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Marta Fran Kauffman (born September 21, 1956) is an American writer and TV producer, best known as the co-creator of the popular sitcom Friends, alongside David Crane. Both Crane and Kauffman were also executive producer of the show, along with Kevin Bright. Crane and Kauffman have also produced Veronica's Closet, starring Kirstie Alley, and Jesse, starring Christina Applegate. From 2005–2006 she was an executive producer on Related. Both writers were the creators of the 1990 HBO series Dream On.
Born to a Jewish family in the Philadelphia suburbs, Kauffman attended Marple Newtown High School, located near Philadelphia, where she was a thespian and student director of the school play "Our Town" in 1974. Kauffman attended Brandeis University and received her BA in Theater in 1978. In 1984 she married Michael Skloff, who would later be the composer of the Friends theme song, and lived in Los Angeles. However Kauffman and Skloff filed for divorce in November 2015 after 31 years of marriage. Kauffman has three children: Hannah, Sam and Rose.
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Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger, November 19, 1933) is an American television and radio host, actor, voice actor and comedian whose work has been recognized with awards including two Peabodys and 10 Cable ACE Awards.
He began as a local Florida journalist and radio interviewer in the 1950s and 1960s and became prominent as an all-night national radio broadcaster starting in 1978. From 1985 to 2010, he hosted the nightly interview television program Larry King Live on CNN. He currently hosts Larry King Now on Hulu and RT America during the week, and on Thursdays he hosts Politicking with Larry King, a weekly political talk show which airs in the evening on the same two channels.
King was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Jennie (Gitlitz), a garment worker who was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, and Aaron Zeiger, a restaurant owner and defense-plant worker who was born in Kolomyia, Ukraine. Both parents were Orthodox Jews.
King was educated at Lafayette High School, a public high school in the Brooklyn area of New York City. His father died at 44 of a heart attack and his mother had to go on welfare to support her two sons. King was greatly affected by his father's death, and he lost interest in school. After graduating from high school, he worked to help support his mother and did not go to college or university. From an early age, however, he had wanted to go into radio.
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Full interview with the writers at http://emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/david-crane-and-marta-kauffman
SUBSCRIBE to Larry King's YouTube Channel:http://bit.ly/1Larry King Now | Ora.TV31HuYM 'Friends' creator Marta Kauffman sits down with Larry King to chat about her new Netflix series "Grace and Frankie," why there will never be a 'Friends' reunion and if there is discrimination against women in Hollywood. FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/OraTV &http;://www.facebook.com/LarryKing TWITTER: http://twitter.com/OraTV Use #LarryKingNow to make comments & ask us questions on Twitter! Watch the Full Interview Here: http://www.ora.tv/larrykingnow
YH sits down with Emmy-winning TV writers David Crane and Marta Kauffman in Miami to chat about one of their most successful projects, NBC's long-running and now-iconic sitcom "Friends"! Find out which one of the stars of the show made the character their own the most and which one nailed it at the first table read, plus the talented twosome clear up those ever-present reunion rumors and reveal why they stay away from Twitter!
Friends co-stars Matt LeBlanc (Episodes) and Courteney Cox (Cougar Town) present the WGAW’s Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement to Friends Co-Creators Marta Kauffman (Grace and Frankie) & David Crane (Episodes) at the 2016 Writers Guild Awards West Coast ceremony. The Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement is given to that member of the Guild who has advanced the literature of television through the years, and who has made outstanding contributions to the profession of the television writer. The Writers Guild Awards West Coast ceremony was hosted by actor-writer-comedian Patton Oswalt (Veep, Justified) on February 13, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. The Writers Guild Awards honor outstanding writing in film, te...
SUBSCRIBE to Larry King's YouTube Channel:http://bit.ly/1Larry King Now | Ora.TV31HuYM 'Grace And Frankie' showrunner Marta Kauffman tells Larry King about an offensive comment made on the set of 'Friends' FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/OraTV &http;://www.facebook.com/LarryKing TWITTER: http://twitter.com/OraTV Use #LarryKingNow to make comments & ask us questions on Twitter! Watch the Full Interview Here: http://www.ora.tv/larrykingnow
Moderator Ben Blacker (Nerdist Writers Panel) leads an intimate discussion with Marta Kauffman, as she looks back at a career which includes creating one of HBO first scripted series (Dream On), co-creating one of the highest rated (and most beloved) TV series of all time (Friends), and now the move into creating streaming content (Grace & Frankie). Visit atelevisionexperience.com for this and many more full ATX panels and Q&As; NOW! ATX TV Festival Season 5: June 9-12, 2016 www.atxfestival.com www.artsandlabor.com
Marta Kauffman is the executive producer and writer-creator behind multiple television ratings successes and award-winning series including NBC's "FRIENDS," and "THE POWERS THAT BE," HBO's "DREAM ON," and the feature documentary "Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh." She speaks with Michael S. Roth, president of Wesleyan University about life behind the scenes in a successful television comedy.
Marta Kauffman ("Friends," "Grace and Frankie") chats on Writers Guild Awards red carpet about receiving the WGA life achievement award for her work on television. Subscribe to Gold Derby's YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/subscribe_widget?p=GoldDerby GoldDerby.com offers celebrity interviews and expert predictions to track who's ahead to win the Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, "American Idol," "The Voice," "Survivor," "Amazing Race," "Dancing with the Stars" and more. Make your predictions and compete to win prizes and glory predicting all aspects of Hollywood competition. VISIT GOLDDERBY.COM http://www.goldderby.com/ FOLLOW GOLDDERBY @ TWITTER http://www.twitter.com/goldderby/ FOLLOW GOLDDERBY @ FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/goldderby MAKE YOUR PREDICTIONS AT GOLD DERBY http:/...
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SUBSCRIBE to Larry King's YouTube Channel:http://bit.ly/1Larry King Now | Ora.TV31HuYM 'Friends' creator Marta Kauffman sits down with Larry King to chat about her new Netflix series "Grace and Frankie," why there will never be a 'Friends' reunion and if there is discrimination against women in Hollywood. FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/OraTV &http;://www.facebook.com/LarryKing TWITTER: http://twitter.com/OraTV Use #LarryKingNow to make comments & ask us questions on Twitter! Watch the Full Interview Here: http://www.ora.tv/larrykingnow
Full interview with the writers at http://emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/david-crane-and-marta-kauffman
Marta Kauffman is the executive producer and writer-creator behind multiple television ratings successes and award-winning series including NBC's "FRIENDS," and "THE POWERS THAT BE," HBO's "DREAM ON," and the feature documentary "Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh." She speaks with Michael S. Roth, president of Wesleyan University about life behind the scenes in a successful television comedy.
YH sits down with Emmy-winning TV writers David Crane and Marta Kauffman in Miami to chat about one of their most successful projects, NBC's long-running and now-iconic sitcom "Friends"! Find out which one of the stars of the show made the character their own the most and which one nailed it at the first table read, plus the talented twosome clear up those ever-present reunion rumors and reveal why they stay away from Twitter!
Moderator Ben Blacker (Nerdist Writers Panel) leads an intimate discussion with Marta Kauffman, as she looks back at a career which includes creating one of HBO first scripted series (Dream On), co-creating one of the highest rated (and most beloved) TV series of all time (Friends), and now the move into creating streaming content (Grace & Frankie). Visit atelevisionexperience.com for this and many more full ATX panels and Q&As; NOW! ATX TV Festival Season 5: June 9-12, 2016 www.atxfestival.com www.artsandlabor.com
Full interview with the writers at http://emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/david-crane-and-marta-kauffman
Friends is an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which originally aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004. It lasted ten seasons and is now in syndication. It revolves around a circle of friends living in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. The original executive producers were Kevin S. Bright, Marta Kauffman, and David Crane. Kauffman and Crane began developing Friends under the title Insomnia Cafe between November and December 1993. They presented the idea to Bright, and together they pitched a seven-page treatment of the show to NBC. After several script rewrites and changes, including a second title change to Friends Like Us, the series was finally named Fr...
SUBSCRIBE to Larry King's YouTube Channel:http://bit.ly/1Larry King Now | Ora.TV31HuYM 'Grace And Frankie' showrunner Marta Kauffman tells Larry King about an offensive comment made on the set of 'Friends' FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/OraTV &http;://www.facebook.com/LarryKing TWITTER: http://twitter.com/OraTV Use #LarryKingNow to make comments & ask us questions on Twitter! Watch the Full Interview Here: http://www.ora.tv/larrykingnow
http://www.redcarpetreportv.com Mingle Media TV and our Red Carpet Report team with host, Oriana Leo, were on hand for NETFLIX's FYC Grace and Frankie Q&A;, Screening and Reception at the Pacific Design Center in Beverly Hills for members of the Television Academy. Get the Story from the Red Carpet Report Team, follow us on Twitter and Facebook at: http://twitter.com/TheRedCarpetTV https://www.facebook.com/RedCarpetReportTV http://www.youtube.com/MingleMediaTVNetwork About Grace and Frankie In “Grace and Frankie,” Jane Fonda (“Grace”) and Lily Tomlin (“Frankie”) star as two women whose lives are suddenly turned upside down when their husbands reveal they are gay and leave them for each other. Both sparring partners and partners-in-crime, they form an unlikely bond to face an...