The person who should really write an appreciation of the late great Dom DeLuise is Burt Reynolds, who, even more than Mel Brooks, made of the jolly, beanie wearing fat man a side-kick and a legend. Rich Cohen appreciationbeaniebrook Change image and share on social
When a movie star sits and talks to you, it's almost always, and only, because she's promoting something. Rich Cohen moviepromotesit Change image and share on social
The fact is Jerry Weintraub, the handsome, bearish movie producer, the man with the long career, who worked with Arthur Godfrey and Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra and George Clooney, is a great storyteller - he's this as much as he's anything else. He takes time telling stories, too. Rich Cohen arthurbearishcareer share on social
Some women can't stand being pregnant, getting big and bloated, and hauling around a giant stomach, and some women, for reasons probably understood by Darwin, love it. Rich Cohen bigbloatdarwin Change image and share on social
If you are money, then, when you die, you will be spent. Rich Cohen diemoneyspend Change image and share on social
Writing a nonfiction story is like cracking a safe. It seems impossible at the beginning, but once you're in, you're in. Rich Cohen begincrackimpossible Change image and share on social
It's a challenge, writing about actors, especially a good actor, because you can't always tell when they're being honest and when they're pretending - that is, when they're acting. The really good ones don't always seem to know themselves. Rich Cohen actactorchallenge share on social
The Toothbrush mustache was first introduced in Germany by Americans, who turned up with it at the end of the 19th century the way Americans would turn up with ducktails in the 1950s. It was a bit of modern efficiency, an answer to the ornate mustaches of Europe - pop effluvia that fell into the grip of a bad, bad man. Rich Cohen 1950s19thamerican share on social
With George Clooney, the distinctive quality is a unique kind of American phoniness - charming because it's aware of itself as phony. It's as old as old Huck Finn, but, in our age, it has migrated from the fringes to the center. Rich Cohen ageamericanaware share on social
When facing terrorism, especially in the wake of awful events, there is a tendency to despair, to see in the battle a problem without a solution. Rich Cohen awfulbattledespair Change image and share on social