In 2018, Hockney’s 1972 piece “Portrait of ... A David Hockney painting bought by famed US screenwriter and producer Norman Lear for $64,000 is expected to fetch up to $35 million at auction.

legendary TV writer and producer Norman Lear. “Every time you see a black man on the tube, he is dirt poor, wears s--- clothes, can’t afford nothing ... That’s bulls---,” one of them told ...

(JTA) — Norman Lear, the Jewish TV pioneer behind iconic comedies of the 1970s and 1980s that helped bring social commentary and Black characters into the mainstream, has died at 101. Lear’s ...