Angela Bassett And Mel Brooks To Receive Honorary Oscars

Angela Bassett may have gone home empty handed at the Oscars in March, but the two-time nominee will be getting a golden statuette this year after all – and in very good company too.In November, Bassett, Mel Brooks and film editor Carol Littleton will receive honorary Oscars at the Governors Awards, the Academy of Motion […]

Carol Arthur, Actress in ‘Blazing Saddles’ and Wife of Dom DeLuise, Dies at 85

Buck Henry, Writer of ‘The Graduate’ and Co-Director of ‘Heaven Can Wait’ Dies at 89

Buck Henry, the actor-screenwriter-director who co-created “Get Smart,” co-wrote “The Graduate” and co-directed the hit 1978 Warren Beatty film “Heaven Can Wait,” died Wednesday night in Los Angeles.He was 89.According to Deadline, which first reported the news, Henry died at Cedars-Sinai Health Center following a heart attack.Born Henry Zuckerman in 1930 in New York City, […]

John Legend Just Achieved Egot Status and Chrissy Teigen Couldn’t Be Happier

John Legend is officially a show business legend.The singer achieved Egot status Sunday night at the 2018 Creative Arts Emmys when he won an award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.Legend was an executive producer for the show.The “All of Me” singer joins just a small number of people who have raked in a […]

John Legend Achieves Egot Status

John Legend just joined a group of elite performers …with a Tony, Oscar, Grammy and now an Emmy award to his name.Legend completed the accomplishment Sunday night when he took home an award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for his work on Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.Legend joins Whoopi Goldberg and Mel Brooks as […]

Gary Beach, Tony-Winning Star of Broadway’s ‘The Producers,’ Dies at 70

Gary Beach, who earned a Tony Award in 2001 for Mel Brooks’ Broadway musical “The Producers,” died Monday in Palm Springs, Calif., his agent Steven Unger confirmed.No cause of death was given.Beach also earned Tony nominations for playing Lumiere in Disney’s 1994 Broadway adaptation of “Beauty and the Beast” and the drag star Albin in […]

Look Back at Marilyn Monroe’s Iconic Glamour in These 19 Gorgeous Photos

June 2 marks what would have been Marilyn Monroe’s 91st birthday, and the Hollywood legend would have also been in pretty impressive company – Queen Elizabeth II, Tony Bennett, and Mel Brooks are all celebrating the milestone this year.Born Norma Jeane Mortenson, Marilyn was placed in foster care at 7 years old and shuffled from […]

John Morris, ‘Blazing Saddles’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ Composer, Dies at 91

John Morris, Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning composer for many of the classic Mel Brooks comedies including “Blazing Saddles” and “Young Frankenstein,” died Thursday at his home in Red Hook, N.Y.He was 91.Morris was Oscar-nominated for co-writing, with Brooks, the title song for “Blazing Saddles” – a sendup of classic movie cowboy tunes sung by Frankie Laine for […]