Nora Ephron's unforgettable movie scene in "When Sally Met Harry:" http://youtu.be/FZluzt3H6tk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda <no_reply@...> wrote: > > RIP > Mike Nichols profiled her > <http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/07/06/090706fa_fact_levy> . > > Oh -this crazy especially gifted New Yorker writer Nora Ephron > transcending some details! :) > > "She went to the bathroom and got a Q-tip and gently cleaned the area > around the Alt key. It popped into place. Then she pressed "U." > An umlaut danced before her eyes". > > > > Should someone's gonna say it, so it may as well be me. > Isn't the "Alt" key on a Mac actually an "Option key"? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Option_key > Nora Ephron's writing and directing was so remarkably honest, touching > and funny - One of this honest, touching and funny scene of one of many > Nora Ephron movies > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=q-NrI_TMjIo > Nora Ephron Gave Me My Dreams > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/meghan-okeefe/nora-ephron-remembrance_b_16\ > 30626.html > To-Do List: Remembering Nora Ephron; Rangel and Hatch Win > Posted by Nadine Zylberberg > <http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/nadine_zylberberg/search?contrib\ > utorName=Nadine%20Zylberberg> > Read more > http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/06/to-do-list-nora-e\ > phron-rangel-and-hatch.html#ixzz1z0ceqc6s > <http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/06/to-do-list-nora-\ > ephron-rangel-and-hatch.html#ixzz1z0ceqc6s> > Mike Nichols told me a few years ago when I profiled her > <http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/07/06/090706fa_fact_levy> . > "Nora knows what to do: I think that's the main thing about > her." > Read more > http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/06/nora-ephron-everyo\ > nes-arch-and-insightful-new-best-friend.html#ixzz1z0dzvmFJ > <http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/06/nora-ephron-every\ > ones-arch-and-insightful-new-best-friend.html#ixzz1z0dzvmFJ> > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Nora Ephron was never one of my favorite writers, but I > > can say of her something I can't say about many others -- > > she always made me laugh. Whether it was in the scripts > > of her movies or in articles for Esquire or the New Yorker > > or Huffington Post, she was a hoot. Her writing style was > > superb, and no matter how serious the subject, it almost > > always seemed to be almost-but-not-quite-concealing-a- > > smile. If you don't know her except as the author of > > "When Harry Met Sally," here are a couple of short > > pieces to hopefully make you smile as well. > > > > Her recent hilarious short parody of Stieg Larsson: > > http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2010/07/05/100705sh_shouts_ephron > > > > Nora's famous slightly longer piece on becoming an heiress: > > http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/10/11/101011fa_fact_ephron > > >
