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Larry McMurtry Was One Lucky Bastard

March 29, 2021March 31, 2021 Michael Giltz 1 Comment Brokeback Mountain, Cybill Shepherd, Diana Ossana, Doc?, E. Annie Proulx, Hud, James L. Brooks, Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove, Martin Ritt, Paper Moon, Paul Newman, Peter Bogdanovich, Polly Platt, Terms of Endearment, The Last Picture Show, The Murder of Mary Phagan, What's Up

The late Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist has Hollywood to thank for his biggest successes

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America Mourns Beverly Cleary

March 28, 2021March 30, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Beverly Cleary, Faith Salie, Jenny Han, Judy Blume, Ramona Quimby, Reese Witherspoon, Viola Davis

Tributes pour in for beloved children’s author, who passed away last week at 104

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George Segal Dies; Jews of a Certain Age Grieve

March 24, 2021March 30, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments A Touch of Class, Barbra Streisand, California Split, Carbon Copy, Denzel Washington, Elizabeth Taylor, Elliott Gould, George Segal, Glenda Jackson, Jacqueline Bisset, Richard Burton, Robert Altman, The Owl and the Pussycat, Who Is Killing The Great Chefs Of Europe?, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Clips from our most ‘That Guy From Temple’ movie star

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John le Carré’s Spies Were the anti-James Bond

December 15, 2020May 26, 2021 Michael Washburn 0 Comments American Pie, Danielle McDonald, George Smiley, James Bond, John le Carré, No Time To Die, The Looking-Glass War, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

His novels transcended genre

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Alex Trebek, RIP

November 8, 2020November 18, 2020 Neal Pollack 13 Comments Alex Trebek, Jeopardy!

Legendary Jeopardy! quiz host dead at age 80. To the show’s contestants, he meant the world.

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Diana Rigg, Style Icon

September 10, 2020September 17, 2020 Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell 0 Comments

The Dame had a look like no other

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Pete Hamill, RIP

August 7, 2020June 19, 2021 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Diego Rivera, Jackie Onassis, Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, New York Post, Pete Hamill, Shirley MacLaine, The Insider, Weldon Kees

Memories and mysteries of one of the greatest American journalists

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Five Olivia de Havilland Gems Worth Watching

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments Bette Davis, Gone With The Wind, Hattie McDaniel, James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth

The legendary actress did far more than ‘Gone With The Wind’

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Carl Reiner, RIP

June 30, 2020July 1, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Albert Brooks, Carl Reiner, Jeopardy!, Mel Brooks, Sid Caesar, Steve Martin, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Jerk

Comedy legend passes away at 98

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Bruce Jay Friedman, as Remembered By His Sons

June 10, 2020June 11, 2020 Eddy Portnoy 0 Comments BJF, Bruce Jay Friedman, Drew Friedman, Issac Bashevis Singer

Genius comic writer and terrific dad

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Remembering Alexander Cockburn

June 5, 2020June 10, 2021 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Alexander Cockburn, Christopher Hitchens, Edward Said

Controversial lefty journalist battled the right wing and mainstream liberals

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The Best of Fred Willard

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments

Five essential performances from the brilliant comic actor

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Lynn Shelton, Acclaimed Indie Director, Dead at 54

May 17, 2020May 17, 2020 Kevin L. Jones 0 Comments

“Everyone she worked with loved her.”

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Irrfan Khan, RIP

April 29, 2020May 1, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Irrfan Khan, Lilly Singh, Mindy Kaling, Tom Hanks

World-beloved actor dies from cancer at 53

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The Five Best Drucker-DeBartolo Mad Magazine Parodies

April 16, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment

Mort Drucker, RIP

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