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Report: Rivers in induced coma

Comedian Joan Rivers\’ condition remains serious, her daughter Melissa Rivers said in a statement on Friday, after the television personality was hospitalized following a cardiac arrest.

Calendar: January 11-17

She’s a screenwriter who has offered you her biting observations and keen advice through the voices of some of your favorite TV characters, from “Sex and the City” to “Modern Family.” But, if you’re not watching as much television as the rest of us, you may also have read her column in O, The Oprah Magazine, or her best-selling “The Between Boyfriends Book.”

AJU’s Geller Fest spotlights the arts

In a new venture into presenting the arts, American Jewish University (AJU) will hold its first-ever Geller Festival of the Arts this summer, drawing names like Joan Rivers and Gideon Raff, the Israeli creator of “Homeland.”

Rivers Makes Waves

To prove she could still tawk Joan Rivers created \”Broke and Alone in L.A.\”\n\n\”I wanted to see if people who didn\’t know me would think I was funny,\” said the comedian, who premiered the monologue two years ago at Scotland\’s Edinburgh Festival.\n\nAt the time, Rivers was alone, but not broke, after splitting with her multimillionaire boyfriend.\n\n\”I didn\’t want to sit around and mope, and the show got me off my tush,\” she said.

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