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Wife, exes remember Richard Pryor: 'Like gills on a fish, being on that stage was what mattered to' him. Pryor drew in fans with stand-up comedy that was raw, honest and hilarious.
Comedy legend Richard Pryor had seven children. Here’s everything to know about kids Renee, Richard Jr., Elizabeth Anne, Rain, Steven, Mason and Kelsey.
R hino’s new box set of the seven comedy albums Richard Pryor made between 1974 and 1983—released by several record companies, but now referred to as The Warner Bros. Albums—includes an ...
T he Nov. 19, 2024, episode of Vice’s Black Comedy in America — a 10-part docuseries that examines the history of Black comedians in film, TV and stand-up — will examine the complex highs ...
There are a lot of landmark anniversaries this year. “Jaws” turns 50. As does Springsteen’s “Born to Run.” “Saturday Night Live” will formally mark a half-century next month.
This winter it was announced that Lee Daniels was in talks with the Weinstein Co. to direct a Richard Pryor biopic. At the time of the announcement, ...
Richard Pryor’s legendary run is chronicled in the new box set I Hope I’m Funny: The Warner Albums (1974-1983), out now via Rhino. Scott Saul, an English professor at the University of ...
He would one day be Richard Pryor’s tour manager, work Joe Frazier’s corner for the Fight of the Century, and sit in the passenger seat of Wilt Chamberlain’s purple Cadillac convertible.
Stephen Lang on standing up to a muumuu-wearing Steven Seagal and working with Michael Mann The actor also discusses loving the motion capture in Avatar, getting Biblical in House Of David, and ...
Rhino’s new box set of the seven comedy albums Richard Pryor made between 1974 and 1983—released by several record companies, but now referred to collectively as The Warner Bros. Albums ...