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WHEN President Obama honored Mel Brooks at the Kennedy Center last Sunday, it marked Brooks' evolution from entertainer to cultural icon.

Shuler Hensley plays the monster and Roger Bart plays young Dr. Frederick Frankenstein in the musical version of "Young Frankenstein," which comes Tuesday to Chicago.

Mel Brooks finds himself surrounded at the 2004 London opening of "The Producers." PREVIEW Young Frankenstein What: PlayhouseSquare presents the musical by Mel Brooks, directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman.

'Call me Mel." The voice on the other end of the phone is unmistakable: raspy, assertive and irreverent.

Cloris Leachman, the 10th annual Port Townsend Film Festival's very special guest, definitely commands a room's attention.

Best known as a creator of broad film farces and uproarious parodies, jack-of-all-trades Mel B rooks has been entertaining audiences for years with his wacky and absurdist humor.

Cloris Leachman, an Academy Award winner for her role in "The Last Picture Show," will be honored during this year's Port Townsend Film Festival Sept.

Cloris Leachman, this year's Port Townsend Film Festival top celebrity guest. The right guess A PENINSULA DAILY NEWS subscriber from Aurora, Colo., is the winner of the Port Townsend Film Festival's "Guess the Guest" contest for picking Cloris Leachman.

Comedy legend Mel Brooks will receive the tribute treatment by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and some of his favorite stars are lining up to be there! ET's own Leonard Maltin will host the evening's events on Friday, July 24, at 8 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, featuring numerous film clips and stories from ...

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