Lainie Kazan

Hofstra-educated singer/actress Lainie Kazan became a celebrity by indirection. In 1964, Kazan was engaged to understudy Barbra Streisand in the Broadway production of Funny Girl; the disappointed boo...
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05/14/1940
Brooklyn, NY
  • Fascinating fact:
    By: WENN.com Source October 03, 2009 5:15am EST
    HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL star OLESYA RULIN is to play GENE SIMMONS' pregnant teen daughter in new festive film The Christmas Movie. The all-star cast also features Elliott Gould, Linda Gray, Lainie Kazan, Cloris Leachman and Cybill Shepherd.
  • What's Cooking? Review
    By: Ellen Kim November 04, 2008 12:48pm EST
    Four families observe the American tradition of driving each other nuts on Thanksgiving with generous portions of holiday drama on the menu.
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    By: Kit Bowen June 06, 2008 6:01am EST
    For all of Adam Sandler’s juvenile comedies, You Don't Mess with the Zohan ranks up there and should please those Sandler-ites out there.
  • Bratz Review
    By: Kit Bowen August 03, 2007 5:36am EST
    The derivative Bratz is a great big pink marshmallow of a movie, aimed at one demographic only: tween girls into fashion and lip gloss. Anyone else, enter at your own risk.
  • Gigli Review
    By: Kit Bowen August 01, 2003 9:25am EST
    Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez may be one of Hollywood's hottest real-life couples but on screen, they lack conviction. Gigli is a traffic accident you can't keep your eyes off of. If you have a taste for morbid curiosity, go see it.
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    By: Kit Bowen September 19, 2002 9:58am EST
    My Big Fat Greek Wedding will be turned into a TV series on CBS. Starring Nia Vardalos
  • Box Office Analysis: Aug. 4
    By: Kit Bowen August 13, 2002 6:07am EST
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  • My Big Fat Greek Wedding Review
    By: Guylaine Cadorette July 31, 2002 2:39pm EST
    My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a funny and down-to-earth look at one woman's attempt at preserving her Greek Orthodox family's traditional values while carving out a future for herself and discovering her individuality