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...Maurice Raymond Greenberg was born in New York City on May 4, 1925, the son of a cabdriver. His obsessive desire to reach the top and stay there may be rooted in a once-poor kid's inferiority complex. His father died in a car accident when he was only 6. His mother, a manicurist, remarried and moved to a dairy farm near the Catskill Mountains of New York. On the farm, he had daily chores that included milking the cows twice a day. Greenberg soon proved his talents and his competitive drive. He was a starting football player...
...know what that means. There are any number of people who write better in a conventional sort of way. To tell you the truth, I don't read much in my field. I didn't learn anything from Raymond Chandler or the other guy, Dashiell Hammett. I've never done that first-person private-eye thing...
...House) or Ben Affleck (Paycheck)--appear heroic by comparison. Giamatti finally got the chance to move to the middle of the screen in 2003's American Splendor and 2004's Sideways, and he infused comic-book-writing depressive Harvey Pekar and wine-loving, self-hating failed novelist Miles Raymond with such prickly, ordinary humanity that he was naturally overlooked when it came time for Academy Award nominations. Still, the performances were inspirational. "It's my hope that we're getting into an era where the value of a film is based on its proximity to real life rather than...
...shock of Giamatti's good humor is ultimately a testament to his performances. Harvey Pekar and Miles Raymond ennobled themselves by overcoming their bitterness; Giamatti, who lives with his wife and 4-year-old son in Brooklyn, N.Y., has none to overcome. "We were out once," says Pulcini, "and he ordered a Chianti, and he was really surprised when it came. He thought it was going to be white. I mean, he knows nothing about wine. You forget it was just a performance." Great actors can do that...
With Everybody Loves Raymond Raymond sleeping the sweet sleep of syndication, and many untested successors in line for the fall, the networks wonder: Can anyone save the TV comedy? Here's good news: somebody already has-saved it on DVD, anyway. Whether skit or serial, classic or cult, hour-long or animated, this diverse batch of comedies proves there's more than one way to get a laugh...