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Whoopi Goldberg is defending Blazing Saddles from criticism that it’s a racist movie. The backlash over the film was brought to the “Hot Topics” table following Mindy Kaling saying that The Office couldn’t be made today because the characters are too “inappropriate.” The Mel Brooks 1974…

Lou Cutell, who played the “Assman” on Seinfeld and the rainbow-Mohawked Amazing Larry in Pee-wee’s Big Adventure among 100-plus TV and film credits spanning five decades, has died. He was 91. His friend Mark Furman announced the news on social media but did not provide details. “After 91 years, and a great life, my…

Following the death of legendary comic actor Gene Wilder, exhibitors — spurred by fan demand — phoned up Warner Bros and requested prints of the 1974 raunchy comedy Blazing Saddles and the beloved 1971 family film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Willy Wonka will be at 200 locations, with Blazing Saddles galloping…

Mel Brooks stopped by Jimmy Fallon’s show, talked about collaborator Gene Wilder, who died Sunday at age 83, and to comb his hair. “He was sick and I knew it…I expected he would go. But, when it happens, its still tremendous, it’s still a big shock,” Brooks said. “I’m still reeling from no more Gene – he was such a…

EXCLUSIVE: Cloris Leachman, who worked with Gene Wilder on projects including Mel Brooks’ classic 1974 comedy Young Frankenstein, told Deadline via her reps that she had so much respect for the actor, who died Sunday. “Gene was in a class by himself,” she said. “I looked up to him, yet on the set he was just one of…

Here is a photo gallery focusing on the career of Gene Wilder, who died Sunday. The revered comic actor starred in such inarguable classics as The Producers, Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein and worked alongside such comedy greats as Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, Richard Pryor…

Refresh for latest… Hollywood is mourning the loss of Gene Wilder, the great comedic actor who died late Sunday. Reactions on Twitter range from “genius” — repeatedly — and “hero” to “giant of comedy” and “true original.” Here is a sampling of reactions from social media. Cloris Leachman, co-star of Young…

Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder teamed as director and star on a trio of iconic comedy films in their careers, in a collaboration that began with 1967’s The Producers, then a pair of classics amazingly in the same year: 1974’s Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, the second of which the two co-wrote. Brooks tweeted a…

Gene Wilder, the singular comedy actor whose many iconic credits include Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and the Mel Brooks classics Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles and The Producers, died late Sunday from complications of Alzheimer’s disease in Stamford, CT. His family confirmed the news to the Associated…