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Film director Spike Lee, left, and comedian Billy Crystal, right, compare rings as they are honored at a superfan ceremony at the Basketball Hall of Fame, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Springfield, Mass. Lee, Crystal, actor Jack Nicholson and businessman Alan Horwitz are being added to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's James F. Goldstein SuperFan Gallery. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Crystal, Lee take their places at the Hall of Fame as basketball superfans

By Brian Mahoney - Associated Press

FILE - This Nov. 12, 2018 file photo shows Alan Zweibel at the Friars Club Entertainment Icon Award ceremony honoring Billy Crystal in New York. In nearly 50 years and counting as a writer, Zweibel has helped shape the tone of “SNL” and crafted TV and stage projects with Billy Crystal, Gilda Radner and Larry David. He details his creative collaborations in the new memoir “Laugh Lines: My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier.” (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

‘SNL’ writer’s memoir co-stars Billy Crystal, Gilda Radner

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 2, 2016 file photo, writer-director Rob Reiner poses for a portrait in New York. Reiner’s classic romantic comedy “When Harry Met Sally” kicks off the 10th annual TCM Classic Film Festival Thursday, April 11, 2019, in Hollywood. (Photo by Brian Ach/Invision/AP, File)

Q&A: Rob Reiner on ‘When Harry Met Sally’s‘ 30th anniversary

By LINDSEY BAHR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2012 file photo, Robin Williams performs at the 6th Annual Stand Up For Heroes benefit concert for injured service members and veterans in New York. A new documentary on Williams tells the late comedian's story mostly using his voice. The documentary, which includes interviews with David Letterman and Billy Crystal, premiered Monday, July 16, 2018, on HBO and is available on its streaming service, HBO Now. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Robin Williams speaks for himself in new HBO documentary

By BROOKE LEFFERTS - Associated Press

In this Feb. 6, 2018 photo, comedy writer Bruce Vilanch poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. Vilanch has made nearly two-dozen Oscar ceremonies funny and memorable. Vilanch isn't working on the Oscars airing ABC this year. Instead, he'll be watching comfortably at home. He was the subject of the 1999 documentary “Get Bruce!” about his life and work. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Oscar funnyman says play up envelope mess, not harassers

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

Billy Crystal speaks on stage during the "The Comedians" panel at the FX 2015 Winter TCA on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Billy Crystal on gay TV characters: ‘It’s just pushing it a little too far’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

This photo released by AMC shows Bryan Cranston as Walter White in "Breaking Bad," season 5. The TV show has 16 nominations for the 2014 Emmy Awards. The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards are held on Monday, August 25, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/AMC, Ursula Coyote)

‘Breaking Bad’ and Bryan Cranston win Emmy Awards

By Lynn Elber - Associated Press

FILE - This Sept. 11, 2013 file photo shows actor-comedian Billy Crystal at the Annual Charity Day hosted by Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC Partners in New York. Crystal has agreed to star in a new television series where he’s paired with Josh Gad in a story about two comics in a generational clash. The series, “The Comedians,” is set to air on the FX network in 2015. FX said on Wednesday that it had ordered 13 episodes. (Photo by Mark Von Holden/Invision/AP, File)

FX network orders comedy starring Billy Crystal

Associated Press

Mike Wazowski (above), voiced by Billy Crystal, is a striver after he hits the college campus in "Monsters University." There he meets Sully (left, center). (Disney-Pixar via Associated Press)

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Monsters University’

By Adam Mazmanian

Disney-Pixar via Associated Press

‘Monsters’ gives it the old college try

The Washington Times

Seth MacFarlane announces the nominations for the 85th Academy Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Mr. MacFarlane will host the Feb. 24 awards ceremony. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Photo) ** FILE **

Seth MacFarlane: Entertainer gets Oscar-hosting advice from old pro Billy Crystal

By Sandy Cohen - Associated Press

MacFarlane gets Oscar-hosting advice from Crystal

By SANDY COHEN - Associated Press

Billy Crystal gets a water-rifle blast from Kyle Harrison Breitkopf, playing his grandson, in “Parental Guidance.” Marisa Tomei (left) and Bette Midler are mother and grandmother, respectively, in a film full of cliches that plays like a TV sitcom stretched into feature length. Kyle and the other child actors are the film’s bright spots. (Associated Press)

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Parental Guidance’

By Adam Mazmanian - Special to The Washington Times

Review: Parental Guidance tolerable if uninspired

By MICHAEL RECHTSHAFFEN - Associated Press

`Parental Guidance’ unites Crystal, Midler

By SANDY COHEN - Associated Press

Billy Crystal to walk red carpet in N.O.

By STACEY PLAISANCE - Associated Press

Billy Crystal walks red carpet in N.O.

By STACEY PLAISANCE - Associated Press

Celebrities to attend AARP conference in N.O.

By STACEY PLAISANCE - Associated Press

Billy Crystal writing book on aging

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press