March 29, 2024

Comedy Legend Mel Brooks, ‘Blazing Saddles’ Director, Receives Lifetime Achievement Oscar

Los Angeles (AFP) — A 97-year-old Mel Brooks accepted a lifetime achievement Oscar in Hollywood on Tuesday, more than half a century after he won his only Academy Award with “The Producers.” At a black-tie gala, Brooks — who memorably sent up Adolf Hitler in seminal satire “The Producers,” as well as exposing racial bigotry

Mel Gibson’s ‘John Wick’ TV series casting defended by director after backlash: ‘Not my business’

The director of “The Continental: From the World of John Wick” defended casting Mel Gibson in the prequel TV series, saying “personal life stuff” is not his business. Albert Hughes, who directed two of the three upcoming episodes, chose Gibson through the “usual” process. “I cast [Gibson] based on his past work that I grew […]

Mel Gibson Calls for Release of American ‘Man of Great Faith’ Mark Swidan, Jailed in China for a Decade

Actor and Oscar-winning director Mel Gibson is raising awareness of American citizen Mark Swidan’s plight — as he has been imprisoned in China since 2012 and placed on death row for a drug charge that was clearly never proven by the Communist country’s prosecutors. “Mark Swidan has been wrongfully and unlawfully imprisoned by the Chinese

How ‘Special Forces’ Helped Mel B Heal From an Abusive Marriage: ‘I Felt Completely Empowered’

There’s a scene in the 1997 cinematic classic Spice World in which our five heroines, the Spice Girls, participate in a boot camp of sorts, performing obstacle course challenges while wearing matching camo ’fits and singing about “strength and courage in a Wonderbra.”Fast forward 26 years, and Melanie Brown (aka Mel B, aka Scary Spice)

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