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James L. Brooks is one of my favorite creators in the history of entertainment. The guy is a legend, and not just in movies, but in television, too. His work changed everything. He brought intelligence, dignity, and emotional honesty to the small screen at a time when TV was mostly filled with laugh tracks and clichés. You can put him right up there on the same shelf as Norman Lear , these are two men who took the medium of television and turned it into something deeper, sma

Adam Sandler , who is currently starring in the George Clooney mess Jay Kelly , is one of those guys that everybody  has an opinion about. For most people, he’s the loud, goofy, juvenile clown who made a fortune playing overgrown man-children who yell funny nonsense, punch people in the face, and fall down a lot. For others (and I’d put myself in this camp) he’s a wildly talented performer who, yes, built an empire on dumb comedies, but who’s also capable of incredible dept