‘Tonight Show’ head creator leaves, swears off Trump comedy

Second City alum Becky Drysdale, the pinnacle creator on “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon,” has stepped down after 8 months at the activity, vowing by no means once more to write down comedy about Donald Trump. “I am making the decision for myself to never work on, write, or be involved with, another Trump sketch ever again,” she wrote in a word to her Facebook pals. “I have landed in several jobs and situations over the last few years, not just ‘The Tonight Show,’ where the project of making fun of Trump, or doing material about Trump, has led to divided creative teams, anxiety, tears and pain. I can’t decide the outcome of this election, but I

Clive Cussler lifeless — Famed journey author was 88

NEW YORK — Clive Cussler, the million-selling journey author and real-life thrill-seeker who wove private particulars and spectacular fantasies into his page-turning novels about underwater explorer Dirk Pitt, has died, his writer stated Wednesday. Cussler died Monday at his dwelling in Scottsdale, Arizona, stated Alexis Welby, spokeswoman for writer Penguin Random House. He was 88. The trigger was not disclosed. Cussler dispatched Pitt and pal Al Giordino on unique missions highlighted by shipwrecks, treachery, espionage and exquisite ladies, in standard works together with “Cyclops,’’ “Night Probe!” and his industrial breakthrough, “Raise the Titanic!” Cussler was an Illinois native who was raised in Southern California and lived in Arizona for many of his remaining years, however he

Former Sun-Times journey author Marvin Weinstein dies

Marvin Weinstein’s story can’t be instructed with out the phrase “curmudgeon” or rough-and-tumble journey. Mr. Weinstein, a Morton Grove resident who was a reporter and replica editor for the Sun-Times for 38 years, died Nov. 12 at 82. Despite being born and raised in Chicago, he didn’t miss his probability to get out and see the world. Mr. Weinstein visited greater than 80 nations, usually writing items for the Sun-Times journey part. His spouse, Virginia Van Vynckt, was a options copy desk chief on the Sun-Times and technically her husband’s boss earlier than they obtained collectively. “My brother said ‘You either have to fire him or marry him,’” Van Vynckt mentioned. “So I