If you ask anyone who is the nicest star in Hollywood, then they will tell you it is Henry Winkler. However, he told Drew Barrymore on her show today that during his first role, he was surrounded by actors who were not to nice to him.
Winkler made his professional acting debut on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He played Rhoda’s date at one of Mary’s failed dinner parties. Since no was expecting him to be there, he sat at his only little table. They say that art mimics life, and it did for him.
“I had four lines on ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show,’ which was the ‘Friends’ of its time. And they said, ‘Lunch,’ and all these big stars they all went to lunch, and I was just in the middle of the soundstage, and I had no idea where to go, no one had told me,” the actor said. “I felt really alone, and I swore I would never let anybody on a set I was on feel that way ever again. No matter what show I do, if there is a guest, I take that guest man or woman by the hand and show them where they can get anything done during the day.”
That is why, everyone but Tom Hanks, loves him. He is so caring and warm, and I am grateful I experienced his kindness firsthand on my first job in Hollywood. When you look at him, you cannot help but to feel joy. It radiates off of him, and you feel encapsulated by it. I don’t know how better to describe it, but he is someone you have to meet to understand what a kind-hearted soul he is. He was one of the biggest stars in the ’70s and ’80s, but he does not act like he is better than anyone, no matter how low down they are on the totem pole.
We need more stars like him. There are a few like Drew Barrymore, Jerry O’Connell, Sean Astin, and Kal Penn, but we need more of them.
Drew Barrymore’s daytime talk show debuts Monday on CBS, and she has some star-studded guests for her first week. She is starting it off by being reunited with her two other Angels, Lucy Liu and Cameron Diaz. Then she will have a 51st first date with Adam Sandler.
Her premiere week continues with Reese Witherspoon, Billy Eichner, Jane Fonda, Gabrielle Union, Christian Siriano, Charlize Theron, and Tyra Banks. She saves the best for last because she will virtually pose with Billy Porter.
Not a bad first week. You can say she is a Firestarter. Get it? The second week will be even more interesting. That is when the host has used up all of her favors, and the bookers have to do all the work from then on. Although, with a name like Drew Barrymore, how hard could it be to book her show?
To see the full guest listing for next week’s shows, then click here!
Drew Barrymore has a talk show coming out on September 14th, and she is already practicing how to interview her guests. It is much different being an interviewer as compared to an interviewee.
However, for Drew, I think it will be the same. Here she is interviewing her 7-year-old self when she was on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson back in 1982. Even though it has been 38 years since she talked about starring in ET: The Extra-Terrestrial, she is still just as cute.
With everything going on, I forgot that Drew Barrymore is getting a talk show. But she is, and The Drew Barrymore Show is debuting on September 14th.
Before the big launch, she will be doing several viral series on YouTube to promote it. They are The Making Of The Drew Barrymore Show, The Art of the Interview, Drew’s Cookbook Club, and Drew’s Movie Nite. When it comes to the latter, she will be watching Good Burger with Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell on July 30th.
It will be interesting to see if she does her talk show from the studio or at home. With everything being in such flux, I am sure even she doesn’t know where it is going to happen. Am I the only hoping she does it in Santa Clarita?
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-cu3lhDif5/ Stella McCartney went down her wood stairs on a rug and made it look like it is a lot of fun. Therefore, she dared her friend Drew Barrymore to try it out.
How did the actress do with the #StellaStairChallenge? It was such a sad attempt, but funny at the same time. While, it might not have been fun for her. It was a riot for us to watch.
At least she tried, so there is that.
To see the fashion designer do it, then click here!
