Mel Brooks: I’ve tried to get even with Hitler by taking the Mickey out of him
In his new TV show, History of the World, Part II, you can still find all of Brooks’s signature comedy stylings: penis jokes, puke jokes and Hitler jokes
In his new TV show, History of the World, Part II, you can still find all of Brooks’s signature comedy stylings: penis jokes, puke jokes and Hitler jokes
Nostalgia is a powerful force in sport and it means Norwegian will keep getting his chance
The comedy pioneer was known for his strong Brooklyn accent, quick-fire gags – and feuds
New luxury electric saloon offers more power but less steering wheel
133-1 French shot silences the crowd at Santa Anita after a shock for the ages on the dirt
Sarah Silverman, Reginald D Hunter and more on a ‘profoundly stupid, completely brilliant’ comic
Obituary: The screenwriter, actor and director was a man of remarkable energy
Once a Mel Brooks gag, now people are paying a lot of money for something with dubious health benefits
The actor and his fellow giant of US comedy Carl Reiner on their 70-year friendship
Hunt ahead among public endorsements from MPs in race to join Johnson on final ballot
Sundance winner ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ tells the story of a teen forced into ‘gay conversion’ therapy
Review: The most family-friendly and proudly silly of all the monster dynasties
The Twin Peaks director lives for his work – and believes explaining his films is a ‘crime’
Incredibles 2, Ocean’s 8, Jurassic World and Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again
Review: Utterly trivial, occasionally disrespectful and hugely amusing
It is 50 years since the 1968 Cannes film festival was called to a halt in solidarity with protesting students – but don’t expect commemorations
Review: Treat of a documentary about the actor and inventor who died broke
Nothing will be quite the same after Trump, Weinstein and Brexit
The Luke Skywalker actor on fame, Carrie Fisher and making Star Wars in Ireland
Cannes 2017: Todd Haynes latest has moments to cherish, but doesn’t quite deliver the emotional payoff
In later years his face developed creases like the famous ‘lived-in’ face of Samuel Beckett
Shared, unspoken knowledge is always the active ingredient in ‘getting the joke’
Obituary: Wilder’s characters shone out in movies from ‘Willy Wonka’ to ‘The Producers’
Solid political liberal who worked hard for charities dies after Alzheimer’s complication
Hybrid of memoir and political rant sells 70,000 copies, to historian publishers’ alarm
His genial, self-deprecating manner and mellifluous voice contributed to a career that was extraordinary, both in its longevity and popularity
I have never seen a single episode of the space opera, and I've no idea why Luke is angry with Darth Vader
Canale 5 stalwart Ezio Greggio pays €45,000 fine to avoid jail sentence for tax evasion
Comedian Marc Maron was an embittered recovering alcoholic before he found his way as a podcast interviewer of brutal honesty. Not even Obama refused the call
From never saying ‘Macbeth’ to never whistling backstage, the theatre world is full of odd beliefs. What’s even odder is that they seem to work
Mel Brooks’s legendary ’68 comedy and ’01 musical remains an unapologetically hilarious paen to bad taste – after all, ‘Not many people know it, but the Fuhrer was a terrific dancer’
But Gordon Strachan is right – this is pantomime booing – lots of noise but nothing more
The comedian Eddie Izzard has exploded the myths that jokes can’t travel and that German humour doesn’t exist
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices