Bob Saget Talked Humor and Grief in a Final Interview
►"Laughter is healing." In one of Bob Saget’s final interviews, the late comedian sat down with a friend for a televised segment he hoped would help raise awareness for a cause close to his heart. In a segment for
CBS Mornings which was taped on Dec. 6, weeks before his untimely death, Saget spoke with Dr. Jon LaPook about losing his sister to scleroderma, the work he has done to help find a cure for the rare autoimmune disease and using humor to cope with grief, saying that it’s “the only way my family survived.”
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"The best TV dad ever." Bob Saget was laid to rest Friday afternoon in Los Angeles in a small, intimate funeral of family and close friends. Among those in attendance was John Stamos, one of his best friends and
Full House co-star, as well as Candace Cameron Bure, Dave Coulier, Jodi Sweetin, Lori Loughlin and Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, Jimmy Kimmel and Dave Chappelle.
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"In a world where revolutionary art is commodified we have to rethink the way in which we value it." Gentefied co-creator and co-showrunner Linda Yvette Chavez says that even though Netflix has canceled the series after two seasons, she’s immensely proud of how the dramedy played out.
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"We love Steve." The creative team behind
And Just Like That have been out defending Steve Brady’s storyline in the HBO Max series amid fan criticism. Exec producers Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky, who both wrote for
SATC, addressed recent criticism from outlets and social media users over the bumpy path for Steve on the new show.
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"It demanded that we’d be naked emotionally and soulfully.” Bradley Cooper has been talking about filming that full-frontal nude scene in Guillermo del Toro’s neo-noir
Nightmare Alley. The Oscar-nominated actor spoke about how he spent six hours naked in front of the crew on Toni Collette's first day.
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