With the death of Jim Abrahams, one third of the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker writing and directing trio, a looks at some of the ...

Jim Abrahams, who has died aged 80, was one of three badly behaved American schoolboys who went on to reinvent screen comedy ...

"And don't call me Shirley!" That iconic line from 1980's Airplane! is one of many that can be attributed to writer-director ...

Leslie Nielsen in The Naked Gun Credit: Alamy This time round ... Surely I can’t be serious? I am, and don’t call me Shirley.

Jim Abrahams, the writer-director who helped create comedy classics such as “Airplane!,” the “Naked Gun” movies, and the TV ...

Jim Abrahams had been battling leukemia for 20 years, with the disease playing a contributing role in his death ...

Jim Abrahams, one of the three writer-directors of Airplane!, died on November 26, 2024.,There are few movies as quotable as the 1980 disaster-movie parody Airplane! — and of the movie’s many ...

Shorewood High School graduate Jim Abrahams, a co-creator of the zany "Airplane!" and "Naked Gun" movies, has died at age 80.

Jim Abrahams, part of the writing-directing-producing team behind such comedy touchstones as Airplane!, the Naked Gun films, ...

He and boyhood friends Jerry and David Zucker got their start with 'The Kentucky Fried Movie,' and they also were behind 'Top ...

From dashing leading man to middle-aged comedy icon, the incredible career of Leslie Nielsen was nothing short of miraculous.

Shirley Ballas has once again shut down the 'awful messages' she received in the wake of the latest Strictly Come Dancing exit. The head judge came under fire after her vote sealed the fate of ...