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The comedy Book Club
opens on Friday, May
18. Here’s the basic
plot: Diane (Diane
Keaton, 72) is recently
widowed after 40
years of marriage. Her
daughter, Jill, is played
by Alicia Silverstone,
41. (This is Silverstone’s
first major studio film in
12 years.)
Diane’s best friends
are Sharon (Candice
Bergen, 71), a judge
who is still upset
about her decades-ago
divorce; Carol (Mary
Steenburgen, 65), who
is in a slump in her mar-
riage; and Vivian (Jane
Fonda, 80), who enjoys
no-strings relationships
with men. The action
gets rolling when they
decide to spice up their
dull book club by read-
ing Fifty Shades of Grey.
The book’s main
“theme” prompts Carol
to try and get her hus-
band to embrace some
of the “tie-me-up” kinky
stuff in the book. The
best-seller’s steamy
content convinces
Sharon and Diane to
jump in the dating pool.
They start seeing guys
played, respectively,
by Richard Dreyfuss,
70, and Andy Garcia,
62. Meanwhile, Vivian
starts seeing an old
high-school flame played
by Don Johnson, 68.
Don’s real-life daughter,
Dakota, co-starred in the
Fifty Shades films, and I
suspect there will be a
sly reference to that fact
in Book Club.

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able young children.
Kravitz is a film pro-
ducer and a former
top record promotion
executive.
She is the perfect
wife for Gilbert — a
miracle really — she’s
smart, funny, nurtur-
ing and tolerant of
his huge quirks and
neuroses. She laughs
at stuff that would
turn off many other
women. Gilbert’s wife
and kids clearly adore
him and just seem to
accept his quirks and
his absences due to
frequent road trips.
The unexpected twists
continue as we see
how kind Gilbert is
to his sisters (lots of
home movie stuff) and
how they, too, adore
him. Forget whether
you like his comedy
— this is a great and
oddly heartwarming
Jewish family story.

GOTTFRIED — WHO KNEW?

Reasonable people can differ on whether
they like the usually dirty stand-up
humor of Gilbert Gottfried, 63.
However, I was charmed and touched
by the documentary film about his life,
Gilbert, which was released in 2017 and
is now streaming on Hulu. He wed his
girlfriend of 10 years, Dara Kravitz, now
48, in 2007, and they now have two lov-

The Orthodox Zayat
family had a horse,
Solomini, in this year’s
Kentucky Derby.
Owned by Egyptian-
born Ahmed Zayat,
76, he had a big win
going into the race,
but he drew a poor
start position and
finished 10th. In 2015,
the Zayats’ horse,
American Pharoah,
was the first horse
in 37 years to win
the Triple Crown. As
I write this, I don’t
know if Solomini will
run in the Preakness
Stakes (May 18), the
second leg of the
Triple Crown. Solomini is named after
Solomon, a toddler in the extended
Zayat family.
Former MGM CEO Gary Barber, 60, had
a better day with his filly Wonder Gadot
(named after — well, you know). Wonder
Gadot finished a surprising second in the
Kentucky Oaks, the “Derby” for fillies. The
Oaks is held at Churchill Downs the day
before the Derby. •

