Though there was no shortage of Hamlet quotes in Mel Brooks's send-up of Shakespearean ... who in the film, as in life, was married to Brooks. "The greatest thing I saw Mel do — and the most ...

"The place just went to pieces," Matheson recalled of the reaction to Brooks' comment at a "To Be or Not to Be" wrap party.

Mr. Denby begins with Mel Brooks ... and family life. That she was not a very successful leader of the women’s rights movement, that she stayed way too long in an abusive marriage — Mr. Denby concedes ...

Indeed, Leonard Bernstein was born three months after the publication of Strachey’s book, and the other three, Mel Brooks ... one of his wives that Denby quotes) and then maestro Bernstein.

Mel Brooks movies have a way of relating to audiences by bringing back absurd moments found in our favorite movies, political issues, and life in general. I’m really curious what a modern sequel ...

Saul quotes Brooks saying Pryor was especially interested in the Mongo character played by Alex Karras. "He came up with crazy stuff like, 'Mongo only pawn in game of life," Brooks said. Mel ...

“In my experience if you’re not working, you’re not really alive,” Mel Brooks writes in his 2021 autobiography, All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business. His love of comedy is ...

Mel Brooks, who directed Teri Garr in the iconic 1974 comedy Young Frankenstein, remembered the actor upon her death Tuesday, recalling Garr’s talent and spirit. “So very sorry to hear about T ...

EXCLUSIVE: Mel Brooks and a storied group of animation creatives ... I hope this little film with a huge heart inspires many who are going through life’s challenges to find joy again.” ...

But when it came to Original Screenplay, Frank Sinatra and Don Rickles, they called, ‘Mel Brooks.’ I was petrified. I didn’t have a speech.” Thankfully, Brooks shared, he was a good ad ...