{"id":26053,"date":"2013-12-04T03:15:29","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T03:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/?p=26053"},"modified":"2013-12-03T20:57:47","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T20:57:47","slug":"craig-ferguson-on-stage-tie-reviews-ustinov-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-on-stage-tie-reviews-ustinov-speech\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Craig on Stage<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Craig-in-Durham-NC.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-26067\" alt=\"Craig in Durham NC\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Craig-in-Durham-NC-150x112.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Craig-in-Durham-NC-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Craig-in-Durham-NC-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Craig-in-Durham-NC-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Craig-in-Durham-NC-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Craig-in-Durham-NC-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Craig-in-Durham-NC-1332x999.jpg 1332w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Craig-in-Durham-NC-386x290.jpg 386w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Craig-in-Durham-NC-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Craig-in-Durham-NC-193x145.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThe RSA&#8217;s @<strong>thecore<\/strong> took an outstanding series of photos of <strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong> and <strong>Josh Robert Thompson<\/strong> on stage at the Carolina Theatre in Durham last month and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bigstupidgrin\/sets\/72157637952104594\/\" target=\"_blank\">shared the collection<\/a> online. Great work, Corey!\r\n<br clear=\"none\" \/>\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>All Tied Up<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Craig-Tie.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-26068\" alt=\"Craig Tie\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Craig-Tie-150x100.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Craig-Tie-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Craig-Tie-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Craig-Tie-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Craig-Tie-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Craig-Tie.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\r\nAn autographed necktie donated by Craig to raise cancer awareness brought in more than 200 pounds in an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.co.uk\/itm\/231099667567?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&amp;_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649\" target=\"_blank\">online auction<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Hottest Late-Night Host<\/strong><\/span>\r\nWe&#8217;re not quite sure why AdWeek bothered to ask people to vote when they were just going to name their own favorite for &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adweek.com\/news-gallery\/here-are-hot-list-tv-winners-154195#hottest-late-night-host-12\" target=\"_blank\">Hottest Late-Night Host<\/a>&#8221; anyway (they chose <strong>Jimmy Fallon<\/strong>). However, they grudgingly noted at the bottom of the page that those who voted in the poll actually chose Craig!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Tour Reviews<\/strong><\/span>\r\nCraig&#8217;s <em>Hot and Grumpy Tour<\/em> has enjoyed good reviews, including one on <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.yahoo.com\/review-craig-ferguson-hot-grumpy-hard-rock-12410379.html?cat=49\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo&#8217;s contributor network<\/a> from his show at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida and another from <a href=\"http:\/\/andymci.com\/2013\/11\/24\/craig-ferguson-hot-n-grumpy-casino-rama\/\" target=\"_blank\">his appearance at Casino Rama<\/a> in Ontario.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Award Speech<\/strong><\/span>\r\nIn the summer of 2013, Craig was honored with the Sir Peter Ustinov Comedy Award by the Banff Media Festival. Here is how he accepted the award, already making jokes about the size of the trophy. Thanks to the RSA&#8217;s @<strong>bgrhubarb<\/strong> for reminding us about the video.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: VillageGamerNews<\/span>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q0fsrpGC9vM?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Email Subscribers<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<p class=\"notec\">A special note to our email subscribers: We&#8217;ve been encountering some strange problems with our email service in the past couple of weeks, where dozens or perhaps hundreds of emails were not sent, or bounced back for unknown reasons. We are trying a new delivery method beginning today, in the hope that it will provide more reliable deliveries. We&#8217;ll be watching closely in the next few days to see how it goes. If you are not receiving your daily email from us, please let us know using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/contactus\/\" target=\"_blank\">Contact Us<\/a> form. 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