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☆ Netflix Gives Comedy the Live Treatment. The Results Are Chaotic.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Jason Zinoman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On Friday night, in the premiere of his appealingly chaotic livestreaming variety show “Everybody’s in L.A.,” which runs every night this week, John Mulaney delivered a monologue about his adopted city next to a map that broke it down into a crooked jigsaw puzzle of neighborhoods. It’s the biggest comedy showcase of the year (with more than 500 offerings, a 40 percent increase from the festival’s already mammoth debut event in 2022) but also something of a corporate flex. Who else could get Hannah Gadsby and Shane Gillis in the same festival or draw the talk-show titans Jon Stewart and David Letterman to host events? The most newsworthy shift this year was the aggressive move into livestreaming events, following the blockbuster success of Chris Rock’s 2023 special, “Selective Outrage,” about being slapped at the Oscars. (One of that ceremony’s hosts, Wanda Sykes, returned to the place it happened, the Dolby Theater, for a festival show and began by saying this time no one would get assaulted).

Persons: John Mulaney, Hannah Gadsby, Shane Gillis, Jon Stewart, David Letterman, Chris Rock, Billy Crystal, “, Harry Met Sally, ”, Tracee Ellis Ross, Meg Ryan’s, Chris Rock’s, Wanda Sykes Organizations: Netflix, Dolby Locations: L.A, Los Angeles

☆ The surprising real-life age differences between 12 famous rom-com pairs
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Hannah Docter-Loeb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal, who famously starred in "When Harry Met Sally," are 14 years apart. Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal in "When Harry Met Sally." Columbia PicturesAlthough the characters are meant to be the same age as the film moves through 12 years of their lives, Crystal and Ryan are over a decade apart. The Nora Ephron classic first hit theaters in 1989, when Crystal was 41 and Ryan was 27.

Persons: Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal, Harry Met Sally, Ryan, Nora Ephron, Crystal Organizations: Columbia

☆ Valentine’s Day movies for almost every mood
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Dan Heching | Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Like so many other holidays, Valentine’s Day can evoke a staggeringly wide range of feelings. The good news: Whether you lean in to the romance of it all or run screaming from it, there’s a movie out there for you. In light of the very subjective nature of this red heart-drenched day, here’s a list of mood-specific film recommendations that are sure to scratch whatever itch you might be feeling. If you hate the whole concept of Valentine’s Day, watch ‘True Romance’ or ‘Heathers’If you’re feeling like you need a little bit of die-for-you action to get you through the day – or just the terrific sonic offerings of a Hans Zimmer score – flip on the Quentin Tarantino-written “True Romance.” Not your speed? If you like a little bit of fantasy with your romance, watch ‘Kate & Leopold’There she is again!

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[1/5] Honoree Dionne Warwick and her family attend the 46th Kennedy Center Honors gala at the Kennedy Center in Washington, U.S., December 3, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Washington celebrated singer Dionne Warwick, comedian Billy Crystal, Bee Gees member Barry Gibb, rapper and actress Queen Latifah, and opera star Renée Fleming on Sunday at the Kennedy Center Honors, the top U.S. honor for achievements in the arts. "There simply is no song that Dionne Warwick cannot sing," said record producer Clive Davis, adding that she had "inspired musicians all over the world." Crystal, 75, known for roles in films such as "When Harry Met Sally," "City Slickers," and "Analyze This," was next up. Opera singer J'Nai Bridges said ahead of the show that Fleming had helped make opera more mainstream.

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☆ Meg Ryan defends her son Jack Quaid from 'nepo baby' criticism: 'He's more of a natural than I'll ever be'
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Meg Ryan has defended her son Jack Quaid from "nepo baby" criticism. AdvertisementMeg Ryan has defended her son Jack Quaid against claims that he's gotten his Hollywood career thanks to his famous parents. Meg Ryan and her son Jack Quaid photographed together in 2017. He's really good.' Jack Quaid as Hughie on season three, episode eight of "The Boys."

Persons: Meg Ryan, Jack Quaid, Jack, —, he's, Ryan, Dennis Quaid, isn't, James Devaney, Dennis, Hughie Campbell, Oppenheimer, I've, Hughie, Thrillist Organizations: Service, New York Magazine Locations: Hollywood

☆ ‘What Happens Later’ Review: Meg Ryan’s Rom-Com Return
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Kyle Smith | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

David Duchovny and Meg Ryan Photo: Bleecker StreetMeg Ryan and David Duchovny haven’t had a lot of hit movies or TV shows lately—Ms. Ryan hasn’t been seen at all since she appeared in her directorial debut, the indie film “Ithaca,” back in 2016—but it only takes a few minutes of their movie “What Happens Later” to make us remember how much we loved these two ’90s icons in their prime. Trying to build a serviceable romcom around actors in their early 60s presents a challenge, but the key is understanding that nobody makes it to that age without handling as much baggage as an airport. That’s what makes Ms. Ryan’s second directorial effort a surprising treat, and for good measure, the entire movie is set at an airport, that liminal space between two destinations that stands for both possibility and frustration.

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Ryan and Duchovny did not really know each other before “What Happens Later," but you’d never know it to watch them on screen or hear their off-camera rapport. AP: You have such lived-in banter and chemistry, it’s surprising that you two didn’t really know each other before this. DUCHOVNY: I’m thankful to Meg for giving me the opportunity to work in a movie like this. RYAN: That’s exactly what it is. I’m going to google that to make sure I’m right.

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☆ Meg Ryan returns to romantic comedies as star, writer and director
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Rollo Ross | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Actor Meg Ryan poses at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures gala in Los Angeles, California, U.S. September 25, 2021. Eight years after her last Hollywood film, Ryan stars in "What Happens Later" as Willa, a woman who reunites with a former partner ("X-Files" star David Duchovny) when they are both snowed in at an airport. Ryan said she spent three years working to bring the project to the screen. "What Happens Later" is among several films from independent production companies to receive waivers from the SAG-AFTRA actors union, meaning the actors were free to speak about the movie despite the ongoing strike. "You never got the sense that she was overwhelmed or feeling the pressure, which I'm sure she was from time to time."

Persons: Meg Ryan, Mario Anzuoni, Harry Met Sally, Ryan, Willa, David Duchovny, Duchovny, Ryan's, Meg, Lisa Richwine, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, REUTERS, SAG, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, U.S, Seattle

☆ Arts Calendar: Happenings for the Week of October 29
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Wsj Arts In Review Staff | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

An orca hunts down a group of mobula rays in the Gulf of California in ‘Planet Earth III’ Photo: BBC AmericaFilm• “What Happens Later” (Nov. 3): Meg Ryan is in the director’s chair for only the second time in her career, helming this romcom. She also stars alongside David Duchovny as a pair of exes who bump into each other at the airport and reconnect after a flight delay. • “All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt” (Nov. 3): The beauty and hardships of growing up black in rural Mississippi are explored in Raven Jackson’s debut feature, which follows a girl from youth to adulthood.

Persons: Meg Ryan, David Duchovny, Raven Organizations: BBC America Locations: Gulf of California, Mississippi

☆ Meg Ryan Wrestles With the Rom-Com
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Melena Ryzik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Meg Ryan was hurting. A two-hander opposite David Duchovny, it distills moviedom conventions and plays with a different emotional palette; Ryan grappling with her own cinematic brand. It is only her second foray behind the camera and the first time she has appeared onscreen in seven years. “I feel like I had the ride, the Hollywood ride,” she said over a restorative soup lunch on a foggy day. So I don’t have giant ambitions to be back in that.”

Persons: Meg Ryan, ”, David Duchovny, hasn’t Locations: Montecito, Calif, Persevering

☆ Michael Parkinson, UK's 'king of the chat show', dies aged 88
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Kylie Maclellan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

LONDON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - British broadcaster Michael Parkinson, best known for interviewing some of the world's biggest celebrities on his long-running eponymous chat show, has died aged 88. After moving into current affairs television in the late 1960s, he was given his own prime-time chat show 'Parkinson' by the BBC in 1971. "After a brief illness Sir Michael Parkinson passed away peacefully at home last night in the company of his family," a family statement said. Parkinson later said he regretted getting angry with the actress. While he listed U.S. film director Orson Welles as one of his favourite guests, Parkinson also acknowledged many would simply recall the show where he was attacked by comedian Rod Hull's puppet Emu.

Persons: Michael Parkinson, Parkinson, Muhammad Ali, Elton John, John Lennon, Michael Caine, Madonna, Michael, Tim Davie, Ali, Parkinson sparred, Nick Robinson, Mary, Sir Michael Parkinson, Helen Mirren, Meg Ryan, Mirren, Ryan, Orson Welles, Rod Hull's, Kylie MacLellan, Suban Abdulla, Kate Holton, William James, Michael Holden, Christina Fincher Organizations: BBC, National Service, ITV, U.S, Twitter, Thomson Locations: British, Yorkshire, England

☆ Britain investigates after Mali gets defence emails meant for Pentagon
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) - UK authorities said on Friday they were investigating defence ministry emails that were mistakenly sent to the wrong recipient, after reports that messages intended for U.S. military intelligence ended up with Russian ally Mali. Ministry of Defence officials were trying to contact the Pentagon, whose domain name is ".mil", but accidentally sent the mails to Mali, which has the domain name ".ml", the Times newspaper reported. Britain said the information that was mistakenly shared was not highly sensitive. "We have opened an investigation after a small number of emails were mistakenly forwarded to an incorrect email domain," a spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said, without confirming the domain's name. "All sensitive information is shared on systems designed to minimise the risk of misdirection," the spokesperson said.

Persons: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan romcom, Alistair Smout, John Stonestreet Organizations: Ministry of Defence, Pentagon, Times, MoD, BBC, Britain's MoD, Thomson Locations: Mali, Russia, France, Britain, U.S

☆ Bill Gates' daughter reportedly paid $51 million for this NYC penthouse—it comes with 3,400 square feet of outdoor space
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Bill Gates' eldest daughter, Jennifer Gates, might now be calling a $51 million New York City penthouse home. 443 Greenwich Street is known for being home to other celebrities like Meg Ryan, and Blake Lively and Ryan Reynold. The penthouse apartment is 8,900 square feet and has a 3,400 square-foot outdoor space with a plunge pool. Gates' penthouse apartment is 8,900 square feet and has a 3,400 square-foot outdoor space. 443 Greenwich Street was designed with an indoor courtyard, which is rare for buildings in New York City.

☆ Independent bookstores once considered Barnes & Noble the enemy, but its CEO loves small bookstores so much, he owns 9 of his own
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Barnes & Noble's CEO owns nine independent bookstores scattered throughout London. But back in the 1990s, the book retailer was considered the enemy of small bookstores everywhere. That was before Barnes & Noble went into decline — these days, it's in the midst of a revamp. Chains like Barnes & Noble were the enemy of anyone who truly loved books, according to the film. Daunt now oversees roughly 600 Barnes & Noble stores across the US, as well as 100 Paper Source stores and nearly 300 Waterstones shops in the UK and Europe, according to Barnes & Noble.

☆ The rise and fall — and rise again — of Barnes & Noble
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

But Barnes & Noble's reputation was taking something of a hit: small, independent bookstores were being edged out by the superstores, which were able to strike deals with publishing houses, sell more copies of books, and in some cases, had better economies of scale. In the late '90s, the tension between bookstores and Barnes & Noble was so intense, it inspired Nora Ephron's 1998 film "You've Got Mail." "You've Got Mail," starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. Warner Bros. Source: New York Magazine

☆ Sony's movie chief talks China censorship, upcoming game adaptation 'Gran Turismo,' and how his studio is preparing for a potential Hollywood writers' strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Claire Atkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

It was a long-term deal so I don't think we have to confront that yet, but it's gone terrifically for us, actually. If you don't want to compete, don't come in. Can you talk about the synergy with the Whitney Houston movie — she was a Sony Music artist — or "Gran Turismo," a Playstation game? Do you wish HBO Max's "The Last of Us," which is also based on a Sony Playstation game, had been a movie? A lot of big movies come out of it.

☆ What Rom-Coms Teach Us About Love, Life and Meg Ryan’s Hair
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Tala Safie | Alexis Soloski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

THE ENDThank you for playing,Photo credits: Sony Pictures (“Jerry Maguire”); Universal Pictures (“Love Actually,” “Marry Me,” “Notting Hill,” “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” “Along Came Polly,” “Bridesmaids”); 20th Century Fox (“Say Anything,” “The Devil Wears Prada,” “There's Something About Mary”); Columbia Pictures (“50 First Dates,” “When Harry Met Sally,” “Hitch,” “The Holiday,” “The Wedding Planner,” “Cruel Intentions”); Miramax (“Bridget Jones’s Diary,” “Kate & Leopold,” “She’s All That”); MGM (“Licorice Pizza”); TriStar Pictures (“Sleepless in Seattle”); Warner Bros. (“You've Got Mail,” “Crazy, Stupid, Love”); Lionsgate (“Shotgun Wedding”); New Line Cinema (“Monster-in-Law”); Buena Vista Pictures (“Pretty Woman,” “10 Things I Hate About You,” “High Fidelity”); Disney (“The Princess Diaries”); Focus Features (“Deliver Us from Eva”); Paramount Pictures (“How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days”). A quiz by Tala Safie and Alexis Soloski. Produced by Sean Catangui, Amanda Webster, Alicia DeSantis and Lorne Manly.

☆ Nicole Kidman Leans Into the Pain
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-05 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +22 min

Illustration by Bráulio Amado Talk Nicole Kidman Leans Into the PainIn HBO’s mini-series “The Undoing,” a psychological thriller that premieres Oct. 25, Nicole Kidman plays Grace Fraser, a Manhattan therapist whose impeccably ordered life is suddenly shattered by violence and lust. I don’t know. If there was a choice, I don’t know I would be an actor. But you go, As long as I surrender to what this is, I’m going to have an incredible time. It interests me how the latest role you’ve played is usually the way in which you’re going to be perceived.

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