Ligon appropriates texts from a variety of literary writers including Walt Whitman, Zora Neal Hurston, Gertrude Stein, James Baldwin, and Ralph Ellison, as well from more popular sources such as the ...

Co-written in part with the black comic genius Richard Pryor, “Blazing Saddles” is about a a lily ... and unite the town against Korman’s robber baron. That’s where Gene Wilder comes in. The ...

He would one day be Richard Pryor’s tour manager, work Joe Frazier’s corner for the Fight of the Century, and sit in the passenger seat of Wilt Chamberlain’s purple Cadillac convertible.

It may be a superior Roald Dahl adaptation, but the Gene Wilder movie made a tiny $1m (£749) profit upon its original release in 1971. It cemented its status as one of the most-loved family films ...

Then there was the iconic comedic partnership between Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks, whose work together produced some truly great pieces of cinema. Brooks started out in the 1940s, honing his comedic ...

He would one day be Richard Pryor’s tour manager, work Joe Frazier’s corner for the Fight of the Century, and sit in the passenger seat of Wilt Chamberlain’s purple Cadillac convertible. But in the ...

Nixons second inauguration and subsequent leaving kickstarted the 1970s but the decade also saw Elvis Presley rise in the charts as well as Queen. On the movie front, some of the biggest movies from ...

Scenic and Costume Design (The Hewes Awards) for La Bete, Best Scenic Design (Tony Awards) for La Bête and Designer of the Year (Olivier Awards) for Performance Season. What awards has Richard ...

“Here’s some of the pictures that have popped up. This one here. This is actually Richard Pryor,” he joked, before playing like he was really upset, “Then there’s another one her ...