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‘Here’ today, gone tomorrow
1 month, 3 weeks ago

‘Here’ today, gone tomorrow

LA Times  

Do you love a parade? ‘Here,’ there and everywhere As someone who has, on more than one occasion, sat in his living room, listening to Sinatra sing “The September of My Years” and ruminating on the ceaseless passage of time, I feel like the target audience for Robert Zemeckis’ new movie “Here,” which follows the events happening on a single …

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Directors’ Fortnight comes to L.A. for the first time, plus the week’s best movies
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Directors’ Fortnight comes to L.A. for the first time, plus the week’s best movies

LA Times  

Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. But also very freeing.” Mati Diop‘s stirringly enigmatic documentary “Dahomey” won the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year and is Senegal’s entry for the international feature Oscar. But in its relaxed professionalism, it’s still a worthy closing argument for what …

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Lisa Kudrow mourns Teri Garr, calling onscreen ‘Friends’ mom a ‘comedic acting genius’
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Lisa Kudrow mourns Teri Garr, calling onscreen ‘Friends’ mom a ‘comedic acting genius’

LA Times  

Teri Garr appeared as Lisa Kudrow’s character’s mother in three episodes of the NBC sitcom “Friends.” Lisa Kudrow is memorializing fellow “Friends” alum Teri Garr, who died Tuesday at age 79. “Teri Garr was a comedic acting genius who was and is a huge influence on me and I know I’m not alone in that,” she told People, adding that …

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Teri Garr, actress who combined a ditzy persona with depth in Tootsie and Young Frankenstein
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Teri Garr, actress who combined a ditzy persona with depth in Tootsie and Young Frankenstein

The Telegraph  

Teri Garr, the actress, who has died aged 79, began her film career as a dancer in Elvis Presley musicals and went on to appear in scene-stealing roles in films including Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein and Sydney Pollack’s Tootsie, for which she won an Oscar nomination. Bouncy and blonde, Teri Garr cultivated a wild-eyed ditzy persona, verging on the unhinged: …

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Teri Garr, Offbeat Comic Actor Of 'Young Frankenstein' And 'Tootsie,' Has Died
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Teri Garr, Offbeat Comic Actor Of 'Young Frankenstein' And 'Tootsie,' Has Died

Huff Post  

Actress Teri Garr portrait, October 24, 1984 in Los Angeles, California. Bob Riha Jr via Getty Images LOS ANGELES — Teri Garr, the quirky comedy actor who rose from background dancer in Elvis Presley movies to co-star of such favorites as “Young Frankenstein” and “Tootsie,” has died. and a cast member of “The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour.” Her big …

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Teri Garr, actor, comedian and multiple sclerosis ambassador, dies at 79
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Teri Garr, actor, comedian and multiple sclerosis ambassador, dies at 79

NPR  

Teri Garr, actor, comedian and multiple sclerosis ambassador, dies at 79 Enlarge this image toggle caption Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Teri Garr, an actor and comedian who later became an ambassador for multiple sclerosis after her own diagnosis in 1999, died Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles. Enlarge this image toggle caption Hulton Archive/Getty Images …

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Kennedy cousin sues Connecticut town after spending 10 years in prison for wrongful conviction
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Kennedy cousin sues Connecticut town after spending 10 years in prison for wrongful conviction

The Independent  

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