Readers and critics have been arguing about Richard Cohen’s Nora Ephron memoir/biography since it was first published last year. “She Made Me Laugh: My Friend Nora Ephron” (Simon and Schuster) has been attacked as an exploitation of a “best friend” when she is no longer around to respond; a name-dropping orgy filled with Hollywood celebrity
‘She Made Me Laugh’: what is a ‘friend’?
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‘Sweet Smell of Success’ tonight in Bethel
It will be my pleasure tonight to host a Hearst screening of “Sweet Smell of Success” at the Bethel Cinema. It’s one of my all-time favorite movies, perhaps because it deals with three of my favorite things – the world of newspapers, show business and New York City. The ultra-dark look at the underbelly of
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Is this Glenn Close’s year to win an Oscar?
Quick! Name the movie that won Julianne Moore her best actress Oscar. If you think it’s “Magnolia” or “The Hours” or “Far from Heaven” you’re wrong. But I can’t blame you for not remembering the picture that finally won Moore an Oscar three years ago – “Still Alice” – because it’s an indie production that
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