Dick Cavett

WATCH: Hilarious Book Trailer Features Dick Cavett And Malcolm Gladwell

Posted 05.17.2012

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Comedian and musician Dave Hill has written a memoir. Aside from comedy and music, he shares stories on girlfriends, hockey and "Misguided Attempts at...

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Elaine Kaufman Memorial: The Salon and Its Resaurateur Remembered

Regina Weinreich | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Showbiz411?S Roger Friedman, Chris Hegedus, Carol Miller, Father Pete Colapietro, Elaine Kaufman, Elaine Stritch, Ron Abel, D. A. Pennebaker, Carol Higgins Clark, Dick Cavett, Liz Smith, Lucie Arnaz, Michele Lee, Gay Talese, Joe Allen, Pete Khoury, Fred Rappaport, Culture News
Regina Weinreich

When Elaine Kaufman died last December 3, she left a city of broken hearts. For months, "Elaine's" lingered on, a nostalgic haven for "regulars," but many still had to admit, Elaine's was simply not the same without Elaine.

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WATCH: John Hodgman's New Book Gets Celebrity-Packed Promo

Posted 12.26.2011

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First there was The Areas of My Expertise. Then came More Information Than You Require. And now there is That Is All, the final book in John Hodgman's...

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Obama's The "Dick Cavett President"

Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.19.2011

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Andy Ostroy

I love Dick Cavett. He's a brilliant, irreverent thinker with a uniquely dry, sardonic, sarcastic wit and deadpan delivery. Qualities that make for a terrific writer, humorist and interviewer, but unfortunately not a United States president.

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Hamptons Journal: Tennessee Williams at 100, Dick Cavett at _____

Regina Weinreich | Posted 10.08.2011

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Regina Weinreich

The weekend had audiences waxing wistful about the good old days of television talk shows when you could catch a witty hour-and-a-half interview with a listen-worthy celebrity.

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David Hyde Pierce Plays The Perfect Host

Regina Weinreich | Posted 08.21.2011

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Regina Weinreich

When a wanted bank robber stumbles into his L. A. house as he prepares for a dinner party, Pierce is perfect as victim, but then who is the more dangerous?

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Tribeca Film Festival Exclusive Interview: Thomas Dekker Rises to the Angel's Crest with Cinema Vérité

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Mira Sorvino, Dick Cavett, Cinema Verite, Elizabeth Mcgovern, Angel's Crest, Alberta Canada, Thomas Dekker, Tim Robbins, River Phoenix, Hbo, Anna Paquin, Neil Patrick Harris, Out Magazine, Seinfeld, Lance Loud, Jeremy Piven, Entertainment News
Cynthia Ellis

Thomas Dekker is almost offensively photogenic. But what makes Dekker fascinating is his complete transformative power as an actor.

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The Agenda: Mel Brooks And Dick Cavett, Guillermo Del Toro At Amoeba

Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011

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Go for laughs with Dick Cavett and Mel Brooks at the Saban Theatre or screams with Guillermo Del Toro and his new film, Cronos. Or transcend both with...

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Dick Cavett: Get This Man a Show!

Tamar Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tamar Abrams

Dick Cavett does his homework. He's a witty conversationalist. His writing is as sharp, witty and engaging as his talk show hosting was. All this begs the question: Why is this man not currently hosting a TV show?

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Literary World Loses Jill Johnston at 81

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Georgianne Nienaber

Author and critic Jill Johnston is remembered most in some circles as one of the first intelligent and honest champions of the lesbian and gay movements of the early 1970s.

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The (Self) Killing Of Brother Dee: A Memory Of The Late Simon Dee

Martin Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Martin Lewis

Simon Dee was Britain's equivalent of Dick Cavett -- for a heartbeat in the Sixties -- until he self-destructed.

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"Kidlessness" or, It's Not About the Children

Richard Laermer | Posted 11.17.2011

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Richard Laermer

As you know, unruly children make the kidless nuts! Pals complain about their messy homes all the time. I tell them: "I didn't tell you to have them."

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YouTube and MySpace Leaves "No Space" for a Generation

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 11.17.2011

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Francesca Biller-Safran

A generation suckled on the need to be constantly seen and heard leaves a generation that is heard and seen, but doesn't listen much.

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The "N" Word on Network Television

Samara O'Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Meredith Vieira and Cunt, Dick Cavett, John Lennon, The Vagina Monologues, Jesse Joyce, Jane Fonda, The N Word, Bad Words, Freedom of Speech, Language, First Amendment, Censorship, Entertainment News
Samara O'Shea

Thanks to the First Amendment, there's not a single word in the English language that I should be afraid to say. But I am -- and the more afraid we are to use a word the more control that word has.

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Dick Cavett Talks About His Depression

AP | NATE JENKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

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LINCOLN, Neb. — Funny man and former talk show host Dick Cavett came home to talk about depression, what he called "the worst agony devised for ...

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Dick Cavett Knocks Today's Late-Night Hosts: "Back In The Day, We Had Real Men"

New York Post | Page Six | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dick Cavett doesn't have much sympathy for today's coddled late-night talk-show hosts, who need teams of writers to be funny. At Julian Schnabel's sho...

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