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Les Mis at the Four Seasons/ Museum of the Moving Image Honors Hugh Jackman

Regina Weinreich | Posted 02.11.2013 | Entertainment
Regina Weinreich

From his Jean Valjean role in Les Miserables and his generous on-the-spot performances at various celebrations, including a lunch hosted by Ron Meyer, Hugh Jackman is truly a songman you want to have around.

Vanity Fair's Comedy Issue Covers Are Pretty Awesome

Posted 12.05.2012 | Comedy

Judd Apatow got the rare distinction of guest editing the first ever issue of Vanity Fair solely devoted to comedy, and for the issue, they went all o...

Ann Roth: Reluctant Honoree at the Hamptons International Film Festival

Regina Weinreich | Posted 12.09.2012 | Entertainment
Regina Weinreich

How do you pay tribute to a star in the film industry, playfully dubbed "The Meryl Streep of Costume Design"?

Hope Springs Proves Aces for Tommy Lee Jones

Carole Mallory | Posted 10.06.2012 | Entertainment
Carole Mallory

Go to Hope Springs and see what happens to this couple who is in love, but who does not know it or know how to show it.

Siri, Say It Ain't So

Dr. Cheryl Pappas | Posted 08.11.2012 | Technology
Dr. Cheryl Pappas

Something terrified me during the Tony Awards and I'm not talking about Candace Bergen's outfit. I'm also not talking about the Tony Award show's idi...

'The Graduate' Director Wins His 9th Tony

Posted 06.11.2012 | Home

Mike Nichols won best director of a play at the Tony's Sunday night, for Arthur Miller's "Death Of A Salesman." Nichols teared up while thanking the a...

We Are All Traveling Salesmen

Christopher Michaelson, Ph.D. | Posted 07.30.2012 | Arts
Christopher Michaelson, Ph.D.

Death of a Salesman's is the canonical narrative of American capitalism. Someday, we may look back and credit it not only for exposing the fraudulence of the American dream but also for making space for a new and better culture of capitalism.

Here's To The Luminaries Who Lunch For Mike Nichols!

Liz Smith | Posted 06.24.2012 | Celebrity
Liz Smith

I mean, what if "the bomb" dropped and wiped out Barry Diller, Mike Nichols, Diane Sawyer, Anna Wintour, or the distinguished cast of the current cultural historical Broadway hit "Death of a Salesman"?

Laura Rowley

Mike Nichols Honored In New York For 'Death Of A Salesman'

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Rowley | Posted 05.29.2012 | Fifty

Mike Nichols, director of the critically acclaimed Broadway production of “Death of a Salesman,” was honored at a lunch in New York Monday. The pl...

Why Death Of A Salesman Feels Hauntingly Familiar

Laura Rowley | Posted 05.26.2012 | Fifty
Laura Rowley

This past weekend I went to see "Death of a Salesman" on Broadway. When we exited the theater, my friend Bill turned to me and said, "Well, that was a Post 50 story."

'Death Of A Salesman' Is A Powerhouse

Fern Siegel | Posted 05.19.2012 | Arts
Fern Siegel

Now at the Barrymore, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman as Willy and Andrew Garfield as his lost son Biff, this soulful lament of missed dreams and misguided desires is staged with aching sensitivity by Mike Nichols.

Elizabeth Taylor: Star

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
John Farr

We have lost a national treasure. As a kid, I remember vividly Life magazine's 1972 cover of Elizabeth Taylor turning 40, and glimpsing what glamor really meant.

Media Power Couples: Who's The Ultimate Media Duo? (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Power couples are everywhere in the media—from TV reporters and anchors to executives, all the way through to newspaper and magazine writers. We're ...

The Unadulterated Joy of Wretched Excess

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
George Heymont

You could not find a more delightful pick-me-up than Automorphosis., a sublimely over-the-top tribute to individualism, to acting out your fantasies, and to the joyous results of not holding back when the creative urge strikes.

Elaine May on Mike Nichols

Posted 11.16.2011 | Weird News

Don't Miss a Good Laugh! Sign up to receive my email newsletter each week - It will let you know which Laugh of the Day my visitors liked the be...

The Graduate Turns 73: Dustin Hoffman's Top Ten Movies

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
John Farr

If you hear some young, unschooled person say, "Oh, Dustin Hoffman, he played Ben Stiller's kooky dad", point them towards the other memorable characters that more accurately reflect this performer's invaluable contribution to film.

Yet Another Remake: Is Hollywood for Schmucks?

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
John Farr

I'm bone-tired of watching formulaic retreads run through the Hollywood machine; material that may make us laugh in the moment, but that over the long run, blends in with so much similar and oh-so-familiar material we've seen before.

Julia Roberts, Oprah, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman & More Honor Mike Nichols (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Lots of A-listers showed up to honor Mike Nichols, who received the AFI Life Achievement Award Thursday night. Which of these party pics make you wish...

Media Power Couples: Who's The Ultimate Media Duo? (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

If any industry can be considered incestuous, it's the media. Power couples populate the industry, from TV anchors to executives and even the newspap...

Thoughts on Haiti, And the Spirit of Activism in Film

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
John Farr

Great activist movies portray the ongoing struggle between the welfare of working people and larger societal forces, seemingly beyond their control, that threaten their integrity, livelihood, and often, their very survival.

Public Theater Gala

Jane Levere | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Jane Levere

New York's Public Theater Gala at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park attracted a host of celebrities.

Nichols Looks Back at the Birth of "The Graduate," Redford's Screen Test for it

Jane Levere | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Jane Levere

Baby boomers aren't the only ones who wax nostalgic about The Graduate -- Mike Nichols and Buck Henry did it too at a MOMA retrospective of Nichols' career.

HuffPost Reviews: Neil Young - Fork In The Road / Simon & Garfunkel - Live 1969

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Mike Ragogna

Many will appreciate Fork In The Road's altruism, and it would be refreshing if Neil Young disciples dedicated whole projects like this to the causes of their hearts.

Watch The Trailer For "Charlie Wilson's War"

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Watch the trailer for Mike Nichols' new film, "Charlie Wilson's War," starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman. ...

An Interview With "Charlie Wilson's War" Director Mike Nichols:

Newsweek | Cathleen McGuigan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Any hack can film a sex scene, but director Mike Nichols is a connoisseur of pre- and postcoital moments. He was the guy, don't forget, behind that in...