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A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. A little less than four months to the Oscars. Are you counting the days, folks? You actually have to wonder how the astounding and constantly unfolding events in America and the world are going to impact Hollywood’s favorite guessing game: who will…

Some of the biggest names in comedy are coming together tonight on NBC for a Byron Allen-driven special to raise money for COVID-19 relief. The two-hour broadcast titled the “Feeding America Comedy Festival” will be co-hosted by Allen, Tiffany Haddish, Billy Crystal, and Kenan Thompson. The special will feature…

2ND UPDATE, 10:45 AM: NBC, Byron Allen Entertainment Studios and Funny or Die have added Tina Fey, Michael Che, Will Smith, Will Ferrell, Wanda Sykes, Stephen Colbert and Colin Quinn to the lineup for the Feeding America Comedy Festival. The event today also set its co-hosts for the event: Kenan Thompson, Billy Crystal…

It has been about eight years since Billy Crystal toplined a feature film, 2012’s Parental Guidance, but now he’s back and going all indie on us in the modest but touching Standing Up, Falling Down. Even though this story doesn’t center on Crystal’s character, an alcoholic dermatologist named Marty, this fine human…

Comedian and nine-time Oscar host Billy Crystal and Jimmy Kimmel, who hosted the show twice, commiserated about being made obsolete during a less-than-promotional segment on Kimmel’s ABC late-night show Thursday. (Click above for the full segment, which starts with a few minutes of Oscar talk.) “This year is another…

Gossip Girl alum Penn Badgley, who currently stars on the Netflix series, You, and Tony-winning actress Laura Benanti have been added to the cast of Here Today along with Anna Deavere Smith (Black-ish, The West Wing, Nurse Jackie) and Nyambi Nyambi (The Good Fight, Blindspotting). Emmy winners Billy Crystal and…

Tiffany Haddish and Billy Crystal will star together in the Astute Films’ comedy Here Today, a project that the latter Saturday Night Live alum will co-write and direct. Here Today is billed as a May/September romantic comedy – but without the romance. Crystal plays veteran comedy writer Charlie Berns, who is slowly…

There’s a wonderful reminiscence in Matt Ratner’s dramedy Standing Up, Falling Down to the Henry Winkler-directed 1988 dramedy Memories of Me: Yes, both star Billy Crystal, however, both pics pair younger and older generations of comedy. Memories of Me starred Crystal as a responsible middle age guy who tries to mend…

When you think of Turner Classic Movies, the cinephile haven, you probably wouldn’t imagine that Rob Reiner’s delightful 1989 comedy, When Harry Met Sally… would be the opening night attraction and key art representative for the 10th Annual TCM Classic Film Festival, now taking place through Sunday night at the TCL…

Billy Crystal and John Goodman will reprise their roles as Mike and Sulley in Monsters At Work, the upcoming animated series set to premiere on the Disney streaming platform, Disney+, in 2020. Produced by Disney Television Animation and inspired by the world of Disney and Pixar’s Oscar-winning Monsters, Inc., the…

Buddy Morra, the former talent manager who at one time handled comedians as Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Robert Klein, JoAnn Worley, David Letterman, Martin Mull, Jim Carrey, Marty Short, Dana Carvey, Paula Poundstone, Dick Cavett, Woody Allen, Tom Poston, John Pizzarelli, Michael Feinsten, Michael Richards, and…

A column chronicling events and conversations on the awards circuit. Another big week on the circuit, but as we approached the end of it, the expected talk of the just-released Golden Globe nominations, as well as anticipation for Critics’ Choice and SAG lists next week, was hijacked by Oscar, who just had to swoop in…