For Ed Asner, a posthumous triumph in a less-than-triumphant final film
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Culture Remembering a visit with the late Ed Asner, star of ‘Mary Tyler Moore’ and ‘Lou Grant’
Editor’s Note: Ed Asner, who starred in ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ and ‘Lou Grant’ died Sunday at age 91. Today, we look back on a 2012 interview with Simi Horwitz in which he spoke about Judaism, journalism and his final wishes. Ed Asner was seated in a makeshift living room in a large, garishly…
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Fast Forward Ed Asner Had The Best Response To The NFL Protests
The world of sports and politics collided over the weekend as President Trump repeatedly criticized football players for kneeling during the national anthem as a protest against racism and police brutality. While many people (including NFL owners) announced their support for the players and their right to protest peacefully, perhaps the most surprising statement of…
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Culture How Mary Tyler Moore Brought Real Jewish Characters to the World
(JTA) — There are plenty of paradigms in the history of humor for how Jews and non-Jews get along, or don’t: as persecutors and victims, as saviors and saved, as allies against a common oppressor. All these are fraught with the tensions between the powerful and the disempowered, which makes sense: Fear drives humor. But…
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Breaking News Actor Ed Asner Rushed to Hospital
Veteran actor Ed Asner was rushed to a hospital on Tuesday night while performing in a one-man show in Gary, Indiana and was being treated for exhaustion, his publicist said on Wednesday. Asner, 83, “had to be taken off stage due to exhaustion and is resting comfortably at a Chicago-area hospital,” Charles Sherman told Reuters….
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The Schmooze "Rhoda" Actress Puts On A Brave Face
Valerie Harper, known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” —remember those headscarves? — revealed yesterday that she had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. On January 15, her doctors told her that she had as little as three months left to live. In a tear-jerker interview with People Magazine,…
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Culture Ed Asner’s Still Crusty After All These Years
Ed Asner was seated in a makeshift living room in a large, garishly lit rehearsal studio in the Snapple Theater on West 50th Street that formerly housed a beauty school. He had just emerged from a costume fitting and was eager to discuss “Grace,” Craig Wright’s new play about the misadventures of an innocent young…
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