ARTS&LIFE
NATE BLOOM COLUMNIST
A KING; A QUEEN; YOUNG LEVINSON & LEVY SHINE Of course, you’ve heard that Larry King died last week at age 87. I saw King in the ’80s before he became really famous. I chanced to learn that he was doing a free, live radio show in San Francisco, a block away from where I then lived. So I sauntered over. He looked worse then, at about 53, than he looked at 73. During every ad break, he’d creep up the wide ramp on the side of the audience seats. His back was hunched over, and he smoked a cigarette as he walked. Not long after, he had a massive heart attack and he learned his lesson. He took care of himself and lived another 34 years. King worked (and worked) and always seemed upbeat despite a rough childhood; an arrest for larceny in 1971 (he was acquitted); seven failed marriages and the premature deaths of the two oldest of his five children. Maybe the miracle of his unexpected stardom and decades of good health sustained his spirits. A new version of the ’80s TV series The Equalizer starts on CBS on Feb. 7 (8:30 p.m.). Queen Latifah stars as Robyn McCall, an enigmatic woman with a mysterious background who uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn. Adam Goldberg, 50, is a main cast member. He’s best known as the star of the Hebrew Hammer movies and as the Jewish army soldier who tragically dies in a one-on-one fight with a Nazi soldier near the end of Saving Private Ryan. The original Netflix film, Malcolm & Marie, begins
Larry King during an interview with Ross Perot in 1993.
streaming on Feb. 5. It’s a two-character movie, made during the pandemic, with a very small crew. The brief official description: When filmmaker Malcolm (John David Washington) and his girlfriend Marie (Zendaya) return home from a movie premiere and await his film’s critical response, the evening takes a turn as revelations about their relationships begin to surface, testing the couple’s love. For more details, see the long Variety review online. Variety gave it an “all-rave” review, as did other many outlets. (Oscar noms seem a certainty). All this praise included Sam Levinson, 36, the film’s director and writer. He is best known as the creator and “showrunner” of the American version of Euphoria on HBO (which stars Zendaya and was based on an Israeli series). Sam is the son of Oscar-winning (Rain Man) director Barry Levinson, 77. Dan Levy, 37, will be the guest host of Saturday Night Live on Feb. 6. Levy won four 2020 Emmys: for his acting in the series Schitts’ Creek, for writing a Creek episode, for directing an episode and as a co-producer of the series, which won the best comedy series Emmy. The last award he shared with his father, Creek star and co-producer Eugene Levy, 74.
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