Irving Benson, one of the last survivors of vaudeville and burlesque and a comic who made a career out of playing the Milton Berle wiseguy heckler Sidney Spritzer, has died. He was 102. Benson, the subject of the 2010 documentary The Last First Comic, died May 19 at his home in Port Jefferson, N.Y., his daughter, Vicki Dvorin, told The Hollywood Reporter. For more than a decade, Benson served as one-half of the comedy act Benson and Mann, teaming with straight man Jack Mann, and he was a frequent and favorite guest of Johnny Carson on The Tonight
read more...
read more...
- 5/25/2016
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rufus Wainwright has got married. The 39-year-old singer tied the knot with German-born theatre producer Jorn Weisbrodt in front of 250 guests at his home in Montauk, New York yesterday (23.08.12). Following the ceremony, the celebrations continued at the Clam Bar in Napeague, where guests dined on local steamers and cherry tomatoes, lobster rolls and clam chowder before speeches from Marina Abramovic and Irving Benson. The guests - which included Yoko Ono, Carrie Fisher, Lou Reed, Julianne Moore, Mark Ronson, jewellery designer Ann Dexter-Jones and artist Cindy Sherman were given a jar of local plum jam inscribed with 'Rufus+Jorn's Hochzeit'. Rufus - who has...
- 8/24/2012
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
Rufus Wainwright has got married. The 39-year-old singer tied the knot with German-born theatre producer Jorn Weisbrodt in front of 250 guests at his home in Montauk, New York yesterday (23.08.12). Following the ceremony, the celebrations continued at the Clam Bar in Napeague, where guests dined on local steamers and cherry tomatoes, lobster rolls and clam chowder before speeches from Marina Abramovic and Irving Benson. The guests - which included Yoko Ono, Carrie Fisher, Lou Reed, Julianne Moore, Mark Ronson, jewellery designer Ann Dexter-Jones and artist Cindy Sherman were given a jar of local plum jam inscribed with 'Rufus+Jorn's Hochzeit'. Rufus - who has been dating Jorn for more than five years - proposed at a restaurant in London in...
- 8/24/2012
- Monsters and Critics
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.