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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…

Nearly 10 years ago, Billy Crystal and writer Quinton Peeples started work on a screenplay they’d eventually call Have A Nice Day. Not terribly long in Hollywood development years, but eons removed from our current political climate. Performed and recorded (by Amazon’s Audible) as a staged Off Broadway reading last…

Audible’s two-night live reading of Billy Crystal’s new play Have a Nice Day has rounded out its Off Broadway cast, with Keegan-Michael Key, Darrell Hammond and Dick Cavett among those set to take the Minetta Lane Theatre stage with Crystal, Annette Bening and Kevin Kline next month. The Have a Nice Day reading, set…

EXCLUSIVE: Comedy giant Billy Crystal and Ben Schwartz have signed on to star in We Are Unsatisfied, a comedy being helmed by first-time director Matt Ratner. Written by Peter Hoare (CBS’ Kevin Can Wait), the film follows the unlikely friendship between a struggling L.A. comedian (Schwartz) who’s forced to move back…

Banijay International is launching youth prank show Gotcha at Mipcom next week. The series is a co–production from Billy Crystal and his Jennilind Productions, Bunim/Murray Productions and Israel’s Nutz Productions. Gotcha will also serve as the official launch for Bunim/Murray's kids division, BMP Kids, led by Emmy…

Update with video Bill Maher seized on the so-called Hot Cars Act – a legislative proposal that would require automobile sensors reminding drivers of kids left in rear seats – as yet another example of Democrats attempting to “child-proof the Republic” while the government ignores larger issues. “Thanks Government,&#8221…

EXCLUSIVE: Two pros — director Barry Levinson and comedy giant Billy Crystal — have come aboard a new feature film comedy called Revival. Written by Phil Primason (5 Doctors), the premise is hi-lar-ious: A once-legendary Broadway composer who, after a bitter public divorce, gets stuck composing jingles to make ends…

City Slickers pals Mitch and Phil are together again. Billy Crystal (Mitch) and Daniel Stern (Phil) have reunited for a hilarious and quite realistic parody of HBO’s Westworld for Funny or Die. Keeping with Westworld‘s storyline, hosts Mitch and Phil, reprising their roles from the 1991 feature comedy, keep breaking…

Billy Crystal choked on the words “President-elect Trump” while visiting Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday. Crystal, promoting his upcoming Spend the Night with Billy Crystal comedy tour, got to talking about playing golf years ago with President Clinton, Michael Bloomberg, MLB honcho Joe Torre, Rudy Giuliani and Donald Tr…