Rob Reiner famously launched his filmmaking career with the 1984 mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap.” But now, after four decades of features, including such generational touchstones as “The Princess ...

For the first time in decades, Albert Brooks will make a live appearance in San Francisco. Brooks, 77, will return to the Bay Area as a headliner for this year’s SF Sketchfest, the annual 2½-week ...

The 22nd annual SF Sketchfest continues Tuesday with a tribute to comedy icon Albert Brooks as the festival presents an array ...

His CIA code name is Condor. In the next seventy-two hours almost everyone he trusts will try to kill him.

He's been called one of America's natural comedic resources. His humorous takes on human behavior have resulted in such celluloid classics as Lost in America and Defending Your Life. And his ...

Albert Brooks will make a big screen comeback playing the villain in Ryan Gosling's action-thriller Drive. According to Deadline, the comedian will star as Bernie Rose, a mobster who faces off against ...

When Albert Brooks greets me in the reception area of his Beverly Hills office, I immediately recognize his shirt. The baggy, faded, red short-sleeve button-down imprinted with dull green palm trees ...

Despite his chilling performance in "Drive," Albert Brooks was snubbed by the Oscars on Tuesday morning. But instead of sticking a cork back in the champagne bottle and weeping privately to himself, ...

In "Albert Brooks: Defending My Life," Rob Reiner, left, and Brooks relish anecdotes from their 60-year friendship, while digging into the roots of Brooks' radical approach to comedy. (Dania Maxwell / ...

Rob Reiner famously launched his filmmaking career with the 1984 mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap.” But now, after four decades of features, including such ...