Appearing in such films as “Paper Moon” and “Back to the Future, Part III”, Burton Gilliam became best known for playing the villainous Lyle in the smash Mel Brooks comedy “Blazing ...
The UW Huskies have a chance to end their first season under Jedd Fisch on a high note and win their first game away from ...
Teri Garr, best known for her roles in Tootsie and Mr. Mom, has passed away at the age of 79. After a career spanning decades ...
In researching his upcoming version of Nosferatu, Robert Eggers included Mel Brooks' Dracula: Dead and Loving It in the mix.
Working under the aegis of producer turned studio head Harry Cohn, Capra proved himself in a number of genres including ...
The Mel Brooks classic Young Frankenstein turns 50 this month. Here are 12 stories of how it came alive…. alive! […] The post ...
The album “Free to Be… You and Me,” released by Marlo Thomas in 1972, inspired a generation to think beyond gender ...
David Inman, author ofs, exclusively tells Closer why these variety shows were the best of all time. Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca ...
Madeline Kahn was born as Madeline Wolfson on September 29, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts to Jewish parents Freda and Bernard ...
This is what the Defector staff saw and enjoyed this year. The Monterey Bay Aquarium Rocked My Shit. I can’t remember the ...
The A-list Jewish actor was named after his maternal grandfather, Harold “Hal” Flender, who wrote about the Holocaust and interviewed many important Jews of his time, including Isaac Bashevis Singer ...
A new excerpt from 'Dust & Grooves, Vol. 2' explores the history of albums made to scam the IRS, and how they became holy grails for collectors.