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Brain cancer takes a toll, but unlocks her creativity
Judi Kaufman was having a bad day. There were more and more of those now, 18 years into her battle against brain cancer. A tumor, her third, now the size of a golf ball, was encroaching on healthy brain tissue, upending her balance and her speech. Her walking was shaky and her stamina was depleted. Usually generous with greetings and hugs, on this gloomy December day she didn't feel like coming to the door to welcome a visitor. Cancer wasn't something she had wanted in her life, either, but she had learned to embrace it. She called her tumor "Friendly," and tried to understand the strange gifts it offered — even as it took so much away from her. Yes,...
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Brain cancer takes a toll, but unlocks her creativity
Judi Kaufman was having a bad day. There were more and more of those now, 18 years into her battle against brain cancer.
A tumor, her third, now the size of a golf ball, was encroaching on healthy brain tissue, upending her balance and her speech. Her...
Crackle renews Seinfeld's Web series, announces 'Joe Dirt 2'
Jerry Seinfeld will continue to chat up funny people for another year. Crackle has renewed his Web series "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" for a sixth season.
The announcement came during Crackle's presentation at the TCA Winter Press Tour in...
Why the Oscars should be all over Chris Rock
Chris Rock’s Oscar-hosting stint in 2005 didn’t exactly pass universal muster. So it’s not likely -- in the jittery, offend-lightly world of modern awards-show hosting -- that he’ll be given the gig again any time soon.
But Rock's appearance at...
Jerry Seinfeld returns to Vegas in April, maybe with new material
Jerry Seinfeld comes back to Las Vegas in April for a few shows at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
And does he love Vegas or what?
In December, the "Seinfeld" star capped off two nights in Las Vegas with a stop at the Improv Comedy Club at...
Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'One Direction: The TV Special'
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Jerry Seinfeld reveals who does his favorite Seinfeld impression
Jerry Seinfeld's distinctive cadence and nasal voice are easily imitated. In the course of his decades as a stand-up and sitcom star, he's doubtless encountered dozens if not hundreds of would-be Seinfeld impressionists. He doesn't immediately seem like...
Jerry Seinfeld thinks he may be on the autism spectrum
Jerry Seinfeld believes he might be on the autism spectrum.
The observational comic of "Seinfeld" fame made the admission to Brian Williams during an interview for NBC Nightly News.
The 60-year-old said that as he's grown older, he's become...
Los Angeles Times and EPIX Create Original Five-Part TV Series "Hollywood Sessions" to Premiere December 8th at 8pm ET/PT
Award Season Contenders Including Jennifer Aniston, Emily Blunt, Steve Carell, Jessica Chastain, Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert Downey Jr., Michael Keaton, Eddie Redmayne, Emma Stone, Christoph Waltz and Shailene Woodley in Conversation with...
Bob Hope gets little thanks for all the memories
To the boomer generation, seeing Bob Hope on TV or in the movies was like spending time with cranky relatives. Sure, there were a lot of great memories — the World War II shows, the "Road" movies with Bing Crosby — but it also was a little...
Friday's TV Highlights: 'Grimm' on NBC
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A talk with Benjamin Apple, 'Cubed' star, 'comedy person'
A few weeks ago I devoted my entire weekly Critic's Pick to self-described "comedy person" and video maker Benjamin Apple, whose dry, deadpan sketch series "Cubed" (brief encounters in a faceless workplace) I had seen on the YouTube...
The serious side of 'The Simpsons' and 'Seinfeld'
Twenty-five years ago — in 1989, to save you the math — two situation comedies premiered, each destined to become American institutions, even as each regarded American institutions with a jaundiced and ironic eye. One was a cartoon, set in a midsized...
Thursday's TV Highlights: 'Glena' on Showtime
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Mike Sacks' 'Poking a Dead Frog' cracks the comedy code
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Lincoln taps Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey as new spokesman
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Bruce Springsteen headlines Nov. 5 Stand Up For Heroes benefit
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Friday TV Highlights: '48 Hours: Oscar Pistorius Verdict' on CBS
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TIFF 2014: Chris Rock rates big laughs in 'Top Five'
Before the world premiere of “Top Five,” the new film written by, directed by and starring Chris Rock, there was a feel of real energy in the room at Toronto’s Princess of Wales theaters Saturday night. It was the expectant energy one might find at a...
Normcore is (or is it?) a fashion trend (or non-trend or anti-trend)
What do you call an a la carte, mix-and-match, label-agnostic approach to style, an anti-fashion fashion trend and a conscious effort to look effortless? If you answered "normcore," then you've at least heard the fashion world's biggest buzzword...
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