Eugene Lee, the six-time Emmy-winning production designer for Saturday Night Live since 1975 and a multiple Tony winner for such Broadway hits as Wicked, Sweeney Todd and Candide, died Tuesday in Providence, Ri. He was 83.
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As the production designer of SNL since the year of its debut, Lee was the longest-serving member of the NBC show’s production staff. He also served as production designer for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon from 2014-2018 and numerous SNL specials.
He also led the production design for Late Night with Seth Meyers and the 2000 television movie On Golden Pond, among others. For his work in television production design,...
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As the production designer of SNL since the year of its debut, Lee was the longest-serving member of the NBC show’s production staff. He also served as production designer for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon from 2014-2018 and numerous SNL specials.
He also led the production design for Late Night with Seth Meyers and the 2000 television movie On Golden Pond, among others. For his work in television production design,...
- 2/8/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Donald Trump will deliver scathing criticism of Joe Biden in his Republican National Convention acceptance speech on the South Lawn of the White House. That’s a given.
The bigger question is whether Trump will address the unfolding crisis in Kenosha, Wi, and how he frames the police shooting death of Jacob Blake. Vice President Mike Pence made a fleeting reference to the unrest in the city in his speech on Wednesday, but he did not utter Jacob Blake’s name or go into details.
The rest of the evening will be devoted to a series of speakers, including Alice Johnson, a criminal justice reform advocate who was granted clemency by the president. But their stories of Trump’s acts of kindness, designed to soften his image, may contrast with other speakers, like Rudy Giuliani, better known as one of the president’s attack-dog defenders.
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The bigger question is whether Trump will address the unfolding crisis in Kenosha, Wi, and how he frames the police shooting death of Jacob Blake. Vice President Mike Pence made a fleeting reference to the unrest in the city in his speech on Wednesday, but he did not utter Jacob Blake’s name or go into details.
The rest of the evening will be devoted to a series of speakers, including Alice Johnson, a criminal justice reform advocate who was granted clemency by the president. But their stories of Trump’s acts of kindness, designed to soften his image, may contrast with other speakers, like Rudy Giuliani, better known as one of the president’s attack-dog defenders.
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- 8/27/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The office life wasn't for Jane Curtin. "The lighting is terrible," she quipped to an audience of fellow actors at a recent SAG-AFTRA Foundation Q&A in NYC. "We want to work with people who are a bit more interesting. We're thoughtful, imaginative, creative, funny, and empathetic. Seriously, who's better than us?" Nobody’s better than Jane, 70, when it comes to comedic acting. Her career success has spanned sketches (she was one of Saturday Night Live's original stars), sitcoms, and feature films (she appears alongside Melissa McCarthy in the upcoming Can You Ever Forgive Me?). "I'm persistent," she says. "I wanted to stay in this business and do what I do." Jane on SNL in 1977. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) When she was growing up in Cambridge, Ma, her insurance agent father encouraged her to pursue a more traditional career as a teacher or secretary. She was inspired by her mom,...
- 4/22/2018
- by Closer Staff
- Closer Weekly
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