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A Professor Was Fired for Her Politics. Is That the Future of Academia?
Maura Finkelstein is one of many scholars discovering that the traditional protections of academic freedom are no longer ...
The worst Nineties comedies ranked, from Flubber to Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Not everything can be ‘The Big Lebowski’ or ‘Clueless’, as proven by the absolute trainwrecks that passed through cinemas in ...
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Pierce Brosnan’s time with Robin Williams filming ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ was wilder than we knew
Pierce Brosnan only ever appeared with Robin Williams in one film, but the Irish actor now says he didn’t quite work with Williams. “I really never worked with Robin Williams,” Brosnan ...
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Zelda Williams chastises Eric Trump for using Robin Williams clip to further 'political agenda'
On Thursday, Eric Trump resurfaced a 2009 clip of Robin Williams mocking then-Vice President Joe Biden, who is now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee set to run against Trump in ...
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Robin Williams Made an 'Enormous Difference' by Always Hiring Homeless People on His Projects, Says Daughter Zelda
Noam Galai/Getty Robin's kindness towards the homeless has been well documented. During a Senate hearing about the Homelessness Prevention and Revitalization Act of 1990, Williams, who died in ...
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Savage ratings of Robin Williams’ joyously 90s films prove Rotten Tomatoes doesn’t always know best
Robin Williams may be a legend ... A remake of the 1961 Disney live-action film The Absent-Minded Professor, Williams got to fully embrace playing an eccentric inventor. While trying to develop ...
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Robin Williams Called Conan O’Brien After ‘Tonight Show’ Firing and Sent Him Out on a Bike Ride: ‘You’re Gonna Be Fine. Ride Around, You’ll Feel Better’
Conan O’Brien revealed to Eric Idle on a recent episode of the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) that Robin Williams cold called him after NBC fired him as ...
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6 Of The Most Iconic Appearances Of The Ford Thunderbird In Movies
Disney took the bird in Thunderbird literally for the 1997 Robin Williams comedy "Flubber ... acts as a remake of the 1961 film "The Absent-Minded Professor," it could simply be an homage ...
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Robin Williams Was First Friend at Hospital After Christopher Reeve Was Paralyzed, Says Will Reeve (Exclusive)
The son of the Superman actor opens up about the extraordinary friendship between his father and Robin Williams: "Someone should make a movie about it" Fotos International/Frank Edwards/Getty In ...
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Is Adam Sandler’s Flubber 2 real? Sequel poster explained
“I love Adam Sandler but wouldn’t be the same without Robin Williams in it and that ... Flubber was a remake of Disney’s The Absent-Minded Professor, which spawned a sequel with 1963 ...
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Smart goo ‘learns’ to play Pong video game in Flubber-style breakthrough – and it gets better over time like AI
Hydrogels are polymers that become flexible when hydrated, similar to the bouncy substance featured in the 1997 Robin Williams flick ... of Disney's The Absent-Minded ProfessorCredit: Alamy ...
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Robin Williams
The new film chronicles the life of the paralyzed star, covering his friendship with Robin Williams and gut-wrenching details about his care and family. By Melena Ryzik As the director of “Lisa ...