Topic: Mel Brooks

Video: For Mel Brooks’ Birthday, Reminisce on His Best Movies

Video: For Mel Brooks' Birthday, Reminisce on His Best Movies

Mel Brooks, the man who introduced me to satire, is 85 today. During my childhood, when I wasn’t geeking out over the Star Wars universe, I was eagerly watching all of his irreverent movies — Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety, Spaceballs — and quoting them to anyone within earshot. I wanted to post here a collection of multiple clips, but it wouldn’t embed, so I’m going with the next best thing: A great scene from Dracula: Dead and Loving It that has Leslie Nielsen as the vampire and Mel Brooks in one of his usual cameos, this time as Van Helsing. More »

Patti Stanger Thinks Betty White Is A Match Made In Heaven…Literally

Patti Stanger Thinks Betty White Is A Match Made In Heaven...Literally

In case you weren’t over the whole Betty White zeitgeist yet, Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger has decided to jump on that publicity train, albeit a couple months (years?) too late. The Bravo star has named her picks for Betty White’s compatible sexual partners in Hollywood, because what we all need to be doing right now is imagining more old people having sex. Yeesh. More »