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

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

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

Jim Abrahams, the writer-director who helped create a string of much-loved comedies including Airplane! and The Naked Gun, ...

Jim Abrahams, a writer and director behind slapstick comedies like “Airplane!” and “The Naked Gun” series, has died. He was ...

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Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday were at their peak in the late 1870s. Earp had already been the Marshal of Dodge City, Kansas and ...

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit is frequently regarded as one of the best movie sequels ever, with some fans claiming that it ...

After a rocky period in the 80s, the 1990s seemed poised to return to the glory days of the 1970s filmmaking. With the birth ...

Music icon Cher detailed her rocky relationship with Sonny Bono and how it drove her to thoughts of suicide multiple times.

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Kilmer Middle is a public school located in Vienna, VA, which is in a large suburb setting. The student population of Kilmer Middle is 1,148 and the school serves 7-8.The school’s minority ...