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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…

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.

‘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.

Mel Brooks is still going strong.

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…

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

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

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

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