Following Gene Hackman's death at age 95, Mel Brooks reminisced about working with him on the Oscar-nominated 1974 comedy ...

Tom Hanks, Michelle Pfeiffer and Barbra Streisand mourn Gene Hackman - Hackman won two Oscars and starred in classic films ...

Clint Eastwood, who directed and starred with Hackman in 1992’s Unforgiven, said in a statement to Deadline: “There was no ...

You know Gene Hackman from his greatest hits like "The French Connection." But did you know he played an ant? Here's 5 ...

Mel Brooks experienced significant pushback when nobody in Hollywood showed any interest in letting the filmmaker make a movie.

The two things I hate most in the world are combat and engineering." -- Mel Brooks Mel Brooks was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1926 as Melvin Kaminsky to Jewish parents from Germany and Ukraine.

Mel Brooks is a legend of Hollywood comedy, which means his pick for the greatest comedic actor of all time carries an awful lot of weight.

As with most influential giants in the comedic genre, Mel Brooks has a career most comics can only envy. An unconventional trailblazer in the industry, Brooks’ momentous career has spanned well ...

Apatow didn’t spare himself from barbs. “I’m what Mel Brooks would look like if he took ‘The Substance,’ ” in a nod to the Demi Moore psychological horror pic about an aging star who ...

Patrick Marber's "loving" revival of Mel Brooks' "cheeky" musical "The Producers" contains all the elements of the original show, said Matthew Hemley in The Stage. Two decades after its West End ...

Running from Feb. 12 to Feb. 20, Oakland University’s School of Music, Theatre and Dance daringly captured the essence of ...

Although Gene Hackman left a legacy of outstanding dramatic performances, he also managed to elicit some laughs throughout ...