![]() ![]() Terry interviewed Adam Sandler and the Safdie brothers in 2019 when "Uncut Gems" was released. The film was directed by Josh and Benny Safdie, whose father worked in the Diamond District when they were kids. He's also a gambler deep in debt to a loan shark whose goons are after him. In the 2019 thriller "Uncut Gems," he played Howard Ratner, a jeweler in Manhattan's Diamond District who always has a deal or con going and never stops talking. But Adam Sandler has also given some terrific performances in dramas. ![]() For that work, he'll be awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor this weekend at the Kennedy Center, joining an impressive list of recipients that includes Jonathan Winters, Carl Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey, Jon Stewart and Richard Pryor, who was the first recipient in 1998. Adam Sandler is famous for his comedy films and his performances on "Saturday Night Live" in the '90s. ![]()
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