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Weekly Roundup: Starts, Finishes & Remembering Joan Rivers

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Remembering Joan Rivers

Born in Brooklyn in 1933, Joan Rivers had a long and varied career in the entertainment industry before passing away on September 4, 2014, at the age of 81. Rivers’ began her career in New York City, performing stand-up in Greenwich Village. She was first introduced to a national audience when she appeared on The...

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Weekly Film & TV News Roundup

Still from Lucky. I got goosebumps from the trailer for NYC filmmaker Laura Checkoway’s Lucky. The WGA or Fashion Police writers—whose side is Joan Rivers really on? Conservative commentator and author Monica Crowley discusses her career, Nixon, and the hypocrisies woman journalists still face. (video) Guinevere Turner’s new project is called Creeps. I’m sold! Here are the best women in...

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WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Photo via Google+ Sheryl Lee Ralph discusses becoming an “Instant Mom” (on Nickelodeon). In case you missed these historic Emmy moments. Who’s buying spec scripts? The Scoggins Report has answers. Why Enough Said Director Nicole Holofcener is considered ambiguous. Good for you Elizabeth Hasselbeck! Army Wives’ bummer. 22 of Flavorwire’s ”50 most interesting people on tv“ are women. We’re closing in ladies… And just for laughs–21 Questions with Joan...

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