Billy Crystal, Albert Brooks and other close friends of Rob and Michele Reiner pay tribute

Billy Crystal, Albert Brooks and other close friends of Rob and Michele Reiner pay tribute

LOS ANGELES — Some of Rob and Michele Reiner’s closest friends, including actors Billy Crystal, Albert Brooks, Martin Short and Larry David, have released a statement mourning the couple and praising their love of film and country. “Absorbing all he had learned from his father Carl and his mentor Norman Lear, Rob Reiner not only…

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Haunted house and invisible demons: Tennessee Williams’ early radio play ‘The Strangers’ publishes

Haunted house and invisible demons: Tennessee Williams’ early radio play ‘The Strangers’ publishes

NEW YORK — Long before the rise of podcast dramas, listeners worldwide tuned in to the audio-only narratives of radio plays. Tom Stoppard and Arthur Miller were among the many playwrights who early in their careers completed brief pieces for radio, while such memorable dramas as Harold Pinter’s “A Slight Ache” and Robert Bolt’s “A…

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Jared Kushner pulls out of Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

Jared Kushner pulls out of Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

A private equity firm owned by President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is no longer backing Paramount’s hostile acquisition bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, the firm confirmed Tuesday. Days after Warner agreed to be bought by Netflix in early December, Paramount launched a rival bid that seeks to bypass Warner’s management and appeal directly to…

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Christine Baranski narrates `A Christmas Carol’ before returning for `The Gilded Age’ season 4

Christine Baranski narrates `A Christmas Carol’ before returning for `The Gilded Age’ season 4

NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Christine Baransk i was in the playground outside St. Matthew’s Church in Bedford, New York, about three years ago when she came across Matthew Guard, artistic director of the Grammy-nominated Skylark Vocal Ensemble. “I love choral music,” she told him. An Emmy- and Tony-Award winning actor, Baranski went…

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Joe Ely, a Texas songwriter whose legacy touched rock and punk, dies age 78

Joe Ely, a Texas songwriter whose legacy touched rock and punk, dies age 78

Joe Ely, the influential Texas-born singer-songwriter whose blend of honky-tonk, rock, roadhouse blues, led to collaborations with Bruce Springsteen and the Clash, has died AUSTIN, Texas — AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Joe Ely, the influential Texas-born singer-songwriter whose blend of honky-tonk, rock and roadhouse blues made him a favorite among other musicians and led to…

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