 FEBRUARY 4 • 2021 | 35

A KING; A QUEEN; YOUNG 
LEVINSON & LEVY SHINE
Of course, you’ve heard that 
Larry King died last week 
at age 87. I saw King in the 
’80s before he became really 
famous. I chanced to learn 
that he was doing a free, live 
radio show in San Francisco, 
a block away from where I 
then lived. So I sauntered 
over. He looked worse then, 
at about 53, than he looked 
at 73. During every ad break, 
he’d creep up the wide ramp 
on the side of the audience 
seats. His back was hunched 
over, and he smoked a ciga-
rette as he walked. Not long 
after, he had a massive heart 
attack and he learned his les-
son. He took care of himself 
and lived another 34 years. 
 King worked (and worked) 
and always seemed upbeat 
despite a rough childhood; an 
arrest for larceny in 1971 (he 
was acquitted); seven failed 
marriages and the premature 
deaths of the two oldest of his 
five children. Maybe the mira-
cle of his unexpected stardom 
and decades of good health 
sustained his spirits. 
A new version of the ’80s 
TV series The Equalizer starts 
on CBS on Feb. 7 (8:30 p.m.). 
Queen Latifah stars as Robyn 
McCall, an enigmatic woman 
with a mysterious background 
who uses her extensive skills 
to help those with nowhere 
else to turn. Adam Goldberg, 
50, is a main cast member. 
He’s best known as the star 
of the Hebrew Hammer mov-
ies and as the Jewish army 
soldier who tragically dies 
in a one-on-one fight with a 
Nazi soldier near the end of 
Saving Private Ryan.
The original Netflix film, 
Malcolm & Marie, begins 

streaming on Feb. 5. It’s a 
two-character movie, made 
during the pandemic, with 
a very small crew. The brief 
official description: When film-
maker Malcolm (John David 
Washington) and his girl-
friend Marie (Zendaya) return 
home from a movie premiere 
and await his film’s critical 
response, the evening takes a 
turn as revelations about their 
relationships begin to surface, 
testing the couple’s love.
For more details, see the 
long Variety review online. 
Variety gave it an “all-rave” 
review, as did other many 
outlets. (Oscar noms seem 
a certainty). All this praise 
included Sam Levinson, 36, 
the film’s director and writer. 
He is best known as the cre-
ator and “showrunner” of the 
American version of Euphoria
on HBO (which stars Zendaya 
and was based on an Israeli 
series). Sam is the son of 
Oscar-winning (Rain Man) 
director Barry Levinson, 77. 
Dan Levy, 37, will be the 
guest host of Saturday Night 
Live on Feb. 6. Levy won four 
2020 Emmys: for his acting in 
the series Schitts’ Creek, for 
writing a Creek episode, for 
directing an episode and as 
a co-producer of the series, 
which won the best comedy 
series Emmy. The last award 
he shared with his father, 
Creek star and co-producer 
Eugene Levy, 74. 

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Larry King during 
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