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Billy Crystal, whose multi-faceted career covers movies, TV, Broadway, books, standup comedy, directing, producting and writing in all mediums, not to mention hosting the Oscars nine times, has been named recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards on Sunday March 13 at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel and broadcast live 7pmET on both TBS and The CW (taped delayed PT).

“From Hollywood With Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy,” by Scott Meslow (Dey St.), out Feb. 1.Here are surprising stories from six of the most beloved rom-coms of the past few decades.In the initial script for 1989 film “When Harry Met Sally,” the two title characters, played by Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan, went their separate ways at the end.But a funny thing happened on the way to a bummer ending.Director Rob Reiner, after almost a decade of being single, fell in love.“I just had them walking in opposite directions at the end,” Reiner says in the book.“And then I met the woman who became my wife during the making of the movie, and I changed the ending.” (Reiner and his wife Michele married in 1989 and are still together.)But the main characters of “When Harry Met Sally” are actually stand-ins for Reiner and the film’s writer, Nora Ephron, who spent many hours arguing about the differences between men and women when it comes to sex and relationships.“Ephron wanted to know: What is it actually like to be a single man?” writes Meslow.

Guy Lodge Film CriticOn a balmy Labor Day weekend, four best friends find a dead body in the woods, the discovery marking an end of innocence as adolescence beckons. If you think you’ve seen this one before, “Summering” makes no apology for the resemblance.

I might be tempted to call writer/director James Ponsoldt’s new coming of age film about four young girls who discover the dead body of a man on the last summer days before starting middle school, Stand By She. Okay I will. Its actual title is Summering and it is a sweet and sincere attempt to give young girls the kind of edge-of-turning-teen story of a last summer of no worries with your friends that has mostly been reserved for boys in classic Hollywood films in the genre. With a screenplay Ponsoldt with co-writer Benjamin Percy was inspired to create coming out of the pandemic, and new questions about life presented to our youngest members of the planet, they land on a somewhat dark situation. Four carefree young girls come face to face with death, and some special bonding in this unusual entry into the Kids section of the Sundance Film Festival where it is premiering today. Ponsoldt wanted to make this one for his daughter, and maybe he says even a sister or mother or any female who didn’t have the kind of role models on screen boys did as he was growing up.

In 1952, the second season of CBS sitcom I Love Lucy set viewing records that, 70 years later, have yet to be beaten. The star was Lucille Ball, a lovable klutz from New York, and her husband Ricky was played by her real-life spouse—Cuban refugee Desi Arnaz. Together they founded Desilu Productions, soon to be the No. 1 independent TV company in America. In 1957, however, a scandal surfaced that threatened to tear it all down: Lucy was a registered Communist. Or was she? That fraught time is brought to life by Aaron Sorkin in his Amazon Studios release Being the Ricardos, starring Nicole Kidman as Lucy and Javier Bardem as Desi. Damon Wise sits down with all three to discuss the forgotten legacy of a most unlikely power couple.

Archie Bunker might call this “Meathead vs. MAGA.”

Thirty-five years after his breakout performance in Rob Reiner’s classic coming-of-age film “Stand By Me,” Wil Wheaton is opening up about how the abuse he faced as a child brought power to his onscreen work.

Thirty-five years after his breakout performance in Rob Reiner’s classic coming-of-age film “Stand By Me,” Wil Wheaton is opening up about how the abuse he faced as a child brought power to his onscreen work.

Tom Cruise's house after her curiosity got the best of her.While speaking to Drew Barrymore, Kyra thought back to a star-studded party in the '90s at Tom's house, a party Kyra attended with her husband, Kevin Bacon, who was filming "A Few Good Men" with Tom at the time. "It's a pretty good story. It was a sad moment, but it was a funny story.

At least she didn’t press the seat ejector! Kyra Sedgwick revealed that she hasn’t been invited back to Tom Cruise’s house since she accidentally pressed his “panic” button in the ’90s.

The Drew Barrymore Show. 'It was a sad moment, but it was a funny story.

Tony Hendra, the British satirist and National Lampoon alumnus who played the band manager on This Is Spinal Tap, died Thursday in Yonkers, New York.He was 79. Hendra’s wife Carla confirmed his death to The New York Times, citing the cause as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

tweeted in memorializing Hendra’s death.Hendra got his start in the early 1960s as a member of the Cambridge University Footlights review, appearing on stage with future Monty Python stars John Cleese and Graham Chapman.He moved to the U.S. in 1964 and — with his comedy partner Nick Ullett — opened for the legendary Lenny Bruce in Greenwich Village.Hendra was most prolific as a comedy writer.

As well as his work in the film, Tony will be remembered for his many other roles.Some of these have included parts in Miami Vice, Suits and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.Tony was an acclaimed writer as well as actor, penning episodes of Spitting Image in the 1980s.In 2004 he released a memoir called Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul.Following the news of his death, tributes have begun pouring in for the star.Posting on Twitter, The Princess Bridge actor Cary Elwes wrote: “RIP Tony Hendra.“He was a great talent and best manager Spinal Tap could’ve hoped for!”Filmmaker Rob Reiner also wrote: “Tony Hendra who played Spinal Tap’s manager, Ian, has sadly passed away.“A brilliant satirist who when learning that the band’s Boston gig had been

Ethan Hawke spoke out against what he believes was Hollywood’s mistreatment of his late co-star, River Phoenix.  The actor, 50, appeared alongside Phoenix in the largely unsuccessful 1985 film “Explorers” when they were both 14. Phoenix would go on to hit major stardom in Rob Reiner’s “Stand By Me” in a role that Hawke had auditioned for himself.  Speaking in an interview with The Guardian ahead of the release of his latest project, “The Good Lord Bird,” Hawke noted that he remained friends with Phoenix after their time as co-stars right up until the latter’s death in 1993.

Liam Neeson is opening up about his failed audition for the 1987 movie, The Princess Bride.

Liam Neeson made a virtual appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Friday night, where he relayed a story about how he was once up for a role in “The Princess Bride”.

Seven cast members of The Princess Bride will reunite virtually with director Rob Reiner for a reading of the script of the 1987 classic film, as part of a digital fundraiser for the Democratic Party Of Wisconsin.Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Carol Kane, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn and Billy Crystal will all participate with Reiner and Patton Oswalt, who will be serving as the moderator for a Q&A afterwards.In order to view the event, a sign up and donation is required, although there won't be a minimum amount required.

a signup and donation required to view but no minimum. The party also is promoting it through digital ads and social media.Wisconsin is one of three traditionally blue battleground states that Donald Trump flipped in 2016.

Carl Reiner was working right to the end.

Rob Reiner, Steve Carell, and Ben Stiller are among the old friends and colleagues to salute Fred Willard online following the comedy icon’s death on Friday (May 15, 2020).