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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 27: Rob Reiner attends the "This Is Spinal Tap" 35th Anniversary during the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival at the Beacon Theatre on April 27, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)

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Rob Reiner Found Dead in Apparent Homicide

Rob Reiner, who segued from starring in "All in the Family" to directing movies including "This Is Spinal Tap" and "The Princess Bride," was found dead on Sunday.

By Chris Morris

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Box Office: 'Zootopia 2' Returns to No. 1 as 'Ella McCay' Suffers One of Worst Debuts Ever for Disney With $2 Million

Disney is experiencing the highs and lows the box office has to offer.

By Rebecca Rubin

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 25: (EDITORS NOTE: The jacket in this image has been retouched) Rob Reiner attends the screening of "Misery" during the 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 25, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for TCM)

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Rob Reiner Mourned by Hollywood’s Stunned A-List: ‘We Lost One of the Few Good Men’

Across Hollywood and beyond, celebrities and fans are paying tribute to director and actor Rob Reiner, who was found dead along with his wife Michele on Sunday in their…

By Pat Saperstein

US director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner attend the Human Rights Campaign's 2025 LA Dinner at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, March 22, 2025. (Photo by Michael Tran / AFP) (Photo by MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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LAPD Investigates Deaths of Rob Reiner and Wife: 'No One Has Been Detained'

Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead at their Brentwood home on Sunday in an apparent homicide, Variety has confirmed. “It is with…

By Brent Lang, Gene Maddaus

‘Landman’ Slams ‘The View’: Taylor Sheridan Script Mocks Hosts That ‘Hate Millionaires and Trump and Men and You and Me’

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains light spoilers from Season 2, Episode 5 of “Landman,” “The Pirate Dinner,” which premiered Sunday, Dec. 14, on Paramount+. During…

By William Earl

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY..., Billy Crystal, Director Rob Reiner, Meg Ryan, 1989. (c) Columbia Pictures/ Courtesy: Everett Collection.

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Rob Reiner Remembered

One of Hollywood's great comic voices meets a tragic end.

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