Tickets were sold out for the Nov. 22 grand opening of the restored Ojai Playhouse. Michael Mann’s film “Heat,” starring Al ...

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

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

Michael Mann shares a promising update about the status of Heat 2, shining a light on the screenwriting process for the crime ...

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Mr. Abrahams built a wide-ranging résumé as a solo director including comedies such as “Big Business” (1988), starring Bette ...

We didn’t quite understand what we had with ‘Airplane!,’ I don’t think.” They cast a then little-known Val Kilmer in the lead ...

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

Jim Abrahams, a writer-producer-director who partnered with childhood friends Jerry and David Zucker to create slapstick comedy classics including “Airplane!,’’ “Police Squad!’’ and “The Naked Gun,’’ ...