A gathering of the late Leslie Jordan’s friends and fellow artists will be held at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville on Feb. 19.
Reportin’ for Duty: A Tribute to Leslie Jordan will celebrate his legacy, and all proceeds will go towards Eb Research Partnership, an organization that helps fund research to treat Epidermolysis Bullosa (Eb). Maren Morris, Brothers Osborne, Eddie Vedder, Brittney Spencer, Billy Strings, Lukas Nelson, Jelly Roll, Jake Wesley Rogers, Ashley McBryde, Travis Howard, Danny Myrick, and more will perform in honor of Jordan’s memory. They...
Reportin’ for Duty: A Tribute to Leslie Jordan will celebrate his legacy, and all proceeds will go towards Eb Research Partnership, an organization that helps fund research to treat Epidermolysis Bullosa (Eb). Maren Morris, Brothers Osborne, Eddie Vedder, Brittney Spencer, Billy Strings, Lukas Nelson, Jelly Roll, Jake Wesley Rogers, Ashley McBryde, Travis Howard, Danny Myrick, and more will perform in honor of Jordan’s memory. They...
- 1/10/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Emmy-winning actor and comedian Leslie Jordan has died at the age of 67.
TMZ has reported that “Jordan was driving in Hollywood Monday morning when it’s suspected he suffered some sort of medical emergency and crashed his BMW into the side of a building.”
See Celebrity Deaths 2022: In Memoriam Gallery
He won an Emmy in 2006 for Best Guest Comedy Actor playing Beverly Leslie in “Will & Grace.” The beloved star also received two Gold Derby Awards for the same role in both 2006 and 2010. Other notable roles included Earl “Brother Boy” Ingram in “Sordid Lives” (2000) for which he won Best Actor at the New York Independent Film & Video Festival, Bernard Ferrion in “Boston Legal” (2005), Mr. Blackly in “The Help” (2011), Reginald Lord Devine in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” (2021) and various characters in the “American Horror Story” anthology series. He guest starred in many TV shows throughout the years including “Murphy Brown,...
TMZ has reported that “Jordan was driving in Hollywood Monday morning when it’s suspected he suffered some sort of medical emergency and crashed his BMW into the side of a building.”
See Celebrity Deaths 2022: In Memoriam Gallery
He won an Emmy in 2006 for Best Guest Comedy Actor playing Beverly Leslie in “Will & Grace.” The beloved star also received two Gold Derby Awards for the same role in both 2006 and 2010. Other notable roles included Earl “Brother Boy” Ingram in “Sordid Lives” (2000) for which he won Best Actor at the New York Independent Film & Video Festival, Bernard Ferrion in “Boston Legal” (2005), Mr. Blackly in “The Help” (2011), Reginald Lord Devine in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” (2021) and various characters in the “American Horror Story” anthology series. He guest starred in many TV shows throughout the years including “Murphy Brown,...
- 10/24/2022
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
In the earliest stages of Covid lockdown, Leslie Jordan was visiting his family in Tennessee and rented a condo in downtown Chattanooga. During that first month or so of isolation and distancing, the television star and comedian started to go a little stir crazy. He filmed himself talking and posted the video to Instagram.
“It’s still March. How many days in March? When is April fuckin’ gonna get here?” he moaned, laying on one side with his head pressed into a pillow. “My mother hollerin’ up the steps, asking...
“It’s still March. How many days in March? When is April fuckin’ gonna get here?” he moaned, laying on one side with his head pressed into a pillow. “My mother hollerin’ up the steps, asking...
- 4/6/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Emmy Award-winning actor and suddenly internet-famous personality Leslie Jordan has announced plans for Company’s Comin’, a collection of gospel tunes recorded in Nashville with a few high-profile guests. The first release from the project, due out April 2nd, is Jordan’s version of “Angel Band” featuring Brandi Carlile.
Produced by Travis Howard and Danny Myrick, Jordan’s rendition of the tune, previously recorded by the Stanley Brothers and Emmylou Harris, opts for a loose, funky arrangement that’s heavy on mandolin and string-bending lead electric guitar. Jordan carries his...
Produced by Travis Howard and Danny Myrick, Jordan’s rendition of the tune, previously recorded by the Stanley Brothers and Emmylou Harris, opts for a loose, funky arrangement that’s heavy on mandolin and string-bending lead electric guitar. Jordan carries his...
- 2/22/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Country singing sweethearts Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton were married Saturday in Texas.
The newlyweds celebrated their union at the Don Strange Ranch, north of San Antonio, with guests, such as Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley, Reba and Kelly Clarkson, in attendance, reports People.com.
"Brilliant wedding," tweeted Lambert's co-writer Travis Howard.
The award-winning singers have been together for six years. Shelton, 34, proposed to Lambert, 27, last year.
The newlyweds celebrated their union at the Don Strange Ranch, north of San Antonio, with guests, such as Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley, Reba and Kelly Clarkson, in attendance, reports People.com.
"Brilliant wedding," tweeted Lambert's co-writer Travis Howard.
The award-winning singers have been together for six years. Shelton, 34, proposed to Lambert, 27, last year.
- 5/15/2011
- Extra
Move over, Will and Kate: Country music’s prince and princess - Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert - are now newlyweds, too. The couple exchanged vows Saturday night at the Don Strange Ranch in Boerne, Texas, north of San Antonio. Guests included Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley, Reba, Kelly Clarkson, Dierks Bentley and Laura Bell Bundy. "Brilliant wedding," Tweets Lambert's co-writer Travis Howard.Photos: Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton's Country Lovin'The celebration went late and the menu was unique: venison, which the bride harvested herself. The award-winning singers have been together for six years. Shelton, 34, proposed last May in the woods near Lambert's Tishomingo,...
- 5/15/2011
- by Joey Bartolomeo
- PEOPLE.com
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