The 1974 Western satirical masterpiece Blazing Saddles, directed by the legendary Mel Brooks, not only pushed the boundaries of humor but also challenged prevailing social norms, making it one of the ...

Mel Brooks recently recalled how he came to cast Gene Wilder as the Waco Kid at a 50th anniversary screening of 'Blazing Saddles' in Los Angeles Luke Chinman is a writer at PEOPLE. He joined PEOPLE in ...

This year's 15th annual TCM Film Festival will celebrate EGOT winner Mel Brooks, specifically highlighting his trailblazing parody, Spaceballs. The writer, director, producer, actor, and playwright is ...

Gene Wilder as Jim the Waco Kid sitting with his arms crossed in Blazing Saddles Image via Warner Bros. 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of an all-time boundary-pushing comedy classic - Blazing Saddles ...

Fifty years ago, actor and director Mel Brooks released what many consider to be one of the greatest films in American cinema, “Blazing Saddles,” a movie that highlighted the struggles of the American ...

Nick Kroll, Wanda Sykes and Ike Barinholtz executive produce, write and star in History of the World, Part II. (Photo: Courtesy of Hulu) How's this for making history? Now that Ike Barinholtz, Nick ...

Loosely inspired by the Mel Brooks’ 1974 groundbreaking comedy classic “Blazing Saddles” (and originally titled “Blazing Samurai”) and set in a mythical Japan inhabited mostly by cats, the ...

How's this for making history? Now that Ike Barinholtz, Nick Kroll and Wanda Sykes have successfully overseen the four-decades-in-the-making sequel History of the World, Part II — a revival of Mel ...