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AT THE MOVIES 
The first Captain Marvel comic book 
appeared in 1977. It was written and 
drawn by the team of Roy 
Thomas and Gene Tolan 
(1926-2011). The comic 
was unusual because 
the title character was a 
then-rare female superhero. 
Set in 1995, the first 
live-action Captain Marvel 
film, opening March 8, 
follows Carol Danvers (Brie 
Larson), a former U.S. Air 
Force fighter pilot, as she 
turns into one of the galaxy’
s 
mightiest heroes and joins 
an elite military team called 
Starforce. The film’
s climax 
comes when Earth is caught 
in the middle of a conflict 
between two alien worlds. 
Co-stars include Samuel L. 
Jackson and Jude Law. 
The story the movie was 
based on was co-written by 
Nicole Perlman, 37 (Guard-
ians of the Galaxy). The film 
was co-directed by Anna 
Boden and Ryan Fleck, 
both 42. Boden and Fleck 
also wrote the screenplay, 
along with two other writers. 
This is the first big-budget 
film for the pair, who have 
long been professional and 
romantic partners. Marvel 
was reportedly impressed 
with their ability to tell char-
acter-driven stories, whether 
in their own indie films or in 
their TV series work, which 
was more commercial.

THE SMALL SCREEN 
Whiskey Cavalier pre-
miered on ABC on Feb. 
28 (10 p.m.). To quote the 
Hollywood Reporter: “[It’
s] a 
romantic action-dramedy in 
which a pair of pretty people 
bicker and flirt and fight 
international crime.” Scott 
Foley plays FBI agent Will 
Chase (code name: Whiskey Cavalier) 
who is assigned to work with CIA agent 
Francesca Trowbridge (Lauren Cohan, 

37). Together, they lead a team of spies 
who do heroic things while also dealing 
with romance and office politics. 
Cohan is best known as Maggie 
Green on The Walking Dead. Her par-
ents weren’
t Jewish when she was 
born. Her Scottish mother returned to 
the U.K. after she split up 
with Lauren’
s American 
dad. Lauren was then a 
toddler. In England, her 
mother remarried a Jewish 
man converted to Judaism, 
and Lauren was converted 
to Judaism at age 5. She 
became a bat mitzvah. 
Hamilton star Lin-
Manuel Miranda will guest-
star on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 
the police sitcom starring 
Andy Samberg, 40. His 
episode will air on NBC 
March 7 at 9 p.m. Show 
creator Dan Goor, 43, is 
rewarding Mir-anda for 
joining other celebs in 
protesting the series’
 can-
cellation last year by Fox 
(picked up by NBC). 
Dame Joan Collins, 85, 
will guest star on an epi-
sode of Hawaii 5-0 to air 
on CBS on Friday, March 
8, at 9 p.m. She plays 
Amanda, a wildly success-
ful romance novelist who is 
the mother of the ex-wife 
of star character Danny 
(Scott Caan, 42). I guess 
Collins, the secular daugh-
ter of a Jewish father and 
a non-Jewish mother, will 
be channeling her late 
sister, Jackie Collins, a 
wildy successful romance 
novelist. 
Both sisters, by the way, 
had three kids. All were 
fathered by Jewish hus-
bands. Jackie found happi-
ness with her second (and 
last) husband, who was 
Jewish. Joan has been to 
the altar five times. Her 
current husband is now 
only 54, but it appears to 
be working — they have 
been married since 2002, 
and it’
s her longest marriage. ■

NATE BLOOM

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Nicole Perlman

Andy Samberg

Joan Collins

Scott Caan

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