“Annie Hall” for me was one of those films that was a game changer. It was a love story about how romantic relationships seldom last. The message was driven home with an old joke about a guy who thinks he’s a chicken and his friend won’t turn him in because he needs the eggs. That
Like a lot of people — especially actor people — James Caan never looked comfortable surrounded by critics. Caan, who died Wednesday, July 6 at 82, was working the Television Critics Association semi-annual network TV press tour in 2003. He was there as the lead on the NBC drama Las Vegas. The series starred Caan
In the summer of 2003 I joined several dozen TV critics at a party at Robert Evans house. It wasn’t like I knew the notorious Hollywood producer, who died Saturday in Beverly Hills at the age of 89. I just happened to be among those shuttled from the Television Critics Association’s hotel that July to