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Norman Lear’s cause of death released
1 year ago

Norman Lear’s cause of death released

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Jerry Lewis, Ed Simmons, Norman Lear and Ernie Glucksman at work …

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Opinion: Norman Lear shocked, thrilled, and stirred television viewers
1 year, 1 month ago

Opinion: Norman Lear shocked, thrilled, and stirred television viewers

NPR  

Opinion: Norman Lear shocked, thrilled, and stirred television viewers Enlarge this image toggle caption Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Norman Lear, who died this week at the age of 101, produced TV sitcoms, which are often considered the basic bologna-on-white bread sandwiches of television: set-up, punchline, chuckles and roars, then repeat. There's a fair debate even today about whether Norman Lear's …

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Mackenzie Phillips and Rob Reiner say Norman Lear was like family, offering ‘open arms’ and ‘love’
1 year, 1 month ago

Mackenzie Phillips and Rob Reiner say Norman Lear was like family, offering ‘open arms’ and ‘love’

LA Times  

Mackenzie Phillips and Norman Lear at a premier party for Netflix’s “One Day at a Time” in 2016. When she heard the news of his death Wednesday morning, “I felt like someone shot an arrow through my heart,” said Phillips, who grieved for Lear’s family but also “the whole country. “Every time I got a ‘Lear polish’ script in my …

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The legendary Norman Lear had some sage advice for all of us about aging well
1 year, 1 month ago

The legendary Norman Lear had some sage advice for all of us about aging well

LA Times  

Norman Lear popped up on my computer screen at the designated time, wearing his signature bucket hat. Gibbs was a cast member on Lear’s TV sitcom “The Jeffersons.” “So long as I am interested in the next, I’m moving,” Lear said. As one friend explained: “He’s made two violins, he does engraving, he’s a painter, he’s currently creating animation, he’s …

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Norman Lear took television to new heights and we took it personally
1 year, 1 month ago

Norman Lear took television to new heights and we took it personally

LA Times  

Norman Lear, the legendary television producer who died Tuesday at 101, left behind a legacy that stretched beyond the dozens of television shows he developed during a seven-decade career. — Matt Brennan Sherman Hemsley, from left, Franklin Cover, an unidentified actor and Isabel Sanford in a 1975 episode of “The Jeffersons.” Jimmie Walker can never outlive JJ. — Dawn M. …

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Norman Lear, who made funny sitcoms about serious topics, dies at 101
1 year, 1 month ago

Norman Lear, who made funny sitcoms about serious topics, dies at 101

NPR  

Norman Lear, who made funny sitcoms about serious topics, dies at 101 toggle caption CBS /Landov Norman Lear, who addressed serious issues in humorous sitcoms, died Tuesday in Los Angeles at the age of 101. Sponsor Message "He worked for Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and then Martha Raye — this is a kind of who's who of television in …

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ESSAY | Edward Lear: The man in the mirror
1 year, 6 months ago

ESSAY | Edward Lear: The man in the mirror

The Hindu  

The Victorian limerick writer and artist spent 13 months travelling India’s length and breadth, drawing landscapes and keeping a cranky journal. After her death, Lear’s “morbids” increased: in times of acute distress, he conjured up her face and calming voice. “Prone to being peevish in company and making puzzling conversation, he was decidedly “odd”: the same made him a hit …

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Review: Change is hard. ‘To the End’ documents a fearless foursome tackling the climate crisis
2 years, 1 month ago

Review: Change is hard. ‘To the End’ documents a fearless foursome tackling the climate crisis

LA Times  

Rachel Lears’ documentary “Knock Down the House” was an election cycle snapshot of uncommon excitement, its four scrappy female primary challengers for U.S. Congress — including a then-unknown Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — bringing infectious change-the-world energy to not only American politics in 2018, but the usually cut-and-dried genre of the follow-along campaign portrait. We first see AOC in “To the End” …

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Sundance Doc ‘To The End’ Tells A Bleak Yet Empowering Story About Climate Change
2 years, 11 months ago

Sundance Doc ‘To The End’ Tells A Bleak Yet Empowering Story About Climate Change

Huff Post  

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rallies hundreds of young climate activists in Lafayette Square on the north side of the White House to demand that U.S. President Joe Biden work to make the Green New Deal law on June 28, 2021. “ not a coincidence that these four leaders and many young leaders in the climate justice movement are women of color.” …

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The major miscalculation behind ‘Succession’s’ most Shakespearean season
3 years, 1 month ago

The major miscalculation behind ‘Succession’s’ most Shakespearean season

LA Times  

Logan Roy, the patriarch of the HBO series “Succession,” is every inch an irascible king. If Logan at times resembles a King Lear transported to 21st century New York, it’s not simply because the character is played by the inestimable Brian Cox, an actor who successfully tackled the role of Lear in a Royal National Theatre production that toured the …

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Norman Lear’s latest Emmy nomination writes his partner out of history — again
5 years, 5 months ago

Norman Lear’s latest Emmy nomination writes his partner out of history — again

LA Times  

Not all of the Emmy nominations announced last week were accompanied by unanimous congratulations and Champagne toasts. The recognition for ABC’s “Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s ‘All in the Family’ and ‘The Jeffersons,’” a revival of the groundbreaking 1970s comedies, shines a fresh, harsh light on an ugly, largely hidden Hollywood split involving one of the …

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How ‘Knock Down The House’ Breaks The Mold Of Political Documentaries
5 years, 8 months ago

How ‘Knock Down The House’ Breaks The Mold Of Political Documentaries

Huff Post  

Nearly one year after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mobilized a grassroots progressive movement and handed a veteran New York congressman a shock primary defeat, it’s hard to remember a time when the now-congresswoman wasn’t a household name. And you need to be more of a bitch.’ I said, ‘I’m not a dog.’” In an interview, Lears told HuffPost that she initially did …

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