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Photo: Bruce Glikas/Getty Billy Crystalis no stranger to a curtain call, the seasoned stand-up having performed on stages across the country for decades now. But taking the stage at New York City’s Nederlander Theatre last month for the opening ofMr. Saturday Night— the musical adaption of his 1992 film of the same name — held extra special meaning for Crystal. It was the first time his four grandchildren had seen him do the role on Broadway....

Billy Crystal and Robin Williams.Photo:Paul Morigi/Getty; Ethan Miller/GettyBilly CrystalhadRobin Williamson his mind at the46th Kennedy Center Honors.As Crystal, 75, spoke to reporters on the red carpet ahead of Sunday night’s event in Washington, D.C., he recalled that his late friend Williams, whodied in 2014at age 63, also participated in Crystal’s 2007Mark Twain Prizefor Humor ceremony at the city’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.“That was awesome, and all my friends were there,” Crystal recalled of that event....

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Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images The actor, 75, chatted with PEOPLE at the screening of the Yogi Berra documentaryIt Ain’t Overat the Hard Rock Hotel New York on Wednesday night, where he reacted to longtime friend and former costar De Niro, 79,welcoming his seventh child. Noting that De Niro and girlfriendTiffany Chen"just love each other, and they want to do this together," he added, “I think it’s a beautiful thing. It’s wonderful....

Billy Crystalis weighing in onWill SmithstrikingChris Rockat the 94thAcademy Awardslast month. While on CNN+‘sWho’s Talking to Chris Wallace,Crystal first said Rock’s joke “wasn’t a great” one, adding, “Why go after her? I thought it was misplaced.” “I love Chris and we’re friends and I so respect him. I just thought it was wrong,” the actor and comedian continued. Al Seib /A.M.P.A.S. via Getty; Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic; Jason Merritt/Getty He added that he was watchingthe Oscarslive and shared his initial reaction, calling Smith’s move a “crime....

Photo: Vivien Killilea/Getty Images Billy Crystalis heading back to the stage. The comedian, 73, is returning to Broadway to star in an musical adaptation of his 1992 comedy,Mr. Saturday Night,The New York Timesreports. Crystal will reprise his role as Buddy Young Jr., a comedian who is on the top of his game until his career takes a hit. Crystal starred in the original film and also directed, produced and co-wrote the movie....

Actress and directorPenny Marshalldied on Mondayat age 75 of complications from diabetes. Her death comes just over two years after her older brother, director Garry,died at 81. In her nearly six decades in Hollywood, Marshall starred in perennial favoritesLaverne & Shirley,Mork & Mindy,The Odd CoupleandHappy Days. She also directedA League of Their Own,Riding in Cars with BoysandBig, and touched the lives of countless actors, directors, producers and other behind the scene personnel, whoexpressed their sadnessfor Marshall’s loss after the news broke on Tuesday....

Billy Crystal.Photo: Vincent Sandoval/Getty ImagesBilly Crystalmay have hosted theAcademy Awardsnine times during his career, but he wasn’t exactly glued to his television for this year’s show.During an interview with theNew York Post, published Thursday, the 73-year-old actor and comedian was asked whether he tuned in tothe Oscarson April 25.“Were they on?” Crystal quipped, before going on to say he’d “rather talk about” his new movieHere Today, which he directed and costars in alongsideTiffany Haddish....

Billy Dee Williams, 86, is a legendary actor and perennial heartthrob. He’s also the first to admit monogamy has never been his strong suit.TheStar Wars: Empire Strikes Backalum opens up like never before in his new memoirWhat Have We Here?: Portraits of A Life, set to be released Feb. 13. In this week’s issue, he tells PEOPLE all about his many exploits as a lifelong ladies' man.Since he was a boy, Williams has been something of a romantic....

Billy Dee Williams with Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford.Photo:Lucasfilm/Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock Lucasfilm/Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock When it comes to fandoms likeStar Wars, not even Hollywood’s most beloved stars are safe from backlash if their characters behave in nefarious ways. ActorBilly Dee Williams, 86, knows that all too well. He recalls running afoul of fans in his new memoir,What Have We Here?, out Feb. 13 from Knopf. His role asLando CalrissianinStar Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Backhad such an impact on Williams, he named his book after a related experience....

His remarks were reported as Williams identifying as gender fluid, but he revealed toThe Undefeated,in an interviewpublished on Wednesday, that he had no clue what the term meant. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Williams continued, “But he coined a phrase that’s ‘Anima animus.’ And anima means that is the female counterpart of the male self and the animus is the male counterpart of the female.” Sexual orientation is not the same as gender fluidity....

Billy Dee Williams and Marlon Brando.Photo:Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty; Herbert Dorfman/Corbis/Getty Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty; Herbert Dorfman/Corbis/Getty Legendary actorBilly Dee Williamsknows what it means to be in demand, onscreen and off. TheStar Warsalum is getting candid in his new memoirWhat Have We Here?: Portraits of A Life, out Feb. 13. And from being a talented painter to a Hollywood heartthrob, he breaks down the lesser known details of his life in this week’s issue of PEOPLE....