You may not realize it, but 20 years ago, us mortals were delivered a gift from the higher powers of comedy. I’m referring to Larry David’s hilarious and groundbreaking program, “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” which premiered on HBO precisely two decades ago on October 15, 2000. To help celebrate the prettaaay, prettaaay good run that the show has had, we at Gold Derby are ranking the 20 best episodes of the Emmy-winning show for its 20th anniversary. Scroll through our photo gallery and see where your favorite episode is ranked.
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The show centers on David, playing a somewhat fictionalized version of himself, and the often inane and neurotic interactions he has with with those that are closest to him. Among the people in this orbit are his much-more-grounded wife Cheryl (Cheryl Hines), his manager/best friend Jeff Greene (Jeff Garlin) and Jeff’s wife, Susie Greene (Susie Essman...
SEEJeff Garlin Interview: ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
The show centers on David, playing a somewhat fictionalized version of himself, and the often inane and neurotic interactions he has with with those that are closest to him. Among the people in this orbit are his much-more-grounded wife Cheryl (Cheryl Hines), his manager/best friend Jeff Greene (Jeff Garlin) and Jeff’s wife, Susie Greene (Susie Essman...
- 10/15/2020
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Guggenheim Media publications The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard have laid off 10 of its employees, including four editorial staffers. Among the cuts: veteran THR senior editor Alex Ben Block and film reporter Tim Appelo, Billboard correspondent Phil Gallo as well as editor-at-large Joe Levy, who was passed over for the music publication’s editor-in-chief job last year. The top editing job went to Tony Gervino who was hired from Hearst Magazines International in April 2014. The remaining six employees who were laid off came from the Billboard’s and THR’s marketing teams. News of the cuts were first reported by THR and Billboard’s sister publication,...
- 4/16/2015
- by Itay Hod
- The Wrap
The Billboard and Hollywood Reporter Film & TV Music Conference launched Wednesday with a question-and-answer session featuring composer Gregg Alexander, hosted by Billboard senior editor of film and TV, Phil Gallo. Best known to mainstream culture as frontman of the New Radicals -- the short-lived late-1990s rock band behind the hit "You Get What You Give" -- the Grammy-winning songwriter made his film-composing debut this year by writing songs for and scoring the Weinstein Co. film Begin Again. Having shied away from the limelight for years, disillusioned with the notion of fame while writing under various pseudonyms, Alexander spoke about identifying
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- 11/5/2014
- by Colin Stutz, Billboard
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Gold Derby's founder Tom O'Neil was the best Expert with 66% correct on his 2013 Grammy Awards predictions. Eight music and entertainment journalists took part in this year's contest. Second place is held by Glenn Gamboa (Newsday) with 63%. Third place is a tie between Paul Sheehan (Gold Derby) and Chris Willman with 60%. Next up was Edna Gundersen (USA Today) with 58%, and then Lyndsey Parker (Yahoo Music) at 46%, and Nekesa Moody (Associated Press) with 38%. Phil Gallo (Billboard) had 53% correct, but he only completed 23 of 35 categories. The eight "Experts" fared poorly when predicting three of the top four races: Album, Record and Song of the Year. Only one foresaw Daft Punk's victory for best album (Lyndsey Parker) and only one (Nekesa Moody) picked the French dance duo to bag best record. Two pundits correctly nailed best song: Edna Gundersen and Lyndsey Parker. However, seven of the eight pundits fared well pre...
- 1/27/2014
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Our Grammy Experts are forecasting a near sweep for Macklemore & Ryan Lewis in the General Field at Sunday's Grammys. We expect them to take home the album prize for "The Heist" and the song award for "Same Love." And six of the seven of us are predicting the duo to be named Best New Artist as well: Phil Gallo (Billboard) Glenn Gamboa (Newsday) Edna Gunderson (USA Today) Lyndsey Parker (Yahoo! Music) Tom O'Neil (Gold Derby) Paul Sheehan (Gold Derby) Such support gives Macklemore & Ryan Lewis leading odds of 5/6. The lone holdout is Nekesa Moody (AP) who is predicting an upset by Ed Sheeran. He has odds of 11 to 2. While country newcomer Kacey Musgraves doesn't have any first place votes, she is ranked higher than the other remaining nominees -- Kendrick Lamar and James Blake -- and so has odds of 50/1 versus their 100/1. ...
- 1/22/2014
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Our Grammy Experts are divided in their predictions as to what will win Song of the Year at Sunday's Grammys: Four of them favor "Same Love" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis while two of them give the edge to "Royals" by Kiwi newcomer Lorde, which we predict will win Record of the Year. Those backing the bid by "Same Love" are: Glenn Gamboa (Newsday) Nekesa Moody (AP) Tom O'Neil (Gold Derby) Paul Sheehan (Gold Derby) Such support gives it the edge with leading odds of 5/6. Two Experts -- Edna Gunderson (USA Today) and Lyndsey Parker (Yahoo! Music) -- like the sound of "Royals." That gives it odds of 12 to 5. Phil Gallo (Billboard) has Pink's track "Just Give Me a Reason in the top slot. Combined with its placement by the other Experts, that translates into odds of 11 to 2. With no first place vote...
- 1/22/2014
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When predicting the top four Grammy Award races, Phil Gallo (Billboard) scatters four nominees. Best Album: "Red" (Taylor Swift) Best Record: "Royals" (Lorde) Best Song: "Just Give Me a Reason" (Pink featuring Nate Ruess) Best New Artist: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis See Gallo's predix in 23 categories here. See how his predictions stack up, race by race, against those by our other Grammy gurus here. Below, listen to our podcast chat in which he explains his thinking. Here are some outtakes. Best Album: "When I put on my industry thinking cap and say, 'Which one of these records says a lot about the record industry? -- it makes me think that 'Red' by Taylor Swift is your favorite to win the award. It represented a leap for her. She is arguably the biggest star in pop music today. She's certainly the top female star. She involved a lot of collaborators across the board.
- 1/22/2014
- Gold Derby
Our Grammy Experts are unanimous in their predictions as to what will win Record of the Year at Sunday's Grammys: "Royals" by Kiwi newcomer Lorde. That solid support gives this track leading odds of 3/10. However, our Experts differ over what record is in second place. Four of them -- Phil Gallo (Billboard), Edna Gunderson (USA Today), Lyndsey Parker (Yahoo! Music) and Paul Sheehan (Gold Derby) -- have "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk and featuring Pharrell Williams. That gives it odds of 5 to 1. Glenn Gamboa (Newsday) has Robin Thicke's smash hit "Blurred Lines" in the runner-up slot; with its placement elsewhere by other Experts, that translates into odds of 33 to 1. And Tom O'Neil (Gold Derby) opted for "Locked Out of Heaven" by Bruno Mars which comes in at odds of 50 to 1. "Radioactive" by Imagine Dra...
- 1/21/2014
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Our Grammy Experts have weighed in with their predictions as to what disc will take home the top Grammy this Sunday. Four of them favor "The Heist" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis while two are touting "Red by 2010 champ Taylor Swift ("Fearless") and one opts for Daft Punk's "Random Access Memories." That support gives this hot new duo leading odds of 5/6 to win Album of the Year while Swift ranks second with odds of 12/5 and Daft Punk is in third at 11/1. As neither of the other two nominees -- "Good Kid, M.A.D.D City" by Kendrick Lamar and "The Blessed Unrest" by Sara Bareilles -- has any first place votes, they each have odds of 100/1 to win. Those backing the bid by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are: Glenn Gamboa (Newsday) Edna Gunderson (USA Today) Tom O'Neil (Gold Derby) Paul Sheehan (Gold Derby) In Swift's corner are: Phil Gallo (Bil.
- 1/21/2014
- Gold Derby
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