Comic Impressionist Steve Bridges Dies in LA

La (AP) Impressionist Steve Bridges, who used prosthetics and hairpieces in becoming presidents and laughs to create a living, was discovered dead at his home, his manager stated Monday. He was 48.Bridges came back from China on February. 23 and complained to buddies of "super jet lag," manager Randy Nolen stated.Bridges' maid found the comic dead about 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the La home, Nolen stated.It made an appearance he died of natural causes, but an autopsy is going to be carried out, stated Craig Harvey, chief of procedures for that Los Angeles County coroner's office.Bridges' George W. Rose bush impression made him a normal on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" and gained him an invite towards the Whitened House in 2003.In 2006, Bridges became a member of Rose bush inside a comic routine in the 2006 Whitened House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, D.C., and in a Ford's Theatre benefit.Nolen stated Rose bush known as Bridges' brother, Phillip, on Monday and offered condolences."Steve was not just a funny guy, but a sort and decent individual. My sincere sympathies go to his parents, his brothers and sisters, and his entire family," Rose bush told The Connected Press through spokesperson Freddy Ford."We'd an excellent 10-year run," Nolen stated. "He visited the Whitened House, the Oblong Office, together with with Barbra Streisand and would be a regular around the 'Tonight Show' for nearly eight years."Bridges grew to become Obama, Bill Clinton or Rose bush for his most popular shows.The makeup and prosthetics employed for Rose bush and Clinton specified for by Kevin Haney, who won an Academy Award for aging Serta Aykroyd in "Driving Miss Daisy." Obama ended by Kazu Tsuji, who designed Jim Carrey's Grinch in "The way the Grinch Stole Christmas."Mari Enyart was Bridges' makeup artist."In the neck up, everything but his teeth was covered inside a prosthetic bit of some kind,Inch Nolen stated concerning the impersonations of presidents. "It had been as extensive, nearly as good so that as complicated as whatever you would see inside a movie.InchIt required nearly four hrs to use the Obama makeup and nearly three hrs to complete Rose bush and Clinton. Close attention was compensated to age marks and freckles on his hands simply because they were so visible, particularly if a skit had been shot.Bridges have been scheduled to complete three free shows on March 13, 14 and 15 for that Indian Wells Rotary Club to assist raise money for students who took it to school. Due to time it required to ready, he would be considered a different leader each evening.Sometimes, Bridges would do shows without makeup which were entitled "Steve As Steve" and displayed his 200 voices from Bill O'Reilly to Hurry Limbaugh to Tom Brokaw and all sorts of presidents from Kennedy to Obama, Nolen stated.Born in Dallas, Bridges loved football and would be a large Cowboys fan."He was respectful, kind, soft-spoken, reserved and sincere. He loved standing on stage. He would be a master at ad-libbing and improv comedy," Nolen stated.Bridges is made it by his parents, Thomas and Margaret Bridges, siblings Phillip and Jon, and sister Elizabeth Bridges.Something will probably be held within the next couple of days close to the family's Northern California home, having a memorial plan to follow in La.Copyright laws 2012 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. By Sue Manning March 6, 2012 George Rose bush (Left) and Steve Bridges PHOTO CREDIT AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari La (AP) Impressionist Steve Bridges, who used prosthetics and hairpieces in becoming presidents and laughs to earn a living, was discovered dead at his home, his manager stated Monday. He was 48.Bridges came back from China on February. 23 and complained to buddies of "super jet lag," manager Randy Nolen stated.Bridges' maid found the comic dead about 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the La home, Nolen stated.It made an appearance he died of natural causes, but an autopsy is going to be carried out, stated Craig Harvey, chief of procedures for that La County coroner's office.Bridges' George W. Rose bush impression made him a normal on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" and gained him an invite towards the Whitened House in 2003.In 2006, Bridges became a member of Rose bush inside a comic routine in the 2006 Whitened House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, D.C., and also at a Ford's Theatre benefit.Nolen stated Rose bush known as Bridges' brother, Phillip, on Monday and offered condolences."Steve was not just a funny guy, but a sort and decent individual. My sincere sympathies go to his parents, his brothers and sisters, and the entire family," Rose bush told The Connected Press through spokesperson Freddy Ford."We'd an excellent 10-year run," Nolen stated. "He visited the Whitened House, the Oblong Office, together with with Barbra Streisand and would be a regular around the 'Tonight Show' for nearly eight years."Bridges grew to become Obama, Bill Clinton or Rose bush for his most widely used shows.The makeup and prosthetics employed for Rose bush and Clinton specified for by Kevin Haney, who won an Academy Award for aging Serta Aykroyd in "Driving Miss Daisy." Obama ended by Kazu Tsuji, who designed Jim Carrey's Grinch in "The way the Grinch Stole Christmas."Mari Enyart was Bridges' makeup artist."In the neck up, everything but his teeth was covered inside a prosthetic bit of some kind,Inch Nolen stated concerning the impersonations of presidents. "It had been as extensive, nearly as good so that as complicated as whatever you would see inside a movie.InchIt required nearly four hrs to use the Obama makeup and nearly three hrs to complete Rose bush and Clinton. Close attention was compensated to age marks and freckles on his hands simply because they were so visible, particularly if a skit had been shot.Bridges have been scheduled to complete three free shows on March 13, 14 and 15 for that Indian Wells Rotary Club to assist raise money for college students who took it to school. Due to time it required to ready, he would be considered a different leader each evening.Sometimes, Bridges would do shows without makeup which were entitled "Steve As Steve" and displayed his 200 voices from Bill O'Reilly to Hurry Limbaugh to Tom Brokaw and all sorts of presidents from Kennedy to Obama, Nolen stated.Born in Dallas, Bridges loved football and would be a large Cowboys fan."He was respectful, kind, soft-spoken, reserved and sincere. He loved standing on stage. He would be a master at ad-libbing and improv comedy," Nolen stated.Bridges is made it by his parents, Thomas and Margaret Bridges, siblings Phillip and Jon, and sister Elizabeth Bridges.Something will probably be held within the next couple of days close to the family's Northern California home, having a memorial plan to follow in La.Copyright laws 2012 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Hurry Limbaugh Manages to lose More Marketers Despite His Apology

The exodus from Hurry Limbaugh‘s syndicated radio show didn’t appear to slow today following his apology for calling Georgetown College law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” along with a “prostitute.” He earned your comments ought to a week ago after she advised Congress to want employer medical health insurance intends to cover birth control.The amount of marketers who’ve stated they’re pulling out their support for that show rose to 35 based on a countby the politically progressive Site Think Progress. Their email list now includes AccuQuote Life Insurance Coverage, Service Miracle, PolyCom, Hadeed Carpet, Thompson Creek,and St. Vincent’s Clinic in Connecticut. Additionally, two r / c have dropped Limbaugh: KPUA in Hilo, Hawaii and WBEC inPittsfield, Mass. WBEC stated it would stop transporting the show beginning March 15 because”Rush’s defamatory and disparaging remarks about Ms. Fluke clearly violated the standards we've looking for our stations.”Clear Funnel’s Premiere Systems, which syndicates Limbaugh, stated that”in an effort at absurdist humor as one example of his political point, Mr. Limbaugh used words that regrettably distracted in the message he was attempting to convey.” It added he “did the best factor” byoffering “his sincere and sincere apology to Ms. Fluke.”Bloomberg commentator Michael Kinsley states though, that”the self-righteous parade out of the door by Limbaughs marketers is difficult to stomach. Had they never took in to Hurry before, in most time they'd been having to pay for advertisements on his show? His sliming of the barely known law student might be a brand new low… nevertheless its not really a huge gap” from criticisms he makes about well-known people including Nancy Pelosi and Michelle Obama.

New viral video for Prometheus

Prometheus has launched a canny bit of viral marketing, by which Guy Pearce's character Peter Weyland provides a TED talk (a non-profit organisation devoted towards the discussing of ideas) on artificial intelligence.The recording shows Weyland addressing a packed auditorium around 2023 (a couple of years prior to the occasions portrayed in Prometheus are positioned), and providing them with a rundown around the story of Prometheus, the guy who tried to steal fire in the Gods.From his assertion the Gods subsequently "overreated" towards the rather high conclusion that "we're the Gods now", the theme of overreaching ambition can there be for those to determine, spelling difficulties for the crew from the Prometheus within the following years.Have a look in the new video, below... Other tips to notice are Weyland's assertion that cyborgs will quickly be indistinguishable from humans (Michael Fassbender's character is really a cyborg) and the promise to alter the planet. We still have no idea what his Prometheus crew are searching for, but it is clearly something which will have a big effect on civilisation.Pearce is both charming and menacing throughout this new teaser, and hopefully we'll learn more in the slippery businessmen within the coming days. Meanwhile you should check out the Weyland Industries website, another area of the film's viral campaign.Prometheus opens within the United kingdom on 1 June 2012.

Movieline Livetweets the 2012 Academy awards (Plus: Complete Individuals who win List!)

Hollywood's finest (and possibly most anticlimactic) evening is here now, that could only mean one factor: Movieline's third annual Oscar Livetweet Extravaganza! Join this author, West Coast editor Jen Yamato, Chief Critic Stephanie Zacharek plus an estimable panel of Movieline affiliate marketers and site visitors after we parse the Academy awards to in a inch from the glamorous lives. The enjoyment begins round the red-colored-colored carpet at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, while using Oscarcast proper beginning at 8:30 p.m ET/5:30 p.m. PT. And regardless, keep current using the 2010 Oscar class with this particular comprehensive report on individuals who win Up-to-date happening following a jump. [ADVISORY 8 p.m. ET: The CoverItLive/Twitter interface is buggy for now we're concentrating on a solution! Interesting persistence!] BEST PICTURE: TBA BEST DIRECTOR: TBA BEST ACTRESS: TBA BEST ACTOR: TBA BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: TBA BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: TBA BEST ORIGINAL Script: TBA BEST Modified Script: TBA BEST ANIMATED FILM FEATURE: TBA BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FEATURE: TBA BEST ART DIRECTION: TBA BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: TBA BEST COSTUME DESIGN: TBA BEST FILM EDITING: TBA BEST MAKEUP: TBA BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: TBA BEST ORIGINAL SONG: TBA BEST Appear EDITING: TBA BEST Appear MIXING: TBA BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: TBA BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: TBA BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT: TBA BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT: TBA BEST ANIMATED SHORT: TBA Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

Once Upon a Time Scoop: Sebastian Stan's Mad Role Revealed

Rachel Dratch, Danny Comden Rachel Dratch is returning to NBC. The Saturday Night Live alum, who has also occasionally appeared on 30 Rock, has joined the cast of the Kari Lizer project, now titled Lady Friends, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Pilot Season: Get the scoop! In the comedy, two female friends - Nicole (Andrea Anders), who seemingly has the perfect life and, Jen, who can't seem to get it together - live two very different lives, but can't live without each other. Dratch will play Lisa, the newest member of Nicole and Jen's group of lady friends. She's just a little bit worse off in every way than Jen, which is why Jen keeps her around. Danny Comden (Urban Legend, I'm With Her) has also joined the cast as Jen's ex-husband, a rock star-type chef. The New Adventures of Old Christine's Lizer will write and executive-produce.

Mark Millar confirms Kick-Ass 2 will shoot this summer

Kick-Ass 2 has been in the pipeline ever since the first film revealed its cliffhanger ending, but only now have production details been officially confirmed, with Mark Millar telling The Daily Record that filming will begin in the summer.Millar is the man who penned the Kick-Ass comic books, and so is well placed to give an update on the film. "We shoot Kick-Ass 2 and American Jesus this summer," he told the newspaper, before going on to elaborate on the latter project."It's the reverse of The Omen," he explains, "which is about a kid who finds out he is the anti-Christ. This is a kid who finds out he is Jesus Christ."We're still waiting for confirmation as to whether Matthew Vaughn will return to the director's chair for Kick-Ass 2, although the director himself has admitted it's unlikely. However, that doesn't preclude his involvement on script or production duties, so we'll keep our fingers crossed.No word on cast or crew for American Jesus either at this point, but if filming is set to begin in a few months time, presumably some announcements will be on their way sooner rather than later...

Mailings focus divide over union merger

With 10 days to go to before ballots head out, high-profile thesps have started lining on both sides in the recommended merger involving the Screen Stars Guild as well as the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists. On Thursday, Mike Jaeger ("MotherhoodInch), Seamus Colorado ("Castle") and "Modern Family" cast people Erection dysfunction O'Neill, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Julie Bowen and Eric Stonestreet came out in videos round the professional-merger internet.sagaftra.com site. Round the election-no side, former SAG leader Alan Rosenberg and Scott Wilson -- champion of SAG's Take advantage of Morgan award for service -- grew to become part of about 30 antimerger protesters before SAG and AFTRA headquarters. Meanwhile, lawyers for merger rivals, headed by David Casselman of Wasserman, Comden, Casselman & Esensten, are actually tussling with SAG lawyers inside the materials being incorporated inside the ballot materials. Casselman revealed Thursday evening he and SAG lawyers had showed up in a tentative agreement round the Opposition Report which will be shipped to individuals. That document -- limited to 1,000 words -- wasn't needed incorporated within the ballot materials nevertheless the SAG and AFTRA boards OK'd its inclusion lately. Professional-merger forces have contended that SAG and AFTRA might have more clout just like a combined union -- a contention that been disputed on numerous occasions by Rosenberg, who offered two terms as SAG prexy from 2005 to 2009. He is constantly insist that AFTRA's leaders are actually too taking companies, that your merger will put people leaders in the dominant position. "This merger continues to be done to make sure that nobody will endure the businesses,Inch Rosenberg mentioned. "It's a mislead condition that we'll become more effective by merging with AFTRA. The identical leaders pushing this are the same ones who developed a deal a year ago where we gave away first-class travel combined without any advances on new-media provisions." The merger proposal is going to be shipped to 120,000 SAG people and 70,000 AFTRA people, who include stars, tv producers, DJs, entertainers and ballroom ballroom dancers. To feed, the referendum takes a 60% approval margin from both orgs among votes cast. SAG and AFTRA will mail out ballots on Feb. 27, getting a tabulation date of March 30. Rivals may also be objecting to having less a comprehensive analysis of mixing the SAG and AFTRA pension and health plans also to the claims with the unions inside their feasibility study. The unions' overview of the feasibility study noted that 100s of multi-employer pensions have merged within the last twenty-five years, and there is no legal obstacle to merging the SAG and AFTRA pension and health plans. Furthermore, it mentioned multi-employer plan mergers don't pose any elevated possibility of insufficient benefits. Cassleman couldn't agree. "The crux of but SAG is representing that merger can result in no reduction in pension or health improvements,In . he mentioned. "However only the merger in the unions is available now. Once the unions are incorporated, SAG people might have no further voice or opportunity to oppose a later merger in the pension or health plans, no matter the highly probable negative effect that plan mergers might have by themselves benefits." Casselman also asserted the merger proposal can also be promoted as if it'll solve the problem of split actor earnings beneath the separate SAG and AFTRA P&H plans. Merger backers contend that mixing SAG and AFTRA makes it better to mix the plans just like a foundation fixing the problem that artists face to make contributions for the separate plans then not meeting the earnings qualifications. "Nevertheless the undisclosed truth is the merger proposal does not even offer an approach to that historic problem," Casselman mentioned. "The merger plan will codify the split earnings dilemma just like things stand today." SAG First V . p . Ned Vaughn, a pacesetter in the Unite for Strength faction that has centered guild politics lately, responded by stating that merger rivals do not have the backing of individuals. "The identical crowd keeps utilizing the same not successful tactic, plus it seems as if they are getting desperate. After they can't have the support of individuals, they use a legal gun to accomplish whatever they can't have finished within the ballot box. four years of election returns have handled to obtain apparent that individuals want nothing associated with their divisiveness," Vaughn mentioned. More youthful crowd requested Casselman's expertise. "I'm amazed their lawyer thinks they are fully aware a little more about the security within our pension and health improvements when compared to a half-dozen in the country's top experts, who all agree that merger is a good step," Vaughn mentioned. "One factor he clearly doesn't find out about might be the disastrous effect getting separate unions has received on working-class stars. This is why the particular experts -- our people -- have handled to obtain so apparent they require SAG and AFTRA to merge." Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com