Welcome to Midnight Mania!
Let's start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026.
UFC 330's Gillian Robertson reveals 'not much weight' behind Din Thomas apology, issued 'for TV purposes and ratings': To quote the great Lucille Bluth, "Good for her."
Frustrated Khamzat sends message to UFC boss Dana White — 'What are we waiting for?': If Khamzat really wants his Middleweight belt back, he should go bet back into the win column by the time Strickland fights Imavov or DDP.
Fatima Kline here to 'save the Strawweight division' after Mackenzie Dern's boring UFC 330 ******* le defense: After her last performance, everybody should be high on Kline.

#midnight #gillian #thomas

Barbara Eden appeared in a 1957 episode in the final season of I Love Lucy
The actress, 94, played a bombshell in the guest spot, but noted that she moved with reverence and respect for Lucille Ball
Eden would become a household name less than a decade later, when I Dream of Jeannie debuted in 1965
Barbara Eden appreciated how Lucille Ball regarded her as an actress.
Almost a decade before Eden became known for I Dream of Jeannie, she guest starred on I Love Lucy in 1957. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, the actress, 94, recalled working with the funnywoman when she appeared as Diana Jordan in the season six episode, ***** led "Country Club Dance."

#eden #lucy #ball #dream

Tim Matheson says working alongside Henry Fonda early in his career turned into an education that extended far beyond acting.
During an appearance on the Still Here Hollywood podcast with Steve Kmetko on Monday, August 3, the actor, 78, reflected on filming the 1968 family comedy Yours, Mine and Ours, where he played one of Fonda's children alongside screen icon Lucille Ball.
While Ball often retreated to her trailer, Fonda stayed near the set between takes, he recalled.
"You had a chair, you stayed on the set, you know, and you just stayed until you were called," explained the Animal House star. "Henry was trying to quit smoking, so he was doing needlepoint."
Fonda's technique for quitting cigarettes had some logic to it. According to smokefree.gov, one way to manage cravings is to "keep your hands busy."

#henry #matheson #here #steve

On today's episode of "Daily Variety" podcast, Journey Gunderson, executive director of the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, N.Y., explains why it's important to have an institution devoted to the study of comedy. Jamestown, which is the hometown of Lucille Ball, will be abuzz with laughs as the center hosts the annual Lucille Ball Comedy Festival Aug. 7-9, headlined by Jerry Seinfeld, Bert Kreischer and Seth Meyers.
Gunderson has been the driving force behind the nonprofit National Comedy Center for 15 years. She joined what was then the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum in Jamestown in 2011. In 2018, the organization's footprint expanded to include the National Comedy Center, which is now home to the archives of comedy ***** ans George Carlin, Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks.
More from Variety
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#gunderson #brooks

Dixon Q. Dern, the influential entertainment lawyer who represented Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz and helped structure the business affairs of their landmark Desilu production company, has died. He was 97.
Dern died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles, a spokesperson for WME announced.
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#lucille #sunday