Seinfeld to lead salute of Cosby at ceremony
Seinfeld to lead salute of Cosby at ceremony
WASHINGTON — The comedian who kept NBC viewers entertained on Thursday nights well after “The Cosby Show” was gone will salute Bill Cosby when he receives the nation’s top humor prize.
Jerry Seinfeld will honor Cosby on Oct. 26 with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.
The center announced the lineup Thursday and says the event will be broadcast nationally Nov. 4 on PBS.
Seinfeld will be joined by Chris Rock, “Cosby” co-stars Phylicia Rashad and Malcolm-Jamal Warner and others.
The 72-year-old Cosby already received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1998 and a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002.
Designer had to adjust to show’s move to LA
NEW YORK — For the sixth season of “Project Runway,” Tim Gunn had to adjust to the show’s move to Los Angeles.
He had to rethink his wardrobe to fit the LA lifestyle.
“I got there and realized I don’t even have the right clothes because I brought suits and ties ... there is one challenge during which you’ll find me in a pair of flip-flips,” he says, laughing.
The season kicks off with Lindsay Lohan as a guest judge. Gunn says she was a great fit to the show (airing 10 p.m. Thursdays).
“She was absolutely wonderful. She knows clothes, she knows what she likes, what she doesn’t and she’s able to articulate that.”
Today’s birthdays
Actress Vera Miles is 79. Satirist Mark Russell is 77. Actress Barbara Eden is 75. Actor Richard Sanders (“WKRP In Cincinnati”) is 69. Country singer Rex Allen Jr. is 62. Singer Linda Thompson is 62. Country fiddler-singer Woody Paul of Riders in the Sky is 60. Actress Shelley Long is 60. Singer-actor Rick Springfield is 60. Actor-producer Mark Hudson is 58. Guitarist Dean DeLeo of Army of Anyone (and Stone Temple Pilots) is 48. Actor Jay Mohr is 39. Singer Julian Casablancas of The Strokes is 31.