The stunning collapse of Kevin Spacey's house of cards
In early October, Kevin Spacey was right where he wanted to be: singing and hamming it up in front of an admiring crowd.
Inside Stage 33 on the CBS Television City lot in Los Angeles, a TV special celebrating the 50th anniversary of "The Carol Burnett Show" was being taped in front of a live audience, and Spacey was on hand as a guest star.
Decked out in a tuxedo, the star of stage, screen and television joined Burnett, Bernadette Peters and Kristin Chenoweth as they sang songs around a piano. He dusted off a Bing Crosby impression and entertained the crowd between takes with his Johnny Carson. The 84-year-old Burnett introduced him as "an Oscar-winning guy and everyone's favorite president."
That was then.
By early November, Spacey's career was in free fall amid
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