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Actress Beth Howland, who played Vera on 'Alice,' dies at 74

Edit Times Union 26 May 2016
(AP) — Beth Howland, the actress best known for her role as a ditzy waitress on the 1970s and '80s CBS sitcom "Alice," has died ... Small roles on "The Love Boat" and "Little House on the Prairie" followed and a major break came when she was cast as Vera Louise Gorman on "Alice," a comedy set in an Arizona greasy spoon diner based on the 1974 Martin Scorsese film, "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore."....

Resisting the rom-com label: The stars and co-writer say ‘How to Be Single’ is so much more

Edit Stars and Stripes 14 Feb 2016
Yes, it’s a comedy ... But don’t call the new film “How to Be Single,” which opened Friday in time for Valentine’s Day, a romantic comedy (or its familiar abbreviation, a rom-com) ... It’s a comedy about what it means to be single in a very weird time to be single.” ... “How to Be Single” centers on a new college graduate named Alice (Johnson) who breaks off her four-year relationship to explore what life has to offer in New York City....

Resisting the rom-com label: The stars and co-writer of ‘How to Be Single’ say the film is so much more

Edit The Oklahoman 12 Feb 2016
Yes, it’s a comedy ... But don’t call the new film “How to Be Single,” which opened Friday in time for Valentine’s Day, a romantic comedy (or its familiar abbreviation, a rom-com) ... It’s a comedy about what it means to be single in a very weird time to be single.” ... “How to Be Single” centers on a new college graduate named Alice (Johnson) who breaks off her four-year relationship to explore what life has to offer in New York City....

Julianne Moore takes pains to portray early Alzheimer's

Edit Reuters 14 Dec 2014
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Early in the film "Still Alice," the Columbia University professor played by Julianne Moore is the picture of health taking a jog through campus, until she realizes she is completely lost ... Last week, she earned a Golden Globe nomination for best actress in a drama for "Still Alice" and another for comedy or musical with "Maps to the Stars," a rare double feat....

‘Over the Garden Wall’ miniseries defies categorization

Edit Detroit news 02 Nov 2014
“And also from Disney’s early ‘Alice’ shorts.”. Dore was a 19th century French illustrator, most famous for his wood-engraved illustrations for “The Divine Comedy,” “Paradise Lost” and “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” Walt Disney’s “Alice” comedies were live action-animation hybrid shorts the animator created in the 1920s before he found fame with Mickey Mouse....

'Over the Garden Wall' gets lost in creator's imagination

Edit The Miami Herald 08 Oct 2014
"It's a comedy, but first and foremost, it's trying to be an experience for the audience," McHale said during a recent phone interview ... "And also from Disney's early 'Alice' shorts." ... Walt Disney's "Alice" comedies were live action-animation hybrid shorts the animator created in the 1920s before he found fame with Mickey Mouse....

'Drunk History' recap: The movie that no one will let you see

Edit Entertainment Weekly 06 Aug 2014
Season 2 . Episode 6 . “Hollywood” . Aired Aug 5, 2014 Related. 'Drunk History' recap ... 1 ... Iwerks had an idea for putting live-action people into animated frames, so he and Disney created a series of shorts called Alice Comedies. Disney took the comedies to the head of Universal Animation, Charles Mintz (Derek Waters), who hired Iwerks and Disney to work with him ... Drunk History, rated TV-14, airs Tuesdays at 10/9C on Comedy Central....

D23 Celebrates 23 Issues of 'Disney twenty-three' with an Around-the-World Adventure (The Walt Disney Company)

Edit noodls 29 Jul 2014
(Source. The Walt Disney Company). To celebrate 23 issues of its collectible publication, Disney twenty-three, D23. The Official Disney Fan Club circles the planet to experience Disney's worlds from Europe, South America, and Asia to the fantastical fictional realms of San Fransokyo and Once Upon a Time's Enchanted Forest ... Disney with Margie Gay of the Alice Comedies shorts series, courtesy of images of D23 Members from around the globe....

These Six Companies That Started In Garages Are Now Worth More Than $25 Billion

Edit Business Insider 24 Jul 2014
The garage where Hewlett-Packard was founded. All of these renowned companies have proven that success truly depends on determination, faith, and hard work ... Yes, the world's most famous search engine, "Google" was actually started in a garage ... Every computer user knows the Microsoft brand ... They started their career by creating "Alice Comedies," which was actually a part of the original Alice in Wonderland animation series ... Copyright 2014....

Pal Mazursky dead: Five-time Oscar nominated director dies age 84

Edit The Independent 02 Jul 2014
The Hollywood great, best known for his films Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Harry and Tonto and An Unmarried Woman, passed away as a result of pulmonary cardiac arrest on Monday, according to family spokeswoman Nancy Willen ... His screenwriting debut came in 1969 with Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, a comedy about young couples and ‘wife swapping’ which received four Academy Award nominations ... ....

Paul Mazursky dead: Five-time Oscar nominated director dies age 84

Edit The Independent 02 Jul 2014
The Hollywood great, best known for his films Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Harry and Tonto and An Unmarried Woman, passed away as a result of pulmonary cardiac arrest on Monday, according to family spokeswoman Nancy Willen ... His screenwriting debut came in 1969 with Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, a comedy about young couples and ‘wife swapping’ which received four Academy Award nominations ... Notable deaths in 2014 ... ....

Mickey Rooney tries to slip in a Mickey

Edit Chicago Sun-Times 07 Apr 2014
Updated. April 7, 2014 9.52AM. Editor’s note. This interview originally was published Oct. 31, 1999 ... “When I was five years old,” he said. “I went to Walt Disney’s office for lunch ... ... For another, Walt Disney came up with the idea and the name for the mouse while he was taking a train home after learning his first cartoon series, Alice Comedies, had been canceled ... Email ... Twitter....

'Partridge Family' Actor Dave Madden Dies at 83

Edit IMDb 16 Jan 2014
... Alice, has died, according to TMZ ... In 1978, he joined the cast of cast of Alice, a comedy set in a diner starring Linda Lavin....
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