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Jack Black and Richard Linklater on their unlikely partnership on 2003’s feel-good hit, School of Rock

by Sean L. McCarthyAugust 24, 2017

Scott Rudin needed to persuade both star Jack Black and director Richard Linklater that Linklater was the right choice to direct 2003’s film, School of …

Margaret Cho on her mother’s Korean accent, father’s lack of one, and their acceptance of her

by Sean L. McCarthySeptember 22, 20151

Margaret Cho famously has impersonated her mother in her stand-up routines. In this outtake from the new PBS documentary, American Masters: The Women’s List, premiering …

Watch “Mel Brooks: Make a Noise,” the PBS American Masters documentary

by Sean L. McCarthyMay 28, 2013May 28, 2013

In case you missed it, here it is online. From the PBS American Masters description: “Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years …

History of the Comedian, Part II: Mel Brooks revisits his career and joins the online conversation

by Sean L. McCarthyApril 29, 20131

Is the world ready for Mel Brooks to join the Twitter conversation? Ready or not, here comes @MelBrooks later today in an event coordinated for …