Comedy Legend Mel Brooks, ‘Blazing Saddles’ Director, Receives Lifetime Achievement Oscar

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Mel Brooks, 97, won a lifetime achievement in Hollywood on Tuesday, more than half a century after winning his only Academy Award for “The Producers.” Director Brooks is best remembered for his seminal satirical film “The Producers,'' which featured Adolf Hitler, and for exposing racial prejudice in films such as “Blazing […]