Super Bowl commercials 2025: When Sally met Hellman's to Seal being kissed from a lime – video
A slew of high-budget commercials help keep those who aren't just there for the sport entertained
January 2025
‘We will be OK’: Lady Gaga and Billie Eilish among headliners for LA wildfire benefit concert
Music A-listers from Dr Dre to Olivia Rodrigo perform at fundraising extravaganza FireAid at neighboring LA arenas
LA wildfires: key things to know about the blazes so far
What began as a wildfire in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday has expanded to five fires still burning fiercely on Thursday
Billy Crystal, Paris Hilton and Eugene Levy among celebrities to lose homes in California fires
Crystal ‘heartbroken’ after losing family home of 46 years in historic fires that have killed five and destroyed more than 1,100 buildings
October 2024
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: The Franchise; Trump: The Criminal Conspiracy Case; Before; Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band – review
TV review
Before review – Billy Crystal’s move into horror is brilliant
The watcher
Before: want to watch Billy Crystal show objects to a spooky child? You’ll love this creepy drama
The seven best shows to stream this week
Before to Doctor Odyssey: the seven best shows to stream this week
December 2023
‘You’re only 75’: Billy Crystal receives Kennedy Center honor amid Biden age jokes
Crystal lauded alongside Dionne Warwick, Barry Gibb, Queen Latifah and Renée Fleming at annual ceremony
February 2023
The best theatre to stream this month
The best theatre to stream this month: The Boy With Two Hearts, Punchdrunk and more
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Billy Crystal’s musical about a fading comedian, a female Faustus and a revival of Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate
December 2022
Mr Saturday Night: A New Musical Comedy review – Billy Crystal’s still got it
Musical about an ageing TV star trying to revive his career has a slow-burn power that brings serious drama to the zinging comedy
September 2021
Here Today review – Billy Crystal’s disingenuous dementia romcom
Here Today review – Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish smile through tears in dementia dramedy
August 2021
Flip the script: how Here Today defies the grim fate for screenwriters on film
Unlike in Adaptation or The Player, the new Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish comedy presents its main character’s job as a glorious career peak
February 2019
The nine Oscars hosts who gave the most
In the ninth decade of the awards, we look back on its greatest masters of ceremonies
July 2018
Come Inside My Mind: star-studded documentary honors Robin Williams
Director Marina Zenovich talks about translating Williams’ comedy to the screen, his inner demons, and what compels her about complicated men
June 2018
Big stars, little interest: when movie heavyweights fizzle on TV
Kevin Costner’s big budget soap Yellowstone has been savaged by critics and he’s not the only A-lister who has struggled on the small screen
December 2015
What you should watch this week
Why When Harry Met Sally is the one film you should watch this week – video review
When Harry Met Sally … review – the re-invention of the romcom
April 2015
Brian Moylan's having an episode
The Comedians on FX: a self-satisfied sham that just isn't funny
Billy Crystal and Josh Gad star in an ill-conceived new mockumentary that somehow leaves out the crucial ingredient: laughs
