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Cloris Leachman, who won eight career Emmy Awards spanning six programs and 22 nominations, and also earned a Supporting Actress Oscar for The Last Picture Show during a sterling seven-decade career, died Tuesday in her sleep of natural causes at her home in Encinitas, CA. She was 94. Her manager Juliet Green…

Mel Brooks is the latest in a growing number of Hollywood figures endorsing former vice president Joe Biden for the 2020 election. On Wednesday morning, the EGOT’s son Max Brooks shared a video of the comedy extraordinaire explaining his decision to vote for Biden. “Hi folks, I’m Mel Brooks and behind me you see my…

Mel Brooks, whose close friendship with the late Carl Reiner stretched back to the 1950s, has posted a tribute to his old Your Show of Shows costar. “Carl was a giant,” said Brooks on Twitter, “unmatched in his contributions to entertainment. He created comedy gems.” Brooks recalled meeting Reiner in 1950 on Your Show…

Max Brooks knows a thing or two about strange worldwide plagues. The author of World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide issued a Twitter reminder with a cameo from his 93-year-old father, Mel Brooks. “If I get the coronavirus, I’ll probably be OK,” said Max, speaking from his patio while his father stands on the…

Going from mermaid to monster, ABC this fall will debut Young Frankenstein Live! as its next live musical event, produced by the show’s creator Mel Brooks. ABC announced the musical event at the TCA Winter Press Tour in Pasadena today. Based on the 2007 Broadway stage version of the Brooks-Gene Wilder classic 1974…

Mel Brooks played to full houses during his two-night Broadway stand last week, adding $583,140 to Broadway’s overall pot of $36M for the week ending June 23. Brooks’ June 17-18 engagement at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre had a total attendance of 2,967, 99.2% of capacity. The $583K figure marked 112% of potential, with…

Comedy legend Mel Brooks is coming back to Broadway: The man behind the massive hit musical The Producers will stage a two-night-only solo show as part of the recently announced Residence on Broadway series at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Mel Brooks On Broadway is set for Monday June 17 and Tuesday June 18. The…

Alan Johnson, a three-time Emmy Award winning choreographer whose work spanned Broadway and Hollywood – and included four scenes from Mel Brooks’ comedies that became instant, irreverent classics – died July 7 of Parkinson’s disease at his home in Los Angeles. He was 81. His death was confirmed to news outlets by his…

I made it back from CinemaCon in Vegas yesterday just in time to take in the opening night of the ninth Annual TCM Classic Film Festival, again taking place at the fabled Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. So glad I made it because this evening gave us a double dose of cinema icons with Mel Brooks doing a hilarious…

Jacob Tremblay, Christopher Lloyd, Kenan Thompson and Mel Brooks have been cast as the voices in Lani Pixels’ untitled 3D animated feature that will mark the directorial debut of Kim Pagel, who also scripted the family story. The film will follow Patrick and Susan as they attempt to rescue their grandfather, Mr…

SECOND UPDATE, SATURDAY: The marquees of Broadway theaters will be dimmed in memory of Thomas Meehan on August 30 at 7:45 PM for one minute. Meehan died August 21 at age 88 "Thomas Meehan was a key collaborator on some of the most memorable productions in recent Broadway history. His work brought deeper meaning and…

HBO just released the trailer for If You're Not In the Obit, Eat Breakfast, a new documentary from producer George Shapiro and director Danny Gold which is about he vitality of those people who are going strong after age 90 and includes some of the biggest legends in the entertainment industry. It will debut June 5 on…