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Mel Brooks at the “Academy Tribute to Mel Brooks,” on Friday, July 24, 2009, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills. Albert Brooks, Mel Brooks Teri Garr Mel Brooks Carl Reiner Photos: Richard Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photos to enlarge them.

Anne Bancroft, Mel Brooks in To Be or Not to Be (top); Mel Brooks at the 1969 Oscar ceremony (bottom) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a tribute to Mel Brooks on Friday, July 24, at 8 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Hosted by film historian Leonard Maltin, the evening will feature numerous film clips and stories [...]

James Robert Parish, author of countless film books (The RKO Gals, Fiasco: A History of Hollywood’s Iconic Flops), answers a few questions on the subject of his upcoming biography, It’s Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks (Wiley, 2007). Many comedians are supposed to be major bores when they’re not "on." Does Mel Brooks fit into that mold? Over the [...]

Anne Bancroft, the acclaimed Oscar-, Emmy-, and Tony-winning actress who appeared in dozens of plays, movies, and television productions, and the longtime wife of writer-director Mel Brooks has died. Bancroft had been suffering from uterine cancer and died on July 6 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. She was 73. During the actress’ five-decade-plus career, she starred in numerous prestige productions onstage, including [...]