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On this day in movie history – Coastal Elites Premiered

Coastal Elites is a 2020 American comedy television film (about 88 minutes) written by Paul Rudnick and directed by Jay…

The New Yorker Radio Hour – Bette Midler and the Screenwriter Paul Rudnick on “Coastal Elites”

Bette Midler plays a New Yorker of a certain type: a retired teacher who lives on the Upper West Side,…