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‘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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'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 Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

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Paddington to Sidney: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Recent events have turned the beloved Peruvian bear into a national treasure, while Oprah’s documentary about Sidney Poitier is an extraordinary look at a legend

The Guardian - UK

Top Hollywood lawyer Bert Fields dies at 93 after COVID battle

LOS ANGELES — Bert Fields, the prominent Hollywood litigator who represented such stars as Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Jackson and Mel Brooks, died Sunday. He was 93.

Los Angeles Times

Chase star Anne Hegerty playing 'only sane person' in new housekeeper sitcom role

I'm a Celeb star Anne Hegerty, 63 - one of the chasers on ITV quiz show The Chase - reveals her dream comedy co-star as she's picked to play a housekeeper in new sitcom Gammon, about two dim brothers

Daily Mirror

Movie review: Top-notch cast, ‘Blazing’ plot makes ‘Paws of Fury’ an all-ages delight

Loosely inspired by the Mel Brooks’ 1974 groundbreaking comedy classic “Blazing Saddles” (and originally titled “Blazing Samurai”) and set in a mythical Japan inhabited mostly by cats, the computer-generated animated production “Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank” tells the story of a beagle named Hank (Michael Cera).

Boston Herald

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‘Paws of Fury’ an animated ‘Blazing Saddles’ knockoff without the audacity, or the humor

The racial element is replaced by a dog thrown into a community of cats.

Chicago Sun-Times

Review: ‘Paws of Fury’ a Sad, Declawed ‘Blazing Saddles’

Writer and director Mel Brooks’ 1974 Western spoof "Blazing Saddles" tackled racism so head-on that Brooks recently mused he wouldn’t be able to make the film today. Maybe, just maybe, he has done just that with "Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank," but at a terrible cost. Paramount's limp,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

11 "History Of The World, Part I" facts

According to Mel Brooks, the Moses scene was a last-minute addition

Salon

You need to watch the best sci-fi satire of all time on Amazon Prime ASAP

There's never been a better spoof than 'Spaceballs.' Here's why it holds up so well and where to stream it right now.

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