchasers into this opulent Versailles-inspired penthouse.Situated on Manhattan’s Upper East Side on 62nd Street near Fifth Avenue, the abode once owned by the comedic legend until her passing in 2014 was initially sold for $24 million by her estate — a considerable dip from the original $28 million asking price. Its current proprietor, Prince Muhammad bin Fahd of the Saudi royal family, son of the late King Fahd, and former governor of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, attempted a resale in 2021 at a staggering $38 million.This exquisite property boasts breathtaking views of Central Park, a grandeur that justifies its lofty valuation.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Vice TV has set the premiere date and released the trailer for “Dark Side of Comedy” Season 2, its “Dark Side” spinoff series that explores the behind-the-scenes stories of iconic comedians. Season 2 subjects include Robin Williams, Sam Kinison, Joan Rivers, Carlos Mencia, Phil Hartman, Tracy Morgan, the sitcom “Family Matters,” Ellen DeGeneres, Norm MacDonald and Gilda Radner.

The newly-released trailer for the Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro, featuring Bradley Cooper in the lead role, has ignited a conversation online about the use of a prosthetic nose and casting choices that some believe perpetuate harmful stereotypes. In the film, Bradley portrays the legendary musical conductor Leonard Bernstein, with the story focusing on his relationship with his wife Felicia Montealegre, played by Carey Mulligan.

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top female comedians of all time. Despite her biting critiques of fashion, celebrities and more, the late, great media personality mainly steered clear of being canceled.Her daughter, Melissa Rivers, believes that the “Fashion Police” host would have found cancel culture “frustrating.”“I think she would be happy that it’s swinging back towards the middle from such extremes,” the 55-year-old told Fox News recently.Joan — who died in 2014 at age 81 — also would have been puzzled by the current landscape of comedy.“Joy” star Melissa added that she her mom “would have gotten sort of grandfathered in not having to be so politically correct.”“Some people justifiably need to be canceled, some people do not,” she said.

Melissa Rivers, took time to remember her late mother on Wednesday in honor of what would have been the legendary comedian's 90th birthday.  Melissa filmed a conversation between herself and her son, Cooper, discussing what they think Joan would have been like at 90. «The same one-liners, the same good jokes,» Cooper guessed of his grandmother if she were still alive. Joan died in 2014 at age 81. «A grandmother's love for their grandchildren is like nothing else. I know she'd be so proud of the man Cooper has become,» Melissa captioned the video.

“I think that chemistry between my mother and I is also why the red carpet worked and also why ‘Fashion Police’ worked,” Rivers said, referring to the E! series that had the duo (along with George Kotsiopoulos, Giuliana Rancic and Kelly Osbourne) commenting on celebrity fashion. “I think that that was a broader connection than just the reality show.”But did exposing their relationship on camera have the same effect on Rivers as it did on their fans? “Did it affect me? You know, when you’re in something you’re not so reflective,” Rivers said. “I think what people always respond to is that everyone always says, ‘That’s my relationship with my mother.’ That, ‘I saw myself even on the red carpets in your relationship.”“Obviously I missed and I still miss my mom for being my mother,” she continued.

She wouldn’t change for anyone. Melissa Rivers said late mom Joan Rivers wouldn’t have let cultural changes affect her sharp-tongued fashion criticisms.

Fashion expert Melissa Rivers is sharing her do's and don'ts of red carpet fashion ahead of the CMT Music Awards in Austin, Texas. "A red carpet do would be take a page from the award shows we've already seen this year. One of the best years for fashion on the red carpet that we've seen in a long time," Rivers said in an interview with Fox News Digital.

Live & Livid Tour, stays connected to younger perspectives, even if she’s just watching other people play. “I’m like, ‘How do you even figure this out?'” she says.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Howard Bragman — an architect of modern public relations and queer rights advocate who died last month — was celebrated by friends, family, and former clients in an emotional memorial on Sunday in Los Angeles.  A packed private park in North Hollywood adorned with string lights and a humble stage welcomed guests including Stevie Wonder, Lizzy Caplan, Melissa Rivers, Judy Garland’s daughter Lorna Luft, and Bragman’s musician husband Michael Maimone. Industry types in attendance included Oscar winner and “The Woman King” producer Cathy Shulman, former Entertainment Weekly editor Jess Cagle, and former “Good Morning America” hosts Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes. Bragman’s brother Adam and his client Don Lemon sent video tributes honoring the late executive. 

posted last Monday and has been viewed 884,000 times, shows Rivers at a 2013 event claiming the late Princess of Wales “didn’t know when the good times were with her.”“Watch the gay men get quiet,” Rivers said at the time. “You can never say anything to gay men either about Barbra Streisand being ugly or Princess Diana.” “I hated her,” Rivers, who died in 2014 at the age of 81 after a complication during throat surgery, added.“You know why I didn’t like her? Because she didn’t know when the good times were with her.

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On Thursday Kelly Osbourne took to Instagram to share the happy news that she is pregnant with her first child.The TV personality, 37, shared a picture of herself on Instagram holding up the baby scans with the caption: “I know that I have been very quiet these past few months so I thought I would share with you all as to why… “I am over the moon to announce that I am going to be a Mumma.To say that I am happy does not quite cut it. I am ecstatic!” The podcast host quickly racked up the likes from her fans and friends alike, as celebrities from David Furnish to Jessie J flocked to congratulate her.

Claudia Winkleman has revealed that the outfits she wears to host Strictly Come Dancing all have a secret theme.

Melissa Rivers says her son has “the same silly, sense of humour” as her late mother Joan Rivers. The 54-year-old daughter of the late stand up comic - who died in September 2014, aged 81 - believes her 21-year-old son Edgar Cooper Endicott shares his grandmother’s approach what makes him laugh.

Britney Spears is pregnant y’all, but that doesn’t explain a seemingly inappropriate act that she’s shared online. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are engaged again and making some of the same missteps again too. Is everyone on Kardashian overload? Melissa Rivers joins Perez for a chat and shares some of her memories about her iconic mother, Joan Rivers. And much MORE! Watch!

Joan Rivers and Melissa Rivers were known for their famous Fashion Police critique. It’s been nearly five years since E!’s long-running red carpet fashion commentary series came to an end, and almost eight years since the comedic legend sadly passed in 2014. As Melissa sat down with HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY to discuss her new book Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman, she also shared her thoughts on Laverne Cox who has since stepped into the role as host of E!’s Live From E!.

One thing that’s been constant throughout Melissa Rivers’ life is laughter. Her mother was the wise-cracking, tell-it-like-you-see-it Joan Rivers, after all. So when the groundbreaking comedic legend died in 2014 after a botched medical procedure at the age of 81, Melissa, an only child and a mother of one, was understandably shaken by grief.

A well-rounded resume! Melissa Rivers rose to fame as a TV host alongside her mother, the late Joan Rivers, as they made headlines critiquing celebrity outfits on Fashion Police through the years as an unstoppable mother-daughter duo.

Joan Rivers, the acerbic stand-up comic, who Levy says combines the strands of many of the women comedians before her.Spanning roughly the decades from the 1930s through the 1980s, Levy touches on the general comedy trends intertwined with several of the women’s careers, such as the debut of the “party record” — raunchy albums of the ’50s and ’60s — and rise of the so-called “sick comedians” like Lenny Bruce and Mort Sahl who eschewed the one-liners of comedians like Bob Hope for more observational comedy.But he keeps his focus on the women’s individual stories, dividing the book into eight chapters that serve as mini profiles of each comedian. Some, like Elaine May and Joan Rivers, are still well known today.

It’s always a treat to catch up with our columnist Kerry Katona – and as we speak to the former Atomic Kitten star this week for our exclusive shoot, she’s delighted to be joined by her daughter Lilly-Sue, who she shares with ex-husband and Westlife star Brian McFadden. The pair have a lot to chat about, as there’s plenty for both of them to look forward to this year. However, it comes after a “trying time” in which the family came down with a nasty bout of Covid and two of their cars were stolen just before Christmas.

portraying the late comic and talk show host in the Showtime miniseries “The Comeback Girl.”Now those plans have been scrapped as the network does not have Joan’s life rights, Variety reported.The rights are currently held by the brash funnywoman’s daughter, Melissa. While the project could have gone the unauthorized route, Joan’s jokes and trademark catchphrases could not have been used without rankling Melissa or the estate.

UPDATE: The Comeback Girl, a limited series which was set to star Kathryn Hahn as late comic legend Joan Rivers, is not moving forward at Showtime, Deadline can confirm.

Kate Aurthur editorBecause of issues around the life rights of Joan Rivers, a limited series in which Kathryn Hahn would have played the legendary comedian, isn’t moving forward.The project, called “The Comeback Girl,” was announced last month in Variety. It had been in development at Showtime, and was to be produced by Warner Bros.

Melissa Rivers says her mother, Joan Rivers, once told her Thanksgiving was just about the pilgrims being “bad guests”. The 53-year-old actress has opened up on some of the white lies her late mother and comedy icon Joan – who passed away in 2014 – used to tell her as a child in her upcoming book, ‘Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman’.

comedian Jo Firestone at NYC’s Greenwich House when COVID-19 shut the world down. So they took their weekly sessions to Zoom.“This was a terrible time,” Firestone, 33, told The Post.

Sarah Silverman called out Hollywood’s tendency to cast non-Jewish actors to play Jewish characters, referring to the practice as "Jewface." The comedian, 50, pointed to Kathryn Hahn as the most recent example after the Catholic-raised actress, 48, was tapped to portray the late Joan Rivers, who was Jewish, in an upcoming limited series.

Variety. “Riverdale” producer Greg Berlanti is on hand to direct the show.The miniseries is set after “The Late Show” cancellation, which occurred around the same time Rivers’ husband, Edgar Rosenberg, who was the show’s producer, died by suicide in 1987.“Trailblazer.

Kathryn Hahn has her next role lined up.

The Emmys may have overlooked her for her delicious turn as Agatha in Marvel’s “WandaVision” limited series on Disney+, but Kathryn Hahn playing comedy legend and icon Joan Rivers in a limited series for Showtime: does that not scream gunning for that Emmy nomination? And yep, that no-brainer of casting is in the works.

After receiving an Emmy-nomination for her work as Agatha on Disney+’s WandaVision, Kathryn Hahn is ready for her next role – Joan Rivers.

An emotional Jean Smart paid a moving tribute to her late husband, “friend and soulmate” Richard Gilliland who passed away in March as she accepted the Emmy for best actress in a comedy.