Perry Cross, who served as Johnny Carson’s first producer on The Tonight Show before he exited to run an ABC program hosted by Jerry Lewis that came and went after 13 episodes, has died. He was 95.
Cross died March 9 of kidney cancer at a hospital in Los Angeles, his son, Larry Cross, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Cross started out producing Ernie Kovacs’ CBS weekday morning show in 1952 and also worked on The Red Skelton Hour, Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, The Soupy Sales Show, Life With Linkletter, The Garry Moore Show and several Jonathan Winters live specials during his career.
Cross had been producing The Tonight Show in the immediate aftermath of host Jack Paar’s departure on March 30, 1962, guiding the NBC program in Hollywood and New York that featured guest hosts for six months until Carson took over.
NBC wanted Cross to be Carson’s producer,...
Cross died March 9 of kidney cancer at a hospital in Los Angeles, his son, Larry Cross, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Cross started out producing Ernie Kovacs’ CBS weekday morning show in 1952 and also worked on The Red Skelton Hour, Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, The Soupy Sales Show, Life With Linkletter, The Garry Moore Show and several Jonathan Winters live specials during his career.
Cross had been producing The Tonight Show in the immediate aftermath of host Jack Paar’s departure on March 30, 1962, guiding the NBC program in Hollywood and New York that featured guest hosts for six months until Carson took over.
NBC wanted Cross to be Carson’s producer,...
- 4/4/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Perfectionist Aamir Khan is desperately looking for a house near cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar’s new pad. Aamir wanted a suitable location near Sachin Tandulkar’s abode as he wants to be Sachin’s neighbor. A source said, “Aamir wants a place in Bandra, but he is willing to settle for a bungalow in Khar too. Although, he has got his heart set on Bandra, as he wants to be neighbours with Sachin Tendulkar. He has gone to view a couple of plots near Sachin`s new house on Perry Cross Road.” However, Aamir is not demanding a new building or a new bungalow; he is open to any old bungalow. “...
- 11/22/2011
- Bollywoodmantra.com
To coincide with the Diwali festivities over the weekend, informal invitations began being extended for Imran Khan's marriage to Avantika Malik.The actor ties the knot with his fiancee on January 8 at Karjat where the Maliks have a farmhouse. The couple was engaged at the same location on January 15 this year.Says a source, "Though it is exactly two months away, the preparations are in full swing. Those on the guest list were sent SMSes or told on the phone to keep themselves free on January 8 from 5 pm to 5am. The message stated that a formal invite the wedding card would follow later."Adds the source, "As it was Diwali, it was considered an auspicious time to start with the invitations.The Maliks have been telling all those on the guest list to keep themselves free on the day. They are planning a dusk to dawn bash for the wedding.
- 11/8/2010
- Filmicafe
London, August 12 – Justin Bieber is looking for a girlfriend and says his perfect woman would be a Cheryl Cole and Katy Perry cross.
But since they are both too old for him, Biebster wants to take both Cole and Perry out for dinner so he can tap them up for some dating advice.
“Cheryl Cole and Katy Perry are two of the hottest girls in the world – and so normal and funny with it,” the Sun quoted him as saying.
“If I was a few years older they are the kind of girls I”d like to date. I want a younger version of Cheryl and Katy – a mixture of the two would be hot..
But since they are both too old for him, Biebster wants to take both Cole and Perry out for dinner so he can tap them up for some dating advice.
“Cheryl Cole and Katy Perry are two of the hottest girls in the world – and so normal and funny with it,” the Sun quoted him as saying.
“If I was a few years older they are the kind of girls I”d like to date. I want a younger version of Cheryl and Katy – a mixture of the two would be hot..
- 8/12/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
In addition to the massive Universal release schedule announcements from this morning, a wave of other noteworthy changes streamed in this afternoon. Lionsgate announced that Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family, featuring Perry cross-dressing as the title character Madea for the sixth time, will be released April 22, 2011. Perry's nine movies have made a combined $480 million, and his most recent, Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?, has grossed $57.7 million so far. With Perry's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf scheduled for release Jan. 14, 2011, Perry now has two movies scheduled for the first half of 2011. That three-month gap between movies is not only the smallest yet for Perry but represents the smallest for a major director's work since Steven Soderbergh released Gray's Anatomy and Schizopolis three weeks apart back in 1997. While it was unofficially announced yesterday, Sony today officially shuffled Columbia/MGM's Zookeeper,...
- 4/28/2010
- by Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
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