Writer and Filmmaker With a Genius for Humor  —  Nora Ephron, an essayist and humorist in the Dorothy Parker mold (only smarter and funnier, some said) who became one of her era's most successful screenwriters and filmmakers, making romantic comedy hits like “Sleepless in Seattle” and …

Liz Smith on Nora Ephron  —  I am sitting here with an open box of mail from and to Nora Ephron between the years of the early 60s and a month ago.  It should be crammed but I realize from reading my own answers to Nora that there is a plethora of her witty responses.

Nora Ephron Remembered by Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks  —  From left: Justin Timberlake, Nora Ephron and Meryl Streep  —  A true trailblazer, Nora Ephron leaves behind a legacy of always knowing the right (and wittiest) thing to say.  She was “an expert in all the departments of living well,” …

Nora Ephron, prolific author and screenwriter, dies at age 71  —  View Photo Gallery — Nora Ephron dies: Ephron, who emerged over the past four decades as one of America's warmest and most acute chroniclers of contemporary culture and society, has died.  She was 71.

‘Today’ to lose Natalie too?  —  Could “Today” veteran and news reader Natalie Morales be the next to leave the NBC morning show?  —  Sources tell us “Today” will announce the long-rumored departure of its co-host Ann Curry by the end of the week, and that the show's third-hour co-host Savannah Guthrie …

‘Hunger Games’ Star Jennifer Lawrence — 911 Emergency on My Front Lawn  —  911 EMERGENCY  —  On My Front Lawn  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  Frightening moment for “Hunger Games” star Jennifer Lawrence yesterday — when an underage girl collapsed on the front lawn of her L.A. apartment complex.