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Steve Martin

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 16: (L-R) Steve Martin, Heidi Klum and Martin Short entertain attendees at the 2013 Toys'R'Us Childrens Fund Gala on Thursday, May 16 in New York City. One of the largest, single-night fundraisers in New York City, the Toys'R'Us Childrens Fund Gala has raised more than $100 million, since its inception, to support charitable organizations that keep children safe and help them in times of need.

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  • Martin Short talks comedy, heads to LI

    asked to do "Dumb and Dumber," but it wasn't for me. It was better who they cast. What's it like hanging with Tom Hanks and Steve Martin ? Tom and Steve are close friends. We have colonoscopy parties together. We go to Steve's house, take the potion, play   Read more »

  • Steve Martin, wife Anne Stringfield welcome first baby, reports say

    like "Father of the Bride: Part II" in real life!At 67, Steve Martin recently became a first-time dad.The actor and his wife, Anne Stringfield, recently welcomed a child, Martin's rep told People, offering no other details.According to New York Post's Page   Read more »

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  • Football Talk: SFA can investigate Rangers, Steve Martin to buy Dundee

    in the headlines as their boardroom prepares for another overhaul and promise of investment. An American group, including Steve Martin, are reportedly lining up a takeover bid. And for those who said Steve Martin isn't funny any more, he's launching a bid 4:52 AM from STV Read more »

  • American group make offer for Dundee

    a considerable offer from a joint Scottish-USA consortium consisting of current majority shareholder Bill Colvin, director Steve Martin and Keyes Capital, a company in Austin, Texas. Scot Gardiner, the Dens Park chief executive, has been working on the deal 5/20/13 from Herald Scotland Read more »

  • Steve-Martin-Morning-Shot-635.jpg Your Morning Shot: Steve Martin

    In honor of GQ's June Comedy Issue we bring you a month of Morning Shot funnymen "I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot." I understand and agree that registration on or use of this 5/20/13 from GQ Read more »

  • Wayne Brady takes on Bill Maher's definition of blackness

    — as Steve Martin once observed — is not pretty. Nor are racial stereotypes. We were reminded of both last week when comic Wayne Brady verbally pimp-slapped fellow funnyman Bill Maher during a HuffPost Live interview. In recent years, Maher has used the affable   from Orlando Sentinel Read more »

  • 'SNL': A 'Lovely Day' ends an era

    or the Oscars thing, rather than trying to tackle both. Still, I’m glad SNL acknowledged how it couldn’t very well invite Steve Martin et al back just months after they showed up to induct Justin Timberlake — and Jennifer Garner’s subsequent cameo was gold,   from Entertainment Weekly Read more »

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About Steve Martin

Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, author, playwright, producer, musician and composer. Martin came to public notice as a writer for the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and later became a frequent guest on The Tonight Show. In the 1970s, Martin performed his offbeat, absurdist comedy routines before packed houses on national tours. In 2004, Comedy Central ranked Martin at sixth place in a list of the 100 greatest stand-up comics.

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