Joan and Melissa Rivers to Celebrate Career Milestone at the 58th Annual Emmy(R) Awards
with the 1000th Red Carpet Interview Live on TV Guide Channel(R); Interview Count Begins at #981 on Sunday, August 27 During TV Guide Channel's Live Telecast
Hollywood's original and most unpredictable Red Carpet queens Joan and Melissa Rivers are gearing up for what will undoubtedly be a major career landmark and an unforgettable television event on TV Guide Channel(R) - the 1000th Red Carpet interview live at the 58th Annual Emmy(R) Awards. The fabulous, fashion-forward mother-daughter duo will start the count at #981 on Emmy night as they speak with TV's biggest stars on the Red Carpet. JOAN AND MELISSA LIVE AT THE EMMY AWARDS will premiere Sunday, August 27th at 6:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on TV Guide Channel.
"I'm looking forward to doing my 1000th interview on the Red Carpet, and whoever it will be, I just pray they will be wearing a name tag!," said Joan Rivers.
From her signature question, "Can we talk?," an official registered trademark, to her Red Carpet mantra, "Who are you wearing?," Joan Rivers is the woman who asks the questions that America wants to know. Her first interview since teaming with daughter Melissa at the 1995 Academy(R) Awards - John Travolta - was the beginning of the Red Carpet phenomenon that has become a fixture of all major Hollywood award shows.
"I'm so excited about the 1000th interview. My mom's first interview on the Red Carpet with John Travolta seems like yesterday," said Melissa Rivers. "Here's to a thousand more. And don't fear Mom, I'll be there just in case you can't remember who it is!"
For more than a decade, Joan and Melissa Rivers have interviewed the biggest celebrities in entertainment at the Academy(R) Awards, Emmy(R) Awards, Grammy Awards and the Golden Globes(R). Joan Rivers' Red Carpet interviews have ranged from legendary entertainers to up-and-coming stars in film, television and music, including:
-0- - #1 John Travolta -- Lucky #7 Oprah Winfrey -- #10 Tom Hanks -- #100 Pierce Brosnan -- #150 Patrick Stewart -- #238 Jennifer Lopez -- #300 Rosa Parks -- #349 Angelina Jolie -- #500 Javier Bardem -- #520 Al Pacino -- #600 David Hyde Pierce -- #850 The Killers -- #878 Leonardo Di Caprio -- #900 Teri Hatcher
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