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Comedian Garry Shandling no more
MUMBAI: Garry Emmanuel Shandling, the famous American comedian, actor, writer, producer and director has died at the age of 66. Born in Chicago, the comedian was known for his neurotic observational humour, particularly about romantic relationships and his lancing of showbiz in his inventive TV shows.
Los Angeles Police Department Officer Rosario Herrera has confirmed his death but the cause of death was not mentioned.
Shandling is best known for his work in It’s Garry Shandling’s Show and The Larry Sanders Show. It’s Garry Shandling’s Show was created in 1986 and aired on premium cable satellite television network Showtime while The Larry Sanders Show was created in 1992 and aired on HBO. He was also a formidable host. Shandling hosted the Grammys in 1990, 1993 and 1994, and the Emmys in 2000 and 2004.
Shandling has won the Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding writing for a comedy series in 1998. During his three-decade career, Shandling was nominated for 19 Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, along with many other awards and nominations.
"Nice guys finish first. If you don't know that, then you don't know where the finish line is." Garry Shandling pic.twitter.com/goJsDx6Cl8
— Jerry O'Connell (@MrJerryOC) March 24, 2016
RIP #GaryShandling! He was one of our greatest funny men and will be greatly missed!
— Melora Hardin (@MeloraHardin) March 24, 2016
Goodbye Gary Shandling thank you for your kindness and your generosity and for making me laugh so damn much
— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) March 24, 2016
Wait, what? Gary Shandling? No.
— Colin Hanks (@ColinHanks) March 24, 2016
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Ellison takes his Paramount-Warner Bros case straight to theater owners
The Skydance chief goes to CinemaCon with promises and a skeptical crowd waiting
CALIFORNIA: David Ellison strode into a room packed with thousands of cinema owners and executives at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday and did something rather bold: he looked them in the eye and asked them to trust him.
The chief executive of Paramount Skydance vowed that his company would release a minimum of 30 films a year if regulators greenlight its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, a deal that has made theater owners deeply, and loudly, nervous.
“I wanted to look every single one of you in the eye and give you my word,” Ellison told the crowd. “Once we combine with Warner Bros, we are going to make a minimum of 30 films annually across both studios.”
It was a confident pitch. Whether it landed is another matter. Cinema operators have already called on regulators to block the deal, and scepticism in the room was hardly concealed.
Ellison pushed back by pointing to recent form. Paramount, born from the merger of Paramount Global and Skydance Media last August, plans to release 15 films this year, nearly double the eight it put out in 2025. Progress, he argued, was already underway.
He also threw theater owners a bone they have long been chasing: all films, he pledged, would run exclusively in cinemas for a minimum of 45 days, drawing applause from a crowd that has spent years fighting for exactly that commitment across the industry.
“People can speculate all they want,” Ellison said, “but I am standing here today telling you personally that you can count on our complete commitment. And we’ll show you we mean it.”
Fine words. The regulators, however, will have the last one.
