Richard Lewis, a stand-up comic who achieved fame in the 1980s by turning his neuroses into comedy gold and later experienced a renaissance in recent years thanks to Curb Your Enthusiasm, died on Tuesday at the age of 76. The cause of death was a heart attack, his publicist, Jeff …
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Jamie Lee Curtis remembered Richard Lewis, her co-star on the late-Eighties sitcom Anything But Love, and credited the stand-up legend as “the reason I am sober” in a tribute following the Curb Your Enthusiasm actor’s death. “I’ve just read that my friend Richard Lewis has died,” Curtis wrote on social …
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Richard Lewis‘ career has, in some ways, always been defined by his proximity to darkness. As a stand-up comedian, he laid bare his personal struggles with drug addiction and alcoholism, pacing across the stage in his trademark all-black uniform, wringing his hands while he recounted how deeply he hated himself. …
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The producers behind the new Wendy Williams documentary said they wouldn’t have begun filming it if they knew about her mental health diagnosis ahead of time. In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Where Is Wendy Williams? producers Mark Ford and Brie Miranda Bryant discussed the news last week …
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Sara Ramírez will not be returning to the third season of And Just Like That, according to Variety and Deadline. Ramirez, who uses they/them pronouns,played nonbinary standup comedian Che Diaz and was introduced as Miranda Hobbs’ (Cynthia Nixon) love interest in season one. By season two, however, the fictional couple …
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It’s a good thing Jon Stewart agreed to return to The Daily Show. In the most recent episode, the temporary host decided to take it upon himself to solve the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, which culminated in the current Israel-Hamas war. The late-night host recapped the war, explaining …
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Matthew Perry‘s account on X, formerly known as Twitter, was hacked, according to the Matthew Perry Foundation. In a pinned tweet, which has since been removed, the foundation urged people to donate. However, the link led to a duplicate site. “We have received reports that Matthew’s official X page has …
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James Clavell’s historical epic novel Shōgun was first adapted for television back in 1980. It starred Richard Chamberlain as John Blackthorne, an English sailor who gets caught up in a Japanese civil war in the early 1600s, and Japanese cinema legend Toshirô Mifune as Toranaga, a feudal lord at odds …
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The creatures are watching. On Tuesday, Warner Bros. Pictures released the first teaser trailer for The Watchers, a new horror film directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan, which follows Dakota Fanning‘s character Mina alongside three strangers after getting stuck (and stalked) in a forest. The trailer opens with Fanning in a …
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The 96th Academy Awards ceremony will have its fair share of stars in the crowd — and on stage. On Monday, the Oscars announced that Zendaya, Nicolas Cage, Michelle Yeoh, and Michelle Pfeiffer are among the actors confirmed to present trophies at the March 10 awards ceremony. The first cohort …
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