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Marshall Brickman, the banjo-playing writer and director who shared an Academy Award with his frequent collaborator Woody Allen for their Annie Hall screenplay, has died. He was 85.

Brickman died Friday in Manhattan, his daughter Sophie Brickman told The New York Times.

On his own, Brickman wrote and directed Simon (1980), a quirky comedy about a psychology professor (Alan Arkin) brainwashed into believing he’s from outer space; Lovesick (1983), featuring Alec Guinness as the ghost of Sigmund Freud who offers relationship advice to a psychiatrist (Dudley Moore); and The Manhattan Project (1986), about a high school student (Christopher Collet) who builds a nuclear weapon for a science fair project.

And in 2001, he helmed an adaptation of Christopher Durang’s play Sister Mary Explains It All, starring Annie Hall herself, Diane Keaton, for Showtime.

Brickman also teamed with Rick Elice to pen the Tony-nominated book for the Broadway musical Jersey Boys, and they wrote...

In the upcoming episode of “Queens Court,” titled “Love Sick,” viewers can expect a blend of excitement and drama as the Queens meet the Kings’ friends and family. This episode, airing at 11:50 Pm on Sunday, November 10, 2024, on Bravo, promises to delve deeper into the relationships that have been forming throughout the season.

As the pressure mounts, one of the Kings from London faces an unexpected health scare. This situation adds an emotional layer to the episode, forcing everyone to confront their feelings and priorities. The dynamics between the Queens and their Kings will be put to the test, making for some tense moments.

LisaRaye takes a bold step in her journey, going deep with one of her Kings. This intimate conversation could lead to significant developments in their relationship. Meanwhile, K. Michelle finds herself questioning the boundaries of friendship, particularly when it comes to a King’s close relationship with another woman.

Of all the captains in the Below Deck franchise, Captain Sandy Yawn tends to insert herself into the crew's workflow and interpersonal drama the most. Throughout her Below Deck Mediterranean tenure, she's micromanaged the interior, demanding intricate tablescapes and setting unrealistic service expectations; exacerbated conflicts by playing favorites with members of the deck team, particularly Malia White; and fired crew members for ridiculous reasons, like longtime chief steward Hannah Ferrier, who got the boot for having unregistered (but prescribed) Valium on board, and Season 5's beloved chef Kiko Lorran, who struggled to stay organized in the galley. Time and time again, Sandy used her decades of experience in the industry as justification for undermining her crew, lording the threat of "maritime law" and "liabilities to the vessel" over the heads of twentysomethings who just want to make good tip money and get drunk on nights out.

Hannah Ferrier from Below Deck Mediterranean learned the hard way to always do her homework before appearing on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. Ferrier was a Wwhl guest during her final season of Below Deck Med and realized she hadn’t watched the episode they were about to discuss.

She was six months pregnant and Wwhl filmed virtually. But Ferrier said the fact she appeared on camera completely in the dark had to be one of her most cringeworthy moments.

Hannah Ferrier recalled her virtual ‘Wwhl’ appearance

Ferrier’s final season, Below Deck Med Season 5 aired during the pandemic. And while Wwhl still aired, the late-night talk show was filmed 100% virtually. But it was still broadcast on the national Bravo platform.

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“Still to this day, I don’t really know how it happened. So when we...

Below Deck Mediterranean is setting sail without longtime castmember Malia White.  But, the bosun made it clear that while she won't be on the show's upcoming seventh season, her departure has nothing to do with the fallout from Hannah Ferrier's controversial firing in 2020.  "I didn't leave because of anything that happened," Malia said during an interview with Showbiz Cheat Sheet. "I don't have bad feelings towards any part of Below Deck or anything that's happened." As Below Deck Med fans may recall, Malia told Captain Sandy Yawn that Hannah had undeclared Valium and a CBD pen on board, leading to her dismissal in...

In our series in which readers ask the questions, the film-maker behind Friends with Money and The Last Duel on popping Valium in a snowstorm on a flight to her first premiere – and Scorsese nodding off during her student film

A lot of your films have, I think, been autobiographical. How much of yourself were you able to put into The Last Duel [Holofcener focused on the section from the point of view of Jodie Comer’s Marguerite]? Is the “concept” of your third to debunk the ways in which male narratives distort women’s stories? Did that feel apiece with your previous work? And if this was a big break from the norm for you – in terms of period, location etc – how did that feel? Refreshing or unnerving? bumble1

Yes, my movies are semi-autobiographical, and I can’t say that I’m aware of anything similar in Marguerite to me except that she’s smart and educated and probably much braver than I would be.

Over the years, actor Manoj Bajpayee has proved his mettle as an actor. Be it comedy, drama or an action thriller, Manoj has time and again given cinephiles a performance that they will cherish forever. While there’s no denying that Manoj is one of the most versatile actors in the industry, it won’t be wrong to say that the actor has a stronghold on the crime-thriller genre.

Now as the actor is gearing up for the release of the new season of crime-thriller The Family Man, where he reprises his role as Srikant Tiwari, we take a look at some of Manoj Bajpayee’s impressive movies in the genre.

Satya (1998)

Directed by Ram Gopal Varma, Satya was Manoj Bajpayee’s big break. The film, which was based on the lives of Mumbai’s underworld, received plaudits from critics and audiences alike. The film was regarded as one of...

Welcome to this week’s Monday Night Raw review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and Edge is back here to tease his WrestleMania prize fight, while Peter Noone is wearing Bobby Sherman’s pants backwards to make room for his big, throbbing… This episode of Monday Night Raw, which is being recorded by our resident TalkTech program Jonjo… Jonjo: I’mma f—kin’ Dell! Me: …will have Ric Flair involved in a promo with Charlotte Flair and Lacey Evans, as well as Martin Scorsese b—ching about Avengers: Endgame being so lousy, even though The Irishman was just Goodfellas on Valium. By the way, every Avengers movie sucked. Don’t bull-s— me, ass-hole. You know they suck. The third and fourth one are a lot of fun to watch, but they needed better writers. A time heist? That’s so stupid. The snap? Kiss my ass. If...

Marshall Brickman earned a permanent, prestigious place in the comedy pantheon by co-writing the ingenious 1973 Woody Allen science-fiction classic Sleeper and arguably Allen’s best, most revered films, 1977’s Annie Hall and 1979’s Manhattan. So when Brickman made the leap from screenwriter to writer-director with 1980’s Simon and 1983’s Lovesick, his films owed a deep, understandable debt to his more famous collaborator: Where Lovesick is an underrated psychotherapy-based romantic comedy in the style of Annie Hall, with Dudley Moore in the Allen role of a lovestruck neurotic with the ghost of Sigmund Freud as his ...

From Fred and Ginger to Jennifer and Ashton, romantic comedies used to be one of the safest bets in Hollywood. But it seems that rom is just not into com any more

Is it the end for the romcom? You can imagine the celebrity mag headlines: "Romcom's relationship on the rocks?" "Com: I'm just not that into Rom" "Rom: Com doesn't make me laugh any more."

After all, who says romance and comedy go together like a horse and carriage? It seems to be a chiselled Hollywood commandment that the two shall be forever conjoined in cinematic matrimony, but perhaps it's time they went their separate ways. Sure, they got off to a great start: in those early years it was all fun and games and sparkling repartee, but recently they haven't quite looked the happy couple; the spark just hasn't been there.

They've been stuck in the same repetitive formula: boy meets girl,...