Tag: Blazing Saddles
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Mel Brooks to Be Honored With L.A. Film Critics Career Achievement Award – Film News in Brief
Mel Brooks Awarded With the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Career Achievement AwardThe Los Angeles Film Critics Association (Lafca) has announced that legendary filmmaker Mel Brooks will receive the Lafca Career Achievement Award.Brooks began as a comic and writer on Sid Caesar’s variety show, “Your Show of Shows” and went on to create the comic…
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Carol Arthur, Actress in ‘Blazing Saddles’ and Wife of Dom DeLuise, Dies at 85
Carol Arthur, an actress best known for her several collaborations with Mel Brooks including “Blazing Saddles,” has died, Variety has confirmed. She was 85.Arthur died on Sunday at the Motion Picture and Television Fund’s Mary Pickford House in Woodland Hills, Calif.She appeared in the 1974 comedy “Blazing Saddles,” directed by Brooks, as the schoolmistress Harriett…
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The Best Movies Leaving HBO Max in September 2020
It feels like only yesterday I was writing about how Blazing Saddles and The Departed were coming to HBO Max. They both arrived on the streaming service last month, but evidently only booked a short stay – they’re both packing up and moving on at the end of next month. Instead of recommending again that…
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Taika Waititi Admits He “Felt Weird” About Playing Hitler In ‘Jojo Rabbit’
If you’ve spent any meaningful amount of time online, you’ve likely encountered someone who complains—loudly and frequently—about the Hollwyood movies that could never get made today. They often use movies like “Blazing Saddles“ as proof that Hollywood’s political correctness is running unchecked and that visionary directors are forced to work with one creative hand tied…
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What’s Coming to Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime in October 2018
Horror pics are making a return across the board as Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime update their streaming platforms for the spooky season.“The Shining” will kick off Netflix’s horror film slate, followed by “Truth or Dare” with Lucy Hale and Tyler Posey, “The Haunting of Molly Hartley,” and the Netflix original “The Haunting of Hill…