James L. Brooks, the Empowered Women’s Man Behind ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show,’ ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Ella McCay,’ Gets Star on the Walk of Fame

James L. Brooks had his first encounter with showbiz royalty as a student journalist at Weehawken High School in New Jersey ...

Woody Harrelson and Wife Laura Louie Make Rare Public Appearance Together at James L. Brooks' Walk of Fame Ceremony

Woody Harrelson and wife Laura Louie had a rare public outing together as they attended 'Ella McCay' director James L. Brooks ...

She’d like to change the world, but the script of ‘Ella McCay’ is running against her

Writer-director James L. Brooks all but invented a warm, urbane way of telling complex women's stories, but his first movie ...

Albert Brooks Laments How Comedy Has Been “Relegated to Streaming”: “It’s Always Been Treated Second Class”

He reteams with James L. Brooks for a rare in-theaters comedy with 'Ella McCay,' also starring Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis ...
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The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

Side! Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they ...

Critics have seen Ella McCay, and they think the political drama should come with a sugar-content warning

David Rooney of THR says he possibly speaks for most critics when he acknowledges how painful it is to lambaste the work of ...

Critics flunk ‘Ella McCay’: James L. Brooks’ comeback called ‘borderline-abysmal,’ ‘stale sitcom fodder,’ and a ‘trainwreck’

After 15 years away from the big screen, the director's political dramedy is getting hammered by critics, who call it dated, ...