The archives of the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum, including Ball’s handwritten notes and family photographs, will be digitally preserved by the National Comedy Center. Located in Ball’s Jamestown, NY hometown, the Center is undertaking the project to mark the 30th anniversary of her death. Most of the material has…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has acquired Lucy and Desi, the Aaron Sorkin-scripted drama from Escape Artists that has Cate Blanchett attached to star as TV’s pioneering star Lucille Ball. The feature project has been percolating a couple years. Escape Artists Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch will produce. I’m…

Lucille Ball — and her hometown fans — received a much-welcomed gift today: A new bronze statue to replace the hilariously awful one that made headlines around the world as “Scary Lucy.” The new statue, sculpted by artist Carolyn D. Palmer, was unveiled today at the Lucille Ball Memorial Park in Ball’s hometown of…

Cate Blanchett is putting her red locks to good use, boarding a Lucille Ball biopic project to star as the iconic comedic actress in a script that would be written by Steve Jobs scribe Aaron Sorkin. We’re hearing there is no deal yet for Sorkin, but it would be Sony-based Escape Artists behind the movie that is in…

The Modern Family star posted this photo of herself online as Lucille Ball for reasons not entirely clear with the tagline: “Lucyyyyy I’m hooome”. Perfect if Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd are planning an homage to classic sitcoms: …