Donelle Dadigan, Norman Lear, Geri Jewell and Mitch O’Farrell. Getty Images She broke her neck in 1999, which required emergency surgery. “My neck is now 45% titanium, and it’s pretty strong.

She was in several projects after Gilmore Girls ended, but the comedy hit Bridesmaids, where she played the loyal but crude and somewhat erratic Megan, launched her career into the stratosphere.

Quincy Jones, James Earl Jones, Toby Keith, Liam Payne and Shelly Duvall are just some of the entertainers who died in the past year.

That segued into acting on two cult parodies, Norman Lear’s soap opera “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,” and the small-town talk show “Fernwood 2 Night.” ...

About half of the Jewish characters featured in scripted TV series were played by Jews, according to a study by USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center.

Despite this attitude of smug superiority toward the scientific profession, "Twisters" doesn't once mention climate change, which may seem bizarre for a weather disaster film in 2024. But that ...

Mull, who died June 27, appeared in the 1970s series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and later starred in Fernwood 2 Night. David Bianculli offers an appreciation, then we revisit a 1995 interview.

Then, while Grant was preparing to shoot Jewison’s film, Norman Lear rang asking her to play a bit part in his 1967 film Divorce American Style, which he wrote and produced. “It was like, two ...

In the Heat of the Night, starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger, won the best picture Oscar for 1967. Jewison’s 1987 Moonstruck became one of Hollywood’s most popular romantic comedies.

Canadian film director Norman Jewison, whose eclectic array of masterpieces included the 1967 racial drama "In the Heat of the Night," the 1987 tart romantic comedy "Moonstruck" and the 1971 ...