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Honorary Oscars to go to Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks, Carol Littleton, Michelle Satter

Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks and editor Carol Littleton will receive honorary Oscars at the motion picture academy’s annual Governors Awards in November during a ceremony that will also include the presentation of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to the Sundance Institute’s Michelle Satter.

Los Angeles Times

Angela Bassett is an Oscar winner, at last

Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks, Carol Littleton and Michelle Satter have won honorary Oscars and will receive them in a ceremony this fall.

WhatToWatch

Angela Bassett finally will get her Oscar — an honorary one

‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ star, along with writer-director Mel Brooks and editor Carol Littleton, will receive statuettes at Governors Awards in November.

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Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks to receive honorary Oscars

Angela Bassett may have gone home empty handed at the Oscars in March, but the two-time nominee will be getting a golden statuette this year after all

The Independent UK

Jurassic Park And 13 Other Big Movies That Defined 1993

Thirty years later, here are some of the biggest movies that defined 1993.

Cinemablend

25 R-Rated Comedies That Really Earn Their R-Ratings

From classic comedies to modern gems, here are 25 R-rated comedies that earned their stripes.

Cinemablend

10 Great Movies And Documentaries Highlighting Jewish-American History To Watch

Celebrate Jewish-American Heritage month with these outstanding movies and documentaries that touch on world history, the arts, and brilliant coming-of-age experiences.

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Barbara Feldon on how to be happy alone

In this episode of "Everything Fab Four," the actress/author opens up about playing an "evolved" woman in the '60s

Salon

Review: ‘Shucked’ on Broadway is a funny, gag-filled crowd pleaser set in corn country

NEW YORK — Like an episode of “Hee Haw” written by Mel Brooks, the timely new musical “Shucked” opened Tuesday night at the Nederlander Theatre with more gags than every other current Broadway show put together.

Chicago Tribune

History Of The World Debuts After It Premiered Years Ago What Mel Brooks Has Continued

Nearly 40 years after his “History of the World, Part I” debuted in 1981, Mel Brooks released “History of the World, Part II”

Zenger

'History of the World, Part II' review: The school of Mel is in session

If you don't count the years when he worked as a drummer, a "tummler" and a teenage comic in the Catskills, Mel Brooks began his show business career in television, writing for Sid Caesar at the dawn of the medium. He returned in the mid-1960s to co-create "Get Smart," and…

Los Angeles Times

Review: Mel Brooks’ giddily irreverent style of comedy is emulated in new Hulu series ‘History of the World, Part II’

The comedy of Mel Brooks might as well be its own genre. It’s broad. It’s irreverent. It’s giddily absurd. And no more so than in the 1981 movie “History of the World, Part I,” wherein various events on the human timeline are filtered through this winking sensibility, transforming something like…

Chicago Tribune

The 15 best jokes in Mel Brooks movies

One of the funniest people to ever work in Hollywood, so it’s no easy task whittling down the best jokes in Mel Brooks movies.

WhatToWatch

‘History of the World, Part II’: Mel Brooks picks up where his jokey 1981 movie left off

‘Part I’ ended with a fake teaser to a ‘Part II’ that Brooks never planned. But now it’s here as a wacky Hulu series, and most of the sketches are loaded with stars and laughs.

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Review: 'History of the World, Part II' reminds us that Mel Brooks is one of our greatest court jesters

Mel Brooks is still going strong.

Chicago Tribune

Review: Netflix’s ‘Cunk on Earth’ is the funniest mockumentary around

The Mel Brooks sequel “History of the World: Part II” premieres on Hulu March 6, but there’s room for more than one amateur sociologist / historian / gagmeister on the planet. To wit: the British mockumentary series “Cunk on Earth,” now on Netflix. It’s the funniest thing I’ve seen in…

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Actor Viola Davis is the latest person to reach EGOT status. Here are the 17 others, and what the title means

American actor Viola Davis becomes the 18th person to reach EGOT status, after winning her first Grammy Award.

The Guardian - AU

Viola Davis becomes EGOT winner at the 2023 Grammy Awards

Actor is 18th person to claim grand slam of an Emmy, an Oscar, a Tony and now a Grammy

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Los Angeles Times

Actor Viola Davis achieves EGOT with win at Grammys

LOS ANGELES — Add yet another honor to Viola Davis' long list of accolades.

Salon

Love, betrayal and "Getting Smarter"

Feldon's engrossing memoir reminds us that we can recast the past — even come to treasure it

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Celebrities? They’re all a bit weird … Hadley Freeman on 22 years interviewing stars

Ben Affleck was delightful, Justin Timberlake a drag and Keanu so handsome I couldn’t speak. Here’s everything you always wanted to know about A-listers (but were afraid to ask)

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘My Favorite Year,’ Comic Salute to TV’s Golden Age, Hits 40

Peter O’Toole was famed for his commanding, Oscar-nominated turns. Mark Linn-Baker was a fledgling stage actor. Richard Benjamin, who’d made a leading-man splash in "Goodbye, Columbus" and "Westworld," had a few TV directing credits. The sum of these unlikely parts was the zesty 1982 movie comedy "My Favorite Year," starring…

The Independent UK

'My Favorite Year,' comic salute to TV's golden age, hits 40

A movie that takes a fond look back at the original golden age of TV has reached a milestone

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Keira Knightley shares her family’s wartime love stories

The Oscar-nominee takes part in My Grandparent’s War. Plus, John Bishop – whose eldest son, Joe, is partially deaf – unpicks the issues his family have faced. Here’s what to watch this evening

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