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“Ghostbusters” alumni Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts and director Ivan Reitman reconnected for the latest installment of Josh Gad’s quarantine YouTube series “Reunited Apart.” Reitman’s son Jason — who is directing the upcoming sequel “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” — also joined the laid-back Zoom call, along with Gad’s fellow super-fan Kumail Nanjiani, …

Despite the heights that Issa Rae’s beloved “Insecure” has launched her to — the show was just renewed for a fifth season —  she doesn’t think like she’s “arrived” yet. “I still feel like I constantly have to prove myself,” Rae, 35, told Page Six. “I don’t feel like I’ve ‘made it,’ because the goalposts …

One plus one can occasionally equal too much. A prime example is the new Netflix chase-comedy “The Lovebirds,” starring Hollywood darlings Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani as a pair on the run from the law — and a killer. Likable though they are, their distinct comedic personalities don’t gel at all. Rae, a fun-loving everywoman, …

If you haven’t seen their story in the Oscar-nominated autobiographical dramedy “The Big Sick” (and what better time than now to seek it out on Amazon?), writer Emily V. Gordon and comedian Kumail Nanjiani are a couple who got married following the most extreme of adverse circumstances. During their early dating days, she became seriously …

Arts festivals can be truly life-changing. They can also be ripe for mockery, which is what occurred to comedian Eugene Mirman and his friends back in 2008. Their good-natured satire, the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, surprised them by becoming the real deal, selling out shows and running for a decade. “It Started as a Joke,” …