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NEWS ABOUT: Larry David

Larry David stories: 16 news summaries

 'Kramer' Parodies Racist Rant 

Curb episode jokes about comedian's tirade

Nov 17, 09 2:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Michael Richards makes fun of the racist fit that derailed his standup career on the latest episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. The show has a black character deceive Richards—playing himself—as part of a ruse by Larry David. Richards corners the character and begins to scream: "If only... More »

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Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • comedy • racism • Michael Richards

 Catholics 
 Rip Larry for 
 Whizzing 
 on Jesus 

Urine taken for 'miraculous tears' by Curb characters

Oct 30, 09 4:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US Catholic League has complained about an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm that shows Larry David accidentally urinating on a painting of Jesus hanging in a bathroom. Other characters then think the painting is miraculously crying. "Was Larry David always this crude?" asked angry league president Bill Donahue.... More »

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parody • satire • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • comedy • Catholic League • Catholic • Jesus Christ

tv preview

 'Pathetic' Seinfeld 
 Reunion Invades Curb 

HBO show resuscitates Larry David's other brainchild 10 years later

Oct 4, 09 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tonight's episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm will go farther than usual to satisfy your Seinfeld craving, but it's hardly the real thing—nor is it meant to be. The eagerly awaited reunion arc kicks off with Jerry Seinfeld himself deeming the very idea "desperate" and "pathetic,"... More »

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entertainment • television • cable TV • HBO • Jerry Seinfeld • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • sitcom • Michael Richards • network television • sitcoms • Jason Alexander • improvisation

(Newser) - Jerry Seinfeld wasn’t worried that reuniting with George, Elaine, and Kramer might be considered double-dipping, Entertainment Weekly reports. “There was a little part of me that said, ‘Do we really want to tamper?’” he says, emphasizing that the Seinfeld cast's upcoming appearances on Curb Your Enthusiasm... More »

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entertainment • television • Jerry Seinfeld • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • reunion • Michael Richards • Jason Alexander

OPINION

 Fall TV: 
 What to 
 Watch, 
 Skip 



Critics hit press preview tour

Aug 12, 09 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - TV critics got a taste of fall at the Summer TV Press Tour. They pooled their thoughts on the good, the bad, and the ugly for the Los Angeles Times. The bad:
  • The Beautiful Life: TBL: Ashton Kutcher rambled; Elle MacPherson said nothing. And why the “superfluous
... More »

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television • Larry David • Seinfeld • Ashton Kutcher • Jason Schwartzman • Ted Danson • Elle MacPherson • Gordon Ramsay • television program

(Newser) - So what are Kramer, George, Jerry, and Elaine up to 11 years after Seinfeld went off the air? Larry David says fans can get an idea of how the characters turned out on the seventh season of his Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO, reports the Star-Ledger. He shed more details... More »

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HBO • Jerry Seinfeld • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • sitcom • Michael Richards • Jason Alexander

 Who We Trust 
 Post-Cronkite 

From Cooper to Oprah, people weigh in

Jul 21, 09 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - After the passing of Walter Cronkite, the Washington Post wondered who could compare to his level of trustworthiness. Below are a few of the responses they got from a variety of sources:
  • Anderson Cooper, “because he always has that slight bit of cynicism when it’s
... More »

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entertainment • media • Google • Larry David • Oprah Winfrey • Dalai Lama • Miley Cyrus • Anderson Cooper • Walter Cronkite • Alice Waters • Joel Osteen

(Newser) - Woody Allen! Larry David! It sounds like a match made in comedy heaven, but the results are more like purgatory, according to the critics. Here’s what they’re saying:
  • Whatever Works is one of Allen’s worst movies, writes Claudia Puig of USA Today. David’s
... More »

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film • Larry David • comedy • movie review • Woody Allen • movies • Whatever Works • Patricia Clarkson

 Seinfeld Curse? Don't Be Absurd: Larry David 

Whatever Works star gets prickly

Jun 4, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you ever run into Larry David, don't bring up the Seinfeld curse. Scott Raab, who interviewed David for Esquire, learned the hard way. "It was the most absurd, silliest, stupidest thing to say that there was a curse," said the star of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Woody... More »

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entertainment • Jerry Seinfeld • Larry David • Seinfeld • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • Michael Richards • Woody Allen • Whatever Works • Jason Alexander

 Seinfeld Cast Together Again  


Mar 5, 09 5:20 PM CST
(Newser) - It's not quite a reunion of the Beatles, but maybe the TV equivalent. The Seinfeld stars—Jerry, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Michael Richards—will appear together in a series of episodes of Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm this fall, reports Entertainment Weekly'. If you're rusty on Seinfeld trivia, remember... More »

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television • HBO • Jerry Seinfeld • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld

 Curb Cranks Up for New Season 

HBO plans 10 episodes of the Emmy-nominated sitcom in 2009

Oct 23, 08 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Curb Your Enthusiasm, the longest-running show in HBO’s lineup, is returning for a seventh season next year, Variety reports. Ten episodes of the half-hour sitcom are set to begin production in December, a source says; the executive producers and air dates are still under wraps. The show, created by... More »

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television • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • sitcom

 Larry David, Curb Returning

Season 7 of Curb Your Enthusiasm coming to HBO early next year

Jul 11, 08 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Irascible Larry David will be bringing Curb Your Enthusiasm back for a seventh series, reports Reuters. New episodes of the edgy comedy are expected to air early next year, more than a year after last year's series ended in November 2007. HBO bosses says the Seinfeld creator is—you guessed... More »

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television • HBO • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • sitcom

Seinfeld Pitches New Series

Another show about nothing could be in the works at NBC

Mar 7, 08 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - A new Jerry Seinfeld series is in the works at NBC, says Page Six. The comedian, 53, is in talks with his former network about a show that’s being pitched as “just like Curb Your Enthusiasm, but with Jerry, instead of Larry.” Once again, Seinfeld will play... More »

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television • NBC • Jerry Seinfeld • Larry David • TV series

Mental Patients Benefit From Larry David Therapy

TV's finest imbodiment of social dysfunction helps cure the mentally unwell

Oct 24, 07 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - However difficult Larry David might be, don’t call him unhelpful. The comic misfit's cringe-worthy gaffes turn out to be just the tonic for schizophrenics suffering from paralyzing social anxieties. A University of North Carolina grad student noticed his stubbornly  uncommunicative patients respond well to sitcoms, especially “Curb Your... More »

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television • mental health • schizophrenia • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld

Blast of Reality in 'Curb' Split

Oct 23, 07 2:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fans who tuned in to this week's episode of Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" got an odd dose of real-life synchronicity when the writer-actor's TV wife left him, mirroring his own actual divorce. "This was all written before any of my marriage problems, but I knew when we... More »

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Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm

Larry and
Laurie Curb Their Marriage

Enthusiasm star, environmental activist split after 14 years

Jun 6, 07 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Crotchety Curb Your Enthusiasm star Larry David has split with wife Laurie, a global warming activist, after 14 years of marriage. The divorce was "very amicable," a spokeswoman said today. More »

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climate change • television • divorce • HBO • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • Laurie David • An Inconvenient Truth

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