Closer USA – August 05, 2019

TheVeep StarCouldMake

EmmyHistoryin September

“It’sreallykind

ofastounding

the way

this hasall

happened,”

saysJuliaof

her Emmyrun.

JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS

MARKRICHMANwasa 20-year-old

camera-storeemployeewhenhe

shotphotosof theBeatlesplaying

atSt.Louis’BuschStadiumon their

196 6 U.S.tour.“I stoodtherewith

mymouthwideopenin amazement

atfirst,butthenstartedtaking

pictures,”saysRichman,now 73

and a FrankSinatraimpersonator.

“Iwasn’t[aware]whatI gotat the

ti me,becausetherainmadeit

verychallenging.”Thebandwas

miserableduringthechaoticshow,

whichwasplayedundera shoddy

coveringto preventJohn,Paul,

GeorgeandRingofromgetting

electrocuted.Soonafter,theygave

uptouring,andMarkrealizedhe

had theonlycolorshotsof their’

shows.“I havedecidedthetime

isrightto sellthem”viaHeritage

Auctions,saysRichman,who

expectsto fetch$50,000forthe 15

images.“I havekepttheslidesin a

blueboxin a humidity-controlled

safeforthelast50 years,andthey

are in fantasticcondition.”Letit be.

WHEN THIS YEAR’S Emmy

nominees were announced

on July 16, Julia Louis-

Dreyfus was back in the

race for best actress in

a comedy. She wasn’t

eligible last year since

her successful treatment

for breast cancer forced a

delay in the HBO sitcom’s

production schedule, and

new episodes didn’t air

in time for the show to be

considered. But Julia had

won the award the previous

six years in a row. (The

2018 award went to The

Mar velous Mrs. Maisel’s

Rachel Brosnahan.)

And that’s not the only

Emmy record Julia may

set. Having also won for

Seinfeld and The New

Adventures of Old Christine,

Julia could surpass Cloris

Leachman as the actor

with the most Emmy wins

ever if she takes home a

ninth statuette for the

D.C. satire’s final season.

“This kind of thing doesn’t

happen frequently, and I’m

well aware of the unique

moment that this is,” says

Julia. “I’m kind of stunned

by all of it, to be honest.” Or

as Seinfeld’s Elaine Benes

might have said, “Get out!”

Julia with Veep’s

Tony Hale and

Gary Cole

GeorgeHarrison,RingoStarr,

PaulMcCartneyand John

Lennonon their 1966 U.S.tour

RareColorPix

oftheFab Four

UpforAuction

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