Richard Pryor's widow Jennifer reveals on podcast that the legendary comedian allegedly threatened to kill her during drug-fueled psychosis episodes.

Demond Wilson, the actor who played the son on the seminal 1970s sitcom “Sanford and Son,” has died. He was 79.

Demond Wilson, the stage actor turned TV star who played Lamont Sanford on "Sanford and Sons," has died. The actor died ...

Comedy is no laughing matter in many films about comedians, as the entertainers who make audiences laugh are often far from happy themselves. As Bradley Cooper’s stand-up drama Is This Thing On?

But he had not had a critical or box-office hit since his 1977 Hitchcock spoof “High Anxiety.” And there he sat on a cold ...

Before he became a Booker Prize-winning novelist, George Saunders was an oil man. He found himself in the industry in the early 1980s, in his 20s, working as a geophysical engineer. “It was a great ...

Throughout February, the Coolidge Corner Theatre, Somerville Theatre and the Somerville Cine-Club will screen Poitier ...

Knight's leaked 1991 locker-room rant has become part of college basketball lore. To this day, though, no one's quite sure who did it.

He was amazing in Sanford & Son. But he was also in the 4th Infantry Division during the Vietnam War. He was injured and ...

Musicians, Record Producers, Engineers and Deejays Remember Eddie Cochran Eddie Cochran, guitarist, singer, and songwriter ...

Why the former Senate majority leader decided to end the filibuster.