[ad_1] Mike Birbiglia with Atsuko Okatsuka during the filming of Good One. Photo: Peacock Peacock’s Good One: A Show About Jokes is not your average comedy-documentary special. Over the course of seven hours of shows in Rhode Island and Washington, D.C., Vulture writer Jesse David Fox and director Eddie Schmidt capture comedian Mike Birbiglia in… Continue reading Jesse David Fox Talks ‘Good One,’ Comedy, and Mike Birbiglia
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David Seidler, ‘The King’s Speech’ screenwriter, dies at 86
[ad_1] David Seidler, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of the acclaimed 2010 drama “The King’s Speech,” has died. He was 86. Seidler’s manager, Jeff Aghassi, told The Times that Seidler died Saturday while fly-fishing in New Zealand. No specific cause of death was given, but Aghassi said, “David was in the place he loved most in the… Continue reading David Seidler, ‘The King’s Speech’ screenwriter, dies at 86
David Arnold’s wife announces end of ‘That Girl Lay Lay’ series
[ad_1] “That Girl Lay Lay,” the Nickelodeon buddy comedy series, will show its final episodes Wednesday, less than two years after the death of creator David A. Arnold. Arnold’s wife, Julie Harkness Arnold, announced the final episodes Tuesday in an emotional Instagram post, taking stock of her husband’s legacy and the effect he‘d had on… Continue reading David Arnold’s wife announces end of ‘That Girl Lay Lay’ series
Katharine McPhee, David Foster reunite after family tragedy
[ad_1] Katharine McPhee-Foster has returned to the stage less than two weeks after a “horrible tragedy” in the family led to cancellation of performances abroad. The “American Idol” alum and her husband David Foster reunited onstage in Ravello, Italy, alongside McPhee’s “Waitress” co-star Erich Bergen. She and the Broadway star performed covers of songs by… Continue reading Katharine McPhee, David Foster reunite after family tragedy
David Zaslav, Hollywood Antihero | The New Yorker
[ad_1] In 1941, a couple from New York bought an undeveloped parcel of land in Beverly Hills for fourteen thousand dollars from the writer Dorothy Parker, the most fearsome wit at the Algonquin Round Table. James Pendleton, an interior designer and art dealer of Regency and Baroque pieces, and his wife, Mary Frances, who went… Continue reading David Zaslav, Hollywood Antihero | The New Yorker
David Byrne regrets ‘ugly’ breakup with Talking Heads
[ad_1] David Byrne wishes he had not burned down the house when he called it quits with Talking Heads. The “Psycho Killer” singer recently opened up about the regret he feels about how he maneuvered the ‘80s new wave band’s split. “As a younger person, I was not as pleasant to be around. When I… Continue reading David Byrne regrets ‘ugly’ breakup with Talking Heads
Talking Heads & David Byrne to Reunite for Stop Making Sense
[ad_1] Photo: Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns And you may find yourself succumbing to the idea of a nostalgia exercise. More than 20 years since they last tolerated one another in a public setting, the members of Talking Heads will reunite at the Toronto International Film Festival to celebrate the extraordinary legacy of Stop Making Sense. The festival… Continue reading Talking Heads & David Byrne to Reunite for Stop Making Sense
Katharine McPhee and David Foster’s family nanny hit by car
[ad_1] Katharine McPhee and David Foster’s family nanny was reportedly the woman who died last week after being run over by a car inside a Toyota dealership in Mission Hills. A 55-year-old woman was killed last Wednesday when a customer driving an SUV at Hamer Toyota lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the… Continue reading Katharine McPhee and David Foster’s family nanny hit by car
Montana novelist David James Duncan’s magnum opus, ‘Sun House’
[ad_1] On the Shelf Sun House By David James DuncanLittle, Brown: 784 pages, $35 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. New Year’s Eve, 2007: Twenty-five years old and single, I spent the winter alone in a former Forest Service cabin… Continue reading Montana novelist David James Duncan’s magnum opus, ‘Sun House’
David Means Reads Lorrie Moore
[ad_1] Audio available Listen to this story Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter of the best New Yorker podcasts. Photograph from Alamy David Means joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “Face Time,” by Lorrie Moore, which was published in The New Yorker in… Continue reading David Means Reads Lorrie Moore