{"id":2203761,"date":"2025-12-18T04:48:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T04:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2203761"},"modified":"2025-12-18T04:48:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T04:48:25","slug":"stars-pay-tribute-to-legendary-filmmaker-rob-reiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/stars-pay-tribute-to-legendary-filmmaker-rob-reiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars Pay Tribute to Legendary Filmmaker Rob Reiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tributes from celebrities and fans worldwide are continuing to pour in for legendary Hollywood filmmaker <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-overlay-msg=\"AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',\/content\/dam\/content-fragments\/aarp-org\/en\/article\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/rob-reiner-celebrity-tributes.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;\" title=\"rob reiner dies at 78\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aarp.org\/entertainment\/celebrities\/rob-reiner-obit\/\">Rob Reiner<\/a>. Reiner and his wife, photographer and film producer Michele Singer, were found dead on Dec. 14 at their home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Their son\ufeff Nick Reiner\ufeff was taken into custody\u00a0after the deaths and is being held without bail, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrities and fans are paying tribute to the couple across social media and elsewhere.\u00a0\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Actor Michael Douglas, 81,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-overlay-msg=\"AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',\/content\/dam\/content-fragments\/aarp-org\/en\/article\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/rob-reiner-celebrity-tributes.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;\" data-default-element-msg=\"AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',\/content\/dam\/content-fragments\/aarp-org\/en\/article\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/rob-reiner-celebrity-tributes.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;\" data-displayoverlay=\"displayOverlay\" title=\"view on facebook\" rel=\"noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MichaelDouglasOfficial\/photos\/a-most-tragic-situation-for-two-extraordinary-people-who-gave-so-much-to-make-a-\/1377021587123264\/\" target=\"_blank\">posted\u00a0a picture<\/a> on Facebook of himself\u00a0and Reiner working on\u00a01995\u2019s\u00a0<i>The American President<\/i>\u00a0and said the death of the Reiners is \u201ca most tragic situation for two extraordinary people who gave so much to make a better world. Rob and Michele Reiner will be deeply missed,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Actor\u00a0Demi Moore, 63, who starred in 1992\u2019s \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff<i>A Few Good Men<\/i>, gave a heartfelt tribute to Reiner and Singer, saying, \u201cThere are no words to truly express the unfathomable devastation. Our kids grew up together, we worked together, and as our lives intertwined personally and professionally,\u00a0I will always cherish the moments and memories of what we shared,\u201d she\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-overlay-msg=\"AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',\/content\/dam\/content-fragments\/aarp-org\/en\/article\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/rob-reiner-celebrity-tributes.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;\" data-default-element-msg=\"AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',\/content\/dam\/content-fragments\/aarp-org\/en\/article\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/rob-reiner-celebrity-tributes.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;\" data-displayoverlay=\"displayOverlay\" title=\"view on instagram\" rel=\"noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSTJrKzAVke\/?img_index=2\" target=\"_blank\">said\u00a0on Instagram<\/a>.\u00a0She continued: \u201cThey were amazing people and wonderful parents who\u00a0gave of\u00a0themselves to make the world a better place. My heart, thoughts, and prayers are with their family, friends, and all that are affected by this tragedy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Actor Kevin Bacon, 67,\u00a0also\u00a0known for his role in\u00a0<i>A Few Good Men<\/i>, shared an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-overlay-msg=\"AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',\/content\/dam\/content-fragments\/aarp-org\/en\/article\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/rob-reiner-celebrity-tributes.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;\" data-default-element-msg=\"AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',\/content\/dam\/content-fragments\/aarp-org\/en\/article\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/rob-reiner-celebrity-tributes.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;\" data-displayoverlay=\"displayOverlay\" title=\"view on instagram\" rel=\"noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSS2-pnEoIg\/\" target=\"_blank\">emotional\u00a0post<\/a>\u00a0on Instagram about his time with Reiner and expressed that he was \u201cover the moon\u201d to get the role of Capt. Jack Ross in the film.\ufeff He also mentioned that\u00a0<i>This Is Spinal Tap\u00a0<\/i>is his favorite movie. \u201cThe making of that movie was one of the best experiences I\u2019ve ever had on a set,\u201d he explained.\u00a0\u201cHe was so fun. It really comes down from the top, you know? You can set a tone where people feel like we are working hard but also working hard in a safe and pleasant and fun situation.\ufeff\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cYou know, we had lunch together every day.\u00a0I\u2019ve\u00a0never done that with a director before or since,\u00a0I\u2019d\u00a0never gone to have lunch. And Michele would be there, and the two of them were so great together. Kyra would come\u00a0by,\u00a0she was\u00a0pregnant, and\u00a0bring Travis. It was a\u00a0magical time.\u00a0So\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0just sending love to everybody that knew him because I know that\u00a0everyone\u2019s\u00a0hurting today.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-overlay-msg=\"AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',\/content\/dam\/content-fragments\/aarp-org\/en\/article\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/rob-reiner-celebrity-tributes.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;\" data-default-element-msg=\"AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',\/content\/dam\/content-fragments\/aarp-org\/en\/article\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/rob-reiner-celebrity-tributes.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;\" data-displayoverlay=\"displayOverlay\" title=\"read article\" rel=\"noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rob-michele-reiner-ap-statement-close-friends-a9be43c1748bd6c955744c1fbae12389\" target=\"_blank\">joint\u00a0statement<\/a>\u00a0from several of Reiner and Singer\u2019s close friends, including Billy Crystal, 77, Martin Short, 75, and Larry David, 78, was released to the Associated Press. \u201cRob Reiner not only was a great comic actor, he became a master\u00a0story teller,\u201d the statement reads. \u201cThere is no other director who has his range. From comedy to drama to \u2018mockumentary\u2019 to\u00a0documentary\u00a0he was always at the top of his game. He charmed\u00a0audiences. They trusted him. They lined up to see his films.\u201d Toward the end of the statement, they also said Reiner was \u201ca passionate, brave citizen\u201d who \u201cdid everything he could to make it better and with his loving wife Michele.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffActor Ben Stiller, 60, started his tribute by saying \u201cwhat a huge loss\u201d the world has suffered. \u201cRob Reiner was one of my favorite directors,\u201d Stiller <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-overlay-msg=\"AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',\/content\/dam\/content-fragments\/aarp-org\/en\/article\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/rob-reiner-celebrity-tributes.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;\" data-default-element-msg=\"AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,'',\/content\/dam\/content-fragments\/aarp-org\/en\/article\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/rob-reiner-celebrity-tributes.html,'','You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.');return false;\" data-displayoverlay=\"displayOverlay\" title=\"view on x\" rel=\"noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BenStiller\/status\/2000441874662961291?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">said on X<\/a>. \u201cHe made some of the most formative movies for my generation. He came out from behind a huge comedic shadow of the great Carl Reiner and being a tv actor to being a great director who made an incredible run of movies.\ufeff\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stiller also wrote that the 1984 iconic musical satire\u00a0<i>This Is Spinal Tap<\/i>\u00a0is \u201cone of the best comedies ever made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a kind caring person who was really really funny,\u201d he said. \u201cI didn\u2019t know him well but was always a fan and I feel a real sadness for those who did, and his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Actor Jamie Lee Curtis, 67, and her husband, actor Christopher Guest, 77, who also starred in\u00a0<i>This Is Spinal Tap<\/i>, released a joint\u00a0statement\u00a0on the passing of Reiner and Singer. \u201cChristopher and I are numb and sad and shocked about the violent, tragic deaths of our dear friends Rob and Michele Singer Reiner and our ONLY focus and care right now is for their children and immediate families and we will offer all support possible to help them,\u201d the statement reads. \u201cThere will be plenty of time later to discuss the creative lives we shared and the great political and social impact they both had on the entertainment industry, early childhood development, the fight for gay marriage and their global care for a world in crisis. We have lost great friends. Please give us time to grieve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Director Ron Howard, 71, said on X that his career often intersected with Reiner\u2019s \u201cover the decades.\u2026 He proved to be a superlative filmmaker, a supportive colleague and at all times a dedicated citizen,\u201d Howard wrote. \u201cRob will be missed on so many levels. My heart goes out to his family and his many close friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aarp.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tributes from celebrities and fans worldwide are continuing to pour in for legendary Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner. Reiner and his wife, photographer and film producer Michele Singer, were found dead on Dec. 14 at their home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Their son\ufeff Nick Reiner\ufeff was taken into custody\u00a0after the deaths and is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2203762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[424540,359403,425385,424547,424548,425384,424544,425386],"class_list":["post-2203761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-michele-singer","tag-rob-reiner","tag-rob-reiner-celebrity-tributes","tag-rob-reiner-dead","tag-rob-reiner-death","tag-rob-reiner-homicide","tag-rob-reiner-murder","tag-rob-reiner-obituary"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Stars-Pay-Tribute-to-Legendary-Filmmaker-Rob-Reiner.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2203761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2203763,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203761\/revisions\/2203763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2203762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2203761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2203761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2203761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}