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EXCLUSIVE: Spoken Giants, a royalty administration company for creators of spoken word copyrights, said Friday that the Don Rickles estate and comedian Mike Birbiglia are the latest to sign with the Nashville firm. CEO Jim King also applauded a large payout by digital services to music creators this week, but wondered…

The first-time feature director behind Toy Story 4, Josh Cooley faced a particular kind of challenge when Don Rickles passed away in the middle of production, in April of 2017. Voicing Mr. Potato Head throughout the franchise, which kicked off in 1995, the legendary actor and stand-up comedian did initially sign on to…

Don Rickles, YouTube star? The late, great insult comedian, who died a year ago Friday, might be the unlikeliest – which is most definitely not to say undeserving – Webby Award nominee among the many announced this week. Dinner with Don, produced by AARP Studios, is a 13-episode series – Rickles’ final project – that…

Another year and another group of Hollywood and media industry icons left us in 2017, from TV legends like Mary Tyler Moore to comedy greats like Jerry Lewis and Don Rickles, and cultural standbys like Hugh Hefner. There were unexpected losses, like Bill Paxton’s death at age 61 after complications during surgery…

Tributes poured in yesterday after the death of comic legend Don Rickles, and today comes word that a three-year-old special honoring Mr. Warmth will re-air this weekend. One Night Only: An All-Star Comedy Tribute to Don Rickles will air at 11 PM Sunday on Spike and 1 AM on its Viacom sister nets Comedy Central and TV…

UPDATED: “It's not going to be our usual show tonight,” Jimmy Kimmel warned viewers at the top of Thursday's JKL, hours after Don Rickles died at age 90. I'm going to cry – I'm crying already," a visibly distraught Kimmel said. “I'm not good with this sort of thing." He apologized to people in the studio who came to…

Stephen Colbert opened Late Show Thursday night speaking of Don Rickles. “Before we get started, I just want to take a second to say that, as you may or may not know, the great comedian Don Rickles died today at the age of 90. While I didn't' know Don Rickles, I did have the incredible honor to meet him once back…

AARP Studios has released the first footage of Dinner With Don, what has turned out to be Don Rickles’ final TV series. The 10-episode series was announced in March, and a publicist for the show tells Deadline all episodes were completed before Rickles’ death. There is no distributor as of yet, and no estimated…

Among the chorus in Hollywood reacting today to the death of Don Rickles is Martin Scorsese, who directed Rickles in his 1995 movie Casino starring Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci and James Woods. Rickles memorably played casino manager Billy Sherbert in the pic. Here’s Scorsese’s remembrance: Don Rickles was…

Refresh for updates No good-natured insults – yet – but Hollywood wasted no time remembering comic legend Don Rickles. The comic, who may not have invented the celebrity roast but certainly set it afire, died today at 90 of kidney failure in Los Angeles. With a career that spanned ’50s television, early ’60s beach…

Don Rickles, the legendary comic, actor and honorary Rat Pack member, died Thursday morning at his home in Los Angeles from kidney failure, according to his longtime publicist Paul Shefrin. He was 90. Best known as an insult comic — many called him “Mr. Warmth”; he called them “dummy” or “hockey puck” — he was also an…

AARP today announced the launch of in-house production entity AARP Studios and set its first project, Dinner With Don, starring Don Rickles. The 10-episode Dinner With Don will featuring Rickles dining with friends and fellow comedians at some of his favorite LA-area restaurants, with a guest list that includes Billy…