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  1. www.britannica.com › biography › Nora-EphronNora Ephron | Biography, Books, Plays, Movies, & Facts

    May 3, 2024 · Nora Ephron (born May 19, 1941, New York City, New York, U.S.—died June 26, 2012, New York City) was an American author, playwright, screenwriter, and film director who was known for creating romantic comedies that feature biting wit and strong female characters. Ephron was the eldest daughter of Hollywood screenwriters Henry and Phoebe ...

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      Karen Silkwood (born February 19, 1946, Longview, Texas,...

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    May 2, 2024 · O'Donnell credits Ephron's son Jacob Bernstein with helping her secure the role, as he was a fan of her friend Madonna, with whom the comedian had also starred in A League of Their Own. Inspired by Whoopie Goldberg 's Academy Award-winning performance in Ghost (1990), Ephron felt hiring a comedian in a funny supporting role would similarly ...

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    3 days ago · 'Nora Ephron at the Movies' by Ilana Kaplan. Abrams. Think of Nora Ephron as the fairy godmother of modern-day rom-coms. After years of a genre lying in wait, she waved her magic wand and penned ...

  5. www.theguardian.com › film › articleFrom meet-cute to marriage breakdown: Streep and Nicholson ...

    4 days ago · She wasn’t actually invoking Nora Ephron’s autobiographical novel Heartburn or its film adaptation when offering this advice but both encapsulate it to a T. Ephron, who died in 2012, is mostly ...

  6. www.bbc.com › culture › articleSappho to Taylor Swift: The 2,600-year-old history of ... - BBC

    Apr 22, 2024 · The novel was inspired by her former-husband Carl Bernstein's affair with the "unbelievably tall" wife of a British diplomat, while Ephron was heavily pregnant with their second child.

  7. www.inkl.com › news › from-meet-cute-to-marriageFrom meet-cute to marriage breakdown: Streep and… - inkl

    5 days ago · Watch on. Ephron’s 1986 film adaptation, directed by Mike Nichols, stars Meryl Streep as Rachel and Jack Nicholson as Mark (Mandy Patinkin was the original Mark but apparently there wasn’t enough chemistry between them). It also features Jeff Daniels, Stockard Channing and Catherine O’Hara; Kevin Spacey and a young Natasha Lyonne make ...

  8. chalhoublive.com › article › 12-delicious-throwbacks12 Delicious Throwbacks From Nora Ephron's Recipe Collection ...

    Apr 25, 2024 · Nora Ephron managed to sum up the relationship between human emotion and food in one tidy paragraph:Nothing like mashed potatoes when you're feeling blue. Nothing like getting into bed with a bowl of hot mashed potatoes already loaded with butter, and methodically adding a thin cold slice of butter...