MIKE NICHOLS

Fred Ward, a veteran actor who brought a gruff tenderness to tough-guy roles in “The Right Stuff,” “The Player” and “Tremors,” has died.

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Elaine May is this year’s recipient of the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award, a $25,000 prize established in 2019 to honor the legacy of Nichols, whose many achievements included his work with May as one of the leading comedy duos of the late 1950s and early ’60s.

Last fall, film director Joachim Trier and the actors Renata Reinsve and Anders Danielsen Lie gathered at a restaurant in midtown New York to talk about why it is that people seem to keep crying during their movie.

Colson Whitehead’s “Harlem Shuffle,” Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’ “The Love Songs of W.

Americans experienced highs and lows that were unique to the incredible disruption of pandemic life.

Comedian Mort Sahl has died.

Fresh off his turn as James Bond, Daniel Craig has his next project lined up and its also got plenty of blood being spilled.

Asner, the “Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Up” actor who died Sunday, knew how to be irascible with a humane twinkle.

The Academy Awards will present Elaine May, Samuel L.

Charles Grodin, the offbeat actor and writer who scored as a newlywed cad in “The Heartbreak Kid” and the father in the “Beethoven” comedies, has died.

The veteran stage and screen actress Olympia Dukakis has died.

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The improbable life of Mike Nichols Director and comedian Mike Nichols arrived in the U.S. as a child refugee from Nazi Germany, and he went on to become a Tony- and Oscar-winning master of both stage and screen, with such classics as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," "The Graduate," and "Silkwood." Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with biographer Mark Harris and actress Candice Bergen about Nichols, the outsider who became a Hollywood and Broadway A-Lister, mining real life for comedic and dramatic gold.

"Sunday Morning" Full Episode 1/31 Guest host: Mo Rocca. In our cover story, Susan Spencer meets a pioneer in the study of stroke recovery. Plus: David Pogue explains the GameStop stock battle pitting Wall Street hedge funds against day traders; Rocca talks with Mark Harris, author of a new biography of director Mike Nichols; Holly Williams profiles actor and Negroni-mixer Stanley Tucci; Tracy Smith talks with Andra Day and Lee Daniels, star and director of a new film about legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday; and Martha Teichner tells the story behind her new book, "When Harry Met Minnie," a true tale of puppy love and friendship.

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Remembering Mike Nichols In his lifetime, the director won nine Tony's, eight Emmy's, one Oscar and one Grammy -- one of only twelve people who have won each at least once. Nichols died Wednesday of cardiac arrest. Jim Axelrod reports.

11/20: Obama defying GOP, reforming immigration; remembering Mike Nichols President Obama is outlining his plan to reform immigration, despite warnings from congressional Republicans; in his lifetime, the director won nine Tony's, eight Emmy's, one Oscar and one Grammy -- one of only twelve people who have won each at least once.

Legendary filmmaker Mike Nichols dead at 83 Hollywood mourns the loss of an icon in the film industry. Mike Nichols, known for his directing work on such works as "The Graduate" and "Silkwood," died Wednesday at 83.

Remembering Mike Nichols: Director spoke to Charlie Rose about "Catch-22" Legendary director Mike Nichols died at the age of 83. He spoke with Charlie Rose about directing the film "Catch-22" on Rose's PBS program.

Legendary director Mike Nichols dies at 83 One of the most versatile and honored figures in entertainment history has died. Nichols was a producer, director, writer and comedian. Charlie Rose reports.