- It’ll be springtime for Mel Brooks when the American Film Institute presents him with its highest honour, the Life Achievement Award.
The writer and director of comedy classics including “The Producers,” ”Blazing Saddles,“and ”Young Frankenstein“ will receive the award at a gala tribute next June.
The 86-year-old Brooks is the 41st recipient of the honour, which has gone to Hollywood legends including Orson Welles, Elizabeth Taylor, Steven Spielberg and Meryl Streep .
mel brooks is one of only 14 people to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and a Tony award.
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- The Shaw Festival – great theatre in the heart of Niagara wine country.
- Apr 3
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- The Shaw Festival – great theatre in the heart of Niagara wine country.
- English-Language World Premiere of Quebec Playwright’s Masterpiece
- “Toronto’s enterprising One Little Goat Theatre Company” (New York Times) has announced its cast for the English-language world premiere of The Charge of the Expormidable Moose by Claude Gauvreau. The provocative seven-person play – widely considered a masterpiece out of Montreal’s radical artistic movement, Les Automatistes – is translated by Ray Ellenwood and directed by One Little Goat’s Artistic Director, Adam Seelig. For more information or to purchase tickets call 416.531.1827 or visit www.onelittlegoat.org
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- The New AM 740 is the Official Radio Sponsor of the Fourth Annual Treating Yourself Expo. The Treating Yourself Expo is a show aimed at the medical marijuana and alternative health communities and provides patients and the general public with reliable information on the medical benefits of cannabis. For more information on the Treating Yourself Expo or to purchase tickets please visit www.treatingyourselfexpo.com
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- b current presents 12th annunal rock.paper.sistahz Festival
- The festival that first highlighted the work of Black Women Artists in 2002 is back for its 12th edition. With sistahz and brothaz from other cultures included in the mix, the theme for this year’s big event is A Festival Dating Experience, featuring twelve events, one “date” for each year it has been running. Teaming with raw energy, rock.paper.sistahz is a hand-picked and fully curated festival showcasing the work of some of Toronto’s most diverse and creative artists. Featuring visual arts, play readings, improv, film and dance, rps12 promises something for everyone! For more information and to purchase tickets visit www.bcurrent.ca
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