Norman Lear
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Date of Birth:
July 27, 1922 (100)
Birth Place: New Haven, CT, USA
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Norman Lear News
Television Academy Foundation to Present 'The Power of TV: Reshaping Breast Cancer Narratives'by Michael Major - Jan 9, 2023
Developed in partnership with Hollywood, Health & Society, a program of the University of Southern California Annenberg Norman Lear Center, the event will assemble storytellers and a medical and public health expert to discuss the very-real disparities in health care services that exist in access to health risk, prevention, treatment, and care.
Jesse Williams Joins ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING Season Threeby Michael Major - Oct 25, 2022
Jesse Williams has joined the cast of Only Murders in the Building season three. Williams will be playing a documentarian who has a particular interest in the case that the show's stars, played by Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez, are solving. Williams will join Paul Rudd in the new season. Rudd will play Broadway star Ben Glenroy.
LA Opera Launches New Legacy Ambassador Programby Stephi Wild - Oct 19, 2022
LA Opera launches a bold ambassadorship program to forge deep, authentic and longstanding relationships with diverse communities and the key thought-leaders influencing them.
COME FROM AWAY Creators & Cast Members to Join STARS IN THE HOUSE Game Nightby Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 3, 2022
Come From Away's Astrid Van Wieren, James Seol, Petrina Bromley, Sharon Wheatley, and creators Irene Sankoff and David Hein will join Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley for a Stars in the House Game Night, October 3, at 8pm ET/5pm PT.
Full Cast Announced for David Hyde Pierce, Ramin Karimloo & Lilli Cooper Led THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Benefit Concertby Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 29, 2022
Roundabout Theatre Company has announced complete casting for the Special Benefit Concert Reading of The Pirates of Penzance. The concert will be taking place on Monday, October 17, 2022 at the American Airlines Theatre.
VIDEO: Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda Wish Norman Lear Happy Birthday Through Songby Blair Ingenthron - Sep 24, 2022
Watch the video Lin Manuel Miranda sent to Norman Lear on his 100th Birthday, featuring a performance of a rewritten version of Al Jolson's 'April Showers.'
Jimmy Kimmel Signs Three-Year Extension With ABCby Michael Major - Sep 20, 2022
The extension will keep Kimmel on the network through a historic 23rd season, making him one of the longest-running talk show hosts in American television history. In addition to “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” Kimmel is known for hosting back-to-back Oscars® ceremonies in 2017 and 2018, and “The Primetime Emmy® Awards” in 2012, 2016 and 2020.
Ayad Akhtar Will Deliver Lecture On Arts & Public Policy at the Kennedy Center This Weekby Stephi Wild - Sep 19, 2022
Americans for the Arts announced that acclaimed novelist and playwright Ayad Akhtar will deliver the 34th Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts & Public Policy. Akhtar will be introduced by Rockefeller Brothers Fund President and CEO Stephen Heintz, and the evening will feature a performance by artists Rez Abbassi and Kiran Ahluwalia.
Rita Moreno, Tom Hanks & More Join Norman Lear Tribute Special on ABCby Michael Major - Sep 14, 2022
Special guests set to celebrate Norman through speeches and comedy performances include Asante Blackk, George Clooney, Laverne Cox, Isabella Gomez, Emily Hampshire, Tom Hanks, Rita Moreno, Ms. Pat, Jay Pharoah, Rob Reiner, Aida Rodriguez and George Wallace. Musical performances paying tribute to iconic sitcom theme songs will also be featured/
David Hyde Pierce, Ramin Karimloo, Lilli Cooper & More to Star in THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Benefit Concert Readingby Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 6, 2022
Roundabout Theatre Company will present a special Benefit Concert Reading of The Pirates of Penzance, the Tony Award-winning musical adapted by Rupert Holmes, with music by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W.S. Gilbert and direction by Scott Ellis.
Norman Lear Videos
by Blair Ingenthron - Sep 24, 2022
Watch the video Lin Manuel Miranda sent to Norman Lear on his 100th Birthday, featuring a performance of a rewritten version of Al Jolson's 'April Showers.'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 30, 2022
Stars in the House for Ukraine, an 11+ Hour telethon of the weekly streaming show, raised $139,000 for the International Rescue Committee's humanitarian efforts for those affected by the war in Ukraine. That total is inclusive of a generous matching donation by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, which matched the first $50,000 worth of donations.
by Stage Tube - Oct 24, 2020
Jennifer Hudson performed Tomorrow from Annie as part of Broadway For Biden's In our America: A Concert For the Soul of the Nation earlier this week.
by Stage Tube - Mar 19, 2020
Pop TV's Emmy®-winning comedy ONE DAY AT A TIME will be supersized in a simulcast event with ViacomCBS sibling networks TV Land and Logo on Tuesday, March 24 at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT.
by Stage Tube - Mar 4, 2020
Justina talks about acting in 'All in the Family' for Jimmy and Norman Lear's 'Live in Front of a Studio Audience' on ABC, what it's like performing for a live crowd, auditioning for Norman Lear, moving from Chicago to Los Angeles, and her first acting gig.
by Stage Tube - Mar 4, 2020
Comedy Central has teamed up with Loki Films for a hilarious ode to moms and the way they have shaped the work of some of comedy's biggest stars. Call Your Mother will make its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday, April 18 at 8:00 p.m. ET and will debut on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 10 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central.
by Stage Tube - Dec 18, 2019
The star of the new film 'Just Mercy,' SAG Award nominee Jamie Foxx, is confident he can remain youthful into his old age, especially with good advice from seasoned vets like Norman Lear.
by Kaitlin Milligan - Nov 12, 2019
Kerry Washington was a guest on Monday night's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live where she talks about what it was like shooting the movie American Son for Netflix after performing it on Broadway for four months. Washington also spoke about having Michelle Obama come to see the show!
by Stage Tube - Oct 24, 2019
Ellie talks about having her second baby, growing up in St. Louis, what it's like living in NY, her new book “My Squirrel Days,” and being in Jimmy and Norman Lear's “Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family.”
by Stage Tube - Jan 10, 2019
It's an Alvarez (and Schneider!) Familia reunion in this all-new trailer for One Day at a Time Season 3, launching globally on Netflix Friday, February 8th.
