Jean-Paul Vignon, the romantic French vocalist and actor who impressed audiences on both sides of the Atlantic during an eight-decade career, died March 22 of liver cancer in Beverly Hills, his family announced. He was 89.
Performing a repertoire of contemporary pop and American standards, Vignon debuted in the U.S. in 1963 at the famed New York supper club The Blue Angel, where he opened for stand-up comic Woody Allen.
Ed Sullivan would soon showcase him on his Sunday night CBS variety show in eight appearances — including one in which he sang a duet with young Liza Minnelli — and he became a regular guest on Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin’s programs.
Signed to Columbia Records, Vignon released his first U.S. album, Because I Love You, in 1964. Three years later, he had a supporting role opposite William Holden and Cliff Robertson in the World War II film The Devil’s Brigade.
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Performing a repertoire of contemporary pop and American standards, Vignon debuted in the U.S. in 1963 at the famed New York supper club The Blue Angel, where he opened for stand-up comic Woody Allen.
Ed Sullivan would soon showcase him on his Sunday night CBS variety show in eight appearances — including one in which he sang a duet with young Liza Minnelli — and he became a regular guest on Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin’s programs.
Signed to Columbia Records, Vignon released his first U.S. album, Because I Love You, in 1964. Three years later, he had a supporting role opposite William Holden and Cliff Robertson in the World War II film The Devil’s Brigade.
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- 4/3/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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If a bird colliding with a window in the opening moments isn’t enough to suggest that something strange is afoot, the fact that “The Lord...
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- 4/20/2022
- by Michael Nordine
- Variety Film + TV
A&E Network and ION Television have snapped up rights to "Criminal Minds" from CBS Television Distribution.
Separately, A&E sister channel History has partnered on a new series with Mark Burnett about U.S. newsman Henry Morton Stanley's legendary quest to find Dr. David Livingstone in Africa.
A&E's multiyear deal for the exclusive cable rights to "Minds" allows it to air episodes from the first three seasons on a weekly basis starting in May before being able to strip the first four seasons starting in September 2009. A&E executive vp and GM Bob DeBitetto said he hasn't determined whether he ultimately will strip the series, but he's eyeing a 7 p.m. slot as well as "opportunities to use it vertically in primetime."
ION's multiyear deal for broadcast syndication rights to the procedural, which is in its third season on CBS, allows that network to strip the show in primetime starting in September 2009.
Sources said A&E paid $650,000-$700,000 per episode, while ION ponied up $175,000 per episode.
A&E's license fee indicates that the market for off-net procedurals in cable has cooled a bit from just a few years ago, when it seemed as if every new sale was a record-setter.
Separately, A&E sister channel History has partnered on a new series with Mark Burnett about U.S. newsman Henry Morton Stanley's legendary quest to find Dr. David Livingstone in Africa.
A&E's multiyear deal for the exclusive cable rights to "Minds" allows it to air episodes from the first three seasons on a weekly basis starting in May before being able to strip the first four seasons starting in September 2009. A&E executive vp and GM Bob DeBitetto said he hasn't determined whether he ultimately will strip the series, but he's eyeing a 7 p.m. slot as well as "opportunities to use it vertically in primetime."
ION's multiyear deal for broadcast syndication rights to the procedural, which is in its third season on CBS, allows that network to strip the show in primetime starting in September 2009.
Sources said A&E paid $650,000-$700,000 per episode, while ION ponied up $175,000 per episode.
A&E's license fee indicates that the market for off-net procedurals in cable has cooled a bit from just a few years ago, when it seemed as if every new sale was a record-setter.
- 4/24/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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