Los Angeles (AFP) â 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 âThe Producers.â At a black-tie gala, Brooks â who memorably sent up Adolf Hitler in seminal satire âThe Producers,â as well as exposing racial bigotry
Comedy Legend Mel Brooks, âBlazing Saddlesâ Director, Receives Lifetime Achievement Oscar
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 Swidanâs plight â 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 countryâs prosecutors. âMark Swidan has been wrongfully and unlawfully imprisoned by the Chinese
How âSpecial Forcesâ Helped Mel B Heal From an Abusive Marriage: âI Felt Completely Empoweredâ
Thereâs 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 âfits and singing about âstrength and courage in a Wonderbra.âFast forward 26 years, and Melanie Brown (aka Mel B, aka Scary Spice)