On Thursday, the world lost a brilliant director, comedian, writer, producer, and EGOT-acclaimed talent when Mike Nichols passed. He did a lot of really important iconic film work, like The Graduate, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? So how about let
Mike Nichols REUTERS/Mike TheilerDirector Mike Nichols, left, with his wife, TV News anchor Diane Sawyer, on the red carpet as they arrive at the US State Department for a gala dinner for the 2011 Kennedy Center
Journalist Diane Sawyer and director Mike Nichols arrive at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring Nichols on June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif. Nichols died Wednesday at the age of 83. Chris Pizzello/AP hide
The closest I ever got to Mike Nichols was in a Los Angeles living room when I was maybe five years old. My parents had an old comedy record by Nichols and May —May being Elaine May, the actress, writer and director in her own right, who partnered
There are just a few words in the last four minutes of Mike Nichols' 1967 film, The Graduate. "Elaine! Ben! It's too late! Not for me" A lot of directors would have ended the film on the two young lovers in the back of the bus, giddy, giggly and on