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PEOPLE & ARTS Friday 19 May 2017
Brooks, Reiner, Lear, Van Dyke discuss living well after 90

SANDY COHEN friends Brooks and Lear, They also talked about
AP Entertainment Writer along with 95-year-old Bet- Donald Trump, the “2000
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) ty White and 100-year-old Year Old Man” and who
— Mel Brooks made it clear Kirk Douglas. had the nicest shoes
that he was not paid to ap- All the active elders say (Brooks).
pear at the premiere of the the key is keeping yourself “Well, I have the most
new HBO documentary “If healthy and staying en- money here, except for
You’re Not in the Obit, Eat gaged with life by doing Norman,” Brooks said.
Breakfast.” what you love. The film and “Norman, you should dress
“They never pay, they nev- its subjects are vivacious better.” Among the guests
er pay,” he joked. “How and inspiring. taking in the screening at
funny I was tonight and I Van Dyke is still singing and the film academy’s head-
don’t get a penny.” dancing — onscreen in quarters in Beverly Hills
were Jim Carrey, Larry Da-
vid, Henry Winkler, Richard
Lewis and Kevin Nealon.
Mel Brooks attends the LA Premiere of “If You’re Not In The Obit, “If You’re Not in the Obit,
Eat Breakfast” at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Wednesday, Eat Breakfast” is set to de-
May 17, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. but June 5.q
Associated Press
here is a self-starter.”
The conversation was ac-
tually one of mutual admi-
ration. Reiner called Brooks
“the funniest human being
in the world” and Van Dyke
“the single most talented
man that ever lived.” Van
Dyke described his stage-
Norman Lear attends the LA Premiere of “If You’re Not In The mates as “creative giants”
Obit, Eat Breakfast” at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Wednes- and said Reiner has been
day, May 17, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. his mentor and idol since
Associated Press they met.
When Bergeron asked if
Brooks stole the show from the new “Mary Poppins,” any of the men had ever
fellow Hollywood legends in theaters next year, and considered retirement, Dick Van Dyke attends the LA Premiere of “If You’re Not In The
Carl Reiner, Dick Van off-screen with his wife, Brooks said, “I thought of Obit, Eat Breakfast” at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Wednes-
Dyke and Norman Lear, who’s more than four de- retiring Carl, but he won’t.” day, May 17, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
with whom he shared the cades his junior. His advice Associated Press
stage after the screen- is to “keep moving,” which
ing Wednesday. The four is also the title of his book
longtime friends star in the on aging published in 2015.
film, which explores what Lear is working on a reboot
makes for a vibrant, active of his 1975 series “One Day
life after age 90. Non-fa- at a Time.” Reiner said writ-
mous nonagenarians and ing every day gives his life
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