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  1. Read an Excerpt: 'Cloris'

    Tue, 31 Mar 2009

    character to whom you apply the Stanislavsky method. She mostly sprang full grown on the set. Being between Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder was a brand-new and vivid experience. They are two of the funniest, most off-the-wall men not only in show business

  2. Read an Excerpt: 'Cloris'

    Tue, 31 Mar 2009

    character to whom you apply the Stanislavsky method. She mostly sprang full grown on the set. Being between Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder was a brand-new and vivid experience. They are two of the funniest, most off-the-wall men not only in show business

  3. 'Rock' Rocks a New Image: Family-Film Star

    Fri, 13 Mar 2009

    dialogue from his favorite movies, "Silver Streak" and "Stir Crazy." When he wasn't quoting Richard Pryor or Gene Wilder , Johnson was mimicking Elvis Presley — hip shakes and all. "The first time I met Dwayne, I was a little nervous

  4. 2008 Democratic Candidates Tap Hollywood Cash

    Wed, 11 Feb 2009

    the first quarter from actors Ed Norton; Eddie Murphy; Morgan Freeman; Zach Braff; Joy Bryant; Gabrielle Union; Gene Wilder ; Leonard Nimoy; Rosanna Arquette; Angela Bassett; Spielberg's wife, Kate Capshaw; Foster; and actress Jamie

  5. Gilda's Club Launches 'Laughter for Life Week'

    Fri, 20 Jun 2008

    scheduled to perform. Click here to find out more. Gilda's Club was founded in Radner's memory by her husband, actor Gene Wilder , along with movie critic Joel Siegel and cancer psychotherapist Joanna Bull, who worked with Radner during her illness

  6. Randy Pausch's Full Lecture: Part 2

    Tue, 2 Oct 2007

    Factory? Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory? Where Gene Wilder says to the little boy Charlie, he's about to give saucers and he says, "No, what happened to him?" Gene Wilder says, "He lived happily ever after." [laughter

News

  1. Celebrities Share Their Memories of Joel Siegel

    Mon, 9 Jul 2007

    He cared a lot, and it meant so much to me and I know to all of us who have spent our careers making these movies. Gene Wilder , actor I don't think there was any hate in Joel. Unlike many critics, when Joel reviewed a film I think he always

  2. Siegel's Cancer Crusade Began Before His Own Diagnosis

    Sat, 30 Jun 2007

    sudden and crushing loss gave him a new understanding and empathy for everyone touched by the disease. After actor Gene Wilder lost his wife, famed comedienne Gilda Radner, he and Siegel bonded. Together they formed the first Gilda's Club

  3. Joyful Critic Joel Siegel, Gone at 63

    Thu, 28 Jun 2007

    moments with stars from Orson Welles to Halle Berry, all four Beatles to Morgan Freeman. In 1991, along with actor Gene Wilder whose wife, comedienne Gilda Radner, had also died of cancer, Siegel founded Gilda's Club, a not-for-profit

  4. Wife Fondly Recalls Richard Pryor

    Sun, 11 Dec 2005

    just have to smile." "Every comedian in America, we learned from him," he added. A series of buddy movies with Gene Wilder helped make Pryor one of Hollywood's biggest box office stars. In "Superman 3," he was paid $1 million, which

  5. Billy Bob's Unorthodox Guide to Parenting

    Thu, 21 Jul 2005

    last week, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," hit theaters with Johnny Depp playing a far darker Willy Wonka than Gene Wilder . With a $56 million opening weekend, the movie more than found its audience. In reviving the role of Coach Buttermaker

  6. What the 'Harvard for Hollywood' Gets You

    Thu, 14 Apr 2005

    McFadden. Zach Green, 11, arrived with his mother from Madison, Wis., leaving his dad at home. His idol is the comic Gene Wilder . Chase Edwards, 10, arrived from Flint, Mich., where he performed in school plays and local theater. His mother

  7. Q&A With Entertainment Editor Joel Siegel

    Sat, 28 Jun 2003

    remember the good times, the healthy times, not just the hard times. How old are your granddaughters? After Jane died, Gene Wilder and I started Gilda's Club for Gilda Radner. Try their Web site, at least you can find someone who has gone through

Videos

  1. Dustin Hoffman Interview on Directing 'Quartet'

    Fri, 1 Feb 2013

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  2. 2005 Primetime Report: 'Harvard for Hollywood,' Oakland Apartments

    Wed, 16 Jan 2013

    part. That I set. I don't know I've not thinking BI and ten weeks of being here Zacks analyst. But comic actor Gene Wilder than ever since he saw him in Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory. There's a whole bunch of people who never get

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    and -- ten weeks of being here Zacks analyst. But comic actor Gene Wilder than ever since he saw him in Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory. -- -- There's a whole bunch of people who
  3. Willy Wonka's Sweet Reunion

    Tue, 18 Oct 2011

    In world. And who ERM. Hard to believe it's been forty years since Gene Wilder first saying that unforgettable song and Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory. Now the colorful classic is being celebrated with

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    -- And who ERM. Hard to believe it's been forty years since Gene Wilder first saying that unforgettable song and Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory. Now the colorful classic is being celebrated with a special
  4. Billy Crystal Remembers Joel Siegel

    Mon, 9 Jul 2007

    with Gilda Radner husband actor Gene Wilder to help cancer patients and their and I want everybody to hear what Gene Wilder had to say about show off. He actors are a lovely statement from Gene Wilder and now we are going to bring in

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    know. -- founded -- this club along with Gilda Radner husband actor Gene Wilder to help cancer patients and their families and I want everybody to hear what Gene Wilder had to say about show off. He said I don't think there was any case until -- -- many critics and -- -- the film. I think he always tried to find something positive even if he didn't think the film was -- he didn't take potshots to show off how Smart he was or how well he could write. He knew how difficult it is to make even a bad film and how vulnerable. Most actors are a lovely statement from Gene Wilder and now we are going to bring in this early morning. Another special guest it is the great Billy Crystal -- to
  5. Joel Siegel Passionate About Cancer Awareness

    Sat, 30 Jun 2007

    31. It's that sudden crushing loss given new understanding and new everyone touched by the disease. After actor Gene Wilder lost his wife to brilliant comedian Gilda the men and together they formed the first guilders club itself. Support

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    and new -- -- -- everyone touched by the disease. After actor Gene Wilder lost his wife to brilliant comedian Gilda -- the men -- and together they formed the first guilders club itself. Support group
  6. Joel Siegel's Cancer Awareness

    Mon, 9 Jul 2007

    was stricken with brain cancer. Jane died in 1982. At the age of 31. Devastated turn pain into action. He an actor Gene Wilder the first club named Kamal there's late live comedian Gilda Radner who had suffered from ovarian cancer. It's a

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    age of 31. Devastated -- turn pain into action. He an actor Gene Wilder -- the first -- club named Kamal there's late live comedian Gilda Radner who had suffered from ovarian cancer. It's a support
  7. End of an Era for Dining Cars?

    Sun, 7 Jan 2007

    Montana. Glacier National Park not in Minneapolis. Continues to serve fancy meals on real China with real stem just like Gene Wilder and Jill Clayburgh enjoyed in silver streak one message while. Flipped oriental Skaggs. Coffee. Apple. Thanks

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    -- fancy meals on real China with real stem -- just like Gene Wilder and Jill Clayburgh enjoyed in silver streak one message while. Flipped -- oriental Skaggs. Coffee. Apple. Thanks. No apple pie -- mode
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Photos

  1. PHOTO: A still from Gene Wilder in 'Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory' as a meme.
  2. PHOTO: Gene Wilder, top, and Peter Boyle in the 1974 film "Young Frankenstein."
  3. PHOTO: American actor Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka in 'Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory', directed by Mel Stuart, 1971.

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