The two-part HBO Original documentary Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! will debut its first part on Thursday, January 22, with Part 2 premiering the following night. The doc includes interviews with ...

Richard Dean Townsend age 93 passed away January 1, 2026 at home in Salisbury, Maryland. Born on November 19, 1932 in Salisbury, on his parents wedding anniversary. His parents were the late Virgil ...

Power Book IV: Force season 3, episode 5 saw the death of a major character in what we would call one of the most explosive and deadly seasons of the show's three-season history. Tommy Egan (Joseph ...

Robert Townsend sat down with Joe Donlon to talk about his career and life in Chicago. He’s hosting a film festival on Saturday and Sunday at the Chicago Cultural Center. Judge Delivers Final Blow to ...

Robert Townsend’s Pop-Up Film Festival benefits Chicago’s West Side branch of the NAACP and a local award-winning autism advocacy agency, The Answer Inc. Acclaimed actor and West Side native Robert ...

Actor and director Robert Townsend joins GDC to discuss why his films endure, the community impact of his Chicago pop-up film festival, and how the weekend’s events will support vulnerable residents.

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It’s been more than 50 years since Robert Townsend started acting, but the West Side native still discusses his early experiences with plenty of details and delight. As an eager teenager, he took ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The man accused of killing three people and wounding nine others a decade ago in a mass shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs died from ...

Actor and director Robert Townsend joins GDC to discuss why his films endure, the community impact of his Chicago pop-up film festival, and how the weekend’s events will support vulnerable residents.

Chicago native Robert Townsend has done it all. He is all things writer, director, actor, comedian and producer, whose portfolio includes work with entertainment mainstays like Denzel Washington, Ruth ...

Robert Dear, who killed three people and wounded nine others in a shooting rampage at a Colorado Planned Parenthood 10 years ago, died in federal custody over the weekend, officials announced. The ...