Along with David and Jerry Zucker, he revolutionized film comedy with a style of straight-faced, fast-paced parody.

Leslie Nielsen, the late funnyman of Airplane! and Naked Gun fame, gets the affectionate career review treatment by the New York Times’ A.O. Scott: Looking back, it is easy to see that the times ...

Jim Abrahams, part of the team behind such comedy touchstones as Airplane!,' the 'Naked Gun' films and Police Squad!, died ...

A remake of 1956’s Forbidden Planet is in the works at Warner Bros. Forbidden Planet was directed by Fred M. Wilcox and stars ...

Jim Abrahams, one of the creators of wacky, slapstick comedy classics such as Airplane and the Naked Gun series, has died at ...

Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I, dies in Northants. 1499: Edward Plantagenet, 17th Count of Warwick and Plantagenet ...

(Photo by Brooke Palmer/CBS via Getty Images) The Paramount Global and Nielsen impasse enters its second month. Nielsen’s last agreement with Paramount expired at the end of September ...

The Media Rating Council has granted accreditation to Nielsen’s approach to integrating first-party livestreaming data into its national television panel rating services, according to a release from ...

Jim Abrahams, the creator of iconic comedy films Airplane! and the Naked Gun has died at the age of 80. The Hollywood writer ...