Rob Reiner Dead: ‘The Princess Bride’ Director Found Dead With Wife https://variety.com/2025/film/news/rob-reiner-dead-princess-bride-spinal-tap-1236608541/
Rob Reiner Dead: ‘The Princess Bride’ Director Found Dead With Wife https://variety.com/2025/film/news/rob-reiner-dead-princess-bride-spinal-tap-1236608541/
People is reporting it.
https://people.com/rob-reiner-wife-michele-were-killed-by-son-sources-11868856
It very well be true…but calling what People does “reporting” isn’t great. People was always a tabloid, but is now akin to TMZ as it struggles for relevance.
“Source say”…then not including what any of the sources actually said is just hack.
I’m not saying he didn’t do it. In fact I’m pretty sure at the end of the day it will come out that he did.
But Pepperidge Farm remembers when news reporters remembered to use the world “allegedly” in their headlines until after the trial was concluded.
I remember lots of over the top and ironic use of that term years after the Simpson trial, too, since nearly everyone thought he did it.
It’s still really wild how Norm Macdonald was one of the few people who wasn’t a cowering pussy about it…but probably lost his job at SNL over it.
He definitely lost his job over it.