Ben Stiller played Jerry Stahl in the film version of Permanent Midnight, based on Stahl’s acclaimed novel. In 1996, the two wrote a screen adaptation of Budd Schulberg’s novel, What Makes Sammy Run.

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64 Comments | Posted December 3, 2009 | 08:32 PM (EST)


So what's with the yellow headbands? Well, besides my homage to the great Lance Armstrong...I had this opportunity to visit Haiti this summer. It's an incredible country, with amazing people and a vibrant culture. It is also one of the most impoverished places in the western hemisphere. When I...

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Ron Silver, Remembered

Posted March 16, 2009 | 10:57 AM (EST)


Ron Silver got me drunk when I was 12 years old. My 16 year old sister and I were hanging at his West Hollywood pad with our parents, Jerry and Anne, and Ron's wife at the time, Lynn. Ron and my mom were both semi-regulars on the sitcom Rhoda. Ron...

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