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Lewis Treston: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

The playwright’s list is an appreciation of time-honoured divas: Cher, Elaine May and Shelley Duvall

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Holiday gift ideas for the movie lover, from bios and books to a status tote

The Associated Press has gathered up some of the best items out there to keep any movie lover stylish and informed

The Independent UK

Comedian Bob Newhart, deadpan master of sitcoms and telephone monologues, dies at 94

Bob Newhart has died at age 94

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Alan Arkin appreciation: Keep calm and carry on toward the edge of certain disaster

CHICAGO — Every actor’s career follows its own serpentine route to a final bow. But only Alan Arkin’s career boasted an actual scene, from the 1979 comedy “The In-Laws,” of a dentist instructed by the newest and least reliable member of his extended family (Peter Falk) to “Serpentine, Shel! Serpentine!”…

Chicago Tribune

The beautiful collaboration of Nicole Holofcener and Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Nicole Holofcener found a fast friend in Julia Louis-Dreyfus a decade ago, when she cast her as a kind of alter-ego in the 2013 romantic comedy “Enough Said.”

The Independent UK

Couples’ in-jokes are so irritating. Not so in Colin from Accounts

Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer’s comedy nails the alchemy of what turns the private into the hilariously relatable

The Guardian - UK

‘Beau Is Afraid’ review: Joaquin Phoenix tries to go home again. Even if it kills him

Guilty as charged! “Beau Is Afraid,” three hours of bleak wonderment that feels, well, like three hours of bleak wonderment, Beau Wassermann awaits the start of his latest therapy session with a look that suggests a man awaiting his executioner. Played to the clammy hilt by Joaquin Phoenix, Beau speaks…

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Paul Dooley became ‘Movie Dad’ even as his own children disappeared for a decade

Paul Dooley had been a character actor, a commercial pitchman, a Broadway thespian, and a stand-up comedian by the time writer-director John Hughes cast him as the father of Molly Ringwald in 1984’s “Sixteen Candles.”

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'Causeway's' Lila Neugebauer on directing Jennifer Lawrence and the joy of Elaine May

The new film "Causeway," in theaters and streaming on Apple TV+, centers on two remarkably low-key but nevertheless riveting performances by Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry. The film is the first produced by Lawrence and is also the debut feature for director Lila Neugebauer.

Los Angeles Times

Why the Godfather making-of series The Offer has a nostalgia problem

While the veneration of man-made Hollywood myths continue, stories about women at the time remain frustratingly rare

The Guardian - US

Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 17-23

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of April 17-23 include musician Machine Gun Kelly, legendary actor Elaine May and singer Iggy Pop

The Independent UK

‘This is going to be cherished’: Samuel L Jackson and Elaine May receive honorary Oscars

Liv Ullmann and Danny Glover also honoured at Governors Awards, on night when Hollywood lavishes praise on beloved stars for lifetime achievements

The Guardian - UK

Oscars Celebrate May, Jackson, Ullmann and Glover

Elaine May was the last to arrive and the first to leave at the Governors Awards on Friday in Los Angeles. Her fellow honorees, Samuel L. Jackson, Liv Ullmann and Danny Glover, all arrived hours earlier, each holding court at the Ray Dolby Ballroom, posing for photos and enjoying their…

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Oscars celebrate May, Jackson, Ullmann and Glover

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Tributes to those who have passed away in recent weeks

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‘We can’t afford to lose them’: the fight to bring missing movies back

Films such as The Heartbreak Kid and I Shot Andy Warhol remain unavailable on any platform but a new initiative is aiming to change that

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Elaine May to receive PEN award named for Mike Nichols

Elaine May is this year’s recipient of the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award, a $25,000 prize established in 2019 to honor the legacy of Nichols, whose many achievements included his work with May as one of the leading comedy duos of the late 1950s and early ’60s

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