Former Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen insists that he was not the inspiration for Harry, the lovable neurotic in Nora Ephron’s rom-com “When Harry Met Sally.” The 75-year-old writer even has a whole chapter in his recently released Ephron biography, “She Made Me Laugh,” entitled “I am Not and Never Have Been Harry.” And yet,…
Nora Ephron would have turned 75 today—and we’re celebrating all of the hilarity, wisdom and romance she’s brought into our lives with a few of her greatest quotes. On writing “I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women actually are.” “A lot of college graduates approach me about…
The biggest buzzword right now in the field of psychology might be “resilience” – that vague and desirable quality of being able to weather whatever crisis life throws at you and bounce back again, stronger than ever. Yet, as Jacob Bernstein argues in “Everything is Copy,” his loving but candid documentary about his cultural icon…
Getty Images Nora Ephron may no longer be with us (sob!) but her work lives on. According to the Hollywood Reporter, “Portlandia’s” Carrie Brownstein is set to complete and unfinished script by the late Ephron for an adapted British mini-series, “Lost in Austen.” Sam Mendes, of “American Beauty” and “Skyfall” fame, is apparently attached as…
When you want good advice, you go to the experts. And really, who could dish out dating advice better than Nora Ephron? In Glamour magazine’s April edition, which she covers, Lena Dunham talks about the words of wisdom that changed her dating life, courtesy of the beloved creator of “When Harry Met Sally.” “You can’t…
The Most of Nora Ephron” is nearly 600 pages of Ephron’s girl-friendly and relentlessly upbeat voice chattering in your ear about the subjects that consistently preoccupied her
It’s that time of year again. Tony Award nominations were announced this morning, with Best Play nods going to “The Assembled Parties” by Richard Greenberg, and “Lucky Guy,” the last play by the late Nora Ephron. Although Greenberg’s play is set on Christmas Day — two Christmas Days, actually — it’s about the Bascovs, a…
How do we say goodbye to such a year? When we cheered, we voted, we shed a tear. A race for president, a quest for gold, A hurricane that ravaged young and old. Here at the Forward, our yearly review Of Jews in the news in two-oh-one-two Starts with the man who tried to stack…
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