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— Backstage shots, sets at Comic Strip Live, and stills from LateNet with Ray Ellin.

Ray backstage with Tom Hanks

Ray with Tom Cruise

Bill Murray and Ray spotted at a New York event

Billy Crystal and Ray at a recent event in the City

Leonard Nimoy appears on LateNet with Ray Ellin

Comic Richard Belzer visits Ray on LateNet with Ray Ellin

Musical legend Paul Shaffer of The Late Show with David Letterman on LateNet with Ray Ellin

Richard Belzer and Paul Shaffer mix it up with Ray on LateNet with Ray Ellin

Ray with Astronaut Buzz Aldrin

Ray and Eddie Izzard backstage at Madison Square Garden

Robert Klein and Ray just hangin'

Amy Sedaris visits Ray on LateNet with Ray Ellin

Hank Azaria of The Simpsons on LateNet with Ray Ellin

Ray Ellin, about to go onstage on LateNet with Ray Ellin

Ray Ellin fires up a weekend audience at New York's world-famous Comic Strip Live

Ralph Macchio drops in to LateNet with Ray Ellin

Ray and Rocky in Washington Square, New York City

Candid shot of Ray in Manhattan

Ray during a break on LateNet with Ray Ellin

Ray opens LateNet with Ray Ellin on December 9, 2009

Susie Essman from HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm is a runaway hit with the LateNet with Ray Ellin audience

Ray grabs the mic!

Ray bonds with Rocky

Ray hosts a recent LateNet with Ray Ellin

Rocky bonds with Ray

Ray meets with fans after a comedy performance

Ray and film critic Roger Ebert meet up at an international film festival

Country star Travis Tritt with Ray

Ray sets up a comedy clip on LateNet with Ray Ellin

Matthew Perry of Friends and Ray

Ray hosts at world famous Comic Strip Live in New York

Charles Grodin on LateNet with Ray Ellin

Ray and John Amos of Roots, Good Times, and Coming to America at a celebrity event in New York

Mena Suvari of American Pie and American Beauty with Ray

Up at the crack of noon, replenishing the comedy juices