Critical Essay by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr.
Mel Brooks has a truly baroque sense of humor, as his new film, Blazing Saddles, demonstrates. Such an eccentric wealth of material comes out of his imagina...
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Pryor had been suffering from multiple sclerosis before he died at Encino Hospital near Los Angeles at 7:58 a.m. PT on Saturday [December 10], according to CNN.
"He enjoyed life right up until th...
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Frankie Laine, the big-voiced singer whose string of hits made him one of the most popular entertainers of the 1950s, died Tuesday. He was 93.Laine died of heart failure at Mercy Hospital in San Di...
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Frankie Laine, the big-voiced singer whose string of hits made him one of the most popular entertainers of the 1950s, died Tuesday. He was 93.Laine died of heart failure at Scripps Mercy Hospital i...
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Mark Littell believes he has a better way to protect himself, and the former major leaguer will risk his manhood to prove it.In a video posted on YouTube, Littell is perched on a wooden pallet brac...
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 16-22:Sept. 16: Actress Lauren Bacall is 83. Blues singer B.B. King is 82. Actor Peter Falk is 80. Singer Betty Kelly of Martha and the Vandellas is 63. Dr...
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Monty Python alumnus Eric Idle, who wrote the book, lyrics and music for “Spamalot,” the Broadway musical opening at Wynn Las Vegas in March, said he first approached Hollywood funnyman...
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Critical Essay by Colin L. Westerbeck, Jr.
Richard Pryor Dies at 65
